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Toolchain ipgrades: GCC: Snapshot of upcoming GCC 15; binutils: Updated to 2.44; glibc: Updated to 2.41; Python: Updated to 3.13.3; LLVM: Defaults to version 20; Rust: Default toolchain is 1.84; Golang: Updated to 1.24; OpenJDK: Versions 24 GA and 25 Early Access Snapshot are now available. Package ... Read more

I am excited to share our latest release, the Ubuntu Cinnamon 25.04 'Plucky Puffin'. It comes with Cinnamon 6.4.8 and features bug fixes, new features and improvements to the user interface. Our 24.10 'Oracular Oriole' release used Cinnamon 6.0.4. The 25.04 'Plucky Puffin' release uses Cinnamon 6.4.... Read more

Ubuntu Unity 25.04 'Plucky Puffin' has now been released. A bug affecting Ubuntu Unity, Kubuntu and Lubuntu was discovered a few hours prior to the release wherein manual partitioning installs on BIOS systems result in unbootable installations. As it could not be fixed in time for the release, we re... Read more

The key focus for the team for this cycle has been the conversion of our distribution to a Wayland-based distribution. We have been working closely with our fellow Buddies Of Budgie maintainers. Excellent progress has been made towards this huge effort - we are almost there and we will be making ava... Read more

I present you Voyager 25.04 final version. A version 2-in-1 with GNOME and Xfce desktops unified in a single distribution: Voyager. Select your preferred session. Everything is presented in a colorful style completely redesigned for this combination, the GNOME 48 desktop coupled with the lighter des... Read more

What changed in Ubuntu MATE 25.04? Here are the highlights of what's new in the 'Plucky Puffin' release: celebrating 10 years as an official Ubuntu flavour; optional full disk encryption in the installer; enhanced advanced partitioning options; better interaction with existing BitLocker-enabled Wind... Read more

BashCore 2504 (April 2025) is now available for download. This release is built on Debian 12.10 (Bookworm) with kernel 6.1.0-32-amd64 and introduces several updates, including the addition of vim, smbclient, updated SecLists, sqlmap, and metasploit. It also addresses multiple bugs from previous vers... Read more

The long-awaited GIMP 3.0 is included by default. GIMP is now capable of non-destructive editing with filters, better Photoshop PSD export, and so very much more. Check out the GIMP 3.0 release announcement for more information. Ubuntu Studio now includes Pencil2D. This is a 2D animation and drawing... Read more

Google Pixel 8 is now available on AOSP 14 for Community builds. It's now possible to export your Notes to a .md file on your device. Mullvad DNS All has been implemented as Parental Control's default DNS and Kids DNS0 is implemented as a fallback. Location is now requested from supported Hotspot by... Read more

The Kubuntu team is happy to announce that Kubuntu 25.04 has been released. Code-named 'Plucky Puffin', Kubuntu 25.04 continues our tradition of giving you Friendly Computing by integrating the latest and greatest open-source technologies into a high-quality, easy-to-use Linux distribution. The rele... Read more