May delivered a steady cadence of openSUSE Tumbleweed snapshots across the major desktop stacks with KDE Gear 26.04.1, KDE Frameworks 6.26.0, Plasma 6.6.5 and GNOME 50 minor releases. Mesa made a couple leaps with the 26.1 series with the new Vulkan 1.4 Application Programming Interfaces, and the Linux kernel progressed from 7.0.5 through 7.0.9 with significant security and driver fixes.…
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Mit GNOME 50 entfernen die Entwickler den Code von X11 und sind damit erstmals Wayland only. Das führt zur Verschlankung der Codebasis und damit zu besserer Wartbarkeit.
GNOME 50, codenamed Tokyo, is now rolling out to Linux distributions with a long list of practical improvements. From new parental controls and accessibility upgrades to faster file management and smoother Wayland performance, this release focuses on refining the desktop experience rather than reinventing it.
The following new Fedora 43 templates are now available for Qubes OS 4.2:
fedora-43-xfce (default Fedora template with the Xfce desktop environment)fedora-43 (alternative Fedora template with the GNOME desktop environment)fedora-43-minimal (minimal template for advanced users)Note: These templates have already been released for Qubes OS 4.3.
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Das GNOME-Projekt hat eine Beta für GNOME 50 bereitgestellt. Sie kommt ohne X11-Sesion-Code. Die stabile Veröffentlichung von GNOME 50 ist für den 18. März 2026 geplant.
GNOME 50 beta is available, and it officially begins the UI, feature, and API freezes. With core components moving forward and practical fixes like restored video thumbnails, it feels like GNOME is settling into the stability work that makes its releases shine.
The following new Fedora 43 templates are now available for Qubes OS 4.3:
fedora-43-xfce (default Fedora template with the Xfce desktop environment)fedora-43 (alternative Fedora template with the GNOME desktop environment)fedora-43-minimal (minimal template for advanced users)Note: Fedora 43 template availability for Qubes OS 4.2 will be announced separately.
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