Die Entwicklung der Xfce-Desktopumgebung verläuft langsamer als bei GNOME oder KDE. So lässt man sich auch Zeit beim Umstieg auf Wayland. Gerade erschien die erste Alpha eines eigenen Compositors.
The developer working on Xfwl4, the Wayland compositor for Xfce, has published the new compositor’s very first alpha release. Considering it’s only been six months or so of work, it’s impressive to see the effort reach this state already. The end goal of xfwl4 is to behave as closely as possible to an Xfce desktop running on an X server. Ideally a user could switch between the two without even…
Linux Lite 8.0 Final is here with custom desktop and gaming kernels, GTK4 applications, Calamares installer support, and a huge collection of new in-house tools. The lightweight Linux distro continues to target beginners, Windows switchers, and power users alike.
Xfce rüstet sich für Wayland. Dazu gehört ein neuer, in Rust geschriebener Compositor als Ersatz für xfwm4. Das Projekt ist spendenfinanziert und wird von Xfce-Entwickler Brian Tarricone umgesetzt.
SparkyLinux 8.3 “Seven Sisters” is now available with Linux kernel 6.12 LTS, updated desktop environments, refreshed Debian packages, and lightweight Linux appeal.
MX Linux 25.2 Beta 1 is available for testing with a new text mode installer, numerous installer fixes, and improvements for encrypted and btrfs-based systems.
Solus 4.9 Serenity has arrived with Linux kernel 6.18, Mesa 26, installer improvements, LUKS2 encryption, and updated desktop environments across the board.
Zorin OS 18.1 focuses on helping Windows users transition to Linux by detecting Windows installers and recommending native Linux alternatives automatically.
There were several software package updates for openSUSE Tumbleweed during March.
Tumbleweed saw three Plasma 6.6 updates bringing progressive bugfixes to KWin, the system tray, Spectacle, and the Kicker launcher. KDE Frameworks advanced to 6.24.0 with nanosecond-precision timestamps in KIO and a new Kirigami StyleHints API. The Linux kernel moved from 6.19.5 to 6.19.9 with broad fixes across…
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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SparkyLinux 2026.03 “Tiamat” has been released with Linux kernel 6.19, Debian testing Forky, updated Firefox and Thunderbird ESR builds, and improvements to the Calamares and CLI installers.
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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