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QEMU 10.2 Officially Released with Live Update Support and Improvements

Coming four months after QEMU 10.1, the QEMU 10.2 release introduces live update support via a new ‘cpr-exec’ migration mode, which allows for reduced resource usage when updating virtual machines, and potential for re-using existing state/connections throughout update.

Parrot 7.0 Ethical Hacking Distro Released with KDE Plasma, RISC-V Support

Based on the latest Debian 13 “Trixie” operating system series and powered by Linux kernel 6.12 LTS, the Parrot 7.0 release ships with KDE Plasma as the default desktop environment on Wayland, which was tweaked to make it as lightweight as possible, along with a classic terminal green style across the entire system.

Pinta 3.1 Open-Source Paint App Released with New Cells Effect, Axonometric Grid

Coming more than eight months after Pinta 3.0, the Pinta 3.1 release implements a new axonometric grid under View > Canvas Grid, a new Cells effect, a polygon selection mode to the Lasso Select tool, a Radius Percentage parameter to the Twist effect, and a revamped canvas widget to improve performance.

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Updates From Debian/Freexian Collaborators

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Dec 17, 2025

Freexian Collaborators: Monthly report about Debian Long Term Support, November 2025 (by Santiago Ruano Rincón)
November.

During the month of November, 18 contributors have been

The team released 33 DLAs fixing 219 CVEs.

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