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Thunderbird 148 Email Client Improves Accessibility in Various Tree Views

Thunderbird 148 is here to improve accessibility in various tree views, add ‘Favorites’ as a destination for ‘Move To’ and ‘File’ buttons, add mail.openpgp.load_untested_gpgme_version to load an untested GPGME version, and expose NTLM as an available authentication method for EWS accounts.

Clonezilla Live 3.3.1 Released with Linux 6.18 LTS, Improved BitLocker Support

Coming four months after Clonezilla Live 3.3, the Clonezilla Live 3.3.1 release is based on the Debian Sid (Unstable) repository as of February 20th, 2026, and it’s powered by the long-term supported Linux 6.18 LTS kernel series to ensure Clonezilla Live will run on newer hardware and support more devices.

KDE Plasma 6.6.1 Is Out to Improve Custom Tiling, Networks Widget, and More

KDE Plasma 6.6.1 improves the Custom Tiling feature to correctly respect key repeat, improves the Networks widget to show a more appropriate icon in the panel or system tray when Wi-Fi is disabled, and improves animation performance by leaning more heavily on the Wayland Presentation Time protocol.

Ardour 9.2 Open-Source DAW Released with MIDI Note Chasing and Duplication

Coming less than three weeks after Ardour 9.0, the Ardour 9.2 release is here to introduce a couple of notable new features, like MIDI note chasing, allowing a long note in a MIDI track to start when the transport starts, and MIDI note duplication, allowing you to duplicate selected MIDI notes right after the end of the last note or to the next snap point after the last note.

GNU Octave 11 Open-Source Scientific Programming Language Officially Released

Highlights of GNU Octave 11 include a new search command for packages, an updated Java internal interface to be more memory-efficient, a completely revamped randi function, support for the roots function to accept only double or single input types, and a more accurate fzero function (1-2 eps when TolX is eps).

Firefox 148 Is Now Available for Download with AI Kill Switch and Other Changes

The biggest change in Firefox 148 is the long-awaited AI kill switch feature, which is implemented in Settings as “AI Controls”, allowing you to completely disable all the AI features that had been included in the past few releases. Firefox’s AI features can be disabled entirely or selectively.

9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: February 22nd, 2026

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Atom E3950 Powers WINSYSTEMS SBC-ZETA-3950 Rugged Mini SBC

The SBC-ZETA-3950 uses the quad-core Intel Atom E3950 processor running at 1.6 GHz (2.0 GHz burst), with 2MB L2 cache and a 12W base power envelope.

AAEON UP Squared Series Gains Mainline Linux Support for 40-Pin GPIO in Linux 6.18

The UP Board family combines Intel processors with a 40-pin expansion header routed through an onboard FPGA. The FPGA handles signal level shifting, pin multiplexing, switching, and direction control, allowing pins to operate as I2C, UART, PWM, or GPIO.

Tor Project blog

New Release: Tor Browser 15.0.7

This version includes important security updates to Firefox.

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What to Use Except Ubuntu and Ubuntu-Based Distros

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jan 14, 2026

Ubuntu is bloated [1, 2]. That is a choice and Canonical tries to sell a solution for that, so it's becoming like IBM with RHEL. For my wife and I, Debian works. For our server, Debian works too. Debian Stable is... well, stable. Ubuntu is based on Debian, not the other way around.

Rolling releases sound like an adventure.

There are many fine distros based on Debian and Devuan. The latter is without systemd. █

Image source: On The Frontier: LINUS, GIVE ME BACK MY LEGIONS!

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