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Some of the biggest changes in KDE Plasma 6.7 include the ability to type characters that aren’t on your physical keyboard, a switch on the Plasma Panel to instantly go from light mode to dark mode, a global push-to-talk feature, and a full-featured print queue viewer app.
The Artix Linux 2026.04 release promotes XLibre as the default display server instead of Xorg Server, which can now be installed manually if you don’t want to use XLibre. For the KDE Plasma edition, users can choose between using Wayland or XLibre.
Coming about three weeks after OBS Studio 32.1, the OBS Studio 32.1.1 release is here to improve the new audio mixer by fixing the missing tooltips, the missing toolbar actions, incorrect colors, an issue with the minimum width being too large, sorting weight for global and pinned sources, and disabled sources.
Based on the latest Debian 13 “Trixie” operating system series, Netrunner 26 is powered by the more recent Linux 6.16 kernel instead of Debian’s long-term supported Linux 6.12 LTS to provide users with better hardware support on both new and existing installations.
The Internet is essential for our everyday lives. We use it to reach out to friends and family, pay our bills, study, work, watch our favorite movies, and do an infinite number of other things. But at the same time, criminal activities are also happening online. Growing concerns about online copyright infringement and child safety have led governments to regulate online services, which sometimes leads to content blocking or even making entire websites and apps unavailable.
M5Stack has introduced several new and updated products, including the CardKB2 keyboard unit, the Stamp-P4 module based on the ESP32-P4, a matching Wi-Fi expansion module, and an updated Core2 for AWS development kit. The lineup spans input devices, embedded modules, and IoT-focused development platforms.
Radxa has updated its Taco carrier board with a new revision designed around the Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5, targeting storage-heavy and network-oriented applications. The platform integrates multiple SATA interfaces, dual Ethernet ports, and PCIe expansion in a compact form factor.
A compact carrier board referred to as the Raspberry Pi CM5 TV Stick Lite adapts the Compute Module 5 into a plug-in HDMI form factor. The design allows the module to connect directly to a display while requiring only USB-C power.
The Raspberry Pi Foundation has announced a new 3GB variant of the Raspberry Pi 4 Model B, priced at $83.75, alongside a set of price increases affecting multiple products across its lineup. The changes are attributed to a sharp rise in LPDDR4 memory costs, which the company reports have increased seven-fold over the past year.
The way statCounter sees it based on data requests from Israel, GNU/Linux doubled in the past 6 months and Microsoft is in a freefall amid closures and mass layoffs.
GNU/Linux is provably more secure than Windows and that's a critical aspect there. █
Image source: Nato secretary general