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NetworkManager 1.58 Officially Released with New Features and Improvements

Coming five months after NetworkManager 1.56, the NetworkManager 1.58 release adds support for the “6GHz” value to the “band” property on Wi-fi connections, support for CLAT (464XLAT) using a BPF program, support for the GENEVE interface, support for the iwd backend to the powersave property, and support for 64 hex-character PSK in WPS credentials.

Mozilla Firefox 153 ESR Is Now Available for Download, Here’s What’s New

Mozilla Firefox 153 is an Extended Support Release (ESR) that will receive updates for the next 15 months. It will accompany both Firefox 140 ESR, which will receive updates until September 2026, and the Firefox 115 ESR series. Once Firefox 140 ESR support ends, Firefox 153 ESR will take its place alongside Firefox 115 ESR.

IPFire 2.29 Core Update 203 Firewall Distro Replaces Unbound with Knot Resolver

Coming one and a half months after IPFire 2.29 Core Update 202, the IPFire 2.29 Core Update 203 is here to revamp the DNS resolution from the ground up by replacing Unbound with Knot Resolver, which introduces encrypted upstream forwarding (DNS over TLS), DNS firewall, encrypted zone data (over TLS), SafeSearch, conditional forwarding, local overrides, DHCP integration, persistent cache, and shared state across multiple workers.

9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: July 19th, 2026

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KDE Plasma 6.8 Desktop Environment Lands on October 14th, Here’s What to Expect

Some of the biggest changes, so far, in KDE Plasma 6.8 include triple buffering for NVIDIA GPUs enabled by default, support for recording audio in Spectacle during screen recording, and automatic logic support for Plasma Login Manager on distros with older systemd versions, such as KDE neon.

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Geniatech XPI-3576-CM5 brings 6-TOPS RK3576 performance with Raspberry Pi CM5 compatibility

The RK3576 integrates four Arm Cortex-A72 cores running at up to 2.2GHz and four Cortex-A53 cores clocked at up to 1.8GHz. Graphics are handled by a Mali-G52 MC3 GPU supporting OpenGL ES 3.2, OpenCL 2.0, and Vulkan 1.1, while the onboard NPU delivers up to 6 TOPS of INT8 performance with support for INT4, INT8, INT16, BF16, and TF32 workloads.

M5Stack broadens embedded lineup with wireless, industrial, and handheld devices

The Stamp-C5 is based on Espressif’s ESP32-C5HF4 and measures 17.6 × 19.1 × 3.4mm. The device combines a single-core 32-bit RISC-V processor running at up to 240MHz with 384KB of SRAM and 4MB of flash storage. Wireless support includes 2.4GHz and 5GHz Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth Low Energy 5, and IEEE 802.15.4 for Zigbee and Thread applications.

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MX Linux 25.2 “Infinity” Released with Linux Kernel 7.0, Based on Debian 13.5

posted by Marius Nestor on May 25, 2026,
updated Jun 15, 2026

Coming four months after MX Linux 25.1, the MX Linux 25.2 release is based on the latest Debian 13.5 “Trixie” operating system and features the long-term supported Linux 6.12 LTS kernel on the standard ISOs and a Liquorix-flavored Linux 7.0 kernel on the AHS (Advanced Hardware Support) ISOs.

However, the biggest attraction of the MX Linux 25.2 release is a much-improved installer that now features a brand-new text mode, allowing you to install MX Linux in a terminal emulator by running the sudo minstall --tui command or a virtual console by running the minstall-launcher command.

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Notebookcheck:

MX Linux 25.2 now available with plenty of fixes and package updates - Notebookcheck News

Available since March 2012, MX Linux is one of the many Debian-based distros currently active. It focuses on desktop users and uses core antiX components alongside additional software from the MX community, such as the roughly 40 user-oriented pieces of code known as MX Tools. The latest update is labeled 25.2 and comes with Mesa 26.0.1 for the Xfce and KDE Advanced Hardware Support (AHS) versions. A Fluxbox flavor is also available.

According to the official release notes, the Xfce-AHS version is the only one that received the low-latency Liquorix 7.0.9 kernel, even though both AHS versions mentioned above include Mesa 26.0.1. What unites all versions is the inclusion of Debian 13.5 "Trixie" updates alongside the latest MX repository refresh, which includes patches for all the recent "meme bugs" found in the kernel. However, some components received special attention this time...

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MX-25.2 “Infinity” ISOs now available!

MX-25.2 is now available. All releases feature updated 6.12.90 Debian kernels, except for Xfce-ahs which has a 7.0.9 liquorix kernel. In addition, the AHS-enabled releases now feature mesa 26.0.1. The new release includes all Debian updates through Debian 13.5 and all updates from the MX repositories, including patches for all the latest “meme bugs” in the linux kernel.

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MX Linux 25.2 provides possible refuge from AI as well as systemd

MX Linux 25.2 is here, now with kernel 7.0 if you choose – although the Raspberry Pi edition still needs some work.

MX Linux has been quietly turning into one of the Reg FOSS desk’s favorite distros for a few years now. It has a number of desirable attributes, and with version 25.2 released late last month, some of the slightly bumpier parts of the major upgrade to version 25 are getting smoothed out.

We looked at MX Linux 25 in November last year, and reported that one of the niftiest features in previous versions had been lost. In MX 23 and before, you could choose which init system the OS used every time it booted up: so, for instance, you could normally run with the classic sysvinit, but if you needed to install something which demanded systemd, you could temporarily boot up with systemd as the init, install your app, and then switch back. In our testing, we’ve found that some things require Agent P’s Swiss Army Knife of a “System and Service Manager” to install, but once they’re in place on your computer, they will run quite happily without it. Alternatively, if it’s something you only occasionally run, you can start up with systemd only when you need it.

gHacks:

MX Linux 25.2 Released With Kernel 7.0 Option and Updated Raspberry Pi Edition - gHacks Tech News

MX Linux 25.2 has been released, addressing some of the rougher transitions introduced in version 25 and finally updating the Raspberry Pi edition.

The update was announced late last month and includes an optional Liquorix-built kernel 7.0, in addition to the standard Debian kernel.

Existing MX Linux users can upgrade through the install-over option in the installer. MX Linux is a Debian-based distribution that doesn't require systemd by default, making it a more accessible choice for users who prefer to avoid systemd.

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