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Zorin OS 18.1 Boosts Windows App Support by 40%, Improves Window Tiling

Zorin OS 18.1 comes six months after Zorin OS 18 with an up-to-date base from the Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS (Noble Numbat) operating system, featuring the Linux 6.17 HWE (Hardware Enablement) kernel and Mesa 25.2 graphics stack, as well as the latest LibreOffice 26.2 office suite.

GNOME 50.1 Released with Basic Zoom Support for the Captive Portal

GNOME 50.1 adds basic zoom support to the captive portal in GNOME Shell, enables the network agent on the lock screen, updates the on-screen keyboard to better fit on very small screens, and adds support to GNOME Shell for using a triangular noise shape for dithering the lightbox vignette.

COSMIC 1.0.10 Desktop Environment Brings Small Tweaks and Bug Fixes

COSMIC 1.0.10 is a small release that updates the COSMIC Files file manager with support for user-defined context menu actions, a workaround for delays in the availability of clipboard data, and the ability to cycle through items starting with the same letter in type-to-select mode.

XOrg Server 21.1.22 and Xwayland 24.1.10 Released with Multiple Security Fixes

These releases are here to fix CVE-2026-33999, an XKB integer underflow in the XkbSetCompatMap() function that can lead to buffer read overrun when processing a future request if a “compat” buffer was previously truncated, leaving unused space in the buffer. The code in XkbSetCompatMap() will use that space, but fails to update the number of valid entries actually in the buffer.

OpenSSL 4.0 Released with Support for Encrypted Client Hello, SNMP KDF, and More

Highlights of OpenSSL 4.0 include support for Encrypted Client Hello (ECH, RFC 9849), support for SNMP KDF and SRTP KDF, support for signature algorithm sm2sig_sm3, support for RFC 8998, support for [tls-hybrid-sm2-mlkem] post-quantum group curveSM2MLKEM768, and key exchange group curveSM2 support.

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Still powered by the long-term supported Linux 6.12 LTS kernel series, which will receive support until December 2028, the new Raspberry Pi OS release (2026-04-13) disables passwordless sudo by default for an extra layer of protection and security.

openSUSE Tumbleweed Lands GNOME 50, systemd-boot on New UEFI Installs

openSUSE Tumbleweed users using the GNOME desktop environment would be happy to learn that the latest release, GNOME 50, landed this week in the stable repositories as an upgrade from GNOME 49.5.

Scribus 1.6.6 Open-Source Desktop Publishing App Released with Bug Fixes

Coming four months after Scribus 1.6.5, the Scribus 1.6.6 release is here to improve the image scaling behavior in the MS Publisher import plugin, as well as to update the color wheel to correctly move to the selected color.

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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jan 30, 2026

Thought Transference

Updated This Past Day

  1. RMS Was Right 35 Years Ago
    Stallman’s viewpoints have remained the same
  2. Fedora is IBM and There's Hardly Any Community Left
    It's more like an onboarding mechanism for unpaid labour at (and for) IBM

    New

  3. Gemini Links 29/01/2026: Naps, Letting Go, and Terribly Cold Weather
    Links for the day
  4. Links 29/01/2026: Kennedy Center Officials Resigning and Amazon to Cut 16,000 Jobs
    Links for the day
  5. Goodbyes to Red Hat and IBM
    PIPs let them do the same with less "wasted" on severance or with obscene narrative-shaping
  6. The Need to Understand the Projection Tactics Against RMS
    There's an old and common saying (or "wisdom") about who's guilty when there's a fart in elevators (lifts)
  7. Links 29/01/2026: Neocities Is Blocked by Microsoft, “Intellectual Freedom Centers” as the New "Intelligent Design"
    Links for the day
  8. Microsoft XBox Dying Not Only as a Console, Reveals Microsoft
    Microsoft is trying to rebrand or repurpose the brand
  9. Don't be Mistaken, Microsoft Boasts About Money That Does Not Exist and Revenue (Buying From Oneself!) Is Not Income
    the company's debt grew
  10. IBM's Financial Performance in IBM's Own Words: Money Down, Debt Up Sharply
    IBM isn't a healthy company
  11. In Dominica, GNU/Linux Has Risen to All-Time High in 2026
    a lot of America is moving to Free software this year
  12. The "Alicante Mafia" - Part XV - EPO is on Strike Tomorrow, Lots to be Angry About (Except Money)
    We'll soon finish the series
  13. Gemini Links 29/01/2026: "Lady Audley's Secret" and "The Value Of Our Fear" (Carney's Speech)
    Links for the day
  14. Emmanuel Macron on Europe's GAFAM Addiction/Dependence: "There is No Such Thing as Happy Vassalage"
    Microsoft has long worked to prevent commodification
  15. It's Official, Mass Layoffs at IBM Again (2026)
    In a matter of days we'll just see how much IBM's debt has grown
  16. Over at Tux Machines...
    GNU/Linux news for the past day
  17. IRC Proceedings: Wednesday, January 28, 2026
    IRC logs for Wednesday, January 28, 2026
    The corresponding text-only bulletin for Thursday contains all the text.

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