This week's Linux and FOSS news:
LINUX NEWS
KDE Plasma 6.6 Desktop Environment Officially Released, This Is What's New:
https://9to5linux.com/kde-plasma-6-6-desktop-environment-officially-released-this-is-whats-new
KDE Plasma 6.7 Preps More Improvements While Plasma 6.6.1 Fixes Begin Accumulating:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Plasma-6.6-Released-This-Week
GNOME 50 Lands Updated Wayland Color Management v2 Support:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNOME-50-Color-Management-v2
Rudra is a new keyboard-driven launcher for GNOME Shell:
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/02/rudra-gnome-keyboard-launcher
Weston 15.0 Wayland Compositor Released With Vulkan Renderer, New Protocols:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Weston-15.0-Released
Phosh 0.53.0 released with overview and auto-brightness improvements, etc.:
https://phosh.mobi/releases/rel-0.53.0/
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Moving To OpenJDK 25 By Default:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Ubuntu-26.04-OpenJDK-25
Ubuntu 26.04 splits firmware package to reduce update sizes:
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/02/ubuntu-26-04-firmware-split
Official Ubuntu 26.04 ‘Resolute Raccoon’ mascot revealed:
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/02/ubuntu-26-04-resolute-raccoon-mascot-download
Xubuntu 26.04 LTS (Resolute Raccoon) Wallpaper Contest Is Open for Submissions:
https://9to5linux.com/xubuntu-26-04-lts-resolute-raccoon-wallpaper-contest-is-open-for-submissions
KaOS Linux Drops KDE Plasma After 12 Years for Niri/Noctalia to Escape systemd:
https://9to5linux.com/kaos-linux-drops-kde-plasma-after-12-years-for-niri-noctalia-to-escape-systemd
KDE Says Plasma Desktop Will Never Force Users to Use systemd:
https://9to5linux.com/kde-says-plasma-desktop-will-never-force-users-to-use-systemd
SparkyLinux 8.2 Released with Support for Linux Kernel 6.19, Updated Packages:
https://9to5linux.com/sparkylinux-8-2-released-with-support-for-linux-kernel-6-19-updated-packages
Gentoo Linux Begins Codeberg Migration In Moving Away From GitHub, Avoiding Copilot:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Gentoo-Starts-Codeberg-Use
(Great choice. Codeberg became pretty popular among FOSS projects, it already hosts the repos of LibreWolf, a few Luanti games, various alt frontends of big platforms (including the GitHub frontend GotHub lol, PokeTube (YouTube), Tent (Bandcamp), etc.), and of course my projects, FosseryWeb (Min) and the new Burner Todo)
Ubuntu Touch OTA-1.2 Fixes Boot Issues for Sony Xperia X, Improves VoLTE Support:
https://9to5linux.com/ubuntu-touch-ota-1-2-fixes-boot-issues-for-sony-xperia-x-improves-volte-support
AsteroidOS 2.0 launches with always-on display, nightstand mode & performance improvements:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/2/asteroidos-2-0-launches-with-always-on-display-nightstand-mode-and-performance-improvements/
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