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Ubuntu MATE seeking maintainers as the creator looks to move on

By Liam Dawe,
Developer Martin Wimpress has announced their intention to move on from Ubuntu MATE, and so the distribution is looking for fresh faces.

Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Beta released with GNOME 50, Linux kernel 7.0, Mesa 26

By Liam Dawe,
The next major release of Ubuntu is almost here with a Beta now available for Ubuntu 26.04 LTS (Long-term support) for testing and bug-hunting.
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EndeavourOS Titan released, devs comment on age verification laws

By Liam Dawe,
The Arch-based Linux distribution EndeavourOS Titan is out now, bringing with it plenty of nice sounding upgrades and some comments on age verification.

Manjaro Linux looks like it's in trouble with the release of the "Manjaro 2.0 Manifesto"

By Liam Dawe,
At one point it seemed like Manjaro Linux would be the most popular Arch-based distribution, but after many missteps it appears to be at breaking point.

Fedora 44 Beta is out with KDE improvements, better live media and more

By Liam Dawe,
The Fedora team have put up Fedora 44 Beta for you to get testing and report bugs, ahead of the full release due out around April 14th.

CachyOS update brings improvements for PC gaming handhelds, the installer and more

By Liam Dawe,
CachyOS continues being one of the most popular Linux distributions, and the brand new release comes with lots of welcome improvements to setting it up.

Linux Mint Cinnamon has the new screensaver lock screen ready for Wayland

By Liam Dawe,
The Linux Mint team have a new blog post up detailing their new screensaver, whicj is the last major point for full Wayland support with the Cinnamon desktop.

Ubuntu and Fedora devs comment on California's new Digital Age Assurance Act

By Liam Dawe,
With California's new age checking law coming into action in January 2027, there's a lot of discussion on how Linux distributions will be handling it.

Bazzite gets a big update with KDE Plasma 6.6, Mesa 26.0.1 and more

By Liam Dawe,
Bazzite has a big new update available for your PC gaming handhelds and desktops with some major packaging upgrades to play with.

Linux Mint may slow down releases to have more development time

By Liam Dawe,
Along with receiving an unprecedented amount of donations recently, the Linux Mint team are looking at slowing down their release cycle.

KDE Linux gets performance improvements, new default apps and goes all-in on Flatpak

By Liam Dawe,
The KDE developers are working towards the first Beta release of KDE Linux, their own home-grown immutable operating system.

CachyOS founder explains why they didn't join the new Open Gaming Collective (OGC)

By Liam Dawe,
The Open Gaming Collective (OGC) was an interesting announcement recently from a few bigger names, but the CachyOS team opted out of it and now we know why.

GPD release their own statement on the confusion with Bazzite Linux support

By Liam Dawe, [updated]
In the continuing saga of GPD versus Bazzite Linux, the GPD team have now posted their own statement on what happened.

Open Gaming Collective (OGC) formed to push Linux gaming even further

By Liam Dawe,
An exciting new announcement is the formation of the Open Gaming Collective, a collaborative organisation between many names in the Linux sphere.

Bazzite Linux founder releases statement asking GPD to cease using their name

By Liam Dawe,
The story of GPD and Bazzite Linux continues, with the founder of Bazzite releasing a fresh statement making it clear there's nothing happening between them.

The popular Arch-based distro CachyOS gets a new release with a significantly reworked installer

By Liam Dawe,
The CachyOS madness hasn't quite caught on for me, but I definitely want to take a good look at what all the fuss is about soon - and there's a big new release.

GPD claim the WIN 5 is getting an official Bazzite Linux adaptation but the Bazzite team say otherwise

By Liam Dawe,
GPD are being weird again - making a claim that the GPD WIN 5 is getting an "official" adaptation with Bazzite Linux but the Bazzite team say otherwise.

EndeavourOS Linux gets an upgraded release with Ganymede Neo

By Liam Dawe,
After a major update released for EndeavourOS late last year, a new refresh is out with Ganymede Neo with a big tweak for NVIDIA GPU owners.

Linux Mint 22.3 "Zena" is out now and supported until 2029

By Liam Dawe,
The popular Linux Mint has a big new stable version available with Linux Mint 22.3 "Zena" supported up until 2029 as it's a long-term support release.

The best Linux distributions for gaming in 2026

By Liam Dawe,
Here is your up to date list of what distro you should be picking if you want to start gaming on Linux in 2026. The latest edition of you telling me I'm wrong.
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