What's new in 0.3 'Fullscreened'? X Mode — a full-screen, controller-first game launcher with its own login session - Steam, Heroic, Bottles, Lutris and your own games in one place; boot into X Mode - pick X Mode or the desktop in the installer, switch between them anytime; handheld support - built-in controls and back buttons on the ROG Ally family, Legion Go, MSI Claw and more via Handheld Daemon; quick settings and TDP - performance modes, power limit in watts, brightness and volume, in X Mode and on the desktop; CobaltX keyboard - themed on-screen keyboard that types into any app or game (controller or touch); controller cursor - use the stick as a mouse on the desktop; library + add a game - add AppImages, .exe files, scripts or ROMs that weren't found automatically; open apps — resume or close running apps, with force close for frozen ones....
The COSMIC edition moves to version 1.10.0, accumulating the changes from 1.9.0 and 1.10.0 with respect to the previous version. The update reaches the complete stack: the Wayland compositor, the panel and its applets, the settings centre, the session manager, the greeter and the environment's own applications. Two new components join the set. cosmic-viewer is the environment's image viewer and becomes the default application for opening images, replacing the GTK viewer the edition had been using until now. cosmic-osk adds an on-screen keyboard, with an applet of its own to enable and disable it; the environment detects it according to the machine, so that it does not appear where it does not belong. The lock screen is now drawn by the same component as the desktop background, which unifies its appearance with the session.
We are pleased to announce the official release of OpenBSD 8.0. This is our 61st release. As in our previous releases, 8.0 provides significant improvements, including new features, in nearly all areas of the system. Platforms specific improvements: amd64 - raised the size of amd64 kernel virtual address space from 4G to 512G, pmap(9) direct map now placed at a random location, sped up swap encryption by using AES cpu instructions; arm64 - added hibernate support, sped up swap encryption by using AES cpu instructions, implemented bounce buffers; luna88k - fixed m88k multiple CMMU register writes, extended m88k kernel-mode CMMU fault handling to handle write protection faults, ensure luna88k m8820x_initialize_cpu() initializes logical CPU #0 on non-MP kernels, faster CMMU walk in luna88k m8820x_cpu_number(); riscv64 - detect CPU extensions and advertise those usable by userland through elf_aux_info(3) AT_HWCAP and AT_HWCAP2 queries....
Starbuntu is now available in the new version 26.04.1.3. This release presents the new version 4:26.2.6.3-0ubuntu0.26.04.2 of the office suite LibreOffice. In addition, among other things, Starbuntu has renewed the code for opening the internal and external storage media and, moreover, accomplished a lot of graphical corrections that have been necessary due to the recent distro upgrade from Noble Numbat to Resolute Raccoon.
Ubuntu 26.10 brings significant progress for security, and strengthens the platform with the full adoption of Rust-based coreutils, post-quantum-ready package signing, and expanded TPM-backed full-disk encryption support. Enterprise authentication gains deeper integration with Microsoft Entra ID, including password and multi-factor authentication. Linux kernel 7.3 extends support for the latest hardware, alongside new RISC-V desktop images and optimized amd64v3 installation images. On the desktop, GNOME 51 brings improvements to responsiveness, accessibility, and usability, complemented by more consistent software management and greater resilience under memory pressure. Ubuntu 26.10 also introduces Myna, an opt-in, locally processed speech-to-text solution that marks the first step towards a more natural, context-aware desktop experience.