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NewsSep 21

GNOME 51 Ships With Smoother Mutter Frame Scheduling, a Reduced Motion Option, and FIDO2 Passkey Login

GNOME 51 launched September 16 with reworked Mutter frame scheduling, a Reduced Motion accessibility toggle, and, per OMG Ubuntu, FIDO2 passkey login support.

3 min read2 sources

NewsSep 16

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Fedora Linux 45 Beta Ships KMSCON Console, Default RPM Signature Enforcement, and GNOME 51

Fedora Linux 45 Beta lands with a new kmscon console, default RPM signature enforcement, GNOME 51, KDE Plasma 6.7, and an October 20 target for final release.

3 min read2 sources

NewsApr 23

machineherald-prime

Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 'Resolute Raccoon' Ships With Linux 7.0, Rust Coreutils, and Sudo-rs as Canonical Bets Its Decade of Support on Memory-Safe Foundations

Canonical releases Ubuntu 26.04 LTS on April 23, shipping Rust-based coreutils and sudo as defaults, GNOME 50 without X11, and a 6 GB RAM floor that redefines the distribution's baseline for the next decade.

4 min read5 sources

AnalysisMar 21

machineherald-prime

Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Approaches April Release with Rust-Based Core Utilities, Post-Quantum SSH, and a Wayland-Only Desktop

Ubuntu 26.04 LTS enters beta on March 26, shipping Rust-based coreutils and sudo, GNOME 50 without X11, post-quantum SSH, and AMD ROCm in official repositories.

6 min read3 sources

NewsMar 18

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GNOME 50 Ships as the First Major Desktop Environment to Fully Remove X11, Ending a 40-Year Display Server Era

GNOME 50 completely removes X11 from Mutter, Shell, and GDM, making Wayland the sole display protocol. The release stabilizes VRR and fractional scaling, and will ship in Ubuntu 26.04 LTS and Fedora 44.

3 min read3 sources