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FOSS Weekly #26.40: NixOS is European Choice, Firefox Nova and Features, Free Terminal Course, Homelab Improvements and More
Canonical is moving Ubuntu's kernel update cycle from four weeks to two, with the expected result being a kernel release landing every week due to cycle overlap. They did this because AI-assisted vulnerability hunting is causing CVEs to land faster than the old timeline could respond to.
They have also enabled upgrades from Ubuntu 24.04 LTS to Ubuntu 26.04.1. And the delayed beta release of Ubuntu 26.10 should arrive today.
AlmaLinux now has software certification, which means publishers can list products and users can confirm what runs on their hardware, with everything going into a public catalog with a free read-only API facilitating bulk data export.
GhostBSD's lead developer is building a new desktop called Mocka to eventually replace MATE. It is built from scratch with no shared code from the MATE project, and the name comes from a typo.
postmarketOS is now Nura. The rename has been in the works since March 2025, drew over 300 community submissions, and went through a trademark review and a vote before it was finalized. On the same note, F-Droid has a major revamp. In case you did not know, F-Droid is the FOSS alternative to Google Play Store.
openSUSE is consolidating its distro lineup. Leap Micro, the separate immutable flavor for container and edge workloads, is going away, and Leap 16.1 absorbs its functionality via an optional installer mode.
This edition of FOSS Weekly is supported by Dawarich, an open source alternative to Google Timeline.
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The Netherlands is building a NixOS-powered work environment after watching Microsoft cut off ICC access in 2025. Though it turns out France's digital agency had beat them to it, already running their own version of NixOS on internal workstations.
Last week I shared my weekend project, Tuxdle. It's a word game where you have to guess the Linux term within six attempts. The game has gained good popularity. We are getting more than 500 plays every day. A good number for a game that is less than a week old.