Your favorite open source projects have been busy. We round up the new releases worth knowing about, plus the big kernel changes headed your way soon.
Sponsored By:
- Webroot: Webroot is cloud-based antivirus, engineered to stay out of your way. For a limited time, you can save sixty percent.
- Jupiter Party Annual Membership: Put your support on automatic with our annual plan, and get one month of membership for free!
- Managed Nebula: Meet Managed Nebula from Defined Networking. A decentralized VPN built on the open-source Nebula platform that we love.
Support LINUX Unplugged
Links:
- AppleTalk 1985-2026 Memorial Sticker
- Sorry, I only open regular files Sticker
- Webroot β Save sixty percent when you go to webroot.com/unplugged.
- π₯ Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike
- π» LINUX Unplugged on Fountain.FM
- Web Boost β Send us a boost via sats or USD
- KDE Plasma 6.7 Released With Per-Screen Virtual Desktops, Wayland Improvements - Phoronix
- Plasma 6.7 - KDE Community
- See what's next for Firefox β Firefox.com
- systemd 261 Released With New systemd-sysinstall OS Installer
- Introducing Myna: Speech to Text for Ubuntu Desktop
- myna: Myna is a lightweight speech-to-text application for Ubuntu Desktop.
- Linux 7.1 Annouced by Linus on Sunday June 14th β Anyway, possible slight hiccups in the merge window aside, the newstoday is 7.1.
- Linux Kernel 7.1 Officially Released, Here's Whatβs New - 9to5Linux
- Linux 7.1 Features: New NTFS Driver, New Intel + AMD Hardware, Performance Optimizations & Modernization - Phoronix
- Linux Kernel 7.1 Officially Released with New NTFS Driver, Intel FRED, and Major Code Cleanup | Linux Journal
- The first half of the 7.2 merge window - LWN.net
- Linux 7.2 Adds Ability To Limit Programs To Only Open Regular Files, Avoid Being Tricked Or Doing Silly Things - Phoronix
- Btrfs Now Enables Large Folios By Default, Lands Huge Folios With Linux 7.2 - Phoronix
- XFS Zone Allocator No Longer Experimental With Linux 7.2 - Phoronix
- EXT4 Reworks Fast Commit Handling & Faster Directory Hash Computation - Phoronix
- Linux 7.2 Improves Anonymous/Unnamed Pipe Performance For Shell Pipelines & More - Phoronix
- AF_ALG Deprecation Approved For Linux 7.2, Useless & Insecure Crypto Driver Code Removed - Phoronix
- Linux Finally Ends AppleTalk Protocol Support - Phoronix
- soltros/Cabinet β Cabinet is a lean, high-performance "File Locker" designed for self-hosting. It prioritizes a fast web experience, mobile-first design, and simple file management without the bloat of complex syncing engines.
- Distro Stu's Nix Router Config
- Pick: Fluxcast β Stream your Linux desktop to a Smart TV via Miracast/WFD, DLNA, or Chromecast.
- Pick: audible-cli β A command line interface for audible package. With the cli you can download your Audible books, cover, chapter files.
- Pick: Import-To-AudioBookShelf β A utility to take books which you legally purchased from Audible and move them into Audio BookShelf
- Pick: quipclipper β Find and cut lossless clips from movies & TV by searching the subtitle dialogue.