KDE Plasma 6.8 will be Wayland-only, shipping without a desktop session to run the popular Qt-based desktop on top of the legacy X display server. As with GNOME (who ripped the bandaid off in GNOME 49), this change does not mean X11 applications will no longer work in KDE Plasma 6.8. Legacy software will run, as it already does on Wayland, though the Xwayland compatibility layer. But a dedicated Plasma X11 desktop session will not be provided. The deprecation is being signposted well in advance. KDE Plasma 6.5 was released in October 2025 and Plasma 6.8 is not due for […]

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Open source and open collaboration communities face ongoing threats from “non-practicing entities” (NPEs, also sometimes called “patent trolls”). The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has proposed new procedural rule changes that would benefit NPEs, by making it harder to defend against NPEs who assert weak patents. 

The new office suite uses modern tech for a consistent online-offline experience; the existing offering is renamed 'Classic' and it maintains a traditional approach.

These Linux apps were popular once. And then they were abandoned. And then they came back with a new generation tag.

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When you’re managing a Linux server, especially one with multiple users, you need visibility into what’s happening on your system,

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Save big on cloud storage, privacy tools, VPN services, courses, and Linux hardware.

German manufacturer blames missing features and poor battery life.

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Make a backup of your Flatpak apps and application data and restore them to a new Linux system where Flatpak is supported.

A font's a font – unless you're into typography! Google Sans Flex font is a new open source font made for screens. It looks great set as Ubuntu's system font.

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Hello community, here we have another set of package updates. Welcome to our new development cycle of Manjaro 25.1.0, code-named ‘Anh-Linh’.We will focus on Plasma 6.5 series and will introduce GNOME 49, maybe Cosmic 1.0 (Beta).

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Recent News

• Install media including this update: Release 202511171108 · manjaro/release-review · GitHub
• Manjaro 25.0 Zetar released
• Manjaro Summit public Alpha now available
• As of Linux 6.16.12, the 6.16 series is now EOL (End Of Life). Please install 6.17 stable and/or 6.12 LTS (Long Term Support).

Valkey to replace Redis in the [extra] Repository (click for more details) Previous News Finding information easier about Manjaro (click for more details) Notable Package Updates

• Kernels got updated
  • linux616-rt got removed
• COSMIC 1.0-beta7
• Updates to GRUB and GNOME
• NVIDIA 570.207
• Bluez 5.85
• Blender 5.0.0
• LXQt 2.3.0

Additional Info Python 3.13 info (click for more details) Info about AUR packages (click for more details)

Get our latest daily developer images now from Github: Plasma, GNOME, XFCE. You can get the latest stable releases of Manjaro from CDN77.

Our current supported kernels

• linux54 5.4.301
• linux510 5.10.246
• linux515 5.15.196
• linux61 6.1.158
• linux66 6.6.117
• linux612 6.12.59
• linux617 6.17.9
• linux618 6.18.0-rc7
• linux61-rt 6.1.158_rt58
• linux66-rt 6.6.116_rt66
• linux612-rt 6.12.57_rt14
• linux617-rt 6.17.5_rt7

Package Changes (11/24/25 20:29 CET)

• testing core x86_64: 24 new and 26 removed package(s)
• testing extra x86_64: 727 new and 733 removed package(s)
• testing multilib x86_64: 14 new and 14 removed package(s)

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Raspberry Pi Image 2.0 goes stable with a major redesign, user flow and new features. Details on what's changed, what it can do and where to get it - inside!

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Windows takes a backseat on Dell's latest AI workstation as Linux gets the priority. Windows 11 version will be coming in 2026.

Existing Zorin OS 17 users will soon be able to upgrade to version 18. The tool is in early access and we gave it a try.

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Canonical's engineers have submitted pull requests to add RISC-V support to Google's Flutter toolkit, which Ubuntu uses to built many of its desktop apps.

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Can the Raspberry Pi 500+ work as a standalone Bluetooth keyboard? Yes, using the open-source btferret project – but not without limitations, as I report.

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New Terms of Service introduce perpetual content licenses, reverse-engineering bans, and widespread data collection.

Make a backup of your Snap apps and application data and restore them to a new Linux system where Snap is supported. Works between Ubuntu and non-Ubuntu distros, too.

LibrePods brings AirPods Pro features to Linux desktops, including active noise cancellation, transparency mode, ear detection and accurate battery levels.

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