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KDE Plasma 6.6.4 Is Out to Reduce CPU and GPU Load for Full-Screen Windows:
https://9to5linux.com/kde-plasma-6-6-4-is-out-to-reduce-cpu-and-gpu-load-for-full-screen-windows

KDE 4’s Air Theme Making a Comeback, Oxygen Gets Major Revamp for Plasma 6.7:
https://9to5linux.com/kde-4s-air-theme-making-a-comeback-oxygen-gets-major-revamp-for-plasma-6-7

KDE Frameworks 6.25 Adds Support for Converting Momme Units in KRunner:
https://9to5linux.com/kde-frameworks-6-25-adds-support-for-converting-momme-units-in-krunner

GNOME-Aligned Amberol 2026.1 Music Player Released, Phosh Improves X11 Support:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNOME-Amberol-2026.1

Rust API and a new plugin system added to Miracle-WM:
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/04/miracle-wm-rust-plugins

Phosh 0.54.0 released with status page for location quick setting, other smaller improvements:
https://phosh.mobi/releases/rel-0.54.0/

Ghostty terminal is now available in the Ubuntu repos:
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/04/ghostty-terminal-ubuntu-26-04-apt-install

First Look at Shelly, a Modern Graphical Package Manager for Arch Linux:
https://9to5linux.com/first-look-at-shelly-a-modern-graphical-package-manager-for-arch-linux

Valve dev fixes up VRAM management on AMD GPUs to improve performance:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/valve-dev-fixes-up-vram-management-on-amd-gpus-to-improve-performance/

Proton Experimental brings fixes for classic Resident Evil 1 & 2, Dino Crisis 1 & 2 and more:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/proton-experimental-brings-fixes-for-classic-resident-evil-1-2-dino-crisis-1-2-and-more/

Wine Staging 11.6 Ships Big Patch Series For Working On DirectComposition:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Wine-Staging-11.6

D7VK 1.7 Brings More Improvements For Legacy Direct3D On Vulkan:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/D7VK-1.7-Released

Flatpak 1.16.4 Linux App Sandboxing Framework Brings Important Security Fixes:
https://9to5linux.com/flatpak-1-16-4-linux-app-sandboxing-framework-brings-important-security-fixes

XDG-Desktop-Portal 1.20.4 Released To Protect Against Apps Trashing Arbitrary Host Files:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/XDG-Desktop-Portal-1.20.4

PipeWire 1.6.3 Improves RAOP Compatibility to Make It Work on More Devices:
https://9to5linux.com/pipewire-1-6-3-improves-raop-compatibility-to-make-it-work-on-more-devices

GStreamer 1.28.2 Adds Caching Support to NVCodec Plugin to Speed Up Initialization:
https://9to5linux.com/gstreamer-1-28-2-adds-caching-support-to-nvcodec-plugin-to-speed-up-initialization

Rust Coreutils 0.8 Brings Significant Performance Gains:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Rust-Coreutils-0.8-Released

TUXEDO Laptops Will Enjoy More Features With The Upstream Linux 7.1 Kernel:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/TUXEDO-More-Uniwill-Linux-7.1

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