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The Ubuntu 24.04 support drop is thanks to the native builds requiring some newer dependencies. Anyhow, there’s more to this Ghostty release than that.

Apprise 2.1 adds 12 notification services, expands support to 170 plugins, and improves security, configuration handling, and integrations.

Thunderbird 159 introduces unread mail indicators for Linux system trays, automatic Microsoft Graph calendar discovery, and numerous bug fixes.

Fedora Linux 45 faces another delay due to unresolved blocker bugs, pushing its target release date to November 3, 2026.

Ghostty 1.4 delivers faster terminal processing, up to 90% lower scrollback memory usage, and major Linux rendering improvements.

Ginux is not a Linux fork, yet it boots Rocky Linux 10 all the way to systemd. An OpenAI Codex agent wrote about 139,000 lines of it.

Bottles 67.5 fixes dependency installation, controller access, Proton Wayland settings, and bottle restoration, with new Soda runner features.

KDE Plasma 6.8.2 improves desktop stability with fixes for KWin, Wayland, multi-GPU setups, wallpapers, and several interface issues.

RefreshOS 3.1 updates its Debian base to 13.7, introduces a dedicated APT repository, enables 32-bit support, and improves system maintenance.

Tired of the rising licensing cost of VMWare, Tesco seems to be looking to switch to Proxmox.