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Linux Weekly Roundup: Ubuntu 26.10, KDE Plasma 6.8, Firefox 158

Original: # Linux Weekly Roundup for October 18th, 2026: # Ubuntu 26.10, # KDE Plasma 6.8, # Firefox 158, # LinuxMint 27 and Ubunt

A new weekly Linux news roundup dated October 18th, 2026 covers a busy stretch of open-source releases, headlined by Ubuntu 26.10 and KDE Plasma 6.8. Also featured are Firefox 158, Linux Mint 27, the announced release date for Ubuntu 27.04, Thunderbird 158, IPFire 2.29 Core Update 204, Mesa 26.2.5, GNOME 50.6, Libreboot 26.10, Shelly 3.1.7 and KDE Plasma 6.6.7.

Why now: A dense week of major Linux distribution and desktop environment releases has drawn attention from the open-source community.

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• # Linux Weekly Roundup for October 18th, 2026: # Ubuntu 26.10, # KDE Plasma 6.8, # Firefox 158, # LinuxMint 27 and Ubuntu 27.04 release date, # Thunderbird 158, # IPFire 2.29 Core Update 204, # Mesa 26.2.5, # GNOME 50.6, # Libreboot 26.10, # Shelly 3.1.7, KDE Plasma 6.6.7,… · 9to5linux@floss.social · 5

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