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Aptivi Weekly Tech News Issue #20 (Week 42 – 10/17/2026)
Every week, we collect every event that happened within Aptivi, our projects, and other interesting tech news. This issue shows you the brief summary of our project releases and some of our articles posted on the Aptivi Blog and on the Newsroom, as well as some links to other interesting resources, such as the most intriguing tech news during the week.
As technology evolves quickly, we have to move quickly with the current to make sure that we don’t miss any of the interesting technology-related events, such as new releases and other interesting events that revolutionize the tech world.
New Aptivi Project Releases
During this week, we have released the following projects and/or new versions of our existing projects. This serves as a commitment into ensuring that our projects become more usable and reliable as we add bug fixes and other improvements. Additionally, those releases may have added new features for productivity.
- Projects that got their updates
- [October 15th, 2026] BassBoom v1.0.3
- [October 15th, 2026] ChemiStar v1.2.0
This is not the end, since we keep working on new versions of projects, even if there are no new releases of our projects made this week.
What happened at Aptivi?
During this week, sets of events have happened at Aptivi, and we have chosen to summarize some of the most intriguing events that we have covered here at Aptivi Blog and Aptivi Newsroom, as well as other Aptivi updates in case they happen.
The seventh and the last release candidate of Linux 7.3 was released this week, with one last step into the final release expected October 19th. Meanwhile, Ubuntu 27.04’s codename has been officially revealed as “Tenacious T-Rex” prior to the release of 26.10, and KDE Plasma 6.8 was released to celebrate the 30th year anniversary of KDE.
Meanwhile, Microsoft has released the Windows 11 October 2026 security patch to bring stability fixes, as well as general improvements.
Samsung started rolling out the One UI 9.0 update for the Galaxy S24, the Galaxy Z Fold6 and Flip6, and the Galaxy A57 globally, and we have posted the full changelogs of One UI 9.0 for the Galaxy A series devices, taken from our Galaxy A57, and we have showcased the new features that the update introduced.
Additionally, Samsung has started rolling out the same update for the Galaxy S23, the Galaxy Z Fold/Flip5, the Galaxy A37, the Galaxy A56, and the Galaxy A36 phones, which started from Korea, and would mark the last major software update for the Galaxy S23 and Z5 series phones.
In addition to that, the following other articles were posted for you to read:
- [October 16th, 2026] One UI 9.0 Watch Beta 4 is now live for the Galaxy Watch6
- [October 15th, 2026] One UI 9.0 Watch Beta 5 is now live for the Galaxy Watch8 and Beta 4 for the Watch7!
- [October 13th, 2026] Samsung releases One UI 9.0 Beta 3 for the Galaxy A15 5G
- [October 11th, 2026] EXCLUSIVE: An upcoming announcement on October 15th
Additionally, you can check out this week’s issue of Linux Weekly Digests in this link.
There are some other updates that happened with Aptivi. We have announced the improvements of our libraries that will be done as soon as Nitrocid 0.2.1 gets released, and we have posted a tutorial on how to install FixPak SM07 to the existing IBM OS/2 Warp 2.11 system on an 86Box emulated computer.
Most intriguing tech news
Here, we collect some of the most intriguing news that caught our attention, and our readers can explore this list below:
- [October 17th, 2026] Windows 11’s last Secure Boot deadline hits Monday, Microsoft reveals what happens to your PC
- [October 17th, 2026] GNOME 50.6 Released with Shell, Mutter, and Nautilus Fixes
- [October 17th, 2026] Linux 7.3 Lands Last-Minute Fixes For Samsung 990 PRO & 990 EVO Plus SSDs
- [October 17th, 2026] KDE Plasma 6.9 To Debut New Weather Widget & On-Screen Keyboard
- [October 17th, 2026] Ubuntu Touch 24.04-2.1 Brings New Hardware Support & Important Security Fix
- [October 16th, 2026] Apple iPhone Duo pre-orders sell out fast as customers face delays
- [October 16th, 2026] AI-Generated Starling Desktop Environment Rolls Out Its Own Office Suite
- [October 16th, 2026] Fedora 46 Looking At Moving To RPM v6 Package Format
- [October 16th, 2026] Linus Torvalds Rejects AI Coding Bans as Linux Rethinks Disclosure Rules
- [October 16th, 2026] Samsung reveals key Galaxy F70 5G specs and its launch date
- [October 16th, 2026] Windows 11 could kill Control Panel faster, as Microsoft quietly tests Settings in the Microsoft Store
- [October 16th, 2026] Samsung Ditching One UI for Galaxy OS? Why I’m Not Buying It Yet
- [October 16th, 2026] Today’s Steam Beta Makes The Linux Client A 64-bit App
- [October 15th, 2026] Sony just canceled a promised Android 17 update for one of its Xperia phones
- [October 15th, 2026] Samsung Galaxy A16 5G gets One UI 9 Beta 3 update with camera fixes
- [October 15th, 2026] “674M views and they still don’t get the message”: Windows 10 users still aren’t sold on Windows 11
- [October 15th, 2026] Microsoft’s special Windows 11 26H2 tweak makes PCs faster especially on hard disks
- [October 15th, 2026] Ubuntu 26.10 released
- [October 15th, 2026] Epic Games Confirms Fortnite Is Coming to Linux with New Easy Anti-Cheat
- [October 14th, 2026] Galaxy A34 Gets October 2026 Security Update, One UI 9 Next?
- [October 14th, 2026] Epic Games To Improve Easy Anti-Cheat On Linux With Anti-Cheat Systemd Service & eBPF
- [October 14th, 2026] Oops! Fake Google Chrome App Spotted on Play Store With 100,000+ Downloads
- [October 14th, 2026] Samsung Expands Language Support Across AI Experiences on Galaxy
- [October 14th, 2026] Linus Torvalds’s first LLM-assisted patch series
- [October 14th, 2026] Stable One UI 9 update is live for Samsung Galaxy A27 users
- [October 14th, 2026] BeOS-Inspired Haiku Landed More Hardware Improvements & Other Changes In September
- [October 14th, 2026] Samsung’s October 2026 One UI 8.5 update arrives on Galaxy A phones
- [October 13th, 2026] Windows 11 24H2 Home and Pro lose support today
- [October 13th, 2026] Linux Mint 27 Continues Working Toward Christmas Release With Many Features
- [October 13th, 2026] Linux Mint 27 “Adrien” Coming This Christmas, Ends Point Releases
- [October 13th, 2026] Monthly News – September 2026
- [October 12th, 2026] Galaxy A57 One UI 9 Update Causes an XML Error, but There’s a Workaround
- [October 12th, 2026] Firefox 158 released with JPEG XL support
- [October 12th, 2026] LineageOS support finally comes to Pixel 10 and 10a lineup
- [October 12th, 2026] Another report suggests Samsung Galaxy S27 series could cost more
- [October 12th, 2026] Samsung Begins Stable One UI 9 Rollout for Galaxy Z Fold 6, Flip 6 in the US
- [October 12th, 2026] EXT4 Introducing IOmap Buffered I/O Path With Some Performance Gains
- [October 12th, 2026] LineageOS 24.0 Open-Source Mobile OS Released with Android 17
- [October 12th, 2026] Ubuntu’s App Center makes it easy to install missing media codecs
- [October 11th, 2026] Galaxy S23 phones should be getting One UI 9.0 update soon
- [October 11th, 2026] Microsoft is giving Windows 11’s legacy UI dark mode instead of killing it, now in Hyper-V
- [October 11th, 2026] Microsoft design boss on why Windows 11 can’t please all 1 billion users: “Everyone has different preferences”
Please note that the order of events are listed in the descending order from the newest to the oldest.
Summary
This week, Aptivi announced upcoming improvements to our libraries while having released BassBoom v1.0.3 and ChemiStar v1.2.0, one of which was released after ten months of no updates. We’ve also tested the installation of IBM OS/2 Warp 2.11 FixPak SM07 to the existing installation in an 86Box emulated machine.
In the other hand, Samsung started rolling out One UI 9.0 updates to even more phones, including the Galaxy S23, Z Fold/Flip5, and various Galaxy A phones, such as the Galaxy A56 in Korea and the Galaxy A57 in Europe. Additionally, new beta versions of One UI 9.0 Watch have been released for all eligible smartwatches. KDE reached 30 years old with the release of Plasma 6.8, Linux 7.3 RC7 was released to get ready for the final release, and Windows 11 October 2026 security patch was released.
So, thank you to whoever read our posts, liked them, and commented on them, whether it’s on the Fediverse or not. We appreciate your interaction, engagement, and support, and this motivates us into going ahead moving forward.
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