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This week's Linux and FOSS news:

LINUX NEWS

Colorado Age Attestation Bill May Exclude Open Source OSes and Apps:
https://9to5linux.com/colorado-age-attestation-bill-may-exclude-open-source-oses-and-apps

AlmaLinux Comments On California Age Verification Law:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/AlmaLinux-Age-Verification-Laws

Ubuntu 26.04 LTS released: GNOME 50, Wayland-only and Linux 7.0:
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/04/ubuntu-26-04-lts-released

Ubuntu Server 26.04 LTS Will Now Automatically Install HWE/OEM Kernel Packages:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Ubuntu-Server-26.04-HWE-OEM

Ubuntu 26.10 (Stonking Stingray) release date & schedule:
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/04/ubuntu-26-10-release-date

Ubuntu Rust Coreutils Audit Revealed 113 Issues, Ubuntu 26.10 Aims For "100% Rust Coreutils":
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Ubuntu-Rust-Coreutils-Audit

Ubuntu Looks Toward More Snap-Based Devpacks Moving Forward:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Ubuntu-More-Devpacks-Future

Ghostty OpenGL-Accelerated Terminal Available On Ubuntu 26.04 LTS:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Ghostty-Ubuntu-26.04

Archinstall 4.3 Arch Linux Installer Adds Support for Installing Additional Fonts:
https://9to5linux.com/archinstall-4-3-arch-linux-installer-adds-support-for-installing-additional-fonts

CachyOS Rolls Out A Super-Charged Linux 7.0 Kernel:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/CachyOS-Super-Charged-Linux-7.0

Microsoft Reportedly Looking At Rebasing Azure Linux On Fedora:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/MS-Azure-Linux-Fedora-Based

Tails 7.7 Anonymous Distro Adds Detection of Outdated Secure Boot Certificates:
https://9to5linux.com/tails-7-7-anonymous-distro-adds-detection-of-outdated-secure-boot-certificates

Almalinux 9.8 beta released with expanded architecture and toolset support:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/4/almalinux-9-8-beta-released-with-expanded-architecture-and-toolset-support/

LXQt 2.4 Desktop Environment Released with More Wayland Improvements:
https://9to5linux.com/lxqt-2-4-desktop-environment-officially-released-with-more-wayland-improvements

Niri 26.04 Wayland Compositor Adds Much Sought After Blur Support:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Niri-26.04-Released

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.NET 8.0 LTS is not installable on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Resolute Raccoon

During development of Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Resolute Raccoon, which is expected to come with .NET 10.0 LTS that was released last week, there was a proposal to remove .NET 8.0 from the list of installable software in both the runtime and the SDK forms. This was made in accordance with the comment in a 2023 .NET 6.0 bug that stated:

- We will ship the latest .NET LTS (e.g. .NET 6, 8, 10) to the latest Ubuntu LTS and backport to the -1 Ubuntu LTS and Interim releases.
- We will ship .NET STS releases (.NET 7, 9, 11) only to Ubuntu Interim releases.

e.g.
- .NET 8 LTS will be on 22.04 LTS, 23.10 and 24.04 LTS
- .NET 9 STS will be on 24.10, 25.04, 25.10
- .NET 10 LTS will be on 24.04 LTS, 25.04, 25.10 and 26.04 LTS

As .NET 10.0 is a long-term release that will make its way to Ubuntu 26.04 Resolute Raccoon, it has been backported to Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, which is the current LTS version that is supported as of the time of writing. Meanwhile, .NET 8.0 has already been backported to Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Jammy Jellyfish, and there is no mention of forward-porting the version to the next Ubuntu LTS version.

To satisfy this condition, all packages that are related to .NET 8.0 have been removed from Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Resolute Raccoon. You can take a look at this bug’s logs here.

Starting from today, you’ll no longer be able to install .NET 8.0 from your development system from official Ubuntu repositories if you’re running the development branch of Resolute Raccoon. You’ll either have to upgrade your applications to .NET 10.0, or you’ll have to manually install .NET 8.0.

Meanwhile, the team is running into issues with packaging the final version of .NET 10.0 for the same version of Ubuntu, but those issues should be fixed soon so that developers can finally have access to the latest .NET version.

As a consequence, we had to remove all Nitrocid and BassBoom packages for Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Resolute Raccoon until all packages that are related to .NET 10.0 have landed.

This week's Linux and FOSS news:

LINUX NEWS

Ubuntu 25.10 Released, Available to Download Now (with GNOME 49, TPM-backed disk encryption, Ptyxis terminal and Loupe image viewer preinstalled):
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/10/ubuntu-25-10-released

How To Fix Broken Flatpak Issue In Ubuntu 25.10 Questing Quokka:
https://ostechnix.com/fix-broken-flatpak-ubuntu-25-10-questing-quokka/
(Hmm, seems like they are testing how users react to not being able to install Flatpaks. They are using the Microsoft technique to do something their users don't like, undo it, then push it again later.)

Xubuntu Linux 25.10 released with improved Wayland support and Xfce 4.20:
https://betanews.com/2025/10/10/xubuntu-linux-25-10-released-with-improved-wayland-support-and-xfce-4-20/

Ubuntu Reveal Codename of Next Year’s 26.04 LTS:
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/10/ubuntu-26-04-lts-codename-resolute-raccoon

Fedora 43 Landing Emergency Change To Increase /boot Due To NVIDIA GPU Firmware & Other Bloat:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Fedora-43-Bigger-Boot-Firmware

Solus Linux Preparing To Remove Python 2, Big systemd Upgrade & Finish /usr Merge:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Solus-Linux-EOY-2025-Epoch

Introducing KRetro: a Libretro game emulator from KDE! (Alpha Release):
https://blog.seshan.xyz/2025/10/05/introducing-kretro-a-libretro-game-emulator-from-kde-alpha-release/

Proton Experimental brings fixes for The Quarry, For Honor, God of War: Ragnarok and more:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/10/proton-experimental-brings-fixes-for-the-quarry-for-honor-god-of-war-ragnarok-and-more/

Proton 10.0-3 release candidate live for testing better Windows game compatibility on Linux / Steam Deck:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/10/proton-10-0-3-release-candidate-live-for-testing-better-windows-game-compatibility-on-linux-steam-deck/

Amazon Ditches Android — Launches 'Linux-Based' Vega OS for Fire TV:
https://news.itsfoss.com/amazon-vega-os/

Ubuntu Touch (UBports) 24.04-1.0 released as the first version based on Ubuntu 24.04, with Fairphone 5 support, light mode, personal data encryption, etc.:
https://ubports.com/blog/ubports-news-1/ubuntu-touch-24-04-1-0-release-3973

Phosh 0.50.0 released with some smaller changes, bug fixes:
https://phosh.mobi/releases/rel-0.50.0/

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