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Distribution Release: Ubuntu Budgie 26.04

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. The Ubuntu Budgie project has published version 26.04 of its Ubuntu community flavour. Ubuntu Budgie 26.04 offers three years of support and makes the leap to a Wayland-only version of the Budgie desktop environment. "Ubuntu Budgie 26.04 LTS (Resolute Raccoon) is a Long Term Support release, supported for....
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Distribution Release: Lubuntu 26.04

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. The Lubuntu project has announced the launch of Lubuntu 26.04. The new long-term support release will receive security updates for three years. Lubuntu 26.04 ships with LXQt 2.3 and migrates some of its low-level program to Rust. "What's new since 24.04 LTS? LXQt 2.3 is now shipped by....
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Distribution Release: Ubuntu 26.04

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. Canonical has released Ubuntu 26.04 which is a long-term support release. This mean the distribution will receive five years of free support and an optional additional five years of paid support. Many of the key changes in the 26.04 release involve the GNOME desktop, with one significant change....
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Early Stable Update for Desktop

The Stable channel has been updated to 148.0.7778.56/.57 for Windows and Mac as part of our early stable release to a small percentage of users. A full list of changes in this build is available in the log.

You can find more details about early Stable releases here.

Interested in switching release channels? ย Find out how here. If you find a new issue, please let us know by filing a bug. The community help forum is also a great place to reach out for help or learn about common issues.


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Distribution Release: Redcore Linux 2601

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. The Redcore project has published a new version of its Gentoo-based distribution. Redcore Linux 2601 carries the code name 'Vulpecula' and introduces a number of changes behind the scenes, in particular to how the project handles third-party packages. The release announcement reports: "Fully synced with the Gentoo Linux....
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Development Release: AlmaLinux OS 9.8 Beta 1

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. The AlmaLinux project has announced the availability of a development snapshot for AlmaLinux OS 9.8. The new beta offers updated packages, improved security, and packages for Python 3.14. The release announcement shares: "A usual reminder: this is a BETA release. It should not be used for production installations.....
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ubisys joins Works with Home Assistant

ubisys joins Works with Home Assistant

Weโ€™re thrilled to welcome ubisys to Works with Home Assistant! This German company has been dedicated to smart home automation for more than 20 years, and offers a range of Zigbee devices designed to help you retrofit your home. If retrofitting is conjuring up images of avocado bathrooms ๐Ÿฅ‘ and artexed ceilings, fear not โ€“ it just means upgrading what you already have, rather than ripping it out and starting again. Better for your home, and the planet ๐ŸŒ.

Here today, here tomorrow

Founded in Dรผsseldorf in 2005, ubisys build devices that last. They back their hardware with a five-year warranty and software updates for the long term, meaning the device you buy today wonโ€™t end up obsolete in a few yearsโ€™ time โ€“ in fact, theyโ€™re still shipping feature updates for hardware designed in 2010! That kind of longevity aligns closely with the Open Home Foundationโ€™s own sustainability principle, and is just one reason why theyโ€™re such a great (retro)fit for the program! Zigbee is anotherโ€ฆ

Zigbee to the bone

If youโ€™re scratching your head at the mention of Zigbee, allow me to explain: itโ€™s a wireless standard that lets smart home devices communicate with each other, regardless of who made them. Unlike WiFi, itโ€™s a mesh network, meaning Zigbee devices โ€œtalkโ€ to each other, as well as to a central hub (like your Home Assistant setup), strengthening the connection across your whole home. It runs entirely locally, with no cloud dependency, and is optimized for long battery life.

For retrofit devices that need to just get on with their jobs in the background, these qualities really count, and explains why ubisys refer to Zigbee as the backbone of everything they build. And they donโ€™t just use the standard, they help shape it: ubisys are active members of the Connectivity Standards Alliance (the organization responsible for maintaining and developing Zigbee), sitting on working groups and committees at the highest level โ€“ helping improve the standard for the benefit of the whole community. This commitment to open standards runs through everything ubisys do:

"We are convinced the future of smart homes lies in openness and robust interoperability. This partnership is a testament to that shared vision, and represents a significant step in deepening our integration with Home Assistant -- helping empower the most vibrant, tight-knit community in the smart home space. This community is the true engine of innovation. By achieving this certification, we're ensuring our devices integrate more seamlessly than ever into Home Assistant's robust ecosystem, providing the reliability and performance this community expects and deserves. We look forward to supporting the brilliant, custom solutions they will build."

- Dr.-Ing Arasch Honarbacht, Founder & Engineering Lead

Devices

Every device in the Works with Home Assistant program is put through its paces by our in-house team before it earns certification, so when you see the badge, you know it works. But thatโ€™s not all: every partner must also commit to providing long-term support and firmware updates, and engaging with our community โ€“ all things weโ€™re confident ubisys will deliver, for the reasons outlined above! ๐Ÿ‘†

These are the first Works with Home Assistant-certified Zigbee devices designed to fit behind your existing wall fixtures. Together they cover switch and scene control, energy monitoring, and heating:

Itโ€™s important to note that the actuators and control unit involve mains electricity, so must be installed by a qualified electrician: check the ubisys website for guidance. The H1 is more straightforward, since it simply clips onto your existing radiator valve and runs on AA batteries.

Ready to retrofit?

To use these devices with Home Assistant, you need a Zigbee adapter (a USB dongle that allows everything to communicate), and to enable Home Assistantโ€™s built-in Zigbee Home Automation (ZHA) integration, which takes care of the rest. ZHA is supported by the Open Home Foundation, with full-time developers dedicated to working on it and helping certify new Works with Home Assistant Zigbee devices.

If youโ€™d like to support this work, a Home Assistant Cloud subscription helps fund ZHA and the wider Open Home Foundation mission โ€“ all while giving you secure, remote access to your smart home.

We hope ubisysโ€™s inclusion in the program means more Home Assistant users can upgrade their smart homes without starting from scratch โ€“ and with our certified device list growing all the time, thereโ€™s never been more ways to build the way you want. We look forward to seeing what you get up to! ๐Ÿ‘€

Frequently asked questions

If I have a device that is not listed under Works with Home Assistant, does this mean itโ€™s not supported?

No! It just means that it hasnโ€™t gone through a testing schedule with our team or doesnโ€™t fit the requirements of the program. It might function perfectly well, but be added to the testing schedule later down the road, or it might work under a different connectivity type that we donโ€™t currently test under the program.

OK, so whatโ€™s the point of the Works with program?

It highlights the devices we know work well with Home Assistant and the brands that make a long-term commitment to keeping support for these devices going. The certification agreement specifies that the devices must have the functionality you would expect within Home Assistant, operate locally without the need for cloud, and that they will continue to do so long-term.

How were these devices tested?

All devices in this list were tested using a standard Home Assistant Green as a hub with the Home Assistant Connect ZBT-2, and with ZHA, our Zigbee integration. If you have another hub/antennae set-up/integration thatโ€™s not a problem, but we test against these as they are the most effective way for our team to certify within our ecosystem.

Will you be adding more ubisys devices to the program?

Why not! Weโ€™re thrilled to foster a close relationship with the team at ubisys to work together on any upcoming releases or add in further products that are not yet listed here.

Where can I see what other devices have been certified?

You can find every Works with Home Assistant device on our certified device list. All products included have been rigorously tested by our team, and are built with privacy and local control at their core by partners committed to long-term support. We also flag which regions they are available in, and any known limitations on the list so you can make a fully informed decision before you buy.

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Ventoy 1.1.12 release

Changelog

  1. Bugfix for ubuntu24.04.4 install failure. (#3567)
  2. Fix the VirtualBox UEFI display issue when booting Windows. (#3570)
  3. Improve for UEFI boot Windows/WinPE resolution issue fix.
  4. Fix Oracle Linux 6.9 install issue.

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Blog: v7.38.0 released

You can download it from GitHub.

The highlights of this version are basic, minimal support for OpenFX plugins and hardware scaling for preview scaling with hwaccel decoding.

Framework

  • Added dynamic hash table for mlt_properties for better performance.
  • Fixed memory corruption in mlt_pool.
  • Added warning on file open failure when parsing in mlt_properties.

Modules

  • Added basic support for OpenFX filter plugins. OpenFX has many features. This is a summary of what is NOT yet included:
    • GPU rendering
    • exotic parameter types: Integer2D, Integer3D, Double3D, Custom, Bytes, Page, PushButton
    • plugin-driven keyframe animation; but MLT-driven does work
    • tile-, slice-, or frame-based multi-threading (only plugin internal threading)
    • multi-resolution
    • temporal clip access
    • overlays & dialogs
    • timeline queries (e.g. getTime())
    • generator, transition, retimer
    • parametric curves
  • Added hwaccel_scale filter with preview scaling (scale_vaapi, scale_vulkan, scale_d3d11, scale_vt (macOS)).
  • Added an environment variable MLT_AVFORMAT_HWACCEL_PPS to provide a limiter to hwaccel because transfering uncompressed video between memory CPU and GPU memory is heavy. PPS = maximum pixels per second. Anything over it skips hwaccel.
  • Added lut parameter to avformat producer.
  • Added attached_pic property to avformat consumer.
  • Added movit.overlay_blend video filter.
  • Added compositing property to movit.overlay transition.
  • Added constant-power crossfade to mix audio transition.
  • Added rounded corner support for rect in kdenlivetitle.
  • Added typewriter properties to subtitle filter.
  • Added underline and strikethrough to the text and qtext filters.
  • Changed qtext style property to support family named styles.
  • Added anchor point support for arbitrary rotations in qtblend.
  • Allow relative paths for images in kdenlivetitle.
  • Updated Glaxnimate module to version 0.6.0.
  • Switched to QImage scaling when downscaling in qtblend.
  • Deprecated obscure and watermark filters.
  • Install the jackrack moduleโ€™s blacklist files.
  • Fixed subtitle stream type metadata.
  • Fixed mutex initialization in avformat no-validate mode.
  • Fixed crash when using linearblend deinterlacer.
  • Fixed black bar with HEVC hwaccel decode and scale on Windows.
  • Fixed crash with hardware scaler and interlaced video.
  • Fixed converting 8-bit full to limited range with hwaccel.
  • Fixed alpha in 12-bit ProRes with alpha.
  • Fixed movit linear color not matching CPU filters.
  • Fixed multi consumer making extra linear color conversions.
  • Fixed regression writing raw FLAC.
  • Fixed qtblend filter returning unexpectedly large frames.
  • Fixed qtext outline encroaching on fill color.
  • Fixed wrong last+ frame when eof=loop in Glaxnimate.
  • Fixed brightness filter on track below a clip with transparency.

Other

  • Fixed crash during exit cleanup in melt.
  • Continued build improvements for MSVC.
  • A lot of metadata fixes and improvements.
  • Many fixes to API documentation.
  • Added C++ and Python to the API docs.
  • Added two 10-bit VP9 encoding presets.
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v1.5.0 - JMAP Admin API, Contacts Detail Redesign, and Settings Reorganization

1.5.0 (2026-04-23)

Breaking Changes

  • Self-service portal now needs Stalwart 0.16+: Stalwart dropped its self-service HTTP API in 0.16.0 and replaced it with JMAP. Bulwark Webmail only talks to the new JMAP endpoint, so the self-service portal (account settings, app passwords, API keys) requires Stalwart 0.16 or newer. STALWART_API_URL is deprecated, these actions go through the normal JMAP session.

Features

  • Stalwart: Migrate Stalwart management API to JMAP x: methods for Stalwart 0.16
  • Admin: Add API Keys management and IP allowlist for App Passwords
  • Contacts: Revamp contact detail view with filters, photo, print, and duplicate actions
  • Contacts: Add contact activity component showing recent emails and upcoming events
  • Contacts: Add right-click context menu
  • Contacts: Group contacts by first letter with sticky section headers, toggleable in settings
  • Calendar: Support resizing events from the top edge
  • Calendar: Add timezone-aware formatting for event start times and update utcEnd on duration change
  • Calendar: Optimize layout of overlapping events
  • Calendar: Add collapsible details to calendar invitation banner
  • Email: Implement batch archiving and bulk moving of emails
  • Email: Show full folder path in move/drop toast
  • Settings: Reorganize settings into 6 groups with clearer tabs
  • Navigation: Add account-addition button to the navigation rail
  • Mobile: Streamline email viewer header layout
  • Mobile: Pass isMobile through calendar views and time-grid interactions

Fixes

  • Mailbox: Retry mailbox fetch on first login to handle lazy provisioning (#217)
  • Mailbox: Use fresh state in archive handling to avoid stale mailbox data
  • Mailbox: Improve error message on mailbox creation failure
  • Auth: Skip checkAuth on route change when already authenticated
  • Auth: Clean up unused imports and improve TOTP QR code rendering
  • UI: Align hover styles and selection-toggle target with focused item
  • UI: Read matchMedia synchronously on client to prevent layout flicker

Refactor

  • Settings: Remove Stalwart API URL configuration (now derived via JMAP)

Chore

  • i18n: Add missing translation keys
  • Deps: Bump dependencies to latest compatible versions

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Counter-Strike 2 Update

[p]\[ GAMEPLAY ][/p]
  • [p]Adjusted ground smoothing at locations where the player can stand on very thin ledges.[/p][/*]
[p][/p][p]\[ ANIMGRAPH 2 ][/p]
  • [p]Minor adjustments to viewmodel animations.[/p][/*]
[p][/p][p]\[ MISC ][/p]
  • [p]Corrected some improper character texture assignments.[/p][/*]
  • [p]Trade offers containing Counter-Strike 2 items are now limited to 1,000 items.[/p][/*]
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