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Linux Kernel & OS
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Hyprland
Key Takeaway
Hyprland v0.56.2 is a patch release that backports several stability and rendering fixes from the main branch.
The Hyprland Wayland compositor has released version 0.56.2, a standard patch release. This update backports various fixes from the main development branch to improve stability, specifically addressing configuration crashes, rendering order in fullscreen mode, and screenshare...
Distro News
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CachyOS
Key Takeaway
The CachyOS August 2026 release introduces a major rewrite of the Shelly package manager from C# to Zig and migrates several backend components to Rust.
CachyOS has released its fifth update of 2026, focusing on performance and language migrations. The flagship Shelly GUI package manager was rewritten in Zig to reduce memory usage and improve startup speeds, while the kernel-manager backend and Cachy-Update systray were...
Distro Planets
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Planet Arch Linux
Key Takeaway
Arch Linux developers have analyzed 120 package repositories to distinguish between the use cases of package-specific scriptlets and system-wide hooks.
Arch Linux developers released a technical overview explaining the differences between alpm-install-scriptlet(5) and alpm-hooks(5). The research, based on 120 official package repositories, aims to guide maintainers on how to handle system integration tasks like user creation,...
Decentralized & P2P
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IPFS
Key Takeaway
Kubo 0.43.0 introduces native ipfs:// and ipns:// URI support and revamps IPNS/DNSLink TTL handling.
The Kubo 0.43.0 release adds support for native IPFS and IPNS URIs in CLI commands and the RPC API. It also introduces better detection for nodes behind CGNAT and improves how IPNS and DNSLink expiration and TTL are handled. Notably, this is the final feature release from the...
