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The Linux news this week was jam packed with distro news, developer releases, and some security topics. We’ll take look at new releases from Mageia Linux with Mageia 10, then Fyra Labs has announced Ultramarine Linux 44 and the offensive security distro Kali Linux has a brand new version this week. Plus there was a report of Arbitrary Code Execution vulnerability affecting KDE Plasma. Then we’ll take a look at the latest version of Git.
All of this and more on This Week in Linux, the weekly news show that keeps you up to date with what’s going on in the Linux and Open Source world. Now let’s jump right into Your Source for Linux GNews!
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### Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:43 Mageia 10 Released
03:36 Ultramarine Linux 44 Released
06:18 Kali Linux 2026.2 Released
09:29 KDE Plasma Affected by Arbitrary Code Execution
11:59 Git 2.55 Released
14:24 Wine 11.12 Released with Wayland Fractional Scaling
15:58 Microsoft Announces Linux Containers on WSL
18:14 Outro
SHOW NOTES ►► https://thisweekinlinux.com/350
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### Links:
– Mageia 10 Released
– https://www.mageia.org/en/10/
– https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Mageia_10_Release_Notes
– https://www.phoronix.com/news/Mageia-10-Released
– https://linuxiac.com/mageia-10-revives-the-mandrake-spirit-with-plasma-6-and-kernel-6-18/
– https://9to5linux.com/mageia-10-officially-released-with-linux-kernel-6-18-lts-kde-plasma-6-5-and-more
– Ultramarine Linux 44 Released
– https://ultramarine-linux.org/
– https://blog.fyralabs.com/ultramarine-44-release/
– https://linuxiac.com/ultramarine-linux-44-released-with-fedora-44-base-and-desktop-updates/
– https://9to5linux.com/ultramarine-44-is-out-based-on-fedora-linux-44-linux-7-0-and-kde-plasma-6-7
– Kali Linux 2026.2 Released
– https://www.kali.org/blog/kali-linux-2026-2-release/
– https://linuxiac.com/kali-linux-2026-2-released-with-gnome-50-kde-plasma-6-6-kernel-6-19/
– https://9to5linux.com/kali-linux-2026-2-released-with-gnome-50-kde-plasma-6-6-and-new-tools
– KDE Plasma Affected by Arbitrary Code Execution
– https://www.mallory.ai/stories/019f2bf6-2236-78c8-835e-af28d529ba9c
– https://blog.kimiblock.top/2026/07/01/arbitrary-code-execution-in-kde-plasma/
– https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-workspace/-/merge_requests/6817
– https://www.phoronix.com/news/KDE-Plasma-ACE-New-Window
– Git 2.55 Released
– https://about.gitlab.com/blog/whats-new-in-git-2-55-0/
– https://github.blog/open-source/git/highlights-from-git-2-55/
– https://www.phoronix.com/news/Git-2.55-Released
– https://lwn.net/Articles/1080188/
– Wine 11.12 Released with Wayland Fractional Scaling
– https://www.winehq.org/news/2026062901
– https://gitlab.winehq.org/wine/wine/-/releases/wine-11.12
– https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/06/wine-11-12-released-bringing-new-features-like-wayland-fractional-scaling/
– https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/06/wine-wayland-gains-fractional-scaling-support/
– Microsoft Announces Linux Containers on WSL
– https://devblogs.microsoft.com/commandline/wsl-container-is-now-available-for-public-preview/
– https://github.com/microsoft/wsl/releases
– https://www.phoronix.com/news/Microsoft-Preview-WSL-WSLC
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Sony & Microsoft just handed Linux a major win
https://blog.playstation.com/2026/07/01/physical-disc-production-ending-in-january-2028-for-new-games-releasing-on-playstation-consoles/
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PS5 Linux project now works pretty well
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/playstation-5-linux-project-gets-upgraded-to-support-new-firmware-and-ps5-slim/
Canonical sponsors a Rust focused entity
https://ubuntu.com/blog/canonical-becomes-gold-sponsor-of-trifecta-tech-foundation
https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/carefully-but-purposefully-oxidising-ubuntu/56995
Fedora revamps their Community process over AI desktop spin
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/O2ZTWWB4FWP2H5R2FHED2QTGCJSNJ53I/
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