Week 45 in the Linux ecosystem brings major distribution releases including Fedora 45 and openSUSE Leap 16.1, updates to desktop environments like LXQt 2.5 and Cinnamon 6.8, and essential security patches in OpenSSH 10.6p2 and IPFire.
In the Linux distributions sector, Fedora released version 45, while openSUSE released Leap 16.1, bringing new stability features and other features. At the same time, updates and new installers were released for the aerynOS, Omarchy, Artix Linux, Chimera Linux and Bazzite distributions.
There were also significant developments in popular programs and tools. The Cinnamon file manager reached version 6.8, adding new touchpad gestures, while the LXQt 2.5 environment completed the removal of the last dependencies from the old LXDE system. New versions were also released for the LibreOffice, KDE Plasma, and KDE Gear programs.
Several updates focused on fixing significant security issues. Among them, fixes to the OpenSSH and OpenVPN programs stand out, as well as to file management, data transfer, and network tools such as APT, Rsync, and IPFire.
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