GitLab CI/CD pipelines often accumulate configuration decisions that drift from security baselines over time. Container images get pinned to mutable tags, branches lose protection settings, and required templates go missing. An open-source tool called Plumber automates the detection of those conditions by scanning pipeline configuration and repository settings directly.

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This week, we got a major release of the GNOME desktop environment, lots of software releases including FFmpeg 8.1, Blender 5.1, KiCad 10.0, OpenShot 3.5, PipeWire 1.6.2, and KDE Plasma 6.6.3, as well as a few distro releases including antiX 26, SparkyLinux 2026.03, Fedora Asahi Remix 43, and Emmabuntüs DE 6 1.01.

On top of that, I tell you all about the new Linux-powered computers from TUXEDO Computers and System76. Below, you can check out this week’s hottest news and access all the distro and package downloads released this past week in the 9to5Linux roundup for March 22nd, 2026.

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Catch up on the latest Linux news: Mageia 10 Beta, GNOME 50, Blender 5.1, Bcachefs 1.37, FFmpeg 8.1, systemd introduces birth date support, and many more.

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Bottles 63.0, a Wine prefix manager for running Windows applications on Linux, enhances installation reliability and introduces proxy support.

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GStreamer 1.30 promises support for parsing HDR10+ metadata from H.265 and AV1 bitstreams, Opus audio support for F32 and S24_32 samples and 96kHz sample rate, rtspsrc2 authentication support, a new VA-API overlay compositor, and Bayer support for the QuickTime demuxer.

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HandBrake 1.11.1 video transcoder delivers stability fixes, updated libraries, and multiple Windows improvements, including UI and accessibility fixes.

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Canonical releases MicroCloud 3.1, adding support for Cluster Manager to manage and monitor multiple clusters from one place.

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Turris Omnia NG Wired arrives as a Linux-based 10Gb router built for homelabs with fast networking, modular hardware, and long-term support.

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SysVinit 3.16 UNIX-style init system improves systemd-to-SysV script conversion and delivers minor fixes alongside ongoing codebase cleanup.

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Matthew Forrester Wolffe has one of those GitHub profiles that immediately caught my attention.

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Immich 2.6 includes over 350 commits, delivering faster mobile performance, improved playback, and enhanced sharing features.

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Based on the latest and greatest Debian 13 “Trixie” operating system series, antiX 26 is powered by the long-term supported Linux 6.6 LTS kernel series and features the IceWM (default), Fluxbox, JWM, and herbstluftwm window managers, and the runit (default), SysVinit, dinit, s6-rc, and s6-66 init systems.

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KDE Plasma 6.7 will introduce time zone offsets in the clock and a new type-ahead desktop navigation feature for faster file access.

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Managing user accounts in Linux is a crucial task for system administrators and power users alike. While commands like useradd let you create new users and chown helps manage file ownership, usermod provides a flexible and efficient way to modify existing accounts.

With it, you can change a user’s default shell, unique user ID (UID), home directory, and group memberships. Whether you’re adjusting the $SHELL environment variable, moving home directories with cp, or managing packages with apt, understanding usermod ensures smooth and secure user management.

In this guide, we’ll walk through usermod step by step, covering practical examples, useful commands, and best practices to avoid common permission or access issues.

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If you’ve been using Linux graphics tools for a while, you’ve probably rotated between Gimp, Inkscape, DarkTable, RawTherapee—and at some point, landed on Pinta as that lightweight, no-nonsense drawing and editing tool. For many users, Pinta has always been the closest thing to Paint.NET on Linux: simple, fast, and predictable.

But with the arrival of Pinta 3.x, things have changed—and not everyone is happy about it.

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If you’ve previously worked with tools like usermod, explored browsers such as Edge Stable, mixed audio using Mixxx, or handled torrents via Transmission, you’re already familiar with how flexible Linux can be. But when it comes to remote desktop access—especially something quick to set up and reliable across platforms—AnyDesk is one of the most popular choices available today.

In this in-depth guide, we’ll explore what AnyDesk is, what’s new in its latest Linux version, how to install it on multiple distributions, and how to get the most out of it in real-world usage.

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On March 19, 2026, someone (or some group) poisoned the Aqua Security Trivy ecosystem. A tool that thousands of organizations rely on to find vulnerabilities in their container images and configurations was quietly turned into a weapon that stole their secrets instead. I spent some time pulling apart the malicious code and cross-referencing findings from Wiz’s analysis, and figured the walkthrough was worth sharing. Here’s how it happened (and how a majority of the tech industry ignored the compromise because it was a Friday).

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Wine 11.5 introduces C++ build system support, improved Linux integration, and several fixes that enhance stability and compatibility across applications.

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Coming three months after OpenShot 3.4, the OpenShot 3.5 release introduces a new default timeline that features much smoother zooming, scrolling, dragging, trimming, snapping, and multi-clip editing, especially on larger projects.

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Coming three months after Emmabuntüs Debian Edition 6 1.00, the Emmabuntüs Debian Edition 6 1.01 release is based on the latest Debian 13.4 “Trixie” operating system, featuring the Xfce 4.20 and LXQt 2.1 desktop environments bundled on the same ISO image.

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