The openSUSE Undertaking has simply offered an outline of every part that was added to its rolling launch, openSUSE Tumbleweed, in June. In case you’ve been desirous to check out the KDE Plasma 6.4 desktop, which got here out in mid-June, you may set up openSUSE Tumbleweed and have it proper there to start out utilizing. The brand new replace offers you a smoother, extra customizable desktop with versatile tiling and improved window administration.

Included within the new desktop is a redesigned model of Spectacle, the screenshot and annotation device; accessibility enhancements for keyboard navigation and Wayland; UI modifications that enhance distinction and readability, particularly in darkish mode; updates to notifications in order that they assist direct replace installs, full-screen “Do Not Disturb”, and mic-mute alerts; KRunner visualizes coloration codes; and System Monitor provides GPU monitoring.

For these unfamiliar with Tumbleweed, it’s openSUSE’s rolling launch; which means that slightly than getting a giant replace, say like Home windows 11 and Home windows 10, it receives a gentle stream of updates, eradicating the necessity to do massive upgrades.

It wasn’t solely KDE Plasma that acquired up to date in June; the Linux kernel has been upgraded to model 6.15 after which 6.15.3 with PCIe hotplug fixes, improved I/O scheduling, and improved Wi-Fi driver compatibility. That is the most recent steady kernel, so if you happen to check out this distribution, it ought to work with the most recent {hardware}.

Different bits of vital software program included from June are GNU Compiler Assortment (GCC) 15 which incorporates new language assist for Modula-2 and Cobol plus efficiency positive aspects; Mesa 25.1.3 which comes with rendering fixes for video games together with DOOM: The Darkish Ages and driver enhancements; PipeWire 1.4.6 with fixes for ALSA plugin crashes and improved latency reporting; and Python 3.13.5 and three.11 which embody stability and safety fixes, whereas Python 2.7 assist has been deprecated.

Apart from main updates, openSUSE Tumbleweed noticed a major variety of CVEs addressed throughout included packages, together with Mozilla Firefox, Python, libssh, ClamAV, gdm, and extra. This could make the system a bit safer.

So, if you happen to’re within the US with a break day on Friday for Independence Day, and have been ready for an opportunity to strive the most recent KDE 6.4, then you may obtain openSUSE Tumbleweed because the distribution to offer it a go. You possibly can study extra about it and obtain it over on the openSUSE web site.