Linuxverse News – April 2026: News Events
Today, April 3, 2026, as usual at the beginning of each month, we offer you our brilliant, timely, and brief summary of some of the most recent and outstanding news. «news from the Linuxverse (Free Software, Open Source and GNU/Linux)» up to the present time. And in which, we always take the opportunity to bring you much more information, with the aim that you can easily keep up to date with the «news event» which now begins.
For this reason, today we will be offering you 1 featured news related to each area of the Linuxverse. And finally, we will be mentioning The most recent known releases at the Distros and Software level for these first days of the month.
Linuxverse News – March 2026: News Events
But, before starting this present publication on the «news event for April 2026», we recommend you explore the previous related post, at the end of it:
Oreon is a GNU/Linux distribution based on AlmaLinux, originating in the United States, that offers an operating system built to provide a stable enterprise foundation with long-term support until 2035. To achieve this, it uses a customized GNOME design to provide a familiar user experience for those migrating from Windows or macOS, without requiring extensive customization. Furthermore, its security lifecycle is covered throughout the entire project lifecycle. This means users can be confident that their system will be protected from security vulnerabilities for a long time. About Oreon Linux
Linuxverse News for April 2026: Free Software, Open Source and GNU/Linux + *BSD
April 2026: Linuxverse News Roundup
Free Software – Free software offers trust and privacy; Ring offers mass surveillance.
The FSF website, as usual, It informs us in a timely manner. on current and highly significant issues. And this time it's about the controversy caused by Ring, an Amazon subsidiary, with its advertising campaign known as «“A lost dog’s best friend.” Yes, that’s how Ring tried to position itself with a 2026 Super Bowl ad. Intending to conquer the doorbell surveillance camera market, Ring presumably expected an enthusiastic public reaction to its “Search Party” feature in the commercial. Instead, Ring unleashed a wave of ridicule and criticism. Numerous privacy advocates, lawmakers, and civil liberties groups, as well as many of the viewers of the advertisementThey rightly agreed that what Ring (and Amazon) were trying to promote was a covert propaganda campaign for mass surveillanceIn other words, their ultimate goal is to monitor humans, not dogs.
Unlike intrusive proprietary software that Ring wants to impose on usThe philosophy of free software is based on the fundamental belief that software should respect you. Instead of having to blindly entrust your data to a corporation and hope for the best, the four freedoms They incorporate trust and transparency: the user's freedom to run, study, edit, copy, and share the software they use. When we understand and apply these simple yet fundamental principles, we also virtually guarantee a host of other personal freedoms. This stands in stark contrast to proprietary, freedom-restricting software created by irresponsible corporations or government agencies around the world. Instead of building user freedom at its core, granting you the respect to make decisions about the technology you use in your daily life, proprietary software insists on acting for you and then demands your trust simply by taking its word for it that it won't limit your freedom.
Open Source – The vOpen source vulnerabilities: Now a problem for all companies.
The official Kaspersky company blogThis month of April has brought us A brilliant report on the vulnerabilities of open source programs, in which interesting and very useful data is presented, such as that, sAccording to data from Sonatype, approximately 65% of open source vulnerabilities with a CVE identifier lack a severity score (CVSS) in the NVD, the world's most widely used vulnerability database. And that, of these unscored vulnerabilities, almost 46% would be classified as high severity if properly analyzed. Going so far as to say that...Even when a CVSS score is available, different sources only agree on severity in approximately 55% of cases. Consequently, in practice, one database might classify a specific vulnerability as Critical, while another assigns it a Medium score. More detailed metadata, such as the versions of affected packages, is also often riddled with errors and inconsistencies. And vulnerability scanners that compare software versions end up generating false positives or erroneously indicating that the system is free of vulnerabilities. For this reason, the report recommends expanding the vulnerability management process to include open-source package download policies, AI assistant operating rules, and the software compilation process.
Modern software development is inseparable from open-source components. However, the associated risks have multiplied in recent years, increasing in both variety and complexity. We observe malicious code injected into popular repositories, fragmented and flawed vulnerability data, the systematic use of obsolete and vulnerable components, and increasingly complex dependency chains.
GNU/Linux + BSD: CuerdOS 2.1 Release
These first days of April, we have learned of the launch of the new update of the free and open operating system project Ropes, under the version number 2.1And according to the official launch announcement Within the project's official website, some of the known and noteworthy new features include the following: The creation of an nnew CuerdOS repository hosted by its own development team, the UFW software activation by default, theCuerdTools update, which now includes performance improvements and new features, the rReduction of the catalog of editions to prioritize the quality, sustainability and support of the project and the use of Kernel 6.18.9 for all current editions. It also highlights the fact that now, on top of the KDE edition, the sX11 session is suppressed, some have been removed redundant programs, has The default accent color, Olive, has been set to match the project website's aesthetic, and has been set to Onlyoffice. as the default office suite in KDE and an n has been addedNew custom splash screen. Finally, among many other things, it's worth noting that the Sway edition now uses... SnapWay pre-installed for screen capture, Swaylock-fancy has been replaced by GtkLock and SwayOSD comes pre-installed.
Download directly: Cuerdos 2.1
CuerdOS is a GNU/Linux distribution based on Debian, and in Spanish, that offers an operating system focused on stability, efficiency and performance. This distribution is not just a derivative with a customized desktop environment; it also boasts a series of optimizations and performance improvements that make daily use easier for the user. These optimizations and features modernize and enhance Debian GNU/Linux securely and stably, providing greater flexibility, compatibility, and a more enjoyable user experience. Finally, unlike other lightweight distributions, it opts for cutting-edge technologies and offers its own repositories with packages that are unique or unavailable in Debian. About CuerdOS
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Recent releases of GNU/Linux distros and free/open source software packages
And for this beginning of the month, there are also several releases of Distros and Packages reported by the DistroWatch website, quite striking and interesting, which correspond to:
- Updated GNU/Linux distros: CalamaroOS 20260402, ShrikeLinux 2026.04.02, Synex 13-u7, Arcris 2026.04.02, d77void 20260402, Flora 20260402, Xray_OS 2026.04.02, SmartOS 20260402, GNOME OS 1026083, Netrunner 26, Puppy 260401, StartOS 0.4.0-beta0, Alien-OS 26.04, Arch 2026.04.01, ZimaOS 1.6.0-beta2, EznixOS 260401, Recalbox 10.0.4, MidnightBSD 4.0.4, Dr.Parted 26.04, Kiro 26.04.01.01 and ObsidianOS 2026.03.31.
- Updated GNU Packages: obs-studio 32.1.1, lxqt-panel 2.3.3, cryptsetup 2.8.6, opera 129.0.5823.44, linux 6.19.11, openssh 10.3p1, mesa 26.0.4, bind 9.20.22, brave-browser 1.88.138, util-linux 2.42, vivaldi 7.9.3970.47, libvirt 12.2.0 and gtk 4.22.2.
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