Here’s this week’s roundup series, curated for you from the Linux and open-source world on application updates, new releases, distribution updates, major news, and upcoming highlights. Have a look.
This week there has been moderate app updates, distribution release announced. In this weekly update series, we cover all the happenings with links and a quick summary for you so that you can stay updated and wrap up your week with a summary.
All the round-up is tagged with “Weekly Roundup” so you can get back to the earlier summary as well.

Linux Weekly Roundup: Applications, Distros, and News – Jan 10, 2021
Distribution and Desktop Environment Updates
- Linux Mint 20.1 Ulyssa released [Read the story]
- ExTiX 21.1 Released based on latest Deepin Desktop [Review] [Read the story]
- KDE Announces Plasma 5.20.5 Bug Fix Release. Update Now. [Read the story]
- Linux 5.11-rc2 Released [Read the story]
- Linux 5.10.5 Released [Read the story]
Application Updates
- FileZilla Client 3.52.0 released [Read the story]
- Qalculate! version 3.16 (GUI) [Read the story]
- PeaZip 7.7.0 [Read the story]
- calibre 5.9 [Read the story]
News and Happenings, Tutorials and Reviews
- KDE Plasma 5.21 Brings Low-latency Compositing, New Kickoff Menu, and Wallpaper [Read the story]
- How to Install Deepin Desktop in Arch Linux [Complete Guide] [Read the story]
- Top 10 KDE Plasma Tips to Make You Super Productive [2021 Edition] [Read the story]
- Install Xfce 4.16 in MX Linux 19.3 [Testing Only] [Read the story]
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