Here’s this week’s DebugPoint.com weekly roundup (ending Jan 31, 2021) series, filtered for you from the Linux and the open-source world on application updates, new releases, distribution updates, major news, and upcoming highlights. Have a look.

This week there have been minimal app updates, few distribution development releases announced. Also some major highlights about the upcoming releases as well. 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.
Table of Contents
Linux Weekly Roundup: Applications, Distros, and News – Jan 31, 2021
Distribution and Desktop Environment Updates
- Nitrux 1.3.7 released [Read the story]
- GNOME 3.38.3 released with bug fixes [Read the story]
- Alpine 3.13.1 released [Read the story]
- Tails 4.15.1 released [Read the story]
- Endless OS 3.9.2 released [Read the story]
- Zentyal Server 7.0 released [Read the story]
- Bluestar Linux 5.10.0 released [Read the story]
Application Updates
- Linux Kernel 5.10.12 released [Read the story]
- Wireshark 3.4.3 released [Read the story]
- dnf package manager releases version 4.6.0 [Read the story]
- Cmake 3.19 released [Read the story]
- Wayland 1.19.0 released with bug fixes [Read the story]
- Samba 4.13.4 released [Read the story]
- Gparted 1.2.0 released with major updates [Read the story]
- Firefox 85 released with major privacy feature [Read the story]
News and Happenings, Tutorials and Reviews
- Ubuntu 21.04 defaults Wayland as display server [Read the story]
- A guide to systemd journal maintenance [Read the story]
- Fedora 34 – new features and release dates [Read the story]
- Should Ubuntu Adopt KDE Plasma as default desktop [Read the story]
That’s all for this week’s update. Do stay in touch and don’t forget to follow the weekly update and DebugPoint.com via social media channels.