• Tumbleweed Monthly Update - January 2026 3. • Feb 2026 | Douglas DeMaio | CC-BY-SA-3.0 Software package updates for openSUSE Tumbleweed beginning in 2026 started off fast and paused in the middle of the month before resuming. • New major versions transactional-update and Ruby 4.0 begin the new year with major changes. • GNOME keeps the 49 version rolling while Plasma 6.5.5, Frameworks 6.22.0 And KDE Gear 25.12.1 do the same. • Even Xfce has some updates. • Versions of the Linux Kernel source continue to update and bring improvement to hardware and several Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures were fixed with packages like curl, cups and QEMU.
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- Tumbleweed Monthly Update - January 2026
OpenSUSE Tumbleweed released a rapid series of package updates in early 2026, pausing mid‑month before resuming. Key changes include the new transactional‑update 6.0.6, which improves atomic system updates, FIPS compliance, and logging. Ruby 4.0 focuses on packaging and build stability, dropping outdated documentation tools. GNOME 49.3 delivers smoother desktop interactions, better Wi‑Fi toggling, and refined app‑store messaging. Plasma 6.5.5 updates the Discover app, KWin multi‑monitor handling, and KDE Connect lock‑screen stability. Kernel source updates and several CVE fixes (curl, cups, QEMU) were also applied. Users are advised to use snapper for rollback if issues arise.
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