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Offensive Security released Kali Linux 2026.3, the distribution's third update this year, adding six security tools including dalfox, katana, rustscan and snaffler-ng. The release also updates 126 packages, upgrades the kernel to 7.1.5, and bundles KDE Plasma 6.7 with new icons and refreshed build scripts.
The KDE project has released Plasma 6.8, its latest desktop environment update, timed to coincide with the project's 30-year milestone. The release includes VRAM usage optimizations, dwell clicker support on Wayland, Wayland commit-timing protocol support for KWin, multi-GPU and multi-monitor improvements, server-side drop shadow support, a new kscreenctl tool, and better remote desktop handling. KDE also released a free documentary on YouTube chronicling the project's history as an open-source alternative to proprietary desktops.
KDE marked its 30th anniversary on October 14 by launching Plasma 6.8, labeled the '30th Anniversary Edition,' alongside a commemorative movie. The release ends native support for starting new X11 sessions in Plasma, though legacy X11 apps will still run via the XWayland compatibility layer and X11 support continues under other desktop environments. Users remaining on Plasma 6.7 can keep existing X11 sessions.
As KDE nears its 30th anniversary, contributor Kevin Ottens published community data showing developer participation has climbed back to around 140 people on average, up from a low of about 110 in 2017. Commit activity has also surged, with 2023 setting an all-time weekly record, and the KDE Plasma desktop project nearly doubling its average team size following the 2020 move to GitLab.