The new LibreOffice, Raspberry Pi price hikes, the Wayland IDE, and more: Linux news roundup
The new LibreOffice, Raspberry Pi price hikes, the Wayland IDE, and more: Linux news roundup
Publish Date: 2026-02-07 08:00:00
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This was another busy week in Linux world, with a new major release of LibreOffice, Raspberry Pi raising prices and redesigning one model, JetBrains IDEs switching to Wayland, and much more. Here are the biggest stories you might have missed.
The Big News
The Raspberry Pi 4 is getting a new design, thanks to RAM prices
If you’re getting a new Raspberry Pi 4, it might look a bit different than you were expecting. Raspberry Pi has started manufacturing a tweaked model that uses dual DRAM modules, thanks to ongoing supply chain problems. Continue reading…
Ubuntu on RISC-V might actually be good thanks to this chip
Canonical announced today it’s collaborating with SpacemiT (Hangzhou) Technology Co., Ltd. in an effort to make Ubuntu run on SpacemiT’s RISC-V systems-on-chip (SoCs) that use the RVA23 profile. The SoCs include its upcoming K3 series, and there’s now support for its existing K1 SoC as well. Continue reading…
Credit: Corbin Davenport / Canonical
Visual Studio Code has new experimental themes and more AI coding features
Visual Studio Code releases major updates once a month, and right on schedule, version 1.109 is now rolling out to desktop platforms. It’s the continuation of Microsoft’s push for making VS Code “the home for multi-agent development,” but there are some non-AI improvements as well. Continue reading…
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