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 The **GNU MCU Eclipse QEMU** releases are planned to follow the original
 QEMU releases, but there are no guarantees for any specific schedule.
 
+### 2.8.0-6 (2019-05-17)
+
+Version 2.8.0-6 20190517 is a maintenance release, to fix the bug 
+affecting the graphical mode in GNU/Linux, introduced in the previous release.
+
 ### 2.8.0-5 (2019-04-24)
 
 Version 2.8.0-5 20190424 is a maintenance release, to fix several bugs.