This Week in Linux

video: https://youtu.be/OvlUdZAEg1U Download as MP3 Support the Show Become a Patron = tuxdigital.com/membership Store = tuxdigital.com/store Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:54 Wine Patches Brings Adobe Photoshop to Linux 05:21 MX Linux 25.1 Released 07:31 CachyOS Jan 2026 Release 09:41 Sandfly Security, agentless LInux security 11:13 PikaOS 2026-01-24 Released 12:45 Zorin OS 18 Crosses 2 Million Downloads 14:23 30 Years of ReactOS 15:38 NexPhone: Android Smartphone that also runs Linux and Windows 17:46 25,000 games rated Playable+ on Steam Deck 21:45 Outro Links: Wine Patches Brings Adobe Photoshop to Linux https://www.reddit.com/r/linux_gaming/comments/1qdgd73/i_made_adobe_cc_installers_work_on_linux_pr_in/ https://github.com/ValveSoftware/wine/pull/310 MX Linux 25.1 Released https://mxlinux.org/blog/mx-25-infinity-isos-now-available/ https://mxlinux.org/blog/mx-25-1-infinity-isos-now-available/ CachyOS Jan 2026 Release https://cachyos.org/blog/2601-january-release/ PikaOS 2026-01-24 Released https://wiki.pika-os.com/en/changelogs-wiki/24-01-2026 https://wiki.pika-os.com/en/changelogs-wiki/03-01-2026 Zorin OS 18 Crosses 2 Million Downloads https://x.com/ZorinOS/status/2010395940532736159 https://blog.zorin.com/2025/11/18/test-the-upgrade-from-zorin-os-17-to-18-and-celebrating-1-million-downloads-of-zorin-os-18/ https://blog.zorin.com/2025/10/14/zorin-os-18-has-arrived/ 30 Years of ReactOS https://reactos.org/blogs/30yrs-of-ros/ https://www.phoronix.com/news/ReactOS-30-Years-Old https://www.phoronix.com/news/ReactOS-Async-Net-Connect NexPhone: Android Smartphone that also runs Linux and Windows https://nexphone.com/ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/01/nexphone-2026-convergence-android-debian https://itsfoss.com/news/nexphone-returns/ 25,000 games rated Playable on Steam Deck https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/steam-deck-hits-25000-games-valve-have-rated-playable-or-verified/ Support the show https://tuxdigital.com/membership https://store.tuxdigital.com/

video: https://youtu.be/yPy16yHeO4g Download as MP3 Support the Show Become a Patron = tuxdigital.com/membership Store = tuxdigital.com/store Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:38 Linux Mint 22.3 Released 02:53 Wine 11 Released 05:56 EndeavourOS Ganymede Neo 08:01 Sandfly Security 09:26 Budgie Desktop 10.10 Released 12:07 Hytale Released with Day 1 Linux Support 14:28 Middle Click Paste to be Removed 17:39 Gentoo 2025 Review 19:29 Outro Links: Linux Mint 22.3 Released https://www.linuxmint.com/rel_zena_whatsnew.php https://9to5linux.com/linux-mint-22-3-zena-is-now-available-for-download-heres-whats-new https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/01/linux-mint-22-3-released https://itsfoss.com/news/linux-mint-22-3-release/ Wine 11 Released https://www.winehq.org/news/2026011301 https://gitlab.winehq.org/wine/wine/-/releases/wine-11.0 https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/01/wine-11-0-released https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/windows-compatibility-layer-wine-11-arrives-bringing-masses-of-improvements-to-linux/ https://www.phoronix.com/news/Wine-11.0-Tomorrow EndeavourOS Ganymede Neo https://endeavouros.com/news/ganymede-neo-is-out-with-core-updates-and-upstream-nvidia-changes/ https://9to5linux.com/endeavouros-ganymede-neo-rolls-out-with-linux-kernel-6-18-lts-and-kde-plasma-6-5-4 https://www.phoronix.com/news/EndeavourOS-2026.01.12 Sandfly Security https://thisweekinlinux.com/sandfly Budgie Desktop 10.10 Released https://buddiesofbudgie.org/blog/budgie-10-10-released https://buddiesofbudgie.org/blog/state-of-the-budgie-2025 https://www.phoronix.com/news/Budgie-10.10-Released https://9to5linux.com/budgie-10-10-desktop-environment-released-as-the-first-wayland-only-version https://github.com/BuddiesOfBudgie/budgie-desktop Hytale Released with Day 1 Linux Support https://hytale.com/ https://hytale.com/news/2026/1/hytale-is-finally-here https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/hytale-has-arrived-with-linux-support/ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/hytale-pre-orders-have-been-so-strong-development-is-secured-for-two-years/ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/native-linux-support-for-hytale-will-be-launched-as-experimental/ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/hytale-will-run-on-linux-pcs-via-flatpak-but-steam-deck-will-require-more-work/ Middle Click Paste to be Removed https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNOME-Firefox-MiddleClick-Paste https://itsfoss.com/news/gnome-firefox-middle-click-paste-removal/ Gentoo 2025 Review https://www.gentoo.org/news/2026/01/05/new-year.html https://www.phoronix.com/news/Gentoo-2025-Accomplishments Support the show https://tuxdigital.com/membership https://store.tuxdigital.com/

video: https://youtu.be/_vUODgEtsvk Download as MP3 Support the Show Become a Patron = tuxdigital.com/membership Store = tuxdigital.com/store Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:39 Manjaro 26 Released 03:16 EasySpeak Voice Control for Your Linux Desktop 05:33 Nitrux 5.1 Released 08:24 Sandfly Security 09:59 NVIDIA GeForce Now App for Linux 11:32 IceWM 4.0 Released 12:55 Revised Steam Survey For December 2025 14:38 CachyOS Server Edition 16:44 Outro Links: Manjaro 26 Released https://forum.manjaro.org/t/manjaro-26-0-anh-linh-released/184526 https://www.phoronix.com/news/Manjaro-Linux-26.0 https://9to5linux.com/manjaro-26-0-released-with-linux-6-18-lts-xfce-4-20-kde-plasma-6-5-and-gnome-49 EasySpeak Voice Control for Your Linux Desktop https://fosstodon.org/@matthartley/115848408200131097 https://www.howtogeek.com/this-new-linux-app-lets-you-control-your-pc-with-your-voice-and-its-free/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dl5m2Zo1oIE https://github.com/ctsdownloads/easyspeak/tree/dev?tab=readme-ov-file#easyspeak Nitrux 5.1 Released https://nxos.org/ https://nxos.org/changelog/release-announcement-nitrux-5-0-0/ https://nxos.org/changelog/release-announcement-nitrux-5-1-0/ https://linuxiac.com/nitrux-5-1-drops-virtual-machine-support-and-shifts-fully-to-bare-metal/ https://9to5linux.com/immutable-distro-nitrux-5-1-released-with-linux-kernel-6-18-lts-new-tools Sandfly Security https://thisweekinlinux.com/sandfly NVIDIA GeForce Now App for Linux https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/geforce-now-ces-2026/ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/nvidia-announce-a-native-linux-app-for-geforce-now/ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/nvidia-announce-dlss-4-5-with-dynamic-multi-frame-generation-plus-dlss-updater-gets-linux-support/ IceWM 4.0 Released https://ice-wm.org/ https://github.com/ice-wm/icewm/releases/tag/4.0.0 https://9to5linux.com/icewm-4-0-lightweight-window-manager-released-with-an-improved-alttab-switch https://www.phoronix.com/news/IceWM-4.0-Released Revised Steam Survey For December 2025 https://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/Steam-Hardware-Software-Survey-Welcome-to-Steam https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/valve-amended-the-steam-survey-for-december-2025-linux-actually-hit-another-all-time-high/ https://www.phoronix.com/news/Steam-December-2025-Revised https://www.phoronix.com/news/Steam-OS-Beta-NTSYNC CachyOS Server Edition https://cachyos.org/blog/2025-christmas-new-year/ https://www.phoronix.com/news/CachyOS-Server-Edition-Coming https://itsfoss.com/news/cachyos-server-edition-plans/ Support the show https://tuxdigital.com/membership https://store.tuxdigital.com/

video: https://youtu.be/wFDzItN6Ags Download as MP3 Support the Show Become a Patron = tuxdigital.com/membership Store = tuxdigital.com/store Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:55 Arch Linux Kicks Off 2026 with New Release 02:59 Universal Blue Year in Review 03:39 Bazzite End of Year Update 04:49 Aurora Year in Review 05:46 Project Bluefin Year in Review 07:57 elementary OS 8.1 Released 10:03 Sandfly Security, agentless Linux security 11:37 Linux Mint 22.3 Beta Released 13:42 Vojtux - Accessible Linux distro 16:08 pearOS Is Back and Now Based on Arch Linux 19:37 Qubes OS 4.3.0 released 22:11 Kali Linux 2025.4 Released 24:49 Parrot OS 7.0 Released 27:36 Outro Links: Arch Linux Kicks Off 2026 with New Release https://github.com/archlinux/archinstall/releases/tag/3.0.15 https://9to5linux.com/arch-linux-kicks-off-2026-with-new-iso-powered-by-linux-kernel-6-18-lts https://www.phoronix.com/news/Arch-Linux-Archinstall-3.0.15 Universal Blue Year in Review https://universal-blue.org/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6-GMTq2T7s Bazzite End of Year Update https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/bazzite-spring-cleaning-in-december-update/11408 Aurora Year in Review https://docs.getaurora.dev/blog/aurora-2025/ Project Bluefin Year in Review https://docs.projectbluefin.io/blog/bluefin-2025 elementary OS 8.1 Released https://blog.elementary.io/os-8-1-available-now/ Sandfly Security, agentless Linux security https://thisweekinlinux.com/sandfly Linux Mint 22.3 Beta Released https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4973 https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/12/linux-mint-22-3-beta-released https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Mint-22.3-Beta https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/linux-mint-22-3-gets-a-beta-release-with-lots-of-new-features/ Vojtux - Accessible Linux distro https://github.com/vojtapolasek/vojtux https://www.freelists.org/post/orca/Announcing-Vojtux-Accessible-Linux-distro-which-is-almost-pure-Fedora https://lwn.net/Articles/1050539/ pearOS Is Back and Now Based on Arch Linux https://pearos.xyz/ https://pearos.xyz/install https://9to5linux.com/pearos-is-back-now-based-on-arch-linux-and-featuring-the-kde-plasma-desktop https://www.theregister.com/2025/12/19/pearos/ Qubes OS 4.3.0 released https://www.qubes-os.org/news/2025/12/21/qubes-os-4-3-0-has-been-released/ https://lwn.net/Articles/1051650/ Kali Linux 2025.4 Released https://www.kali.org/blog/kali-linux-2025-4-release/ https://9to5linux.com/kali-linux-2025-4-ethical-hacking-distro-released-with-kde-plasma-6-5-gnome-49 Parrot OS 7.0 Released https://parrotsec.org/blog/2025-12-24-parrot-7.0-release-notes/ https://9to5linux.com/parrot-7-0-ethical-hacking-distro-released-with-kde-plasma-risc-v-support https://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/Parrot-OS-Switches-to-KDE-Plasma-Desktop Support the show https://tuxdigital.com/membership https://store.tuxdigital.com/

video: https://youtu.be/cKQEl5Jho8Y This week in Linux, I'm Back! and this time, I mean I'm back and TWIL is back. This episode is going to have some stuff that happened between now and the last episode from a month ago but starting next week, the show is back on a weekly basis. On this week's show, we've got a new release of the Linux kernel with 6.18. We've also got some new distro releases to look at from NixOS, Solus, and more. Then we've got some news from the Raspberry Pi Foundation and also some really cool news that Framework is the first sponsor of LVFS. All of this and more on This Week in Linux, the weekly news show that keeps you up to date with what’s going on in the Linux and Open Source world. Now let's jump right into Your Source for Linux GNews! Sponsored by Sandfly Security: the revolutionary agentless platform designed for Linux. Visit https://thisweekinlinux.com/sandfly to experience security that's not just effective but gives you peace of mind. No agents. No downtime. Just cutting-edge protection. Download as MP3 Support the Show Become a Patron = tuxdigital.com/membership Store = tuxdigital.com/store Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:56 Linux Kernel 6.18 03:48 Valve announces the new Steam Frame, Steam Controller and Steam Machine with SteamOS 09:02 Framework becomes first OEM to sponsor Linux Vendor Firmware Service (LVFS) 10:31 Sandfly Security, agentless Linux security 12:05 COSMIC Desktop 1.0 & Pop!_OS 24.04 14:25 LXQt Desktop 2.3 Released 16:21 Raspberry Pi Announced 1GB and Price Increase due to RAM Market 19:30 NixOS 25.11 Released 22:31 Solus 4.8 Released 23:42 FreeBSD 15.0 Released 25:43 Outro Links: Linux Kernel 6.18 https://lwn.net/Articles/1048703/ https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_6.18 https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.18-Released Valve announces the new Steam Frame, Steam Controller and Steam Machine with SteamOS https://store.steampowered.com/sale/steammachine https://store.steampowered.com/sale/steamcontroller https://store.steampowered.com/sale/steamframe https://www.phoronix.com/news/Steam-Machines-Frame-2026 https://9to5linux.com/valve-announces-steam-machines-steam-controller-and-steam-frame-vr-headset https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/valve-reveal-the-new-steam-frame-steam-controller-and-steam-machine-with-steamos/ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/of-course-dbrand-is-doing-a-steam-machine-companion-cube/ Framework becomes first OEM to sponsor Linux Vendor Firmware Service (LVFS) https://mastodon.social/@hughsie/115628170779065489 https://www.phoronix.com/news/Framework-Sponsoring-LVFS https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/1p9xcs1/framework_becomes_first_oem_to_sponsor_linux/ Sandfly Security, agentless Linux security https://thisweekinlinux.com/sandfly COSMIC Desktop 1.0 & Pop!_OS 24.04 https://blog.system76.com/post/pop-os-letter-from-our-founder https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/12/pop_os-24-04-lts-stable-release LXQt Desktop 2.3 https://lxqt-project.org/release/2025/11/05/release-lxqt-2-3-0/ https://lwn.net/Articles/1045140/ https://www.phoronix.com/news/LXQt-2.3-Released https://9to5linux.com/lxqt-2-3-desktop-environment-released-with-new-features-and-enhancements Raspberry Pi Announced 1GB and Price Increase due to RAM Market https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/1gb-raspberry-pi-5-now-available-at-45-and-memory-driven-price-rises/ NixOS 25.11 https://nixos.org/blog/announcements/2025/nixos-2511/ https://9to5linux.com/nixos-25-11-released-with-gnome-49-cosmic-beta-and-firewalld-support https://www.phoronix.com/news/NixOS-25.11-Released Solus 4.8 https://getsol.us/2025/11/29/solus-4-8-released/ https://www.phoronix.com/news/Solus-4.8-Released https://9to5linux.com/solus-4-8-released-with-linux-kernel-6-17-gnome-49-kde-plasma-6-5-and-more FreeBSD 15.0 https://www.freebsd.org/releases/15.0R/announce/ https://www.phoronix.com/news/FreeBSD-15.0-RELEASE Support the show https://tuxdigital.com/membership https://store.tuxdigital.com/

video: https://youtu.be/9sSoZ89qwpU Download as MP3 Support the Show Become a Patron = tuxdigital.com/membership Store = tuxdigital.com/store Chapters: 00:00 Intro 01:42 Linux 6.17 Released 04:28 The End of Windows 10 Has Arrived 09:23 KDE Plasma 6.5 Released 11:39 GNOME 49 Released 15:30 Sandfly Security, agentless Linux security 17:40 Fedora Linux 43 Released 20:21 Ubuntu 25.10 Questing Quokka Released 24:09 openSUSE Leap 16 Released 26:10 Zorin OS 18 Released 29:08 COSMIC Desktop Beta in PopOS 24.04 32:31 Linux Mint Debian Edition 7 (LMDE) 34:28 Outro Links: Linux 6.17 Released https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_6.17 https://lwn.net/Articles/1038266/ The End of Windows 10 Has Arrived https://endof10.org/ https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/windows-10-is-no-longer-safe-to-run-heres-whos-affected-and-what-you-need-to-do https://www.zdnet.com/article/windows-10-pc-cant-be-upgraded-you-have-5-options-and-must-act-now/ https://www.tomsguide.com/news/live/windows-10-end-of-support-2025 https://lifehacker.com/tech/what-to-do-now-that-microsoft-no-longer-supports-windows-10?test_uuid=02DN02BmbRCcASIX6xMQtY9&test_variant=B KDE Plasma 6.5 Released https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.5.0/ GNOME 49 Released https://release.gnome.org/49/ Sandfly Security, agentless Linux security https://thisweekinlinux.com/sandfly Fedora Linux 43 Released https://fedoramagazine.org/announcing-fedora-linux-43/ https://fedoramagazine.org/whats-new-fedora-workstation-43/ https://fedoramagazine.org/whats-new-in-fedora-kde-plasma-desktop-43/ Ubuntu 25.10 Questing Quokka Released https://canonical.com/blog/canonical-releases-ubuntu-25-10-questing-quokka openSUSE Leap 16 Released https://news.opensuse.org/2025/10/01/next-chapter-opens-with-leap-release/ Zorin OS 18 Released https://blog.zorin.com/2025/10/14/zorin-os-18-has-arrived/ COSMIC Desktop Beta in PopOS 24.04 https://system76.com/pop/pop-beta/ Linux Mint Debian Edition 7 (LMDE) https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4924 Support the show https://tuxdigital.com/membership https://store.tuxdigital.com/

video: https://youtu.be/FK81IHWIPPE Comment on the TWIL Forum This week in Linux, we've got some new distro releases from Linux Mint with Linux Mint 22.2, AerynOS, and the Linux from Scratch project. Also, I am going to introduce you to a brand new tool called WinBoat, their goal is to make it easy to run Windows apps on Linux. Then we got an update related Mozilla's deal with Google for the default search engine in Firefox and it looks like the GNOME team have re-enabled X11 Support by default in GDM for GNOME 49. All of this and more on This Week in Linux, the weekly news show that keeps you up to date with what’s going on in the Linux and Open Source world. Now let's jump right into Your Source for Linux GNews! Sponsored by Sandfly Security: the revolutionary agentless platform designed for Linux. Visit https://thisweekinlinux.com/sandfly to experience security that's not just effective but gives you peace of mind. No agents. No downtime. Just cutting-edge protection. Download as MP3 Support the Show Become a Patron = tuxdigital.com/membership Store = tuxdigital.com/store Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:50 Linux Mint 22.2 05:39 Linux from Scratch 12.4 09:38 WinBoat: Run Windows Apps on Linux 13:21 Sandfly Security, agentless Linux security 15:44 GNOME 49 Release Candidate Re-Enables X11 Support by Default in GDM 18:05 AerynOS August 2025 Update 20:15 Kazeta: Old Console OS in the Modern Era 22:42 Firefox to keep Google Search Deal 25:02 Valve "STEAM FRAME", is it New Hardware? 26:51 Outro Links: Linux Mint 22.2 https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4881 https://www.linuxmint.com/rel_zara_whatsnew.php Linux from Scratch 12.4 https://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/view/12.4/ https://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/view/12.4/ WinBoat: Run Windows Apps on Linux https://www.winboat.app/ https://github.com/TibixDev/winboat https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/09/winboat-is-a-new-linux-app-to-run-windows-apps-with-seamless-integration/ Sandfly Security, agentless Linux security https://thisweekinlinux.com/sandfly https://destinationlinux.net/ GNOME 49 Release Candidate Re-Enables X11 Support by Default in GDM https://discourse.gnome.org/t/gnome-49-rc-released/31234 https://download.gnome.org/teams/releng/49.rc/NEWS https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/09/gnome-49-reenables-x11-session-support-in-gdm AerynOS August 2025 Update https://aerynos.com/blog/2025/08/31/august-2025-project-update/ Kazeta: Old Console OS in the Modern Era https://kazeta.org/ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/09/chimeraos-dev-announced-kazeta-a-new-linux-os-aimed-at-recreating-a-classic-console-experience/ Firefox to keep Google Search Deal https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/09/google-antitrust-ruling-firefox-search-deal Valve "STEAM FRAME", is it New Hardware? https://uspto.report/TM/99370857 https://uspto.report/TM/99370861 https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/09/new-valve-trademark-for-steam-frame-looks-like-were-getting-new-hardware/ https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/gaming-pcs/valve-applies-to-use-steam-frame-as-a-trademark-for-a-new-console-as-speculation-over-a-mythical-next-gen-half-life-game-continues/ Support the show https://tuxdigital.com/membership https://store.tuxdigital.com/

video: https://youtu.be/P7AwobSLSyM Comment on the TWIL Forum This week in Linux, we've got new releases from some under the hood projects like FFmpeg and QEMU. There's a new software store for Linux that is exclusively focused on Flatpaks. CachyOS is back on the show again with a brand new release and we've also got a bit of drama to cover this week. There's some drama going on with the SuperTuxKart project and Google has decided that sideloading on Android has to go. All of this and more on This Week in Linux, the weekly news show that keeps you up to date with what’s going on in the Linux and Open Source world. Now, let's jump right into Your Source for Linux GNews! Download as MP3 Support the Show Become a Patron = tuxdigital.com/membership Store = tuxdigital.com/store Chapters: 00:00 Intro 01:30 FFmpeg 8.0 03:58 Google Banning Android Side Loading 2026 07:19 CachyOS August 2025 Update 10:26 Sandfly Security, agentless Linux security 13:01 Bazaar software store now on Flathub 16:47 SuperTuxKart Drama and Evolution 19:02 KDE's New Initial System Setup Wizard 20:31 QEMU 10.1 Released 21:47 Outro Links: FFmpeg 8.0 https://ffmpeg.org/index.html#pr8.0 Google Banning Android Side Loading 2026 https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2025/08/elevating-android-security.html https://www.androidauthority.com/android-developer-verification-requirements-3590911/ CachyOS August 2025 Update https://cachyos.org/blog/2508-august-release/ Sandfly Security, agentless Linux security https://thisweekinlinux.com/sandfly Bazaar software store now on Flathub https://flathub.org/apps/io.github.kolunmi.Bazaar SuperTuxKart Drama and Evolution https://blog.supertuxkart-evolution.com/2025/08/announcing-supertuxkart-evolution.html KDE's New Initial System Setup Wizard https://blogs.kde.org/2025/08/23/this-week-in-plasma-kde-initial-system-setup/ QEMU 10.1 Released https://www.qemu.org/ https://www.phoronix.com/news/QEMU-10.1-Released https://9to5linux.com/qemu-10-1-released-with-tdx-support-many-risc-v-and-arm-improvements Support the show https://tuxdigital.com/membership https://store.tuxdigital.com/

video: https://youtu.be/vSfDyg8OxsI Comment on the TWIL Forum This week in Linux, we've got a bunch of new releases from the super popular open source office suite LibreOffice to a couple releases from Mozilla and one of the best open source video editors has a new release with Kdenlive. We're also going to take a look back at seven years of Proton as we celebrate the current state of Linux gaming. Plus, CachyOS is currently on the rise as they just took the number one spot on DistroWatch. We'll talk about what that means and what it doesn't. All of this and more on This Week in Linux, the weekly news show that keeps you up to date with what's going on in the Linux and open source world. And we are so close to 100,000 subscribers for the channel. If you haven't subscribed yet, please do. Now, let's jump right into Your Source for Linux GNews. Download as MP3 Support the Show Become a Patron = tuxdigital.com/membership Store = tuxdigital.com/store Chapters: 00:00 Intro 01:06 LibreOffice 25.8 03:45 7 Years of Proton 06:24 CachyOS becomes #1 on DistroWatch 09:34 Sandfly Security, agentless Linux security 12:01 Firefox 142 14:03 Thunderbird 142 17:24 LibreELEC 12.2 18:51 OSMC August 2025 Update 20:49 Kdenlive 25.08 22:49 Humble Bundle Summer Sale 24:06 Arch’s AUR Battles DDoS Attacks and Malware 27:08 Outro Links: LibreOffice 25.8 https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/08/20/libreoffice-25-8/ https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/25.8 7 Years of Proton https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/7-years-later-valves-proton-has-been-an-incredible-game-changer-for-linux/ CachyOS becomes #1 on DistroWatch https://distrowatch.com/ https://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=popularity https://cachyos.org/ Sandfly Security, agentless Linux security https://thisweekinlinux.com/sandfly Firefox 142 https://www.firefox.com/en-US/firefox/142.0/releasenotes/ Thunderbird 142 https://blog.thunderbird.net/2025/08/tbpro-august-2025-update/ https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/142.0/releasenotes/ LibreELEC 12.2 https://libreelec.tv/2025/08/15/libreelec-omega-12-2-0/ OSMC August 2025 Update https://osmc.tv/2025/08/osmcs-august-update-is-here-4/ Kdenlive 25.08 https://kdenlive.org/news/releases/25.08.0/ Humble Bundle Summer Sale https://humblebundleinc.sjv.io/19353m Arch’s AUR Battles DDoS Attacks and Malware https://fossforce.com/2025/08/archs-aur-battles-ddos-attacks-and-persistent-malware-all-summer-so-far Support the show https://tuxdigital.com/membership https://store.tuxdigital.com/

video: https://youtu.be/5T1Frk70LTQ Comment on the TWIL Forum This week in Linux, we have a lot of news to cover. We have some good news and some bad news. Well, people like to start with bad news first, I guess. So there is a fiasco happening with Secure Boot and how it may be affecting Linux users. Also, the EU is proposing a law that is pretty close to being passed that is very scary and a step towards mass surveillance. We'll talk about that. Then also we have some good news and that the Pebble watches are back and we have some beta releases from Linux Mint and Ubuntu Touch as well as SyncThing is back, which is a really cool tool to sync your files across multiple devices. All of this and more on This Week in Linux, the weekly news show that keeps you up to date with what's going on in the Linux and open source world. Now let's jump right into Your Source for Linux GNews. Download as MP3 Support the Show Become a Patron = tuxdigital.com/membership Store = tuxdigital.com/store Chapters: 00:00 Intro 01:23 Secure Boot Fiasco coming for Linux Users? 03:43 EU Chat Control law is a step towards mass surveillance 06:15 KDE Gear 25.08 Released 08:19 Sandfly Security, agentless Linux security [ad] 10:38 Pebble Time 2 is coming 12:13 Linux Mint 22.2 Beta Released 13:43 Ubuntu Touch 24.04 1.0 Beta 15:05 Syncthing 2.0.0 released 17:28 SparkyLinux 8.0 released 18:39 LVFS Sustainability Plan 20:31 HandBrake 1.10 Released 21:55 Outro Links: Secure Boot Fiasco coming for Linux Users? https://mjg59.dreamwidth.org/72892.html https://lwn.net/Articles/1029767/ https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/linux-users-are-about-to-face-another-major-microsoft-secure-boot-issue EU Chat Control law is a step towards mass surveillance https://fightchatcontrol.eu/ https://mullvad.net/en/chatcontrol https://cointelegraph.com/news/eu-chat-control-plan-gains-support-threatens-encryption KDE Gear 25.08 Released https://kde.org/announcements/gear/25.08.0/ Sandfly Security, agentless Linux security [ad] https://thisweekinlinux.com/sandfly Pebble Time 2 is coming https://ericmigi.com/blog/pebble-time-2-design-reveal https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcPzmDePH3E https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/13/pebbles-smartwatch-is-back-pebble-time-2-specs-revealed/ Linux Mint 22.2 Beta Released https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4876 Ubuntu Touch 24.04 1.0 Beta https://ubports.com/blog/ubports-news-1/ubuntu-touch-24-04-1-0-and-20-04-ota-10-call-for-testing-3963 Syncthing 2.0.0 released https://syncthing.net/ https://github.com/syncthing/syncthing/releases/tag/v2.0.0 SparkyLinux 8.0 released https://sparkylinux.org/sparky-8-0/ LVFS Sustainability Plan https://blogs.gnome.org/hughsie/2025/08/08/lvfs-sustainability-plan/ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/08/lvfs-sustainability-plan-vendor-funding HandBrake 1.10 Released https://handbrake.fr/ https://github.com/HandBrake/HandBrake/releases/tag/1.10.0 https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/08/handbrake-1-10-released-new-features Support the show https://tuxdigital.com/membership https://store.tuxdigital.com/

video: https://youtu.be/xbAxLonf9iQ Comment on the TWIL Forum This week in Linux, there's some big distro news because we got a brand new version of Debian, probably, and openSUSE Leap 16 just hit release candidate status. We've also got some cool news from Nvidia including their stance against adding backdoors to their hardware. Plus, we've got new app releases from the Mastodon client Tuba and the awesome screenshot tool Flameshot. All of this and more on This Week in Linux, the weekly news show that keeps you up to date with what’s going on in the Linux and Open Source world. Now let's jump right into Your Source for Linux GNews! Download as MP3 Support the Show Become a Patron = tuxdigital.com/membership Store = tuxdigital.com/store Chapters: 00:00 Intro 01:06 Debian 13 Trixie Released (maybe) 04:12 NVIDIA says NO! to Backdoors and Kill Switches 07:49 OpenSUSE Leap 16.0 reaches RC status 10:32 Sandfly Security, agentless Linux security [ad] 12:57 Automotive Industry wants Open Source Collaboration 15:38 Flameshot 13 released 18:43 Tuba v0.10.0 released 20:46 Humble Bundles 22:37 Outro Links: Debian 13 Trixie Released (maybe) https://www.debian.org https://www.debian.org/releases/trixie/release-notes.en.pdf https://www.phoronix.com/review/debian-13-benchmarks NVIDIA says NO! to Backdoors and Kill Switches https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/no-backdoors-no-kill-switches-no-spyware/ https://docs.nvidia.com/cuda/cuda-toolkit-release-notes/index.html https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/nvidia-are-working-on-a-general-optimization-for-vkd3d-directx12-games-on-linux/ OpenSUSE Leap 16.0 reaches RC status https://news.opensuse.org/2025/08/04/leap-16-rc/ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/opensuse-leap-16-0-will-need-steam-gamers-to-install-some-extras-due-to-no-32-bit/ https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/07/opensuse_leap_16_reaches_rc/ Sandfly Security, agentless Linux security [ad] https://thisweekinlinux.com/sandfly Automotive Industry wants Open Source Collaboration https://www.electrive.com/2025/06/25/automotive-industry-launches-alliance-for-software-development/ https://www.sovereign.tech/tech https://www.opendesk.eu/en https://opencode.de/en https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44370494 https://www.vda.de/en/press/press-releases/2025/250624_PM_Automotive_industry_signs_Memorandum_of_Understanding Flameshot 13 released https://flameshot.org/ https://github.com/flameshot-org/flameshot/releases/tag/v13.0.0 https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/08/flameshot-13 Tuba v0.10.0 released https://tuba.geopjr.dev/ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/08/tuba-0-10-mastodon-client-linux-new-features Humble Bundles WB Games = https://humblebundleinc.sjv.io/09K6DE Co-Op = https://humblebundleinc.sjv.io/3J0K3k Other Bundles = https://humblebundleinc.sjv.io/4Gn7Yr

video: https://youtu.be/H_fo3yHANII Comment on the TWIL Forum This week in Linux, we have a jam packed show for you with a brand new version of the Linux kernel with Linux 6.16. Then we have some new distros to talk about with KDE Linux and Helium OS. Plus feren OS is back on the show this week to celebrate a big milestone of their 10 year anniversary. Then we'll talk about some bummer news, with a new UK law that is wreaking havoc on the internet. All of this and more on This Week in Linux, the weekly news show that keeps you up to date with what’s going on in the Linux and Open Source world. Now let's jump right into Your Source for Linux GNews! Download as MP3 Support the Show Become a Patron = tuxdigital.com/membership Store = tuxdigital.com/store Chapters: 00:00 Intro 01:28 Linux Kernel 6.16 Released 04:12 KDE Linux: KDE's own Linux distro 08:39 10 Year Anniversary of Feren OS 10:57 Sandfly Security, agentless Linux security [ad] 13:03 UK's Online Safety Act is wreaking havoc online 19:21 Kapitano Anti-Virus Abandons Ship 22:35 Helium OS 10 Released 25:00 libinput 1.29 Released 26:07 Outro Links: Linux Kernel 6.16 Released https://kernel.org/ https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_6.16 https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.16-Features-Reminder https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.16-Released https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/07/linux-6-16-released-openvpn-speed-boost-5-level-paging https://9to5linux.com/linux-kernel-6-16-officially-released-this-is-whats-new KDE Linux https://kde.org/linux/ https://www.omglinux.com/kde-linux-immutable-os/ 10 Years of Feren OS https://medium.com/feren-os/celebrating-10-years-of-feren-os-what-to-look-out-for-in-the-future-58d3d0768350 UK tries to ruin the internet (lol not real title) https://news.sky.com/story/new-internet-rules-come-into-force-this-week-heres-what-will-change-13400034 https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1k81lj8nvpo https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj4ep1znk4zo https://help.x.com/en/rules-and-policies/age-assurance https://www.billboard.com/pro/spotify-uk-users-verify-age-access-content/ https://www.wired.com/story/vpn-use-spike-age-verification-laws-uk/ https://www.404media.co/id-verification-service-for-tiktok-uber-x-exposed-driver-licenses-au10tix/ https://commission.europa.eu/strategy-and-policy/priorities-2019-2024/europe-fit-digital-age/european-digital-identity_en https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jul/23/new-rules-will-radically-change-the-way-we-use-the-internet-in-australia-and-not-just-social-media https://www.androidauthority.com/youtube-age-checks-3582141/ Kapitano Abandons Ship https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/07/kapitano-linux-antivirus-abandoned-by-dev https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/1mc7re9/kapitano_linux_antivirus_scanner_developer/ https://codeberg.org/zynequ/Kapitano/issues/12 https://codeberg.org/zynequ/Kapitano/issues/13 https://codeberg.org/zynequ/Kapitano/issues/14 https://github.com/ivangabriele/clamav-desktop Helium OS 10 https://www.heliumos.org/ https://www.heliumos.org/blog/post/heliumos-10-released/ libinput 1.29 https://lore.freedesktop.org/wayland-devel/20250731092534.GA4100432@quokka/T/#u https://www.phoronix.com/news/libinput-1.29 Support the show https://tuxdigital.com/membership https://store.tuxdigital.com/

video: https://youtu.be/ucGrNLdsql0 Comment on the TWIL Forum This week in Linux, we've got a bit of bad news from Intel as they abruptly ended Clear Linux out of no where and Arch Linux warned users that malware was found in the AUR. It's not all bad this week though because Wayback is back on the show with the first preview release for keeping X11 desktops alive in our future Wayland powered world. Plus according to one source, Linux usage is even higher than we already thought it was. A couple of episodes ago I reported that we broke the 5% threshold on the US desktop market based on StatCounter data but according to one source it's already climbed passed 6%. What source you ask? The analytics of U.S. federal government websites. Speaking of governments, GitHub is trying to get EU lawmakers to scale Germany’s Sovereign Tech Fund into a EU wide program to fund critical open‑source projects. Also for some more good news, we're so close to hitting 100,000 subscribers on the channel, if you want to help please consider subscribing. All of this and more on This Week in Linux, the weekly news show that keeps you up to date with what’s going on in the Linux and Open Source world. Now let's jump right into Your Source for Linux GNews! Download as MP3 Support the Show Become a Patron = tuxdigital.com/membership Store = tuxdigital.com/store Chapters: 00:00 Intro 01:56 Intel is Shutting Down Clear Linux 05:44 Linux hits 6% U.S. Government Website Analytics 08:29 GitHub Wants the EU to Fund Open Source 13:56 Sandfly Security, agentless Linux security [ad] 16:02 Arch Linux finds Malware in the AUR 18:34 Wayback 0.1 Released 21:10 NVIDIA Bringing CUDA To RISC-V 22:06 Unofficial GUI for Lossless Scaling's Frame Generation on Linux 23:08 Outro Links: Intel is Shutting Down Clear Linux https://community.clearlinux.org/t/all-good-things-come-to-an-end-shutting-down-clear-linux-os/10716 https://www.omglinux.com/intel-clear-linux-os-discontinued-2025/ Linux hits 6% U.S. Government Website Analytics https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/according-to-one-source-linux-hits-over-6-desktop-user-share/ https://analytics.usa.gov/ GitHub Wants the EU to Fund Open Source https://github.blog/open-source/maintainers/we-need-a-european-sovereign-tech-fund/ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/07/github-eu-open-source-funding https://www.sovereign.tech/news/celebrating-two-years-of-empowering-public-digital-infrastructure https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sovereign_Tech_Agency https://github.com/ossf/wg-securing-critical-projects/tree/main/Initiatives/Identifying-Critical-Projects/Version-1.1 Sandfly Security, agentless Linux security [ad] https://thisweekinlinux.com/sandfly Arch Linux finds Malware in the AUR https://lists.archlinux.org/archives/list/aur-general@lists.archlinux.org/thread/7EZTJXLIAQLARQNTMEW2HBWZYE626IFJ/ Wayback 0.1 Released https://wayback.freedesktop.org/news/2025/07/23/wayback-0.1-released/ https://wayback.freedesktop.org/ NVIDIA Bringing CUDA To RISC-V https://riscv.org/ecosystem-news/2025/07/nvidia-to-bring-cuda-platform-support-to-the-risc-v/ https://dataconomy.com/2025/07/21/nvidias-cuda-platform-now-officially-supports-risc-v-cpus/ Unofficial GUI for Lossless Scaling's Frame Generation on Linux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/theres-now-an-unofficial-gui-for-lossless-scalings-frame-generation-on-linux/ https://github.com/Caliel666/lsfg-vk-ui Support the show https://tuxdigital.com/membership https://store.tuxdigital.com/

video: https://youtu.be/yGQ_w0LL4Xs Comment on the TWIL Forum This week in Linux, we have some interesting distro news from CachyOS & Chrome OS. We've also got new releases from the open source 3d rendering powerhouse Blender & the popular dynamic tiling wayland compositor Hyprland. Then, Plasma Bigscreen is back on the air from KDE. All of this and more on This Week in Linux, the weekly news show that keeps you up to date with what’s going on in the Linux and Open Source world. Now let's jump right into Your Source for Linux GNews! Download as MP3 Support the Show Become a Patron = tuxdigital.com/membership Store = tuxdigital.com/store Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:43 CachyOS July 2025 Release 03:41 Hyprland 0.50 Released 05:50 Blender 4.5 LTS Released 08:31 Lossless Scaling's Frame Generation for Linux 10:42 Sandfly Security, agentless Linux security [ad] 12:42 OCCT for Linux 13:38 Chrome OS is Apparently Merging with Android 15:11 Plasma Bigscreen is Back on Air 17:08 Outro Links: CachyOS July 2025 Release https://cachyos.org/blog/2507-july-release/ Hyprland 0.50 Released https://hypr.land/news/update50/ Blender 4.5 LTS Released https://www.blender.org/download/releases/4-5/ https://developer.blender.org/docs/release_notes/4.5/eevee/#vulkan https://www.blender.org/ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/07/blender-4-5-lts-vulkan-support Lossless Scaling's Frame Generation for Linux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/lsfg-vk-aims-to-bring-lossless-scalings-frame-generation-to-linux/ https://www.pcguide.com/news/lossless-scaling-frame-gen-on-linux-gets-some-help-from-the-original-dev-next-3-steps-outlined-by-creator/ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/lossless-scalings-frame-generation-for-linux-gets-upgraded-to-the-latest-v3-1/ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/lossless-scaling-frame-gen-gets-a-decky-loader-steam-deck-plugin-but-theres-drama/ Sandfly Security, agentless Linux security [ad] https://thisweekinlinux.com/sandfly OCCT for Linux https://www.ocbase.com/ https://www.ocbase.com/news/occt-available-on-steam https://www.ocbase.com/news/occt-v14-vulkan https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/06/stress-testing-toolkit-occt-arrives-on-steam-with-linux-and-steam-deck-support/ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/stress-testing-app-occt-switches-to-vulkan-by-default-dropping-directx/ Chrome OS is Apparently Merging with Android https://www.techradar.com/phones/android/i-think-you-see-the-future-first-on-android-googles-android-leader-sameer-samat https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/07/is-chrome-os-merging-with-android https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/07/googles-android-head-confirms-chrome-os-and-android-are-merging/ Plasma Bigscreen is Back on Air https://plasma-bigscreen.org/ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/07/plasma-bigscreen-revival-kde-tv Support the show https://tuxdigital.com/membership https://store.tuxdigital.com/

video: https://youtu.be/aig4jdVoL6o Comment on the TWIL Forum This week in Linux, we have another jam packed episode of TWIL. Red Hat announced No-Cost RHEL for business developers, MIPS has been acquired, the Bazzite team have a brand new app store, and we have new releases from Thunderbird, OBS Studio, Bash and more! All of this and more on This Week in Linux, the weekly news show that keeps you up to date with what’s going on in the Linux and Open Source world. Now let's jump right into Your Source for Linux GNews! Download as MP3 Support the Show Become a Patron = tuxdigital.com/membership Store = tuxdigital.com/store Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:36 Red Hat Announces No-Cost RHEL For Business Developers 03:42 GlobalFoundries acquires MIPS 05:33 Bazzite gets new app-store & devices 09:34 Sandfly Security, agentless Linux security 11:38 OBS Studio 31.1 Released 14:30 Mozilla VPN Linux App is Now Available on Flathub 18:04 Thunderbird 140 Released 21:06 Bash 5.3 Released 22:03 Outro Links: Red Hat Announces No-Cost RHEL For Business Developers https://www.redhat.com/en/about/press-releases/red-hat-introduces-red-hat-enterprise-linux-business-developers-aligning-application-development-production-consistency GlobalFoundries acquires MIPS https://mips.com/blog/mips-and-globalfoundries-powering-the-next-wave-of-physical-ai/ https://gf.com/gf-press-release/globalfoundries-to-acquire-mips-to-accelerate-ai-and-compute-capabilities/ Bazzite gets new app-store & devices https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/bazzite-july-2025-update-bazaar-z13-kernel-6-15-steam-hardware-survey/9501 Sandfly Security, agentless Linux security https://thisweekinlinux.com/sandfly OBS Studio 31.1 Released https://github.com/obsproject/obs-studio/releases/tag/31.1.0 https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/07/obs-studio-31-1-whats-new Mozilla VPN Linux App is Now Available on Flathub https://flathub.org/apps/org.mozilla.vpn https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/07/mozilla-vpn-linux-app-available-flathub Thunderbird 140 Released https://blog.thunderbird.net/2025/07/welcome-to-thunderbird-140-eclipse/ https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/140.0esr/releasenotes/ Bash 5.3 Released https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/bash.html https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/07/bash-5-3-new-features https://lwn.net/Articles/1029079/ https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNU-Bash-5.3 Support the show https://tuxdigital.com/membership https://store.tuxdigital.com/

video: https://youtu.be/h-qXWfz_yew Comment on the TWIL Forum This week in Linux, we have a huge milestone to celebrate with Linux hitting the coveted 5% market share for desktops in the US market. Then we got a few gaming topics to cover including one about game preservation and anti-cheats. Then we are going to take a look at a project to keep X11 window managers around for good. Later in the show we'll check out some new releases including a lightweight window manager called IceWM. All of this and more on This Week in Linux, the weekly news show that keeps you up to date with what’s going on in the Linux and Open Source world. Now let's jump right into Your Source for Linux GNews! Download as MP3 Support the Show Become a Patron = tuxdigital.com/membership Store = tuxdigital.com/store Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:48 Linux Hits 5% US Desktop Market Share 04:14 Stop Killing Games Initiative 11:11 Wayback: Experimental Layer for X11 Desktops on Wayland 15:39 Sandfly Security, agentless Linux security 17:34 IceWM 3.8 Window Manager Released 19:05 Anti-Cheat on Linux: THE FINALS & Broken Arrow 22:26 digiKam 8.7 Released 24:05 ProtonPlus to manage Proton layers for Gaming 25:53 Outro Links: Linux Hits 5% US Desktop Market Share https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/united-states-of-america https://ostechnix.com/linux-reaches-5-desktop-market-share-in-usa/ Stop Killing Games Initiative https://www.stopkillinggames.com/ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/stop-killing-games-consumer-movement-hits-some-major-milestones/ Wayback: Experimental Layer for X11 Desktops on Wayland https://github.com/kaniini/wayback https://www.phoronix.com/news/Wayback-X11-Wayland https://www.phoronix.com/news/Wayback-2026-Plans https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/03/wayback_wayland_display_server/ Sandfly Security, agentless Linux security [ad] https://thisweekinlinux.com/sandfly IceWM 3.8 Window Manager Released https://ice-wm.org/ https://github.com/ice-wm/icewm https://www.phoronix.com/news/IceWM-3.8-Released Anti-Cheat on Linux: THE FINALS & Broken Arrow https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/the-finals-is-getting-new-kernel-based-anti-cheat-likely-to-break-it-on-linux-steamos-steam-deck/ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/06/broken-arrow-devs-confirm-their-anti-cheat-will-not-block-linux-steamos/ digiKam 8.7 Released https://www.digikam.org/ https://www.digikam.org/news/2025-06-30-8.7.0_release_announcement/ ProtonPlus to manage Proton layers for Gaming https://github.com/Vysp3r/ProtonPlus https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/protonplus-makes-managing-proton-versions-on-linux-steamos-and-steam-deck-simple/ Support the show https://tuxdigital.com/membership https://store.tuxdigital.com/

video: https://youtu.be/GH18mp-2d90 Comment on the TWIL Forum This week in Linux is packed! It's an extra long episode. So if you were wanting more and more TWIL, then you're going to get it this week because Steam Summer Sale is here and it is torching bank accounts. Fedora developers are talking about getting rid of 32-bit support and there's a little bit of controversy around that. We're going to break all of that down. Also, Fairphone 6 has been announced and it comes with kernel patches, an upstream Linux kernel on day one. Firefox 140 has arrived as the new ESR, and there's also some exciting news coming in the next release of Firefox as well. And later in the show, KDE's Wayland wave is continuing to grow to about 70% of users these days. Kubuntu drops X11 by default, and KDE is working on a slick first run wizard. All of this and more on This Week in Linux, the weekly news show that keeps you up to date with what's going on in the Linux and Open Source world. 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Download as MP3 Support the Show Become a Patron = tuxdigital.com/membership Store = tuxdigital.com/store Chapters: 00:00 Intro 01:06 Steam Summer Sale 2025, here's some Steam Deck ready bargains 03:12 Fedora’s Controversial 32-Bit Proposal (Could this kill Bazzite?) 09:23 Fairphone 6 Announced: Modular, Repairable, Linux-Ready 14:54 Sandfly Security, agentless Linux security [ad] 16:40 Firefox 140 ESR lands with Tab Unloading & Vertical Pinned Zone 19:41 KDE Korner: Wayland Surges in Usage, Kubuntu Dropping X11, New Initial Setup Wizard 25:27 Flathub Hits 3 Billion Downloads 27:36 Destination Linux podcast for more great content 28:38 2K Classics Humble Bundle with BioShock & Mafia (90% Discount!) 31:24 ONLYOFFICE 9.0 Released: AI Tools, Visio Viewer & Fresh UI! 34:15 Lyon Goes Open Source (France’s Third-Largest City) 36:31 Outro Links: Steam Summer Sale 2025, here's some Steam Deck ready bargains https://store.steampowered.com/ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/06/steam-summer-sale-2025-is-live-heres-some-top-picks-all-under-20/ Fedora’s Controversial 32-Bit Proposal (Could this kill Bazzite?) https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/f44-change-proposal-drop-i686-support-system-wide/156324 https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/06/bazzite-would-shut-down-if-fedora-goes-ahead-with-removing-32-bit/ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/06/fedora-linux-devs-discuss-dropping-32-bit-packages-potentially-bad-news-for-steam-gamers/ https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/1lj9e00/fedora_43_change_proposal_drop_i686_support/ https://www.reddit.com/r/linux_gaming/comments/1ljo24p/bazzite_founder_might_shutdown_whole_project_if/ https://www.reddit.com/r/linux_gaming/comments/1lj9oqw/fedora_linux_devs_discuss_dropping_32bit_packages/ Fairphone 6 Announced: Modular, Repairable, Linux-Ready https://www.fairphone.com/ https://www.fairphone.com/en/2025/06/25/switch-to-the-new-fairphone-gen-6/ https://murena.com/murena-fairphone-gen-6-is-here-the-most-ethical-smartphone-unveiled/ Sandfly Security, agentless Linux security [ad] https://thisweekinlinux.com/sandfly Firefox 140 ESR lands with Tab Unloading & Vertical Pinned Zone Firefox 140: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/140.0/releasenotes/ https://www.theregister.com/2025/06/24/firefox_140_esr/ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/06/firefox-140-new-features-update https://www.phoronix.com/news/Firefox-140 https://9to5linux.com/firefox-140-esr-web-browser-is-now-available-for-download-this-is-whats-new Firefox 141 https://9to5linux.com/firefox-141-promises-to-use-less-memory-on-linux-systems-beta-out-now https://www.phoronix.com/review/firefox-141-linux-ram Mozilla discontinues DeepSpeech https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/06/mozilla-deepfake-ai-detector-closing-down https://www.phoronix.com/news/Mozilla-DeepSpeech-Discontinued https://github.com/mozilla/DeepSpeech KDE Korner: Wayland Surges in Usage, Kubuntu Dropping X11, New Initial Setup Wizard https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/06/kde-initial-setup-tool-kiss-development-progress https://9to5linux.com/kde-plasma-6-4-1-released-with-various-improvements-and-bug-fixes https://www.reddit.com/r/linux_gaming/comments/1lipt42/kde_plasma_will_continue_having_an_x11_session_as/ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/06/kde-plasma-will-continue-having-an-x11-session-as-kubuntu-switches-to-wayland-by-default/ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/06/kubuntu-25-10-drops-x11-session https://lwn.net/Articles/1026552/ https://www.phoronix.com/news/KDE-Wayland-Is-The-Future Flathub Hits 3 Billion Downloads https://flathub.org/statistics https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/1lgaz5z/flathub_has_passed_3_billion_downloads/ Destination Linux podcast for more great content https://destinationlinux.net/ Latest Interviews Carl Richell of System76 = https://destinationlinux.net/416 Craig Rowland of Sandfly Security = https://destinationlinux.net/409 Artyom Zorin of Zorin OS = https://destinationlinux.net/395 2K Classics Humble Bundle with BioShock & Mafia (90% Discount!) https://humblebundleinc.sjv.io/09zAMM ONLYOFFICE 9.0 Released: AI Tools, Visio Viewer & Fresh UI! https://www.onlyoffice.com/blog/2025/06/meet-onlyoffice-desktop-editors-v9-0 https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/06/onlyoffice-9-0-desktop-new-features-ai Lyon Goes Open Source (France’s Third-Largest City) https://www.lyon.fr/actualite/action-municipale/la-ville-de-lyon-renforce-sa-souverainete-numerique https://www.theregister.com/2025/06/26/lyon_leaving_microsoft/ Support the show https://tuxdigital.com/membership https://store.tuxdigital.com/

video: https://youtu.be/XZXpfvmlo9g Comment on the TWIL Forum This week in Linux, we have a jam packed episode for you. The KDE team have released a brand new version of the Plasma desktop. We're also going to talk about some big changes coming to Arch Linux and the pentesting distro, Kali Linux. Plus we got a trifecta of great news from Valve this week related to Steam & Proton that is bound to be exciting for Linux gamers. Then we're going to check out a major update to the OpenMoonRay renderer from DreamWorks Animation... yea that DreamWorks. All of this and more on This Week in Linux, the weekly news show that keeps you up to date with what’s going on in the Linux and Open Source world. Now let's jump right into Your Source for Linux GNews! Download as MP3 Support the Show Become a Patron = tuxdigital.com/membership Store = tuxdigital.com/store Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:50 KDE Plasma 6.4 Desktop Released 07:56 Arch Linux switches to WoW64 Wine 10:51 Kali Linux 2025.2 Released 14:40 Sandfly Security, agentless Linux security [ad] 16:37 Valve hits 20,000 playable Steam Deck games and flips Proton on by default 19:36 DreamWorks Animation's OpenMoonRay adds NUMA Support 22:26 20 Years of the Open Invention Network 24:19 SDL Implements the Pointer Warp Protocol 29:31 Outro Links: KDE Plasma 6.4 Desktop Released https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.4.0/ Arch Linux switches to WoW64 Wine https://archlinux.org/news/transition-to-the-new-wow64-wine-and-wine-staging/ https://www.phoronix.com/news/Arch-Linux-WoW64-Wine https://ostechnix.com/arch-linux-wine-wow64-transition/ Kali Linux 2025.2 Released https://www.kali.org/blog/kali-linux-2025-2-release/ GNOME 48 on TWIL 303 - https://thisweekinlinux.com/303 My GNOME 48 video - https://tuxdigital.com/videos/gnome-48-released/ Plasma 6.3 on TWIL 298 - https://thisweekinlinux.com/298 Sandfly Security, agentless Linux security [ad] https://thisweekinlinux.com/sandfly Valve hits 20,000 playable Steam Deck games and flips Proton on by default https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/06/steam-deck-and-steamos-hit-20000-playable-games/ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/06/steam-beta-finally-enables-proton-on-linux-fully-making-linux-gaming-simpler/ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/06/steam-gets-a-new-steam-deck-like-performance-monitor-now-in-beta-replacing-the-fps-counter/ DreamWorks Animation's OpenMoonRay adds NUMA Support https://openmoonray.org/ https://github.com/dreamworksanimation/openmoonray/releases/tag/openmoonray-2.15.0.1 https://www.phoronix.com/news/OpenMoonRay-Goes-NUMA https://www.cgchannel.com/2025/06/dreamworks-animation-releases-moonray-2-15/ 20 Years of the Open Invention Network https://openinventionnetwork.com/open-invention-network-celebrates-20-years/ SDL Implements the Pointer Warp Protocol https://www.libsdl.org/ https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL/pull/10922 SDL 3 on TWIL 295 - https://tuxdigital.com/podcasts/this-week-in-linux/twil-295/ Support the show https://tuxdigital.com/membership https://store.tuxdigital.com/

video: https://youtu.be/c-PWqlJCB9M This week in Linux, there's a lot of news to talk about from new desktop updates to new apps and even a bit of drama. We'll start things off this week with the news that Ubuntu 25.10 is dropping X11 on GNOME sessions. There's a lot of chatter around this one and even some yelling about it... we're going to go over what's really happening, why it matters, who's really behind it, touch on a new fork of X11 and more. That's just the first topic... we also got some crazy news from Apple about running Linux Containers on Macs. Then we'll take a look at a new release of the Sway tiling window manager and then we have news from Linux Mint about their next release and some infrastructure changes happening at GNOME. All of this and more on This Week in Linux, the weekly news show that keeps you up to date with what’s going on in the Linux and Open Source world. Now let's jump right into Your Source for Linux GNews! Forum Discussion Thread Download as MP3 Support the show by becoming a patron at tuxdigital.com/membership or get some swag at tuxdigital.com/store Hosted by: Ryan (DasGeek) = dasgeek.net Jill Bryant = jilllinuxgirl.com Michael Tunnell = michaeltunnell.com Chapters: 00:00 Intro 01:02 Ubuntu 25.10 drops X11 on GNOME 08:50 Apple Release New Tools for Running Linux Containers on Mac 13:42 Sway 1.11 Tiling Wayland Compositor 16:21 Sandfly Security, agentless Linux security [ad] 18:26 Linux Mint 22.2 Adds Native Fingerprint Login Support 23:07 2025 AlmaLinux Community Survey 26:25 GNOME Has a New Infrastructure Partner: Welcome AWS! 30:27 Kapitano is a New GTK ClamAV Frontend 33:55 ROG Xbox Ally Handhelds Announced 38:00 Outro Links: Community Feedback https://destinationlinux.net/comments https://destinationlinux.net/forum Ubuntu 25.10 drops Gnome on X11 https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/ubuntu-25-10-drops-support-for-gnome-on-xorg/62538 Murena announces /e/OS 3.0 for Smartphones https://murena.com/introducing-e-os-3-0/ https://gitlab.e.foundation/e/os/releases/-/releases Apple Release New Tools for Running Linux Containers on Mac https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2025/06/apple-supercharges-its-tools-and-technologies-for-developers/ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/06/apple-linux-container-tool-mac-developers Software Spotlight: Bouncer https://flathub.org/apps/io.github.justinrdonnelly.bouncer Support the show https://tuxdigital.com/membership https://store.tuxdigital.com/

video: https://youtu.be/-BWzypViJVQ Comment on the TWIL Forum This week in Linux, we have a lot of cool things to talk about. Murena has announced the latest release of the /e/OS mobile operating system for smartphones with each /e/OS 3.0. We also have Alpine Linux releasing a new version of their distro. And we're going to go to the Canonical Corner to talk about a bunch of stuff that is happening with Ubuntu. All of this and more on this week in Linux, the weekly news show that keeps you up to day with what's going on in the Linux and Open Source world. Now let's jump right into Your Source for Linux GNews. Sponsored by Sandfly Security: the revolutionary agentless platform designed for Linux. Visit https://thisweekinlinux.com/sandfly to experience security that's not just effective but gives you peace of mind. No agents. No downtime. Just cutting-edge protection. Download as MP3 Support the Show Become a Patron = tuxdigital.com/membership Store = tuxdigital.com/store Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:40 Murena announces /e/OS 3.0 for Smartphones 07:25 Alpine Linux 3.22 Released 11:05 Canonical Corner 11:28 Ubuntu 25.10 Switches to Rust-based Sudo 16:45 Sandfly Security, agentless Linux security [ad] 18:39 GNOME Dropping X11 Could Complicate Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 23:06 Canonical Phasing Out Bazaar Code Hosting 25:47 Linux Format Magazine Shutting Down After 25 Years 29:34 GeForce NOW on the Steam Deck (SteamOS) 30:48 Support the show Links: Murena announces /e/OS 3.0 for Smartphones https://murena.com/introducing-e-os-3-0/ https://gitlab.e.foundation/e/os/releases/-/releases Alpine Linux 3.22 Released https://alpinelinux.org/posts/Alpine-3.22.0-released.html https://fossforce.com/2025/06/alpine-linux-3-22-0-not-just-for-servers-containers-and-iot/ Ubuntu 25.10 Switches to Rust-based Sudo https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/adopting-sudo-rs-by-default-in-ubuntu-25-10/60583 Sandfly Security, agentless Linux security [ad] https://thisweekinlinux.com/sandfly GNOME Dropping X11 Could Complicate Ubuntu 26.04 LTS https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/05/gnome-dropping-x11-support-ubuntu-impact https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-session/-/merge_requests/99#note_2427404 https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gdm/-/issues/989 Canonical Phasing Out Bazaar Code Hosting https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/phasing-out-bazaar-code-hosting/62189 Linux Format Magazine Shutting Down After 25 Years https://www.linuxformat.com/ https://www.magazinesdirect.com/az-single-issues/6937009/linux-format-magazine-single-issue.thtml https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/05/linux-format-magazine-closes#493285f2-f1a7-4e96-b930-b3b08d26133e-link GeForce NOW on the Steam Deck (SteamOS) https://www.gamingonlinux.com/guides/view/how-to-get-geforce-now-on-steam-deck-steamos/ Support the show https://tuxdigital.com/membership https://store.tuxdigital.com/