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Fossery Tech :debian: :gnome:This week's Linux and FOSS news:LINUX NEWSopenSUSE considering to drop 32-bit ARM support, announced a survey to ask users whether they still rely on 32-bit ARM hardware support: <a href="https://www.phoronix.com/news/openSUSE-Deciding-32-bit-ARM" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.phoronix.com/news/openSUSE-Deciding-32-bit-ARM</a> (I think it's a good thing that at least they ask their users directly, and don't just drop the proposal if there's a strong pushback like what Fedora did.)KDE Frameworks 6.16 released with improved recognition of the most powerful GPU, support for showing the newest files first in open/save dialogs, inertial scrolling (a.k.a. kinetic scrolling) for all scrollable views in all QtQuick-based KDE applications when scrolled using a touchpad, etc.: <a href="https://9to5linux.com/kde-frameworks-6-16-improves-plasmas-ability-to-detect-the-most-powerful-gpu" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://9to5linux.com/kde-frameworks-6-16-improves-plasmas-ability-to-detect-the-most-powerful-gpu</a>Ubuntu 24.10 reaches EOL, upgrading to 25.04 is recommended: <a href="https://9to5linux.com/ubuntu-24-10-oracular-oriole-reached-end-of-life-upgrade-to-ubuntu-25-04" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://9to5linux.com/ubuntu-24-10-oracular-oriole-reached-end-of-life-upgrade-to-ubuntu-25-04</a>Ubuntu 25.10 will ship with a fully functional desktop session on RISC-V: <a href="https://9to5linux.com/canonical-plans-for-a-fully-functional-desktop-session-on-risc-v-with-ubuntu-25-10" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://9to5linux.com/canonical-plans-for-a-fully-functional-desktop-session-on-risc-v-with-ubuntu-25-10</a>Ubuntu changes boot process on Raspberry Pi, to improve system recovery and reliability: <a href="https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/07/ubuntu-raspberry-pi-boot-process-change" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/07/ubuntu-raspberry-pi-boot-process-change</a>Fedora proposal raised to include Zstd-compressed Initrd by default for space savings and faster boot: <a href="https://www.phoronix.com/news/Fedora-43-Initrd-Zstd-Compress" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.phoronix.com/news/Fedora-43-Initrd-Zstd-Compress</a>Parrot OS 6.4 released with Linux kernel 6.12 LTS, new Goshs and ConvoC2 tools, updated hacking tools, Firefox 140 ESR, etc.: <a href="https://9to5linux.com/ethical-hacking-distro-parrot-os-6-4-is-out-with-linux-kernel-6-12-lts-new-tools" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://9to5linux.com/ethical-hacking-distro-parrot-os-6-4-is-out-with-linux-kernel-6-12-lts-new-tools</a>Rhino Linux 2025.3 released with RPK2 package manager, new UBXI KDE Desktop package based on Plasma 6: <a href="https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/7/rhino-linux-2025-3-debuts-rpk2-package-manager-and-kde-plasma-6-option/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/7/rhino-linux-2025-3-debuts-rpk2-package-manager-and-kde-plasma-6-option/</a>Bottles project faces funding issues, asks for donations: <a href="https://news.itsfoss.com/bottles-need-support/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://news.itsfoss.com/bottles-need-support/</a>Phosh 0.48.0 released with new lockscreen plugin to interact with all running media players that use the MPRIS protocol, Cell Broadcast dialogs enabled by default, bug fixes, GTK4 preps, etc.: <a href="https://phosh.mobi/releases/rel-0.48.0/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://phosh.mobi/releases/rel-0.48.0/</a>(more Linux and FOSS news in comments)<a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/WeeklyNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" 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Fossery Tech :debian: :gnome:This week's Linux and FOSS news:LINUX NEWSUbuntu 24.10 will reach EOL on July 10, upgrading to 25.04 is recommended: <a href="https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/06/ubuntu-24-10-oracular-oriole-eol-july-2025" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/06/ubuntu-24-10-oracular-oriole-eol-july-2025</a>Ubuntu 25.10 (shipping GNOME 49) will remove GNOME X11 session: <a href="https://9to5linux.com/ubuntu-25-10-questing-quokka-to-remove-the-gnome-on-xorg-x11-session" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://9to5linux.com/ubuntu-25-10-questing-quokka-to-remove-the-gnome-on-xorg-x11-session</a>Linux Mint 20 reached EOL, upgrading to 22 is recommended: <a href="https://news.itsfoss.com/linux-mint-20-eol/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://news.itsfoss.com/linux-mint-20-eol/</a>Linux Mint 22.2 adds out-of-the-box fingerprint authentication support with Fingwit app: <a href="https://9to5linux.com/linux-mint-22-2-will-feature-fingerprint-authentication-with-fingwit-app" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://9to5linux.com/linux-mint-22-2-will-feature-fingerprint-authentication-with-fingwit-app</a>Nitrux drops the Plasma-based NX desktop for Hyprland, due to the discontinuation of Plasma LTS released: <a href="https://9to5linux.com/nitrux-linux-drops-its-kde-plasma-based-nx-desktop-for-hyprland" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://9to5linux.com/nitrux-linux-drops-its-kde-plasma-based-nx-desktop-for-hyprland</a> (It's a bit weird choice that they ditched a full DE for a standalone compositor, which is tiling in fact, and requires editing some config files manually, not sure if DE users want that.)Kali Linux 2025.2 released with revamped Kali Menu, GNOME 48, KDE Plasma 8.3, 13 new tools (including Azurehound, binwalk3, bloodhound-ce-python etc.): <a href="https://9to5linux.com/kali-linux-2025-2-released-with-revamped-kali-menu-13-new-hacking-tools" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://9to5linux.com/kali-linux-2025-2-released-with-revamped-kali-menu-13-new-hacking-tools</a>GNOME 49 Alpha 0 available with preparations for disabling X11 by default: <a href="https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNOME-49-Alpha-0-Packages" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNOME-49-Alpha-0-Packages</a>Sway 1.11 released with explicit sync support, support for the ext-image-copy-capture-v1 and ext-image-capture-source-v1 protocols for improved screen capture, support for the alpha-modifier-v1 protocol for setting an alpha multiplier for a surface, etc.: <a href="https://9to5linux.com/sway-1-11-tiling-wayland-compositor-adds-support-for-explicit-synchronization" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" 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Fossery Tech :debian: :gnome:This week's Linux and FOSS news:LINUX NEWSDebian 13 is now in hard freeze, MIPS (MIPS64EL) architecture support dropped, RISC-V is promoted as a release architecture: <a href="https://www.phoronix.com/news/Debian-13-Hard-Freeze" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.phoronix.com/news/Debian-13-Hard-Freeze</a>Debian installer Trixie RC1 adds rescue support on Btrfs, Linux kernel 6.12, spice-vdagent is installed automatically on QEMU/KVM, Ext2 file system on PPC64EL architecture instead of Ext4, etc.: <a href="https://www.phoronix.com/news/Debian-Installer-Trixie-RC1" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.phoronix.com/news/Debian-Installer-Trixie-RC1</a>APT package manager 3.1 released with why/why-not commands, new solver default on Ubuntu, include/exclude options, HTTPS support for dselect, etc.: <a href="https://www.phoronix.com/news/Debian-APT-3.1-Released" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.phoronix.com/news/Debian-APT-3.1-Released</a>KDE Plasma 6.4 will include time-of-day wallpapers, adaptive-sync disabled by default: <a href="https://www.phoronix.com/news/KDE-Plasma-TOD-Wallpapers" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.phoronix.com/news/KDE-Plasma-TOD-Wallpapers</a>NixOS 25.05 released with Linux kernel 6.12 LTS and 6.14, GNOME 48, initial COSMIC support, new `nixos-rebuild build-image` sub-command, nixos-rebuild-ng, rewritten nixos-option etc.: <a href="https://9to5linux.com/nixos-25-05-released-with-linux-6-12-lts-and-6-14-kernels-gnome-48-and-more" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://9to5linux.com/nixos-25-05-released-with-linux-6-12-lts-and-6-14-kernels-gnome-48-and-more</a>Ubuntu 25.10 switches Chrony for Network Time Protocol (NTP) for better security: <a href="https://www.phoronix.com/news/Ubuntu-25.10-Chrony" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.phoronix.com/news/Ubuntu-25.10-Chrony</a>GNOME 50 dropping X11 support causes complications for Ubuntu 26.04 LTS: <a href="https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/05/gnome-dropping-x11-support-ubuntu-impact" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/05/gnome-dropping-x11-support-ubuntu-impact</a>Tails 6.15.1 released with fixes for critical Tor browser vulnerabilities: <a href="https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/5/tails-6-15-1-emergency-update-fixes-critical-tor-browser-vulnerabilities/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/5/tails-6-15-1-emergency-update-fixes-critical-tor-browser-vulnerabilities/</a>Wine 10.8 released with TIFF support, progress on PDB backend, boosted performance: <a href="https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/5/wine-10-8-released-boosted-performance-tiff-support-pdb-backend-progress/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" 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AptiviRust Coreutils “uutils” v0.1 released!The developers behind the Rust coreutils, called <code>uutils</code>, have reached a major milestone with the release of v0.1.0. This comes after the last release, which was v0.0.30. This version is now on GitHub, which you can check out below. <a class="" href="https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/releases/tag/0.1.0" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Learn more</a> This version of uutils contains many interesting changes done to the system utilities, including <code>cp</code>, <code>ls</code>, and others. The SELinux support has been added to <code>cp</code>, <code>ls</code>, <code>mkdir</code>, <code>mknod</code>, <code>mkfifo</code>, <code>install</code>, and <code>stat</code> for systems that are security oriented. This makes sure that systems with this coreutils implementation can now enjoy better security with SELinux enabled, especially when SELinux is enforcing.In addition to that, the speed has been improved to match and possibly exceed the legacy GNU coreutils performance. You can now notice the improved speed in commands like <code>cat</code>, <code>ls</code>, <code>wc</code>, <code>tail</code>, <code>seq</code>, and more.Thanks to many commits and contributions done to the Rust coreutils project, it has witnessed many changes done to various commands, such as date allowing negative date offsets, echo allowing double hyphens, and print fixing octal escape parsing.In addition to that, the test suite compatibility has seen increasing number of successes. While 0.0.30 has 507 passes; 41 skips; and 69 fails, version 0.1.0 has 522 passes; 31 skips; and 65 passes.As a result, as future versions get released, compatibility with the older GNU coreutils increases. This is evidenced by the increasing number of succeeding unit tests for the Rust coreutils project, especially when it comes to SELinux-related tests.You can consult the official website of Rust coreutils below. <a class="" href="https://uutils.github.io/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Official website</a> What about Ubuntu?Ubuntu is planning to ship <code>uutils</code> to replace the older GNU coreutils as part of the broader plan, called “<a href="https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/carefully-but-purposefully-oxidising-ubuntu/56995" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Oxidizing Ubuntu</a>.” Ubuntu 25.10 will be the first version of Ubuntu that will use this coreutils implementation to ensure that your Ubuntu system becomes both more secure and quicker; furthermore, your productivity will increase as the improved performance becomes prevalent in this release.Ubuntu 25.10 Questing Quokka will use the Rust coreutils during the development cycle, along with the Rust implementation of sudo called <code>rs-sudo</code>. 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Fossery Tech :debian: :gnome:This week's Linux and FOSS newsLINUX NEWSNobara 42 released with Brave as the default browser (with custom policy disabling Brave Wallet, Rewards, VPN, AI Chat, and Tor while setting DNS Over HTTPS to automatic), new rolling-release model, KDE Discover and GNOME Software replaced by flatpost (a custom Flatpak installer), driver manager provides simple option to switch between open and closed NVIDIA drivers etc.: <a href="https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/5/linux-distro-nobara-42-ships-with-brave-by-default-and-shifts-to-rolling-release-model/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/5/linux-distro-nobara-42-ships-with-brave-by-default-and-shifts-to-rolling-release-model/</a> (Wow they made the thing I wanted all the time: a Brave browser without all that additional crap. The only thing missing is availability on Flathub lol) (Separate software installers for native packages and Flatpaks? Why don't just add Flatpak support to their existing DNF frontend? 🤔️)Archinstall 3.0.5 released with optional file encryption for user credentials, hashed password storage, additional post-installation options, support for Labwc, Niri, River and Xmonad window managers: <a href="https://ostechnix.com/archinstall-3-0-5-is-released/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://ostechnix.com/archinstall-3-0-5-is-released/</a>Hyprland 0.49 released with popups to ask for permissions (disabled by default for now), xdg-system bell and xdg-toplevel-tag protocol support, option for allowing keybinding to be disabled per-device, new socket2 events, new window rules etc.: <a href="https://www.phoronix.com/news/Hyprland-0.49-Released" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.phoronix.com/news/Hyprland-0.49-Released</a>GNU Screen 5.0.1 fixes critical security issues, including local root exploit, terminal hijacking, permission issues etc, upgrading to the new version is recommended: <a href="https://ostechnix.com/gnu-screen-5-0-1-released/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://ostechnix.com/gnu-screen-5-0-1-released/</a>Debian 12.11 released with 81 bug fixes and 45 security updates: <a href="https://9to5linux.com/debian-12-11-bookworm-released-with-81-bug-fixes-and-45-security-updates" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://9to5linux.com/debian-12-11-bookworm-released-with-81-bug-fixes-and-45-security-updates</a>Ubuntu 25.04 upgrades re-enabled after fixing critical issues: <a href="https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/05/ubuntu-25-04-upgrades-resume-after-bug-fixes" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/05/ubuntu-25-04-upgrades-resume-after-bug-fixes</a>Ubuntu 25.10 will include Loupe as the preinstalled image viewer, and Ptyxis as the preinstalled terminal emulator: <a href="https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/05/ubuntu-25-10-to-include-new-image-viewer-terminal-apps" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/05/ubuntu-25-10-to-include-new-image-viewer-terminal-apps</a>KDE Frameworks 6.15 fixes a 9-year old file transfer suspend bug: <a href="https://ostechnix.com/kde-file-transfer-suspend-fixed/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://ostechnix.com/kde-file-transfer-suspend-fixed/</a>(More Linux and FOSS news in comments)<a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/WeeklyNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WeeklyNews</a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#News</a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Linux</a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/LinuxNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LinuxNews</a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/Nobara42" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Nobara42</a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/Nobara" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Nobara</a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/Arch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Arch</a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/ArchLinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ArchLinux</a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/Archinstall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Archinstall</a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/Hyprland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Hyprland</a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/GNUScreen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GNUScreen</a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/Debian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Debian</a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/Ubuntu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Ubuntu</a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/Ubuntu2504" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Ubuntu2504</a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/Ubuntu2510" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Ubuntu2510</a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/KDE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#KDE</a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/KDEFrameworks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#KDEFrameworks</a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/FosseryTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FosseryTech</a>

Fossery Tech :debian: :gnome:This week's Linux and FOSS news:LINUX NEWSGNOME Foundation has a new executive director, Steven Deobald, an experienced software developer, who plans to focus on transparency about the operation of the foundation: <a href="https://blogs.gnome.org/steven/2025/05/06/introducing-myself/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://blogs.gnome.org/steven/2025/05/06/introducing-myself/</a>GNOME 49 will include Showtime instead of Totem as the default video player: <a href="https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/05/gnome-49-replaces-totem-video-player-with-showtime" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/05/gnome-49-replaces-totem-video-player-with-showtime</a> (It's time to make the switch I guess, Totem didn't really work, at least for me, it couldn't open videos, crashed quite a lot.) (I remember a dev making an April's FOols joke that Showtime finally shows the time as the name suggests lol)Linux Mint 22.2 will include new default theme with more blue-ish gray colors, to ensure that Adwaita programs look better on the system, XDG Desktop Portal XApp is tweaked to ensure that Adwaita programs follow accent colors: <a href="https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/05/linux-mint-22-2-default-theme-changes" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/05/linux-mint-22-2-default-theme-changes</a> (Oh no Mint, you accept the widely hated GNOME standards? What are you doing? lol)Linux Mint 22.2 and LMDE 7 codenames revealed, 22.2 will be called "Zara", 7 will be called "Gigi": <a href="https://betanews.com/2025/05/08/linux-mint-22-2-and-lmde-7-codenames-revealed/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://betanews.com/2025/05/08/linux-mint-22-2-and-lmde-7-codenames-revealed/</a>openSUSE removes Deepin desktop from community repos due to lack of package maintenance consistency and security concerns: <a href="https://news.itsfoss.com/opensuse-deepin-desktop-removal/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://news.itsfoss.com/opensuse-deepin-desktop-removal/</a>Ubuntu plans to ditch regular sudo for sudo-rs (written in Rust): <a href="https://betanews.com/2025/05/06/ubuntu-linux-sudo-rust-sudo-rs/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://betanews.com/2025/05/06/ubuntu-linux-sudo-rust-sudo-rs/</a>Ubuntu 25.10 daily build are available for download: <a 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