This week's Linux and FOSS news:
LINUX NEWS
First alpha release of Debian 13 "Trixie" installer available with support for Linux kernel 6.12 LTS, RISCV64 support, dropped support for ARMel and i386 architectures, new theme:
9to5linux.com/debian-13-trixie…
Nobara 41 released with open source NVIDIA driver by default, latest Vulkan drivers, Driver Manager includes Broadcom wireless driver, Package Manager gets improved Flatpak support, Welcome utility offers Discord from Flatpak Beta channel to support screen sharing on Wayland and audio sharing with PipeWire, offers Blender from Fedora repos to support H.264 recording via FFmpeg, revamped Davinci Resolve wizard etc.:
9to5linux.com/fedora-based-nob…
KaOS 2024.11 released with Linux kernel 6.11, Phonon sound backend, bcachefs support, KDE Plasma 6.2.3, KDE Gear 24.08.3, KDE Frameworks 6.8.0, updated packages, Harper grammar and spellchecker installed by default, GTK2 removed from repos, Wayland mode for SDDM 0.20.0 etc.:
alternativeto.net/news/2024/12…
GNOME's new image viewer Loupe to get image editing feature for PNG and JPEG images, coming with GNOME 48 release in spring:
omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/12/loupe-…
(That's really nice I guess, I missed the option to make smaller edits on the image directly within the image viewer without opening a separate program for it)
KDE Plasma 6.2.5 released with fix for a System Settings crash, X11 lock screen bug and more:
9to5linux.com/kde-plasma-6-2-5…
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Foss FEST 2025 takes place in 21-22 February, on multiple locations worldwide, for university student, who can compete on building solutions for given projects, and have Masterclasses in different topics:
os-sci.com/event/foss-fest-202…
GIMP 3.0 RC2 released with bug fixes, new public filter API, initial AppImage version, improved Darktable integration:
alternativeto.net/news/2024/12…
LineageOS 22.1 released with Android 15 base, support for more than 100 devices, latest version of SeedVault and Etar, WebView upgraded to 131.0.6778.200, enhanced extract utilities, support for virtIO targets (QEMU, crosvm, UTM), new music player and PDF reader:
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Foss FEST 2025 takes place in 21-22 February, on multiple locations worldwide, for university student, who can compete on building solutions for given projects, and have Masterclasses in different topics:
os-sci.com/event/foss-fest-202…
GIMP 3.0 RC2 released with bug fixes, new public filter API, initial AppImage version, improved Darktable integration:
alternativeto.net/news/2024/12…
LineageOS 22.1 released with Android 15 base, support for more than 100 devices, latest version of SeedVault and Etar, WebView upgraded to 131.0.6778.200, enhanced extract utilities, support for virtIO targets (QEMU, crosvm, UTM), new music player and PDF reader:
alternativeto.net/news/2025/1/…
New terminal emulator Ghostty saw first public release, aiming to be fast, feature-rich and platform-native while still being cross-platform:
omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/12/ghostt…
Mozilla releases Orbit, a new AI assistant extension for Firefox:
omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/12/orbit-…
(Thanks nope, I won't install it)
IVPN acquires Safing, creators of Portmaster and SPN:
alternativeto.net/news/2024/12…
(At least they aren't purchased by a shady ad company, it's the good type of acquisition like Proton - SimpleLogin, Proton - Standard Notes or Tor - Tails)
Kdenlive to get Auto Masking feature for easier background removal, already available in alpha builds:
omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/12/kdenli…
Fish Shell 4.0 released, written is Rust instead of C++:
alternativeto.net/news/2025/1/…
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in reply to Fossery Tech • • •> First alpha release of Debian 13 "Trixie available"
That's the installer, not Trixie itself.
Important difference.
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