This week's Linux and FOSS news:
LINUX NEWS
Debian 13 final freeze set for 27 July, official release for 9 August:
phoronix.com/news/Debian-13.0-…
KDE Plasma 6.4.3 released with improved automatic screen scale calculator on Wayland, accessibility improvements, bug fixes:
9to5linux.com/kde-plasma-6-4-3…
KDE Plasma 6.5 will include rounded bottom corners for windows:
phoronix.com/news/KDE-Rounded-…
(Rounded corners are everywhere. You can't escape them lol)
Plasma Bigscreen sees active development again, thanks to Plasma Mobile contributor Espi:
omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/07/plasma…
Clear Linux OS shutting down due to financial issues of Intel:
community.clearlinux.org/t/all…
("Rest assured that Intel remains deeply invested in the Linux ecosystem, actively supporting and contributing to various open-source projects and Linux distributions to enable and optimize for Intel hardware." Shutting down Clear Linux OS isn't the only thing affecting Linux though. See next linked article.)
Intel WMI Slim Bootloader "SBL" firmware update driver for Linux being orphaned due to departures:
phoronix.com/news/Intel-SLM-Dr…
Linux Mint monthly report: Linux Mint 22.2 planned with HWE kernel, fingerprint authentication, theme updates, accent color support, improved libAdwaita compatibility, improved Wayland support; LMDE 7 planned with Debian 13 base, OEM support; blog comment moderation made more strict to eliminate politics:
blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4860
Hyprland 0.50 released with new render scheduling, legacy renderer dropped, explicit sync support always used by default, "no screenshare" option to black out any window during screen-sharing:
phoronix.com/news/Hyprland-0.5…
Slackware turns 32:
ostechnix.com/celebrating-slac…
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Plasma Bigscreen, KDE’s TV Interface, is Back on Air
KDE's Plasma Bigscreen TV UI gets rebooted with slicker visuals, search functionality, and more – thanks to one developer tuning in to its potential.Joey Sneddon (OMG! Ubuntu!)
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CachyOS July update available with option to choose shell during installation (selection between Fish, Zsh, default to Bash), KDE Plasma defaulting to Wayland, fwupd added to GNOME and KDE Plasma editions, support for Lenovo Legion Go handheld, etc.:
9to5linux.com/cachyos-july-202…
SparkyLinux 7.8 released with updated Linux kernel, DEs and other packages, bug fixes:
betanews.com/2025/07/16/ditch-…
Rescuezilla 2.6.1 released with Ubuntu 25.04 base, Image Explorer and Firefox re-enabled, ability to specify NFS version, improved touchpad support, workaround for the “umount: /tmp/rescuezilla.ntfs/mount: target is busy” error, bug fixes:
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CachyOS July update available with option to choose shell during installation (selection between Fish, Zsh, default to Bash), KDE Plasma defaulting to Wayland, fwupd added to GNOME and KDE Plasma editions, support for Lenovo Legion Go handheld, etc.:
9to5linux.com/cachyos-july-202…
SparkyLinux 7.8 released with updated Linux kernel, DEs and other packages, bug fixes:
betanews.com/2025/07/16/ditch-…
Rescuezilla 2.6.1 released with Ubuntu 25.04 base, Image Explorer and Firefox re-enabled, ability to specify NFS version, improved touchpad support, workaround for the “umount: /tmp/rescuezilla.ntfs/mount: target is busy” error, bug fixes:
9to5linux.com/rescuezilla-2-6-…
Wine 10.12 released with optional EGL backend in X11 driver, support for Bluetooth LE services, etc.:
alternativeto.net/news/2025/7/…
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Rescuezilla 2.6.1 Swiss Army Knife of System Recovery Adds Ubuntu 25.04 Support - 9to5Linux
Marius Nestor (9to5Linux)Fossery Tech
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FOSS NEWS
Firefox 141 will include WebGPU support, Windows-only for now, with plans to extend it to Linux and macOS:
news.itsfoss.com/firefox-webgp…
(Mozilla treating Linux as a second-class citizen? Another reason for distros to ditch it lol)
Servo monthly status update: work towards supporting incremental layout handling, support for viewport meta tags, scroll events in the DOM, barebones IndexedDB support, and more:
phoronix.com/news/Servo-June-2…
Blender 4.5 LTS released with stable Vulkan backend, pen tablet tilt support, horizontal scrolling support in the UI, region resize highlighting, support for dropping a tree view item after the last element, a new operator to take a screenshot within Blender for an asset preview, a new shader node to control volume coefficients, etc.:
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FOSS NEWS
Firefox 141 will include WebGPU support, Windows-only for now, with plans to extend it to Linux and macOS:
news.itsfoss.com/firefox-webgp…
(Mozilla treating Linux as a second-class citizen? Another reason for distros to ditch it lol)
Servo monthly status update: work towards supporting incremental layout handling, support for viewport meta tags, scroll events in the DOM, barebones IndexedDB support, and more:
phoronix.com/news/Servo-June-2…
Blender 4.5 LTS released with stable Vulkan backend, pen tablet tilt support, horizontal scrolling support in the UI, region resize highlighting, support for dropping a tree view item after the last element, a new operator to take a screenshot within Blender for an asset preview, a new shader node to control volume coefficients, etc.:
9to5linux.com/blender-4-5-lts-…
VirtualBox 7.1.12 released with improved support for Linux kernel 6.16, bug fixes:
9to5linux.com/virtualbox-7-1-1…
Organic Map July update released with updated OpenStreetMap data, better Arabic search, map display now highlights campsites, resort areas, and industrial zones, etc.:
alternativeto.net/news/2025/7/…
LibreOffice merged built-in support for Bitcoin, will probably by available in 26.2 next year:
phoronix.com/news/LibreOffice-…
Wireshark 4.4.8 released with updated protocol support, bug fixes:
9to5linux.com/wireshark-4-4-8-…
Calibre 8.7 released with support for generating page number files (APNX) on 2024 and newer MTP-based Kindle devices, ability to ignore “et al.” suffix on author names when finding similar e-books by author, bug fixes and improvements:
9to5linux.com/calibre-8-7-adds…
Haiku monthly recap: Wifi driver replaced, work on HiDPI scaling, more robust error handling for the FAT file system driver, etc.:
phoronix.com/news/Haiku-OS-Jun…
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Calibre 8.7 Adds Support for Generating Page Number Files on MTP-Based Kindles - 9to5Linux
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