This Week in Linux

video: https://youtu.be/9P4ki0yBVb0 This week in Linux, we’ve got a solid mix of kernel news, desktop progress, application releases, and even a little bit drama thrown in for good measure. Several Linux LTS kernels are getting extended support, COSMIC Desktop 1.0.8 has landed with more polish, Firefox 148 is out with some notable changes, and the Ladybird browser project is making a big move by adding Rust to its development strategy. On top of that, Discord has officially delayed its global age verification rollout after significant backlash, so we’ll break down what happened there and what it means going forward. 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 00:57 Linux LTS Kernels Get Extended 03:02 COSMIC Desktop 1.0.8 Released 05:25 Discord Age Verification Delayed 11:23 Sandfly Security, agentless Linux security 12:53 Firefox 148 Released 19:25 ONLYOFFICE 9.3 Released 21:26 Ladybird Browser Project Shifts to Rust 24:48 NVIDIA GeForce News 28:08 Outro Links: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.18-LTS-6.12-6.6-Extendhttps://9to5linux.com/linux-6-18-and-several-lts-kernels-are-getting-extended-long-term-supporthttps://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/docs/kernel/website.git/commit/?id=d04587da86a3464881e0c97aabddd2c271105698https://blog.system76.com/post/cosmic-1-0-8-releasedhttps://blog.system76.com/post/cosmic-epoch-1-updateshttps://blog.system76.com/post/cosmic-epoch-2-and-3-roadmaphttps://discord.com/blog/getting-global-age-assurance-right-what-we-got-wrong-and-whats-changinghttps://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/discord-delay-global-rollout-of-age-verification-to-improve-transparency-and-add-more-options/https://www.polygon.com/discord-delays-age-id-verification/https://www.ign.com/articles/were-listening-well-get-this-right-discord-delays-global-age-verification-check-rollout-admitting-it-missed-the-markhttps://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/-we-failed-at-our-most-basic-job-discord-delays-age-verification-rollouthttps://thisweekinlinux.com/sandflyhttps://www.firefox.com/en-US/firefox/148.0/releasenotes/https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/install-firefox-linux#w_install-firefox-deb-package-for-debian-based-distributions-recommendedhttps://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/02/firefox-148-released-ai-kill-switchhttps://9to5linux.com/firefox-148-is-now-available-for-download-with-ai-kill-switch-and-other-changeshttps://www.phoronix.com/news/Firefox-148https://www.onlyoffice.com/blog/2026/02/onlyoffice-docs-9-3https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/02/onlyoffice-9-3-desktop-editors-releasedhttps://itsfoss.com/news/onlyoffice-docs-9-3-release/https://ladybird.org/posts/adopting-rust/https://itsfoss.com/news/ladybird-web-browser-rustification/https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/23/ladybird_goes_rusty/https://jobs.nvidia.com/careers/job/893393165007https://jobs.nvidia.com/careers/job/893393264012https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/nvidia-hiring-linux-driver-engineers-to-help-with-vulkan-proton-and-more/https://tuxdigital.com/membershiphttps://store.tuxdigital.com/

video: https://youtu.be/2188McQBnHg This week in Linux, was a HUGE week for Linux news and it was also a HUGE week for me because today marks the 10th anniversary of TuxDigital. That's right I started TuxDigital back in 2016 so it's just crazy to think I've been making content for 10 years. Also KDE has a brand new version of their desktop with Plasma 6.6. We've also got a new version of Linux game manager, Lutris. Then we've got an update from the Asahi Linux project for their work on getting Linux on Apple hardware. Later in the show, we've got everyone's favorite with Legal News, although seriously this is good news about Valve winning a lawsuit against a Patent Troll. 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 02:01 KDE Plasma 6.6 Released 09:25 Lutris 0.5.20 Linux Game Manager Released 11:11 NuTyX 26.02.2 Released 13:44 Sandfly Security, agentless Linux security 15:06 PipeWire 1.6 Released 18:52 Asahi Linux progress on Apple M3 Support 22:59 KaOS 2026.02 Released 26:45 Valve Wins Patent Lawsuit vs Rothschild 32:17 Outro Links: https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.6.0/https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/02/kde-plasma-6-6-releasedhttps://itsfoss.com/news/kde-plasma-6-6-release/https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/kde-plasma-6-6-released-with-improved-accessibility-new-on-screen-keyboard-and-lots-more/https://www.phoronix.com/news/KDE-Plasma-6.6https://9to5linux.com/kde-plasma-6-6-desktop-environment-officially-released-this-is-whats-newhttps://9to5linux.com/kde-says-plasma-desktop-will-never-force-users-to-use-systemdhttps://www.theregister.com/2026/01/26/plasma_6_6_systemd_login/https://lutris.net/https://github.com/lutris/lutris/releases/tag/v0.5.20https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/game-manager-lutris-v0-5-20-released-with-proton-upgrades-store-updates-and-much-more/https://www.phoronix.com/news/Lutris-0.5.20-Releasedhttps://9to5linux.com/lutris-0-5-20-game-manager-adds-support-for-importing-commodore-64-romshttps://nutyx.org/en/newshttps://thisweekinlinux.com/sandflyhttps://pipewire.org/https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pipewire/pipewire/-/releases/1.6.0https://www.phoronix.com/news/PipeWire-1.6https://9to5linux.com/pipewire-1-6-released-with-support-for-audio-channel-layouts-ldac-decoderhttps://linuxiac.com/pipewire-1-6-released-with-ldac-decoder-and-128-channel-audio-support/https://asahilinux.org/2026/02/progress-report-6-19/https://www.phoronix.com/news/Apple-M3-Asahi-Linux-2026https://lwn.net/Articles/1059339/https://www.phoronix.com/news/Apple-M3-Linux-Boot-To-KDEhttps://kaosx.us/news/2026/systemd_kaos/https://kaosx.us/news/2026/kaos02/https://9to5linux.com/kaos-linux-drops-kde-plasma-after-12-years-for-niri-noctalia-to-escape-systemdhttps://linuxiac.com/kaos-2026-02-debuts-niri-wayland-desktop/https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/valve-wins-legal-battle-against-patent-troll-rothschild-and-associated-companies/https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2020/05/gnome-and-rothschild-patent-imaging-settle/https://www.theregister.com/2020/05/21/gnome_foundation_settles_patent_troll_lawsuit/https://patents.justia.com/inventor/leigh-m-rothschildhttps://dockets.justia.com/docket/washington/wawdce/2:2023cv01016/323951https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/67569388/252/valve-corporation-v-rothschild/https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.wawd.323951/gov.uscourts.wawd.323951.256.0.pdfhttps://tuxdigital.com/membershiphttps://store.tuxdigital.com/

video: https://youtu.be/qMIdMJnqNkE This week in Linux, we have a brand new version of the Linux kernel with Linux 6.19. Discord is in the news this week because they decided to roll out age verification to the entire world and received a lot of backlash for it... which is very much deserved. Linux Mint is talking about changing how they do releases of their distros and how they might do fewer of them. Then we'll take a look at the upcoming KDE Linux distro and what they've got cooking in their immutable oven. 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 01:57 Linux Kernel 7.0 Released 07:44 Discord Age Verification: "Wait. What? Nope!" 13:46 Updates on KDE Linux 17:53 Sandfly Security, agentless Linux security 19:17 Linux Mint Changes to Release Cadence 21:44 GRUB 2.14 Released 24:43 Mesa 26.0 Released 27:01 Tiny Core 17 Released 29:04...

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video: https://youtu.be/2Ix1povKZrU 3v33itdS6PF74MLF3970 Download as MP3 Support the Show Become a Patron = tuxdigital.com/membership Store = tuxdigital.com/store Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:48 Michael on Linux Unplugged 01:35 What Happens If Linus Torvalds Leaves Linux? Kernel Continuity Document 03:31 Open Gaming Collective for Linux gaming developers 06:28 Xfce is making a new Wayland compositor called Xfwl4 09:08 Linux Events for the first half of 2026 12:01 Sandfly Security, agentless Linux security 13:31 AerynOS 2026.01 Released 15:58 GParted Live 1.8 Released 18:01 Linux is GOG's Next Major Frontier 22:00 Stop Killing Games to get European Parliament Public Hearing 25:46 Outro Links: https://linuxunplugged.com/649https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=102606402f4f5943266160e263c450fdfe4dd981https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Kernel-Continuity-Dochttps://itsfoss.com/news/linux-kernel-continuity-plan/https://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/Linux-Kernel-Project-Releases-Project-Continuity-Documenthttps://www.theregister.com/2026/01/27/linux_continuity_plan/https://opengamingcollective.org/https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/a-brighter-future-for-bazzite/11575https://blog.fyralabs.com/open-gaming-collective-announcement/https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/open-gaming-collective-ogc-formed-to-push-linux-gaming-even-further/https://itsfoss.com/news/open-gaming-collective-launch/https://videocardz.com/newz/bazzite-and-asus-linux-shadowblip-pikaos-fyra-labs-launch-open-gaming-collectivehttps://alexxcons.github.io/blogpost_15.htmlhttps://lwn.net/Articles/1056159/https://www.phoronix.com/news/Xfce-Xfwl4-Waylandhttps://9to5linux.com/xfce-desktop-environment-is-getting-a-rust-based-wayland-compositorhttps://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/xfce-is-getting-a-brand-new-wayland-compositor-called-xfwl4/https://www.linux-magazine.com/Resources/Event-Calendarhttps://foss.eventshttps://fosdem.org/2026/https://www.developerweek.com/https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/23xhttps://eventyay.com/e/88882f3ehttps://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe/https://cloudfest.com/https://events.linuxfoundation.org/open-source-summit-north-america/https://www.oggcamp.org/https://thisweekinlinux.com/sandflyhttps://aerynos.com/blog/2026/31/january-2026-project-update/https://9to5linux.com/aerynos-2026-01-released-with-linux-kernel-6-18-lts-gnome-49-3-and-morehttps://www.phoronix.com/news/AerynOS-2026.01https://gparted.org/https://sourceforge.net/projects/gparted/files/gparted-live-stable/1.8.0-2/https://gparted.org/news.php?item=261https://9to5linux.com/gparted-1-8-open-source-partition-editor-released-with-many-enhancementshttps://www.gog.com/blog/gog-is-getting-acquired-by-its-original-co-founder-what-it-means-for-you/https://af.gog.com/en/work/senior-software-engineer-c-gog-galaxy?as=1636858786https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/gog-job-listing-for-a-senior-software-engineer-notes-linux-is-the-next-major-frontier/https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/gog-plan-to-look-a-bit-closer-at-linux-through-2026/https://www.xda-developers.com/gog-calls-linux-the-next-major-frontier-for-gaming-as-it-works-on-a-native-client/https://www.stopkillinggames.com/https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/stop-destroying-videogames-initiative-to-get-a-public-hearing-organised-by-the-european-parliament/https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/stop-killing-games-final-verified-vote-count-for-the-eu-petition-is-just-under-1-3-million/https://tuxdigital.com/membershiphttps://store.tuxdigital.com/

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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: https://lwn.net/Articles/1048703/https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_6.18https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.18-Releasedhttps://store.steampowered.com/sale/steammachinehttps://store.steampowered.com/sale/steamcontrollerhttps://store.steampowered.com/sale/steamframehttps://www.phoronix.com/news/Steam-Machines-Frame-2026https://9to5linux.com/valve-announces-steam-machines-steam-controller-and-steam-frame-vr-headsethttps://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/https://mastodon.social/@hughsie/115628170779065489https://www.phoronix.com/news/Framework-Sponsoring-LVFShttps://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/1p9xcs1/framework_becomes_first_oem_to_sponsor_linux/https://thisweekinlinux.com/sandflyhttps://blog.system76.com/post/pop-os-letter-from-our-founderhttps://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/12/pop_os-24-04-lts-stable-releasehttps://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-Releasedhttps://9to5linux.com/lxqt-2-3-desktop-environment-released-with-new-features-and-enhancementshttps://www.raspberrypi.com/news/1gb-raspberry-pi-5-now-available-at-45-and-memory-driven-price-rises/https://nixos.org/blog/announcements/2025/nixos-2511/https://9to5linux.com/nixos-25-11-released-with-gnome-49-cosmic-beta-and-firewalld-supporthttps://www.phoronix.com/news/NixOS-25.11-Releasedhttps://getsol.us/2025/11/29/solus-4-8-released/https://www.phoronix.com/news/Solus-4.8-Releasedhttps://9to5linux.com/solus-4-8-released-with-linux-kernel-6-17-gnome-49-kde-plasma-6-5-and-morehttps://www.freebsd.org/releases/15.0R/announce/https://www.phoronix.com/news/FreeBSD-15.0-RELEASEhttps://tuxdigital.com/membershiphttps://store.tuxdigital.com/

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video: https://youtu.be/P7AwobSLSyM Comment on the TWIL Forum (https://thisweekinlinux.com/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 (https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/2389be04-5c79-485e-b1ca-3a5b2cebb006/25b030d8-be37-42fe-b8fd-ed0257c515d4.mp3) Support the Show Become a Patron = tuxdigital.com/membership (https://tuxdigital.com/membership) Store = tuxdigital.com/store (https://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 (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://android-developers.googleblog.com/2025/08/elevating-android-security.html) https://www.androidauthority.com/android-developer-verification-requirements-3590911/ (https://www.androidauthority.com/android-developer-verification-requirements-3590911/) CachyOS August 2025 Update https://cachyos.org/blog/2508-august-release/ (https://cachyos.org/blog/2508-august-release/) Sandfly Security, agentless Linux security https://thisweekinlinux.com/sandfly (https://thisweekinlinux.com/sandfly) Bazaar software store now on Flathub https://flathub.org/apps/io.github.kolunmi.Bazaar (https://flathub.org/apps/io.github.kolunmi.Bazaar) SuperTuxKart Drama and Evolution https://blog.supertuxkart-evolution.com/2025/08/announcing-supertuxkart-evolution.html (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/ (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.qemu.org/) https://www.phoronix.com/news/QEMU-10.1-Released (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 (https://9to5linux.com/qemu-10-1-released-with-tdx-support-many-risc-v-and-arm-improvements) Support the show https://tuxdigital.com/membership (https://tuxdigital.com/membership) https://store.tuxdigital.com/ (https://store.tuxdigital.com/)

video: https://youtu.be/vSfDyg8OxsI Comment on the TWIL Forum (https://thisweekinlinux.com/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 (https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/2389be04-5c79-485e-b1ca-3a5b2cebb006/2a839f6b-6a88-422d-b343-774a9ecd98f5.mp3) Support the Show Become a Patron = tuxdigital.com/membership (https://tuxdigital.com/membership) Store = tuxdigital.com/store (https://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 (https://thisweekinlinux.com/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 (https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/2389be04-5c79-485e-b1ca-3a5b2cebb006/2e5d6a20-b358-4ee3-8837-8986dff684ee.mp3) Support the Show Become a Patron = tuxdigital.com/membership (https://tuxdigital.com/membership) Store = tuxdigital.com/store (https://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://mjg59.dreamwidth.org/72892.html) https://lwn.net/Articles/1029767/ (https://lwn.net/Articles/1029767/) https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/linux-users-are-about-to-face-another-major-microsoft-secure-boot-issue (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://fightchatcontrol.eu/) https://mullvad.net/en/chatcontrol (https://mullvad.net/en/chatcontrol) https://cointelegraph.com/news/eu-chat-control-plan-gains-support-threatens-encryption (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/ (https://kde.org/announcements/gear/25.08.0/) Sandfly Security, agentless Linux security [ad] https://thisweekinlinux.com/sandfly (https://thisweekinlinux.com/sandfly) Pebble Time 2 is coming https://ericmigi.com/blog/pebble-time-2-design-reveal (https://ericmigi.com/blog/pebble-time-2-design-reveal) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcPzmDePH3E (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcPzmDePH3E) https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/13/pebbles-smartwatch-is-back-pebble-time-2-specs-revealed/ (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 (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 (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://syncthing.net/) https://github.com/syncthing/syncthing/releases/tag/v2.0.0 (https://github.com/syncthing/syncthing/releases/tag/v2.0.0) SparkyLinux 8.0 released https://sparkylinux.org/sparky-8-0/ (https://sparkylinux.org/sparky-8-0/) LVFS Sustainability Plan https://blogs.gnome.org/hughsie/2025/08/08/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...

video: https://youtu.be/xbAxLonf9iQ Comment on the TWIL Forum (https://thisweekinlinux.com/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 (https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/2389be04-5c79-485e-b1ca-3a5b2cebb006/c097383d-e87d-43d4-92f5-31d64b7afb00.mp3) Support the Show Become a Patron = tuxdigital.com/membership (https://tuxdigital.com/membership) Store = tuxdigital.com/store (https://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) https://www.debian.org/releases/trixie/release-notes.en.pdf (https://www.debian.org/releases/trixie/release-notes.en.pdf) https://www.phoronix.com/review/debian-13-benchmarks (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://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/no-backdoors-no-kill-switches-no-spyware/) https://docs.nvidia.com/cuda/cuda-toolkit-release-notes/index.html (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/ (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://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.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/opensuseleap16reachesrc/ (https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/07/opensuse_leap_16_reaches_rc/) Sandfly Security, agentless Linux security [ad] https://thisweekinlinux.com/sandfly (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.electrive.com/2025/06/25/automotive-industry-launches-alliance-for-software-development/) https://www.sovereign.tech/tech (https://www.sovereign.tech/tech) https://www.opendesk.eu/en (https://www.opendesk.eu/en) https://opencode.de/en (https://opencode.de/en) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44370494 (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44370494) https://www.vda.de/en/press/press-releases/2025/250624PMAutomotiveindustrysignsMemorandumof_Understanding (https://www.vda.de/en/press/press-releases/2025/250624_PM_Automotive_industry_signs_Memorandum_of_Understanding) Flameshot 13 released https://flameshot.org/ (https://flameshot.org/) https://github.com/flameshot-org/flameshot/releases/tag/v13.0.0 (https://github.com/flameshot-org/flameshot/releases/tag/v13.0.0) https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/08/flameshot-13 (https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/08/flameshot-13) Tuba v0.10.0 released https://tuba.geopjr.dev/ (https://tuba.geopjr.dev/)...

video: https://youtu.be/H_fo3yHANII Comment on the TWIL Forum (https://thisweekinlinux.com/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 (https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/2389be04-5c79-485e-b1ca-3a5b2cebb006/1c70294e-2691-4962-b1c4-60a443bc1e6c.mp3) Support the Show Become a Patron = tuxdigital.com/membership (https://tuxdigital.com/membership) Store = tuxdigital.com/store (https://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://kernel.org/) https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_6.16 (https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_6.16) https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.16-Features-Reminder (https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.16-Features-Reminder) https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.16-Released (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://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 (https://9to5linux.com/linux-kernel-6-16-officially-released-this-is-whats-new) KDE Linux https://kde.org/linux/ (https://kde.org/linux/) https://www.omglinux.com/kde-linux-immutable-os/ (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 (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://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/c1k81lj8nvpo) https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj4ep1znk4zo (https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj4ep1znk4zo) https://help.x.com/en/rules-and-policies/age-assurance (https://help.x.com/en/rules-and-policies/age-assurance) https://www.billboard.com/pro/spotify-uk-users-verify-age-access-content/ (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.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://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://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...

video: https://youtu.be/ucGrNLdsql0 Comment on the TWIL Forum (https://thisweekinlinux.com/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 (https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/2389be04-5c79-485e-b1ca-3a5b2cebb006/9569f728-fb28-4753-a28e-d12956e5a3b9.mp3) Support the Show Become a Patron = tuxdigital.com/membership (https://tuxdigital.com/membership) Store = tuxdigital.com/store (https://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://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/ (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://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/according-to-one-source-linux-hits-over-6-desktop-user-share/) https://analytics.usa.gov/ (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://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.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/07/github-eu-open-source-funding) https://www.sovereign.tech/news/celebrating-two-years-of-empowering-public-digital-infrastructure (https://www.sovereign.tech/news/celebrating-two-years-of-empowering-public-digital-infrastructure) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SovereignTechAgency (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 (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 (https://thisweekinlinux.com/sandfly) Arch Linux finds Malware in the AUR https://lists.archlinux.org/archives/list/aur-general@lists.archlinux.org/thread/7EZTJXLIAQLARQNTMEW2HBWZYE626IFJ/ (https://lists.archlinux.org/archives/list/aur-general@lists.archlinux.org/thread/7EZTJXLIAQLARQNTMEW2HBWZYE626IFJ/) Wayback 0.1 Released...

video: https://youtu.be/yGQ_w0LL4Xs Comment on the TWIL Forum (https://thisweekinlinux.com/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 (https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/2389be04-5c79-485e-b1ca-3a5b2cebb006/8d43bb4a-54c9-4d0c-877c-5301d369f1a5.mp3) Support the Show Become a Patron = tuxdigital.com/membership (https://tuxdigital.com/membership) Store = tuxdigital.com/store (https://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/ (https://cachyos.org/blog/2507-july-release/) Hyprland 0.50 Released https://hypr.land/news/update50/ (https://hypr.land/news/update50/) Blender 4.5 LTS Released https://www.blender.org/download/releases/4-5/ (https://www.blender.org/download/releases/4-5/) https://developer.blender.org/docs/release_notes/4.5/eevee/#vulkan (https://developer.blender.org/docs/release_notes/4.5/eevee/#vulkan) https://www.blender.org/ (https://www.blender.org/) https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/07/blender-4-5-lts-vulkan-support (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.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.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-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/ (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 (https://thisweekinlinux.com/sandfly) OCCT for Linux https://www.ocbase.com/ (https://www.ocbase.com/) https://www.ocbase.com/news/occt-available-on-steam (https://www.ocbase.com/news/occt-available-on-steam) https://www.ocbase.com/news/occt-v14-vulkan (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/2025/06/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/ (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...

video: https://youtu.be/aig4jdVoL6o Comment on the TWIL Forum (https://thisweekinlinux.com/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 (https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/2389be04-5c79-485e-b1ca-3a5b2cebb006/d91f1a56-0ece-4e0b-ac35-7747be11678d.mp3) Support the Show Become a Patron = tuxdigital.com/membership (https://tuxdigital.com/membership) Store = tuxdigital.com/store (https://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 (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://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/ (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 (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 (https://thisweekinlinux.com/sandfly) OBS Studio 31.1 Released https://github.com/obsproject/obs-studio/releases/tag/31.1.0 (https://github.com/obsproject/obs-studio/releases/tag/31.1.0) https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/07/obs-studio-31-1-whats-new (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://flathub.org/apps/org.mozilla.vpn) https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/07/mozilla-vpn-linux-app-available-flathub (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://blog.thunderbird.net/2025/07/welcome-to-thunderbird-140-eclipse/) https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/140.0esr/releasenotes/ (https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/140.0esr/releasenotes/) Bash 5.3 Released https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/bash.html (https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/bash.html) https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/07/bash-5-3-new-features (https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/07/bash-5-3-new-features) https://lwn.net/Articles/1029079/ (https://lwn.net/Articles/1029079/) https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNU-Bash-5.3 (https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNU-Bash-5.3) Support the show https://tuxdigital.com/membership (https://tuxdigital.com/membership) https://store.tuxdigital.com/ (https://store.tuxdigital.com/)