Welcome to Week Four of Linuxiac’s 2025 Weekly Roundup—your trusted resource for all things Linux & open source. Here’s a summary of all the major Linux and FOSS highlights during the past week (Jan 20 – 26).
Linux Distributions
We’re excited to welcome the Solus 4.7 “Endurance” update on the Linux distros field. But that’s not all—there’s big news for the countless Debian users out there, along with significant changes regarding Deepin Linux.
- Solus 4.7 Released, Enhances Support for NVIDIA GPUs and Flatpaks
- Debian 13 Freeze Begins in March, Debian 15 Codename Revealed
- Deepin Linux 25 Goes (Almost) Immutable
Software Updates
Apart from the distro releases, here’s a summary of the latest open-source software updates in our Linux & FOSS news this past week.
- Linux Kernel 6.13 Released, Here’s What’s New
- VirtualBox 7.1.6 Released, Here’s What’s New
- Fwupd 2.0.4 Enhances USB Descriptor Recording
- SDL 3 Released with Enhanced APIs, Improved Documentation, and More
- Archinstall 3.0.2 Introduces Wayfire Support and Enhanced Features
- Ventoy 1.1 Released with EweOS ISO Support
- Steam Client Brings Enhanced Game Update Management
- Clapper 0.8 Media Player Released, Now Available to Windows Users Too
- Wine 10 Introduces High-DPI Scaling and Vulkan Enhancements
- LibreELEC 12.0.2 Brings Big Changes for Raspberry Pi Users
- Vivaldi Browser 7.1 Introduces Customizable Widgets
- MySQL 9.2 Released, Adds JavaScript Transactional API
- Dovecot 2.4 Secure IMAP Server Released
- Shotcut 25.01 Update Brings Bins, HSL Filters, and More
- Incus 6.9 Container & Virtual Machine Manager Released
Hardware Updates
Something exciting with great potential is on the horizon—here’s hoping it becomes a reality.
Tutorials That Make a Difference
This week’s guide is for all the developers who chose to make Arch their go-to platform.
Well, that was all. If you missed last week’s news, you can catch up by checking out our previous weekly wrap-up. Needless to say, keep an eye on Linuxiac—it’s the perfect way to stay updated on all the latest from Linux and FOSS.
Wishing you an awesome week ahead!
