Welcome to week thirty-four of Linuxiac’s 2025 Weekly Roundup—your go-to source for all things Linux & Open Source. Here’s a look at the biggest Linux and FOSS highlights from the past week (Aug 18 – 24).
Linux Distributions
We’ve got three Linux updates to talk about: the performance-focused Sparky, targeted at SBC devices, DietPi, and Tails—for users looking for maximum privacy and anonymity online.
- CachyOS August 2025 Release Brings Package Dashboard, LTS Kernel
- DietPi 9.16 Brings Debian Trixie Compatibility, Early Forky Support
- Tails 6.19 Brings Tor, Thunderbird, and Browser Updates
Software Updates
Apart from the distro releases, here’s a summary of the latest open-source software updates that earned a spot in our news.
- HandBrake 1.10.1 Released with Fixes for Video Encoding and Subtitles
- LibreOffice 25.8 Released, This Is What’s New
- Firefox 142 Now Available for Download, Here’s What’s New
- Thunderbird 142 Released with New PDF Signing
- Ventoy 1.1.06 Brings TrueNAS Scale Support
- PowerDNS Authoritative Server 5.0 Released with BIND-Style Views
- FFmpeg 8.0 Arrives With Whisper Filter, Vulkan Encoders
- NetBeans 27 Improves JDK 25 Compatibility, Adds Gradle 9 Fixes
- Direct3D-to-Vulkan Library vkd3d 1.17 Released with Shader Enhancements
- Git 2.51 Introduces Cruft-Free MIDXs
- Calibre 8.9 Released with Improved Annotations and Plugin Filtering
- FreshRSS 1.27 Feed Aggregator Now Supports PHP 8.5+
- Fooyin 0.9 Music Player Arrives with Artwork Downloads, Synced Lyrics
- Kdenlive 25.08 Video Editor Released with Over 300 Fixes
- Zulip 11.0 Team Chat Brings Message Reminders, Channel Folders
Must-Reads You Can’t Miss
There was also some exciting news from the Linux and FOSS ecosystem, so stay tuned and don’t miss out. Here are the highlights.
- Arch Linux Confirms Ongoing Denial‑of‑Service Attack
- Yet Another Init System? Meet Nitro, a Fresh Take on Process Supervision
- KDE Plasma 6.5 Brings Initial System Setup
- Ahoy, This Is openSUSE
- openSUSE Launches Revamped Website
- What to Expect From ClamAV 1.5 Open-Source Antivirus
- Linux Gets HDR Support in Chromium on Wayland
Tutorials That Make a Difference
This week, I’ve put out one new guide for all of you experiencing difficulties when trying to SSH into your VirtualBox Linux virtual machines.
Well, that was all. If you missed our previous wrap-up for the week of Aug 11 – 17, you can catch up by checking here, where you’ll find SparkyLinux 8.0, LibreELEC 12.2 Media Center, VirtualBox 7.2, Shotcut 25.08 Video Editor, Syncthing 2.0, NVIDIA Linux Display Driver 580, KDE Gear 25.08 Apps Collection, CachyOS Topped DistroWatch’s Rankings, What to Expect From TrueNAS 25.10, Arch Linux’s AUR Runs into Recent Service Interruptions, How to Install Docker on Debian 13 (Trixie), and more.
Needless to say, keep an eye on Linuxiac—it’s the perfect way to stay updated on all the latest from Linux and Open Source.
Wishing you a fantastic week ahead!
