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KDE Plasma 6.5.2 Released with Bug Fixes Across Discover, KWin, and More

OnNovember 4, 2025

KDE Plasma 6.5.2 is now available, delivering fixes for KWin crashes, GTK configuration, and applets, ensuring smoother performance across Linux desktops.

NVIDIA Releases Linux Driver 580.105 With Major HDMI and Game Crash Fixes

NVIDIA Releases Linux Driver 580.105 With HDMI and Game Crash Fixes

OnNovember 4, 2025

The new NVIDIA 580.105 Linux driver fixes HDMI FRL issues, Rage 2 and Metro Exodus crashes, and adds a CUDA performance control variable.

Raspberry Pi 5 Gets U-Boot Support from SUSE Engineers

OnNovember 4, 2025

SUSE’s Hardware Enablement team adds long-awaited U-Boot support for the Raspberry Pi 5, unlocking easier openSUSE and MicroOS installs.

LibreELEC 12.2.1 Media Center Arrives with Kodi 21.3 Omega

OnNovember 3, 2025

LibreELEC 12.2.1 open-source media center brings Kodi 21.3 Omega and Linux kernel 6.16, dropping old NVIDIA 340.xx driver support.

Kitty Terminal 0.44 Released with Unicode 17 Support

OnNovember 3, 2025

Kitty 0.44 GPU-accelerated terminal adds Unicode 17 support, macOS optimizations, and fixes flickering, CPU issues, and Wayland scrolling bugs.

Devuan 6 “Excalibur” Arrives with Debian 13 "Trixie" Base

Devuan 6 “Excalibur” Released with Debian 13 “Trixie” Base

OnNovember 3, 2025

Devuan 6 “Excalibur,” based on Debian 13 “Trixie,” is now out with a mandatory /usr merge and PipeWire audio support.

Linuxiac Weekly Wrap-Up: Week 44 (Oct 27 – Nov 2, 2025)

OnNovember 2, 2025

Catch up on the latest Linux news: Fedora 43, AerynOS 2025.10, TrueNAS 25.10, Plasma 6.5.1, Pacman 7.1, Wine 10.18, Kodi 21.3, Linux hits 3% on Valve’s Steam, APT to integrate Rust, COSMIC release date, and more.

Bottles 52.0 Brings Stability Boost, Sandbox Support

OnNovember 2, 2025

Bottles 52.0, a compatibility layer for running Windows apps on Linux, adds Sandbox support and a smoother user experience with refined libadwaita integration.