Linuxiac Weekly Wrap-Up: Week 7 (Feb 10 – 16, 2025)
Catch up on the latest Linux news: Plasma 6.3, Endeavour OS Mercury, GNOME's new website, Tumbleweed's move to SELinux, Serpent OS's change to AerynOS, and more.
Linux & Open Source News
Explore the latest updates from the Linux and Open Source ecosystem. Find out about the newest distributions, software releases, and community-driven projects making headlines.
Chimera Linux’s New ISO Images Bring Plasma 6.3 and GNOME 47
The still-in-development Chimera Linux released updated ISO images with new apk-tools, kernel 6.13, Plasma 6.3, GNOME 47, and more.
No More Snakes: Serpent OS Rebrands as AerynOS
Ikey Doherty, the leader of the Serpent OS project, announces that the Linux distro rebrands to AerynOS to better reflects its vision.
Amarok 3.2.2 Launches as the Final Qt5 Release Before Moving to Qt6
Amarok 3.2.2 open-source music player lands with bug fixes and non-UNIX support, marking the final Qt5/KF5 release before the Qt6 transition.
Kdenlive 24.12.2 Brings Bug Fixes and UI Improvements
Kdenlive 24.12.2 open-source video editing software brings bug fixes, including UI resizing, proxy clip handling, and improved Speech-to-Text support.
Fwupd 2.0.6 Brings Enhanced Features and Bug Fixes
Fwupd 2.0.6 brings new features, bug fixes, and hardware support, improving Linux firmware updates for USB, MSI, Lenovo, Logitech & more.
KDE Frameworks 6.11 Is Out, Here’s What’s New
KDE Frameworks 6.11 modular libraries for Qt-based development released with bug fixes, optimizations, and new features.
Calibre 7.26 Update Brings Enhanced Web Search, Metadata Fixes
Calibre 7.26 ebook manager released with enhanced book details, better metadata editing, bug fixes, and more.
DietPi 9.10 Brings RISC-V Upgrades, Raspberry Pi Kernel Migration
DietPi 9.10 enhances RISC-V support, introduces DietPi-Display, enables Pi kernel migration, and adds new automation options.
openSUSE Tumbleweed Moves to SELinux
SELinux replaces AppArmor as the default Mandatory Access Control system in openSUSE Tumbleweed, with enforcing mode enabled on new installations.