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postmarketOS 25.12 Brings GNOME 49, Plasma Mobile 6.5, and Phosh 0.51

OnDecember 23, 2025

The postmarketOS 25.12 release updates all major mobile Linux interfaces, including GNOME 49, Plasma Mobile 6.5.3, and Phosh 0.51.

QEMU 10.2 Expands RISC-V, PowerPC, and s390x Emulation Capabilities

OnDecember 23, 2025

QEMU 10.2 expands emulation support for RISC-V, PowerPC, and s390x, adding performance improvements, new machine support, and fixes.

Lua 5.5 Released With Incremental Garbage Collection and Compact Arrays

OnDecember 22, 2025
UpdatedDecember 23, 2025

The Lua 5.5 programming language introduces explicit global variable declarations alongside major improvements to memory and garbage collection.

Raspberry Pi Imager 2.0.3 Released With Smarter Networking and Faster Writes

OnDecember 22, 2025

Raspberry Pi Imager 2.0.3 improves flashing performance with real-time bottleneck detection, faster async I/O, smarter sync handling, and detailed write timing analysis.

elementary OS 8.1 Is Out With Secure Session Now Default

OnDecember 22, 2025

Ubuntu-based elementary OS 8.1 is now available with the Wayland-based Secure Session set as the default and fixes over 1,100 reported issues.

Clapper 0.10 Media Player Released With Enhancer Plugin System Improvements

OnDecember 22, 2025

Clapper 0.10, an open-source media player, strengthens its enhancer plugin system, adding configurability, new plugins, and more.

Qubes OS 4.3 Brings Fedora 42, Debian 13, and Whonix 18 Templates

OnDecember 22, 2025

The Qubes OS 4.3 release updates default templates to Fedora 42, Debian 13, and Whonix 18, dropping support for older template versions.

Linuxiac Weekly Wrap-Up: Week 51 (Dec 15 – 21, 2025)

OnDecember 21, 2025
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Catch up on the latest Linux news: Mint 22.3 Beta, Systemd 259, mpv 0.41, OpenZFS 2.4, Debian gets its own PPA-like system, MIT and Apache 2.0 lead open source licensing in 2025, Mageia 10 enters alpha phase, and more.