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Libreboot Joins SPI as an Official Associated Project

OnSeptember 9, 2025
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Libreboot officially joins SPI, gaining legal, financial, and community support to strengthen its free, open-source boot firmware project.

KDE Plasma 6.4.5 Desktop Environment Released

OnSeptember 9, 2025
UpdatedSeptember 15, 2025

KDE Plasma 6.4.5 lands with bugfixes for KWin, Discover, Plasma Desktop, and more, improving Wayland handling, notifications, and system stability.

AlmaLinux 10 Enables CRB Repository by Default Ahead of 10.1 Release

OnSeptember 9, 2025

AlmaLinux 10 enables the CRB repo by default, cutting dependency errors and smoothing EPEL installs ahead of the AlmaLinux 10.1 release.

Budgie 10.9.3 Released with GNOME 49 Alignment

OnSeptember 8, 2025

Budgie Desktop 10.9.3 brings GNOME 49 compatibility, MediaKeys and Power forks, and bug fixes for Mutter, libxfce4windowing, and Vala.

LibreOffice 25.2.6 Rolls Out with 37 Bug Fixes

OnSeptember 8, 2025

LibreOffice 25.2.6 rolls out with 37 bug fixes, addressing crashes and incorrect formatting across Writer, Calc, and Forms.

AI Revives 25-Year-Old Linux Kernel Driver for Legacy Tape Backup

OnSeptember 8, 2025
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AI revives the long-abandoned ftape Linux kernel driver, bringing 1990s QIC-80 tape backup hardware back to life on modern systems.

Linuxiac Weekly Wrap-Up: Week 36 (Sep 1 – 7, 2025)

OnSeptember 7, 2025
UpdatedSeptember 8, 2025

Catch up on the latest Linux news: Debian 13.1, Mint 22.2, KDE Linux, LKRG 1.0, COSMIC beta release date, Mozilla drops 32-bit support, GNOME 49 brings back X11, and more.