Welcome to Week Ten of Linuxiac’s 2025 Weekly Roundup—your trusted resource for all things Linux & open source. Here’s a summary of all the major Linux and FOSS highlights during the past week (March 3 – 9).
Linux Distributions
On the Linux distributions front, we covered the latest Arch-based Garuda “Broadwing” release. Plus, the privacy-focused Tails and Clonezilla Live—built for system backups and recovery—also rolled out updates.
- Garuda Linux “Broadwing” Takes Flight
- Clonezilla 3.2.1 Drops i686 Support, Moves to Linux Kernel 6.12
- Tails 6.13 Released with Improved Wi-Fi Detection
Software Updates
Apart from the distro releases, here’s a summary of the latest open-source software updates that earned a spot in our Linux & FOSS news this past week.
- KDE Gear 24.12.3 Apps Collection Rolls Out, Here’s What’s New
- PipeWire 1.4 Delivers Broad MIDI2 and Bluetooth Improvements
- KeePassXC 2.7.10 Brings Proton Pass Importer
- Framework Mono 6.14 Released as the First Stable Update in Five Years
- Wine 10.3 Brings Improved Wayland Clipboard Support
- Docker Desktop 4.39 Introduces General Availability of CLI
- Samba 4.22 Brings SMB3 Directory Leases
- Immich 1.129 Photo and Video Backup Solution Released
- FerretDB 2.0 Open-Source Document Database Goes GA
- Xen 4.20 Hypervisor Brings AMD Zen 5 Support
- Firefox 136 Now Available for Download, Here’s What’s New
- Thunderbird 136 Now Available for Download, Here’s What’s New
- UBports Launches Ubuntu Touch 20.04 OTA-8
Tutorials That Make a Difference
This week’s guide is for audio geeks who want to install Spotify easily and seamlessly on their Ubuntu 24.04 LTS systems.
Well, that was all. If you missed last week’s news, you can catch up by checking out our previous weekly wrap-up, where you’ll find Plasma 6.3.2, IceWM 3.7, Docker 28, Fish Shell 4, NVIDIA Driver 570, Nextcloud Hub 10, Mozilla’s first-ever ToU, VLC sends videos to the Moon, Mint’s Cinnamon menu is getting a makeover, and many 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.
I wish you a fantastic week ahead!
