Welcome to week seventeen of Linuxiac’s 2025 Weekly Roundup—your trusted authority for all things Linux & open source. Here’s a summary of all the major Linux and FOSS highlights during the past week (Apr 21 – 27).
Linux Distributions
We had several updates on the Linux distributions front – OpenMandriva rolled out major version 6 of its point release, while Chimera, the BSD-inspired distro, introduced some big changes.
Moreover, the gamer-focused CachyOS dropped its April update, and DietPi, the lightweight Debian-based system for SBC devices, launched version 9.12.
- OpenMandriva Lx 6.0 Launches with Plasma 6 and New Server Edition
- Chimera Linux Introduces Key Bootloader Changes
- CachyOS April 2025 Fixup Release Adds OCCT
- DietPi 9.12 Launches with Fish Shell Support
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.
- COSMIC Desktop Alpha 7 Released, Next Stop: Beta
- Steam Client Update Brings Game Launch Stability
- Auto-cpufreq 2.6 Brings Enhanced TUI Monitoring
- PhotoPrism AI-Powered Photos App Rolls Out Performance Boosts
- QEMU 10 Launches with Multi-Arch Improvements
- Wine 10.6: New Lexer, Bcrypt Enhancements, and 27 Bug Fixes
- Incus 6.12 Container & Virtual Machine Manager Released
- GStreamer 1.26.1 Released with Key Bug Fixes and Stability Enhancements
- Immich 1.132 Brings Smoother Syncing, Mobile UI Enhancements
- MySQL 9.3 Brings Enhanced JavaScript Support
Must-Reads You Can’t Miss
This week, there was some exciting news from the Linux and FOSS ecosystem, so stay tuned and don’t miss out. Here they are.
- Fedora 43 to Remove GNOME X11 Support
- Arch Linux Officially Arrives on Windows Subsystem for Linux
- Installing AlmaLinux on Windows Just Got Easier
- Steam Will Stop Working on Outdated Linux Systems This August
Well, that was all. If you missed our previous wrap-up for the week of April 14 – 20, you can catch up by checking here, where you’ll find Ubuntu 25.04, Fedora 42, Manjaro 25, TrueNAS 25.04, LXQt 2.2, VirtualBox 7.1.8, KDE Gear 25.04 Apps Collection, Oracle Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel 8, Caddy 2.10 Web Server, NVIDIA Linux Display Driver v575 Beta, Arch Says Goodbye to Redis, and 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.
Wishing you a fantastic week ahead!
