Welcome to week eighteen 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 28 – May 4).
Linux Distributions
We cover two updates on the Linux distributions front – openSUSE has rolled out the beta version of Leap 16, giving us an early look at what’s coming in the final stable release. Meanwhile, the privacy-focused Tails project has released an update to its 6.x series.
- openSUSE Leap 16 Beta Launches with Wayland and SELinux by Default
- Tails 6.15 Update Drops Support for Legacy Broadcom Wi-Fi Chips
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.
- Firefox 138 Now Available for Download, Here’s What’s New
- Mozilla Thunderbird 138 Released
- Wine 10.7 Released with Improved Write Watch Performance
- Kdenlive 25.04 Video Editor Lands with Local Object Segmentation
- Libreboot 25.04 Open-Source Boot Firmware Released
- Docker Desktop Lands on Microsoft Store
- Steam Client Update Fixes DLC Recognition
Must-Reads You Can’t Miss
This week brought some exciting news from the Linux and open-source world and a rather troubling update about the Oregon State University Open Source Lab, which urgently needs financial support.
- Iconic Open Source Hub Appeals for Lifesaving Donations
- Linux Kernel to Drop Support for Legacy i486 and Early 586 CPUs
- Firefox Finally Did It
- KDE Drops Plasma LTS Label, Eyes Extended Support for All Releases
- Welcome Back to the Open-Source Family, Redis
- Urgent Update: Kali Linux Users Must Manually Install New Repository Key
Well, that was all. If you missed our previous wrap-up for the week of April 21 – 27, you can catch up by checking here, where you’ll find OpenMandriva Lx 6.0, CachyOS April 2025, DietPi 9.12, COSMIC Desktop Alpha 7, QEMU 10, MySQL 9.3, Fedora 43 to Remove GNOME X11 Support, Arch Linux Officially Arrives on WSL, 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!
