Welcome to week thirty of Linuxiac’s 2025 Weekly Roundup—your go-to source for all things Linux & Open Source. Here’s a look at the biggest Linux and FOSS highlights from the past week (Jul 21 – 27).
Linux Distributions
We cover two updates in the field of Linux distributions: the KDE-centric KaOS and the privacy-focused Tails.
- KDE-Centric KaOS Goes Qt5-Free with July 2025 Release, Adds Plasma 6.4
- Tails 6.18 Released with WebTunnel Bridges and Updated Tor Browser
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.
- Shotcut 25.07 Video Editor Adds Speech-to-Text Model
- Firefox 141 Now Available for Download, Here’s What’s New
- Immich 1.136 Photo and Video Backup Brings Breaking Changes
- Traefik Proxy 3.5 Brings Ingress NGINX Migration, React Dashboard
- OPNsense 25.7 Brings Revamped GUI and New Firewall Tools
- PipeWire 1.4.7 Released with Echo Cancellation and Latency Fixes
- PipeWire 1.2.8 Bugfix Update Brings Better ALSA and Pulse Handling
- Thunderbird 141 Arrives with Archive Button, OpenPGP Expiry Warnings
- IPFire 2.29 Core Update 196 Firewall Released with WireGuard Boost
- Fwupd 2.0.13 Released with Faster Startup and Lower Memory Use
- Raspberry Pi Imager 1.9.6 Brings Better SSH Validation
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 are the highlights.
- General-Purpose Linux Distros Explained
- Debian 13 to Ship with KDE Plasma 6.3.6 Desktop Environment
- Debian Plans Long-Awaited Wiki Modernization
- Insights Into Arch Linux Users’ Preferences
- KDE Desktop Environment Comes to FreeBSD 15.0 Installer
- Google Debuts OSS Rebuild Project
- Cheers to the Guardians of the Terminal – Happy SysAdmin Day!
Tutorials That Make a Difference
We’ve added a new guide to our collection for anyone looking to get Google Chrome up and running on its Rocky 10 box.
Well, that was all. If you missed our previous wrap-up for the week of Jul 14 – 20, you can catch up by checking here, where you’ll find Sparky Linux 7.8, Rescuezilla 2.6.1, Plasma 6.4.3, VirtualBox 7.1.12, Hyprland 0.50, Krita 5.2.11, Blender 4.5 LTS, Calibre 8.7, LibreOffice 25.2.5, Debian 13 Set to Launch on August 9, Linux Mint 22.2 Beta Expected Soon, Clear Linux Discontinued, 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!
