Welcome to the 44th week 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 (Oct 27 – Nov 2).
Linux Distributions
I reviewed five Linux distribution updates this week. The big highlight, of course, is Fedora 43. Additionally, we received a new ISO of the still-developing atomic AerynOS, along with a major update to SUSE Linux Enterprise. And for those into self-hosting, both TrueNAS and Unraid, two of the top NAS solutions, have rolled out new versions as well.
- Fedora 43 Officially Released, This Is What’s New
- AerynOS 2025.10 ISO Brings GNOME 49, Plasma 6.5, and COSMIC Beta
- SLES 16.0 Launches with Agama Installer, SELinux, and 16 Years of Support
- TrueNAS 25.10 Open-Source NAS Released with NVMe-oF, ZFS Enhancements
- Unraid 7.2 Lands with Responsive WebGUI, ZFS RAIDZ Expansion
Software Updates
Apart from the distro releases, here’s a summary of the latest open-source software updates that earned a spot in our news.
- Arch’s Pacman 7.1 Package Manager Brings Stronger Signature Enforcement
- KDE Plasma 6.5.1 Desktop Environment Released
- Archinstall 3.0.12 Brings Improved Bootloader Handling
- Wine 10.18 Released with Vulkan-Based OpenGL Mapping
- Bottles 52.0 Brings Stability Boost, Sandbox Support
- Kodi 21.3 Enhances HDR Playback, Fixes Blu-ray Issues on Linux
- Shotcut 25.10 Video Editor Adds Text-to-Speech, Screen Recording
- Distrobox 1.8.2 Brings Polished Experience, New Maintainer
- Incus 6.18 Container & Virtual Machine Manager Released
- Immich 2.2 Released with OCR Search, Faster Web Layouts
- Gitea 1.25 Released with 3D File Previews, Faster Archives
- LibreOffice 25.2.7 Rolls Out with 43 Bug Fixes
- Dovecot 2.4.2 Secure IMAP Server Adds Experimental IMAP4rev2 Support
- Exim 4.99 MTA Drops OpenSSL 0.9 and TCP-Wrappers
- Google’s Brotli 1.2 Released After Two Years with Faster Compression
- Tor Browser 15.0 Arrives Based on Firefox ESR 140
- IPFire 2.29 Core Update 198 Released with Suricata 8 and Real-Time IPS Email Reporting
- OpenRazer 3.11 Adds Support for 2025 Razer Laptops and New Peripherals
- nEMU 3.4 Ncurses-Based QEMU Frontend Released with VM Preview Feature
Must-Reads You Can’t Miss
There was also some exciting (and, unfortunately, one worrying) news from the Linux and FOSS ecosystem, so stay tuned and don’t miss out. Here are the highlights.
- Linux Hits 3% Usage on Valve’s Steam Gaming Platform
- Debian’s APT Package Manager to Integrate Rust Code by May 2026
- Ikey Doherty Missing from AerynOS for Six Months
- System76 CEO Carl Richell Reveals COSMIC Desktop Launch Date
- Ubuntu Unity Project Faces Uncertain Future
- Why KDE Linux Chose to Bet on Immutability Instead of Native Packages
- Void Linux Gets Runkit, a Friendly GUI for Managing runit Services
- TypeScript Overtakes Python to Become GitHub’s #1 Programming Language in 2025
- Python Software Foundation Withdraws $1.5M U.S. Government Grant Over DEI Restrictions
Well, that was all. If you missed our previous wrap-up for the week of Oct 20 – 26, you can catch up by checking here, where you’ll find DietPi 9.18, Ultramarine Linux 42, Clonezilla Live 3.3, KDE Plasma 6.5, VirtualBox 7.2.4, Jellyfin 10.11, Uptime Kuma 2.0, Canonical Launches Canonical Academy, NTFSPlus Proposed as New NTFS Driver for Linux, Foot Terminal, AlmaLinux 10.1 Adds Native Btrfs Filesystem Support, 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!
