Welcome to the 47th 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 (Nov 17 – 23).
Linux Distributions
This week brought two noteworthy releases: an update to the enterprise-focused AlmaLinux 9.x series and a new addition to the Linux ecosystem called Debian Libre, a Debian variant that ships without any non-free repositories.
- AlmaLinux 9.7 Lands With Updated Toolchain
- Debian Libre Live Images Debut for Fully Free Debian Installations
Software Updates
Apart from the distro releases, here’s a summary of the latest open-source software updates that made headlines in our news.
- Blender 5.0 Released with a UI Overhaul, Smarter Nodes, and HDR Support
- KDE Plasma 6.5.3 Delivers Bug Fixes Across KWin, Discover, and Breeze
- Bottles 60.0 Launches with Native Wayland Support
- Proxmox VE 9.1 Released With OCI-Based LXC Deployment
- GIMP 3.2 RC1 Introduces SVG Export, New Rasterize Workflow
- PHP 8.5 Introduces URI Extension, Pipe Operator, and Syntax Improvements
- Immich 2.3 Adds Multilingual OCR Models
- Calibre 8.15 E-Book Manager Adds Highlight Dates in Viewer
- Xen 4.21 Hypervisor Arrives With New PDX Compression
- openSUSE’s Agama Installer 18 Released With Overhauled Storage UI
- Direct3D-to-Vulkan Library vkd3d 1.18 Brings HLSL Improvements
- Systemd 259 RC1 Previews SysV Script Removal
- Git 2.52 Delivers Major Speedups for Directory-Wide Change Tracking
- Steam’s Nov 2025 Client Update Brings Expanded Chat Reporting, New Controller Support
- NetworkManager 1.54.2 Adds Support for Reapplying SR-IOV VF Settings
- MariaDB 12.1 Database Arrives with Faster Aria Engine
- Phosh 0.51 GNOME-Based Mobile Shell Adds New Location Quick Setting
Must-Reads You Can’t Miss
There was also some exciting news from the Linux and FOSS ecosystem, so stay tuned and don’t miss out. Here are the highlights.
- iDescriptor Brings iPhone Management to Linux
- Self-Hosters Confirm It Again: Linux Dominates the Homelab OS Space
- Zorin OS 18 Hits 1 Million Downloads in Just One Month
- KDE Plasma 6.6 Will Introduce Per-Window Screen-Recording Exclusions
- Thunderbird Pro Nears Launch With New Website and $9 Early Bird Plan
- Mozilla Resolves 21-Year-Old Bug, Adds Full XDG Directory Support
- Xubuntu Discloses October Download Site Compromise
- AirPods on Linux? LibrePods Project Makes It Possible
- Systemd Introduces Experimental musl Support
- Solus’s eopkg TUI Solseek Now Offers Full Flatpak Handling
- ClamAV to Cut Signature Database Size by 50%
- Marathon OS Promises BlackBerry 10-Like Fluidity on a Pure Linux Base
Well, that was all. If you missed our previous wrap-up from Week 46 of 2025 (Nov 10 – 16), you can catch up by checking here, where you’ll find Debian 13.2, RHEL 10.1, Nitrux 5.0, Wine 10.19, KDE Plasma 6.4.6, Firefox 145, Docker 29, Thunderbird 145, Vivaldi Browser 7.7, Fish Shell 4.2, Traefik Proxy 3.6, Canonical Bringing LTS Support to 15 Years, How to Handle .pacnew Files in Arch Linux, 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!
