Linuxiac Weekly Wrap-Up: Week 8 (Feb 17 – 23, 2025)

Catch up on the latest Linux news: Ubuntu 24.04.2, Plasma 6.3.1, COSMIC Alpha 6, Pi-hole 6, NVIDIA vs AMD, Docker Hub drops pull consumption fees, and more.

Welcome to Week Eight of Linuxiac’s 2025 Weekly Roundup—your trusted resource for all things Linux & open source. Here’s a summary of all the major Linux and FOSS highlights during the past week (Feb 17 – 23).

Linux Distributions

On the Linux distributions front, we covered the second update release of Ubuntu 24.04 LTS ‘Noble Numbat,’ plus there’s also Ubuntu-based Rhino Linux, which is sparking increasing interest in the rolling release niche.

Software Updates

Apart from the distro releases, here’s a summary of the latest open-source software updates, earning a spot in our Linux & FOSS news this past week.

Must-Reads You Can’t-Miss

NVIDIA vs. AMD, Gentoo sets its sights on cloud services, Docker Hub relieves developers, and the Eclipse Foundation secures a major financial boost—more on all this below.

Well, that was all. If you missed last week’s news, you can catch up by checking out our previous weekly wrap-up (Feb 10 – 16), where you’ll find EndeavourOS Mercury, Chimera Linux, KDE Plasma 6.3, Go 1.24, FLAC 1.5, Serpent OS rebrands as AerynOS, Tumbleweed Moves to SELinux, GNOME Project launches revamped website, and many more.

Needless to say, keep an eye on Linuxiac—it’s the perfect way to stay updated on all the latest from Linux and FOSS.

Wishing you a fantastic week ahead!

Bobby Borisov

Bobby Borisov

Bobby, an editor-in-chief at Linuxiac, is a Linux professional with over 20 years of experience. With a strong focus on Linux and open-source software, he has worked as a Senior Linux System Administrator, Software Developer, and DevOps Engineer for small and large multinational companies.