Welcome to Week Nine 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 24 – Mar 2).
Linux Distributions
Things were pretty calm on the Linux distributions front. We covered the release of DietPi 9.11, a Debian-based distro designed for SBC devices.
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.
- KDE Plasma 6.3.2 Desktop Environment Released
- IceWM 3.7 Window Manager Brings Enhanced Customization
- Incus 6.10 Container & Virtual Machine Manager Released
- Docker Engine 28 Strengthens Container Security
- DavMail 6.3 Open-Source Exchange Gateway Released
- Fish Shell 4 Is Here and Entirely Rewritten in Rust
- openSUSE’s Agama Installer Gets a Major Overhaul
- NVIDIA Releases Linux Display Driver v570
- Nextcloud Hub 10 Released, Here’s What’s New
- Immich 1.127 Introduces Face Tagging & Memory Enhancements
- Apache NetBeans 25 Brings Updates for Java, PHP, Maven, and More
Must-Reads You Can’t-Miss
Firefox already comes with ToU, VLC is sending videos to the Moon, HashiCorp is now part of IBM, openSUSE is progressing with its new Agama installer, EdgeDB has rebranded, and Linux Mint has a surprise in store—more on all this below.
- Mozilla Introduces Firefox’s First-Ever Terms of Use
- VLC Celebrates 20 Years by Sending Videos to the Moon
- End of Story: IBM Completes $6.4 Billion Acquisition of HashiCorp
- EdgeDB Rebrands as Gel, Brings Full SQL Support
- openSUSE’s Agama Installer Gets a Major Overhaul
- Linux Mint’s Cinnamon Menu is Getting a Makeover
Tutorials That Make a Difference
This week’s guide is for all Windows users who have decided to install Linux on their computers.
Well, that was all. If you missed last week’s news, you can catch up by checking out our previous weekly wrap-up, where you’ll find NVIDIA vs. AMD, Ubuntu 24.04.2 LTS, Rhino Linux 2025.2, COSMIC Desktop Alpha 6, Pi-hole 6, KDE Plasma 6.3.1, Wine 10.2, OpenRazer 3.10, Gentoo now offers cloud-ready images, 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 Open Source.
I wish you a fantastic week ahead!
