This Week in Linux

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327: Linux Mint 22.2, Linux from Scratch, WinBoat: Windows Apps on Linux & more Linux news Sep 08, 2025

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This week in Linux, we've got some new distro releases from Linux Mint with Linux Mint 22.2, AerynOS, and the Linux from Scratch project. Also, I am going to introduce you to a brand new tool called WinBoat, their goal is to make it easy to run Windows apps on Linux. Then we got an update related Mozilla's deal with Google for the default search engine in Firefox and it looks like the GNOME team have re-enabled X11 Support by default in GDM for GNOME 49. All of this and more on This Week in Linux, the weekly news show that keeps you up to date with what’s going on in the Linux and Open Source world. Now let's jump right into Your Source for Linux GNews!

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Chapters:

00:00 Intro
00:50 Linux Mint 22.2
05:39 Linux from Scratch 12.4
09:38 WinBoat: Run Windows Apps on Linux
13:21 Sandfly Security, agentless Linux security
15:44 GNOME 49 Release Candidate Re-Enables X11 Support by Default in GDM
18:05 AerynOS August 2025 Update
20:15 Kazeta: Old Console OS in the Modern Era
22:42 Firefox to keep Google Search Deal
25:02 Valve "STEAM FRAME", is it New Hardware?
26:51 Outro

Links:

Linux Mint 22.2
- https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4881
- https://www.linuxmint.com/rel_zara_whatsnew.php
Linux from Scratch 12.4
- https://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/view/12.4/
- https://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/view/12.4/
WinBoat: Run Windows Apps on Linux
Sandfly Security, agentless Linux security
- https://thisweekinlinux.com/sandfly
- https://destinationlinux.net/
GNOME 49 Release Candidate Re-Enables X11 Support by Default in GDM
AerynOS August 2025 Update
- https://aerynos.com/blog/2025/08/31/august-2025-project-update/
Kazeta: Old Console OS in the Modern Era
- https://kazeta.org/
- https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/09/chimeraos-dev-announced-kazeta-a-new-linux-os-aimed-at-recreating-a-classic-console-experience/
Firefox to keep Google Search Deal
- https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/09/google-antitrust-ruling-firefox-search-deal
Valve "STEAM FRAME", is it New Hardware?
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326: FFmpeg 8.0, Google Bans Android Sideloading, SuperTuxKart Forked, Bazaar Store, & more Linux news Sep 01, 2025

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video: https://youtu.be/P7AwobSLSyM

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This week in Linux, we've got new releases from some under the hood projects like FFmpeg and QEMU. There's a new software store for Linux that is exclusively focused on Flatpaks. CachyOS is back on the show again with a brand new release and we've also got a bit of drama to cover this week. There's some drama going on with the SuperTuxKart project and Google has decided that sideloading on Android has to go. All of this and more on This Week in Linux, the weekly news show that keeps you up to date with what’s going on in the Linux and Open Source world. Now, let's jump right into Your Source for Linux GNews!

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Chapters:

00:00 Intro
01:30 FFmpeg 8.0
03:58 Google Banning Android Side Loading 2026
07:19 CachyOS August 2025 Update
10:26 Sandfly Security, agentless Linux security
13:01 Bazaar software store now on Flathub
16:47 SuperTuxKart Drama and Evolution
19:02 KDE's New Initial System Setup Wizard
20:31 QEMU 10.1 Released
21:47 Outro

Links:

FFmpeg 8.0
- https://ffmpeg.org/index.html#pr8.0
Google Banning Android Side Loading 2026
- https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2025/08/elevating-android-security.html
- https://www.androidauthority.com/android-developer-verification-requirements-3590911/
CachyOS August 2025 Update
- https://cachyos.org/blog/2508-august-release/
Sandfly Security, agentless Linux security
- https://thisweekinlinux.com/sandfly
Bazaar software store now on Flathub
- https://flathub.org/apps/io.github.kolunmi.Bazaar
SuperTuxKart Drama and Evolution
- https://blog.supertuxkart-evolution.com/2025/08/announcing-supertuxkart-evolution.html
KDE's New Initial System Setup Wizard
- https://blogs.kde.org/2025/08/23/this-week-in-plasma-kde-initial-system-setup/
QEMU 10.1 Released
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325: LibreOffice 25.8, 7 Years of Proton, CachyOS gets #1 on DistroWatch, & more Linux news Aug 23, 2025

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video: https://youtu.be/vSfDyg8OxsI

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This week in Linux, we've got a bunch of new releases from the super popular open source office suite LibreOffice to a couple releases from Mozilla and one of the best open source video editors has a new release with Kdenlive. We're also going to take a look back at seven years of Proton as we celebrate the current state of Linux gaming. Plus, CachyOS is currently on the rise as they just took the number one spot on DistroWatch. We'll talk about what that means and what it doesn't. All of this and more on This Week in Linux, the weekly news show that keeps you up to date with what's going on in the Linux and open source world. And we are so close to 100,000 subscribers for the channel. If you haven't subscribed yet, please do. Now, let's jump right into Your Source for Linux GNews.

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Chapters:

00:00 Intro
01:06 LibreOffice 25.8
03:45 7 Years of Proton
06:24 CachyOS becomes #1 on DistroWatch
09:34 Sandfly Security, agentless Linux security
12:01 Firefox 142
14:03 Thunderbird 142
17:24 LibreELEC 12.2
18:51 OSMC August 2025 Update
20:49 Kdenlive 25.08
22:49 Humble Bundle Summer Sale
24:06 Arch’s AUR Battles DDoS Attacks and Malware
27:08 Outro

Links:

LibreOffice 25.8
- https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/08/20/libreoffice-25-8/
- https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/25.8
7 Years of Proton
- https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/7-years-later-valves-proton-has-been-an-incredible-game-changer-for-linux/
CachyOS becomes #1 on DistroWatch
Sandfly Security, agentless Linux security
- https://thisweekinlinux.com/sandfly
Firefox 142
- https://www.firefox.com/en-US/firefox/142.0/releasenotes/
Thunderbird 142
- https://blog.thunderbird.net/2025/08/tbpro-august-2025-update/
- https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/142.0/releasenotes/
LibreELEC 12.2
- https://libreelec.tv/2025/08/15/libreelec-omega-12-2-0/
OSMC August 2025 Update
- https://osmc.tv/2025/08/osmcs-august-update-is-here-4/
Kdenlive 25.08
- https://kdenlive.org/news/releases/25.08.0/
Humble Bundle Summer Sale
- https://humblebundleinc.sjv.io/19353m
Arch’s AUR Battles DDoS Attacks and Malware
- https://fossforce.com/2025/08/archs-aur-battles-ddos-attacks-and-persistent-malware-all-summer-so-far
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324: Secure Boot Linux issues, EU's Chat Control law, Linux Mint 22.2, Ubuntu Touch, & more Linux news Aug 17, 2025

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video: https://youtu.be/5T1Frk70LTQ

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This week in Linux, we have a lot of news to cover. We have some good news and some bad news. Well, people like to start with bad news first, I guess. So there is a fiasco happening with Secure Boot and how it may be affecting Linux users. Also, the EU is proposing a law that is pretty close to being passed that is very scary and a step towards mass surveillance. We'll talk about that. Then also we have some good news and that the Pebble watches are back and we have some beta releases from Linux Mint and Ubuntu Touch as well as SyncThing is back, which is a really cool tool to sync your files across multiple devices. All of this and more on This Week in Linux, the weekly news show that keeps you up to date with what's going on in the Linux and open source world. Now let's jump right into Your Source for Linux GNews.

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Chapters:

00:00 Intro
01:23 Secure Boot Fiasco coming for Linux Users?
03:43 EU Chat Control law is a step towards mass surveillance
06:15 KDE Gear 25.08 Released
08:19 Sandfly Security, agentless Linux security [ad]
10:38 Pebble Time 2 is coming
12:13 Linux Mint 22.2 Beta Released
13:43 Ubuntu Touch 24.04 1.0 Beta
15:05 Syncthing 2.0.0 released
17:28 SparkyLinux 8.0 released
18:39 LVFS Sustainability Plan
20:31 HandBrake 1.10 Released
21:55 Outro

Links:

Secure Boot Fiasco coming for Linux Users?
EU Chat Control law is a step towards mass surveillance
KDE Gear 25.08 Released
- https://kde.org/announcements/gear/25.08.0/
Sandfly Security, agentless Linux security [ad]
- https://thisweekinlinux.com/sandfly
Pebble Time 2 is coming
Linux Mint 22.2 Beta Released
- https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4876
Ubuntu Touch 24.04 1.0 Beta
- https://ubports.com/blog/ubports-news-1/ubuntu-touch-24-04-1-0-and-20-04-ota-10-call-for-testing-3963
Syncthing 2.0.0 released
- https://syncthing.net/
- https://github.com/syncthing/syncthing/releases/tag/v2.0.0
SparkyLinux 8.0 released
- https://sparkylinux.org/sparky-8-0/
LVFS Sustainability Plan
- https://blogs.gnome.org/hughsie/2025/08/08/lvfs-sustainability-plan/
- https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/08/lvfs-sustainability-plan-vendor-funding
HandBrake 1.10 Released
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323: Debian 13, NVIDIA says NO! to Backdoors, OpenSUSE Leap 16 & more Linux news Aug 09, 2025

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This week in Linux, there's some big distro news because we got a brand new version of Debian, probably, and openSUSE Leap 16 just hit release candidate status. We've also got some cool news from Nvidia including their stance against adding backdoors to their hardware. Plus, we've got new app releases from the Mastodon client Tuba and the awesome screenshot tool Flameshot. All of this and more on This Week in Linux, the weekly news show that keeps you up to date with what’s going on in the Linux and Open Source world. Now let's jump right into Your Source for Linux GNews!

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Chapters:

00:00 Intro
01:06 Debian 13 Trixie Released (maybe)
04:12 NVIDIA says NO! to Backdoors and Kill Switches
07:49 OpenSUSE Leap 16.0 reaches RC status
10:32 Sandfly Security, agentless Linux security [ad]
12:57 Automotive Industry wants Open Source Collaboration
15:38 Flameshot 13 released
18:43 Tuba v0.10.0 released
20:46 Humble Bundles
22:37 Outro

Links:

Debian 13 Trixie Released (maybe)
NVIDIA says NO! to Backdoors and Kill Switches
OpenSUSE Leap 16.0 reaches RC status
Sandfly Security, agentless Linux security [ad]
- https://thisweekinlinux.com/sandfly
Automotive Industry wants Open Source Collaboration
Flameshot 13 released
Tuba v0.10.0 released
- https://tuba.geopjr.dev/
- https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/08/tuba-0-10-mastodon-client-linux-new-features
Humble Bundles
- WB Games = https://humblebundleinc.sjv.io/09K6DE
- Co-Op = https://humblebundleinc.sjv.io/3J0K3k
- Other Bundles = https://humblebundleinc.sjv.io/4Gn7Yr

322: Linux 6.16, KDE's new distro, 10 Years of Feren OS, UK's Online Safety Act & more Linux news Aug 02, 2025

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video: https://youtu.be/H_fo3yHANII

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This week in Linux, we have a jam packed show for you with a brand new version of the Linux kernel with Linux 6.16. Then we have some new distros to talk about with KDE Linux and Helium OS. Plus feren OS is back on the show this week to celebrate a big milestone of their 10 year anniversary. Then we'll talk about some bummer news, with a new UK law that is wreaking havoc on the internet. All of this and more on This Week in Linux, the weekly news show that keeps you up to date with what’s going on in the Linux and Open Source world. Now let's jump right into Your Source for Linux GNews!

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Chapters:

00:00 Intro
01:28 Linux Kernel 6.16 Released
04:12 KDE Linux: KDE's own Linux distro
08:39 10 Year Anniversary of Feren OS
10:57 Sandfly Security, agentless Linux security [ad]
13:03 UK's Online Safety Act is wreaking havoc online
19:21 Kapitano Anti-Virus Abandons Ship
22:35 Helium OS 10 Released
25:00 libinput 1.29 Released
26:07 Outro

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321: Intel nixes Clear Linux, 6% Market Share, Arch Malware, EU FOSS Funding & more Linux news Jul 26, 2025

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video: https://youtu.be/ucGrNLdsql0

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This week in Linux, we've got a bit of bad news from Intel as they abruptly ended Clear Linux out of no where and Arch Linux warned users that malware was found in the AUR. It's not all bad this week though because Wayback is back on the show with the first preview release for keeping X11 desktops alive in our future Wayland powered world. Plus according to one source, Linux usage is even higher than we already thought it was. A couple of episodes ago I reported that we broke the 5% threshold on the US desktop market based on StatCounter data but according to one source it's already climbed passed 6%. What source you ask? The analytics of U.S. federal government websites. Speaking of governments, GitHub is trying to get EU lawmakers to scale Germany’s Sovereign Tech Fund into a EU wide program to fund critical open‑source projects. Also for some more good news, we're so close to hitting 100,000 subscribers on the channel, if you want to help please consider subscribing. All of this and more on This Week in Linux, the weekly news show that keeps you up to date with what’s going on in the Linux and Open Source world. Now let's jump right into Your Source for Linux GNews!

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Chapters:

00:00 Intro
01:56 Intel is Shutting Down Clear Linux
05:44 Linux hits 6% U.S. Government Website Analytics
08:29 GitHub Wants the EU to Fund Open Source
13:56 Sandfly Security, agentless Linux security [ad]
16:02 Arch Linux finds Malware in the AUR
18:34 Wayback 0.1 Released
21:10 NVIDIA Bringing CUDA To RISC-V
22:06 Unofficial GUI for Lossless Scaling's Frame Generation on Linux
23:08 Outro

Links:

Intel is Shutting Down Clear Linux
- https://community.clearlinux.org/t/all-good-things-come-to-an-end-shutting-down-clear-linux-os/10716
- https://www.omglinux.com/intel-clear-linux-os-discontinued-2025/
Linux hits 6% U.S. Government Website Analytics
- https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/according-to-one-source-linux-hits-over-6-desktop-user-share/
- https://analytics.usa.gov/
GitHub Wants the EU to Fund Open Source
Sandfly Security, agentless Linux security [ad]
- https://thisweekinlinux.com/sandfly
Arch Linux finds Malware in the AUR
- https://lists.archlinux.org/archives/list/aur-general@lists.archlinux.org/thread/7EZTJXLIAQLARQNTMEW2HBWZYE626IFJ/
Wayback 0.1 Released
- https://wayback.freedesktop.org/news/2025/07/23/wayback-0.1-released/
- https://wayback.freedesktop.org/
NVIDIA Bringing CUDA To RISC-V
- https://riscv.org/ecosystem-news/2025/07/nvidia-to-bring-cuda-platform-support-to-the-risc-v/
- https://dataconomy.com/2025/07/21/nvidias-cuda-platform-now-officially-supports-risc-v-cpus/
Unofficial GUI for Lossless Scaling's Frame Generation on Linux
- https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/theres-now-an-unofficial-gui-for-lossless-scalings-frame-generation-on-linux/
- https://github.com/Caliel666/lsfg-vk-ui
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320: CachyOS, Hyprland, Chrome OS & Android Merging?, Lossless Scaling for Linux & more Linux news Jul 19, 2025

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video: https://youtu.be/yGQ_w0LL4Xs

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This week in Linux, we have some interesting distro news from CachyOS & Chrome OS. We've also got new releases from the open source 3d rendering powerhouse Blender & the popular dynamic tiling wayland compositor Hyprland. Then, Plasma Bigscreen is back on the air from KDE. All of this and more on This Week in Linux, the weekly news show that keeps you up to date with what’s going on in the Linux and Open Source world. Now let's jump right into Your Source for Linux GNews!

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Chapters:

00:00 Intro
00:43 CachyOS July 2025 Release
03:41 Hyprland 0.50 Released
05:50 Blender 4.5 LTS Released
08:31 Lossless Scaling's Frame Generation for Linux
10:42 Sandfly Security, agentless Linux security [ad]
12:42 OCCT for Linux
13:38 Chrome OS is Apparently Merging with Android
15:11 Plasma Bigscreen is Back on Air
17:08 Outro

Links:

CachyOS July 2025 Release
- https://cachyos.org/blog/2507-july-release/
Hyprland 0.50 Released
- https://hypr.land/news/update50/
Blender 4.5 LTS Released
Lossless Scaling's Frame Generation for Linux
Sandfly Security, agentless Linux security [ad]
- https://thisweekinlinux.com/sandfly
OCCT for Linux
Chrome OS is Apparently Merging with Android
Plasma Bigscreen is Back on Air
- https://plasma-bigscreen.org/
- https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/07/plasma-bigscreen-revival-kde-tv
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319: Red Hat's No-Cost RHEL, Bazzite gets Bazaar, Thunderbird 140, OBS Studio & more Linux news Jul 12, 2025

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video: https://youtu.be/aig4jdVoL6o

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This week in Linux, we have another jam packed episode of TWIL. Red Hat announced No-Cost RHEL for business developers, MIPS has been acquired, the Bazzite team have a brand new app store, and we have new releases from Thunderbird, OBS Studio, Bash and more! All of this and more on This Week in Linux, the weekly news show that keeps you up to date with what’s going on in the Linux and Open Source world. Now let's jump right into Your Source for Linux GNews!

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Chapters:

00:00 Intro
00:36 Red Hat Announces No-Cost RHEL For Business Developers
03:42 GlobalFoundries acquires MIPS
05:33 Bazzite gets new app-store & devices
09:34 Sandfly Security, agentless Linux security
11:38 OBS Studio 31.1 Released
14:30 Mozilla VPN Linux App is Now Available on Flathub
18:04 Thunderbird 140 Released
21:06 Bash 5.3 Released
22:03 Outro

Links:

Red Hat Announces No-Cost RHEL For Business Developers
- https://www.redhat.com/en/about/press-releases/red-hat-introduces-red-hat-enterprise-linux-business-developers-aligning-application-development-production-consistency
GlobalFoundries acquires MIPS
- https://mips.com/blog/mips-and-globalfoundries-powering-the-next-wave-of-physical-ai/
- https://gf.com/gf-press-release/globalfoundries-to-acquire-mips-to-accelerate-ai-and-compute-capabilities/
Bazzite gets new app-store & devices
- https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/bazzite-july-2025-update-bazaar-z13-kernel-6-15-steam-hardware-survey/9501
Sandfly Security, agentless Linux security
- https://thisweekinlinux.com/sandfly
OBS Studio 31.1 Released
- https://github.com/obsproject/obs-studio/releases/tag/31.1.0
- https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/07/obs-studio-31-1-whats-new
Mozilla VPN Linux App is Now Available on Flathub
- https://flathub.org/apps/org.mozilla.vpn
- https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/07/mozilla-vpn-linux-app-available-flathub
Thunderbird 140 Released
- https://blog.thunderbird.net/2025/07/welcome-to-thunderbird-140-eclipse/
- https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/140.0esr/releasenotes/
Bash 5.3 Released
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318: Linux desktop hits 5%, Wayback: X11 Desktops on Wayland, & more Linux news Jul 06, 2025

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video: https://youtu.be/h-qXWfz_yew

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This week in Linux, we have a huge milestone to celebrate with Linux hitting the coveted 5% market share for desktops in the US market. Then we got a few gaming topics to cover including one about game preservation and anti-cheats. Then we are going to take a look at a project to keep X11 window managers around for good. Later in the show we'll check out some new releases including a lightweight window manager called IceWM. All of this and more on This Week in Linux, the weekly news show that keeps you up to date with what’s going on in the Linux and Open Source world. Now let's jump right into Your Source for Linux GNews!

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Chapters:

00:00 Intro
00:48 Linux Hits 5% US Desktop Market Share
04:14 Stop Killing Games Initiative
11:11 Wayback: Experimental Layer for X11 Desktops on Wayland
15:39 Sandfly Security, agentless Linux security
17:34 IceWM 3.8 Window Manager Released
19:05 Anti-Cheat on Linux: THE FINALS & Broken Arrow
22:26 digiKam 8.7 Released
24:05 ProtonPlus to manage Proton layers for Gaming
25:53 Outro