This week's Linux and FOSS news:
LINUX NEWS
GNOME 49 released with X11 disabled by default, Accessibility menu on login screen, media controller and suspend option on lock screen, Do Not Disturb mode moved to Quick Settings menu, etc.:
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/09/gnome-49-officially-released
GNOME’s Tetris Clone Quadrapassel Drops a Huge Update:
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/09/gnome-tetris-clone-gets-major-update
KDE Plasma 6.5 Beta Released With KNightTime, Rounded Bottom Window Corners:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/KDE-Plasma-6.5-Beta-Released
Debian's APT Gaining Built-In History Command:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Debian-APT-History-Command
Zorin OS 18 Beta Brings a ‘Redesigned’ Desktop:
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/09/zorin-os-18-beta-released-new-look
LMDE 7 “Gigi” – BETA Release:
https://linuxmint.com/rel_gigi.php
Fedora 43 Beta ISOs Released For Testing This Leading-Edge Linux OS:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Fedora-43-Beta-Released
Ubuntu 25.10 Questing Quokka Beta Is Officially Released, With GNOME X11 Session Removed, Initramfs Replaced with Dracut, Experimental TPM-Backed Full Disk Encryption (FDE), Rust Core Utils, etc.:
https://ostechnix.com/ubuntu-25-10-questing-quokka-beta-released/
(5 beta releases, what a week!)
Unhappy Ending! Kubuntu Creator Jonathan Riddell Departs After 25 Years with KDE:
https://news.itsfoss.com/jonathan-riddell-farewell/
Downloads Live for Ubuntu’s Daily ‘Dangerous’ Desktop Builds:
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/09/ubuntu-daily-dangerous-desktop-builds-available-download
Canonical to support and distribute NVIDIA CUDA natively in Ubuntu:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/9/canonical-to-support-and-distribute-nvidia-cuda-natively-in-ubuntu/
Tails 7.0 arrives with Debian 13 base and GNOME 48:
https://betanews.com/2025/09/18/tails-7-0-the-privacy-focused-linux-os-arrives-with-debian-13-and-gnome-48/
SparkyLinux 2025.09 “Tiamat” launches with Debian “Forky” base and Linux 6.16 kernel:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/9/sparkylinux-2025-09-tiamat-launches-with-debian-forky-base-and-linux-6-16-kernel/
Linux Kernel 6.17 RC6: A Smooth And Calm Release So Far:
https://ostechnix.com/linux-kernel-6-17-rc6-released/
systemd 258 Released With systemd-factory-reset & Other New Tools:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/systemd-258
Wine 10.15 has been released with Unicode 17, Zip64 support, and numerous bug fixes:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/9/wine-10-15-has-been-released-with-unicode-17-zip64-support-and-numerous-bug-fixes/
DKMS Packages For Bcachefs Are Now Available On Debian & Ubuntu:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Bcachefs-Debian-Ubuntu-DKMS
(FOSS news in comments)
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