9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: Highlights and Updates from October 19, 2025

The 262nd edition of the 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup is here, keeping you updated with important happenings in the Linux ecosystem for the week ending October 19th, 2025. Notable releases this week included updates for Firefox, Tails, Zorin OS, Thunderbird, GStreamer, the GNOME desktop environment, Calibre, PeaZip, digiKam, and PipeWire.

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Hot News of the Week

• How to upgrade LMDE 6 to LMDE 7
• Firefox 144 now available for download featuring new improvements
• Blender 5.0 beta released with HDR and wide gamut display support
• TUXEDO Computers released Intel-powered InfinityBook Pro 15 Gen10 Linux laptop
• Tails 7.1 arrives featuring Tor Browser 14.5.8
• Firefox 145 is in beta, marking the first release to drop 32-bit support on Linux
• Zorin OS 18 officially released for Windows 10 expats
• Mozilla Thunderbird 144 updates Flatpak runtime to Freedesktop SDK 24.08
• GStreamer 1.26.7 improves NVIDIA Jetson AV1 encoder support
• PipeWire 1.6 introduces Bluetooth ASHA support
• GNOME 49.1 arrives with various updates and bug fixes
• Calibre 8.13 enhances library export functionalities
• PeaZip 10.7 introduces a new image viewer
• digiKam 8.8 adds automatic monitor color profile support for Wayland

Linux Distributions Released This Week

• Exton Debian PIXEL 251019
• Zorin OS 18 Core
• Tails 7.1
• Other notable distributions include SDesk, KDE neon, Archcraft, and various versions of Manjaro Linux.

Upcoming Releases

Next week anticipates significant updates including KDE Plasma 6.5 and GNOME 48.6 along with other exciting developments in the Linux community.