The 238th installment of the 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup is here, keeping you updated with key happenings in the Linux world for the week ending May 4th, 2025. If you’ve missed last week’s roundup, you can catch up on everything GNU/Linux/Open Source here.
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This week celebrated May the 4th with new stable releases of essential applications including Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird, qBittorrent, the Trinity Desktop Environment, LibreOffice, and the 4MLinux distribution.
Here are the highlights of the week’s news:
- Mozilla Firefox 138 is now available for download with various new features
- qBittorrent 5.1 open-source BitTorrent client arrives as a major update
- Trinity Desktop Environment R14.1.4 is out with support for Ubuntu 25.04
- 4MLinux 48.0 is now available for download, powered by Linux kernel 6.12 LTS
- Firefox 139 is now available for public beta testing with various changes
- Thunderbird 138 adds new default color override for High Contrast mode on Linux
- LibreOffice 25.2.3 office suite is now available for download with 68 bug fixes
- openSUSE Leap 16 enters public beta testing with Agama installer, Linux 6.12 LTS
Several Linux distributions were released this week:
- Voyager 25.04.2
- KDE neon 20250501
- Arch Linux 2025.05.01
- Tails 6.15
- Mabox Linux 25.04
- Volumio 3.804
- Linuxfx 11.25.04.3
- CentOS Stream 10-20250429
- 4MLinux 48.0
- 4MLinux 48.0 Core
- Obarun 2025.04.28
New versions of several applications, drivers, and kernels were also released this week:
- DBeaver 25.0.4
- GTK 4.18.5
- BleachBit 5.0.0
- Linux kernel 6.14.5
- Mozilla Firefox 138.0.1
- LibreOffice 25.2.3
Looking ahead, stay tuned for the upcoming release of KDE Plasma 6.3.5 and KDE Gear 25.04.1, as well as more exciting Linux news and updates!