Welcome to the 211th edition of the 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup for the week ending October 27th, 2024, where we keep you informed on the key developments within the Linux community. If you happened to miss last week’s 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup, you can catch up on all things GNU/Linux/Open Source here.
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This week, we witnessed significant updates with major releases for OpenSSL, Tor Browser, and PeaZip, introducing new features and improvements. Also, there were new updates for KDE Plasma 6.2 and GNOME 47 that fixed various bugs, alongside a new release of Parrot OS, a distribution focused on security for ethical hacking and penetration testing.
Additionally, System76 has introduced its inaugural ARM64 desktop designed specifically for developers working in autonomous driving and software-defined vehicles. Below, you’ll find the highlights from this week along with links to all the distro and package downloads released during the week in the 9to5Linux weekly roundup for October 27th, 2024.
Hot news of the week
- OpenSSL 3.4 arrives with initial Attribute Certificate (RFC 5755) support
- KDE Plasma 6.2.2 is out now to improve compatibility with specific hardware
- System76 unveils the Thelio Astra ARM64 Ampere-powered desktop computer
- Tor Browser 14.0 anonymous web browser is here based on Firefox 128 ESR
- GNOME 47.1 improves Quick Settings accessibility and display scaling
- Parrot OS 6.2 ethical hacking distro introduces launcher for Docker containers
- PeaZip 10 arrives with revamped GUI engine, compression presets, and more
Other GNU/Linux news of interest
- The AlmaLinux project introduces a new development branch called AlmaLinux OS Kitten
- Ubuntu Linux turns 20 years old, happy birthday!
Linux distributions released this week
- EasyOS 6.4
- KDE neon 20241027
- Bluestar Linux 6.11.5
- Endless OS 6.0.4
- ParrotOS 6.2
- Archcraft 24.10
- Snal Linux 1.34
Linux apps, drivers, desktops, and kernels released this week
- Chromium 130.0.6723.69
- PeaZip 10.0.0 (Qt)
- PeaZip 10.0.0 (GTK)
- Giada 1.1.0
- Tor 0.4.8.13
- PipeWire 1.2.6
- Mozilla Thunderbird 128.3.3 ESR
- Snort 3.5.0.0
- Tor Browser 14.0
- Calamares 3.3.10
- Linux kernel 6.11.5
- Linux kernel 6.6.58 LTS
- Linux kernel 6.1.114 LTS
- Linux kernel 5.15.169 LTS
- Linux kernel 5.10.228 LTS
- TigerVNC 1.14.1
- OpenSSL 3.4.0
- QEMU 9.1.1
- SQLite 3.47.0
- SysVinit 3.11
Coming up next week
- Mozilla Firefox 132
- Fedora Linux 41
- Ubuntu Touch OTA-6
- New Arch Linux ISO release
- Linux Lite 7.2
- …and hopefully many other exciting Linux news and releases
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