Welcome to the 208th edition of the 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup for the week concluding on October 6th, 2024. This roundup brings you the latest and most significant updates from the Linux community. If you haven’t had a chance to read last week’s 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup, you can find it all about GNU/Linux/Open Source here.
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This week marked the release of several significant software updates, including Firefox 131, qBittorrent 5.0, NetworkManager 1.50, fwupd 2.0, and FFmpeg 7.1, alongside some minor updates like Audacious 4.4.1 and Ardour 8.8.
This week, I will share my insights on what to anticipate in the upcoming Firefox 132 web browser and provide an exclusive glimpse of the new Cinnamon theme set to debut in Linux Mint 22.1. Below, you can explore the most significant news items from this week and find links to all the distributions and packages that were released in the 9to5Linux weekly roundup for October 6th, 2024.
Hot news of the week
- qBittorrent 5.0 BitTorrent client adds support for systemd power management
- FFmpeg 7.1 “Péter” arrives with a full native VVC decoder, Vulkan hardware encoding
- Audacious 4.4.1 open-source audio player brings new features and improvements
- Mozilla Firefox 131 is now available with tab previews and temporary site permissions
- Linux Mint 22.1 is slated for release in December with a revamped Cinnamon theme
- Firefox 132 enters beta testing with support for blocking third-party cookie access
- NetworkManager 1.50 adds support for configuring Wi-Fi channel width in AP mode
- Ardour 8.8 open-source DAW is out with various bug fixes and improvements
- Fwupd 2.0 open-source Linux firmware updater arrives with major changes
Linux distributions released this week
- antiX Linux 23.2
- Liya 2.2
- CachyOS 241003
- Pearl Linux 12 MATE
- AUSTRUMI 4.9.8
- Bluestar Linux 6.11.1
- Manjaro Linux 24.1.0 Xfce
- Manjaro Linux 24.1.0 KDE Plasma
- Manjaro Linux 24.1.0 GNOME
- Nitrux 3.7.0
- Live Raizo 15.24.10.01
- Arch Linux 2024.10.01
- Mabox Linux 24.09
Linux apps, drivers, desktops, and kernels released this week
- Cacti 1.2.28
- ImageMagick 7.1.1-39 (GCC)
- ImageMagick 7.1.1-39 (Clang)
- DBeaver 24.2.2
- tmux 3.5a
- JWM 2.4.5
- Linux kernel 6.11.2
- Linux kernel 6.10.13
- Linux kernel 6.6.54 LTS
- fwupd 2.0.0
- GTK 4.16.3
- VueScan 9.8.37
- Ardour 8.8
- LyX 2.4.2
- Mesa 24.2.4
- nftables 1.1.1
- NetworkManager 1.50.0
- LVM 2.03.27
- Tor Browser 13.5.6
- XZ Utils 5.6.3
- Mozilla Thunderbird 131.0
- LLVM 19.1.1
- Krita 5.2.6
- Qt Creator 14.0.2
- Linux kernel 6.1.112 LTS
- Mozilla Firefox 131.0
- CUPS 2.4.11
- FFmpeg 7.1
- AMDVLK 2024.Q3.3 (RPM)
- AMDVLK 2024.Q3.3 (DEB)
- qBittorrent 5.0.0
- Snort 3.3.7.0
- Audacious 4.4.1
Coming up next week
- KDE Plasma 6.2
- KDE Gear 24.08.2
- Ubuntu 24.10
- KDE Frameworks 6.7
- GNOME 47.1
- …and hopefully many other exciting Linux news and releases
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