The 199th installment of the 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup is here for the week ending on August 4th, 2024, keeping you updated with the most important things happening in the Linux world. If you missed last week’s 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup, catch up with everything GNU/Linux/Open Source here.
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This week we got a mix of software and distro releases starting with the OTA-5 update for the Ubuntu Touch mobile operating system and a new release of the Super Grub2 Disk system rescue live tool, and continuing with a new release of the systemd-free and immutable distro Nitrux, a new Arch Linux ISO snapshot, and new PeaZip and Amarok releases.
On top of that, I take a first look at the Serpent OS distribution and warn you about the end of life of the Linux 6.9 kernel series. Below you can check out this week’s hottest news and access all the distro and package downloads released this past week in 9to5Linux’s Linux weekly roundup for August 4th, 2024.
Hot news of the week
- Ubuntu Touch OTA-5 is now available for Ubuntu Phone users with various fixes
- Super Grub2 Disk 2.06s4 system rescue tool is here with Btrfs support
- Systemd-free Nitrux 3.6 arrives with NVIDIA 560 driver, latest NVIDIA GSP firmware
- First Look at Serpent OS: Minimal GNOME desktop and Rust-based package manager
- First Arch Linux ISO release powered by Linux 6.10 is now available for download
- Linux kernel 6.9 reaches end of life, users must upgrade to Linux kernel 6.10
- PeaZip 9.9 open-source archive manager adds internal drag-and-drop features
- Amarok 3.1 is out with updated Last.fm plugin, Last.fm Similar Artists applet
Other GNU/Linux news of interest
Linux distributions released this week
- Ultimate Edition 2024.08.03 Lite
- Arch Linux 2024.08.01
- KDE neon 20240801
- Bluestar Linux 6.10.2
- TUXEDO 3-20240731
- Whonix 17.2.0.1
- Nitrux 3.6
- Super Grub2 Disk 2.06s4
- T2 24.8
- Emmabuntüs Debian Edition 1.02
Linux apps, drivers, desktops, and kernels released this week
- GNU Binutils 2.43
- PeaZip 9.9.0 (GTK)
- Amarok 3.1.0
- Linux kernel 6.10.3
- Linux kernel 6.6.44 LTS
- Linux kernel 6.1.103 LTS
- CMake 3.30.2
- Telegram Desktop 5.3.2
- Samba 4.20.3
- GCC 14.2.0
- Mesa 24.1.5
- PipeWire 1.2.2
- cURL 8.9.1
- MAME 0.268
- Chromium 127.0.6533.88
- Calibre 7.16
- Snort 3.3.2.0
- btrfs-progs 6.10
- Cryptsetup 2.7.4
- GStreamer 1.24.6
- Git 2.46.0
- SysVinit 3.10
Coming up next week
- Mozilla Firefox 129
- KDE Plasma 6.1.4
- Pop!_OS Linux 24.04 LTS
- KDE Frameworks 6.5
- GNOME 47 beta
- GNOME 46.4
- …and hopefully many other exciting Linux news and releases
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