The 244th edition of the 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup highlights significant updates and releases in the Linux community for the week ending June 15, 2025.
This week saw a major update for the Sway tiling Wayland compositor, as well as Canonical’s announcement regarding the removal of the X11 session from the upcoming Ubuntu 25.10 release. Notably, Nitrux has decided to adopt Hyprland as its default desktop environment, coinciding with the end of life for Linux kernel 6.14.
Several key software updates were also released this week including:
- Audacity version 3.7.4, which enhanced effect previews and waveform rendering.
- Mixxx DJ software version 2.5.2, adding support for the Arturia KeyLab Mk1 controller.
- Kali Linux 2025.2, which introduced a revamped Kali Menu alongside 13 new hacking tools.
- Rocky Linux 10, available as a free alternative to RHEL 10.
To further enrich this week’s content, guides and tutorials included how to fix audio issues on Linux-powered MacBooks and explored the new laptop offerings from TUXEDO Computers.
Noteworthy News:
- Sway 1.11 tiling Wayland compositor adds support for explicit synchronization
- Fix Dummy Output issue on Linux MacBooks
- DXVK 2.6.2 improves support for various games
- Linux kernel 6.14 reaches end of life
- Ubuntu 25.10 plans to remove the GNOME on X11 session
- Audacity 3.7.4 released with improvements
- Rocky Linux 10 is now available
- Kali Linux 2025.2 adds new tools
- New TUXEDO laptop unveiled
- Nitrux adopts Hyprland as default
- PeaZip 10.5 performance enhancements
Linux Distributions Released This Week:
As we look forward to next week, significant updates are anticipated including KDE Plasma 6.4 and other noteworthy Linux news and releases.