The latest installment of the 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup for the week ending July 6th, 2025, highlights significant events in the Linux community, including various releases and updates. A special thanks goes out to contributors for their donations and continuous support.
This week, notable news includes the release of Thunderbird 140, the second update for KDE Plasma 6.4, and a new Arch Linux ISO snapshot. The roundup features releases for applications like digiKam, KDE Gear, Geany, Libreboot, and DXVK.
Among the highlights, the TUXEDO Stellaris 16 Linux laptop now comes equipped with AMD Ryzen CPUs, marking a significant advancement in hardware.
Hot news of the week
- digiKam 8.7 adds a new tool for auto-rotation based on content analysis
- Steam Client now defaults to Proton for non-native Linux games
- TUXEDO Stellaris 16 Gen7 Linux laptop launches with AMD Ryzen 9 CPUs
- KDE Plasma 6.4.2 improves various apps, including Kicker and Spectacle
- First Arch Linux ISO release with Linux 6.15
- Thunderbird 140 introduces ‘Mark as Spam’ and ‘Mark as Starred’ in notifications
- Libreboot 25.06 enhances open-source BIOS/UEFI firmware support
- KDE Gear 25.04.3 is the final update in the 25.04 series
- Debian 13 installer supports rescuing Btrfs systems installed via Calamares
- DXVK 2.7 enhances compatibility for popular games
- Geany 2.1 debuts with improved user interface and file type support
Other GNU/Linux news of interest
- Alpine Linux develops Wayback, an experimental X compatibility layer
- AlmaLinux OS announces EPEL package builds for version 10
- Canonical to discontinue support for existing RISC-V processors in Ubuntu
- Rhino Linux is now officially sponsored by the UBPorts Foundation
Linux distributions released this week
- Rhino Linux 2025.3
- AUSTRUMI 5.0.9
- EasyOS 6.101
- KDE neon 20250703
- TUXEDO OS 20250702
- Arch Linux 2025.07.01
- ExTiX 25.7
- Bluestar Linux 6.15.4
- Berry Linux 1.42
- CentOS Stream 10-20250630
- 4MLinux 48.1
Upcoming next week
- KDE Plasma 6.3.6
- Ubuntu 24.10 EOL
- KDE Frameworks 6.16
- GNOME 49 Alpha
- GNOME 48.3
- GNOME 47.8
- Other exciting releases!
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