The 191st edition of the 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup is delivered for the week ending June 9th, 2024, keeping you informed with the most vital updates from the Linux universe. If you missed the previous week’s 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup, get all the details on GNU/Linux/Open Source here.
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This week brought us some exciting news and updates, including the release of Canonical’s Ubuntu Core 24 for embedded devices, updates for Kali Linux and Parrot OS tailored for ethical hacking and penetration testing, the unveiling of a new NixOS version supporting GNOME 46 and KDE Plasma 6 desktop environments, and latest releases of CachyOS and blendOS for enthusiasts of Arch Linux.
On top of that, this week brought us a new NVIDIA stable graphics driver, a new stable VLC Media Player, Amarok, and LibreOffice releases, and a new KDE Frameworks release. 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 June 9th, 2024.
Hot news of the week
- Amarok 3.0.1 open-source music player improves the Wikipedia applet
- NixOS 24.05 arrives with Linux 6.6 LTS, GNOME 46, KDE Plasma 6, and Lomiri
- Canonical releases Ubuntu Core 24 for IoT, edge, and embedded devices
- NVIDIA 550.90.07 Linux graphics driver is out now with various bug fixes
- Ubuntu 23.10 “Mantic Minotaur” to reach end of life on July 11th, 2024
- Kali Linux 2024.2 ethical hacking distro brings GNOME 46 and new tools
- Security-oriented distro Parrot OS 6.1 improves Raspberry Pi 5 support
- Immutable distro blendOS 4 is out and it’s now fully declarative
- VLC 3.0.21 adds new AMD VQ Enhancer filter, improves Opus ambisonic support
- LibreOffice 24.2.4 office suite is now available for download with 72 bug fixes
- KDE Frameworks 6.3 arrives with various UI improvements and bug fixes
- OBS Studio 30.2 promises NVENC AV1 and shared texture support on Linux
- Arch Linux-based CachyOS adds Handheld Edition and T2 MacBook support
Other GNU/Linux news of interest
- Linux Mint’s Software Manager won’t show unverified Flatpak apps by default
- The Debian Installer gains support for systemd-boot
- OpenSSH introduces options to penalize particular problematic client behaviors
Linux distributions released this week
- CachyOS 240609 KDE Plasma
- Thinstation 6.2.14
- Live Raizo 15.24.06.08
- ExTiX 24.6
- KDE neon 20240606
- T2 SDE 24.6
- Regata OS 24.0.6
- Kali Linux 2024.2
- Parrot OS 6.1
- TUXEDO OS 3-20240604
- Absolute Linux 20240602
Linux apps, drivers, desktops, and kernels released this week
- DBeaver 24.1.0
- Dillo 3.1.1
- Ventoy 1.0.99
- btrfs-progs 6.9
- Mesa 24.0.9
- Telegram Desktop 5.1.5
- PHP 8.3.8
- Python 3.12.4
- CMake 3.29.5
- IceWM 3.5.1
- Snort 3.2.2.0
- Tor 0.4.8.12
- Qt Creator 13.0.2
- VLC 3.0.21
- LLVM 18.1.7
- Mesa 24.1.1
- Docker 26.1.4
- WordPress 6.5.4
- AMDVLK 2024.Q2.2 (RPM)
- AMDVLK 2024.Q2.2 (DEB)
- GNU Octave 9.2.0
- NVIDIA 550.90.07
- KiCad 8.0.3
- OpenSSL 3.3.1
- Amarok 3.0.1
Coming up next week
- Mozilla Firefox 127
- openSUSE Leap 15.6
- KDE Plasma 6.1
- …and hopefully many other exciting Linux news and releases!
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