{"id":2516,"date":"2025-05-04T23:00:58","date_gmt":"2025-05-04T23:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/serverhost.com\/blog\/9to5linux-weekly-roundup-highlights-from-may-4th-2025\/"},"modified":"2025-05-04T23:00:58","modified_gmt":"2025-05-04T23:00:58","slug":"9to5linux-weekly-roundup-highlights-from-may-4th-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/serverhost.com\/blog\/9to5linux-weekly-roundup-highlights-from-may-4th-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: Highlights from May 4th, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 238th installment of the 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup is here, keeping you updated with key happenings in the Linux world for the week ending May 4th, 2025. If you&#8217;ve missed last week\u2019s roundup, you can catch up on everything GNU\/Linux\/Open Source <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/9to5linux.com\/9to5linux-weekly-roundup-april-27th-2025\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A heartfelt thank you to everyone who contributed donations; your support is greatly appreciated. We also value your ongoing engagement through comments, likes, shares, and feedback.<\/p>\n<p>This week celebrated May the 4th with new stable releases of essential applications including Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird, qBittorrent, the Trinity Desktop Environment, LibreOffice, and the 4MLinux distribution.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the highlights of the week&#8217;s news:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/9to5linux.com\/mozilla-firefox-138-is-now-available-for-download-heres-whats-new\">Mozilla Firefox 138 is now available for download with various new features<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/9to5linux.com\/qbittorrent-5-1-open-source-bittorrent-client-released-as-a-major-update\">qBittorrent 5.1 open-source BitTorrent client arrives as a major update<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/9to5linux.com\/trinity-desktop-environment-r14-1-4-released-with-support-for-ubuntu-25-04\">Trinity Desktop Environment R14.1.4 is out with support for Ubuntu 25.04<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/9to5linux.com\/4mlinux-48-0-is-now-available-for-download-powered-by-linux-kernel-6-12-lts\">4MLinux 48.0 is now available for download, powered by Linux kernel 6.12 LTS<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/9to5linux.com\/firefox-139-is-now-available-for-public-beta-testing-heres-what-to-expect\">Firefox 139 is now available for public beta testing with various changes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/9to5linux.com\/thunderbird-138-adds-new-default-color-override-for-high-contrast-mode-on-linux\">Thunderbird 138 adds new default color override for High Contrast mode on Linux<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/9to5linux.com\/libreoffice-25-2-3-office-suite-is-now-available-for-download-with-68-bug-fixes\">LibreOffice 25.2.3 office suite is now available for download with 68 bug fixes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/9to5linux.com\/opensuse-leap-16-enters-public-beta-testing-with-agama-installer-linux-6-12-lts\">openSUSE Leap 16 enters public beta testing with Agama installer, Linux 6.12 LTS<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Several Linux distributions were released this week:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/sourceforge.net\/projects\/voyagerlive\/files\/Voyager-25.04.2-amd64.iso\">Voyager 25.04.2<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/files.kde.org\/neon\/images\/user\/20250501-1319\/neon-user-20250501-1319.iso\">KDE neon 20250501<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/mirrors.edge.kernel.org\/archlinux\/iso\/2025.05.01\/archlinux-2025.05.01-x86_64.iso\">Arch Linux 2025.05.01<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/download.tails.net\/tails\/stable\/tails-amd64-6.15\/tails-amd64-6.15.iso\">Tails 6.15<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/sourceforge.net\/projects\/mabox-linux\/files\/25.04\/mabox-linux-25.04-Istredd-250430-linux612.iso\">Mabox Linux 25.04<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/updates.volumio.org\/x86_amd64\/volumio\/3.804\/Volumio-3.804-2025-04-24-x86_amd64.zip\">Volumio 3.804<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/sourceforge.net\/projects\/linuxfxdevil\/files\/linuxfx-11.25.04.3-noble-lts.iso\">Linuxfx 11.25.04.3<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/linuxsoft.cern.ch\/centos-stream\/10-stream\/BaseOS\/x86_64\/iso\/CentOS-Stream-10-20250429.0-x86_64-dvd1.iso\">CentOS Stream 10-20250429<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/sourceforge.net\/projects\/linux4m\/files\/48.0\/livecd\/4MLinux-48.0-64bit.iso\">4MLinux 48.0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/sourceforge.net\/projects\/linux4m\/files\/48.0\/livecd\/4MLinux-48.0-core.iso\">4MLinux 48.0 Core<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/cloud.server.obarun.org\/iso\/2025.04.28\/obarun-JWM-2025.04.28-x86_64.iso\">Obarun 2025.04.28<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>New versions of several applications, drivers, and kernels were also released this week:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/dbeaver\/dbeaver\/releases\/download\/25.0.4\/dbeaver-ce-25.0.4-linux.gtk.x86_64.tar.gz\">DBeaver 25.0.4<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/download.gnome.org\/sources\/gtk\/4.18\/gtk-4.18.5.tar.xz\">GTK 4.18.5<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/bleachbit\/bleachbit\/archive\/refs\/tags\/v5.0.0.tar.gz\">BleachBit 5.0.0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/cdn.kernel.org\/pub\/linux\/kernel\/v6.x\/linux-6.14.5.tar.xz\">Linux kernel 6.14.5<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/ftp.mozilla.org\/pub\/firefox\/releases\/138.0.1\/linux-x86_64\/en-US\/firefox-138.0.1.tar.xz\">Mozilla Firefox 138.0.1<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/download.documentfoundation.org\/libreoffice\/src\/25.2.3\/libreoffice-25.2.3.2.tar.xz\">LibreOffice 25.2.3<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Looking ahead, stay tuned for the upcoming release of KDE Plasma 6.3.5 and KDE Gear 25.04.1, as well as more exciting Linux news and updates!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 238th installment of the 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup is here, keeping you updated with key happenings in the Linux world for the week ending May 4th, 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If you&#8217;ve missed last week\u2019s roundup, you can catch up on everything GNU\/Linux\/Open Source here. 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