This week's Linux and FOSS news:

LINUX NEWS

Linux kernel 4.19 and 6.11 reach EOL, 6.12 is the next LTS release:
https://9to5linux.com/its-official-linux-kernel-6-12-will-be-lts-supported-for-multiple-years
https://9to5linux.com/linux-kernel-6-11-reaches-end-of-life-its-time-to-upgrade-to-linux-kernel-6-12-lts
https://9to5linux.com/linux-4-19-the-last-of-the-linux-4-x-kernel-series-reaches-end-of-life

COSMIC alpha 4 released with Region & Language and Default Applications settings, COSMIC Media Player as default, new "Details" button in COSMIC Store for monitoring app installations, experimental Accessibility applet with a screenreader toggle etc.:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2024/12/cosmic-desktop-alpha-4-released-with-region-and-languages-default-apps-settings-and-more/

KDE and GNOME plan to make their own (immutable) distros: KDE is working on an Arch based distro code-named "Project Banana", GNOME OS will be a "rebranding" of the existing independent distro carbonOS:
https://news.itsfoss.com/kde-gnome-official-distro/
(Looks like Konqi is feelin' hor... hungry)

GNOME 47.2 released with improvement to the accessibility of keyboard backlight quick setting toggle, avoiding CPU stalls on secondary NVIDIA GPUs with directly attached monitors, fix for touchscreen drag-and-drop on Wayland sessions, improved cursor support when using virtual monitors, fix for maximized X11 when using native Xwayland scaling etc.:
https://9to5linux.com/gnome-47-2-officially-released-with-various-bug-fixes-and-improvements

openSUSE Leap Micro 6.1 released with new opensuse-migration-tool package (for simplified upgrade process), soft-reboot support, TOTP support for PAM (Pluggable Authentication Modules) logins etc.:
https://9to5linux.com/opensuse-leap-micro-6-1-released-with-simplified-and-smoother-upgrades

Last Arch ISO for 2024 available with Linux kernel 6.12, Archinstall 3.0:
https://9to5linux.com/last-arch-linux-iso-release-for-2024-brings-linux-kernel-6-12-and-archinstall-3-0

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This week's Linux and FOSS news:

LINUX NEWS

Linux kernel 6.10 reaches EOL, upgrading to 6.11 is recommended:
https://9to5linux.com/linux-kernel-6-10-reaches-end-of-life-its-time-to-upgrade-to-linux-kernel-6-11

KDE Plasma 6.2 released with improved hardware support (e.g. calibration wizard, test mode, intuitive re-binding of stylus/pen buttons to different mouse clicks), better power management, visual improvements, Wayland color management protocol enabled by default etc.:
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/10/kde-plasma-6-2-released-this-is-whats-new

KDE Frameworks 6.7 released with option to add templates to ~/Templates directory which appear in the "Create New..." menu of Plasma desktop and Dolphin file manager, updated Sticky Notes widget etc.:
https://9to5linux.com/kde-frameworks-6-7-released-with-performance-optimizations-and-improvements

KDE Neon is updated to Ubuntu 24.04 base, Plasma 6.2:
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/10/kde-neon-rebased-on-ubuntu-24-04
(Btw KDE plans to create another distro KDE OS for regular use and also promote it to enterprises.)

Ubuntu 24.10 released with GNOME 47, more preinstalled development tools, shows snap updated running in the background:
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/10/ubuntu-24-10-now-available-to-download

openSUSE Leap Micro 6.0 released with self-install option, images with full disc encryption:
https://9to5linux.com/opensuse-leap-micro-6-0-launches-with-self-install-and-full-disk-encryption-images
(Sus chameleon got microwaved lol)

Tails 6.8 released with file system repair when unlocking persistent storage, other improvements:
https://9to5linux.com/tails-6-8-introduces-file-system-repair-when-unlocking-persistent-storage
https://tails.net/news/version_6.8/index.en.html

Fedora Asahi Remix got several gaming related improvements like x86 emulation, OpenCL 3.0, Vulkan 1.3 and OpenGL 4.6 driver support:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2024/10/asahi-linux-enables-preliminary-aaa-gaming-on-apple-silicon-macs-with-x86-emulation/
(Seems like gamer MacBook actually becomes a thing lol)

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