This week's Linux and FOSS news:

LINUX NEWS

GNOME 49 released with X11 disabled by default, Accessibility menu on login screen, media controller and suspend option on lock screen, Do Not Disturb mode moved to Quick Settings menu, etc.:
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/09/gnome-49-officially-released

GNOME’s Tetris Clone Quadrapassel Drops a Huge Update:
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/09/gnome-tetris-clone-gets-major-update

KDE Plasma 6.5 Beta Released With KNightTime, Rounded Bottom Window Corners:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/KDE-Plasma-6.5-Beta-Released

Debian's APT Gaining Built-In History Command:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Debian-APT-History-Command

Zorin OS 18 Beta Brings a ‘Redesigned’ Desktop:
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/09/zorin-os-18-beta-released-new-look

LMDE 7 “Gigi” – BETA Release:
https://linuxmint.com/rel_gigi.php

Fedora 43 Beta ISOs Released For Testing This Leading-Edge Linux OS:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Fedora-43-Beta-Released

Ubuntu 25.10 Questing Quokka Beta Is Officially Released, With GNOME X11 Session Removed, Initramfs Replaced with Dracut, Experimental TPM-Backed Full Disk Encryption (FDE), Rust Core Utils, etc.:
https://ostechnix.com/ubuntu-25-10-questing-quokka-beta-released/

(5 beta releases, what a week!)

Unhappy Ending! Kubuntu Creator Jonathan Riddell Departs After 25 Years with KDE:
https://news.itsfoss.com/jonathan-riddell-farewell/

Downloads Live for Ubuntu’s Daily ‘Dangerous’ Desktop Builds:
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/09/ubuntu-daily-dangerous-desktop-builds-available-download

Canonical to support and distribute NVIDIA CUDA natively in Ubuntu:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/9/canonical-to-support-and-distribute-nvidia-cuda-natively-in-ubuntu/

Tails 7.0 arrives with Debian 13 base and GNOME 48:
https://betanews.com/2025/09/18/tails-7-0-the-privacy-focused-linux-os-arrives-with-debian-13-and-gnome-48/

SparkyLinux 2025.09 “Tiamat” launches with Debian “Forky” base and Linux 6.16 kernel:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/9/sparkylinux-2025-09-tiamat-launches-with-debian-forky-base-and-linux-6-16-kernel/

Linux Kernel 6.17 RC6: A Smooth And Calm Release So Far:
https://ostechnix.com/linux-kernel-6-17-rc6-released/

systemd 258 Released With systemd-factory-reset & Other New Tools:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/systemd-258

Wine 10.15 has been released with Unicode 17, Zip64 support, and numerous bug fixes:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/9/wine-10-15-has-been-released-with-unicode-17-zip64-support-and-numerous-bug-fixes/

DKMS Packages For Bcachefs Are Now Available On Debian & Ubuntu:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Bcachefs-Debian-Ubuntu-DKMS

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This week's Linux and FOSS news:

LINUX NEWS

Debian turns 32 years old:
https://social.linux.pizza/@itsfoss@mastodon.social/115037209294238464
(Happy birthday, Debian!)

Ubuntu 25.10 enters feature freeze period, release is planned for 9 October, will be the first release to ship with an "unstable" kernel:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Ubuntu-25.10-Feature-Freeze
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/08/ubuntu-25-10-unstable-kernel-possibility

Ubuntu introduces "dangerous" desktop images, meaning daily development images with leading-edge Snaps:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Ubuntu-Dangerous-Desktop
(It's really dangerous for your privacy! Your data will be shared with Amazon again! (Ok just joking))

Fedora 43 will ship Hare programming language support, PHP 8.4, YASM deprecated in favor of NASM, identical /urs files will be hardlinked by default:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Fedora-43-Hare-PHP-8.5-Hardlink

Fedora Copr repo offers XLibre packages:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Fedora-XLibre-Copr-Repo

Arch introduces Bumpbuddy, for automated tracking of new software releases:
https://news.itsfoss.com/arch-linux-bumpbuddy/

SparkyLinux 8.0 released with Debian 13 base, new sparky-package-tool, GIMP preinstalled, option in CLI installer to encrypt /home partition, automatic partitioning, PCManFM replaced with Thunar in MinimalGUI (Openbox) edition, support for Linux kernel 6.16 and 6.6 LTS (along with 6.12 LTS):
https://9to5linux.com/sparkylinux-8-0-is-out-as-one-of-the-first-distros-based-on-debian-13-trixie

Kubuntu Focus launches Zr GEN 1 laptop with Nvidia RTX 5090 option, increased video memory, Kubuntu 24.04 LTS, more storage capacity, brighter display, shipping available in US and Canada currently:
https://betanews.com/2025/08/11/kubuntu-focus-launches-zr-gen-1-linux-laptop-with-nvidia-rtx-5090-option/

Linux kernel 6.17 RC1 available, without Bcachefs and RISC-V updates:
https://ostechnix.com/linux-kernel-6-17-rc1-released/

Wine 10.13 released with Windows Gaming Input configuration tab for the Joystick Control Panel, ECDSA_P521 and ECDH_P521 algorithms in BCrypt, option to generate OpenGL WoW64 thunks, support for more Windows Runtime metadata in WIDL, various bug fixes:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Wine-10.13-Released

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