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This week's Linux and FOSS news:

LINUX NEWS

Linux Mint monthly news - improved support for keyboard layouts and IM, improved Wayland support, improved on-screen keyboard, redesigned menu:
https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4895

openSUSE Leap 16 Released - Requires x86-64-v2 CPUs, No x86 32-bit Support By Default:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/openSUSE-Leap-16

openSUSE Tumbleweed's September update brings Linux 6.16.5, GNOME 49, and KDE Plasma 6.4.5:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/9/opensuse-tumbleweed-s-september-update-brings-linux-6-16-5-gnome-49-and-kde-plasma-6-4-5/

Fedora's Balancing Act: New Guidelines on Vibe Coding Contributions:
https://news.itsfoss.com/fedora-ai-guidelines/

Raspberry Pi OS Updated Against Debian 13 Trixie:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Raspberry-Pi-OS-Debian-13

KaOS 2025.09 brings Linux 6.16 kernel, KDE Plasma 6.4, Qt5 removal & enhanced Midna theme:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/9/kaos-2025-09-brings-linux-6-16-kernel-kde-plasma-6-4-qt5-removal-and-enhanced-midna-theme/

Second Beta Of KDE Plasma 6.5 Released For Testing:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/KDE-Plasma-6.5-Beta-2

KDE Plasma 6.5 Sees More Fixes & More Early Feature Work For Plasma 6.6:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/KDE-Plasma-6.5-Beta-2-Week-Fix

GNOME 49 Support, New Keyboard Options Added to Tiling Shell:
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/09/tiling-shell-adds-gnome-49-support-new-keyboard-switching-options

Mini Floating Panel GNOME Extension Adds New Auto-Positioning Options:
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/10/mini-floating-panel-7-click-positioning

Steam On Linux Use Up 1% From Last September:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Steam-September-2925

Proton Hotfix updated to improve FINAL FANTASY TACTICS - The Ivalice Chronicles on Linux:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/10/proton-hotfix-updated-to-improve-final-fantasy-tactics-the-ivalice-chronicles-on-linux/

(more Linux and FOSS news in comments)

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Tiling Shell GNOME Extension Update Adds New Features

An update to Tiling Shell, the efficient window snapping extension for GNOME Shell, is rolling out with some appreciable enhancements. Its nifty ‘Windows Suggestions’ feature, which makes it easy to tile your other open windows to remaining spaces in a layout, is now available when using the Snap Assistant. The option has to be manually enabled, but once done: As a reminder for those less-familia with this extension, Tiling Shell offers lots of different ways to tile windows besides the slide-in Windows 11-esque) ‘Snap Assistant’ drop zone demoed above. You can tile windows using (custom) keyboard shortcuts; a combination of 
#News #AppUpdates #GnomeExtensions #TilingShell

 https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/03/tiling-shell-gnome-extension-update-adds-new-features

Tiling Shell Update Adds Window Suggestions for Screen Edge Snapping

A new version of Tiling Shell, the flexible window snapping assistant for GNOME Shell, is available. Tiling Shell v16.2 now surfaces nifty ‘Window Suggestions’, a feature introduced in last month’s v16.0 release, when using edge tiling. Edge Tiling (as no doubt you well know) is triggered by dragging a window to the sides of the screen. Window Suggestions for Edge Tiling is not enabled by default, so be sure to head to the extension’s Preferences panel to toggle it on (where you can also enable it for the key-drag tiling system method as well, if you like). Elsewhere, the extension 
#News #GnomeExtensions #TilingShell

 https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/02/tiling-shell-update-adds-window-suggestions-for-screen-edge-snapping

Tiling Shell’s Newest Feature Speeds Up Window Snapping

Window snapping GNOME extension Tiling Shell —not that you need an introduction to it by now— adds a nifty new feature in its latest update. Tiling Shell v16 introduces Windows Suggestions, a feature the add-on’s author described as being able to “provide intelligent recommendations for other windows to tile, making window management smoother and more intuitive.” Per the GIF below, placing a window in a tile using the tiling system results in on-screen suggestions for other windows to tile in the the remaining gaps. If too many windows are open (so suggestions don’t fit within the available space) it’s scrollable. 
#News #GnomeExtensions #TilingShell

 https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/01/tiling-shell-extension-suggestions-feature

Tiling Shell Extension Gains Smart Border Radius Detection

Fresh off of adding support for automatic window snapping, the developers behind GNOME Shell’s most configurable and feature-packed window tiling extension are back with another update. Tiling Shell v15.1 introduces support for smart border radius. This is one a small sounding feature but it has a big impact on the way borders (which are an optional feature) are drawn around focused application windows, either in tiled mode or when free-floating on he desktop: Domenico Ferraro, the chief developer of the extension, explains the impetus: “In GNOME, different windows may have different border radius. Drawing a border around the focused window 
#News #GnomeExtensions #TilingShell

 https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/12/tiling-shell-extension-border-radius

Automatic Tiling Added to ‘Tiling Shell’ GNOME Extension

I’d promise to shut up about the Tiling Shell GNOME Shell extension but I can’t because new features are coming thick and fast — the latest: support for automatic tiling. Yes, this nifty workflow wonder is finally able to automatically tile newly opened windows based on the currently active tiling layout (and as you may sick of me re-emphasising: you can switch between different layouts ad-hoc, and create and save your own). Windows auto-tile to the best vacant slot in the layout. But what’s ‘best’? Tiling Shell developer Domenico Ferraro says this will be the ‘vacant tile nearest to the 
#News #GnomeExtensions #TilingShell

 https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/11/automatic-tiling-added-to-tiling-shell-gnome-extension

Tiling Shell Adds Option to Show Border Around Focused Window

All keybindings accessible from one place
#News #GnomeExtensions #TilingShell

 https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/09/tiling-shell-gnome-extension-window-border-option

Tiling Shell Adds Another Way to Tile Windows Quickly

If you’ve tried the Tiling Shell GNOME extension you’ll know how easy it makes it to tile application windows in GNOME Shell, from simple to more complex. The latest update, which began rolling out through the GNOME Extensions website this weekend, adds yet another intuitive way to tile windows as you work. First it provided a slide-in Windows 11-style Snap Assistant on to which you drop windows to tile them accordingly. Next, it added keyboard shortcuts to support tiling windows without using a mouse. Then, more recently, edge-tiling introduced. But Tiling Shell v12 adds another way to tile – one 
#News #AppUpdates #GnomeExtensions #TilingShell

 https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/07/tiling-shell-adds-another-way-to-tile-windows-quickly