This week's Linux and FOSS news:

LINUX NEWS

openSUSE considering to drop 32-bit ARM support, announced a survey to ask users whether they still rely on 32-bit ARM hardware support:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/openSUSE-Deciding-32-bit-ARM
(I think it's a good thing that at least they ask their users directly, and don't just drop the proposal if there's a strong pushback like what Fedora did.)

KDE Frameworks 6.16 released with improved recognition of the most powerful GPU, support for showing the newest files first in open/save dialogs, inertial scrolling (a.k.a. kinetic scrolling) for all scrollable views in all QtQuick-based KDE applications when scrolled using a touchpad, etc.:
https://9to5linux.com/kde-frameworks-6-16-improves-plasmas-ability-to-detect-the-most-powerful-gpu

Ubuntu 24.10 reaches EOL, upgrading to 25.04 is recommended:
https://9to5linux.com/ubuntu-24-10-oracular-oriole-reached-end-of-life-upgrade-to-ubuntu-25-04

Ubuntu 25.10 will ship with a fully functional desktop session on RISC-V:
https://9to5linux.com/canonical-plans-for-a-fully-functional-desktop-session-on-risc-v-with-ubuntu-25-10

Ubuntu changes boot process on Raspberry Pi, to improve system recovery and reliability:
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/07/ubuntu-raspberry-pi-boot-process-change

Fedora proposal raised to include Zstd-compressed Initrd by default for space savings and faster boot:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Fedora-43-Initrd-Zstd-Compress

Parrot OS 6.4 released with Linux kernel 6.12 LTS, new Goshs and ConvoC2 tools, updated hacking tools, Firefox 140 ESR, etc.:
https://9to5linux.com/ethical-hacking-distro-parrot-os-6-4-is-out-with-linux-kernel-6-12-lts-new-tools

Rhino Linux 2025.3 released with RPK2 package manager, new UBXI KDE Desktop package based on Plasma 6:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/7/rhino-linux-2025-3-debuts-rpk2-package-manager-and-kde-plasma-6-option/

Bottles project faces funding issues, asks for donations:
https://news.itsfoss.com/bottles-need-support/

Phosh 0.48.0 released with new lockscreen plugin to interact with all running media players that use the MPRIS protocol, Cell Broadcast dialogs enabled by default, bug fixes, GTK4 preps, etc.:
https://phosh.mobi/releases/rel-0.48.0/

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Ubuntu 24.10 “Oracular Oriole” Reached End of Life, Upgrade to Ubuntu 25.04

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://9to5linux.com/ubuntu-24-10-oracular-oriole-reached-end-of-life-upgrade-to-ubuntu-25-04

Ubuntu 24.10 Oracular Oriole becomes EOL

Ubuntu 24.10 Oracular Oriole, which was released on October 2024, has now reached a stage where no updates for it will be made. This means that Canonical won’t make any more updates to this version of the operating system.

Today, we are sad to announce that Ubuntu 24.10 Oracular Oriole has become EOL, which summarizes the points above. After today, there will be no more official support, package updates, and security updates. You’ll have to upgrade your system if you want to continue receiving support and package updates.

We recommend upgrading your system to Ubuntu 25.04 Plucky Puffin, but that, too, will be obsolete in the next six months, beginning January 2026. Due to this, you’ll have to upgrade to that first, then wait for Ubuntu 25.10 to be released to be able to upgrade to the next LTS version, which will be released next April.

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This week's Linux and FOSS news:

LINUX NEWS

Ubuntu 24.10 will reach EOL on July 10, upgrading to 25.04 is recommended:
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/06/ubuntu-24-10-oracular-oriole-eol-july-2025

Ubuntu 25.10 (shipping GNOME 49) will remove GNOME X11 session:
https://9to5linux.com/ubuntu-25-10-questing-quokka-to-remove-the-gnome-on-xorg-x11-session

Linux Mint 20 reached EOL, upgrading to 22 is recommended:
https://news.itsfoss.com/linux-mint-20-eol/

Linux Mint 22.2 adds out-of-the-box fingerprint authentication support with Fingwit app:
https://9to5linux.com/linux-mint-22-2-will-feature-fingerprint-authentication-with-fingwit-app

Nitrux drops the Plasma-based NX desktop for Hyprland, due to the discontinuation of Plasma LTS released:
https://9to5linux.com/nitrux-linux-drops-its-kde-plasma-based-nx-desktop-for-hyprland
(It's a bit weird choice that they ditched a full DE for a standalone compositor, which is tiling in fact, and requires editing some config files manually, not sure if DE users want that.)

Kali Linux 2025.2 released with revamped Kali Menu, GNOME 48, KDE Plasma 8.3, 13 new tools (including Azurehound, binwalk3, bloodhound-ce-python etc.):
https://9to5linux.com/kali-linux-2025-2-released-with-revamped-kali-menu-13-new-hacking-tools

GNOME 49 Alpha 0 available with preparations for disabling X11 by default:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNOME-49-Alpha-0-Packages

Sway 1.11 released with explicit sync support, support for the ext-image-copy-capture-v1 and ext-image-capture-source-v1 protocols for improved screen capture, support for the alpha-modifier-v1 protocol for setting an alpha multiplier for a surface, etc.:
https://9to5linux.com/sway-1-11-tiling-wayland-compositor-adds-support-for-explicit-synchronization

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Upgrades to Ubuntu 25.04 Plucky Puffin are suspended

The Ubuntu release team have identified some of the issues that may affect all Ubuntu upgrades from the Oracular Oriole, which is a 20th year anniversary version of Ubuntu when it was unveiled back in 2004, to the Plucky Puffin that was released a week ago. The following issues were discovered:

• upgrades to plucky incorrectly remove foreign packages from disabled sources
• Kubuntu 24.10 do-release-upgrade and Steam (or other) dependencies installed produces not booting desktop
• Ubuntu Studio failed to upgrade Oracular → Plucky
• ubuntu-release-upgrader Qt interface Qt6 incompatibility

The release team have decided to halt all upgrades to the Plucky Puffin while the following critical issues mentioned above are being investigated. Once they are fixed, users can upgrade to Ubuntu 25.04 again. This is done as a safety measure to avoid people having to deal with critical bugs like these after the upgrade.

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Ubuntu 25.04 Plucky Puffin released!

After 6 months of development of the Plucky Puffin version, especially bug fixes, performance improvements, and feature additions, Ubuntu’s Release Team has released this version! Not only is it released in the original distribution, but also in Kubuntu, Lubuntu, Xubuntu, and all other official flavors.

To upgrade your system to 25.04, either open the terminal and run do-release-upgrade as root, or open Software Updates and start the upgrade. Make sure that your packages are upgraded first and that you’ve enabled non-LTS upgrades.

To download this awesome release, check out the following links:

• Ubuntu 25.04 desktop
• Kubuntu 25.04 desktop
• Lubuntu 25.04 desktop
• Ubuntu Budgie 25.04 desktop
• Ubuntu Cinnamon 25.04 desktop
• Ubuntu Kylin (麒麟) 25.04 desktop
• Ubuntu MATE 25.04 desktop
• Ubuntu Studio 25.04 desktop
• Ubuntu Unity 25.04 desktop
• Xubuntu 25.04 desktop

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Ubuntu 25.10 Questing Quokka release schedule

The next short-term support version of Ubuntu, called the Questing Quokka, finally has a release schedule posted on the Ubuntu Discourse forum post. This is to give you an idea of how Ubuntu will plan for the release of this version.

If you want a link, click on the button below.

We’re going to list all the changes that have been written as of now, so things might change.

• April 24th: Toolchain uploaded
• June 26th: Ubuntu Testing Week (optional)
• August 14th: Feature and Debian import freezes
• August 21st: Ubuntu Testing Week (optional)
• September 4th: User interface freeze
• September 11th: Documentation string freeze and kernel feature freeze
• September 15th: Beta and hardware enablement freezes
• September 18th: Ubuntu 25.10 Questing Quokka Beta release
• September 25th: Kernel freeze and non-language-pack translation deadline
• October 2nd: Final freeze, Language pack translation deadline, and Ubuntu 25.10 Questing Quokka Release Candidate
• October 9th: Ubuntu 25.10 Questing Quokka Final release

Enjoy!

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You Can Now Install Linux Kernel 6.14 on Ubuntu 24.10, Here’s How

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://9to5linux.com/you-can-now-install-linux-kernel-6-14-on-ubuntu-24-10-heres-how

Ubuntu 25.04 Plucky Puffin Beta is Out!

Ubuntu 25.04 Plucky Puffin Beta is now released as of today for users who are curious to see the progress of this version of Ubuntu due to release on April 17th. This is to ensure that high quality is met when the final version gets released to the public.

This version of Ubuntu features GNOME 48 that has made user experience more natural and intuitive, because it introduced features like battery protection for supported laptops, initial support for HDR, and much more to come.

In addition to that, GNOME 48 also features a redesigned notification center that groups notifications per application that sent the notification. For better computing habits, this version introduces the Digital Wellbeing feature that gives you information about screen usage and more.

So, try out the beta version now by clicking on this link! Beware that beta releases might contain bugs and issues.

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