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This week's Linux and FOSS news:

LINUX NEWS

Fedora Linux 43 is Officially Released! Here’s What’s New and How to Upgrade:
https://ostechnix.com/fedora-linux-43-released/

OpenSUSE Tumbleweed update brings KDE Plasma 6.5, GNOME 49.1, Linux kernel 6.17.5:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/10/kde-plasma-6-5-gnome-49-1-and-kernel-6-17-5-headline-opensuse-tumbleweed-updates/

Debian's APT Will Soon Begin Requiring Rust: Debian Ports Need To Adapt Or Be Sunset:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Debian-APT-Will-Require-Rust

Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS & COSMIC Desktop Aim For December Stable Release:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Pop-OS-24.04-In-December

Ubuntu Unity In Need Of More Developers To Survive:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Ubuntu-Unity-25.10-Troubles

Archinstall 3.0.12 & Pacman 7.1 Released For Arch Linux Users:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Archinstall-3.0.12-Pacman-7.1

AerynOS 2025.10 ISOs Released - GNOME 49, Switches Back To GNU libstdc++:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/AerynOS-2025.10-ISOs

TrueNAS 25.10 launches with major UI refresh, NVMe-oF, GPU acceleration, and VM HA:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/10/truenas-25-10-launches-with-major-ui-refresh-nvme-of-gpu-acceleration-and-vm-ha/

System76 is Developing COSMIC Sync to Keep Linux Desktops in Sync:
https://ostechnix.com/system76-cosmic-sync-linux-desktop-setup/

A New GNOME Extension Adds A macOS-Inspired Quick Menu Option:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNOME-Kiwi-macOS-Quick-Menu

GNOME Extension Floating Mini Panel Gains New Vertical Orientation Option:
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/10/floating-mini-panel-vertical-mode

Flathub launches improved license compliance tools for developers:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/10/flathub-launches-improved-license-compliance-tools-for-developers/

GE-Proton 10-22 released with a fix for game launchers, Persona 5 Strikers and Richard Burns Rally:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/10/ge-proton-10-22-released-with-a-fix-for-game-launchers-persona-5-strikers-and-richard-burns-rally/

GE-Proton 10-23 released with fixes for Killer Instinct, Heroes of Newerth Reborn and more:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/10/ge-proton-10-23-released-with-fixes-for-killer-instinct-heroes-of-newerth-reborn-and-more/

GE-Proton 10-24 brings fixes for Space Engineers, Blade & Soul NEO:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/10/ge-proton-10-24-brings-fixes-for-space-engineers-blade-soul-neo/

Steam On Linux Gaming Finally Cracks 3% For October 2025:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Steam-Linux-Above-3P-Oct-2025

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Fedora Linux 43 is Officially Released! Here's What's New and How to Upgrade - OSTechNix

Fedora Linux 43 is officially released! Powered by the latest Linux Kernel 6.17, Fedora 43 introduced many software updates and improvements.

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Fossery Tech

Nov 2

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Red Hat Affirms Plans To Distribute NVIDIA CUDA Across RHEL, Red Hat AI & OpenShift:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Red-Hat-Distribute-CUDA-RHEL

Wine 10.18 Released With More WoW64 Mode Improvements:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Wine-10.18-Released

New security advisory released for X.Org X server and Xwayland issues:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/10/new-security-advisory-released-for-x-org-x-server-and-xwayland-issues/

Linux Kernel 6.18 RC3 Released With SMB, XFS And Btrfs Fixes:
https://ostechnix.com/linux-kernel-6-18-rc3-released/

Linux users have no reason to worry about recent AMD GPU driver changes:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/10/linux-users-have-no-reason-to-worry-about-recent-amd-gpu-driver-changes/

Mesa 25.2.6 Released With Many Driver Fixes:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Mesa-25.2.6-Released

OpenRazer 3.11 Released With Linux Driver Support For Newer Razer Devices:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/OpenRazer-3.11-Released

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Red Hat Affirms Plans To Distribute NVIDIA CUDA Across RHEL, Red Hat AI & OpenShift

Following Canonical announcing plans to better support NVIDIA CUDA on Ubuntu Linux and make it easier to install as well as SUSE better supporting CUDA along similar lines, Red Hat today affirmed their plans to do the same

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Nov 2

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FOSS NEWS

Mastodon 4.5 RC1 adds quote post authoring, async reply fetching & HTTP message signatures:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/10/mastodon-4-5-rc1-adds-quote-post-authoring-async-reply-fetching-and-http-message-signatures/

Mozilla will soon require all Firefox extensions to disclose data collection practices:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/10/mozilla-will-soon-require-all-firefox-extensions-to-disclose-data-collection-practices/
(Oh Mozilla doing the right thing, pretty rare to see.)

Firefox Introduces new recommended extensions after six-month community review:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/10/firefox-introduces-new-recommended-extensions-after-six-month-community-review/

Firefox tests privacy-focused direct results in the address bar with possible sponsorships:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/10/firefox-tests-privacy-focused-direct-answers-in-the-address-bar/

Terminal Geeks Rejoice! Proton VPN's Long-Awaited Linux CLI is Finally Here:
https://news.itsfoss.com/proton-vpn-linux-cli/

Introducing Lumo for Business, confidential AI for your team:
https://proton.me/blog/lumo-business

See the business data leaking onto the dark web with Proton's Data Breach Observatory:
https://proton.me/blog/introducing-breach-observatory

Proton 2025 autumn/winter roadmaps:
https://proton.me/blog/proton-2025-autumn-roadmaps

Ultra Private Tor Browser's Last 32-bit Release:
https://news.itsfoss.com/tor-browser-15-0-release/

Signal Desktop adds customizable chat folders for better organization:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/10/signal-desktop-adds-customizable-chat-folders-for-better-organization/

Organic Maps adds EU iOS default app option, updated OSM data, new POIs:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/10/organic-maps-adds-eu-ios-default-app-option-updated-osm-data-new-pois/

Krita Lands Basic HDR Support On Wayland:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Krita-HDR-Wayland-Support

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Mastodon 4.5 RC1 adds quote post authoring, async reply fetching & HTTP message signatures

Mastodon 4.5 RC1 brings new features and enhancements like consent-respecting quote post authoring, always-on async HTTP message signatures, and improved reply fetching to the decentralized social media platform.

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Fossery Tech

Nov 2

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Gitea 1.25.0 removes deprecated auth, streams archives, adds 3D previews:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/10/gitea-1-25-0-removes-deprecated-auth-streams-archives-adds-3d-previews/

Qt Creator 18 Released With Experimental Support For Development Containers:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Qt-Creator-18-Released

Rust 1.91 adds Tier 1 support for ARM64 Windows platform, raw pointer warnings, and more:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/10/rust-1-91-adds-tier-1-support-for-arm64-windows-platform-raw-pointer-warnings-and-more/

Gradle 9.2.0 brings Windows ARM support and stable Daemon toolchain:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/10/gradle-9-2-0-brings-windows-arm-support-and-stable-daemon-toolchain/

Pi-hole 6.2 released with security upgrades, Alpine Linux support, and DNS enhancements:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/10/pi-hole-6-2-released-with-security-upgrades-alpine-linux-support-and-dns-enhancements/

Immich 2.2 released with OCR search, web layout boost, mobile workflow updates, and more:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/10/immich-2-2-released-with-ocr-search-web-layout-boost-mobile-workflow-updates-and-more/

Jellyfin 0.19 for Android TV brings voice search, inactivity popup & enhanced music player:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/10/jellyfin-0-19-for-android-tv-brings-voice-search-inactivity-popup-and-enhanced-music-player/

Good News! Austrian Ministry Kicks Out Microsoft in Favor of Nextcloud:
https://news.itsfoss.com/austrian-ministry-kicks-out-microsoft/

FFmpeg Receives $100K in Funding from India's FLOSS/fund Initiative:
https://news.itsfoss.com/ffmpeg-receives-100k-funding/

FreeBSD 15.0 Beta 4 Released With Newer Linux WiFi Drivers & Updated OpenZFS:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/FreeBSD-15.0-Beta-4

FreeBSD Celebrates The Milestone Of Reproducible Builds & No Root Needed:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/FreeBSD-Goes-Reproducible

OpenIndiana 2025.10 ISOs Available For Download:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/OpenIndiana-2025.10

Genode-Powered Sculpt OS 25.10 Brings Performance Improvements & Better Drivers:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Sculpt-OS-25.10-Released

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Gitea 1.25.0 removes deprecated auth, streams archives, adds 3D previews

Gitea 1.25.0 introduces 3D file previews, improved archive downloads, enhanced authentication, and more security, API and workflow upgrades like automatic repo forking and email notifications for actions

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