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This week's Linux and FOSS news:

LINUX NEWS

Ubuntu LTS Releases Now Get 15 Years of Support:
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/11/ubuntu-lts-releases-15-years-of-support

Ubuntu's Rust Transition Hits Another Bump as sudo-rs Security Vulnerabilities Show Up:
https://itsfoss.com/news/sudo-rs-issue-ubuntu/

Nitrux 5.0.0 Released: A 'New Beginning' That's Not for Everyone (By Design):
https://itsfoss.com/news/nitrux-5-release/

MX Linux 25 'Infinity' arrives with a cleaner look and easier installation:
https://betanews.com/2025/11/11/mx-linux-25-infinity-arrives-with-a-cleaner-look-and-easier-installation/

Debian 13.2 Released With Dozens Of Fixes:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Debian-13.2-Released

Tails 7.2 brings Tor Browser 15.0, Linux 6.12 LTS kernel, privacy upgrades, and more:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/11/tails-7-2-brings-tor-browser-15-0-linux-6-12-lts-kernel-privacy-upgrades-and-more/

Red Hat's RHEL 10.1 Released With systemd Soft-Reboots, Easier AI Accelerator Drivers:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Red-Hat-Enterprise-Linux-10.1

SparkyLinux 8.1 released with updated software and desktop environments:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/11/sparkylinux-8-1-released-with-updated-software-and-desktop-environments/

GNOME's Nautilus File Manager Finally Supporting Ctrl+Insert & Shift+Insert:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNOME-Nautilus-Copy-Paste-Files

KDE Plasma 6.6 to get a great new feature - limit virtual desktops to the primary screen:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/kde-plasma-6-6-to-get-a-great-new-feature-limit-virtual-desktops-to-the-primary-screen/

Plasma 6.6 Will Avoid Running Out Of RAM When Something Crashes In A Loop:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Plasma-6.6-Better-Crash-Loop

Budgie 10.9.4 adds libpeas2 support, ABI bumps, and Raven plugin changes:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/11/budgie-10-9-4-adds-libpeas2-support-abi-bumps-and-raven-plugin-changes/

Miracle-WM Adds Accessibility, Touchpad & Animation Options:
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/11/miracle-wm-adds-accessibility-touchpad-configuration

Linux’s Slickest System Monitor App (Mission Center) Gets Updated:
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/11/mission-center-system-monitor-1-1-update

Maemo Leste status report: system ported to Devuan Daedalus, new CI/CD, updated browser, calendar and chat app, improved hardware support, etc.:
https://maemo-leste.github.io/maemo-leste-2025-daedalus-release.html

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Ubuntu LTS Releases Now Get 15 Years of Support - OMG! Ubuntu

Canonical is extending support for Ubuntu's Long Term Support (LTS) releases to 15 years. All Ubuntu LTS releases receive 5 years of standard updates,

OMG! Ubuntu

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Nov 16

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Wine 10.19 released as we head towards Wine 11:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/wine-10-19-released-as-we-head-towards-wine-11/

Proton 10.0-3 released bringing lots of improvements for gaming on Linux, SteamOS, Steam Machine:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/proton-10-0-3-released-bringing-lots-of-improvements-for-gaming-on-linux-steamos-steam-machine/

You Can Play Classic D3D7 Games on Linux With This New Project, But Don’t Expect Perfection:
https://itsfoss.com/news/play-d3d7-games-on-linux/

Fish 4.2 adds multi-line autosuggestions, default UTF-8, and tab title control:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/11/fish-4-2-adds-multi-line-autosuggestions-default-utf-8-and-tab-title-control/

Linux Kernel 6.18 RC5 Released: Linus Says It is Small and Boring!:
https://ostechnix.com/linux-kernel-6-18-rc5-released/

Possible Setback For Linux x86_64 Laptops: Prominent Developer Joins Qualcomm:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Hans-Joins-Qualcomm

GNU Coreutils 9.9 Brings Numerous Fixes:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNU-Coreutils-9.9

Rust Coreutils 0.4 Released With Better GNU Compatibility & Faster Performance:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Rust-Coreutils-0.4

Linux open source graphics drivers Mesa 25.2.7 released:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/linux-open-source-graphics-drivers-mesa-25-2-7-released/

Mesa 25.3 Released With Many Open-Source Vulkan Driver Improvements:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Mesa-25.3-Released

Nouveau Driver To Support Larger Pages & Compression Support With Linux 6.19:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.19-Nouveau-Larger-Pages

Linux Proposal Aims To Overcome Kernel Limitation Affecting Various Gaming Peripherals:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Multi-Battery-HID-Devices

The Linux Kernel Looks To "Bite The Bullet" In Enabling Microsoft C Extensions:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.19-Patch-Would-MS-Ext

Linux Looks To Remove SHA1 Support For Signing Kernel Modules:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Patch-Drop-SHA1-Mod-Sign

Lenovo IdeaPad Linux Driver Adding Support For Rapid Charge Mode:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Lenovo-IdeaPad-Rapid-Charge

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Wine 10.19 released as we head towards Wine 11

The development release Wine 10.19 is out now for the compatibility layer that powers Valve's Proton, here's all that's new and improved.

GamingOnLinux

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Fossery Tech

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FOSS NEWS

Mozilla Unveils Plans for New 'AI Window' Browsing Mode in Firefox, Opens Signups:
https://itsfoss.com/news/mozilla-ai-window-plans/

Firefox 145 Brings Rounder Tabs, New PDF Edit Tools + More:
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/11/firefox-145-released-new-features

Thunderbird 145 Adds Microsoft Exchange Support + More:
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/11/thunderbird-145-microsoft-exchange-support-ews

Mullvad VPN rolls out LWO for desktop and Android to bypass firewalls and censorship:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/11/mullvad-vpn-rolls-out-lwo-for-desktop-and-android-to-bypass-firewalls-and-censorship/

CoMaps updates to November OSM data, drops Germany speed cameras:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/11/comaps-updates-to-november-osm-data-drops-germany-speed-cameras/

Proton offering 2 years of Proton Pass to cultural institutions worldwide:
https://proton.me/blog/free-password-manager-cultural-institutions

LibreOffice 25.8.3 released for Windows, MacOS, and Linux:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/11/libreoffice-25-8-3-released-for-windows-macos-and-linux/

ODF 1.4 Release Marks 20 Years of OpenDocument Format:
https://itsfoss.com/news/odf-1-4-release/

Servo Shell Improvements For macOS & Android, More Servo Browser Engine Progress:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Servo-October-2025

Servo 0.0.2 Released For Those Wanting To Try Out This Example Rust Web Browser:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Servo-0.0.2-Released

The Godot Engine 2025 showreel is out:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/the-2025-godot-engine-showreel-is-out/

GZDoom successor project UZDoom gets a first preview release:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/gzdoom-successor-project-uzdoom-gets-a-first-preview-release/

Heroes of Might and Magic 2 project fheroes2 version 1.1.12 has been released:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/heroes-of-might-and-magic-2-project-fheroes2-version-1-1-12-has-been-released/

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Mozilla Unveils Plans for New 'AI Window' Browsing Mode in Firefox, Opens Signups

Planned browsing mode will let users chat with an AI assistant while surfing the web.

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Fossery Tech

Nov 16

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Keep Android Open movement fights back against Google's developer verification:
https://keepandroidopen.org/

GNU C Library Adds Linux "mseal" Function For Memory Sealing:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Glibc-Linux-mseal-Function

GCC Compiler Developers Begin Considering C++20 Default:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/GCC-Considering-CPP-20-Default

LoongArch LA32 Target Proposed For The GCC Compiler:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/LoongArch-32-bit-GCC-Patches

ollama 0.12.11 Brings Vulkan Acceleration:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/ollama-0.12.11-Vulkan

Rust 1.91.1 Released With Two Critical Bug Fixes:
https://ostechnix.com/rust-1-91-1-released/

Vulkan 1.4.333 Released With New Ray-Tracing Extension:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Vulkan-1.4.333-Released

Flutter 3.38 & Dart 3.10 released with GenUI, new language features, and Gemini AI tools:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/11/flutter-3-38-and-dart-3-10-released-with-genui-new-language-features-and-gemini-ai-tools/

Homebrew 5.0 brings download concurrency by default, Linux ARM64/AArch64 support, and more:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/11/homebrew-5-0-brings-download-concurrency-by-default-linux-arm64-aarch64-support-and-more/

F# 10 adds #warnon, property accessor control, and struct ValueOption:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/11/f-10-adds-warnon-property-accessor-control-and-struct-valueoption/

IBM Joins OpenSearch Software Foundation to Advance AI-Powered Search and RAG:
https://itsfoss.com/news/ibm-joins-opensearch-software-foundation/

Wikimedia urges AI firms to stop scraping its content and to use its paid Enterprise API:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/11/wikimedia-urges-ai-firms-to-stop-scraping-its-content-and-to-use-its-paid-enterprise-api/

FFmpeg Calls Google's AI Bug Reports "CVE Slop":
https://itsfoss.com/news/ffmpeg-google-fiasco/

Privacy-focused mobile OS /e/OS 3.2 now warns you of applications leaking your data:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/11/privacy-focused-mobile-os-e-os-3-2-now-warns-you-of-applicaions-leaking-your-data/

Haiku OS Made Many Kernel & App Improvements In October:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Haiku-OS-October-2025

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Keep Android Open

Your phone is about to stop being yours. In September 2026, Google will block every Android app whose developer hasn't registered with them.