Graphics Driver Changes Begin Queuing Ahead Of Linux 6.17

While the Linux 6.16 merge window just passed one week ago, already there are new feature changes beginning to queue for the Linux 6.17 kernel later in the summer...
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.17-DRM-Misc-Next-Start

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

(More Linux and FOSS news in comments)

#WeeklyNews #News #Linux #LinuxNews #Ubuntu #Ubuntu2410 #Ubuntu2510 #LinuxMint #LinuxMint22 #Nitrux #KaliLinux #Kali #GNOME #GNOME49 #GNOMEDesktop #Sway #WaylandCompositor #DesktopEnvironment #LinuxDistro #LinuxDistribution #DistroRelease #DistributionRelease #DesktopLinux #LinuxDesktop #FosseryTech

No protest will be acceptable to the Fascist

#ICE #ICEProtests #NoKings #Fascism #USPOL

"This Week in Plasma" brings the news that Plasma 6.5.0 will _probably_ have picture-in-picture support under Wayland, that you will be able to re-order your virtual desktops, and that Spectacle will clearly tell you how to stop a screen recording (among many other things).

https://blogs.kde.org/2025/06/14/this-week-in-plasma-wayland-pip-and-accessibility/

#Plasma6 #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #desktop

@kde@lemmy.kde.social

Very proud to be a part of the Fediverse on days like this. Didn’t see a single stupid post about his stupid, fascist parade today and my timeline is FILLED with posts, images and videos of the #nokings counter protests.

You keep doing you, Mastodon. You’re alright. 👍🖖

JFC, how “Liberal!”

We need to stop this phony “news” paper once and for all. (The #BrokenNYTimes, as @jeffjarvis dubbed it.)

Can’t Trump make A.G. Sulzberger the Ambassador to Pago Pago, or somewhere as stylish. It’s not like journalism will miss him.
cc @jayrosen.bsky.social

Welp. You asked.

Via Brian Tyler Cohen (who has the news vid):

And there it is. The #Minnesota assassin who shot Democratic lawmakers “voted for Donald Trump and was a strong Trump supporter,” according to his best friend.