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Libadwaita 1.8 introduces AdwShortcutsDialog, AdwShortcutLabel, and styling updates, improving GNOME 49 app usability and design.

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GStreamer 1.26.6 introduces support for WVC1 and WMV3 codecs to V4L2 (Video for Linux API version 2), adds a new blocking adapter element to the threadshare plugin (gst-plugin-threadshare) for use in front of block elements like sinks that sync to the clock, and updates the librespot library to version 0.7 for compatibility with recent Spotify changes.

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Dubbed “Goodbye Stranger”, the MKVToolNix 95.0 release improves the chapter generation feature in the MKVToolNix GUI by implementing a new placeholder when generating chapters for appended files, which will be replaced by the appended file’s title metadata.

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Catch up on the latest Linux news: Garuda, VirtualBox 7.2.2, Hyprland 0.51, KDE Plasma 6.4.5, Ubuntu 25.10 switches to Dracut, Bcachefs transitioning to DKMS packaging, and more.

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This week we got lots of releases for KDE Plasma, KDE Gear, KDE Frameworks, Steam Client, Puppy Linux BookwormPup64, Hyprland, fwupd, PipeWire, VirtualBox, Q4OS, Dash to Panel, GStreamer, Kodi, MKVToolNix, and many others.

On top of that, I tell you all about the new Linux laptops from Slimbook and what’s coming in LMDE 7 later this month. Below, you can check out this week’s hottest news and access all the distro and package downloads released this past week in the 9to5Linux weekly roundup for September 14th, 2025.

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Linuxfx is a Brazilian Linux distribution based on Ubuntu. It ships with an intuitive Cinnamon desktop user interface designed to facilitate migration of users from Windows. It includes a video management system called Sentinela, a computer vision software with video analytics and software for access control (facial recognition and automatic number plate recognition), object detection, gender, age and mood detection. Other features of the distribution include a new personal assistant, a WX theme for desktop and system applications, and compatibility with software written for Windows (.exe and .msi) through a Wine port. Following the release of Linuxfx 10.6 the distribution became a commercial offering.

The 6.17-rc6 kernel prepatch is out for testing. "But really, none of it is very large. So everything seems slated for a normal release in two weeks. Please do keep testing, so that we don't get complacent."

FreeBSD is a UNIX-like operating system for the i386, amd64, IA-64, arm, MIPS, powerpc, ppc64, PC-98 and UltraSPARC platforms based on U.C. Berkeley's "4.4BSD-Lite" release, with some "4.4BSD-Lite2" enhancements. It is also based indirectly on William Jolitz's port of U.C. Berkeley's "Net/2" to the i386, known as "386BSD", though very little of the 386BSD code remains. FreeBSD is used by companies, Internet Service Providers, researchers, computer professionals, students and home users all over the world in their work, education and recreation. FreeBSD comes with over 20,000 packages (pre-compiled software that is bundled for easy installation), covering a wide range of areas: from server software, databases and web servers, to desktop software, games, web browsers and business software - all free and easy to install.

Version:6.17-rc6 (mainline) Released:2025-09-14 Source:linux-6.17-rc6.tar.gz Patch:full (incremental)

Voyager Live is an Xubuntu-based distribution and live DVD showcasing the Xfce desktop environment. Its features include the Avant Window Navigator or AWN (a dock-like navigation bar), Conky (a program which displays useful information on the desktop), and over 300 photographs and animations that can be used as desktop backgrounds. The project also develops several other editions of Voyager Live - a "GE" edition with GNOME Shell, a "GS" variant for Gamers, and a separately-maintained flavour based on Debian's "stable" branch.

HackerOS is a live Linux distribution based on Debian's "Testing" branch and designed for regular users, gamers and cybersecurity enthusiasts. Some of its features include an optimised XanMod Linux kernel for faster boot times and reduced resource usage, out-of-the-box support for NVIDIA graphics cards, and a collection of cybersecurity tools, such as enhanced firewalls and intrusion detection software. The distribution uses the KDE Plasma desktop.

Exton Linux is a set of over 15 Linux distributions based on Arch Linux, CRUX, Debian, deepin, Fedora, openSUSE, Puppy Linux and Slackware Linux. They are designed to be lightweight, fast and easy to use. Exton Linux comes with popular pre-configured desktop environments and a set of pre-installed software packages, including web browsers, office suites, multimedia players and development tools. It also includes various customization options, such as the ability to change the appearance of the desktop and install additional software packages. Exton Linux is available in several editions, each tailored to a specific use case, such as general-purpose computing, gaming, multimedia or servers.

BigLinux is a Brazilian Linux distribution localised into Brazilian Portuguese (with support for English). It is was originally based on Kubuntu, but starting from 2017 the distribution was re-born based on deepin. It then offered two desktop environments - Cinnamon and Deepin. In 2021 the distribution switched bases and desktop environments again, migrating to Manjaro Linux and using the KDE Plasma desktop.

Creating welcoming communities within open-source projects is a recurring topic at conferences; those projects rely on contributions from others, so making them welcome is important. The kernel has, rather infamously over the years, been an oft-cited example of an unwelcoming project, though there have been (and are) multiple efforts to change that with varying degrees of success. Hans de Goede talked about such efforts within his corner of the kernel project in a talk (YouTube video) at Open Source Summit Europe.

VirtualBox 7.2.2 fixes crashes, GUI freezes, and USB/IP issues, while also improving Linux KVM, macOS networking, and Windows ARM VM support.

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PipeWire 1.4.8 multimedia framework brings low-latency FireWire audio, Apple HomePod Mini fixes, JACK improvements, and a range of bug fixes.

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With Linux Mint 22.2 “Zara” hitting the streets earlier this month, the Linux Mint devs will now focus their efforts on the Linux Mint Debian Edition 7 (codename Gigi) release, which will be based on the Debian 13 “Trixie” operating system series and offer all the new features that were implemented in Linux Mint 22.2.

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A simple real-world test of the performance of the Radeon 890M with Jan, an open source ChatGPT-alternative that runs 100% offline.

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Based on the latest and greatest Debian 13 “Trixie” operating system series, Q4OS 6.1 (codename Andromeda) ships with the KDE Plasma 6.3.6 and Trinity Desktop Environment (TDE) 14.1.5 desktop environments. As with previous releases, the KDE Plasma edition uses the stock look from upstream.

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NetworkManager 1.54.1 is out, introducing global DNS overwrite, DHCP client ID in initrd, and important bug fixes.

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