9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: Highlights and News from February 23rd, 2025

The latest edition of the 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup, dated February 23rd, 2025, brings a wealth of updates from the Linux ecosystem. This week saw notable releases, including the first point release of the KDE Plasma 6.3 desktop environment and the second point release of Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat). Additionally, a significant update was made to the Mesa open-source graphics stack.

Highlights of the Week

1. Kernel Installation Tutorial: A guide was shared on how to install the latest Linux 6.13 kernel on Ubuntu.

2. KDE Plasma 6.3.1: This release includes improvements to Plasma Discover and various bug fixes.

3. Mesa 25.0: The latest version of the graphics stack now supports Vulkan 1.4 across platforms like RADV, ANV, and NVK.

4. Ubuntu 24.04.2 LTS: The new version is powered by Linux kernel 6.11 and is now available for download.

5. PeaZip 10.3: This archive manager has enhanced integration with GNOME and KDE Plasma.

Additional GNU/Linux Updates

• System76 has released an alpha version of the Rust-based COSMIC desktop environment.
• Gentoo introduced bootable QCOW2 disk images for cloud deployment.
• The Tails operating system has switched from balenaEtcher to Rufus as the default installer for Windows.
• Fedora is joining in support for the RISC-V architecture, marking its expansion to a fifth architecture.
• The Reproducible-openSUSE (RBOS) project has reached a significant reproducible build milestone.

Newly Released Distributions

• NuTyX 25.02.5: Available in multiple desktop environments including KDE Plasma, GNOME, Xfce, MATE, and Openbox.
• Ubuntu 24.04.2 LTS: Download links for the desktop and server versions are now live across multiple flavors like Kubuntu, Xubuntu, and more.
• Additional Distributions: New versions also include Bluestar Linux, EasyOS, Rhino Linux, Qubes OS, and CentOS Stream.

Application, Driver, and Kernel Releases

This week witnessed updates across various applications and kernels, including major versions like VueScan, Lutris, and GNU Emacs. Several Linux kernel updates were also released, including versions 6.12.16 LTS and 6.13.4.

Looking Ahead

In the upcoming week, users can anticipate the KDE Plasma 6.3.2 release, along with the GNOME 48 Release Candidate and a new Arch Linux ISO.

For further details and downloads, please refer to the respective release links as shared above.

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