9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: August 24th, 2025
It’s been a slow news week, but we got some nice gems, including major releases of the LibreOffice office suite, FFmpeg multimedia framework, Firefox web…
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CachyOS August 2025 Release Brings Package Dashboard, LTS Kernel
Arch-based CachyOS’s August 2025 update adds a package dashboard, switches the ISO to an LTS kernel, and improves stability with new bootloader fixes. The post…
Calibre 8.9 E-Book Manager Adds Support for Embedded Fonts to HTMLZ Output
Calibre 8.9 is here to add support for embedded fonts to HTMLZ output, a color swatch in the results list of the Annotations browser to…
GNOME 49 Release Candidate Re-Enables X11 Support by Default in GDM
GNOME 49 Release Candidate (RC) is now available for public testing ahead of the final release on September 17th, 2025. Here’s what’s new! The post…
FOSS Weekly #25.36: Ubuntu 25.10 Features, Top Command, Firefox Survives, Sudo Tips and More
Ubuntu 25.10 is nearly a month away. A new default terminal and rust-based sudo are among the prominent new features in this upcoming release. Ubuntu…
GNOME 49 Restores Ability to Launch X11 Desktop Sessions
GNOME 49 re-enables X11 session support in GDM after it broke the ability to launch other desktop environments. It plans full removal in GNOME 50.…
Linux Mint 22.2 is Now Available to Download
Linux Mint 22.2 ‘Zara’ is now available to download, and upgrades from earlier releases enabled. A host of refinements are on offer in this new…
Warp (AI Coding Tool) Adds New ‘Prompt to Production’ Features
Warp, the Agentic Development Environment, for Windows, macOS and Linux has launched a suite of new features to improve prompt-based coding. You’re reading Warp (AI…
CachyOS ISO Snapshot for August 2025 Introduces a New Package Dashboard
With this release, the CachyOS devs introduce a brand-new, web-based dashboard for finding packages across all CachyOS repositories and viewing details about the latest updates.…
DietPi 9.16 Brings Debian Trixie Compatibility, Early Forky Support
DietPi 9.16 improves SBC support, adds Debian 13 Trixie and Forky testing compatibility, introduces faster updates, and fixes Raspberry Pi issues. The post DietPi 9.16…
Is It Really Open Source? How to Tell if a Project Walks the Walk
Not all open source is created equal, argues open source advocate, Nextcloud co-founder, and FOSS Force guest writer Jos Poortvliet. The post Is It Really…
PowerDNS Authoritative Server 5.0 Released with BIND-Style Views
PowerDNS Authoritative Server 5.0 adds BIND-style views, better API features, Lua upgrades, webserver Unix socket support, and more. The post PowerDNS Authoritative Server 5.0 Released…
FFmpeg 8.0 Arrives With Whisper Filter, Vulkan Encoders
FFmpeg 8.0 video and audio converter adds Whisper filter, Vulkan AV1 encoder, ProRes RAW support, and expanded codec handling. The post FFmpeg 8.0 Arrives With…
Essential nmcli Command Examples To Manage Network Connections On Linux
Essential nmcli commands to manage network connections, configure Wi-Fi and Ethernet, set static IPs, and troubleshoot errors in Linux. The post Essential nmcli Command Examples…
FFmpeg 8.0 “Huffman” Released with AV1 Vulkan Encoder, VVC VA-API Decoding
Dubbed “Huffman” and coming more than ten months after FFmpeg 7.1, the FFmpeg 8.0 release is here to enable TLS peer certificate verification by default,…