9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: November 23rd, 2025
9to5Linux Weekly Roundup for November 23rd, 2025, brings news about Blender 5.0, Debian Libre, PHP 8.5, GIMP 3.2 Release Candidate, AlmaLinux OS 9.7, VKD3D-Proton 3.0, Finnix…
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Ubuntu Upstreams Patches to Bring Flutter Apps to RISC-V
Canonical’s engineers have submitted pull requests to add RISC-V support to Google’s Flutter toolkit, which Ubuntu uses to built many of its desktop apps. You’re…
The Raspberry Pi 500+ Works as a Standalone Keyboard (Well, Kinda)
Can the Raspberry Pi 500+ work as a standalone Bluetooth keyboard? Yes, using the open-source btferret project – but not without limitations, as I report.…
Firefox 145 Is Now Available for Download, Drops 32-Bit Support on Linux
The biggest change in the Firefox 145 release is that it drops support for 32-bit systems on Linux. This means that Mozilla will no longer…
NetBeans 28 Delivers Gradle and Maven Enhancements for Java Developers
Apache NetBeans 28 cross-platform IDE improves Gradle 9 support, refines Maven UI handling, and expands JUnit integration. The post NetBeans 28 Delivers Gradle and Maven…
Fish Shell 4.2 Released with Improved Autosuggestions
Fish Shell 4.2 enhances history-based autosuggestions, defaults to UTF-8 encoding, clears transient prompts correctly, and more. The post Fish Shell 4.2 Released with Improved Autosuggestions…
sqlmap: Open-source SQL Injection and Database Takeover Tool
Finding and exploiting SQL injection vulnerabilities is one of the oldest and most common steps in web application testing. sqlmap streamlines this process. It is…
7 Best Skype Alternatives for Linux in 2025
There’s no doubt that Skype was once one of the most popular instant messaging and video calling applications out there. Whether it was keeping in…
9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: November 9th, 2025
This week, we got major releases of the MX Linux, Devuan GNU+Linux, and PorteuX distributions, new updates to the LXQt, KDE Plasma, and Trinity Desktop…
MX Linux 25 “Infinity” Is Now Available for Download, Based on Debian 13 “Trixie”
MX Linux 25 features the long-term supported Linux 6.12 LTS kernel series for the standard editions and a Liquorix-flavored Linux 6.15 kernel for the KDE…
Red Hat Follows SUSE with EU Sovereignty Drive
Red Hat follows SUSE’s lead with an EU support pledge — raising the stakes in the race for European digital sovereignty. The post Red Hat…
Trinity Desktop Environment R14.1.5 Released with Support for Debian Trixie
Coming almost six and a half months after Trinity Desktop Environment R14.1.4, the Trinity Desktop Environment R14.1.5 release introduces support for recent GNU/Linux distributions, including…
Budgie 10.9.4 Desktop Environment Released, No UI Changes
The Budgie 10.9.4 desktop environment modernizes its plugin system but brings no new features or visual changes for end users. The post Budgie 10.9.4 Desktop…
Enshittification of Arduino Begins? Qualcomm Starts Clamping Down
When Qualcomm announced its acquisition of Arduino in October 2025, the tinkerer and maker community watched nervously. Large corporate acquisitions rarely end well for open…
Calibre 8.15 Open-Source E-Book Manager Improves the Comments Editor
Calibre 8.15 open-source e-book management software is now available for download with various new features and bug fixes. Here’s what’s new! The post Calibre 8.15…