This Week in Linux

video: https://youtu.be/RCmZKZB-Mf8 The Linux News this week was jam packed. Linus Torvalds announced a new release of the Linux kernel. KDE announced a new release of the Plasma desktop. We've got an update on the AUR Malware from last week, it got better and then worse. Commodore revealed their next product, the Commodore Callback a Smart dumb phone. Yea I know. Plus there's some rumbles going on about the Return of Antergos Linux, we'll talk about that All of this and more on This Week in Linux, the weekly news show that keeps you up to date with what’s going on in the Linux and Open Source world. Now let's jump right into Your Source for Linux GNews! Download as MP3 Support the Show Become a Patron = tuxdigital.com/membership Store = tuxdigital.com/store Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:50 Linux 7.1 Released 03:36 KDE Plasma 6.7 Released 08:40 Antergos Linux Returns?! 16:08 AUR Malware Update for Arch Linux Users 19:39 Commodore Callback, a Smart Dumbphone 25:48 Epic Games Launches Lore Version Control System 28:24 DistroWatch Goes Down, Backups Save the Day 29:59 Outro Links: Linux 7.1 Released https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/06/linux-7-1-kernel-features https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.1-Released https://9to5linux.com/linux-kernel-7-1-officially-released-heres-whats-new https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/06/linux-kernel-7-1-out-now-with-new-ntfs-driver-lots-of-hardware-improvements/ KDE Plasma 6.7 Released https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.7.0/ https://quantumproductions.info/articles/2026-05/union-spring-2026-update Antergos Linux Returns?! https://github.com/Antergos-NeXT https://9to5linux.com/first-look-at-antergos-next-a-modern-revival-of-antergos-linux-with-kde-plasma https://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=showheadline&story=20201 AUR Malware Update for Arch Linux Users https://lwn.net/Articles/1077619/ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/06/the-security-situation-with-the-arch-linux-aur-got-a-lot-worse/ https://www.phoronix.com/news/Arch-Linux-AUR-More-Malware https://www.phoronix.com/news/Arch-Linux-AUR-More-Than-1500 https://itsfoss.com/news/yay-v13-release/ https://itsfoss.com/news/arch-linux-aur-malware-flood/ https://fossforce.com/2026/06/arch-says-alls-clear-after-aur-malware-incident-affects-1500-packages/ https://fossforce.com/2026/06/aur-registrations-blocked-amid-ongoing-malware-mess/ https://fossforce.com/2026/06/aur-to-arch-houston-weve-got-a-problem-were-under-attack-again/ https://www.phoronix.com/news/Arch-Linux-AUR-Russian-Spam Commodore Callback, a Smart Dumbphone https://commodore.net/callback/ https://itsfoss.com/news/commodore-callback-8020-launch/ https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/06/commodores-newest-gadget-is-a-flip-phone-that-blocks-social-media-and-browsers/ https://www.tomshardware.com/phones/commodore-announces-linux-based-flip-phone-with-no-social-media-no-browser-the-callback-8020-will-be-available-in-five-retro-colorways-starting-at-usd499-runs-99-percent-of-android-apps https://www.wired.com/story/commodore-callback-8020-is-a-digital-detox-phone-that-isnt-dumb/ Epic Games Launches Lore Version Control System https://lore.org/ https://www.phoronix.com/news/Epic-Games-Lore-VCS https://itsfoss.com/news/lore-launched/ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/06/unreal-engine-6-is-all-about-generative-ai-fortnite-and-the-verse/ https://www.theregister.com/devops/2026/06/17/git-good-with-epic-games-new-open-source-vcs-lore/5257978 DistroWatch Goes Down, Backups Save the Day https://distrowatch.com/ https://www.patreon.com/distrowatch/posts/server-outage-161521259 https://mastodon.social/@distrowatch Support the show https://tuxdigital.com/membership https://store.tuxdigital.com/

video: https://youtu.be/yPy16yHeO4g Download as MP3 Support the Show Become a Patron = tuxdigital.com/membership Store = tuxdigital.com/store Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:38 Linux Mint 22.3 Released 02:53 Wine 11 Released 05:56 EndeavourOS Ganymede Neo 08:01 Sandfly Security 09:26 Budgie Desktop 10.10 Released 12:07 Hytale Released with Day 1 Linux Support 14:28 Middle Click Paste to be Removed 17:39 Gentoo 2025 Review 19:29 Outro Links: Linux Mint 22.3 Released https://www.linuxmint.com/rel_zena_whatsnew.php https://9to5linux.com/linux-mint-22-3-zena-is-now-available-for-download-heres-whats-new https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/01/linux-mint-22-3-released https://itsfoss.com/news/linux-mint-22-3-release/ Wine 11 Released https://www.winehq.org/news/2026011301 https://gitlab.winehq.org/wine/wine/-/releases/wine-11.0 https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/01/wine-11-0-released https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/windows-compatibility-layer-wine-11-arrives-bringing-masses-of-improvements-to-linux/ https://www.phoronix.com/news/Wine-11.0-Tomorrow EndeavourOS Ganymede Neo https://endeavouros.com/news/ganymede-neo-is-out-with-core-updates-and-upstream-nvidia-changes/ https://9to5linux.com/endeavouros-ganymede-neo-rolls-out-with-linux-kernel-6-18-lts-and-kde-plasma-6-5-4 https://www.phoronix.com/news/EndeavourOS-2026.01.12 Sandfly Security https://thisweekinlinux.com/sandfly Budgie Desktop 10.10 Released https://buddiesofbudgie.org/blog/budgie-10-10-released https://buddiesofbudgie.org/blog/state-of-the-budgie-2025 https://www.phoronix.com/news/Budgie-10.10-Released https://9to5linux.com/budgie-10-10-desktop-environment-released-as-the-first-wayland-only-version https://github.com/BuddiesOfBudgie/budgie-desktop Hytale Released with Day 1 Linux Support https://hytale.com/ https://hytale.com/news/2026/1/hytale-is-finally-here https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/hytale-has-arrived-with-linux-support/ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/hytale-pre-orders-have-been-so-strong-development-is-secured-for-two-years/ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/native-linux-support-for-hytale-will-be-launched-as-experimental/ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/hytale-will-run-on-linux-pcs-via-flatpak-but-steam-deck-will-require-more-work/ Middle Click Paste to be Removed https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNOME-Firefox-MiddleClick-Paste https://itsfoss.com/news/gnome-firefox-middle-click-paste-removal/ Gentoo 2025 Review https://www.gentoo.org/news/2026/01/05/new-year.html https://www.phoronix.com/news/Gentoo-2025-Accomplishments Support the show https://tuxdigital.com/membership https://store.tuxdigital.com/

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video: https://youtu.be/9sSoZ89qwpU Download as MP3 Support the Show Become a Patron = tuxdigital.com/membership Store = tuxdigital.com/store Chapters: 00:00 Intro 01:42 Linux 6.17 Released 04:28 The End of Windows 10 Has Arrived 09:23 KDE Plasma 6.5 Released 11:39 GNOME 49 Released 15:30 Sandfly Security, agentless Linux security 17:40 Fedora Linux 43 Released 20:21 Ubuntu 25.10 Questing Quokka Released 24:09 openSUSE Leap 16 Released 26:10 Zorin OS 18 Released 29:08 COSMIC Desktop Beta in PopOS 24.04 32:31 Linux Mint Debian Edition 7 (LMDE) 34:28 Outro Links: Linux 6.17 Released https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_6.17 https://lwn.net/Articles/1038266/ The End of Windows 10 Has Arrived https://endof10.org/ https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/windows-10-is-no-longer-safe-to-run-heres-whos-affected-and-what-you-need-to-do https://www.zdnet.com/article/windows-10-pc-cant-be-upgraded-you-have-5-options-and-must-act-now/ https://www.tomsguide.com/news/live/windows-10-end-of-support-2025 https://lifehacker.com/tech/what-to-do-now-that-microsoft-no-longer-supports-windows-10?test_uuid=02DN02BmbRCcASIX6xMQtY9&test_variant=B KDE Plasma 6.5 Released https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.5.0/ GNOME 49 Released https://release.gnome.org/49/ Sandfly Security, agentless Linux security https://thisweekinlinux.com/sandfly Fedora Linux 43 Released https://fedoramagazine.org/announcing-fedora-linux-43/ https://fedoramagazine.org/whats-new-fedora-workstation-43/ https://fedoramagazine.org/whats-new-in-fedora-kde-plasma-desktop-43/ Ubuntu 25.10 Questing Quokka Released https://canonical.com/blog/canonical-releases-ubuntu-25-10-questing-quokka openSUSE Leap 16 Released https://news.opensuse.org/2025/10/01/next-chapter-opens-with-leap-release/ Zorin OS 18 Released https://blog.zorin.com/2025/10/14/zorin-os-18-has-arrived/ COSMIC Desktop Beta in PopOS 24.04 https://system76.com/pop/pop-beta/ Linux Mint Debian Edition 7 (LMDE) https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4924 Support the show https://tuxdigital.com/membership https://store.tuxdigital.com/

video: https://youtu.be/P7AwobSLSyM Comment on the TWIL Forum This week in Linux, we've got new releases from some under the hood projects like FFmpeg and QEMU. There's a new software store for Linux that is exclusively focused on Flatpaks. CachyOS is back on the show again with a brand new release and we've also got a bit of drama to cover this week. There's some drama going on with the SuperTuxKart project and Google has decided that sideloading on Android has to go. All of this and more on This Week in Linux, the weekly news show that keeps you up to date with what’s going on in the Linux and Open Source world. Now, let's jump right into Your Source for Linux GNews! Download as MP3 Support the Show Become a Patron = tuxdigital.com/membership Store = tuxdigital.com/store Chapters: 00:00 Intro 01:30 FFmpeg 8.0 03:58 Google Banning Android Side Loading 2026 07:19 CachyOS August 2025 Update 10:26 Sandfly Security, agentless Linux security 13:01 Bazaar software store now on Flathub 16:47 SuperTuxKart Drama and Evolution 19:02 KDE's New Initial System Setup Wizard 20:31 QEMU 10.1 Released 21:47 Outro Links: FFmpeg 8.0 https://ffmpeg.org/index.html#pr8.0 Google Banning Android Side Loading 2026 https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2025/08/elevating-android-security.html https://www.androidauthority.com/android-developer-verification-requirements-3590911/ CachyOS August 2025 Update https://cachyos.org/blog/2508-august-release/ Sandfly Security, agentless Linux security https://thisweekinlinux.com/sandfly Bazaar software store now on Flathub https://flathub.org/apps/io.github.kolunmi.Bazaar SuperTuxKart Drama and Evolution https://blog.supertuxkart-evolution.com/2025/08/announcing-supertuxkart-evolution.html KDE's New Initial System Setup Wizard https://blogs.kde.org/2025/08/23/this-week-in-plasma-kde-initial-system-setup/ QEMU 10.1 Released https://www.qemu.org/ https://www.phoronix.com/news/QEMU-10.1-Released https://9to5linux.com/qemu-10-1-released-with-tdx-support-many-risc-v-and-arm-improvements Support the show https://tuxdigital.com/membership https://store.tuxdigital.com/

video: https://youtu.be/5T1Frk70LTQ Comment on the TWIL Forum This week in Linux, we have a lot of news to cover. We have some good news and some bad news. Well, people like to start with bad news first, I guess. So there is a fiasco happening with Secure Boot and how it may be affecting Linux users. Also, the EU is proposing a law that is pretty close to being passed that is very scary and a step towards mass surveillance. We'll talk about that. Then also we have some good news and that the Pebble watches are back and we have some beta releases from Linux Mint and Ubuntu Touch as well as SyncThing is back, which is a really cool tool to sync your files across multiple devices. All of this and more on This Week in Linux, the weekly news show that keeps you up to date with what's going on in the Linux and open source world. Now let's jump right into Your Source for Linux GNews. Download as MP3 Support the Show Become a Patron = tuxdigital.com/membership Store = tuxdigital.com/store Chapters: 00:00 Intro 01:23 Secure Boot Fiasco coming for Linux Users? 03:43 EU Chat Control law is a step towards mass surveillance 06:15 KDE Gear 25.08 Released 08:19 Sandfly Security, agentless Linux security [ad] 10:38 Pebble Time 2 is coming 12:13 Linux Mint 22.2 Beta Released 13:43 Ubuntu Touch 24.04 1.0 Beta 15:05 Syncthing 2.0.0 released 17:28 SparkyLinux 8.0 released 18:39 LVFS Sustainability Plan 20:31 HandBrake 1.10 Released 21:55 Outro Links: Secure Boot Fiasco coming for Linux Users? https://mjg59.dreamwidth.org/72892.html https://lwn.net/Articles/1029767/ https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/linux-users-are-about-to-face-another-major-microsoft-secure-boot-issue EU Chat Control law is a step towards mass surveillance https://fightchatcontrol.eu/ https://mullvad.net/en/chatcontrol https://cointelegraph.com/news/eu-chat-control-plan-gains-support-threatens-encryption KDE Gear 25.08 Released https://kde.org/announcements/gear/25.08.0/ Sandfly Security, agentless Linux security [ad] https://thisweekinlinux.com/sandfly Pebble Time 2 is coming https://ericmigi.com/blog/pebble-time-2-design-reveal https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcPzmDePH3E https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/13/pebbles-smartwatch-is-back-pebble-time-2-specs-revealed/ Linux Mint 22.2 Beta Released https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4876 Ubuntu Touch 24.04 1.0 Beta https://ubports.com/blog/ubports-news-1/ubuntu-touch-24-04-1-0-and-20-04-ota-10-call-for-testing-3963 Syncthing 2.0.0 released https://syncthing.net/ https://github.com/syncthing/syncthing/releases/tag/v2.0.0 SparkyLinux 8.0 released https://sparkylinux.org/sparky-8-0/ LVFS Sustainability Plan https://blogs.gnome.org/hughsie/2025/08/08/lvfs-sustainability-plan/ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/08/lvfs-sustainability-plan-vendor-funding HandBrake 1.10 Released https://handbrake.fr/ https://github.com/HandBrake/HandBrake/releases/tag/1.10.0 https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/08/handbrake-1-10-released-new-features Support the show https://tuxdigital.com/membership https://store.tuxdigital.com/