Links to news items discussed during the weekly Linux User Net Sessions

• Raspberry Pi OS 2025-11-24 Brings HiDPI Improvements, Wayland Enhancements Phoronix
• AV Linux 25 Multimedia Production Distro Brings Enlightenment to MX Linux 25 9to5 Linux
• Intel Hiring Two More Experienced Linux Kernel Engineers Phoronix
• KDE Plasma 6.8 Will Go Fully Wayland Linuxiac
• iDescriptor Brings iPhone Management to Linux Linuxiac
• Pebble, the e-ink smartwatch that refuses to die, just went fully open source The Register
• Here's why I feel more comfortable with my self-hosted services than big tech XDA
• Privacy Guides Web site

• A new Raspberry Pi Imager Raspberry Pi
• Debian Libre Live Images Released for Software Freedom Lovers 9to5 Linux
• Zorin OS 18 Hits 1 Million Downloads in Just One Month Linuxiac
• Mozilla Unveils Plans for New 'AI Window' Browsing Mode in Firefox, Opens Signups It's FOSS
• Zoomers are officially worse at passwords than 80-year-olds The Register
• Privacy and Openness Collide as Qualcomm Reshapes Arduino’s Rules Foss Force
• ACLU and EFF Sue a City Blanketed With Flock Surveillance Cameras 404 Media
• Google is collecting troves of data from downgraded Nest thermostats The Verge
• LILYGO Expands T-Beam Series With New 1W LoRa GPS Board LinuxGizmos

• Debian 13.2 Released With Dozens Of Fixes Phoronix
• Wine 10.19 Released With More Improvements Phoronix
• ollama 0.12.11 Brings Vulkan Acceleration Phoronix
• Firefox 145 drops support for 32-bit Linux NERDS.xyz
• Google is easing up on Android's new sideloading restrictions Android Authority
• Arduino Nesso N1 Debuts as a Compact RISC-V IoT Controller with Wi-Fi 6, Thread, and LoRa Connectivity LinuxGizmos
• Russian hackers abuse Hyper-V to hide malware in Linux VMs Bleeping Computer
• Lawmakers Want to Ban VPNs—And They Have No Idea What They're Doing EFF

• Systemd-Free Devuan GNU/Linux 6.0 Distro Is Out Based on Debian 13 “Trixie” 9to5 Linux
• MX Linux 25 Officially Released with Debian 13 Base Linuxiac
• Fwupd 2.0.17 Released With More Hardware Support & Features Phoronix
• After confusing driver release, AMD says old GPUs are still actively supported ArsTechnica
• CodeWeavers Launches CrossOver Preview For Linux ARM64 Phoronix
• Please stop being scared of the Linux terminal XDA
• How to declutter, quiet down, and take the AI out of Windows 11 25H2 ArsTechnica

• Fedora 43 Officially Released, This Is What’s New Linuxiac
• New Release: Tor Browser 15.0 Tor Promect
• OpenRazer 3.11 Released With Linux Driver Support For Newer Razer Devices Phoronix
• TrueNAS 25.10 Open-Source NAS Released Linuxiac
• Python Foundation goes ride or DEI, rejects government grant with strings attached The Register
• Windows Games’ Compatibility on Linux Is at an All-Time High Boiling Steam
• Steam On Linux Gaming Finally Cracks 3% For October 2025 Phoronix
• OpenWebRX - Simplest Raspberry Pi + RTLSDR Web SDR Radio Digikey

• KDE Plasma 6.5 Released With Rounded Bottom Window Corners, Better HDR & Much More Phoronix
• AWS outage turned smart homes into dumb boxes – and sysadmins into therapists The Register
• Sovereign Tech Agency Making 2026 Investments In systemd, PHP, Servo & More Phoronix
• Europe's plan to ditch US tech giants is built on open source - and it's gaining steam ZDNet
• Announcing data collection consent changes for new Firefox extensions Mozilla
• Zorin OS 18: Linux for Windows 10 Users (video) Explaining Computers
• KiCad article post on groups.io KC7MM

• Librephone battles the proprietary binary blob The Register FSF FAQ page
• NordVPN embraces open source by releasing its Linux GUI on GitHub NERDS.xyz
• GitHub Will Prioritize Migrating to Azure Over Feature Development The New Stack
• Raspberry Pi 5 production guarantee Raspberry Pi
• Ring cameras are about to get increasingly chummy with law enforcement ArsTechnica
• You Only Need $750 of Equipment to Pilfer Data From Satellites Gizmodo
• FFmpeg: Powerful Multimedia Processing Tool (Installation + Usage) Linux TLDR

• LMDE (Linux Mint Debian Edition) 7 Is Now Available for Download 9to5 Linux
• Qualcomm solders Arduino to its edge AI ambitions, debuts Raspberry Pi rival The Register
• Play Store changes coming this month as SCOTUS declines to freeze antitrust remedies ArsTechnica
• PC Shipments Accelerate in Q3 Signaling Steady Refresh of Existing Installed Base IDC Research
• Firefox profiles: Private, focused spaces for all the ways you browse Mozilla blog
• 7 Useful Things You Didn’t Know You Can Do in Your Linux Terminal maketecheasier
• Run Windows 11 in a Docker Container (Access it via the Browser) Linux TLDR Project on GitHub

• Free Software Foundation Turns 40, Unveils LibrePhone Linuxiac
• Trixie — the new version of Raspberry Pi OS Raspberry Pi News
• Raspberry Pi Announces Price Increases Due To Rising Memory Demand Phoronix
• Ubuntu Touch mobile Linux distro is now based on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS liliputing
• Signal braces for quantum age with SPQR encryption upgrade NERDS.xyz
• Google confirms Android dev verification will have free and paid tiers, no public list of devs ArsTechnica
• Open Printer Promises Freedom From Proprietary Cartridges Linuxiac

• Raspberry Pi 500+ Benchmarks: Mechanical Keyboard Computer, 16GB RAM & NVMe SSD Phoronix
• OBS Studio 32.0 Released With Plugin Manager, NVIDIA RTX Improvements Phoronix
• Ubuntu Touch OTA-10 Released with Ubuntu Touch Upgrader, Rabbit R1 Support 9to5 Linux
• Google's dev registration plan 'will end the F-Droid project' The Register
• Ladybird Browser Gains Cloudflare Support to Challenge the Status Quo Linuxiac
• Intel Moves Pre-Arc Graphics To "Legacy" Driver On Windows - Linux Users Need Not Worry Phoronix
• Debian 13 Nvidia Driver Installation linuxconfig.org

• Raspberry Pi Releases M.2 HAT+ Compact For $15 Phoronix
• FuriLabs Opens Pre-Orders for FLX1s Linux Phone Linuxiac
• GNOME 49 “Brescia” Desktop Environment Officially Released 9to5 Linux
• Linux Mint Debian Edition (LMDE) 7 “Gigi” Is Now Available for Public Beta Testing 9to5 Linux
• Google announces massive expansion of AI features in Chrome ArsTechnica
• Nvidia will invest $5 billion in Intel, co-develop new server and PC chips ArsTechnica
• OpenAI says models are programmed to make stuff up instead of admitting ignorance The Register

• Linux Mint upgrade news Linux Mint Blog
• Steam Client Adds Advanced Options to the In-Game Overlay for AMD & NVIDIA GPUs 9to5 Linux
• Libreboot Joins SPI as an Official Associated Project Linuxiac
• Red Hat back-office team to be Big and Blue whether they like it or not The Register
• Ubuntu users left waiting after Canonical's servers take weekend off The Register
• Photonicat 2 Portable ARM Computer with 5G, NVMe, and 24-Hour Battery Life LinuxGizmos
• SearXNG metasearch engine SearXNG Web site

• Linux Mint 22.2 “Zara” Now Available for Download and Upgrade Linuxiac
• Debian 13.1 Released With An Initial Batch Of Fixes 9to5 Linux
• GNOME 49 Release Candidate Ships With GDM Re-Enabling X11 Support By Default Phoronix
• WinBoat is a new Linux app to run Windows apps with "seamless integration" GamingOnLinux
• Nvidia dominates GPU shipments with 94% share Tom's Hardware
• Mozilla Confirms Firefox 32-Bit Linux Support Will End in 2026 Linuxiac
• Mecha Comet modular handheld Linux computer project Mecha

• Armbian 25.8.1 Released Linuxiac
• The Former Lead For Apple Graphics Drivers On Linux Is Now Working At Intel Phoronix
• Google will block sideloading of unverified Android apps starting next year ArsTechnica
• Docker Desktop bug let containers hop the fence with barely a nudge The Register
• The personhood trap: How AI fakes human personality ArsTechnica
• Not in my browser! Vivaldi capo doubles down on generative AI ban The Register
• New Python Documentary Released On YouTube Slashdot

• FFmpeg 8.0 “Huffman” Released 9to5 Linux
• RadioTransciptor: Real Time Radio Speech to Text Transcriptor using AI RTL-SDR.com
• Google's AI Overviews led users astray, reports say some phone numbers are scams Android Central
• Essential nmcli Command Examples To Manage Network Connections On Linux OSTechNix
• Radio Waves Can Strengthen Sense of Smell Neuroscience News
• Linux 34th anniversary: August 25 Reddit

• CachyOS — Distrowatch’s Top Distro Has Speed, Polish and Features FOSS Force
• Ventoy 1.1.06 Brings TrueNAS Scale Support Linuxiac
• Mozilla under fire for Firefox AI "bloat" that blows up CPU and drains battery Neowin
• Curl Runs in the World's Top 47 Car Brands OSTechnix
  • Wcurl: A User-Friendly Curl Wrapper For Easy File Downloads OSTechnix
• SatNOGS: DIY Satellite Ground Station and Network SatNOGS
  • SatNOGS wiki: build a station
  • OreSat project at PSU
• Is Proton leaving Switzerland? TechRadar

• Debian 13 “Trixie” Is Now Available for Download 9to5 Linux Upgrade instructions Upgrade How-To article Linuxiac
• Proxmox VE 9.0 Launches with Debian 13 Under the Hood Linuxiac
• Inside Proton’s New Two-Factor Authenticator App FOSS Force
• Linux desktop share tops 6% in 15-million-system analysis ZDNet
• Intel CPU Temperature Monitoring Driver For Linux Now Unmaintained After Layoffs More support lost Phoronix
• AOL is finally pulling the plug on dial-up Internet after decades of service NERDS.xyz
• Jeff Geerling: Hacking Meshtastic with a Raspberry Pi and GNU Radio YouTube

• Veil of Vigilance: Tails 6.0’s New Frontiers in Surveillance Resistance Linux Journal
• Manjaro 25.0 “Zetar” released Linux Journal
• Oracle VirtualBox licensing tweak lies in wait for the unwary The Register
• Futurehome smart hub owners must pay new $117 subscription or lose access ArsTechnica
• Not1MM contest logger GitHub
• Proton Launches Free, Open Source Authenticator App Linuxiac

• Debian isn't waiting for 2038 to blow up, switches to 64-bit time for everything The Register
• Pebble watches return repebble.com
• The dream of a Raspberry Pi laptop becomes a reality — ArgonOne Up Review Toms Hardware
• Ham Radio Users Clash With Starlink Rival AST SpaceMobile Over Spectrum Use PCMag
• Proton Lumo open source AI assistant keeps your data private NERDS.xyz
• Brave browser blocks Microsoft Recall to protect user privacy NERDS.xyz
• Google Launches OSS Rebuild to Expose Malicious Code in Widely Used Open-Source Packages The Hacker News

• Debian 13.0 "Trixie" Planning For Release On August 9 Phoronix
• Intel Announces It's Shutting Down Clear Linux Phoronix
• News on Linux Mint 22.2 and LMDE 7 Linux Mint Blog
• ProtonUp-Qt 2.13 Rolls Out with New Compatibility Tools for Steam and Lutris Linuxiac
• Radio Hobbyists, Rejoice! Good News for LoRa & Mesh Electronic Frontier Foundation
• A Timeless Legacy: Celebrating Slackware’s 32nd Anniversary OSTechNix
• RadioBerry: RadioBerry wiki For sale on Amazon YouTube video

• GParted Live 1.7.0 Linux distro drops 32-bit support and improves device handling NERDS.xyz
• Wine 10.12 Brings Optional EGL Backend Linuxiac
• Wayback Is Now Hosted On FreeDesktop.org Phoronix
• Radxa Fanless Network Router Offers 4 GbE Ports and NVMe Storage Up to 4TB LinuxGizmos
• Belkin shows tech firms getting too comfortable with bricking customers’ stuff ArsTachnica
• Unless users take action, Android will let Gemini access third-party apps ArsTaechnica
• Browser extensions turn nearly 1 million browsers into website-scraping bots ArsTachnica

• Linux Reaches 5% Desktop Market Share In USA OSTechnix
• Massive MicroSD card testing database exposes fakes, charts performance and endurance Tom's Hardware
  • Link to tester's overall picks
• Wayback gives X11 desktops a fighting chance in a Wayland world The Register
• With Waydroid, It Is Easy to Run Android Apps on Linux Now maketecheasier
• Why The Sun Is So Good At Evaporating Water NC State Univ.

• Microsoft surprises MS-DOS fans with remake of ancient text editor that works on Linux ArsTechnica
• GNOME Moves On: What the End of the X11 Session Means Linuxiac
• Games run faster on SteamOS than Windows 11, Ars testing finds ArsTechnica
• Hangover runs Windows apps on ARM architecture Hangover project
• The year of the European Union Linux desktop may finally arrive The Register
• Amazon's Ring can now use AI to 'learn the routines of your residence' The Register

• KDE Plasma 6.4 Desktop Environment Released, This Is What’s New Linuxiac
• KiCad Advises Linux Users to Stick with X11 for Professional PCB Design Linuxiac
• GNOME 49 Will Require Deeper systemd Integration Linuxiac
• /e/ OS 3.0: Slightly less clunky, slightly more private The Register
• Address bar shows hp.com. Browser displays scammers’ malicious text anyway ArsTechnica
• Smart TV OS owners face “constant conflict” between privacy, advertiser demands ArsTechnica
• Create Desktop Shortcut for AppImage in Linux (3 Methods) Linux TLDR

• Ubuntu Linux 25.10 quietly kills off GNOME on Xorg as Wayland takes over nerds.xyz
• Apple tries to contain itself with lightweight Linux VMs for macOS The Register
• 2025 finally the Year of Linux? LibreOffice explains "real costs" of Windows 11 Neowin
• macOS Tahoe signals that the end is near for Intel Macs, dumping all but four models ArsTechnica
• Bitsight Identifies Thousands of Security Cameras Openly Accessible on the Internet Bitsight
• How to Set Up UFW Firewall on Ubuntu 24.04 (for Beginners) Linux TLDR

• Linux mint 20 reaches End of Life Linux Mint Blog
• Raspberry Pi Imager 1.9.4 Arrives with UI Polish, Major Fixes Linuxiac
• ChatGPT used to disable SecureBoot in locked-down device Tom's Hardware
• Top researchers leave Intel to build startup with ‘the biggest, baddest CPU’ Oregonlive
• Meta and Yandex are de-anonymizing Android users’ web browsing identifiers ArsTechnica
• Millions of low-cost Android devices turn home networks into crime platforms ArsTechnica
• Setting Up Graphical Uncomplicated Firewall (GUFW) on Ubuntu maketecheasier

• AlmaLinux 10.0 Stable Released Phoronix
• WireGuard Easy v15 Launches with Full Rewrite Linuxiac
• Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Reaches End of Standard Support Linuxiac
• Billions of cookies up for grabs as experts warn over session security The Register
• Three ways to run Windows apps on a Linux box The Register
• How to Stop and Disable Unwanted Services from Linux System Tecmint

• Linux 6.15 Released With Continued Rust Integration, Bcachefs Stabilizing Phoronix
• Mobile Browsers That Stick Their Noses Into Your Business Foss Force
• https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/22/signal_microsoft_recall/ The Register
• Valve adds SteamOS support for its Steam Deck rivals Polygon
• Microsoft closes 9-year-old feature request, open-sources Windows Subsystem for Linux Ars Technica
• Self-hosting is having a moment. Ethan Sholly knows why. Ars Technica
• Running Windows in Linux: A VirtualBox Guide YouTube: Explaining Computers

• Debian Trixie Enters Hard Freeze, Edging Closer to Release Linuxiac
• Armbian Updates Add OMV Support, Boot Improvements, and Rockchip Optimizations LinuxGizmos
• Valve takes another step toward making SteamOS a true Windows competitor ArsTechnica
• Microsoft Fixes Windows Update That Broke GRUB in Dual-Boot Systems Linuxiac
• OSU's Open Source Lab Has Funding Success OSUOSL Blog
• Scientists find lead really can be turned into gold (with help from the Large Hadron Collider) Engadget

• Raspberry Pi Connect is out of beta: simple remote access, now even better Raspberry Pi Blog
• Debian Endorses “End of 10” Campaign, Calls for Broader Action on Dormant Packages Linuxiac
• Open Document Format turns 20, but Microsoft Office still reigns supreme The Register
• Arduino Uno-like Board Gets Upgraded with Integrated Ethernet and USB Type-C LinuxGizmos
• Microsoft Welcomes Fedora Linux As An Official WSL Distro Phoronix
• Intel's Clear Linux Demonstrates Software Optimization Benefits On AMD EPYC 9005 Series Phoronix
• MeshWalkie Combines ESP32, GNSS, and LoRa in UV-K6 Radio Enclosure LinuxGizmos

• OIN marks 20 years of defending Linux and open source from patent trolls ZDNet
• Debian Developers Pursuing A General Resolution Around AI Models Phoronix
• Welcome Back to the Open-Source Family, Redis Linuxiac
• Mayday! Mayday! Mayday! Open Source Labs Badly Needs Your Help! Foss Force
• Official Arch Linux WSL Image Released For Windows OS OSTechNix
• Linux Kernel to Drop Support for Legacy i486 and Early 586 CPUs Linuxiac

• RIP, Google Privacy Sandbox The Register
• The latest viral ChatGPT trend is doing ‘reverse location search’ from photos TechCrunch
• Microsoft rolls Windows Recall out to the public nearly a year after announcing it ArsTechnica
• Steam Will Stop Working on Outdated Linux Systems This August Linuxiac
• Google announces 1st and 2nd gen Nest Thermostats will lose support in October 2025 ArsTechnica
• Home Assistant Generic Thermostat integration: Build your own!
• 2 million homes strong - State of the Open Home 2025 Home Assistant

• MX Linux 23.6 Arrives with Debian 12.10 Base and Kernel 6.14 Support Linuxiac
• 10 Best New Features In Ubuntu 25.04 “Plucky Puffin” OSTechNix
• Apple says all Mac minis with Intel are now ‘vintage’ or ‘obsolete’ 9to5 Mac
• Framework 13 With AMD Ryzen AI 300 Series "Strix Point" Makes For A Great Linux Laptop Phoronix
• Wine vs. Bottles vs. Proton: Which Is Best for Windows Apps on Linux? How-To Geek WineHQ

• FreeDOS 1.4: Still DOS, still FOSS, more modern than ever The Register
• Proxmox Virtual Environment 8.4 Released Linuxiac
• Linux Mint Debian Edition Is Getting Support for OEM Installations with LMDE 7 9to5 Linux
• Ubuntu Adds Support For A New Low-Cost RISC-V Board: The OrangePi RV2 Phoronix
• A Collaboration We Didn't Expect: Vivaldi Teams Up with Proton VPN It's FOSS
• Git Distributed Version Control System Turned 20 Linuxiac

• Both Haiku and Linux get new FOSS Nvidia drivers The Register
• Coreboot 25.03 Released With Support For 22 More Motherboards Phoronix
• Debian APT 3.0 Stable Released With New Package Solver & Refined Text UI Phoronix
• Mozilla is rolling out Thundermail, a Gmail, Office 365 rival The Register
• Fight for US funding for Tor, F-Droid and Let's Encrypt Heise Online
• Project: Tracking the international space station with an Arduino Farid Rener
• Web site: Random Nerd Tutorials

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