The 252nd edition of the 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup, covering the week ending August 10, 2025, brings significant updates from the Linux world.
This week marks the much-anticipated release of Debian 13, alongside Linux Mint 22.2 and Tails 7.0. The NVIDIA 580 driver has entered public beta testing, while Mesa 25.2 is now available for gamers. Additionally, Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS was released with an updated kernel and graphics stacks.
Notable software updates include new versions of the Audacity audio editor, Calibre e-book manager, PeaZip, Darktable, GStreamer multimedia framework, HandBrake video transcoder, and the KDE Frameworks software suite and Plasma desktop environment. Linus Torvalds also announced the first Release Candidate for the Linux 6.17 kernel, open for public testing.
Next week, look forward to the release of GNOME 48.4 and the beta version of GNOME 49, alongside other exciting Linux news and updates!
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