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Debian 13.2 “Trixie” Released with 123 Bug Fixes and 55 Security Updates

Coming two and a half months after Debian 13.1, the Debian 13.2 point release offers updated installation media to those who want to deploy the latest Debian Trixie operating system on new hardware or those who had issues with the previous ISO images.

Mesa 25.3 Open-Source Graphics Stack Improves Support for Many Video Games

Highlights of Mesa 25.3 include Vulkan 1.2 support for the PVR Vulkan driver for modern PowerVR graphics hardware, Blackwell support for NVK, support for new Vulkan extensions in the PanVK, ANV, RADV, NVK, HoneyKrisp, and PVR drivers, as well as support for new OpenGL extensions for the V3D, Panfrost, R300, Zink, and RadeonSI drivers.

KDE Frameworks 6.20 Adds a Fancier Push/Pop Animation to System Settings Pages

KDE Frameworks 6.20 brings many goodies, including predictable/learnable KRunner search result ordering, a fancier push/pop animation for System Settings pages, and a reversed version of the “Open link” Breeze icon for right-to-left (RTL) languages, such as Arabic or Hebrew.

Proton 10 Released with Support for Far Horizon, The Riftbreaker, and Other Games

Proton 10 is a massive update that introduces support for new games, which are now playable on Linux. These include Mary Skelter: Nightmares, Fairy Fencer F Advent Dark Force, Far Horizon, Grim Fandango Remastered (AMD & Intel GPUs), The Crew Motorfest, Viking Rise: Valhalla, Starlight Re:Volver, and Gemstones.

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