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Debian 13 "Trixie" GNU/Linux operating system is finally released on Saturday, 9 August 2025. This is a Long Term Support (LTS) release with five years of support until 2030 and has been developed for two years since the previous release. It includes full and complete set of tens of thousands of software packages. Trixie is available for almost all types of computer available in the world and we can download it for desktop and laptop for PC 64-bit (also known as amd64) and many other computer architectures (except now Debian no longer supports PC 32-bit aka i386) as detailed below plus further instructions. Let's download Debian!
The DE25-Standard development kit for the Altera University Program features the Intel Agilex 5 SoC FPGA with 138K logic elements, delivering up to 2.5× higher performance than previous generations. Combining high-performance FPGA fabric with an ARM-based hard processor system, it supports a broad range of digital logic, embedded systems, and robotics applications.
For Linux users, VirtualBox 7.2 brings initial support for the upcoming Linux 6.17 and Linux 6.16 kernel series on both hosts and guests, improved Linux Guest Additions support for Oracle Linux 10 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 guests, as well as improved handling of the vboxvideo kernel module in the init script for Linux guests.
Dubbed “The Seven Sisters”, SparkyLinux 8.0 is based on and fully compatible with Debian 13 “Trixie”, it’s powered by the long-term supported Linux 6.12 LTS kernel series, and includes all packages updated from the stable Debian and SparkyLinux repositories as of August 13th, 2025.
KDE Gear 25.08 introduces two search engines to the Dolphin file manager to help you find that specific, but elusive file or folder you can’t locate, along with support for opening Filelight directly from the Tools menu and more options for the View Mode switching button.
Quoting: I love free software (and openSUSE) | The Blog is Hot —
The romantics out there probably already know that tomorrow February 14 is “I Love Free Software” day. But I thought I’d give it a mention anyway, as a reminder to celebrate software freedom, which can’t be taken for granted.