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9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: August 10th, 2025

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Linux Mint 22.2 “Zara” Is Available for Public Beta Testing, Download Now

Codenamed “Zara”, Linux Mint 22.2 introduces an HWE (Hardware Enablement) kernel, just like the upstream Ubuntu release, which should boost hardware support, fingerprint authentication for all supported editions via a new Fingwit app, accent color support, improved libAdwaita compatibility, and theme updates.

Amarok 3.3.1 Music Player Released with Improvements to Scripting Support

Amarok 3.3 arrived last month as the first release to be fully ported to Qt 6, offering users a modern UI/UX experience. Now, Amarok 3.3.1 is here to improve scripting support by enabling saving and loading of script console items, autocompletion in the script console, and re-enabling additional scripting functionality.

Linus Torvalds Announces First Linux Kernel 6.17 Release Candidate

Two weeks have passed since the release of Linux kernel 6.16, which means that Linux 6.17’s merge window is now closed, and the time has come to test drive the Release Candidate (RC) development versions, which will be published every Sunday until the final release in about two months from today.

Debian 13 “Trixie” Is Now Available for Download, Here’s What’s New

More than two years in the making, Debian 13 “Trixie” is finally here, powered by the long-term supported Linux 6.12 LTS kernel series, which brings new and updated drivers to support modern hardware. Linux kernel 6.12 LTS will be officially supported with bug and security updates until December 2026.

HandBrake 1.10 Open-Source Video Transcoder Brings New “Social 10MB” Presets

Highlights of HandBrake 1.10 include new “Social 10MB” presets, a new option to choose the encoder color range, a new command-line option to disable Dolby Vision and HDR10+ passthru, a new option to disable audio track names passthru and autonaming, updated NVEnc CQ range, and a new option to disable subtitle track names passthru.

PeaZip 10.6 Introduces Dynamic Virtual Mode, Improves Archive Pre-Parsing

PeaZip 10.6 is here almost two months after PeaZip 10.5 introducing a dynamic virtual mode to the file/archive browser for the ListView component, promising to improve the performance of the application when displaying a large number of items at once.

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(Updated) LILYGO T-Embed CC1101: Enabling Sub-GHz and NFC/RFID Communication

LILYGO launched the T-Embed CC1101, built around the ESP32-S3 Dual-core LX7. It supports Wi-Fi, BLE 5, and Sub-GHz wireless communication, targeting remote and low-power IoT projects.

XpressReal T3 Compact SBC with Realtek RTD1619B Runs Chromium OS Variant

The XpressReal T3 is the first single board computer in the XpressReal product family, developed in collaboration with Fyde Innovations, Radxa, and Realtek. This compact, open-source, and hackable SBC is built around the Realtek RTD1619B SoC and supports operating systems such as openFyde, custom Linux distributions, and Android.

VisionFive 2 Lite with 2GB RAM Starts at $19.9

After three years since the launch of the original VisionFive 2, StarFive has introduced another device, the VisionFive 2 Lite. The company has launched a campaign on Kickstarter for this cost-effective RISC-V single board computer, aimed at applications in education, AIoT, smart home, and IIoT.