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KDE Plasma 6.4.6 Released with Numerous Bug Fixes for Plasma 6.4 Users

KDE Plasma 6.4.6 includes the following changes:

GStreamer 1.26.8 Improves HDR Video Playback for the Showtime Video Player

Coming almost a month after GStreamer 1.26.7, the GStreamer 1.26.8 release improves HDR video playback for GNOME’s Showtime video player to no longer show washed-out colours when subtitles are active, and adds Rust support for 32-bit (x86) Linux to the Cerbero package builder.

Firefox 145 Is Now Available for Download, Drops 32-Bit Support on Linux

The biggest change in the Firefox 145 release is that it drops support for 32-bit systems on Linux. This means that Mozilla will no longer build and offer 32-bit builds of Firefox starting with version 145, recommending users to install a 64-bit version of Firefox for continued updates and support.

9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: November 9th, 2025

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Slackware-Based PorteuX 2.4 Is Out with Linux 6.17, COSMIC and LXQt 2.3 Desktops

Powered by the latest and greatest Linux 6.17 kernel series, PorteuX 2.4 ships with no less than eight editions featuring the GNOME 49.1, KDE Plasma 6.5.2, Xfce 4.20, Cinnamon 6.4.13, LXDE 0.11.1, LXQt 2.3, MATE 1.28.2, and COSMIC Beta 5 desktop environments.

MX Linux 25 “Infinity” Is Now Available for Download, Based on Debian 13 “Trixie”

MX Linux 25 features the long-term supported Linux 6.12 LTS kernel series for the standard editions and a Liquorix-flavored Linux 6.16 kernel for the KDE Plasma edition and the Xfce-based AHS (Advanced Hardware Support) edition, offering both systemd and SysVinit flavors for the Xfce and Fluxbox editions.

Trinity Desktop Environment R14.1.5 Released with Support for Debian Trixie

Coming almost six and a half months after Trinity Desktop Environment R14.1.4, the Trinity Desktop Environment R14.1.5 release introduces support for recent GNU/Linux distributions, including Debian 13 “Trixie”, Ubuntu 25.10 (Questing Quokka), openSUSE Leap 16, Fedora Linux 43, and RHEL 10.

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Engicam Showcases Computer Vision AI Kit Based on Renesas RZ/V2H Platform

The TIA RZ/V2H module integrates a Renesas RZ/V2H SoC that combines a quad-core Arm Cortex-A55 running up to 1.8 GHz, dual Cortex-R8 cores for real-time control, and a Cortex-M33 for system management.

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New Release: Tor Browser 15.0.1

This version includes important security updates to Firefox.

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This Week in GNOME: #220 Exemplary Snake

posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Oct 11, 2025

Quoting: #220 Exemplary Snake —

Update on what happened across the GNOME project in the week from October 03 to October 10.

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