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9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: February 2nd, 2025

posted by Marius Nestor on Feb 03, 2025

This week we got news about a new Mozilla Thunderbird release, an updated Meerkat mini Linux PC from System76, the beta version of the upcoming NVIDIA 570 graphics driver, as well as new ISO releases of KaOS Linux, Nitrux, CachyOS, ParrotOS, and GParted Live.

On top of that, I take a look at the new features and enhancements in the upcoming Linux 6.14 kernel series. Below, you can check out this week’s hottest news and access all the distro and package downloads released this past week in the 9to5Linux weekly roundup for February 2nd, 2025.

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IPFire Hardened Linux Firewall Distro Is Now Powered by Linux Kernel 6.12 LTS: IPFire 2.29 Core Update 192 open-source hardened Linux firewall has been released today, and it’s now available for download, with Linux kernel 6.12 LTS and other interesting changes.
LXQt 2.2 Desktop Promises Many Wayland Improvements, QTerminal Updates: The developers of the lightweight LXQt desktop environment have showcased some of the major changes coming to the LXQt 2.2 release, which is due in mid-April.
KDE Plasma 6.3.3 Implements Battery Charge Threshold Support for More Devices: The KDE Project released today KDE Plasma 6.3.3 as the third maintenance update to the latest KDE Plasma 6.3 desktop environment series to address more of those pesky issues and also add some enhancements.
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Expanding Open-Source Support for MediaTek’s Genio IoT Platforms with Collabora: The first major results of this collaboration have been integrated into the Linux 6.14 kernel
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Kali laid bare: the most famous Linux hacking distro of all time: Talking to the people behind Kali Linux
Navidrome 0.55 Music Server & Streamer Brings Major Overhaul: Navidrome 0.55 music server & streamer released with enhancements to file management
Garuda Linux “Broadwing” Released with New Mokka Edition, New Welcome App: Garuda Linux “Broadwing” is out today as the latest snapshot of this Arch Linux-based distro that promises to deliver a powerful, beautiful, and user-centric Linux desktop experience.
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