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9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: October 19th, 2025

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digiKam 8.8 Adds Support to Automatically Use Monitor Color Profiles on Wayland

Coming almost four months after digiKam 8.7, the digiKam 8.8 release introduces a new feature that lets users import or export tag hierarchies to and from text files, support for focus point visualization for FujiFilm and Olympus/OM Systems cameras in the Preview module, and support for automatically using monitor color profiles on Wayland.

PeaZip 10.7 Open-Source Archive Manager Introduces an Image Viewer

Highlights of PeaZip 10.7 include a new image viewer component (File manager > View images) that lets users view images and preview images inside archives, supporting features like zoom, immersive mode, rename, delete, and basic navigation, along with support for displaying image thumbnails in the file manager on all platforms.

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HackerBox 0119 Geopositioning Explores GPS and Mapping

HackerBox has released Issue 0119, titled “Geopositioning.” This edition marks ten years of the subscription series and focuses on satellite positioning and mapping through the ESP-WROOM-32 system-on-chip and the Thrifty Yeti Locator (TYL) platform. The kit combines hardware assembly with firmware development in the Arduino IDE to demonstrate GNSS and geolocation principles.

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9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: October 19th, 2025

posted by Marius Nestor on Oct 19, 2025

This week, we got new releases of the Firefox web browser, Tails amnesic incognito live system, Zorin OS distribution, Thunderbird email client, GStreamer multimedia framework, GNOME desktop environment, Calibre e-book manager, PeaZip archive manager, digiKam photo manager, and PipeWire multimedia server.

On top of that, I show you how to easily upgrade your LMDE 6 installations to LMDE 7 and tell you all about the new laptop from TUXEDO Computers. 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 October 19th, 2025.

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Alacritty 0.16 Terminal Emulator Released with Unicode 17 Support: Alacritty 0.16, a GPU-accelerated terminal emulator
Desktop/Laptop: Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS Beta (System76), GNU/Linux Considerations, and "Windows 10 Refugees Flock to GNU/Linux": migrations and move
GNU Web Site Down Due to Heavy Demand or More DDoS by LLM Bots [original]: either unreachable or extremely slow in recent days
digiKam 8.8 Adds Support to Automatically Use Monitor Color Profiles on Wayland: digiKam 8.8 has been released today for this powerful, open-source, free, and cross-platform digital photo management solution that introduces new features and improvements.
GIMP 3.0.6 Is Now Available for Download with Improved Photoshop Brush Support: GIMP 3.0.6 has been released as the latest stable version of this open-source, cross-platform, and free image editing software for GNU/Linux, macOS, and Windows platforms.
This Week in Plasma: Plasma 6.5 is nigh and KDE is 29 years old; help us celebrate!: This week we put the finishing touches on Plasma 6.5
PeaZip 10.7 File Archiver Adds Image Thumbnails on Linux: PeaZip 10.7, an open-source file archiver
Tux Machines Never Deletes Factual Pages [original]: Tux Machines is the victim here
Today in Techrights: Some of the latest articles
I discovered this one Linux feature and it makes Windows look embarrassing: The story began when I was looking for a new app to mirror phone notifications to my desktop
9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: October 19th, 2025: The 262nd installment of the 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup is here for the week ending on October 19th, 2025.
Android Leftovers: 5 upgrades that make the Galaxy S26 Ultra the Android phone to beat in 2026
Node.js 25 Released with V8 14.1, New Permissions: Node.js 25 ships with V8 14.1, faster JSON.stringify
NebiOS is an Ubuntu-based Distro With a Brand New DE Written for Wayland from Ground Up: Exploring a new Ubuntu-based distro
Best Free and Open Source Software: Only free and open source software is eligible for inclusion here
OK153-S: New single-board computer with Linux features both ARM and RISC-V processors: The OK153-S is a new single-board computer that uses two different processor architectures and allows the connection of external sensors and actuators. A variety of ports are also available.
GNU/Linux Leftovers: GNU/Linux picks
Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers: FOSS and more
Open Hardware/Modding: RP2350, Raspberry Pi Pico, and More: Hardware leftovers
BSD and Linux Kernel: ZFS, ZPool, and fsync(): kernel-related leftovers
Programming Leftovers: Development related picks
Games: Pips, Proton Experimental, Steam, and More: gaming picks
KDE: Skrooge, KDE Gardening, and Pixel Perfection (Qml): KDE/Plasma leftovers
today's howtos: many howtos for today
Barry Kauler on Distro Development: Barry Kauler's latest
A Satirical Guide to Surviving the Subscription Economy: Let's choose to be owners
Today in Techrights: Some of the latest articles
Instructionals/Technical Articles and Moving Away From Proprietary Traps: 4 articles from Valnet
Bash Scripting; Terminal vs. Command Line vs. Shell vs. Console: 2 articles from Valnet
Valnet Pieces About Proxmox Management for Personal Use (Mistakes, Backups, and More: 3 articles from Valnet
Moving to Free Software and Self-Hosting of Data: articles from Valnet
Firefox 144 Is Now Available for Download, This Is What’s New: Mozilla has published today the final builds of the Firefox 144 open-source web browser ahead of its official unveiling on October 14th, 2025.
Thunderbird, HackerBox, Internet Archive, and More: some FOSS leftovers
GNU/Linux Leftovers: focus on GNU/Linux
Servers: Kubernetes, Docker, and Talos Linux: Free software at the back end
Security Leftovers: Security links for today
OpenSUSE Leftovers and Outlines: a pair of OpenSUSE posts
GNOME: A GNOME Foundation Update, This Week in GNOME, and Sam Thursfield's Status Update: GNOME news and updates
Programming Leftovers: Development picks for today
Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Fedora Picks, Updates: mostly Fedora
Open Hardware/Modding: Raspberry Pi, Arduino, and More: Hardware leftovers
Databases: PostgreSQL and duckdb: Some DB picks
today's howtos: Instructionals/Technical posts, 4 in total
Running GNU/Linux Applications in Windows and Vice Versa: 3 new stories
Android Leftovers: Android 16 QPR3 Beta 3 Pulled After Users Report Bootloop Issues
Immich 2.1 Released with Better Slideshow Shuffle, New Notifications: Immich 2.1 self-hosted photo and video management solution refines slideshow shuffling
Wine 10.17 Released with Default EGL Renderer and Updated Mono Engine: Wine 10.17 introduces EGL as the default OpenGL renderer
iodéOS – Android operating system free from Google trackers: iodéOS is an Android operating system free from Google trackers
Calibre 8.13 Open-Source E-Book Manager Improves Library Export on Linux: Calibre developer Kovid Koyal released Calibre 8.13 today as the latest stable version of this open-source, cross-platform, and free e-book management software for GNU/Linux, macOS, and Windows.
Best Free and Open Source Software: This is free and open source software
Zorin OS 18 Downloads Skyrocket in the Last 48 Hours: Over 100K users downloaded Zorin OS 18 in 48 hours
Dracut in Ubuntu 25.10: What it is and Why it Matters (or Doesn’t): Ubuntu 25.10 uses Dracut for booting — not that you’d notice
LineageOS – Android-based operating system: LineageOS is a free and open-source operating system for various devices, based on the Android mobile platform
Aeon Desktop – Linux distribution: Aeon is an immutable Linux distribution based on openSUSE
KDE Gardening 2025: The KDE community created in the last decades a lot of interesting projects
BSDs and GNU/Linux: Common Missions [original]: There are bigger problems to deal with
BSDs and GNU/Linux: Learn One, Master the Other [original]: There are mutual benefits
BSDs and GNU/Linux: Not a Licensing Conflict [original]: Stallman does not attack the BSDs or the BSD licence/s
BSD: FreeBSD and OpenBSD Updates: BSD leftovers
Security Leftovers and Windows TCO: Security related leftovers
today's howtos: Instructionals/Technical posts
Games: Capcom Horror Bundle, Kaiju Cleaner Simulator, and More: 10 new stories from gamingonlinux.com
Waddle the Waddle [original]: We've been seeing an uptick in GNU/Linux coverage, partly due to Vista 10 having its plug pulled.
Today in Techrights: Some of the latest articles
Zorin OS 18 is here – This is an excellent Linux distro to leave Windows 10 behind: Today marks the end of Microsoft support for Windows 10 in most places around the world
If you regret not living through the floppy disk era why not try this 3D printed Linux project that uses the cartridges to launch games: "RFIDisk turns RFID tags into physical shortcuts that launch games, apps, or scripts when inserted on a retro-styled 'floppy drive' reader. Think of it as a cross between an RFID scanner and a USB floppy disk drive."