The 260th installment of the 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup is here for the week ending on October 5th, 2025, keeping you updated with the most important things happening in the Linux world. If you missed last week’s9to5LinuxWeekly Roundup, catch up with everything GNU/Linux/Open Sourcehere.
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This week, the Raspberry Pi OS was rebased on Debian 13, Ubuntu Touch was rebased on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, the Cinnamon 6.6 desktop environment entered development with new features, Alpine Linux is adopting a /usr-merged file system layout, and Cairo-Dock is back with Wayland and HiDPI support.
On top of that, we got new releases of the GNU Linux-libre kernel, NVIDIA graphics driver, openSUSE Leap, and OpenSSL. 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 5th, 2025.
Hot news of the week
- GNU Linux-libre 6.17 kernel is now available for software freedom lovers
- NVIDIA 580.95.05 driver adds support for YCbCr 4:2:2 display modes over HDMI FRL
- Ubuntu Touch mobile Linux OS is now finally based on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
- openSUSE Leap 16 is now available for download with Linux kernel 6.12 LTS
- OpenSSL 3.6 arrives with LMS signature verification support and more
- Alpine Linux is moving to a /usr-merged file system layout
- Cairo-Dock 3.6 is out with Wayland and HiDPI support, systemd integration
- Raspberry Pi OS is now based on Debian 13 “Trixie” with a fresh new look
- Cinnamon desktop gets improved support for keyboard layouts and input methods
- Latest Steam Client update improves support for DualSense controllers on Linux
Linux distributions released this week
- Bluestar Linux 6.16.10
- KDE neon 20251002
- Garuda Linux 251002 dr460nized
- Garuda Linux 251002 dr460nized-gaming
- Garuda Linux 251002 KDE Lite
- Garuda Linux 251002 GNOME
- Garuda Linux 251002 Xfce
- Garuda Linux 251002 Mokka
- Garuda Linux 251002 Cinnamon
- Garuda Linux 251002 Hyprland
- Garuda Linux 251002 Sway
- Garuda Linux 251002 i3
- Raspberry Pi OS 2025-10-01
- Arch Linux 2025.10.01
- EasyOS 7.0.18
- Proxmox 9.0 Mail Gateway
- openSUSE Leap 16.0
- Tiny Core Linux 16.2
- TUXEDO OS 20250929
- CentOS Stream 10-20250929
Linux apps, drivers, desktops, and kernels released this week
- ImageMagick 7.1.2-4 (GCC)
- ImageMagick 7.1.2-4 (Clang)
- Mozilla Firefox 143.0.4
- KiCad 9.0.5
- Docker 28.5.0
- Linux kernel 6.16.10
- Linux kernel 6.12.50 LTS
- Linux kernel 6.6.109 LTS
- Linux kernel 6.1.155 LTS
- Linux kernel 5.15.194 LTS
- Calibre 8.12
- Mesa 25.2.4
- OpenSSL 3.6
- Chromium 141.0.7390.54
- WordPress 6.8.3
- GNU Octave 10.3.0
- CMake 4.1.2
- NVIDIA 580.95.05
- Qt Creator 17.0.2
- GTK 4.20.2
- Qt 6.9.3
- Mozilla Firefox 143.0.3
- btrfs-progs 6.17
- GnuCash 5.13
- Linux kernel 6.17
Coming up next week
- KDE Gear 25.08.2
- Ubuntu 25.10
- GNOME 49.1
- GNOME 48.6
- …and hopefully many other exciting Linux news and releases!
