The 256th installment of the 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup is here for the week ending on September 7th, 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, we received some exciting news about the first release of KDE’s own distribution, the final release of Linux Mint 22.2, the first point release of Debian 13 “Trixie”, new development releases of GIMP 3.2 and OpenSSL 3.6, an updated NVIDIA graphics driver, as well as a new Arch Linux ISO snapshot and installer update.
We also got new releases of the Mixxx DJ software and Calibre e-book manager. 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 September 7th, 2025.
Hot news of the week
- First Arch Linux ISO powered by Linux kernel 6.16 is now available for download
- New GIMP 3.2 development release brings link layers and vector layers
- OpenSSL 3.6 promises LMS signature verification support, alpha out now
- Arch Linux installer’s LVM (Logical Volume Manager) support is out of beta
- NVIDIA 580.82.07 supports NVIDIA Smooth Motion on GeForce RTX 40 Series GPUs
- Linux Mint 22.2 “Zara” is now available for download with Linux kernel 6.14
- Mixxx 2.5.3 open-source DJ app brings major improvements to the Digital Vinyl System
- GNOME 49 Release Candidate re-enables X11 support by default in GDM
- Calibre 8.10 e-book manager brings improvements to the Kindle MTP driver
- Debian 13.1 “Trixie” is out with 71 bug fixes and 16 security updates
- KDE Linux distribution is now available for download and public testing
Other GNU/Linux news of interest
- openSUSE Leap 15 and Leap Micro 15 support extended until April 30th, 2026
- System76’s COSMIC Beta and Pop!_OS 24.04 Beta land on September 25th
- Raspberry Pi launches its own 1TB SSD for $70 USD
- Mozilla announced the end of 32-bit support for Firefox on Linux in September 2026
Linux distributions released this week
- Debian Edu (Skolelinux) 13.1
- Debian 13.1 KDE Plasma
- Debian 13.1 GNOME
- Debian 13.1 Xfce
- Debian 13.1 Cinnamon
- Debian 13.1 LXQt
- Debian 13.1 LXDE
- Debian 13.1 MATE
- Debian 13.1 Junior
- Debian 13.1 Standard
- Pisi Linux 2.4.2 KDE Plasma
- PCLinuxOS 2025.08 KDE Plasma
- SparkyLinux 8.0.1 KDE Plasma
- SparkyLinux 8.0.1 Xfce
- SparkyLinux 8.0.1 LXQt
- SparkyLinux 8.0.1 MATE
- SparkyLinux 8.0.1 MinimalGUI
- Mabox Linux 25.09
- KDE neon 20250904
- Linux Mint 22.2 Cinnamon
- Linux Mint 22.2 Xfce
- Linux Mint 22.2 MATE
- Garuda Linux 250902 dr460nized
- Garuda Linux 250902 dr460nized gaming
- Garuda Linux 250902 GNOME
- Garuda Linux 250902 Mokka
- Garuda Linux 250902 KDE Lite
- Garuda Linux 250902 Xfce
- Garuda Linux 250902 Cinnamon
- Garuda Linux 250902 Hyprland
- Garuda Linux 250902 Sway
- Garuda Linux 250902 i3
- openmamba GNU/Linux 20250902
- Arch Linux 2025.09.01
- EasyOS 7.0.6
Linux apps, drivers, desktops, and kernels released this week
- HandBrake 1.10.2
- Calibre 8.10
- Snort 3.9.5.0
- Linux kernel 6.16.5
- Linux kernel 6.12.45 LTS
- Linux kernel 6.6.104 LTS
- Linux kernel 6.1.150 LTS
- Linux kernel 5.15.191 LTS
- Linux kernel 5.10.242 LTS
- Linux kernel 5.4.298 LTS
- Docker 28.4.0
- systemd 257.9
- Chromium 140.0.7339.80
- Mesa 25.2.2
- Mixxx 2.5.3
- NVIDIA 580.82.07
- DNF 5.2.17.0
Coming up next week
- KDE Plasma 6.4.5
- KDE Frameworks 6.18
- …and hopefully many other exciting Linux news and releases!
