Fossery Tech :debian: :gnome:<p>This week's Linux and FOSS news:</p><p>LINUX NEWS</p><p>openSUSE considering to drop 32-bit ARM support, announced a survey to ask users whether they still rely on 32-bit ARM hardware support:<br><a href="https://www.phoronix.com/news/openSUSE-Deciding-32-bit-ARM" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">phoronix.com/news/openSUSE-Dec</span><span class="invisible">iding-32-bit-ARM</span></a><br>(I think it's a good thing that at least they ask their users directly, and don't just drop the proposal if there's a strong pushback like what Fedora did.)</p><p>KDE Frameworks 6.16 released with improved recognition of the most powerful GPU, support for showing the newest files first in open/save dialogs, inertial scrolling (a.k.a. kinetic scrolling) for all scrollable views in all QtQuick-based KDE applications when scrolled using a touchpad, etc.:<br><a href="https://9to5linux.com/kde-frameworks-6-16-improves-plasmas-ability-to-detect-the-most-powerful-gpu" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">9to5linux.com/kde-frameworks-6</span><span class="invisible">-16-improves-plasmas-ability-to-detect-the-most-powerful-gpu</span></a></p><p>Ubuntu 24.10 reaches EOL, upgrading to 25.04 is recommended:<br><a href="https://9to5linux.com/ubuntu-24-10-oracular-oriole-reached-end-of-life-upgrade-to-ubuntu-25-04" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">9to5linux.com/ubuntu-24-10-ora</span><span class="invisible">cular-oriole-reached-end-of-life-upgrade-to-ubuntu-25-04</span></a></p><p>Ubuntu 25.10 will ship with a fully functional desktop session on RISC-V:<br><a href="https://9to5linux.com/canonical-plans-for-a-fully-functional-desktop-session-on-risc-v-with-ubuntu-25-10" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">9to5linux.com/canonical-plans-</span><span class="invisible">for-a-fully-functional-desktop-session-on-risc-v-with-ubuntu-25-10</span></a></p><p>Ubuntu changes boot process on Raspberry Pi, to improve system recovery and reliability:<br><a href="https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/07/ubuntu-raspberry-pi-boot-process-change" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/07/ubuntu</span><span class="invisible">-raspberry-pi-boot-process-change</span></a></p><p>Fedora proposal raised to include Zstd-compressed Initrd by default for space savings and faster boot:<br><a href="https://www.phoronix.com/news/Fedora-43-Initrd-Zstd-Compress" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">phoronix.com/news/Fedora-43-In</span><span class="invisible">itrd-Zstd-Compress</span></a></p><p>Parrot OS 6.4 released with Linux kernel 6.12 LTS, new Goshs and ConvoC2 tools, updated hacking tools, Firefox 140 ESR, etc.:<br><a href="https://9to5linux.com/ethical-hacking-distro-parrot-os-6-4-is-out-with-linux-kernel-6-12-lts-new-tools" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">9to5linux.com/ethical-hacking-</span><span class="invisible">distro-parrot-os-6-4-is-out-with-linux-kernel-6-12-lts-new-tools</span></a></p><p>Rhino Linux 2025.3 released with RPK2 package manager, new UBXI KDE Desktop package based on Plasma 6:<br><a href="https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/7/rhino-linux-2025-3-debuts-rpk2-package-manager-and-kde-plasma-6-option/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">alternativeto.net/news/2025/7/</span><span class="invisible">rhino-linux-2025-3-debuts-rpk2-package-manager-and-kde-plasma-6-option/</span></a></p><p>Bottles project faces funding issues, asks for donations:<br><a href="https://news.itsfoss.com/bottles-need-support/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">news.itsfoss.com/bottles-need-</span><span class="invisible">support/</span></a></p><p>Phosh 0.48.0 released with new lockscreen plugin to interact with all running media players that use the MPRIS protocol, Cell Broadcast dialogs enabled by default, bug fixes, GTK4 preps, etc.:<br><a href="https://phosh.mobi/releases/rel-0.48.0/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">phosh.mobi/releases/rel-0.48.0/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>(more Linux and FOSS news in comments)</p><p><a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/WeeklyNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow 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