Fossery Tech :debian: :gnome:<p>This week's Linux and FOSS news:</p><p>LINUX NEWS</p><p>SteamOS becomes available on handhelds other than Steam Deck, including Lenovo Legion Go S:<br><a href="https://news.itsfoss.com/steamos-rolling-out/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">news.itsfoss.com/steamos-rolli</span><span class="invisible">ng-out/</span></a></p><p>Budgie 10.10 will be Wayland-only, planned for first quarter of 2025:<br><a href="https://9to5linux.com/budgie-10-10-desktop-will-be-wayland-only-as-work-continues-on-budgie-11" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">9to5linux.com/budgie-10-10-des</span><span class="invisible">ktop-will-be-wayland-only-as-work-continues-on-budgie-11</span></a></p><p>COSMIC Alpha 5 released with new media player, enhanced Alt+Tab, improved Variable Refresh Rate handling, new Users page in Settings etc.:<br><a href="https://ostechnix.com/cosmic-alpha-5-released/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ostechnix.com/cosmic-alpha-5-r</span><span class="invisible">eleased/</span></a></p><p>KDE Plasma 6.3 is available for beta testing, with ability to clone a panel, set keyboard shortcuts to move windows between Custom Tiling tile zones, support for remembering the active virtual desktop per activity etc.:<br><a href="https://9to5linux.com/kde-plasma-6-3-is-now-available-for-public-beta-testing-heres-whats-new" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">9to5linux.com/kde-plasma-6-3-i</span><span class="invisible">s-now-available-for-public-beta-testing-heres-whats-new</span></a></p><p>KDE Frameworks 6.10 released with support for converting between "rack units" in KRunner, new Breeze open-link icon, new icons for the PCManFM-Qt file manager etc.:<br><a href="https://9to5linux.com/kde-frameworks-6-10-adds-support-for-converting-between-rack-units-in-krunner" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">9to5linux.com/kde-frameworks-6</span><span class="invisible">-10-adds-support-for-converting-between-rack-units-in-krunner</span></a></p><p>Flatpak 1.16 released USB device listing, support for KDE search completion, support for compiling Flatpak using Meson instead of Autotools, support for creating a private Wayland socket with the “security context” extension to allow the compositor to identify connections from sandboxed apps as belonging to the sandbox etc.:<br><a href="https://9to5linux.com/flatpak-1-16-linux-app-sandboxing-and-distribution-framework-officially-released" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">9to5linux.com/flatpak-1-16-lin</span><span class="invisible">ux-app-sandboxing-and-distribution-framework-officially-released</span></a></p><p>Slackware-based distro Absolute Linux gets discontinued due to rising expenses and lack of time of lead dev:<br><a href="https://news.itsfoss.com/absolute-linux-discontinued/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">news.itsfoss.com/absolute-linu</span><span class="invisible">x-discontinued/</span></a></p><p>Debian 12.9 released with 72 bug fixes and 38 security updates:<br><a href="https://9to5linux.com/debian-12-9-bookworm-arrives-with-72-bug-fixes-and-38-security-updates" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">9to5linux.com/debian-12-9-book</span><span class="invisible">worm-arrives-with-72-bug-fixes-and-38-security-updates</span></a></p><p>Tails 6.11 released with important security fixes, detection of partitioning errors when running Tails from a USB flash drive:<br><a href="https://9to5linux.com/tails-6-11-anonymous-linux-os-released-with-critical-security-fixes-and-new-features" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">9to5linux.com/tails-6-11-anony</span><span class="invisible">mous-linux-os-released-with-critical-security-fixes-and-new-features</span></a></p><p>(FOSS news in reply)</p><p><a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/WeeklyNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeeklyNews</span></a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/FOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FOSS</span></a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/Linux" 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