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This week's Linux and FOSS news:

LINUX NEWS

postmarketOS to get renamed, because the system isn't just for devices unsupported by factory OS anymore, devs ask the community for suggestions:
postmarketos.org/blog/2025/03/
(I like how they consider the opinion of the community. Each project/company in the FOSS community should do the same (looking at you, Mozilla...))

Debian 12.10 released with 66 bug fixes and 43 security updates:
9to5linux.com/debian-12-10-boo

Garuda Linux introduces new COSMIC Edition:
9to5linux.com/first-look-garud

Ubuntu 24.04 gets fix for Bluetooth audio connection issues:
omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/03/ubuntu

Ubuntu 25.04 will come with new icons for the Yaru theme:
omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/03/ubuntu

KDE Plasma 6.3.3 released with battery charge threshold support for more devices, Night Light improvements for Intel GPUs, fix for issues like black lock screen on X11, a KWin crash on login, crash after waking from sleep etc.:
9to5linux.com/kde-plasma-6-3-3

KDE Frameworks 6.12 released with background for the navigation bar of Dolphin and Gwenview, support for the kded6 daemon to restart automatically in the background when it crashes, MIME-type icons for Kdenlive project files in the Breeze icon theme, default naming for 7zip files without a name etc.:
9to5linux.com/kde-frameworks-6

LXQt 2.2 will add option to set default compositor and screen locker on the experimental Wayland session, other Wayland improvements, QTerminal updates and more:
9to5linux.com/lxqt-2-2-desktop

Dash to Panel GNOME extension update brings dock mode, new ‘Toggle Single / Spread Multiple’ option and more:
omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/03/dash-t

Mesa 25.1 will replace Nouveau driver with Zink/NVK by default for NVIDIA GPUs:
9to5linux.com/mesa-25-1-to-rep

DXVK 2.6 released with NVIDIA Reflex support for D3D11 games (e.g. God of War, Overwatch 2, and Quake Champions), more robust Vulkan swapchain implementation, support for the ID3D11On12Device1 interop interface, etc:
9to5linux.com/dxvk-2-6-adds-nv

(FOSS news in comment)

postmarketOSpostmarketOS in 2025-02: MSM89x7 Audio, Modern Xiaomis in Community, New Name ForeshadowingAiming for a 10 year life-cycle for smartphones

I'm giving Lubuntu a tryout. I forgot that I ran it on an old Thinkpad R32 back in the LXDE days.

It uses LXQt now and looks pretty nice. There's more polish than with Fedora LXQt and a slightly better app mix.

I like that Lubuntu has a community, a blog and a handbook.

Tomorrow I'll have to see how Snaps work, and I will expect the Google Chrome .deb to shit the bed just like in "full" Ubuntu. Hopefully I can sort that one out.