Fossery Tech :debian: :gnome:<p>This week's Linux and FOSS news:</p><p>LINUX NEWS</p><p>Ubuntu 24.10 will reach EOL on July 10, upgrading to 25.04 is recommended:<br><a href="https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/06/ubuntu-24-10-oracular-oriole-eol-july-2025" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/06/ubuntu</span><span class="invisible">-24-10-oracular-oriole-eol-july-2025</span></a></p><p>Ubuntu 25.10 (shipping GNOME 49) will remove GNOME X11 session:<br><a href="https://9to5linux.com/ubuntu-25-10-questing-quokka-to-remove-the-gnome-on-xorg-x11-session" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">9to5linux.com/ubuntu-25-10-que</span><span class="invisible">sting-quokka-to-remove-the-gnome-on-xorg-x11-session</span></a></p><p>Linux Mint 20 reached EOL, upgrading to 22 is recommended:<br><a href="https://news.itsfoss.com/linux-mint-20-eol/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">news.itsfoss.com/linux-mint-20</span><span class="invisible">-eol/</span></a></p><p>Linux Mint 22.2 adds out-of-the-box fingerprint authentication support with Fingwit app:<br><a href="https://9to5linux.com/linux-mint-22-2-will-feature-fingerprint-authentication-with-fingwit-app" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">9to5linux.com/linux-mint-22-2-</span><span class="invisible">will-feature-fingerprint-authentication-with-fingwit-app</span></a></p><p>Nitrux drops the Plasma-based NX desktop for Hyprland, due to the discontinuation of Plasma LTS released:<br><a href="https://9to5linux.com/nitrux-linux-drops-its-kde-plasma-based-nx-desktop-for-hyprland" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">9to5linux.com/nitrux-linux-dro</span><span class="invisible">ps-its-kde-plasma-based-nx-desktop-for-hyprland</span></a><br>(It's a bit weird choice that they ditched a full DE for a standalone compositor, which is tiling in fact, and requires editing some config files manually, not sure if DE users want that.)</p><p>Kali Linux 2025.2 released with revamped Kali Menu, GNOME 48, KDE Plasma 8.3, 13 new tools (including Azurehound, binwalk3, bloodhound-ce-python etc.):<br><a href="https://9to5linux.com/kali-linux-2025-2-released-with-revamped-kali-menu-13-new-hacking-tools" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">9to5linux.com/kali-linux-2025-</span><span class="invisible">2-released-with-revamped-kali-menu-13-new-hacking-tools</span></a></p><p>GNOME 49 Alpha 0 available with preparations for disabling X11 by default:<br><a href="https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNOME-49-Alpha-0-Packages" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">phoronix.com/news/GNOME-49-Alp</span><span class="invisible">ha-0-Packages</span></a></p><p>Sway 1.11 released with explicit sync support, support for the ext-image-copy-capture-v1 and ext-image-capture-source-v1 protocols for improved screen capture, support for the alpha-modifier-v1 protocol for setting an alpha multiplier for a surface, etc.:<br><a href="https://9to5linux.com/sway-1-11-tiling-wayland-compositor-adds-support-for-explicit-synchronization" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">9to5linux.com/sway-1-11-tiling</span><span class="invisible">-wayland-compositor-adds-support-for-explicit-synchronization</span></a></p><p>(More Linux and FOSS news in comments)</p><p><a 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