This week's Linux and FOSS news:
LINUX NEWS
SteamOS becomes available on handhelds other than Steam Deck, including Lenovo Legion Go S:
https://news.itsfoss.com/steamos-rolling-out/
Budgie 10.10 will be Wayland-only, planned for first quarter of 2025:
https://9to5linux.com/budgie-10-10-desktop-will-be-wayland-only-as-work-continues-on-budgie-11
COSMIC Alpha 5 released with new media player, enhanced Alt+Tab, improved Variable Refresh Rate handling, new Users page in Settings etc.:
https://ostechnix.com/cosmic-alpha-5-released/
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.:
https://9to5linux.com/kde-plasma-6-3-is-now-available-for-public-beta-testing-heres-whats-new
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.:
https://9to5linux.com/kde-frameworks-6-10-adds-support-for-converting-between-rack-units-in-krunner
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.:
https://9to5linux.com/flatpak-1-16-linux-app-sandboxing-and-distribution-framework-officially-released
Slackware-based distro Absolute Linux gets discontinued due to rising expenses and lack of time of lead dev:
https://news.itsfoss.com/absolute-linux-discontinued/
Debian 12.9 released with 72 bug fixes and 38 security updates:
https://9to5linux.com/debian-12-9-bookworm-arrives-with-72-bug-fixes-and-38-security-updates
Tails 6.11 released with important security fixes, detection of partitioning errors when running Tails from a USB flash drive:
https://9to5linux.com/tails-6-11-anonymous-linux-os-released-with-critical-security-fixes-and-new-features
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