9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: October 16th, 2022

The 107th installment of the 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup is here for the week ending on October 16th, 2022, keeping you guys up to date with the most important things happening in the Linux world. If you missed last week’s 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup, catch up with all the things here.

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This week was all about software releases as VirtualBox 7.0 arrived with major changes, followed by the KDE Plasma 5.26 desktop environment, which is already hitting the stable repositories of popular distributions, as well as Ardour 7.0 digital audio workstation with its awesome new features for music production.

On top of that, we got new maintenance updates of the KDE Gear 22.08 software suite and LibreOffice 7.4 office suite, a new feature-branch NVIDIA graphics driver, and new kernel security vulnerabilities for Ubuntu users.

Last but not least, the upcoming Linux 6.1 kernel saw its first Release Candidate and Blender 3.4 promises native Wayland support on Linux. Below, you can enjoy these and much more in 9to5Linux’s Linux weekly roundup for October 16th, 2022.

Hot news of the week

• VirtualBox 7.0 arrives with DXVK and Secure Boot support, full encryption, and more
• New Ubuntu Linux kernel security updates fix 16 vulnerabilities
• KDE Plasma 5.26 is here with a new UI for smart TVs, improved Wayland support, and more
• Blender 3.4 3D graphics software promises native Wayland support on Linux
• NVIDIA 520.56.06 graphics driver brings support for OTA updates in Proton and Wine
• KDE Gear 22.08.2 adds 7-Zip and Samba 4.16 or later compatibility, many bug fixes
• LibreOffice 7.4.2 office suite is now available for download with 80 bug fixes
• Juno Computers unveils a Linux tablet powered by Mobian Linux and KDE Plasma Mobile
• KDE Plasma 5.24.7 LTS improves support for Flatpak apps, Plasma Wayland, and more
• Ardour 7.0 open-source DAW is here with clip launching & sequencing, loop libraries
• Linus Torvalds announces first Linux kernel 6.1 Release Candidate

Linux distributions released this week

• Void Linux 20221001 Xfce
• Pisi Linux 2.3.1
• ArchLabs 2022.10.15
• Bluestar Linux 6.0.1
• Kodachi Linux 8.26
• openmamba 20221012
• MakuluLinux 2022-10-05

Linux apps, drivers, desktops, and kernels released this week

• Linux kernel 6.0.2
• Linux kernel 5.19.16
• Linux kernel 5.15.74 LTS
• Linux kernel 5.10.148 LTS
• Linux kernel 5.4.218 LTS
• Calibre 6.7
• Docker 20.10.19
• man-pages 6.00
• GnuPG 2.3.8
• zlib 1.2.13
• PostgreSQL 15.0
• Tor Browser 11.5.4
• GStreamer 1.20.4
• NVIDIA 520.56.06
• Mozilla Thunderbird 102.3.3
• Chromium 106.0.5249.119
• Mesa 22.2.1
• VueScan 9.7.94
• OpenSSL 3.0.6
• OpenSSL 1.1.1r
• Python 3.10.8
• VirtualBox 7.0

Coming up next week

• First KDE Plasma 5.26 point release
• Firefox 106
• …and hopefully many other exciting Linux news and releases!

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