Fossery Tech :debian: :gnome:<p>This week's Linux and FOSS news:</p><p>LINUX NEWS</p><p>Debian 13 final freeze set for 27 July, official release for 9 August:<br><a href="https://www.phoronix.com/news/Debian-13.0-Release-Date-Aug-9" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">phoronix.com/news/Debian-13.0-</span><span class="invisible">Release-Date-Aug-9</span></a></p><p>KDE Plasma 6.4.3 released with improved automatic screen scale calculator on Wayland, accessibility improvements, bug fixes:<br><a href="https://9to5linux.com/kde-plasma-6-4-3-improves-the-automatic-screen-scale-calculator-on-wayland" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">9to5linux.com/kde-plasma-6-4-3</span><span class="invisible">-improves-the-automatic-screen-scale-calculator-on-wayland</span></a></p><p>KDE Plasma 6.5 will include rounded bottom corners for windows:<br><a href="https://www.phoronix.com/news/KDE-Rounded-Bottom-Corners" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">phoronix.com/news/KDE-Rounded-</span><span class="invisible">Bottom-Corners</span></a><br>(Rounded corners are everywhere. You can't escape them lol)</p><p>Plasma Bigscreen sees active development again, thanks to Plasma Mobile contributor Espi:<br><a href="https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/07/plasma-bigscreen-revival-kde-tv" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/07/plasma</span><span class="invisible">-bigscreen-revival-kde-tv</span></a></p><p>Clear Linux OS shutting down due to financial issues of Intel:<br><a href="https://community.clearlinux.org/t/all-good-things-come-to-an-end-shutting-down-clear-linux-os/10716" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">community.clearlinux.org/t/all</span><span class="invisible">-good-things-come-to-an-end-shutting-down-clear-linux-os/10716</span></a><br>("Rest assured that Intel remains deeply invested in the Linux ecosystem, actively supporting and contributing to various open-source projects and Linux distributions to enable and optimize for Intel hardware." Shutting down Clear Linux OS isn't the only thing affecting Linux though. See next linked article.)</p><p>Intel WMI Slim Bootloader "SBL" firmware update driver for Linux being orphaned due to departures:<br><a href="https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-SLM-Driver-Orphaned" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">phoronix.com/news/Intel-SLM-Dr</span><span class="invisible">iver-Orphaned</span></a></p><p>Linux Mint monthly report: Linux Mint 22.2 planned with HWE kernel, fingerprint authentication, theme updates, accent color support, improved libAdwaita compatibility, improved Wayland support; LMDE 7 planned with Debian 13 base, OEM support; blog comment moderation made more strict to eliminate politics:<br><a href="https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4860" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4860</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>Hyprland 0.50 released with new render scheduling, legacy renderer dropped, explicit sync support always used by default, "no screenshare" option to black out any window during screen-sharing:<br><a href="https://www.phoronix.com/news/Hyprland-0.50-Released" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">phoronix.com/news/Hyprland-0.5</span><span class="invisible">0-Released</span></a></p><p>Slackware turns 32:<br><a href="https://ostechnix.com/celebrating-slackware-linux-32nd-anniversary/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ostechnix.com/celebrating-slac</span><span class="invisible">kware-linux-32nd-anniversary/</span></a></p><p>(more Linux and FOSS news in comments)</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/News" 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