Fedora 42, Manjaro Immutable, Arco Linux shuts down

Linux & Open Source News

Apr 19, 2025•25 min•Season 3Ep. 15

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02:03 Fedora 42 has been released https://fedoramagazine.org/whats-new-fedora-workstation-42/ https://fedoramagazine.org/new-in-fedora-running-x86-programs-on-arm-systems/

04:37 Manjaro Immutable has an alpha https://forum.manjaro.org/t/manjaro-summit-public-alpha-now-available/176995

07:12 ArcoLinux shuts down https://www.arcolinux.info/a-farewell-to-the-arcolinux-university/

09:13 Ubuntu 25.04 is out https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/plucky-puffin-release-notes/48687

10:53 GNOME Foundation posts an update https://blogs.gnome.org/aday/2025/04/14/gnome-foundation-update-april-2025/

13:32 Nitrux builds an AppImage central repo https://nxos.org/news/introducing-nx-apphub-cli-app-management-for-nitrux/

16:09 KDE Gear 25.04 brings many updates to KDE apps https://kde.org/announcements/gear/25.04.0/

18:17 LXQT 2.2 is out https://linuxiac.com/lxqt-2-2-released-with-enhanced-wayland-support/

19:45 New Nvidia drivers add frame gen for every game https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/drivers/details/243334/ https://www.dsogaming.com/articles/weve-tried-nvidia-smooth-motion-here-are-our-thoughts/#gid=1&pid=10

21:46 Google abused their monopoly on ad technology https://apnews.com/article/google-illegal-monopoly-advertising-search-a1e4446c4870903ed05c03a2a03b581e https://www.techradar.com/pro/google-found-guilty-of-having-illegal-ad-tech-monopolies-now-faces-possible-breakup