Full Linux apps on Android, Plasma 6.5, Zorin OS does big numbers

Linux & Open Source News

Oct 25, 2025•29 min•Season 3Ep. 41

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Links:

02:00 Progress on Linux apps running on Android https://www.androidauthority.com/pixel-10-linux-apps-gpu-acceleration-3608754/

04:37 KDE Plasma 6.5 released https://youtu.be/2hf7TtqHVA0 https://zamundaaa.github.io/wayland/2025/10/23/more-kms-offloading.html

07:19 Xubuntu download hacked over the weekend https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/10/xubuntu-website-malware-hack

09:16 Zorin OS 18 gets big download numbers https://linuxiac.com/zorin-os-18-downloads-skyrocket-in-the-last-48-hours/

11:33 Fedora approves AI policy https://linuxiac.com/fedora-opens-the-door-to-ai-tools/

14:21 Ubuntu 25.10 has rust coreutils bugs https://www.phoronix.com/news/Ubuntu-25.10-Broken-Upgrade

16:17 GIMP now has an official Snap https://www.gimp.org/news/2025/10/17/official-snap/

18:13 1Another NTFS Linux driver https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-NTFSPLUS-NTFS-Driver

19:58 OpenAI launches Atlas, their ChatGPT powered browser https://openai.com/index/introducing-chatgpt-atlas/

22:53 Ai browsers pose additional security risks https://www.techradar.com/pro/openais-new-atlas-browser-may-have-some-extremely-concerning-security-issues-experts-warn https://brave.com/blog/unseeable-prompt-injections/

24:38 BBC study finds AI assistants still bad at news summaries https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2025/new-ebu-research-ai-assistants-news-content