311: Nobara 42 released, Steam Data Breach?, openSUSE drops Deepin, KDE Plasma 6.4 Beta & more Linux news
May 17, 2025•47 min
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This week in Linux, we have a ton of news. In fact, sometimes I have to push stuff off a week, but we're going to do something a little different. We're going to do a bunch of extra topics. We're going to start off with Nobara 42 release. We also have a beta release of KDE Plasma's next version with Plasma 6.4. Then we have some stuff to talk about related to the Deepin desktop and OpenSUSE. And also we have some news for the installer for Arch Linux, as well as a bunch of other things, including whether or not Steam had a data breach. All of this and more on This Week in Linux, the weekly news show that keeps you up to date with what's going on in the Linux and Open Source world. So let's jump right into Your Source for Linux GNews.
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Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:58 Nobara 42 Released
03:56 Housekeeping
05:38 KDE Plasma 6.4 Beta
12:15 Removal of Deepin Desktop from openSUSE
16:15 Arch Linux Installer Adds Labwc & Niri Wayland Compositor Options
19:13 Sandfly Security, agentless Linux security
21:52 Steam Data Breach and Valve's Response
26:03 Steam Deck gets a Battery Charge Limit control in the in the latest Beta
28:19 SteamOS Compatibility Rating System
31:42 Podman 5.5 Released
35:42 10 Years of the Rust Language
38:12 Kdenlive 25.04 Video Editor Released
41:40 Shotcut 25.05 Video Editor Released
45:06 Outro
Links:
Nobara 42
https://nobaraproject.org/2025/05/13/may-132025/ (https://nobaraproject.org/2025/05/13/may-132025/)
KDE Plasma 6.4 Beta
https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.3.90/ (https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.3.90/)
https://kde.org/announcements/changelogs/plasma/6/6.3.5-6.3.90 (https://kde.org/announcements/changelogs/plasma/6/6.3.5-6.3.90)
Removal of Deepin Desktop from openSUSE
https://security.opensuse.org/2025/05/07/deepin-desktop-removal.html (https://security.opensuse.org/2025/05/07/deepin-desktop-removal.html)
Arch Linux Installer Adds Labwc & Niri Wayland Compositor Options
https://github.com/archlinux/archinstall/releases/tag/3.0.5 (https://github.com/archlinux/archinstall/releases/tag/3.0.5)
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Archinstall-3.0.5-Released (https://www.phoronix.com/news/Archinstall-3.0.5-Released)
Sandfly Security
https://thisweekinlinux.com/sandfly (https://thisweekinlinux.com/sandfly)
Steam Data Breach and Valve's Response
https://steamcommunity.com/games/593110/announcements/detail/533224478739530146 (https://steamcommunity.com/games/593110/announcements/detail/533224478739530146)
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/05/heres-a-statement-from-valve-on-the-reported-steam-data-breach/ (https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/05/heres-a-statement-from-valve-on-the-reported-steam-data-breach/)
Steam Deck Beta gets a Battery Charge Limit control
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1675200/view/529845510803030569 (https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1675200/view/529845510803030569)
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/05/steam-deck-gets-a-battery-charge-limit-control-in-the-latest-beta/ (https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/05/steam-deck-gets-a-battery-charge-limit-control-in-the-latest-beta/)
SteamOS Compatibility Rating System
https://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamworks/announcements/detail/532097310616717411 (https://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamworks/announcements/detail/532097310616717411)
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/05/valve-announce-steamos-compatibility-ratings-an-extension-of-steam-deck-verified-for-more-devices/ (https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/05/valve-announce-steamos-compatibility-ratings-an-extension-of-steam-deck-verified-for-more-devices/)
Podman 5.5
https://podman.io/ (https://podman.io/)
https://github.com/containers/podman/releases/tag/v5.5.0 (https://github.com/containers/podman/releases/tag/v5.5.0)
10 Years of the Rust Language
https://blog.rust-lang.org/2025/05/15/Rust-1.87.0/ (https://blog.rust-lang.org/2025/05/15/Rust-1.87.0/)
Kdenlive 25.04
https://kdenlive.org/news/releases/25.04.0/ (https://kdenlive.org/news/releases/25.04.0/)
Shotcut 25.05
https://www.shotcut.org/blog/new-release-250511/ (https://www.shotcut.org/blog/new-release-250511/)
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