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Last week's Linux and FOSS news:

LINUX NEWS

Debian 13 "Trixie" released with Linux kernel 6.12 LTS, RISC-V 64-bit support, APT 3.0, HTTP Boot support, 2k38 issue resolved, run0 included, and more:
9to5linux.com/debian-13-trixie

Debian 14 will bring LoongArch CPU support:
phoronix.com/news/Debian-14-Lo

Linux Mint 22.2 "Zara" available for public beta testing, with HWE (Hardware Enablement) kernel, fingerprint authentication support with Figwit, theme updates, Ubuntu 24.04.3 base, Linux kernel 6.14:
9to5linux.com/linux-mint-22-2-

Tails 7.0 available for testing, with Debian 13 base, GNOME 48, obsolete Network Connection option removed from the Welcome Screen, some packages removed from the ISO, updated packages, bug fixes:
9to5linux.com/tails-7-0-now-av

openSUSE Leap 16.0 enters RC phase, with new installer, Wayland session for Xfce, YaST components replaced by Myrlyn, SELinux instead of AppArmor, new repository structure, 32-bit binary execution support removed from default install (can be added back manually):
phoronix.com/news/openSUSE-Lea

AlmaLinux 9 and 10 get native NVIDIA GPU support:
news.itsfoss.com/almalinux-nat

GNOME Shell 49 beta available with restart/shutdown options and media controls on lock screen:
phoronix.com/news/GNOME-Shell-
phoronix.com/news/GNOME-Shell-

GNOME Mutter 49 beta available with pointer warp protocol, snippet caching support added back, fixed drag-n-drop for X11 clients using a tablet stylus, Wayland improvements, bug fixes:
phoronix.com/news/GNOME-Mutter

KDE Frameworks 6.17 released with performance improvements for QtQuick-based programs (System Settings, Discover, Spectacle), KRunner taking frequency of use into account in search results, various bug fixes, accessibility improvements:
9to5linux.com/kde-frameworks-6

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Mutter / GNOME Shell 48 is a great opportunity to clean up all those old performance bug reports now.
I spent 4 hours this morning to review and close 18 tickets likely to be solved by the dynamic triple buffering and other fixes from the last 2 years: gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-s

There's roughly a dozen more that I marked as needinfo, and that I'd close in a month if they are not proven to occur on GNOME 48.

GitLabIssues · GNOME / gnome-shell · GitLabWelcome to GNOME GitLab

Is there a way in GNOME 48 to display all registered global hotkeys? Just yesterday, I upgraded to Fedora Workstation 42. Today, I started Vivaldi the first time after the upgrade and got "spammed" with 4 windows asking for global hotkeys (interestingly with the generic app icon and no helpful window title).

I thought, I'd find the global hotkeys in the settings app but … 🤷

Edit: I should add that this is about the global hotkeys desktop portal.