DebugPoint Weekly Roundup #22.10: Ubuntu 22.10, Linux 6.1 RC1 and More

Here’s the weekly roundup #22.10 for you across the GNU/Linux and tech world.

Welcome to the DebugPoint Weekly roundup #22.10, where you can find all the happenings from this week, mainly from the Linux and open-source space.

This week, the major update was the Ubuntu 22.10 Kinetic Kudu release and many distro updates. However, app updates were a few comparatively.

Here’s what happened this week.

DebugPoint Weekly Roundup #22.10

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🎯 Spotlight updates from GNU/Linux

• Linux Kernel 6.1 Rc-1 is out the first release candidate with Rust support. [Read more]

• Ubuntu 22.10 Kinetic Kudu is out in the wild, bringing new tech and nine months of support. [Read more]

• Libcamera library support was released for Linux after years of development. [Read more]

• Caliptra announced: An open-source root of trust inside SoC – developed in collaboration with Google, AMD, Microsoft and AMD. [Read more]

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📌 Top Articles this week from DebugPoint

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🖥️ Desktop Environment and Linux Distro

• Ubuntu 22.10 Kinetic Kudu is out with Pipewire, debuginfod and new features. [Read more about the features]

• Kubuntu 22.10 was released with KDE Plasma 5.25. [Read more]

• Lubuntu 22.10 was released with LXQt 1.1.0 [Read more]

• Xubuntu 22.10 was released with Xfce 4.16 [Read more]

• Ubuntu Budgie 22.10 was released with a new Budgie desktop and features. [Read more]

• Ubuntu MATE 22.10 was released with the new MATE desktop 1.26 and additional features from MATE 1.28. [Read more]

• Rolling Rhino Remix is now named “Rhino Linux”, and changes direction. [Read more]
• AntiX 22 Released with new package updates and features. [Read more]

• Xfce 4.18 Wallpaper competition is now LIVE. [Read More]

• KDE Neon is now re-based with Ubuntu 22.04 Jammy Jellyfish. [Read more]

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🔖 Application Updates

• Firefox 106 is released with two-finger gestures for Linux. [Read more]

• FreeFileSync 11.27 is out with mostly bug-fixes. [Read more]

• Qt/GTK-based calculator Qalculate bring new prime number functions with version 4.4.0. [Read more]

😈 BSD Updates

• OpenBSD 7.2 was released with Apple M2 support + More. [Read more]

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💡 Interesting updates across the web

• Year of FreeBSD desktop: A configuration guide. [Read more]

• KDE’s new approach with crash reporting. [Read more]

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Wrapping Up

That’s about this week’s weekly roundup #22.10. Please let me know in the comment box if you know of some exciting news stories we might have missed this week.

See you in the next round-up. Happy weekend.

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