This Week in Linux
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323: Debian 13, NVIDIA says NO! to Backdoors, OpenSUSE Leap 16 & more Linux news
23 minutes Posted Aug 9, 2025 at 6:00 pm.
Intro
Debian 13 Trixie Released (maybe)
NVIDIA says NO! to Backdoors and Kill Switches
OpenSUSE Leap 16.0 reaches RC status
Sandfly Security, agentless Linux security [ad]
Automotive Industry wants Open Source Collaboration
Flameshot 13 released
Tuba v0.10.0 released
Humble Bundles
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This week in Linux, there's some big distro news because we got a brand new version of Debian, probably, and openSUSE Leap 16 just hit release candidate status. We've also got some cool news from Nvidia including their stance against adding backdoors to their hardware. Plus, we've got new app releases from the Mastodon client Tuba and the awesome screenshot tool Flameshot. 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. Now let's jump right into Your Source for Linux GNews!
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Debian 13 Trixie Released (maybe)
https://www.debian.org
https://www.debian.org/releases/trixie/release-notes.en.pdf
https://www.phoronix.com/review/debian-13-benchmarks
NVIDIA says NO! to Backdoors and Kill Switches
https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/no-backdoors-no-kill-switches-no-spyware/
https://docs.nvidia.com/cuda/cuda-toolkit-release-notes/index.html
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/nvidia-are-working-on-a-general-optimization-for-vkd3d-directx12-games-on-linux/
OpenSUSE Leap 16.0 reaches RC status
https://news.opensuse.org/2025/08/04/leap-16-rc/
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/opensuse-leap-16-0-will-need-steam-gamers-to-install-some-extras-due-to-no-32-bit/
https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/07/opensuse_leap_16_reaches_rc/
Sandfly Security, agentless Linux security [ad]
https://thisweekinlinux.com/sandfly
Automotive Industry wants Open Source Collaboration
https://www.electrive.com/2025/06/25/automotive-industry-launches-alliance-for-software-development/
https://www.sovereign.tech/tech
https://www.opendesk.eu/en
https://opencode.de/en
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44370494
https://www.vda.de/en/press/press-releases/2025/250624_PM_Automotive_industry_signs_Memorandum_of_Understanding
Flameshot 13 released
https://flameshot.org/
https://github.com/flameshot-org/flameshot/releases/tag/v13.0.0
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/08/flameshot-13
Tuba v0.10.0 released
https://tuba.geopjr.dev/
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/08/tuba-0-10-mastodon-client-linux-new-features
Humble Bundles
WB Games = https://humblebundleinc.sjv.io/09K6DE
Co-Op = https://humblebundleinc.sjv.io/3J0K3k
Other Bundles = https://humblebundleinc.sjv.io/4Gn7Yr