LibreOffice 25.8, 7 Years of Proton, CachyOS gets #1 on DistroWatch, & more Linux news
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This week in Linux, we've got a bunch of new releases from the super popular open source office suite LibreOffice to a couple releases from Mozilla and one of the best open source video editors has a new release with Kdenlive. We're also going to take a look back at seven years of Proton as we celebrate the current state of Linux gaming. Plus, CachyOS is currently on the rise as they just took the number one spot on DistroWatch. We'll talk about what that means and what it doesn't. 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. And we are so close to 100,000 subscribers for the channel. If you haven't subscribed yet, please do. Now, let's jump right into Your Source for Linux GNews.
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### Chapters:
00:00 Intro
01:06 LibreOffice 25.8
03:45 7 Years of Proton
06:24 CachyOS becomes #1 on DistroWatch
09:34 Sandfly Security, agentless Linux security
12:01 Firefox 142
14:03 Thunderbird 142
17:24 LibreELEC 12.2
18:51 OSMC August 2025 Update
20:49 Kdenlive 25.08
22:49 Humble Bundle Summer Sale
24:06 Arch’s AUR Battles DDoS Attacks and Malware
27:08 Outro
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### Links:
- LibreOffice 25.8
- https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/08/20/libreoffice-25-8/
- https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/25.8
- 7 Years of Proton
- https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/7-years-later-valves-proton-has-been-an-incredible-game-changer-for-linux/
- CachyOS becomes #1 on DistroWatch
- https://distrowatch.com/
- https://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=popularity
- https://cachyos.org/
- Sandfly Security, agentless Linux security
- https://thisweekinlinux.com/sandfly
- Firefox 142
- https://www.firefox.com/en-US/firefox/142.0/releasenotes/
- Thunderbird 142
- https://blog.thunderbird.net/2025/08/tbpro-august-2025-update/
- https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/142.0/releasenotes/
- LibreELEC 12.2
- https://libreelec.tv/2025/08/15/libreelec-omega-12-2-0/
- OSMC August 2025 Update
- https://osmc.tv/2025/08/osmcs-august-update-is-here-4/
- Kdenlive 25.08
- https://kdenlive.org/news/releases/25.08.0/
- Humble Bundle Summer Sale
- https://humblebundleinc.sjv.io/19353m
- Arch’s AUR Battles DDoS Attacks and Malware
- https://fossforce.com/2025/08/archs-aur-battles-ddos-attacks-and-persistent-malware-all-summer-so-far
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