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This week in Linux, we have some interesting distro news from CachyOS & Chrome OS. We've also got new releases from the open source 3d rendering powerhouse Blender & the popular dynamic tiling wayland compositor Hyprland. Then, Plasma Bigscreen is back on the air from KDE. 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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### Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:43 CachyOS July 2025 Release
03:41 Hyprland 0.50 Released
05:50 Blender 4.5 LTS Released
08:31 Lossless Scaling's Frame Generation for Linux
10:42 Sandfly Security, agentless Linux security [ad]
12:42 OCCT for Linux
13:38 Chrome OS is Apparently Merging with Android
15:11 Plasma Bigscreen is Back on Air
17:08 Outro

SHOW NOTES ►► https://thisweekinlinux.com/320

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### Links:
- CachyOS July 2025 Release
- https://cachyos.org/blog/2507-july-release/
- Hyprland 0.50 Released
- https://hypr.land/news/update50/
- Blender 4.5 LTS Released
- https://www.blender.org/download/releases/4-5/
- https://developer.blender.org/docs/release_notes/4.5/eevee/#vulkan
- https://www.blender.org/
- https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/07/blender-4-5-lts-vulkan-support
- Lossless Scaling's Frame Generation for Linux
- https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/lsfg-vk-aims-to-bring-lossless-scalings-frame-generation-to-linux/
- https://www.pcguide.com/news/lossless-scaling-frame-gen-on-linux-gets-some-help-from-the-original-dev-next-3-steps-outlined-by-creator/
- https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/lossless-scalings-frame-generation-for-linux-gets-upgraded-to-the-latest-v3-1/
- https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/lossless-scaling-frame-gen-gets-a-decky-loader-steam-deck-plugin-but-theres-drama/
- Sandfly Security, agentless Linux security [ad]
- https://thisweekinlinux.com/sandfly
- OCCT for Linux
- https://www.ocbase.com/
- https://www.ocbase.com/news/occt-available-on-steam
- https://www.ocbase.com/news/occt-v14-vulkan
- https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/06/stress-testing-toolkit-occt-arrives-on-steam-with-linux-and-steam-deck-support/
- https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/stress-testing-app-occt-switches-to-vulkan-by-default-dropping-directx/
- Chrome OS is Apparently Merging with Android
- https://www.techradar.com/phones/android/i-think-you-see-the-future-first-on-android-googles-android-leader-sameer-samat
- https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/07/is-chrome-os-merging-with-android
- https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/07/googles-android-head-confirms-chrome-os-and-android-are-merging/
- Plasma Bigscreen is Back on Air
- https://plasma-bigscreen.org/
- https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/07/plasma-bigscreen-revival-kde-tv
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