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323: Debian 13, NVIDIA says NO! to Backdoors, OpenSUSE Leap 16 & more Linux news

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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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Chapters:

00:00 Intro

01:06 Debian 13 Trixie Released (maybe)
04:12 NVIDIA says NO! to Backdoors and Kill Switches
07:49 OpenSUSE Leap 16.0 reaches RC status
10:32 Sandfly Security, agentless Linux security [ad]
12:57 Automotive Industry wants Open Source Collaboration
15:38 Flameshot 13 released
18:43 Tuba v0.10.0 released
20:46 Humble Bundles
22:37 Outro

Links:
  • 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
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