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This week in Linux, we have another jam packed episode of TWIL. Red Hat announced No-Cost RHEL for business developers, MIPS has been acquired, the Bazzite team have a brand new app store, and we have new releases from Thunderbird, OBS Studio, Bash and more! 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
00:36 Red Hat Announces No-Cost RHEL For Business Developers
03:42 GlobalFoundries acquires MIPS
05:33 Bazzite gets new app-store & devices
09:34 Sandfly Security, agentless Linux security
11:38 OBS Studio 31.1 Released
14:30 Mozilla VPN Linux App is Now Available on Flathub
18:04 Thunderbird 140 Released
21:06 Bash 5.3 Released
22:03 Outro
Links:
Red Hat Announces No-Cost RHEL For Business Developers
https://www.redhat.com/en/about/press-releases/red-hat-introduces-red-hat-enterprise-linux-business-developers-aligning-application-development-production-consistency (https://www.redhat.com/en/about/press-releases/red-hat-introduces-red-hat-enterprise-linux-business-developers-aligning-application-development-production-consistency)
GlobalFoundries acquires MIPS
https://mips.com/blog/mips-and-globalfoundries-powering-the-next-wave-of-physical-ai/ (https://mips.com/blog/mips-and-globalfoundries-powering-the-next-wave-of-physical-ai/)
https://gf.com/gf-press-release/globalfoundries-to-acquire-mips-to-accelerate-ai-and-compute-capabilities/ (https://gf.com/gf-press-release/globalfoundries-to-acquire-mips-to-accelerate-ai-and-compute-capabilities/)
Bazzite gets new app-store & devices
https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/bazzite-july-2025-update-bazaar-z13-kernel-6-15-steam-hardware-survey/9501 (https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/bazzite-july-2025-update-bazaar-z13-kernel-6-15-steam-hardware-survey/9501)
Sandfly Security, agentless Linux security
https://thisweekinlinux.com/sandfly (https://thisweekinlinux.com/sandfly)
OBS Studio 31.1 Released
https://github.com/obsproject/obs-studio/releases/tag/31.1.0 (https://github.com/obsproject/obs-studio/releases/tag/31.1.0)
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/07/obs-studio-31-1-whats-new (https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/07/obs-studio-31-1-whats-new)
Mozilla VPN Linux App is Now Available on Flathub
https://flathub.org/apps/org.mozilla.vpn (https://flathub.org/apps/org.mozilla.vpn)
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/07/mozilla-vpn-linux-app-available-flathub (https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/07/mozilla-vpn-linux-app-available-flathub)
Thunderbird 140 Released
https://blog.thunderbird.net/2025/07/welcome-to-thunderbird-140-eclipse/ (https://blog.thunderbird.net/2025/07/welcome-to-thunderbird-140-eclipse/)
https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/140.0esr/releasenotes/ (https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/140.0esr/releasenotes/)
Bash 5.3 Released
https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/bash.html (https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/bash.html)
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/07/bash-5-3-new-features (https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/07/bash-5-3-new-features)
https://lwn.net/Articles/1029079/ (https://lwn.net/Articles/1029079/)
https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNU-Bash-5.3 (https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNU-Bash-5.3)
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