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

video: https://youtu.be/xbAxLonf9iQ Comment on the TWIL Forum (https://thisweekinlinux.com/forum) 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! Download as MP3 (https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/2389be04-5c79-485e-b1ca-3a5b2cebb006/c097383d-e87d-43d4-92f5-31d64b7afb00.mp3) Support the Show Become a Patron = tuxdigital.com/membership (https://tuxdigital.com/membership) Store = tuxdigital.com/store (https://tuxdigital.com/store) 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) https://www.debian.org/releases/trixie/release-notes.en.pdf (https://www.debian.org/releases/trixie/release-notes.en.pdf) https://www.phoronix.com/review/debian-13-benchmarks (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://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/no-backdoors-no-kill-switches-no-spyware/) https://docs.nvidia.com/cuda/cuda-toolkit-release-notes/index.html (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/ (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://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.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/opensuseleap16reachesrc/ (https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/07/opensuse_leap_16_reaches_rc/) Sandfly Security, agentless Linux security [ad] https://thisweekinlinux.com/sandfly (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.electrive.com/2025/06/25/automotive-industry-launches-alliance-for-software-development/) https://www.sovereign.tech/tech (https://www.sovereign.tech/tech) https://www.opendesk.eu/en (https://www.opendesk.eu/en) https://opencode.de/en (https://opencode.de/en) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44370494 (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44370494) https://www.vda.de/en/press/press-releases/2025/250624PMAutomotiveindustrysignsMemorandumof_Understanding (https://www.vda.de/en/press/press-releases/2025/250624_PM_Automotive_industry_signs_Memorandum_of_Understanding) Flameshot 13 released https://flameshot.org/ (https://flameshot.org/) https://github.com/flameshot-org/flameshot/releases/tag/v13.0.0 (https://github.com/flameshot-org/flameshot/releases/tag/v13.0.0) https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/08/flameshot-13 (https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/08/flameshot-13) Tuba v0.10.0 released https://tuba.geopjr.dev/ (https://tuba.geopjr.dev/) https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/08/tuba-0-10-mastodon-client-linux-new-features (https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/08/tuba-0-10-mastodon-client-linux-new-features) Humble Bundles WB Games = https://humblebundleinc.sjv.io/09K6DE (https://humblebundleinc.sjv.io/09K6DE) Co-Op = https://humblebundleinc.sjv.io/3J0K3k (https://humblebundleinc.sjv.io/3J0K3k) Other Bundles = https://humblebundleinc.sjv.io/4Gn7Yr (https://humblebundleinc.sjv.io/4Gn7Yr)