325: LibreOffice 25.8, 7 Years of Proton, CachyOS gets #1 on DistroWatch, & more Linux news

video: https://youtu.be/vSfDyg8OxsI Comment on the TWIL Forum (https://thisweekinlinux.com/forum) 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. Download as MP3 (https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/2389be04-5c79-485e-b1ca-3a5b2cebb006/2a839f6b-6a88-422d-b343-774a9ecd98f5.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 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 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 Support the show https://tuxdigital.com/membership https://store.tuxdigital.com/