FOSS Weekly #40 - Two new Linux Laptops, sudo in Rust, Debian 12.0, and more

Welcome to the latest edition of FOSS Weekly! I'm back after a one-month break 😇. This week, we have a couple of powerful Linux Laptop launches and software releases from a bunch of distros and other projects.

📰 News

• Kubuntu Focus Ir 14 Linux laptop announced at $895 [kfocus.org]

• TUXEDO InfinityBook Pro 14 Linux business laptop announced [tuxedocomputers.com]

• sudo & su are being rewritten In Rust [memorysafety.org]

• RedHat announces lay-offs, employees call to unionize [theregister.com]

🐧 Linux updates

• Debian 12.0 Bookworm to be released on June 10 [debian.org]

• Linux Kernel 6.3 released [lkml.org]

• Debian 11.7 released [debian.org]

• Nitrux 2.8 Released [nxos.org]

📝  Releases

• Wine 8.7 [winehq.org]

• GCC 13.1 [gcc.gnu.org]

• GnuPG 2.4.1 [gnupg.org]

🔗 Also read

• This Week in GNOME [thisweek.gnome.org]

• This Week in KDE [pointieststick.com]

• Fedora weekly round up [fedoraproject.org]

🌐 Random reads

• Junk Drawer Phone as a Music Streaming Server [davidhampgonsalves.com]

• Driver adventures for a 1999 webcam [benjojo.co.uk]

• Commercial Open Source and Ethical (and practical) Community Engagement [openziti.io]

Thank you for reading FOSS Weekly ;)