This week, we got more software releases for the VLC media player, Wireshark network protocol analyzer, Audacity audio editor, Calibre e-book manager, PeaZip file archiver, and fwupd firmware updater, as well as new Alpine Linux, Arch Linux, Raspberry Pi OS and Ubuntu Touch distro releases.
On top of that, I tell you all about the end of life of the Linux 5.4 kernel series, the Jolla Phone, and the new Linux laptop from TUXEDO Computers. Below, you can check out this week’s hottest news and access all the distro and package downloads released this past week in the 9to5Linux weekly roundup for December 7th, 2025.