This week, we got a new major Mesa graphics stack release, a major Proton release for Linux gaming, a major release of the systemd-free and immutable Nitrux distro, a major Firefox release, and point releases of GStreamer, KDE Plasma, qBittorrent, Thunderbird, LibreOffice, Tails, Debian, and KDE Frameworks.
On top of that, I tell you all about Valve’s new hardware, the Steam Machines, Steam Frame, and Steam Controllers. 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 November 16th, 2025.
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