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I finally got my #ArchLinux disk encryption upgraded to #LUKS2. It certainly was a challenge because #grub does not seem to play nicely with it but I did get it to work. Grub has a bug in it where passphrases entered from the keyboard need to use PBDKF2 and key files need to use Argon2id. Once I figured this out, everything worked smoothly.

This week's Linux and FOSS news:

LINUX NEWS

Arch project to create new sponsorships policy, which defines two types of sponsorships:
news.itsfoss.com/arch-linux-sp

elementaryOS 8 released with new gesture controller, improved multitasking view, notification when taking a screenshot with a keyboard shortcut, improved dock, etc.:
alternativeto.net/news/2025/6/

OpenSUSE Tumbleweed monthly update brings Linux kernel 6.14.6, QEMU 10.0, KDE Plasma 6.3.5, other updated packages:
alternativeto.net/news/2025/6/

CachyOS update fixes NVIDIA issues by detecting the GPU and atomatically installing the correct driver, brings new boot animation and GRUB theme, Cachy-Browser discontinued, Firefox with custom config becomes the default, Proton-CachyOS is now based on Proton 10:
betanews.com/2025/06/01/cachyo

Rocky Linux 9.6 released with enhanced image-building and delivery process, updated images, additional policy rules for SELinux, package updates:
9to5linux.com/rocky-linux-9-6-

UBports 20.04 OTA-9 released with VoLTE support out-of-the-box for more carriers, Waydroid 1.5.1, new font for emojis, support for newer emojis, bug fixes:
ubports.com/en/blog/ubports-ne

Malicious pull requests to the Linux kernel copying Linus Torvalds' patches and re-listing him as the author got prevented:
news.itsfoss.com/linus-kernel-

(FOSS news in comments)

It's FOSS News · Sponsorships Seem to Be Coming to Arch Linux!A proposal looks to introduce a transparent sponsorship process to Arch Linux.

Keepassxc is broken on #archlinux because the present package is built against an older qt lib version.

Normally, I would just report on the Archlinux gitlab instance that it needs a rebuild
However, I can't do that without my github credentials
Which I can't access because keepassxc won't load...

:blobfoxfloof: computer funnee

#ArchLinux, kendt for sin no-nonsense, gennemsigtige udviklingstilgang, hvor brugere og udviklere spiller en nøglerolle og samarbejder åbent og hvor alle ændringer er synlige for fællesskabet

..behovet for en konsekvent og gennemsigtig proces, da Arch Linux i stigende grad modtager henvendelser fra organisationer, der er interesserede i at tilbyde økonomisk støtte

.. i september sidste år indgik #Valve et samarbejde med Arch Linux om at støtte 2 projekter
news.itsfoss.com/arch-linux-sp

It's FOSS News · Sponsorships Seem to Be Coming to Arch Linux!A proposal looks to introduce a transparent sponsorship process to Arch Linux.