This Week in Linux1 Sep 2025

326: FFmpeg 8.0, Google Bans Android Sideloading, SuperTuxKart Forked, Bazaar Store, & more Linux news

This week in Linux, we've got new releases from some under the hood projects like FFmpeg and QEMU. There's a new software store for Linux that is exclusively focused on Flatpaks. CachyOS is back on the show again with a brand new release and we've also got a bit of drama to cover this week. There's some drama going on with the SuperTuxKart project and Google has decided that sideloading on Android has to go. 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. Now, let's jump right into Your Source for Linux GNews!

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Chapters:

00:00 Intro
01:30 FFmpeg 8.0
03:58 Google Banning Android Side Loading 2026
07:19 CachyOS August 2025 Update
10:26 Sandfly Security, agentless Linux security
13:01 Bazaar software store now on Flathub
16:47 SuperTuxKart Drama and Evolution
19:02 KDE's New Initial System Setup Wizard
20:31 QEMU 10.1 Released
21:47 Outro

Links:

FFmpeg 8.0
- https://ffmpeg.org/index.html#pr8.0
Google Banning Android Side Loading 2026
- https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2025/08/elevating-android-security.html
- https://www.androidauthority.com/android-developer-verification-requirements-3590911/
CachyOS August 2025 Update
- https://cachyos.org/blog/2508-august-release/
Sandfly Security, agentless Linux security
- https://thisweekinlinux.com/sandfly
Bazaar software store now on Flathub
- https://flathub.org/apps/io.github.kolunmi.Bazaar
SuperTuxKart Drama and Evolution
- https://blog.supertuxkart-evolution.com/2025/08/announcing-supertuxkart-evolution.html
KDE's New Initial System Setup Wizard
- https://blogs.kde.org/2025/08/23/this-week-in-plasma-kde-initial-system-setup/
QEMU 10.1 Released
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