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| 2 | +author: Douglas DeMaio |
| 3 | +date: 2025-11-07 16:00:00+01:00 |
| 4 | +layout: post |
| 5 | +image: /wp-content/uploads/2025/07/planet.png |
| 6 | +license: CC-BY-SA-3.0 |
| 7 | +title: Planet News Roundup |
| 8 | +categories: |
| 9 | +- Announcements |
| 10 | +- openSUSE |
| 11 | +- Planet |
| 12 | +tags: |
| 13 | +- openSUSE |
| 14 | +- Contribution |
| 15 | +- Community |
| 16 | +- Developers |
| 17 | +- Project |
| 18 | +- Windows |
| 19 | +- Linux |
| 20 | +- KDE |
| 21 | +- Plasma |
| 22 | +- Security |
| 23 | +- Tenerife |
| 24 | +- Spain |
| 25 | +- Quantum |
| 26 | + |
| 27 | +--- |
| 28 | + |
| 29 | + |
| 30 | +This is a roundup of articles from the openSUSE community listed on [planet.opensuse.org](https://planet.opensuse.org). |
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| 32 | + |
| 33 | +The below featured highlights listed on the community’s blog feed aggregator are from November 1 to 6. |
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| 35 | + |
| 36 | +Blog posts this week highlight a post-mortem with the [Open Build Service](https://openbuildservice.org/), a Tenerife LanParty, a security issue announcement by [SUSE Security Team](https://security.opensuse.org), Quantum computing in open source and much more. |
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| 38 | + |
| 39 | +**Here is a summary and links for each post:** |
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| 41 | + |
| 42 | +## [Hack Week Project Aims to Rebuild Classic Games](https://news.opensuse.org/2025/11/06/hw-project-aims-to-rebuild-classic-games/) |
| 43 | +Hack Week 25 is Dec. 1 - 5 and it has a project that is reverse-engineering 1990s PC games like Master of Orion II: Battle at Antares, Chaos Overlords and others to build clean versions capable of running the game. The goal is to have playable prototypes built during the week. |
| 44 | + |
| 45 | +## [Third update of KDE Gear 25.08](https://www.kdeblog.com/tercera-actualizacion-de-kde-%e2%9a%99%ef%b8%8f-gear-25-08.html) |
| 46 | +The [KDE Blog](https://www.kdeblog.com/) highlights the third update of Gear 25.08 and introduces several bug-fixes across apps, libraries and widgets to improve stability and translations for Konqi users. Some fixes were made for [Kdenlive](https://kdenlive.org/en/), [KWalletManager](https://apps.kde.org/kwalletmanager5/) and more. |
| 47 | + |
| 48 | +## [scx: Unauthenticated scx_loader D-Bus Service can lead to major Denial-of-Service](https://security.opensuse.org/2025/11/06/scx-unauthorized-dbus.html) |
| 49 | +Posts like this don’t happen too often, but this [SUSE Security Team Blog](https://security.opensuse.org) should get people’s attention. This security blog post highlights scx project’s `scx_loader`. The D-Bus service could run with root privileges and no authentication, which could allow any unprivileged user to manipulate system schedulers and potentially cause a denial-of-service. |
| 50 | + |
| 51 | +## [Tenerife LanParty (Podcast Linux #31)](https://www.kdeblog.com/trigesimoprimer-audio-de-podcast-linux-%e2%9a%99%ef%b8%8f-gear-25-08.html) |
| 52 | +The [KDE Blog](https://www.kdeblog.com/) post revisits episode #31 of the Podcast Linux series, which is a special feature recorded at the Tenerife LanParty (TLP 2017). |
| 53 | + |
| 54 | +## [Severe Service Degradation: OBS Unreliable/Unavailable](https://openbuildservice.org/2025/11/05/post-mortem/) |
| 55 | +The Open Build Service team published a service post-mortem discussing recent operational issues and outlining improvements to monitoring and response workflows. Lessons learned from the post-mortem are that the team set sensible limits for build service requests (and possibly other areas) as serving all results at once for a request with 6,000+ actions is unsustainable. |
| 56 | + |
| 57 | +## [Plasma 6.5 Second Update](https://www.kdeblog.com/segunda-actualizacion-de-plasma-6-5.html) |
| 58 | +The [KDE Blog](https://www.kdeblog.com/) and Plasma 6.5 team released its second update for the desktop environment on Nov. 4. It focuses on improving stability, better translations and bug fixes. A couple fixes included having a smoother automatic shift between light and dark themes and enhancing global WiFi password storage. |
| 59 | + |
| 60 | +## [Compilation of the Free Software Foundation newsletter – November 2025](https://victorhckinthefreeworld.com/2025/11/04/recopilacion-del-boletin-de-noticias-de-la-free-software-foundation-noviembre-de-2025/) |
| 61 | +[Victorhck](https://victorhckinthefreeworld.com/) puts out a new post collecting major FSF updates including their 40-year anniversary projects, the upcoming hackathon (Nov. 21-23), and recent advocacy on software freedom and patents. [Victorhck](https://victorhckinthefreeworld.com/) also goes into some details about the announcement of the [FSF’s Librephone project](https://www.fsf.org/news/librephone-project). |
| 62 | + |
| 63 | +## [SUSE delivers Raspberry Pi 5 support](https://news.opensuse.org/2025/11/04/raspberrypi5-opensuse/) |
| 64 | +The openSUSE Project announces support for the Raspberry Pi 5, which includes enabling boot to graphical desktop with working Ethernet, WiFi, and USB. The blog acknowledges the extensive contributions by the SUSE Hardware Enablement team related to U-Boot, PCIe and kernel driver support. |
| 65 | + |
| 66 | +## [LliureX as a tool for educational innovation](https://www.kdeblog.com/programa-ujilliurex-2025-lliurex-como-herramienta-de-innovacion-educativa.html) |
| 67 | +The post introduces the UjiLliurex 2025 programme, which leverages the LliureX Linux distribution as a tool for educational innovation in higher education. Its aim is promoting ICT skills and collaborative coordination across the academic community. |
| 68 | + |
| 69 | +## [Leap Fuels Hands-On Learning, Exploration](https://news.opensuse.org/2025/11/03/leap-fuels-hands-on-learning/) |
| 70 | +The openSUSE Project highlights how users can turn their setups into home labs. It highlights the use case of learning. From tracking aircraft with SDR to deploying Kubernetes clusters, [Leap](https://get.opensuse.org/leap/) can be used to learn through experimentation on a stable, production-grade base. |
| 71 | + |
| 72 | +## [Quantum computing and open source: the future is already in open source on Compilando Podcast](https://www.kdeblog.com/computacion-cuantica-y-open-source-el-futuro-ya-esta-en-codigo-abierto-en-compilando-podcast.html) |
| 73 | +The hosts dive into the world of quantum computing during this episode of the Compilando Podcast. What qubits are? Why do ultra-cold conditions matter? The hosts explore how open-source tools like [Qiskit](https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit) and [Cirq](https://github.com/quantumlib/Cirq) are helping researchers collaborate globally. |
| 74 | + |
| 75 | +## [Framework Laptop 13 Protective Bumper](https://cubiclenate.com/2025/11/02/framework-laptop-13-bumper/) |
| 76 | +Tech-enthusiast [Nathan Wolf](https://cubiclenate.com) goes into a custom 3D printed TPU 98A bumper for the Framework Laptop 13 to improve durability during travels. After 13 major design revisions, he settles on a 10 mm frame that balances protection and usability. |
| 77 | + |
| 78 | +## [Controlling frame intensity and image focus](https://www.kdeblog.com/control-de-la-intensidad-de-los-marcos-y-el-enfoque-de-la-imagen-esta-semana-en-plasma.html) |
| 79 | +The [KDE Blog](https://www.kdeblog.com/) dives into “This Week in KDE Plasma” and highlights two major upcoming features; adjustable boldness for window frames and outlines in Breeze themes, and a global sharpness slider for display content when using a compatible Linux kernel. |
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| 81 | +View more blogs or learn to publish your own on [planet.opensuse.org](https://planet.opensuse.org). |
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