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IntelliJ IDEA 2025.2 released with offline AI-powered code completion, AI Assistant expanded to SQL, YAML, JSON and Markdown, option to attach images in AI chat, Java 25 support, enhanced Spring debugging tools, Maven 4 support:
omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/08/intell

Calibre 8.8 released with improved Kobo device support, improved display of lookup results from Google in the E-book viewer, ability to handle -epub-text-emphasis properties used in some Japanese language EPUB books during conversion, Piper Neural TTS engine run without external library:
9to5linux.com/calibre-8-8-open

HandBrake 1.10 released with new "Social 10MB" presets, option to choose encoder color range, command-line option to disable Dolby Vision and HDR10+ passthru, option to disable audio track names passthru and autonaming, updated NVEnc CQ range, option to disable subtitle track names passthru, etc.:
9to5linux.com/handbrake-1-10-o

Penpot 2.9 released with font size tokens, option to import token sets from zip, improved text resizing, improved dashboard sidebar, etc.:
community.penpot.app/t/penpot-

PeaZip 10.6 released with dynamic virtual mode for performance improvement, improved archive parsing, option to limit the number of threads for Zpaq in the Advanced tab of the archive creation screen, updated compression presets, “Show hidden files” toggle moved from settings to the main menu, etc.:
9to5linux.com/peazip-10-6-intr

Ente Photos 1.2 released with customizable layout; option to group photos by day, week, or month, adjust the grid size; redesigned scrollbar with yearly markers and haptic feedback; new image editor with cropping, aspect ratio presets, filters, color adjusting, freehand drawing, emoji stickers; improved face detection for smart albums:
alternativeto.net/news/2025/8/

SDL cross-platform gaming library now supports GNU/Hurd:
phoronix.com/news/SDL-GNU-Hurd

OMG! Ubuntu · IntelliJ IDEA 2025.2 Released with Offline AI Code CompletionJetBrains releases IntelliJ IDEA 2025.2 with offline AI code completion, Java 25 support, Spring tools, and Maven 4 enhancements.
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Tusky 30.0 released with redesigned post reporting (option to provide reason), improved image editor, improved post draft saving, Tor support:
alternativeto.net/news/2025/8/

Tuba 0.10 released with ability to watch YouTube, Twitch and PeerTube videos directly in the timeline, open links without opening a separate browser, redesigned post composer (which displays original post when writing a reply or quote-post, supports drag-and-dropping media and pasting it from clipboard, allows to reorder media uploads), new editing and posting options (including "Delete and Redraft"), support for additional Pleroma features, Iceshrimp Drive timeline support, grouped notifications, option to collapse long posts in timeline, hide interaction counters, pin hashtags for faster access, etc.:
omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/08/tuba-0

uBlock Origin Lite now available for Safari:
alternativeto.net/news/2025/8/

Flameshot 13.0.0 released with Qt6 port, enhanced Wayland support, CLI for Windows, ability to rotate and apply transparency to pinned images, new secure pixelation tool that redacts areas without using the original pixels, Imgur upload feature disabled by default (it can be enabled during compile time with a compile flag), Snap support discontinued, Apple Silicon builds added:
alternativeto.net/news/2025/8/

ONLYOFFICE 9.0.4 released with AI Agent featuring “smart contextual assistant” (powered by ChatGPT, Gemini, Mistral or local models via Ollama), Photo Editor, OCR, Typograf, Doc2md, LanguageTool, DeepL, Thesaurus and Zotero plugins out-of-the-box, WOFF2 font support in all editors, improved handling when document(s) open in other apps, ‘Suggest a Feature’ item in the File menu:
omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/08/onlyof

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postmarketOS monthly report: apk3 available available on edge, proof-of-concept immutable edition, /usr merge, pmbootstrap updates, expanded device support (including iPhones):
postmarketos.org/blog/2025/08/

Ubuntu Touch gets new versioning scheme, 24.04 1.0 and 20.04 OTA-10 call for testing:
ubports.com/blog/ubports-news-

Intel WWAN IOSM, Keem Bay DRM and T7XX 5G WWAN drivers orphaned:
phoronix.com/news/Intel-More-O

Mesa 25.2 released with support for deprecated functionality removed, Clover OpenCL replaced by RustiCL, rustc-hash crate added as a dependency for Collabora’s NVK Vulkan driver for NVIDIA GPUs (to improve shader compile time), PanVK improvements, etc.:
9to5linux.com/mesa-25-2-open-s

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postmarketOSpostmarketOS in 2025-07: Fairphone 6, apk3, /usr merge, immutable, new plasma cameraAiming for a 10 year life-cycle for smartphones

Last week's Linux and FOSS news:

LINUX NEWS

Debian 13 "Trixie" released with Linux kernel 6.12 LTS, RISC-V 64-bit support, APT 3.0, HTTP Boot support, 2k38 issue resolved, run0 included, and more:
9to5linux.com/debian-13-trixie

Debian 14 will bring LoongArch CPU support:
phoronix.com/news/Debian-14-Lo

Linux Mint 22.2 "Zara" available for public beta testing, with HWE (Hardware Enablement) kernel, fingerprint authentication support with Figwit, theme updates, Ubuntu 24.04.3 base, Linux kernel 6.14:
9to5linux.com/linux-mint-22-2-

Tails 7.0 available for testing, with Debian 13 base, GNOME 48, obsolete Network Connection option removed from the Welcome Screen, some packages removed from the ISO, updated packages, bug fixes:
9to5linux.com/tails-7-0-now-av

openSUSE Leap 16.0 enters RC phase, with new installer, Wayland session for Xfce, YaST components replaced by Myrlyn, SELinux instead of AppArmor, new repository structure, 32-bit binary execution support removed from default install (can be added back manually):
phoronix.com/news/openSUSE-Lea

AlmaLinux 9 and 10 get native NVIDIA GPU support:
news.itsfoss.com/almalinux-nat

GNOME Shell 49 beta available with restart/shutdown options and media controls on lock screen:
phoronix.com/news/GNOME-Shell-
phoronix.com/news/GNOME-Shell-

GNOME Mutter 49 beta available with pointer warp protocol, snippet caching support added back, fixed drag-n-drop for X11 clients using a tablet stylus, Wayland improvements, bug fixes:
phoronix.com/news/GNOME-Mutter

KDE Frameworks 6.17 released with performance improvements for QtQuick-based programs (System Settings, Discover, Spectacle), KRunner taking frequency of use into account in search results, various bug fixes, accessibility improvements:
9to5linux.com/kde-frameworks-6

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NewPipe 0.28.0 released with Android Auto support, option to add feed groups as tabs on main screen, Trending page now includes live streams, YouTube playback issues fixed, new YouTube temporary playlist export option, etc.:
alternativeto.net/news/2025/8/

Shotcut 25.07 released with STT model downloader, new System Fusion theme, Outline video filter, ability to drag the waveform peak line to adjust audio gain, Adjust Clip Gain/Volume setting under Settings > Timeline, edit/trim option for Timeline, Soft Focus filter set, option to set Audio/Video duration in the Slideshow Generator dialog, etc.:
9to5linux.com/shotcut-25-07-vi

Audacious 4.5 released with new Playback History plugin for the Qt build, Winamp 2.9 skin, support for the Album Artist tag in the APE header, support for outdated ReplayGain tags in Opus files, support for fetching lyrics from lrclib.net, support for reading color schemes from the settings portal, etc.:
9to5linux.com/audacious-4-5-op

CDE (Common Desktop Environment) is ported to OpenBSD:
ostechnix.com/cde-openbsd-clas
(As noted in the article, CDE isn't really secure to use anymore as a daily driver due to lack of development, but it's good for some nostalgia purposes)

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Linux kernel 6.16 released with architecture improvements, tooling enhancements, core kernel and memory management fixes, filesystem updates, networking improvements, etc.:
ostechnix.com/linux-kernel-6-1

Linux-libre kernel 6.16 released, cleans up blob loading and an inline blob introduced by Intel QAT 6xxx crypto, ST vd55g1 sensor, ath12k AHB Wi-Fi, Aeonsemi AS21xxx, MediaTek 25Gb Ethernet PHY drivers, and more:
9to5linux.com/gnu-linux-libre-

Wayback 0.2 released with wayland-session using &argv[1] instead of &argv[optind], version shown in command output, handling child processes without SIGTERM, can be installed from Gentoo GURU and Nixpkgs:
phoronix.com/news/Wayback-0.2-

Vulkan 1.4.324 released with experimental AMD extension for ray-tracing:
phoronix.com/news/Vulkan-1.4.3

Intel IPU7 driver merged for Linux kernel 6.17 for webcams on Lunar Lake and Panther Lake laptops:
phoronix.com/news/Intel-IPU7-L

More Linux Intel driver maintainer changes:
phoronix.com/news/Intel-Driver

TUXEDO InfinityBook Pro 15 Gen10 laptops available with AMD Ryzen AI 300 series "Strix Point", integrated Radeon graphics, up to 128GB RAM:
phoronix.com/news/TUXEDO-IB-Pr

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LINUX NEWS

Archinstall 3.0.9 released with option to set up a Bluetooth connection, change LUKS iteration time, U2F authentication support, --skip-boot option to bypass installation of a bootloader, etc.:
9to5linux.com/arch-linux-insta

More malware discovered in the AUR (google-chrome-stable package), has been removed:
news.itsfoss.com/arch-linux-sp

Ubuntu 25.10 will include experimental TPM-backed full disk encryption option:
phoronix.com/news/Ubuntu-25.10

Ubuntu Server 25.10 will include wcurl in the default installation instead of wget, byobu and screen will also be removed:
omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/08/ubuntu

Tails 6.18 released with support for WebTunnel bridges (to allow Tor network connections to be disguised as ordinary web traffic), updated Tor Browser and Thunderbird:
alternativeto.net/news/2025/7/

GNOME AI assistant Newelle reaches version 1.0 milestone, includes option to execute terminal commands, search on the web, file management, document editing and more, supports various online and offline models:
phoronix.com/news/GNOME-AI-Ass

KDE Plasma 6.5 will include automatic day/night theme switching, option to set Global Theme from the "Quick Settings" area of system settings, bug fixes and improvements:
phoronix.com/news/KDE-Theme-Da

Android Linux Terminal app (running Debian) now supports GUI, running GUI desktop apps:
alternativeto.net/news/2025/7/

Linux is used by 3% of gamers according to the Steam Survey:
phoronix.com/news/Steam-Survey

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Firefox 141 released with reduced memory usage on Linux, forced restart no longer required to apply updates, AI feature to suggest tabs and name for tab groups, etc.:
9to5linux.com/firefox-141-web-

Firefox 142 available for beta testing, with a flexible exception list for the Enhanced Tracking Protection (ETP) Strict mode, improved drag-and-drop feature for blob images, and more:
9to5linux.com/firefox-142-is-n

Thunderbird 141 released with "Archive" action for notifications, warnings for OpenPGP key expiration, various bug fixes:
9to5linux.com/thunderbird-141-

FreeBSD 15 installer will include option to install a minimal KDE desktop:
phoronix.com/news/FreeBSD-15-K

Blender will receive Android tablet and iPad support:
ostechnix.com/blender-ipad-and

Blender gets support for importing and exporting HDR videos:
phoronix.com/news/Blender-HDR-

CoMaps latest release available with Panoramax photos, better altitude contour lines, more information about wetland areas ,etc.:
alternativeto.net/news/2025/7/

Itch.io removes adult content from search results, browse features:
alternativeto.net/news/2025/7/

Zed gets option to disable all AI features:
phoronix.com/news/Zed-Option-D
(Wow, I haven't seen anyone allow that before, it's cool to have that. I avoided Zed because of the AI crap built in, but I might give it a shot then.)

Immich 1.136 released with beta timeline, improved sync, UI improvements, streamlined bulk photo and video handling, etc.:
alternativeto.net/news/2025/7/

Intel's PlaidML FOSS deep learning software gets discontinued:
phoronix.com/news/Intel-PlaidM

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Mastodon (official) mobile apps and mastodon.social, mastodon.online web UI will include easily dismissable donation banner:
news.itsfoss.com/mastodon-in-a
(Some people often get mad if a project asks for donation within its software UI, but I think volunteer devs also deserve to get some payment for their work, it's fair to include a donation notice, if it doesn't annoy users with its placement.)

Brave and AdGuard will block Microsoft Recall:
brave.com/privacy-updates/35-b
alternativeto.net/news/2025/7/

Bluesky introduces age verification (using payment cards, ID scans, or face scans) for accessing adult content and direct messaging, and content controls for UK users:
alternativeto.net/news/2025/7/
(Yeah we're heading into a dystopian future, where you can't use social media without giving up sensitive information... Or can't send messages because a small portion of predators also use that feature... It shouldn't be the responsibility of governments and social media platforms to protect children, it's the parents' task to protect their children. If governments would really care about protecting children, they would rather push campaigns targeted towards parents to raise awareness of the importance of paying attention what their child is doing online. But nah, this "protect children" thing is only pushed for emotional manipulation, so that the governments can cover their arse, while building surveillance infrastructure.)

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It's FOSS News · Mastodon Wants Funding and Won't Mind Nudging You for DonationThis small change could help support Mastodon.

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LINUX NEWS

Debian 13 will include initial RISC-V support, with limited board support for now:
phoronix.com/news/Debian-13-RI

GNOME introduces Foundry, a development tool which extract's Builder's functionality into a library and CLI tool:
phoronix.com/news/GNOME-Builde

KDE Plasma 6.5 will be able to send notications about low printer ink level, will include Pointer Warp support for Wayland:
phoronix.com/news/Plasma-6.5-L

OBS Studio Snap app rebased on Core24 instead of Core22, built for official OBS Project PPA instead of unofficial, unmaintained OBS Studio Portable, better Intel GPU support:
omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/07/obs-st

KaOS 2025.07 available with Qt5-based KDE Frameworks removed from default install, Plasma 6.4, updated packages, Phonon uses MPV as default backend instead of VLC:
betanews.com/2025/07/24/kaos-l

Fedora considers reducing the scope that BIOS systems can hold up a release:
phoronix.com/news/Fedora-Non-U

New migration tool Operese available, for migrating files and settings from Windows 10 to a Kubuntu installation:
betanews.com/2025/07/22/saying
(It's a pretty cool concept overall, but I think giving KDE Plasma for Linux newcomers isn't really the best idea, because the tons of customization options, and occasional bugs here and there might scare away some Windows users. I would rather give them Zorin OS with their customized version of GNOME, or Linux Mint / LMDE with Cinnamon. (No, I'm not a KDE hater, I think it's a great option for those who want to fully customize their desktop experience, or the PewDiePie type of guys who already adopted the mindset of tweaking around, playing around with the options, not wanting to go back to Windows when encountering a bug, but it's not for every newcomer.))

Wayback 0.1 released as a first preview release:
phoronix.com/news/Wayback-0.1-

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www.phoronix.comDebian 13.0 Ready To Introduce Formal RISC-V Support But Still Bound By Slow HardwareWith the Debian 13.0 release planned for 9 August, one of the notable fundamental features with this Debian 'Trixie' release is now supporting RISC-V as an official CPU architecture
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Firefox 141 will include WebGPU support, Windows-only for now, with plans to extend it to Linux and macOS:
news.itsfoss.com/firefox-webgp
(Mozilla treating Linux as a second-class citizen? Another reason for distros to ditch it lol)

Servo monthly status update: work towards supporting incremental layout handling, support for viewport meta tags, scroll events in the DOM, barebones IndexedDB support, and more:
phoronix.com/news/Servo-June-2

Blender 4.5 LTS released with stable Vulkan backend, pen tablet tilt support, horizontal scrolling support in the UI, region resize highlighting, support for dropping a tree view item after the last element, a new operator to take a screenshot within Blender for an asset preview, a new shader node to control volume coefficients, etc.:
9to5linux.com/blender-4-5-lts-

VirtualBox 7.1.12 released with improved support for Linux kernel 6.16, bug fixes:
9to5linux.com/virtualbox-7-1-1

Organic Map July update released with updated OpenStreetMap data, better Arabic search, map display now highlights campsites, resort areas, and industrial zones, etc.:
alternativeto.net/news/2025/7/

LibreOffice merged built-in support for Bitcoin, will probably by available in 26.2 next year:
phoronix.com/news/LibreOffice-

Wireshark 4.4.8 released with updated protocol support, bug fixes:
9to5linux.com/wireshark-4-4-8-

Calibre 8.7 released with support for generating page number files (APNX) on 2024 and newer MTP-based Kindle devices, ability to ignore “et al.” suffix on author names when finding similar e-books by author, bug fixes and improvements:
9to5linux.com/calibre-8-7-adds

Haiku monthly recap: Wifi driver replaced, work on HiDPI scaling, more robust error handling for the FAT file system driver, etc.:
phoronix.com/news/Haiku-OS-Jun

It's FOSS News · Firefox Catches Up to Chrome With the Addition of This Feature But Leaves Linux Out (for now)Mozilla did a very good job with this. Now, bring it to Linux as well, please.
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CachyOS July update available with option to choose shell during installation (selection between Fish, Zsh, default to Bash), KDE Plasma defaulting to Wayland, fwupd added to GNOME and KDE Plasma editions, support for Lenovo Legion Go handheld, etc.:
9to5linux.com/cachyos-july-202

SparkyLinux 7.8 released with updated Linux kernel, DEs and other packages, bug fixes:
betanews.com/2025/07/16/ditch-

Rescuezilla 2.6.1 released with Ubuntu 25.04 base, Image Explorer and Firefox re-enabled, ability to specify NFS version, improved touchpad support, workaround for the “umount: /tmp/rescuezilla.ntfs/mount: target is busy” error, bug fixes:
9to5linux.com/rescuezilla-2-6-

Wine 10.12 released with optional EGL backend in X11 driver, support for Bluetooth LE services, etc.:
alternativeto.net/news/2025/7/

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Debian 13 final freeze set for 27 July, official release for 9 August:
phoronix.com/news/Debian-13.0-

KDE Plasma 6.4.3 released with improved automatic screen scale calculator on Wayland, accessibility improvements, bug fixes:
9to5linux.com/kde-plasma-6-4-3

KDE Plasma 6.5 will include rounded bottom corners for windows:
phoronix.com/news/KDE-Rounded-
(Rounded corners are everywhere. You can't escape them lol)

Plasma Bigscreen sees active development again, thanks to Plasma Mobile contributor Espi:
omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/07/plasma

Clear Linux OS shutting down due to financial issues of Intel:
community.clearlinux.org/t/all
("Rest assured that Intel remains deeply invested in the Linux ecosystem, actively supporting and contributing to various open-source projects and Linux distributions to enable and optimize for Intel hardware." Shutting down Clear Linux OS isn't the only thing affecting Linux though. See next linked article.)

Intel WMI Slim Bootloader "SBL" firmware update driver for Linux being orphaned due to departures:
phoronix.com/news/Intel-SLM-Dr

Linux Mint monthly report: Linux Mint 22.2 planned with HWE kernel, fingerprint authentication, theme updates, accent color support, improved libAdwaita compatibility, improved Wayland support; LMDE 7 planned with Debian 13 base, OEM support; blog comment moderation made more strict to eliminate politics:
blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4860

Hyprland 0.50 released with new render scheduling, legacy renderer dropped, explicit sync support always used by default, "no screenshare" option to black out any window during screen-sharing:
phoronix.com/news/Hyprland-0.5

Slackware turns 32:
ostechnix.com/celebrating-slac

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www.phoronix.comDebian 13.0 "Trixie" Planning For Release On August 9The Debian release team today shared their final release plans for Debian 13 'Trixie' that aims to be out as stable in less than one month's time.
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Mozilla VPN Linux app is now available on Flathub:
omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/07/mozill

Bluesky introduces improved notification management:
alternativeto.net/news/2025/7/

OBS Studio 31.1 released with multitrack video support on Linux and macOS, preview zoom controls, support for additional canvases for Multitrack Video output, AV1 B-frame support for AMF, support for color format/space/range GPU conversion, new UI settings, etc.:
9to5linux.com/obs-studio-31-1-

LibreOffice Writer Markdown import support is merged, will be available in LibreOffice 26.2 next year:
phoronix.com/news/LibreOffice-
(That will be really useful for me when creating downloadable versions of programming cheatsheets for FosseryWeb, because I can just export the Markdown from Joplin, import it to Writer.)

Geany 2.1 released with improved UI and file type support:
9to5linux.com/geany-2-1-open-s

KeePass 2.59 released with native Windows 11 support, faster encryption, enhanced security, improved database portability, browser integration:
alternativeto.net/news/2025/7/

Ardour drops GTK+ support in favor of its fork, YTK:
phoronix.com/news/Ardour-Remov

Calibre 8.6 released with improved database restore performance, support for the La Presse news source, 'Search "not in"' and 'Filter "not in"' buttons for the Manage Authors and Manage Items options, etc.:
9to5linux.com/calibre-8-6-open

OMG! Ubuntu · Mozilla VPN Linux App is Now Available on FlathubThe Mozilla VPN Client can now be installed on Linux distributions from Flathub, a change that will allow more users to access the paid VPN service.
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Initramfs vulnerability lets attackers with physical access compromise encrypted systems by entering incorrect password several times and accessing the debug shell on Ubuntu 25.04 and Fedora 42 systems:
omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/07/ubuntu

Linux kernel 6.15.6 and 6.12.37 LTS deliver TSA (Transient Scheduler Attacks) mitigations:
phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.15.6

Wayback is now hosted on FreeDesktop.org:
phoronix.com/news/Wayback-Free

System76 Adder WS laptop available with Intel Core Ultra i9 and NVIDIA 50 series:
9to5linux.com/system76s-adder-

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OMG! Ubuntu · New Linux Security Flaw Uses Initramfs to Inject MalwareA newly found security flaw in Ubuntu could allow attackers with physical access to bypass full disk encryption. Learn how the attack works.

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openSUSE considering to drop 32-bit ARM support, announced a survey to ask users whether they still rely on 32-bit ARM hardware support:
phoronix.com/news/openSUSE-Dec
(I think it's a good thing that at least they ask their users directly, and don't just drop the proposal if there's a strong pushback like what Fedora did.)

KDE Frameworks 6.16 released with improved recognition of the most powerful GPU, support for showing the newest files first in open/save dialogs, inertial scrolling (a.k.a. kinetic scrolling) for all scrollable views in all QtQuick-based KDE applications when scrolled using a touchpad, etc.:
9to5linux.com/kde-frameworks-6

Ubuntu 24.10 reaches EOL, upgrading to 25.04 is recommended:
9to5linux.com/ubuntu-24-10-ora

Ubuntu 25.10 will ship with a fully functional desktop session on RISC-V:
9to5linux.com/canonical-plans-

Ubuntu changes boot process on Raspberry Pi, to improve system recovery and reliability:
omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/07/ubuntu

Fedora proposal raised to include Zstd-compressed Initrd by default for space savings and faster boot:
phoronix.com/news/Fedora-43-In

Parrot OS 6.4 released with Linux kernel 6.12 LTS, new Goshs and ConvoC2 tools, updated hacking tools, Firefox 140 ESR, etc.:
9to5linux.com/ethical-hacking-

Rhino Linux 2025.3 released with RPK2 package manager, new UBXI KDE Desktop package based on Plasma 6:
alternativeto.net/news/2025/7/

Bottles project faces funding issues, asks for donations:
news.itsfoss.com/bottles-need-

Phosh 0.48.0 released with new lockscreen plugin to interact with all running media players that use the MPRIS protocol, Cell Broadcast dialogs enabled by default, bug fixes, GTK4 preps, etc.:
phosh.mobi/releases/rel-0.48.0/

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www.phoronix.comopenSUSE Is Deciding Whether To End 32-bit ARM Support
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Coreboot 25.06 released with Xeon Emerald Rapids support, improved boot splash screen framework, support for new motherboards, etc.:
phoronix.com/news/Coreboot-25.

Libreboot 25.06 released with support for additional mainboards, fixes for the lbmk build system, etc.:
9to5linux.com/libreboot-25-06-

Proton Drive SDK is under development, to allow external developers to build new clients and integrate Proton Drive into their apps:
proton.me/blog/proton-drive-sd

French city Lyon to ditch Microsoft products, replace them with FOSS alternatives like Linux, ONLYOFFICE, NextCloud, Zimbra, Chamilo and Matrix:
news.itsfoss.com/french-city-r

www.phoronix.comCoreboot 25.06 Released With Xeon Emerald Rapids Support, Better Panther LakeBuilding off Coreboot 25.03 is now the availability of Coreboot 25.06 for further enhancing this open-source system firmware project that continues to see new hardware improvements -- predominantly for Google Chromebook devices but also more Intel platforms and other hardware -- as well as new capabilities to further rival proprietary BIOS solutions.
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Odysee presents new AR-based payment system, discontinues Stripe payment and LBC content boosting:
odysee.com/@Odysee:8/introduci
(Discontinuing LBC support probably means the platform won't be connected to the LBRY blockchain anymore. Also, content discoverability will be hurt pretty much, even if creators can get monetized, smaller creators will have a much harder time being discovered. I get that their new parent company Arweave is probably forcing them to switch to their crypto stuff and ditch LBRY, but it will probably just hurt the platform in the long run, especially because the new payment system requires signing up to an additional service, which many people are not a big fan of.)

Thunderbird 140 released with "Mark as Spam" and "Mark as Starred" actions for notifications, reorganized settings, bug fixes:
9to5linux.com/thunderbird-140-

ONLYOFFICE Documents 9.0 for Android released with OCR support, DocSpace version history, Markdown and OpenDocument Graphics support, etc.:
alternativeto.net/news/2025/7/

Matrix 1.15 released with OpenID Connect support, richer information about rooms before joining, better room discovery, additional text formatting options for messages, etc.:
alternativeto.net/news/2025/6/

7-Zip v25 released with faster compression, enhanced CPU support, improved legacy format handling:
alternativeto.net/news/2025/7/

HuggingChat is shutting down, will be replaced by another service better integrated into the Hugging Face ecosystem:
alternativeto.net/news/2025/7/

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OdyseeIntroducing: Decentralized Payments on Odysee - For Everyone, EverywhereView on Odysee: Introducing: Decentralized Payments on Odysee - For Everyone, Everywhere