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FOSS NEWS

After Nearly 10 Years of Building Mastodon, Eugen Rochko Steps Into Advisory Role:
https://itsfoss.com/news/mastodon-ceo-steps-down/

TABS API is Mozilla’s Latest Bet on the Agentic Web:
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/11/mozilla-tabs-api-ai-web-agents

Firefox recent updates improve tab group handling:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/11/firefox-recent-updates-improve-tab-group-handling/

Firefox 147 Will Support The XDG Base Directory Specification:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Firefox-147-XDG-Base-Directory

A great showcase of open source - Blender 5.0 is out with completely overhauled colour management:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/a-great-showcase-of-open-source-blender-5-0-is-out-with-completely-overhauled-colour-management/

GIMP 3.2 RC1 launches with proper SVG export, improved text editor, and UI enhancements:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/11/gimp-3-2-rc1-launches-with-proper-svg-export-improved-text-editor-and-ui-enhancements/

Signal to add pinned messages feature for chats on all platforms:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/11/signal-to-add-pinned-messages-feature-for-chats-on-all-platforms/

Bluesky adds new moderation tools with expanded categories & a unified enforcement system:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/11/bluesky-adds-new-moderation-tools-with-expanded-categories-and-a-unified-enforcement-system/

Proton Mail apps update adds navigation features on iOS and Android:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/11/proton-mail-apps-update-adds-navigation-features-on-ios-and-android/

diVine is Vine back from the dead, thanks (in part) to Jack Dorsey:
https://betanews.com/2025/11/17/divine-is-vine-back-from-the-dead-thanks-in-part-to-jack-dorsey/

Spotube 5.1 released with audio source plugins, NewPipe integration on desktop, and more:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/11/spotube-5-1-released-with-audio-source-plugins-newpipe-integration-on-desktop-and-more/

Servo Announces Sponsorship Tiers To Get More Organizations Backing This Browser Engine:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Servo-Sponsorship-Tiers

Cryptomator 1.18 desktop now lets you restore lost or damaged master keys & vault config:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/11/cryptomator-1-18-desktop-now-lets-you-restore-lost-or-damaged-master-keys-and-vault-config/

Earth 2140 remake on OpenRA engine OpenE2140 gets a first release:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/earth-2140-remake-on-openra-engine-opene2140-gets-a-first-release/

Zork I, Zork II and Zork III are now officially open source:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/zork-i-zork-ii-and-zork-iii-are-now-officially-open-source/

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Firefox 142 released with support for a flexible exception list in the Enhanced Tracking Protection (ETP) Strict mode split into baseline (core functionality) and convenience (extra features), support for removing extensions from the sidebar via the right-click menu, various fixes:
https://9to5linux.com/firefox-142-web-browser-is-now-available-for-download-heres-whats-new

Floorp 12.0 released with floating Panel Sidebar, expanded add-on compatibility, native mouse gestures, cross-window synchronization for workspaces, new Floorp Hub for all browser-specific settings, etc.:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/8/floorp-browser-12-0-adds-floating-panel-sidebar-and-native-mouse-gestures/

Servo monthly report: APNG and animated WebP support, support for width and height attributes of source tag, Vello backends for faster 2D graphics, etc.:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Servo-July-2025-Highlights

Thunderbird 142 released with support for adding visual signatures to PDF attachments, support for resetting custom folder sorting in the folder pane, folder copy support within mail server accounts and local folders, ‘Copy Message Link’ and ‘Copy News Link’ options added to the header pane’s ‘More actions’, ‘Copy Message Location’ option removed from the mail context menu, etc.:
https://9to5linux.com/thunderbird-142-brings-support-for-adding-visual-signatures-to-pdf-attachments

More details about Thunderbird Pro: 500GB storage, Thundermail will have IMAP, SMTP and JMAP support, option to choose from @thundermail.com, @tb.pro or custom domains, Appointment will be integrated into Thunderbird, will feature multiple meeting types, Send will be built on the existing Filelink feature, will offer end-to-end encrypted file sharing:
https://betanews.com/2025/08/20/thunderbird-pro-is-moving-closer-to-launch-with-new-productivity-tools-thundermail-appointment-and-send/

Betterbird 140 released with multi-line view, enhanced search, improved system tray integration:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/8/betterbird-140-multi-line-view-enhanced-search-and-improved-system-tray-integration/

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Proton Mail gets Newsletter view to manage all email subscriptions in one place:
https://proton.me/blog/proton-mail-newsletters
(That's really cool. Now we can tell normies that Proton Mail has this feature and Gmail doesn't lol)

Proton Pass adds 14 new entry types, option to create custom types:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/6/proton-pass-goes-beyond-passwords-and-credit-cards-with-customizable-item-storage/
(Really tempting feature, but personally I would advise against storing every piece of sensitive data in one central database in the cloud. Proton can get hacked any time, like any other company, and also the new Swiss law can force them to hand over all that personal data in plain text, so you can mess up your privacy really badly. I'm not pointing fingers at Proton, but I think this update wasn't quite a good idea, it puts too much responsibility on them.)

Firefox 140 ESR released with unload tab feature, support for adding custom search engines in Search settings, support for keeping more or fewer pinned vertical tabs in view, "Select All" option for bookmarks on Android:
https://9to5linux.com/firefox-140-esr-web-browser-is-now-available-for-download-this-is-whats-new

Firefox 141 beta is available with less memory usage on Linux, ability to drag a tab to the pinned tabs tray and drag it out to unpin it, etc.:
https://9to5linux.com/firefox-141-promises-to-use-less-memory-on-linux-systems-beta-out-now

Mozilla discontinues DeepSpeech, an embedded/offline speech-to-text engine:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Mozilla-DeepSpeech-Discontinued
(GNOME: *drops a feature every few releases*
Mozilla: Hold my beer. *drops a service each week*)

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