(Linux news in previous posts)
FOSS NEWS
Mastodon 4.6 RC adds Collections, full API endpoints, and ActivityPub upgrades:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/6/mastodon-4-6-rc-adds-collections-full-api-endpoints-and-activitypub-upgrades/
Chrome moves to fully block MV2 extensions, effectively killing uBlock Origin workarounds:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/6/chrome-moves-to-fully-block-mv2-extensions-effectively-killing-ublock-origin-workarounds/
Firefox Merges Support For Vulkan Video Decoding:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Firefox-Vulkan-Video-Merged
Helium Browser adds custom shortcuts, Windows auto-updates, enhanced privacy:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/6/helium-browser-adds-custom-shortcuts-windows-auto-updates-enhanced-privacy/
Zen Browser 1.21b Release Brings Space Routing and Firefox 151.0.4 Under the Hood:
https://www.linuxcompatible.org/story/zen-browser-121b-update-fixes-workspace-routing-and-theme-bugs/
Brave for Android adds custom search engine support in v1.91 update:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/6/brave-for-android-adds-custom-search-engine-support-in-v1-91-update/
LibreOffice gives its Ribbon-style UI a pop of colour:
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/06/libreoffice-tabbed-ui-backgrounds
ONLYOFFICE DocSpace 3.7 Lets You Generate Files Using AI:
https://feed.itsfoss.com/link/24361/17357018/onlyoffice-docspace-3-7
Collabora's CODE 26.04 Release Might Be Its Biggest One Yet:
https://feed.itsfoss.com/link/24361/17356900/collabora-code-26-04
LibreOffice slams Euro-Office as ‘de facto ally’ of Microsoft:
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/06/euro-office-ooxml-libreoffice
("You bunch of f*ckers, no fighting. NO EFFIN FIGHTING!" lol)
Introducing Proton Drive CLI: Use Drive from your terminal:
https://proton.me/blog/proton-drive-cli
digiKam 9.1 brings support for Pixel motion photos, enhanced advanced search, and more:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/6/digikam-9-1-brings-support-for-pixel-motion-photos-enhanced-advanced-search-and-more/
Audacity 3.7.8 Audio Editor Improves Support for HiDPI Displays on Linux:
https://9to5linux.com/audacity-3-7-8-audio-editor-improves-support-for-hidpi-displays-on-linux
Ardour 9.7 streamlines control surfaces, enhances MIDI editing and adds vertical scrollbar:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/6/ardour-9-7-streamlines-control-surfaces-enhances-midi-editing-and-adds-vertical-scrollbar/
HandBrake fixes 2-pass encode crashes, WebM on Linux:
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/06/handbrake-update-open-webm-linux
Sigil 2.8 brings built-in image editing, CSS de-nesting, and support for more media types:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/6/sigil-2-8-brings-built-in-image-editing-css-de-nesting-and-support-for-more-media-types/
(more FOSS news in comments)
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Vorreiter, Verwaltung und politischer Rückhalt: Wie Open Source in die Schulen kommt - netzpolitik.org
https://netzpolitik.org/2026/vorreiter-verwaltung-und-politischer-rueckhalt-wie-open-source-in-die-schulen-kommt/
#netzpolitikorg #linuxmint #dit #eurooffice #jugendschutz #digitalesouveranitat
Und
#vordenkenistbesseralsnachdenken
📄 Euro-Office, open standards, and native ODF - TDF
「 The only destination consistent with the sovereignty Euro-Office invokes is ODF as its native document format. A genuinely European, genuinely sovereign office suite cannot treat the open standard as a concession to outsiders, it has to speak ODF as its mother tongue. The Document Foundation looks forward to that moment, and will be glad to acknowledge it when it comes. 」
https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/06/11/euro-office-open-standards-and-native-odf/

A welcome commitment to open standards — and why it should end with ODF as Euro-Office’s native document format. The Euro-Office pre-announcement has generated considerable coverage across the European press over the past few days. The Document Foundation welcomes the attention that open standards are receiving — and welcomes still more the commitment the announcement makes to them. Before the discussion settles, we would like to clarify one point and state one expectation. Several reports have described Euro-Office as “the first European open source office suite.” Reading the pre-announcement carefully, we do not find the coalition making that claim, and it is not one we would endorse. Europe has been building free and open source office software for many years: LibreOffice, developed by this Foundation and a worldwide community, is itself European, mature, and far from alone. The “first” framing appears to have emerged in the speed of a launch day rather than in the text of the announcement. We note it not to claim precedence — precedence is not the point — but because accuracy serves the cause of open standards better than enthusiasm alone. Read on its merits, the announcement gives a great deal to welcome. The promise
Euro-Office accende il dibattito sulla sovranità digitale europea. Al centro della discussione non ci sono solo cloud e servizi online, ma anche i formati dei documenti. Ecco perché LibreOffice contesta alcune scelte del progetto. #EuroOffice #LibreOffice #OpenSource #ODF #Docker #Linux #DigitalSove
Guerre de l'open source et polémiques, tout ce qu'il faut savoir sur le lancement d'Euro Office par NextCloud
Je trouve ça triste que les équipes des projets open source en viennent se comporter comme les sociétés qui représentent le monde du propriétaire. Mais il est vrai que les parts de marché sont difficiles à acquérir et à conserver pour l’open.
Nextcloud anuncia Hub 26 Spring y la primera versión de Euro-Office 💻🇪🇺 #Nextcloud #EuroOffice #Ofimática #uiolibre 🐧 #Europa #Soberania
https://www.uiolibre.com/nextcloud-anuncia-hub-26-spring-y-la-primera-version-de-euro-office/