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FOSS NEWS

GIMP Announce Official Snap Package for Ubuntu:
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/10/official-gimp-snap-package-announced

Google's Safe Browsing Flags Open Source Photo App Immich as Dangerous:
https://news.itsfoss.com/google-safe-browsing-flags-immich/
(They hate competition, just the usual...)

Tor Browser's latest alpha removes AI features introduced by Firefox for enhanced privacy:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/10/tor-browser-s-latest-alpha-removes-ai-features-introduced-by-firefox-for-enhanced-privacy/

digiKam 8.8 adds hierarchical tag import, focus point preview, and new blur tool:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/10/digikam-8-8-adds-hierarchical-tag-import-focus-point-preview-and-new-blur-tool/

Calibre 8.13 enhances search editing & compatibility with new features and fixes:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/10/calibre-8-13-enhances-search-editing-and-compatibility-with-new-features-and-fixes/

PeaZip 10.7 released with built-in text & image viewer, and image thumbnails' display:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/10/peazip-10-7-released-with-built-in-text-and-image-viewer-and-image-thumbnails-display/

Two major security vulnerabilities discovered in 7-Zip, affecting Windows users:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/10/two-major-security-vulnerabilities-discovered-in-7-zip-affecting-windows-users/

Linux's Favorite Game SuperTuxKart 1.5 Released with Graphics Overhaul and New Features:
https://news.itsfoss.com/supertuxkart-1-5/

Servo 0.0.1 Browser Engine Released:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Servo-0.0.1-Released
(Nice to see the first version released this quickly, although it's still lacking behind in terms of website compatibility, but it's getting there. We need independent engines/browsers like this one and Ladybird)

Servo's Demo Browser Adds Experimental Mode & More Performance Improvements:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Servo-September-2025-Highlights

Mullvad VPN adds QUIC obfuscation on Android and iOS to bypass firewalls and censorship:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/10/mullvad-vpn-adds-quic-obfuscation-on-android-and-ios-to-bypass-firewalls-and-censorship/

Making retro DOS gaming simple - the standalone DOSBox Pure Unleashed is out now:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/10/making-retro-dos-gaming-simple-the-standalone-dosbox-pure-unleashed-is-out-now/

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FOSS NEWS

Odysee presents new AR-based payment system, discontinues Stripe payment and LBC content boosting:
https://odysee.com/@Odysee:8/introducingdecentralizedpaymentsonodyseeforeveryoneeverywhere:7
(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:
https://9to5linux.com/thunderbird-140-adds-mark-as-spam-and-mark-as-starred-actions-to-notifications

ONLYOFFICE Documents 9.0 for Android released with OCR support, DocSpace version history, Markdown and OpenDocument Graphics support, etc.:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/7/onlyoffice-documents-9-0-for-android-adds-ocr-docspace-version-history-and-markdown-viewing/

Matrix 1.15 released with OpenID Connect support, richer information about rooms before joining, better room discovery, additional text formatting options for messages, etc.:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/6/matrix-1-15-adds-improved-oidc-authentication-room-summaries-and-rich-topic/

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

HuggingChat is shutting down, will be replaced by another service better integrated into the Hugging Face ecosystem:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/7/hugging-face-shuts-down-its-ai-chatbot-huggingchat-to-make-way-for-new-ai-service/

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