(more Linux and FOSS news in previous posts of thread)

Brave Search API unveils Place Search endpoint for detailed map queries:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/2/brave-search-api-unveils-place-search-endpoint-for-detailed-map-queries/

Intel Formally Ends Four Of Their Go Language Open-Source Projects:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-Stops-Go-Projects

Wireshark 4.6.4 Updates Protocol and Capture File Support, Fixes More Bugs:
https://9to5linux.com/wireshark-4-6-4-updates-protocol-and-capture-file-support-fixes-more-bugs

Portainer 2.39 LTS brings Fleet Governance Policies, alerting, and shared Git credentials:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/2/portainer-2-39-lts-brings-fleet-governance-policies-alerting-and-shared-git-credentials/

Deno 2.7 brings stable Temporal API, Windows on ARM support & better Node.js compatibility:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/2/deno-2-7-brings-stable-temporal-api-windows-on-arm-support-and-better-node-js-compatibility/

GNU Octave 11 Open-Source Scientific Programming Language Officially Released:
https://9to5linux.com/gnu-octave-11-open-source-scientific-programming-language-officially-released

GNU Gawk 5.4 Released With New MinRX Regex Matcher, Faster Reading Of Files:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNU-Gawk-5.4-Released

AOMedia Open Audio Codec "OAC" Aims To Be The Successor To Opus:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/AOMedia-OAC-Open-Audio-Codec

FosseryWeb page-builders progress report:
FosseryWeb Min support implemented, and the first cheatsheet generated using the tool is now online on the beta versions of the two sites, so the tool finally made it into production! Also ironed out quite a few bugs and unhandled edge cases yesterday.
https://fosseryweb.codeberg.page/@beta/cheatsheets/java/lists.html
https://fosseryweb-min.codeberg.page/@beta/cheatsheets/java/lists.html

FreeBSD's Rust Kernel Support Could Be Stable Enough To Try This Year:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/FreeBSD-Q4-2025-Status-Report

FreeBSD 14.4-RC1 Adds Emacs, Vim & More To DVD Images:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/FreeBSD-14.4-RC1-Released

Genode OS 26.02 Halfway Done Migrating From GitHub To Codeberg:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Genode-OS-26.02
(Yay, Codeberg keeps winning!)

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(more Linux and FOSS news in previous posts of thread)

Code editor Zed adds long-awaited rainbow brackets for improved nested code readability:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/12/code-editor-zed-adds-long-awaited-rainbow-brackets-for-improved-nested-code-readability/

Django 6.0 released with template partials, backround tasks and more:
https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2025/dec/03/django-60-released/

AMD GPU Managed Memory Support Merged For The GCC 16 Compiler:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMD-GCC-Managed-Memory

WordPress 6.9 adds block-level Notes, dashboard-wide Command Palette, and Abilities API:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/12/wordpress-6-9-adds-block-level-notes-dashboard-wide-command-palette-and-abilities-api/

Anthropic acquires Bun to accelerate its development and integration into Claude Code:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/12/anthropic-acquires-bun-to-accelerate-its-development-and-integration-into-claude-code/

Wireshark 4.6.2 Is Out to Update Protocol/Capture File Support and Fix More Bugs:
https://9to5linux.com/wireshark-4-6-2-is-out-to-update-protocol-capture-file-support-and-fix-more-bugs

Let's Encrypt will decrease SSL certificate validity from 90 to 45 Days by 2028:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/12/let-s-encrypt-will-decrease-ssl-certificate-validity-from-90-to-45-days-by-2028/

FreeBSD 15.0 Now Officially Available With Many Software Updates, Reproducible Builds:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/FreeBSD-15.0-RELEASE

ReactOS Lands Improvements For Its USB Stack - Fixing Various Blue Screens of Death:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Better-USB-For-ReactOS

Genode OS Framework 25.11 Adds Intel Alder Lake Graphics Support:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Genode-OS-25.11

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