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FOSS NEWS

One year after LBRY bankruptcy, Odysee announces its future plans, will leave the LBRY blockchain in the end of the year, in favor of Arweave, plans to build a Fediverse-like content sharing network:
https://odysee.com/@Odysee:8/futureofodysee:e
(Will be interesting to see how they manage to keep content hosted on LBRY available. Hopefully uploads will remain free of charge (Arweave requires upload fee). But overall I like the idea, it gives more freedom to users, just like Fediverse does.)

OBS Studio 30.2 released with NVENC AV1 encoder, Enhanced RTMP/FLV multi-track audio and video support, NVENC, QuickSync and VA-API encoder shared texture support, new Hybrid MP4 output format, unified PipeWIre Screen Capture source etc:
https://9to5linux.com/obs-studio-30-2-released-with-nvenc-av1-support-on-linux-unified-pipewire-source

Firefox 128 released with revamped data clearing dialog, new "Show trending search suggestions" and "Show recent searches" settings etc:
https://9to5linux.com/mozilla-firefox-128-is-now-available-for-download-heres-whats-new

Thunderbird 128 released with improved card view, custom accent colors, "Get Messages" right-click to choose with email account to refresh:
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/07/thunderbird-128-released-with-major-changes

Proton Pass gets new Secure Links feature for more secure password sharing:
https://proton.me/blog/pass-secure-link-sharing

Atom successor Zed (from Atom devs) comes to Linux:
https://news.itsfoss.com/zed-linux/
(Unfortunately it isn't on Flathub yet)

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