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FOSS NEWS

GrapheneOS says it won't comply with age verification laws & will stay available worldwide:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/3/grapheneos-says-it-won-t-comply-with-age-verification-laws-and-will-stay-available-worldwide/

FreeDOS reacts to age verification laws, considering the exclusion of Californian users, similar to MidnightBSD:
https://sourceforge.net/p/freedos/mailman/freedos-devel/thread/trinity-ea582184-aa57-47fe-a9ca-1eaf3c3e7066-1772568482107%40trinity-msg-rest-gmx-mailcom-live-66f5884f57-86bbb/
(An older post, but I discovered it now through Whonix's post, so I include it here.)

Firefox 149 Web Browser Is Now Available for Download, This Is What's New:
https://9to5linux.com/firefox-149-web-browser-is-now-available-for-download-this-is-whats-new

Firefox 150 Promises Support for the GTK Emoji Picker on Linux, Beta Out Now:
https://9to5linux.com/firefox-150-promises-support-for-the-gtk-emoji-picker-on-linux-beta-out-now

Floorp v12.11.0: now supports Chrome Extensions & fixes key bugs:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/3/floorp-v12-11-0-now-supports-chrome-extensions-and-fixes-key-bugs/

Thunderbird 149 Email Client Enables Exporting of Selected Address Book Cards:
https://9to5linux.com/thunderbird-149-email-client-enables-exporting-of-selected-address-book-cards

Matrix 1.18 adds policy servers, invite blocking and safety API updates:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/3/matrix-1-18-adds-policy-servers-invite-blocking-and-safety-api-updates/

Mullvad Browser Alpha adopts Firefox Rapid Release and adds Linux ARM support:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/3/mullvad-browser-alpha-adopts-firefox-rapid-release-and-adds-linux-arm-support/

Linkwarden 2.14 adds improved team collaboration, tag pagination, and faster & enhanced UI:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/3/linkwarden-2-14-adds-improved-team-collaboration-tag-pagination-and-faster-and-enhanced-ui/

Funkwhale 2.0 debuts API v2, new responsive UI, ListenBrainz sync and multi-artist support:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/3/funkwhale-2-0-debuts-api-v2-new-responsive-ui-listenbrainz-sync-and-multi-artist-support/

Monado becomes the open source foundation for various OpenXR (VR) vendors:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/monado-becomes-the-open-source-foundation-for-various-openxr-vr-vendors/

Unvanquished 0.56 Released With More Renderer Improvements, OpenMP Added To Engine:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Unvanquished-0.56

Thief-like open source game project The Dark Mod 2.14 released:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/thief-like-open-source-game-project-the-dark-mod-2-14-released/

Infinity Engine open source remake GemRB 0.9.5 gets Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition playable:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/infinity-engine-open-source-remake-gemrb-0-9-5-gets-baldurs-gate-ii-enhanced-edition-playable/

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(Linux news in previous posts of thread)

FOSS NEWS

LBRY project is alive, now managed by LBRY Foundation, working on a new LBRY CLI:
https://gothub.lunar.icu/LBRYFoundation/lbry-cli

F-Droid warns Google’s sideloading rules will kill the project & several open-source apps:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/9/f-droid-warns-google-s-sideloading-rules-will-kill-the-project-and-several-open-source-apps/

Brave launches Ask Brave AI chat search with privacy and multimedia answers:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/9/brave-launches-ask-brave-ai-chat-search-with-privacy-and-multimedia-answers/

Brave Wallet integrates Cardano for ADA and native assets:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/10/brave-wallet-integrates-cardano-for-ada-and-native-assets/

Signal announces advancements in post-quantum security for the encrypted Signal protocol:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/10/signal-announces-advancements-in-post-quantum-security-for-the-encrypted-signal-protocol/

Free Software Foundation Names New President:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/FSF-New-President-2025

Media player Haruna 1.4 improves playlist management, mouse settings and playback controls:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/10/media-player-haruna-1-4-improves-playlist-management-mouse-settings-and-playback-controls/
(Really nice improvements, I have quite a lot of YouTube videos downloaded to watch later, more videos than time lol, so it's pretty neat that I can reorder videos now in the playlist.)
(Yes, I use Haruna despite having a VLC logo on my pfp lol)

Joplin 3.4 brings mobile rich text editor, enhanced publishing, and smaller desktop app:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/9/joplin-3-4-brings-mobile-rich-text-editor-enhanced-publishing-and-smaller-desktop-app/

Calibre 8.12 introduces Tolino firmware support and Ollama AI updates:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/10/calibre-8-12-introduces-tolino-firmware-support-and-ollama-ai-updates/

Blender 5.0 Vulkan Render Tests Passing On AMD & NVIDIA But Failing For Intel:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Blender-5.0-Vulkan-Intel-Fail

OpenMW 0.50.0 for Morrowind has a first Release Candidate with gamepad support and a gamepad UI:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/09/openmw-0-50-0-for-morrowind-has-a-first-release-candidate-with-gamepad-support-and-a-gamepad-ui/

Open source strategy shooter Unvanquished gets a big new release with SDL3:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/09/open-source-strategy-shooter-unvanquished-gets-a-big-new-release-with-sdl3/

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