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

Kdenlive 25.08 released with redesigned sound control board, additional image sizing options in Titler, new Timecode widget, handle to rotate an item (using the Transform effect) directly on the monitor, support for 10-bit H.265 encoding on NVIDIA GPUs, etc.:
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/08/kdenlive-2508-rleased-10-bit-encoding-support

Shotcut 25.08 released with various bug fixes:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Shotcut-25.08-Released

FFmpeg 8.0 "Huffman" released with AV1 Vulkan encoder, VVC VA-API decoding, TLS peer certificate verification enabled by default, VP9 Vulkan and ProRes RAW Vulkan hardware-acceleration, VVC (Versatile Video Coding) support for Matroska (MKV), new filters, etc.:
https://9to5linux.com/ffmpeg-8-0-huffman-released-with-av1-vulkan-encoder-vvc-va-api-decoding

LibreOffice 25.8 released with PDF 2.0 support, performance improvements, support for importing encrypted hybrid PDFs, PDF documents signed on export are compatible with Adobe Reader, GUI improvements, additional formatting options, etc.:
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/08/libreoffice-25-8-released-pdf-2-performance-boost

LibreOffice gets new Stable Diffusion extension for AI image generation:
https://news.itsfoss.com/libreoffice-ai-integration/

Calibre 8.9 released with support for embedded fonts in HTMLZ output, color swatch in the results list of the Annotations browser to make seeing the type of highlight easier, ability to display the cover of the target book when merging books via drag and drop, sub-menu to the right-click menu of the Fetch news button that shows recently downloaded news sources, support for filtering available plugins by category in the Plugin installation window, etc.:
https://9to5linux.com/calibre-8-9-e-book-manager-adds-support-for-embedded-fonts-to-htmlz-output

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NewPipe 0.28.0 released with Android Auto support, option to add feed groups as tabs on main screen, Trending page now includes live streams, YouTube playback issues fixed, new YouTube temporary playlist export option, etc.:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/8/newpipe-0-28-0-finally-introduces-android-auto-support-updated-trending-page-and-more/

Shotcut 25.07 released with STT model downloader, new System Fusion theme, Outline video filter, ability to drag the waveform peak line to adjust audio gain, Adjust Clip Gain/Volume setting under Settings > Timeline, edit/trim option for Timeline, Soft Focus filter set, option to set Audio/Video duration in the Slideshow Generator dialog, etc.:
https://9to5linux.com/shotcut-25-07-video-editor-introduces-speech-to-text-model-downloader

Audacious 4.5 released with new Playback History plugin for the Qt build, Winamp 2.9 skin, support for the Album Artist tag in the APE header, support for outdated ReplayGain tags in Opus files, support for fetching lyrics from lrclib.net, support for reading color schemes from the settings portal, etc.:
https://9to5linux.com/audacious-4-5-open-source-audio-player-adds-playback-history-plugin-winamp-2-9-skin

CDE (Common Desktop Environment) is ported to OpenBSD:
https://ostechnix.com/cde-openbsd-classic-unix-desktop/
(As noted in the article, CDE isn't really secure to use anymore as a daily driver due to lack of development, but it's good for some nostalgia purposes)

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