Mastodawn

4d ago

(Linux news in previous posts of thread)

FOSS NEWS

After Nearly 10 Years of Building Mastodon, Eugen Rochko Steps Into Advisory Role:
https://itsfoss.com/news/mastodon-ceo-steps-down/

TABS API is Mozilla’s Latest Bet on the Agentic Web:
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/11/mozilla-tabs-api-ai-web-agents

Firefox recent updates improve tab group handling:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/11/firefox-recent-updates-improve-tab-group-handling/

Firefox 147 Will Support The XDG Base Directory Specification:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Firefox-147-XDG-Base-Directory

A great showcase of open source - Blender 5.0 is out with completely overhauled colour management:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/a-great-showcase-of-open-source-blender-5-0-is-out-with-completely-overhauled-colour-management/

GIMP 3.2 RC1 launches with proper SVG export, improved text editor, and UI enhancements:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/11/gimp-3-2-rc1-launches-with-proper-svg-export-improved-text-editor-and-ui-enhancements/

Signal to add pinned messages feature for chats on all platforms:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/11/signal-to-add-pinned-messages-feature-for-chats-on-all-platforms/

Bluesky adds new moderation tools with expanded categories & a unified enforcement system:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/11/bluesky-adds-new-moderation-tools-with-expanded-categories-and-a-unified-enforcement-system/

Proton Mail apps update adds navigation features on iOS and Android:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/11/proton-mail-apps-update-adds-navigation-features-on-ios-and-android/

diVine is Vine back from the dead, thanks (in part) to Jack Dorsey:
https://betanews.com/2025/11/17/divine-is-vine-back-from-the-dead-thanks-in-part-to-jack-dorsey/

Spotube 5.1 released with audio source plugins, NewPipe integration on desktop, and more:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/11/spotube-5-1-released-with-audio-source-plugins-newpipe-integration-on-desktop-and-more/

Servo Announces Sponsorship Tiers To Get More Organizations Backing This Browser Engine:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Servo-Sponsorship-Tiers

Cryptomator 1.18 desktop now lets you restore lost or damaged master keys & vault config:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/11/cryptomator-1-18-desktop-now-lets-you-restore-lost-or-damaged-master-keys-and-vault-config/

Earth 2140 remake on OpenRA engine OpenE2140 gets a first release:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/earth-2140-remake-on-openra-engine-opene2140-gets-a-first-release/

Zork I, Zork II and Zork III are now officially open source:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/zork-i-zork-ii-and-zork-iii-are-now-officially-open-source/

(more FOSS news in comment)

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After Nearly 10 Years of Building Mastodon, Eugen Rochko Steps Into Advisory Role

Mastodon's creator steps back from CEO role, transfers assets to non-profit organization.

It's FOSS

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4d ago

(more Linux news in original post)

Updated Steam Runtime Switches To Debian 13 Libraries, SDL2 Using Compatibility Layer:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Steam-Runtime-November-2025

Proton Experimental for SteamOS / Linux gets fixes for Marvel Rivals, BlazBlue Centralfiction and more:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/proton-experimental-for-steamos-linux-gets-fixes-for-marvel-rivals-blazblue-centralfiction-and-more/

VKD3D-Proton 3.0 brings FSR4 support, shader backend rewrite, lots of bug fixes and performance upgrades:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/vkd3d-proton-3-0-brings-fsr4-support-shader-backend-rewrite-lots-of-bug-fixes-and-performance-upgrades/

Mesa 25.3.0 released with lots of Linux graphics driver improvements:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/mesa-25-3-0-released-with-lots-of-linux-graphics-driver-improvements/

Linux Kernel 6.18 RC6 Released: Linus Says It is Larger than Usual:
https://ostechnix.com/linux-kernel-6-18-rc6-released/

RISC-V Testing Lapse Resulted In Wrong MIPS RISC-V Vendor ID Landing In Linux 6.18:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/MIPS-RISC-V-Vendor-ID-Linux-618

Red Hat Losing Another Longtime & Prominent Linux Kernel Engineer:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Red-Hat-David-H-Leaving

systemd 259-rc1 Released With Musl libc Support, New run0 "Empower" Mode:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/systemd-259-rc1

NVIDIA 580.94.11 Linux Driver Brings HDR Metadata Support:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/NVIDIA-580.94.11-Linux-Driver

NVK's Cooperative Matrix Support Proving Competitive With Official NVIDIA Driver:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/NVK-Cooperative-Matrix-Perf

OpenZFS 2.4 Squeezes In Some Last Minute Improvements:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/OpenZFS-2.4-rc4-Released

(FOSS news in comments)

Updated Steam Runtime Switches To Debian 13 Libraries, SDL2 Using Compatibility Layer

An updated version of the Steam Linux Runtime 4 branch was rolled out that has now shifted from Debian 11 to Debian 13 libraries for some significant upgrades

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4d ago

This week's Linux and FOSS news:

LINUX NEWS

Wayland-Only Budgie 10.10 Desktop Preview Released:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Budgie-10.10-Preview

KDE Spectacle Adds OCR Support To Copy Text Directly From Screenshots:
https://ostechnix.com/kde-spectacle-adds-ocr-support/
(Sounds nice, took note, I'll try it out if I need something like that, although OCRs aren't that great in my experience, even Terraform, they make a ton of mistakes even when recognizing English text, for niche languages like Hungarian it's basically useless.)

KDE Plasma 6.6 Adds ‘Exclude Certain Windows From Screen Recording’ Feature:
https://ostechnix.com/exclude-certain-windows-from-screen-recording-in-plasma-6-6/

Nautilus File Manager In GNOME 50 Will Load Thumbnails Much Faster:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNOME-50-Nautilus-Thumbnails

AlmaLinux 9.7 debuts with performance enhancements, updated dev tools & improved security:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/11/almalinux-9-7-debuts-with-performance-enhancements-updated-dev-tools-and-improved-security/

SUSE's Agama 18 OS Installer Released - i586 Support Dropped:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/SUSE-Agama-18-Released

Canonical Gets Flutter Up And Running On RISC-V For Ubuntu:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Canonical-Flutter-On-RISC-V

Xubuntu Reveals How its Website Was Hijacked:
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/11/xubuntu-website-breach-report
(Canonical messed it up again, how surprising... Code injection shouldn't be that hard to prevent in most cases.)

TUXEDO ARM notebook based on Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X1 Elite SoC (X1E) discontinued, due to Linux compatibility issues:
https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en/Discontinuation-of-ARM-notebooks-with-Snapdragon-X-Elite-SoC.tuxedo

Phosh 0.51.0 released with new location quick setting, extra options for Caffeine quick setting, improved brightness handling, etc.:
https://phosh.mobi/releases/rel-0.51.0/

(more Linux and FOSS news in comments)

Wayland-Only Budgie 10.10 Desktop Preview Released

At the start of the year developers behind the Budgie desktop environment hoped for shipping Budgie 10.10 in Q1-2025

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

Keep Android Open movement fights back against Google's developer verification:
https://keepandroidopen.org/

GNU C Library Adds Linux "mseal" Function For Memory Sealing:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Glibc-Linux-mseal-Function

GCC Compiler Developers Begin Considering C++20 Default:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/GCC-Considering-CPP-20-Default

LoongArch LA32 Target Proposed For The GCC Compiler:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/LoongArch-32-bit-GCC-Patches

ollama 0.12.11 Brings Vulkan Acceleration:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/ollama-0.12.11-Vulkan

Rust 1.91.1 Released With Two Critical Bug Fixes:
https://ostechnix.com/rust-1-91-1-released/

Vulkan 1.4.333 Released With New Ray-Tracing Extension:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Vulkan-1.4.333-Released

Flutter 3.38 & Dart 3.10 released with GenUI, new language features, and Gemini AI tools:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/11/flutter-3-38-and-dart-3-10-released-with-genui-new-language-features-and-gemini-ai-tools/

Homebrew 5.0 brings download concurrency by default, Linux ARM64/AArch64 support, and more:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/11/homebrew-5-0-brings-download-concurrency-by-default-linux-arm64-aarch64-support-and-more/

F# 10 adds #warnon, property accessor control, and struct ValueOption:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/11/f-10-adds-warnon-property-accessor-control-and-struct-valueoption/

IBM Joins OpenSearch Software Foundation to Advance AI-Powered Search and RAG:
https://itsfoss.com/news/ibm-joins-opensearch-software-foundation/

Wikimedia urges AI firms to stop scraping its content and to use its paid Enterprise API:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/11/wikimedia-urges-ai-firms-to-stop-scraping-its-content-and-to-use-its-paid-enterprise-api/

FFmpeg Calls Google's AI Bug Reports "CVE Slop":
https://itsfoss.com/news/ffmpeg-google-fiasco/

Privacy-focused mobile OS /e/OS 3.2 now warns you of applications leaking your data:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/11/privacy-focused-mobile-os-e-os-3-2-now-warns-you-of-applicaions-leaking-your-data/

Haiku OS Made Many Kernel & App Improvements In October:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Haiku-OS-October-2025

Keep Android Open

Advocating for Android as a free, open platform for everyone to build apps on.

Keep Android Open

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(Linux news in previous posts of thread)

FOSS NEWS

Mozilla Unveils Plans for New 'AI Window' Browsing Mode in Firefox, Opens Signups:
https://itsfoss.com/news/mozilla-ai-window-plans/

Firefox 145 Brings Rounder Tabs, New PDF Edit Tools + More:
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/11/firefox-145-released-new-features

Thunderbird 145 Adds Microsoft Exchange Support + More:
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/11/thunderbird-145-microsoft-exchange-support-ews

Mullvad VPN rolls out LWO for desktop and Android to bypass firewalls and censorship:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/11/mullvad-vpn-rolls-out-lwo-for-desktop-and-android-to-bypass-firewalls-and-censorship/

CoMaps updates to November OSM data, drops Germany speed cameras:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/11/comaps-updates-to-november-osm-data-drops-germany-speed-cameras/

Proton offering 2 years of Proton Pass to cultural institutions worldwide:
https://proton.me/blog/free-password-manager-cultural-institutions

LibreOffice 25.8.3 released for Windows, MacOS, and Linux:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/11/libreoffice-25-8-3-released-for-windows-macos-and-linux/

ODF 1.4 Release Marks 20 Years of OpenDocument Format:
https://itsfoss.com/news/odf-1-4-release/

Servo Shell Improvements For macOS & Android, More Servo Browser Engine Progress:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Servo-October-2025

Servo 0.0.2 Released For Those Wanting To Try Out This Example Rust Web Browser:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Servo-0.0.2-Released

The Godot Engine 2025 showreel is out:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/the-2025-godot-engine-showreel-is-out/

GZDoom successor project UZDoom gets a first preview release:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/gzdoom-successor-project-uzdoom-gets-a-first-preview-release/

Heroes of Might and Magic 2 project fheroes2 version 1.1.12 has been released:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/heroes-of-might-and-magic-2-project-fheroes2-version-1-1-12-has-been-released/

(more FOSS news in comment)

Mozilla Unveils Plans for New 'AI Window' Browsing Mode in Firefox, Opens Signups

Planned browsing mode will let users chat with an AI assistant while surfing the web.

It's FOSS

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(more Linux news in original post)

Wine 10.19 released as we head towards Wine 11:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/wine-10-19-released-as-we-head-towards-wine-11/

Proton 10.0-3 released bringing lots of improvements for gaming on Linux, SteamOS, Steam Machine:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/proton-10-0-3-released-bringing-lots-of-improvements-for-gaming-on-linux-steamos-steam-machine/

You Can Play Classic D3D7 Games on Linux With This New Project, But Don’t Expect Perfection:
https://itsfoss.com/news/play-d3d7-games-on-linux/

Fish 4.2 adds multi-line autosuggestions, default UTF-8, and tab title control:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/11/fish-4-2-adds-multi-line-autosuggestions-default-utf-8-and-tab-title-control/

Linux Kernel 6.18 RC5 Released: Linus Says It is Small and Boring!:
https://ostechnix.com/linux-kernel-6-18-rc5-released/

Possible Setback For Linux x86_64 Laptops: Prominent Developer Joins Qualcomm:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Hans-Joins-Qualcomm

GNU Coreutils 9.9 Brings Numerous Fixes:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNU-Coreutils-9.9

Rust Coreutils 0.4 Released With Better GNU Compatibility & Faster Performance:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Rust-Coreutils-0.4

Linux open source graphics drivers Mesa 25.2.7 released:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/linux-open-source-graphics-drivers-mesa-25-2-7-released/

Mesa 25.3 Released With Many Open-Source Vulkan Driver Improvements:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Mesa-25.3-Released

Nouveau Driver To Support Larger Pages & Compression Support With Linux 6.19:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.19-Nouveau-Larger-Pages

Linux Proposal Aims To Overcome Kernel Limitation Affecting Various Gaming Peripherals:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Multi-Battery-HID-Devices

The Linux Kernel Looks To "Bite The Bullet" In Enabling Microsoft C Extensions:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.19-Patch-Would-MS-Ext

Linux Looks To Remove SHA1 Support For Signing Kernel Modules:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Patch-Drop-SHA1-Mod-Sign

Lenovo IdeaPad Linux Driver Adding Support For Rapid Charge Mode:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Lenovo-IdeaPad-Rapid-Charge

(FOSS news in comments)

Wine 10.19 released as we head towards Wine 11

The development release Wine 10.19 is out now for the compatibility layer that powers Valve's Proton, here's all that's new and improved.

GamingOnLinux

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This week's Linux and FOSS news:

LINUX NEWS

Ubuntu LTS Releases Now Get 15 Years of Support:
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/11/ubuntu-lts-releases-15-years-of-support

Ubuntu's Rust Transition Hits Another Bump as sudo-rs Security Vulnerabilities Show Up:
https://itsfoss.com/news/sudo-rs-issue-ubuntu/

Nitrux 5.0.0 Released: A 'New Beginning' That's Not for Everyone (By Design):
https://itsfoss.com/news/nitrux-5-release/

MX Linux 25 'Infinity' arrives with a cleaner look and easier installation:
https://betanews.com/2025/11/11/mx-linux-25-infinity-arrives-with-a-cleaner-look-and-easier-installation/

Debian 13.2 Released With Dozens Of Fixes:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Debian-13.2-Released

Tails 7.2 brings Tor Browser 15.0, Linux 6.12 LTS kernel, privacy upgrades, and more:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/11/tails-7-2-brings-tor-browser-15-0-linux-6-12-lts-kernel-privacy-upgrades-and-more/

Red Hat's RHEL 10.1 Released With systemd Soft-Reboots, Easier AI Accelerator Drivers:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Red-Hat-Enterprise-Linux-10.1

SparkyLinux 8.1 released with updated software and desktop environments:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/11/sparkylinux-8-1-released-with-updated-software-and-desktop-environments/

GNOME's Nautilus File Manager Finally Supporting Ctrl+Insert & Shift+Insert:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNOME-Nautilus-Copy-Paste-Files

KDE Plasma 6.6 to get a great new feature - limit virtual desktops to the primary screen:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/kde-plasma-6-6-to-get-a-great-new-feature-limit-virtual-desktops-to-the-primary-screen/

Plasma 6.6 Will Avoid Running Out Of RAM When Something Crashes In A Loop:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Plasma-6.6-Better-Crash-Loop

Budgie 10.9.4 adds libpeas2 support, ABI bumps, and Raven plugin changes:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/11/budgie-10-9-4-adds-libpeas2-support-abi-bumps-and-raven-plugin-changes/

Miracle-WM Adds Accessibility, Touchpad & Animation Options:
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/11/miracle-wm-adds-accessibility-touchpad-configuration

Linux’s Slickest System Monitor App (Mission Center) Gets Updated:
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/11/mission-center-system-monitor-1-1-update

Maemo Leste status report: system ported to Devuan Daedalus, new CI/CD, updated browser, calendar and chat app, improved hardware support, etc.:
https://maemo-leste.github.io/maemo-leste-2025-daedalus-release.html

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Ubuntu LTS Releases Now Get 15 Years of Support - OMG! Ubuntu

Canonical is extending support for Ubuntu's Long Term Support (LTS) releases to 15 years. All Ubuntu LTS releases receive 5 years of standard updates,

OMG! Ubuntu

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Nov 9

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

Zed Editor introduces one-click agent extensions for ACP integration:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/11/zed-editor-introduces-one-click-agent-extensions-for-acp-integration/

Git 2.52-rc0 Starts Working On SHA1-SHA256 Interop, Hints For New Default Branch Name:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Git-2.52-rc0-Released

GCC 16 Lands Improved Memmove Behavior For x86/x86_64 CPUs:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/GCC-16-x86-Inline-Memmove

OpenProject 16.6 adds new project evaluation tools & significant performance improvements:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/11/openproject-16-6-adds-new-project-evaluation-tools-and-significant-performance-improvements/

Open Container Initiative "OCI" Runtime Spec v1.3 Released With FreeBSD Support:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/11/openproject-16-6-adds-new-project-evaluation-tools-and-significant-performance-improvements/

Vulkan 1.4.332 Brings A New Qualcomm Extension For AI / ML:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Vulkan-1.4.332

Vite 7.2 brings proxy HTTP2 support, build.license option, ESM config features:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/11/vite-7-2-brings-proxy-http2-support-build-license-option-esm-config-features/

Kodi 21.3 brings HDR support on the Xbox One and Blu-ray playback enhancements on Linux:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/11/kodi-21-3-brings-hdr-support-on-the-xbox-one-and-blu-ray-playback-enhancements-on-linux/

FreeBSD 15.0 Beta 5 Released With Build Fixes For Google & Azure Clouds:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/FreeBSD-15.0-Beta-5

Rust-Based Redox OS Gets Servo Web Engine Running - Sort Of:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Redox-OS-October-2025

Zed Editor introduces one-click agent extensions for ACP integration

zed editor introduces Agent Server Extensions, allowing users to instantly install ACP agents like Auggie, OpenCode, and Stakpak from the extensions panel.

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