(Linux news in previous posts)

FOSS NEWS

Firefox’s free VPN is getting the one feature it was missing:
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/04/firefox-free-vpn-select-server

March in Servo: keyboard navigation, better debugging, FreeBSD support, and more!:
https://servo.org/blog/2026/04/30/march-in-servo/

Mobile Linux browser Kumo receives support for the Servo engine (in addition to WebKit):
https://github.com/catacombing/kumo/releases/tag/v1.7.0
(Not sure how it can be set to use Servo though, I don't see any setting for it in the app)
(But finally, an actively maintained browser with Servo support (even if only for the niche mobile Linux, it doesn't work on desktop), after Verso being basically dead)

Dillo 3.3 brings dilloc CLI utility, page actions, FLTK 1.4 support, and fixed OAuth login:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/4/dillo-3-3-brings-dilloc-cli-utility-page-actions-fltk-1-4-support-and-fixed-oauth-login/

7-Zip 26.01 Now Allows Making Use Of Huge Pages On Linux For Faster Compression:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/7-Zip-26.01

Calibre 9.8 E-Book Manager Improves Content Server, Native TTS Engine, and More:
https://9to5linux.com/calibre-9-8-e-book-manager-improves-the-content-server-native-tts-engine-and-more

LibreOffice 26.2.3 Open-Source Office Suite Released with More Than 40 Bug Fixes:
https://9to5linux.com/libreoffice-26-2-3-open-source-office-suite-released-with-more-than-40-bug-fixes

Kdenlive 26.04 Video Editor Brings Monitor Mirroring, Animated Previews:
https://9to5linux.com/kdenlive-26-04-video-editor-brings-monitor-mirroring-animated-previews

Shotcut 26.4 Video Editor Adds Vulkan GPU Support to Speech to Text on Linux:
https://9to5linux.com/shotcut-26-4-video-editor-adds-vulkan-gpu-to-speech-to-text-on-linux

Wireshark 4.6.5 Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities and Updates Protocol Support:
https://9to5linux.com/wireshark-4-6-5-fixes-multiple-vulnerabilities-and-updates-protocol-support

Blender change the Anthropic AI funding deal, with discussions planned for AI Policies:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/blender-change-the-anthropic-ai-funding-deal-with-discussions-planned-for-ai-policies/

Nintendo 64 emulator gopher64 gets even easier to use:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/nintendo-64-emulator-gopher64-gets-even-easier-to-use/

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@synlogic4242

> localfirst.

I wonder if people know how to have fun with a computer without social media, let alone without the web in general, let alone without the internet in general. Some of the most fun I've had recently was dinking around with #Plan9 with nothing more than a bunch of manpages and the occasional web lookup via #Mothra (a web browser who's capabilities closely match #Dillo — very web 1.0)

Shameless plug(s):
https://rldane.space/i-loved-computers-before-the-internet-was-a-thing.html
https://rldane.space/web-10-is-unironically-going-great.html

> text-bias. terminals, CLIs, shells.

I love the fact that plain text has more or less won. Markdown. JSON. XML, umm, yeah. XD

> Markdown.

MARK the FRICK [DOWWWWWWWWN]
I was literally writing Uni class notes in MS Word until I discovered Markdown (not until after abandoning grad school, sadly). When I learned about it, I was like,

"This is a UNIX system, I know thi—"

*COUGH*

I mean,

"This is basically just #WikkaWiki or early #TiddlyWiki markdown! I already know this!!"

And I've loved it ever since, like 7 years, now.

> decentralized. p2p. e2ee. no surveillance supported, allowed or even possible.

The glazed-eyed look when I tell people that their security cameras could be e2ee'd, that they didn't have to give some creepy corpo a 24/7 view into their kids bedrooms.
Mein gott

> middle finger to the rentier & grifter class.

Thank God for the #fediverse for teaching me terms like "grifter," "rent-seeking," and the like. Y'all have ruined this Texas boy 🤣

I was talking to my aunt a few months ago, and this totally white lady raised by conservative Christians said, "Man, capitalism just ruins everything!"

My immediate response: "DEAR GOD, [NAME], THEY HAVE RUINED YOU!!!" 😂

> anti-AI caltrops the norm.

YAS. I wanna see TONS of anti-AI honeypots ;)
There needs to be a service called amislopornot.com that lets you punch in a git repo URL and tells you if there's any agents.md, claude, or copilot contributions. #Fedi, make this happen! 😆

> return to compute efficiency (where every pixel, character, cycle and bit is precious and not to be wasted -- unless its for sake of funny cat videos, and even that the only exception. ok also dogs in costumes. no other exceptions. maybe a re-binge of Firefly. literally no other exceptions, however. unless Minecraft has new skins avail. again: last possible exception.

Make .GIF for still images again. It was never meant to be used for animations. 😥
The fact that you can effortlessly convert an animated GIF to mp4 in like a few seconds with ffmpeg, shave off no less than half the storage with no perceptible loss of quality (on a highly dithered image, to boot!) really tells you it's just not meant for that.

> the important point is to aspire to be a vegan even while mouth stuffed with fresh bacon.)

This is the last sentence that EVER needs be writ.
Literature is now declared COMPLETE.
I have a B.S. in Literary Studies, I have the auttorritaah!!!