(Linux news in previous posts)

FOSS NEWS

Blender 5.1 Beta Enables Hardware Ray-Tracing by Default for AMD GPUs:
https://9to5linux.com/blender-5-1-beta-enables-hardware-ray-tracing-by-default-for-amd-gpus

Intel's Discontinued Open-Source OpenPGL Project Finds A New Home:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-OpenPGL-New-Home
(Another project being picked up by the Linux Foundation, who would have guessed lol)

Calibre 9.3 E-Book Manager Improves Support for the Hanvon N10 e-Reader:
https://9to5linux.com/calibre-9-3-e-book-manager-improves-support-for-the-hanvon-n10-e-reader

Helium Browser debuts experimental vertical tabs for improved user experience:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/2/helium-browser-debuts-experimental-vertical-tabs-for-improved-user-experience/

Transmission 4.1.1 BitTorrent Client Released with Bug Fixes and Improvements:
https://9to5linux.com/transmission-4-1-1-bittorrent-client-released-with-bug-fixes-and-improvements

BleachBit 5.1.0 Beta adds cookie manager and expert mode:
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/02/bleachbit-beta-cookie-manager-expert-mode

LibreOffice 25.8.5 Is Now Available for Download with More Than 60 Bug Fixes:
https://9to5linux.com/libreoffice-25-8-5-is-now-available-for-download-with-more-than-60-bug-fixes

Free and open source RTS 0 A.D. release 28 "Boiorix" is live:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/free-and-open-source-rts-0-a-d-release-28-boiorix-is-live/

Widelands, the open source Settlers-like, devs plan to ban all AI generated contributions:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/widelands-the-open-source-settlers-like-devs-plan-to-ban-all-ai-generated-contributions/

ollama 0.17 Released With Improved OpenClaw Onboarding:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/ollama-0.17

OpenAI hires OpenClaw creator Peter Steinberger, will keep the AI agent open source:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/2/openai-hires-openclaw-creator-peter-steinberger-will-keep-the-ai-agent-open-source/

Burner Todo progress report:
Some custom styling is added to make it look nicer. I also found a way to compile the Python code into C (using Nuitka) to make it more performant, smaller in size. And the AppImage version is also done, except there are still some desktop integration issues, AppImageLaucher and other tools can't integrate it for some reason. Will figure out what's the issue.
https://codeberg.org/fossery-tech/burner-todo

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(Linux news in original post)

FOSS NEWS

Firefox is Adding Split View for Tabs, Here’s How to Enable It:
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/12/enable-firefox-split-view-feature

LibreOffice 26.2 Gets Rid Of The "Community" Edition Branding:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/LibreOffice-262-Drops-Community
(Fair move, it didn't really make sense to call it Community Edition, because it's that by default, not a paid commercial product which has a free of charge, FOSS version like IntelliJ IDEA for example.)

Ghostty Terminal Adopts a Non-Profit Funding Model:
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/12/ghostty-terminal-non-profit-fiscal-sponsorship

MPV 0.41 Released With Wayland Improvements, Vulkan Hardware Decoding Preferred:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/MPV-0.41-Released

Darktable 5.4 RAW Photography Software Reaches Parity Between X11 & Wayland:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Darktable-5.4

Heroes of Might and Magic 2 project fheroes2 version 1.1.13 has been released:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/heroes-of-might-and-magic-2-project-fheroes2-version-1-1-13-has-been-released/

Free and open source Settlers-like, Widelands v1.3 is out with market trading and new maps:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/free-and-open-source-settlers-like-widelands-v1-3-is-out-with-market-trading-and-new-maps/

Pinta 3.1 is Out with Axonometric Grids, Marching Ants + More:
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/12/pinta-3-1-released-new-axonometric-grids

Zettlr 4.0 launches with new table editor, in-app PDF/image viewer & big workflow upgrades:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/12/zettlr-4-0-launches-with-new-table-editor-in-app-pdf-image-viewer-and-big-workflow-upgrades/

Turntable 5.0 Adds Collapsible Player Controls & Year-End Recap:
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/12/turntable-linux-desktop-media-controls

BookStack 25.12 adds user mentions in comments, content URL history system, and much more:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/12/bookstack-25-12-adds-user-mentions-in-comments-content-url-history-system-and-much-more/

Ruby 4.0 Released With Ruby Box Experimental Feature, ZJIT Compiler:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Ruby-4.0-Released

Lua 5.5 brings global variable declarations and read-only loop variables:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Lua-5.5-Released

QEMU 10.2 Released With IO_uring Support For Helping Allow For Greater Performance:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/QEMU-10.2-Released

Coreboot 25.12 Released With Qualcomm X1 Plus Platform Support, AMD Turin PoC:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Coreboot-25.12-Released

Libreboot 26.01-rc1 Released To Support A Few More Systems:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Libreboot-26.01-rc1

P.S. Happy New Year, everyone! 🎆🎇

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