Fossery Tech  Apr 7, 2024

This week's Linux and FOSS news:

Linux kernel 6.7 reaches EOL, upgrade to 6.8 suggested:
https://9to5linux.com/linux-kernel-6-7-reaches-end-of-life-users-urged-to-upgrade-to-linux-kernel-6-8

Linux Mint 22 "Wilma" will default to PipeWire:
https://debugpointnews.com/linux-mint-22-pipewire/

Nitrux transitions from Plasma to Maui Shell, Qt programs will come from Debian repos instead of KDE Neon:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2024/4/nitrux-now-uses-kde-software-from-debian-and-will-switch-from-kde-plasma-to-maui-shell/

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OpenBSD 7.5 released with new TIMEOUT_MPSAFE flag, IBM encoded version of the "Spleen 8x16" terminal font etc.:
https://www.openbsd.org/75.html

NetBSD 10.0 released with various performance improvements:
https://www.netbsd.org/releases/formal-10/NetBSD-10.0.html

KDE's new notetaking app, Marknote released:
https://blogs.kde.org/2024/03/29/marknote-finally-released/

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NewsFlash 3.2 released with option to download articles from CLI, delete articles older than a set time interval:
https://blogs.gnome.org/jangernert/2024/03/25/newsflash-3-2/

Kooha 2.3 released with various UI improvements, audio fixes:
https://seadve.github.io/blog/10-kooha-2-3/

Flowblade 2.14 released with USB remote control support, titles are editable from timeline, new "Slowmo" playback etc.:
https://debugpointnews.com/flowblade-2-14/

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New Ente Auth desktop 2FA app released:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2024/4/ente-releases-desktop-version-ente-auth-s-open-source-2fa-authenticator-app/

FFmpeg 7.0 released with Dolby Vision profile 10 support in AV1, HEIF/AVIF support, D3D12VA hardware accelerated H264, HEVC, VP9, AV1, MPEG-2 and VC1 decoding etc.:
https://9to5linux.com/ffmpeg-7-0-dijkstra-released-with-important-aarch64-optimizations-for-hevc

Kodi 21.0 released with FFmpeg 6.0, NFSv4, AVIF image support, support for reading/writing M3U8 playlists etc.:
https://9to5linux.com/kodi-21-0-omega-open-source-media-center-is-here-with-major-changes

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