FOSS NEWS

OBS Studio 31.0 beta is available, with NVIDIA Blur filter, refactored NVENC, preview scrollbar, QSV AV1 screen content coding etc.:
https://9to5linux.com/obs-studio-31-0-promises-nvidia-blur-filter-background-blur-refactored-nvenc

Mozilla patches a critical vulnerability in Firefox, updating the browser is highly recommended, hackers are actively exploiting the vulnerability:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2024/10/mozilla-issues-emergency-security-update-for-critical-firefox-vulnerability-cve-2024-9680/
(To be fair, all browsers should be updated all the time. The browser is the most vulnerable part of the system, no matter if it's a Chromium, Firefox(-based) or WebKit browser.)

Proton gives massive discounts to American, British, French and German students for all Proton services:
https://proton.me/blog/proton-student-discounts

Proton presents Family Plan (for up to 6 people) for Proton Pass, with shared password vault, warning for weak and reused passwords, built-in password generator, 2FA support, SimpleLogin alias generation:
https://proton.me/blog/pass-family-plan

Proton Drive gets new "Save For Later" option to save shared files:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2024/10/proton-drive-s-save-for-later-feature-enhances-file-management/

Mastodon 4.3 released with new suggested posts section in home feed (where? I don't see it 🤔️), grouped notifications, new icon style etc.:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2024/10/mastodon-4-3-has-launched-with-new-content-recommendations-and-grouped-notifications/
(Icons and notifications page got so weird, I prefer the old look...)

Matrix 1.12 released with new locked account state, option to mark rooms as unread:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2024/10/matrix-1-12-launches-with-new-locked-account-state-and-the-ability-to-mark-rooms-as-unread/

Git 2.47 released with incremental multi-pack indexes (MIDX), other improvements:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2024/10/git-2-47-released-with-incremental-multi-pack-indexes-base-branch-detection-and-more/

OpenBSD 7.6 released with ARM64 Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite support, auto suspend on AMD64 and i386 architectures etc.:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2024/10/openbsd-7-6-brings-arm64-qualcomm-snapdragon-x-elite-support-and-suspend-resume-improvements/
https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-announce&m=172833332925186&w=2

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