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Fedora proposal was made to discontinue 32-bit support in a two-step process, starting from 44, but it was withdrawn:
https://ostechnix.com/fedora-32-bit-i686-support-withdrawal-postponed/

Fedora dropping 32-bit support would put Bazzite's future development at risk, due to breakages of essential Steam features:
https://news.itsfoss.com/fedora-could-kill-bazzite/

Fedora proposal was made to replace upstream X.Org server with XLibre, but the proposal was withdrawn:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Fedora-43-XLibre-Proposal
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Fedora-XLibre-Proposal-Withdraw

Hyprland plans to launch €5/month premium tier:
https://news.itsfoss.com/hyprland-premium/

Kubuntu 25.10 won't include Xorg session by default:
https://news.itsfoss.com/kubuntu-25-10-wayland-only/

Qt 6.10 will offer session-management-v1 protocol support for Wayland session restore/management, Plasma 6.5 will include clipboard sync support for the built-in RDP server, ability to copy QR code for clipboard items, etc.:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/KDE-Session-Manage-Interial

KDE Plasma 6.4.1 released with an effect potentially triggering seizure disabled, text contrast and readability improvements, Discover improvements, bug fixes:
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/06/kde-plasma-6-4-1-update-disables-a-seizure-triggering-effect

KDE Plasma to get improved initial setup tool:
https://news.itsfoss.com/kde-new-initial-setup-tool/

postmarketOS 25.06 released with Alpine Linux 3.22 base, GNOME Mobile 48, Plasma Mobile 6.3.5, Phosh 0.47.0, and Sxmo 1.17.1, support for more devices, Systemd support, mobile-config-thunderbird:
https://9to5linux.com/postmarketos-25-06-linux-mobile-os-brings-support-for-new-devices-and-systemd

PipeWire 1.4.6 released with option to disable RAOP, improved ALSA plugin, bug fixes:
https://9to5linux.com/pipewire-1-4-6-adds-new-option-to-disable-raop-improves-the-alsa-plugin

Wine 10.11 released with preparations for NTSYNC support to improve gaming performance, more support for generating Windows Runtime metadata in WIDL, bug fixes for several games:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Wine-10.11-Released

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Jun 29, 2025 at 10:41amWeb
Show threadFossery Tech  Jun 29, 2025

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FOSS NEWS

Proton Mail gets Newsletter view to manage all email subscriptions in one place:
https://proton.me/blog/proton-mail-newsletters
(That's really cool. Now we can tell normies that Proton Mail has this feature and Gmail doesn't lol)

Proton Pass adds 14 new entry types, option to create custom types:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/6/proton-pass-goes-beyond-passwords-and-credit-cards-with-customizable-item-storage/
(Really tempting feature, but personally I would advise against storing every piece of sensitive data in one central database in the cloud. Proton can get hacked any time, like any other company, and also the new Swiss law can force them to hand over all that personal data in plain text, so you can mess up your privacy really badly. I'm not pointing fingers at Proton, but I think this update wasn't quite a good idea, it puts too much responsibility on them.)

Firefox 140 ESR released with unload tab feature, support for adding custom search engines in Search settings, support for keeping more or fewer pinned vertical tabs in view, "Select All" option for bookmarks on Android:
https://9to5linux.com/firefox-140-esr-web-browser-is-now-available-for-download-this-is-whats-new

Firefox 141 beta is available with less memory usage on Linux, ability to drag a tab to the pinned tabs tray and drag it out to unpin it, etc.:
https://9to5linux.com/firefox-141-promises-to-use-less-memory-on-linux-systems-beta-out-now

Mozilla discontinues DeepSpeech, an embedded/offline speech-to-text engine:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Mozilla-DeepSpeech-Discontinued
(GNOME: *drops a feature every few releases*
Mozilla: Hold my beer. *drops a service each week*)

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Show threadFossery Tech  Jun 29, 2025

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GIMP 3.1.2 released as a development preview of the upcoming 3.2, with new Overwrite mode, support for importing Photoshop patterns, exporting to Krita‘s .kpl palette format, and more:
https://9to5linux.com/gimp-3-2-promises-new-paint-mode-support-for-importing-photoshop-patterns

Murena Fairphone (Gen. 6) launched with /e/OS 3.0, 5-year support, 12 user-replaceable parts, Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 chipset, 8 GB RAM, 256 GB internal storage, dual-sim support. costs €649 + shipping:
https://news.itsfoss.com/murena-fairphone-6/

Blender 5.0 will include HDR support for Linux with Vulkan + Wayland:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Blender-5.0-HDR-Linux-Wayland

Canonical's Multipass VM manager is now fully FOSS:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Multipass-Fully-Open-Source

qBittorrent 5.1.1 released with improved Wayland support, General tab text selectable by default in WebUI, versioning added to local preferences, etc.:
https://9to5linux.com/qbittorrent-5-1-1-open-source-bittorrent-client-improves-wayland-support

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Show threadRobbyJun 29, 2025

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Re: proton pass enhancement. They use Zero Knowledge Encryption, so I don’t believe they generally have the ability to hand over data as plain text. There is still exposure, but it really is on the client side. At least as I understand it.

Show threadJacob Scharmberg (has moved)Jun 29, 2025
@fosserytech just to clarify, the first headline is misrepresenting the facts. There was never a decided plan to ditch 32 bit libraries. It was proposed and discussed but ultimately decided against for now.
Show threadFossery Tech  Jun 29, 2025

@jacobscharmberg when that article was written it wasn't withdraw yet I think. I just saw this article from a few hours ago: https://ostechnix.com/fedora-32-bit-i686-support-withdrawal-postponed/
I'll change the first article to this one

Thanks for pointing it out