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This week's Linux and FOSS news:

LINUX NEWS

Wayland-Only Budgie 10.10 Desktop Preview Released:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Budgie-10.10-Preview

KDE Spectacle Adds OCR Support To Copy Text Directly From Screenshots:
https://ostechnix.com/kde-spectacle-adds-ocr-support/
(Sounds nice, took note, I'll try it out if I need something like that, although OCRs aren't that great in my experience, even Terraform, they make a ton of mistakes even when recognizing English text, for niche languages like Hungarian it's basically useless.)

KDE Plasma 6.6 Adds ‘Exclude Certain Windows From Screen Recording’ Feature:
https://ostechnix.com/exclude-certain-windows-from-screen-recording-in-plasma-6-6/

Nautilus File Manager In GNOME 50 Will Load Thumbnails Much Faster:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNOME-50-Nautilus-Thumbnails

AlmaLinux 9.7 debuts with performance enhancements, updated dev tools & improved security:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/11/almalinux-9-7-debuts-with-performance-enhancements-updated-dev-tools-and-improved-security/

SUSE's Agama 18 OS Installer Released - i586 Support Dropped:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/SUSE-Agama-18-Released

Canonical Gets Flutter Up And Running On RISC-V For Ubuntu:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Canonical-Flutter-On-RISC-V

Xubuntu Reveals How its Website Was Hijacked:
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/11/xubuntu-website-breach-report
(Canonical messed it up again, how surprising... Code injection shouldn't be that hard to prevent in most cases.)

TUXEDO ARM notebook based on Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X1 Elite SoC (X1E) discontinued, due to Linux compatibility issues:
https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en/Discontinuation-of-ARM-notebooks-with-Snapdragon-X-Elite-SoC.tuxedo

Phosh 0.51.0 released with new location quick setting, extra options for Caffeine quick setting, improved brightness handling, etc.:
https://phosh.mobi/releases/rel-0.51.0/

(more Linux and FOSS news in comments)

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Wayland-Only Budgie 10.10 Desktop Preview Released

At the start of the year developers behind the Budgie desktop environment hoped for shipping Budgie 10.10 in Q1-2025

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Fossery Tech

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Updated Steam Runtime Switches To Debian 13 Libraries, SDL2 Using Compatibility Layer:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Steam-Runtime-November-2025

Proton Experimental for SteamOS / Linux gets fixes for Marvel Rivals, BlazBlue Centralfiction and more:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/proton-experimental-for-steamos-linux-gets-fixes-for-marvel-rivals-blazblue-centralfiction-and-more/

VKD3D-Proton 3.0 brings FSR4 support, shader backend rewrite, lots of bug fixes and performance upgrades:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/vkd3d-proton-3-0-brings-fsr4-support-shader-backend-rewrite-lots-of-bug-fixes-and-performance-upgrades/

Mesa 25.3.0 released with lots of Linux graphics driver improvements:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/mesa-25-3-0-released-with-lots-of-linux-graphics-driver-improvements/

Linux Kernel 6.18 RC6 Released: Linus Says It is Larger than Usual:
https://ostechnix.com/linux-kernel-6-18-rc6-released/

RISC-V Testing Lapse Resulted In Wrong MIPS RISC-V Vendor ID Landing In Linux 6.18:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/MIPS-RISC-V-Vendor-ID-Linux-618

Red Hat Losing Another Longtime & Prominent Linux Kernel Engineer:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Red-Hat-David-H-Leaving

systemd 259-rc1 Released With Musl libc Support, New run0 "Empower" Mode:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/systemd-259-rc1

NVIDIA 580.94.11 Linux Driver Brings HDR Metadata Support:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/NVIDIA-580.94.11-Linux-Driver

NVK's Cooperative Matrix Support Proving Competitive With Official NVIDIA Driver:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/NVK-Cooperative-Matrix-Perf

OpenZFS 2.4 Squeezes In Some Last Minute Improvements:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/OpenZFS-2.4-rc4-Released

(FOSS news in comments)

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Updated Steam Runtime Switches To Debian 13 Libraries, SDL2 Using Compatibility Layer

An updated version of the Steam Linux Runtime 4 branch was rolled out that has now shifted from Debian 11 to Debian 13 libraries for some significant upgrades

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4d ago

(Linux news in previous posts of thread)

FOSS NEWS

After Nearly 10 Years of Building Mastodon, Eugen Rochko Steps Into Advisory Role:
https://itsfoss.com/news/mastodon-ceo-steps-down/

TABS API is Mozilla’s Latest Bet on the Agentic Web:
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/11/mozilla-tabs-api-ai-web-agents

Firefox recent updates improve tab group handling:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/11/firefox-recent-updates-improve-tab-group-handling/

Firefox 147 Will Support The XDG Base Directory Specification:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Firefox-147-XDG-Base-Directory

A great showcase of open source - Blender 5.0 is out with completely overhauled colour management:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/a-great-showcase-of-open-source-blender-5-0-is-out-with-completely-overhauled-colour-management/

GIMP 3.2 RC1 launches with proper SVG export, improved text editor, and UI enhancements:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/11/gimp-3-2-rc1-launches-with-proper-svg-export-improved-text-editor-and-ui-enhancements/

Signal to add pinned messages feature for chats on all platforms:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/11/signal-to-add-pinned-messages-feature-for-chats-on-all-platforms/

Bluesky adds new moderation tools with expanded categories & a unified enforcement system:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/11/bluesky-adds-new-moderation-tools-with-expanded-categories-and-a-unified-enforcement-system/

Proton Mail apps update adds navigation features on iOS and Android:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/11/proton-mail-apps-update-adds-navigation-features-on-ios-and-android/

diVine is Vine back from the dead, thanks (in part) to Jack Dorsey:
https://betanews.com/2025/11/17/divine-is-vine-back-from-the-dead-thanks-in-part-to-jack-dorsey/

Spotube 5.1 released with audio source plugins, NewPipe integration on desktop, and more:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/11/spotube-5-1-released-with-audio-source-plugins-newpipe-integration-on-desktop-and-more/

Servo Announces Sponsorship Tiers To Get More Organizations Backing This Browser Engine:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Servo-Sponsorship-Tiers

Cryptomator 1.18 desktop now lets you restore lost or damaged master keys & vault config:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/11/cryptomator-1-18-desktop-now-lets-you-restore-lost-or-damaged-master-keys-and-vault-config/

Earth 2140 remake on OpenRA engine OpenE2140 gets a first release:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/earth-2140-remake-on-openra-engine-opene2140-gets-a-first-release/

Zork I, Zork II and Zork III are now officially open source:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/zork-i-zork-ii-and-zork-iii-are-now-officially-open-source/

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After Nearly 10 Years of Building Mastodon, Eugen Rochko Steps Into Advisory Role

Mastodon's creator steps back from CEO role, transfers assets to non-profit organization.

It's FOSS

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4d ago

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Immich v2.3.0 updates OCR languages and fixes iOS freeze:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/11/immich-v2-3-0-updates-ocr-languages-and-fixes-ios-freeze/

Python Developers Looking At Introducing The Rust Programming Language In CPython:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Proposal-Rust-In-CPython
(Incorporating Rust to another programming language? Why?)

Git 2.52 Released With More Preparations Toward Git 3.0:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Git-2.52-Released

PHP 8.5 Released With New Pipe Operator, New URI Extension & Clone With:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/PHP-8.5-Released

Angular v21 brings experimental Signal Forms, Aria preview, and Vitest support:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/11/angular-v21-brings-experimental-signal-forms-aria-preview-and-vitest-support/

GCC 16 Compiler Now Ready For AVX10.2 & APX With Intel Nova Lake:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Nova-Lake-GCC-16-AVX10.2-APX

GCC Patch Enables Support For The Rust-Based Wild Linker:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/GCC-Patch-Wild-Linker

GCC Developer Discovers "Our Codebase Isn't Fully C++20 Ready":
https://www.phoronix.com/news/GCC-Fix-CPP20-Build-Issues

GCC Steering Committee Allows New Language Front-End To Land For GCC 16:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/GCC-Allowing-Algol-68-Front-End

C# 14 arrives: extension members and cleaner syntax lead the update:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/11/c-14-arrives-extension-members-and-cleaner-syntax-lead-the-update/

FreeBSD 15.0-RC1 Brings Build Fixes For Google Cloud & Azure, Base Repository Changes:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/FreeBSD-15.0-RC1-Released

FreeBSD 15.0-RC3 Ships Latest OpenZFS, KDE Dropped From DVD ISO Due To Size Constraints:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/FreeBSD-15.0-RC3-Released

Enshittification of Arduino Begins? Qualcomm Starts Clamping Down:
https://itsfoss.com/news/enshittification-of-arduino-begins/

Sovereign Tech Fund Hiring A New Leader For Driving Open-Source Funding:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/STF-Hiring-New-Head

Deploy Your Thanksgiving Dinner with Cranberry sOSS:
https://itsfoss.com/cranberry-soss/
(Fun one. Although most devs would probably be more happy if they received money instead of some jam, but I mean it's still something lol)

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Immich v2.3.0 updates OCR languages and fixes iOS freeze

immich v2.3.0 adds new language-specific OCR models, fixes iOS app freezes on resume, and introduces improved asset management features.

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