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17 Oct, 11:49

Aaaand it's gone. 😂
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/10/winamp-really-whips-open-source-coders-into-frenzy-with-its-source-release/
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14 Oct, 09:52

Inkscape 1.4 has been released.
https://inkscape.org/news/2024/10/13/inkscape-launches-version-14-powerful-new-accessib/
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10 Oct, 16:18

Ubuntu 24.10 has been released.

Mostly it is just a software upgrade.
https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/oracular-oriole-release-notes/44878
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08 Oct, 16:09

Plasma desktop 6.2 has been released.
https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.2.0/
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08 Oct, 15:58

GNOME has published a blog post about how they are letting some of their staff go and cutting additional costs wherever possible due to some hard finances they are going through.

Who could have envisioned this after hiring a shaman as execute director for 8 months?
https://foundation.gnome.org/2024/10/07/update-from-the-board-2024-10/
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04 Oct, 12:42

This is important.
https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/10/persistent-stealthy-linux-malware-has-infected-thousands-since-2021/
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01 Oct, 14:51

This article confirms what we have written here before on how Mozilla does not like the fact that it is being used as an adblock-supporting browser.

https://fosspost.org/mozilla-has-been-suspiciously-silent-about-google-and-manifest-v3

They tried to fix their mistake later on but it was late:
https://www.ghacks.net/2024/10/01/mozillas-massive-lapse-in-judgement-causes-clash-with-ublock-origin-developer/
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01 Oct, 14:37

Firefox 131 has been released.
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/131.0/releasenotes/
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30 Sep, 11:29

ffmpeg 7.1 has been released.
https://jbkempf.com/blog/2024/ffmpeg-7.1.0/
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28 Sep, 06:11

Valve and Arch Linux enter a collaboration: https://lists.archlinux.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/RIZSKIBDSLY4S5J2E2STNP5DH4XZGJMR/
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27 Sep, 10:58

PostgreSQL 17 has been released:
https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/postgresql-17-released-2936/
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26 Sep, 15:15

Alpha 2 release of the COSMIC desktop from System76 has been released.
https://blog.system76.com/post/cosmic-alpha-2-press-release
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25 Sep, 12:44

Winamp source code is now available, though it is not released under an open source license.

https://winamp.com/player/legacy

If only they could find out about my local fork... 😉
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18 Sep, 15:22

GNOME 47 has been released.
https://release.gnome.org/47/

It has accent colors feature, which was added in Ubuntu like 3 years ago or smth. 😄
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08 Sep, 15:14

Gnome Files: A detailed UI examination
https://www.datagubbe.se/gnomefiles/
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27 Aug, 14:21

FreeBSD gets around 700K Euro in funding from the German Sovereign Tech Fund:
https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/sovereign-tech-fund-to-invest-e686400-in-freebsd-infrastructure-modernization/
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26 Aug, 09:42

A malicious plugin for the Pidgin program was up for two months before it was taken down.

It contained a keylogger and took screenshots of affected users' screens.
https://pidgin.im/posts/2024-08-malicious-plugin/
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23 Aug, 08:53

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22 Aug, 08:52

LibreOffice 24.8 has been released:
https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2024/08/22/libreoffice-248/
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22 Aug, 06:30

Opinion: Mozilla has been suspiciously silent about Google and Manifest V3

This is their greatest marketing opportunity of the year, and they are yet to seize it.

Why is that? Let's see.
https://fosspost.org/mozilla-has-been-suspiciously-silent-about-google-and-manifest-v3
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