Welcome to another issue of FOSS Weekly. Here is your latest free software news from the last week. We are back after a break!

📰 News

• Microsoft has open sourced MS-DOS 4.0 [microsoft.com] but it does not compile [os2museum.com]

• Andreas Tille elected as Debian Project Leader for 2024 [debian.org]

• Gentoo Linux bans AI generated contributions [gentoo.org]

• GNOME Foundation is running on deficit and plans to focus on fundraising [gnome.org]

🐧 Linux updates

• Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Noble Numbat released [ubuntu.com]

• Fedora Linux 40 is here with GNOME 46 and KDE 6 [fedoramagazine.org]

• EndeavourOS Gemini released with Plasma 6 [endeavouros.com]

• QEMU 9.0 released with Pi 4 support [qemu.org]

📝 Releases

• Tails 6.2 [tails.net]

• Node.js 22 [nodejs.org]

• Moodle LMS 4.4 [moodle.com]

🔗 Also read

• This Week in GNOME [thisweek.gnome.org]

• This Week in KDE [pointieststick.com]

• This Week in Rust [rust.org]

• OSM Weekly News [weeklyosm]

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📰 News

• Debian’s statement about the EU Cyber Resilience Act [debian.org]

• Bruce Perens on FOSS licenses [theregister.com]

• LinuxFoundation adds ISP Toolbox to Connectivity Projects [linuxfoundation.org]

• Scribus major release 1.6.0 [scribus.net]

🐧 Linux updates

• Nobara Linux 39 released with Plasma instead of GNOME [nobara.org]

• MX Linux now has a Raspberry Pi edition [mxlinux.org]

• Fedora planning to merge /usr/bin and /usr/sbin [fedoraproject.org]

• Gentoo Linux goes binary [gentoo.org]

• Rhino Linux 2023.4 is here with new updates [rihnolinux.org]

📝 Releases

• Rust 1.75 [rust-lang.org]

• Ruby 3.3.0 [ruby-lang.org]

• Darktable 4.6 [darktable.org]

• Firefox 122 beta [mozilla.org]

🔗 Also read

• This Week in GNOME [thisweek.gnome.org]

• Full Circle Magazine [fullcirclemagazine.org]

• Fedora weekly round up [fedoraproject.org]

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Welcome to another issue of FOSS Weekly! This week we have lots of releases and some news.

📰 News

• Mozilla adds 450 extensions to Firefox Android [mozilla.org]

• China’s satellite with a Rust Real Time OS (RROS) [bupt-os.github.io]

• Proton Mail launches official desktop app [proton.me]

• Open Networking Foundation merges into the Linux Foundation [telecomtv.com]

🐧 Linux updates

• Manjaro Linux 23.1 Vulcan released [manjaro.org]

• COSMIC DE improvements and updates [system76.com]

• KDE Gear 23.08.4 released [kde.org]

• Calamares graphical installer 3.3, released [calamares.io]

📝 Releases

• LibreOffice 24.2 [documentfoundation.org]

• GnuCash 5.5 [github.com]

• Shotcut 23.12 [shotcut.org]

• Paperless-ngx v2.0.0 [github.com]

• pgAdmin 4 v8.0 [pgadmin.org]

🔗 Also read

• This Week in GNOME [thisweek.gnome.org]

• This Week in KDE [pointieststick.com]

• Weekly GNU-like Mobile Linux Update [linmob.net]

• Fedora weekly round up [fedoraproject.org]

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Welcome to another issue of FOSS Weekly! In the last week, Microsoft open sources their real time operating system, Tuxedo is here with another great (gaming!) Laptop, and PipeWire reached 1.0.

📰 News

• All-AMD Linux gaming laptop by Tuxedo [tuxedocomputers.com]

• Firefox 120 is here with better privacy controls [mozilla.org]

• GIMP 3.0 is coming in May next year [librearts.org]

• Microsoft open sources Azure RTOS with Eclipse [microsoft.com]

🐧 Linux updates

• LACT, a GUI to control AMD GPUs on Linux [phoronix.com]

• AlmaLinux 8.9 Stable [almalinux.org]

• Linux Kernel is dropping support for old graphic drivers [phoronix.com]

• PipeWire 1.0.0 released [freedesktop.org]

📝 Releases

• PHP 8.3.0 [php.net]

• Git 2.43 [github.blog]

• Proxmox 8.1 [proxmox.com]

• Qt Creator 12 [qt.io]

• wlroots 0.17 [freedesktop.org]

🔗 Also read

• This Week in GNOME [thisweek.gnome.org]

• This Week in KDE [pointieststick.com]

• Fedora weekly round up [fedoraproject.org]

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Welcome to another issue of FOSS Weekly! Here is your latest free software news from the last week. Germany is killing it with opencode.de and funding GNOME with a million euros. Blender and Calibre had some major releases and Canonical announced their new cloud solution.

📰 News

• Blender 4.0 released with lots of updates [blender.org]

• Calibre 7.0 released after a year of development [calibre-ebook.com]

• Sentry switches to “Functional Source License” [sentry.io]

• Linux Foundation plans to form a “High Performance Software Foundation” [linuxfoundation.org]

🐧 Linux updates

• Linux Kernel 6.6 is now LTS until December 2026 [phoronix.com]

• GNOME gets €1M from the German Sovereign Tech Fund [gnome.org]

• GTK: Introducing graphics offload [gtk.org]

• Canonical releases MicroCloud, a private cloud solution [canonical.com]

📝 Releases

• Rust 1.74 [rust-lang.org]

• Wireshark 4.2.0 [wireshark.org]

• HandBrake 1.7 [github.com]

• Meson 1.3 [github.com]

🔗 Also read

• This Week in GNOME [thisweek.gnome.org]

• This Week in KDE [pointieststick.com]

• Ubuntu weekly news [ubuntu.com]

• Mobile Linux Weekly [linmob.net]

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Here is your review of what happened in FOSS in the last week

📰 News

• Android and RISC-V [googleblog.com]

• Arm invests in Raspberry Pi [newsroom.arm.com]

• GitHub accelerator program update [github.blog]

• NVIDIA improves Wayland support in driver update [9to5linux.com]

🐧 Linux updates

• LXQt 1.4.0 released [lxqt-project.org]

• elementary OS 8 development begins [elementary.io]

• Bcachefs file system merged into Kernel 6.7 [phoronix.com]

• Fedora 40 to get plasma 6 and drops X11 [phoronix.com]

📝 Releases

• uBlock 1.53.0 [github.com]

• Home Assistant 2023.11 [home-assistant.io]

• Bevy 0.12 [bevyengine.org]

• SQLite 3.44.0 [sqlite.org]

• Audacity 3.4 [audacityteam.org]

🔗 Also read

• This Week in GNOME [thisweek.gnome.org]

• This Week in KDE [pointieststick.com]

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📰 News

• CERN is launching its open source program office [home.cern]

• Sentry donates $500K to open source maintainers [sentry.io]

• Spotify announces recipients of 100K EUR FOSS Fund [atspotify.com]

• Radius - Azure’s open source platform for cloud-native apps [radapp.io]

• University of Texas has also started an OSS office [utexas.edu]

• 15 years of Android [blog.google]

🐧 Linux updates

• Fedora 39 release delayed yet again due to bugs [linuxiac.com]

• Linux Mint 21.3 - Cinnamon 6.0 and Wayland support [linuxmint.com]

• Ubuntu 24.04 begins, codenamed “Noble Numbat” [omgubuntu.co.uk]

• Upcoming features in the Linux Kernel 6.6 [phoronix.com]

• Linux Plumbers Conference is taking place from Nov 13-15 [lpc.events]

📝 Releases

• qBittorrent v4.6.0 [bittorrent.org]

• GNOME 45.1 [gnome.org]

• Firefox 119.0 [mozilla.org]

• Geany 2.0.0 [geany.org]

🔗 Also read

• This Week in GNOME [thisweek.gnome.org]

• This Week in KDE [pointieststick.com]

• Full Circle Ubuntu Magazine [fullcirclemagazine.org]

• Fedora weekly round up [fedoraproject.org]

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Welcome to another edition of FOSS Weekly! In the last week, Shopify open sourced another Ruby tool, Qualcomm announced they are working on RISC-V based chipsets for wearables, and the new Raspberry Pi became available. There were also some big software releases.

📰 News

• Qualcomm, Google to create RISC-V based WearOS chipsets [qualcomm.com]

• Raspberry Pi 5 is available now [raspberrypi.com]

• Firefox 119 is here with improved PDF editing [phoronix.com]

• Shopify open sources “Ruvy” which lets you create WASM modules from Ruby [shopify.engineering]

🐧 Linux updates

• GNOME hires Holly Million as executive director [gnome.org]

• AMD is considering Ryzen AI support on Linux [phoronix.com]

• KDE Plasma 6 releasing on February 28, 2024 [kde.org]

• VirtualBox 7 has added support for upcoming Linux 6.6 [virtualbox.org]

📝 Releases

• Moonlight PC v5.0.0 [github.com]

• qBittorrent v4.6.0 [qbittorrent.org]

• KDE Frameworks 5.111.0 [kde.org]

• Node.js 21 [openjsf.org]

• Yarn 4.0 [yarnpkg.com]

🔗 Also read

• This Week in GNOME [thisweek.gnome.org]

• LibreArts weekly recap [librearts.org]

• Fedora appreciation week 2023 [fedoraproject.org]

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Welcome to another issue of FOSS Weekly - a weekly newsletter covering the latest happenings in the free software world straight from the source.

This week’s issue has some interesting updates, ranging from hardware releases to software updates

📰 News

• Fedora Slimbook 16 laptop announced [fedoramagazine.org]

• BeagleV - Ahead, a RISC-V SBC released at $150 [beagleboard.org]

• Krita 5.2 released after a year of development [krita.org]

• WordPress.com adds ActivityPub support [wordpress.com]

• OpenSSF starts a malicious packages repository [openssf.org]

🐧 Linux updates

• GNOME to drop X11 desktop environment support [phoronix.com]

• Ubuntu 23.10 is here with GNOME 45 and more [ubuntu.com]

• Endeavour OS is switching to Plasma [endeavouros.com]

• Raspberry Pi OS based on Debian Bookworm released [raspberrypi.com]

📝 Releases

• OpenZFS 2.2 [github.com]

• Tor Browser 13.0 [torproject.org]

• Wayfire 0.8.0 [wayfire.org]

• Ardour 8.0 [ardour.org]

• OpenWrt 23.05 [openwrt.org]

🔗 Also read

• This Week in GNOME [thisweek.gnome.org]

• This Week in KDE [pointieststick.com]

• Fedora weekly round up [fedoraproject.org]

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Welcome to another issue of FOSS Weekly! In the last week, there were a couple of hardware releases, release of beta versions of Ubuntu 23.10 and Fedora 39, and change in LTS time period of the Linux kernel.

📰 News

• Linux Mini PC with 4 displays & dual ethernet [tuxedocomputers.com]

• Librem 11 Linux Tablet announced at $999 [puri.sm]

• Terraform fork OpenTofu joins Linux Foundation [linuxfoundation.org]

• Firefox 118 is here with automated translations [phoronix.com]

• OSI starts opensource.net as Red Hat kills opensource.com [opensource.org]

🐧 Linux updates

• Linux kernel LTS support reduced to two years from six [zdnet.com]

• GNOME 45 is here with changes to Settings and Files apps [gnome.org]

• Fedora Linux 39 beta released [fedoramagazine.org]

• Ubuntu 23.10 Mantic Minotaur beta released [ubuntu.com]

• Maintainer of Nouveau Linux kernel driver has resigned [phoronix.com]

📝 Releases

• PostgreSQL 16 [postgresql.org]

• GnuCash 5.4 [gnucash.org]

• CUPS 2.4.7 [openprinting.github.io]

• LibrePCB 1.0.0 [librepcb.org]

🔗 Also read

• This Week in GNOME [thisweek.gnome.org]

• This Week in KDE [pointieststick.com]

• Joomla community magazine [joomla.org]

• Fedora weekly round up [fedoraproject.org]

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Welcome to another issue of FOSS Weekly! In the last couple of weeks, we have updates from free hardware manufacturers Fair phone and Purism, some linux distro releases and lots of event updates!

📰 News

• Fair phone 5 is here, with updates until 2031 [fairphone.com]

• All Librem 5 phones have been shipped [puri.sm]

• Arduino raises $22 Million in funding [arduino.cc]

• WordPress.com rejected 88% of take down notices [automattic.com]

🐧 Linux updates

• Collabora: stateless video decoder support to Linux [collabora.com]

• Nitrux 3.0.0 has been released [nxos.org]

• Linux Lite 6.6 has been released [linuxliteos.com]

• KDE Plasma 6 September update [pointieststick.com]

📝 Other

• DebConf is taking place in Kochi, India, 10 - 17th Sept [debconf.org] (meet me if you are here!)

• KDE Akademy 2024 Call for Hosts [kde.org]

• FSF LibrePlanet 2024 call for sessions [fsf.org]

🔗 Also read

• This Week in GNOME [thisweek.gnome.org]

• This Week in KDE [pointieststick.com]

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Welcome to another edition of FOSS Weekly! In the past week, Ublock origin, the popular ad-blocker released a lite version, Terraform has been forked due to the license change, and there were some interesting releases from Firefox, Kernel, Rust, etc.

📰 News

• OpenTF announces fork of Terraform [opentf.org]

• Ublock lite is here based on Manifest V3 [addons.mozilla.org]

• Firefox 117 released, gets Local automated translations [phoronix.com]

• Tor: Proof-of-Work defense for Onion services [torproject.org]

🐧 Linux updates

• It has been 32 years since the first Linux announcement [9to5linux.com]

• Ubuntu 24.04 LTS plans: Better security and features. [ubuntu.com]

• Linux Kernel 6.5 released [lkml.org]

• Bodhi Linux 7.0 released [bodhilinux.com]

• Kali Linux 2023.3 released [kali.org]

📝 Releases

• SQLite Release 3.43.0 [sqlite.org]

• Rust 1.72.0[rust-lang.org]

• QEMU 8.1 [qemu.org]

• Bun v0.8.0 [bun.sh]

🔗 Also read

• This Week in GNOME [thisweek.gnome.org]

• This Week in KDE [pointieststick.com]

• Fedora weekly round up [fedoraproject.org]

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Welcome to another issue of FOSS Weekly! In the previous week, StarLabs released their StarLite Linux tablet, Debian turned 30, and SUSE announced that they are going private. There were also quite a few software releases.

📰 News

• SUSE is going private yet again [suse.com]

• StarLabs 12.5” Linux tablet starts at $498 [starlabs.systems]

• Pine64 August update: watches and notebooks [pine64.org]

• Wikimania Singapore 2023 comes to a close [wikimedia.org]

• Kris Nóva has died [nivenly.org]

🐧 Linux updates

• GNOME 45.beta released [gnome.org]

• Budgie 10.8 is here with new features [buddiesofbudgie.org]

• Debian turns 30 years old! [debian.org]

• KDE Wallpaper competition [kde.org]

📝 Releases

• OBS Studio 30.0 Beta 1 [github.com]

• KDE Frameworks 5.109 [kde.org]

• LibreOffice 7.6 [documentfoundation.org]

• GNOME 44.4 [gnome.org]

🔗 Also read

• This Week in GNOME [thisweek.gnome.org]

• This Week in KDE [pointieststick.com]

• Joomla community magazine August [joomla.org]

• Fedora weekly round up [fedoraproject.org]

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Welcome to another issue of FOSS Weekly! In the last week, a new Enterprise Linux association was formed to maintain compatibility with RHEL, HashiCorp changed to BSL, and Firefox announced that it is brining full extension support to its Android app. We also have lots of great releases.

📰 News

• HashiCorp adopts Business Source License [hashicorp.com]

• Android 14 introduces new cellular security features [googleblog.com]

• Podman introduces Podmansh: A Login Shell [podman.io]

• Firefox to bring back extension support on Android [mozilla.org]

• Indian defense services switching to Ubuntu-based Maya [thehindu.com]

🐧 Linux updates

• Oracle, SUSE, CIQ form Open Enterprise Linux Association [openela.org]

• Incus, fork of LXD, joins Linux Containers [linuxcontainers.org]

• System76 COSMIC desktop updates: Themes support [system76.com]

• Red Hat is hiring to improve the bootloader [phoronix.com]

• Fedora Asahi Remix [asahilinux.org]

📝 Releases

• Tails 5.16 [tails.net]

• OpenSSH 9.4 [openssh.com]

• Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS [ubuntu.com]

• Go 1.21 [golang.org]

• NetworkManager 1.44 [networkmanager.dev]

• Android 14 Beta 5 [googleblog.com]

🔗 Also read

• This Week in GNOME [thisweek.gnome.org]

• This Week in KDE [pointieststick.com]

• Fedora weekly round up [fedoraproject.org]

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Welcome to another issue of FOSS Weekly! In the past week, the much-awaited Framework laptop 16 pre-orders were opened and an updated version of Juno Tab 2 was released. We also have news from Arm, Debian and releases from GitLab, Inkscape and more!

📰 News

• Framework Laptop 16 pre-orders are now open [frame.work]

• Juno’s $525 12 GB RAM 11-inch Linux tablet is out [junocomputers.com]

• Inkscape 1.3 is here with better performance and features [inkscape.org]

• Arm invests in Collabora’s GPU driver and other free software [arm.com]

🐧 Linux updates

• riscv64 is now an official Debian architecture [debian.org]

• Neptune Linux 8.0 “Juna” released based on Debian 12 [neptuneos.com]

• Debian 12.1 is here with fixes [debian.org]

• ChimeraOS Linux for handhelds and couch gaming v43-1 released [gamingonlinux.com]

📝 Releases

• GitLab 16.2 [gitlab.com]

• LibreOffice 7.5.5 [documentfoundation.org]

• MPV Player 0.36 [github.com]

🔗 Also read

• This Week in GNOME [thisweek.gnome.org]

• This Week in KDE [pointieststick.com]

• ThunderCast #3: Behind The Scenes Of Supernova [thunderbird.net]

• Fedora weekly round up [fedoraproject.org]

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Welcome to another edition of FOSS Weekly! In the last week, we have new hardware from Star Labs, new rules from the EU and more updates related to the Red Hat saga

📰 News

• Star Labs Linux mini PC with 11 ports starts at $452 [starlabs.systems]

• Thunderbird 115 now available with new UI [thunderbird.net]

• Raspberry Pi open sourced their code editor for kids [raspberrypi.org]

• Phones should have replaceable batteries by 2027: EU [androidauthority.com]

🐧 Linux updates

• SUSE is forking RHEL with a $10M investment [suse.com]

• Linux Mint 21.2 “Victoria” released [linuxmint.com]

• AlmaLinux is no longer 1:1 compatible with RHEL [almalinux.org]

• Linux desktop share is apparently above 3% [statcounter.com]

📝 Releases

• Rust 1.71.0 [rust-lang.org]

• MuseScore 4.1 [musescore.org]

• GRUB 2.12 RC [phoronix.com]

• Meson 1.2.0 [mesonbuild.com]

🔗 Also read

• This Week in GNOME [thisweek.gnome.org]

• Fedora weekly round up [fedoraproject.org]

• Oracle to IBM: “Keep Linux open and free” [oracle.com]

• Dutch government launches Mastodon server [fediversereport.com]

• Wikipedia’s value in the age of generative AI by Wikimedia CTO [medium.com]

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Welcome to another edition of FOSS Weekly! This week, we have news from Meta, Purism, and Linux laptop maker TUXEDO. There were also releases from Godot, GNOME, and FireFox with interesting updates.

📰 News

• Godot 4.1 has been released [godotengine.org]

• Meta open sources “Intermediate Graphics Library” [khronos.org]

• Purism’s Liberty phone announced [puri.sm]

• 30 years of FreeBSD [freebsdfoundation.org]

• TUXEDO Stellaris 17 Linux Laptop announced [9to5linux.com]

🐧 Linux Updates

• GNOME 45 Alpha released [gnome.org]

• Fedora proposes 'privacy-preserving' telemetry [fedoraproject.org]

• Ubuntu App Store blocks DEB if a snap is present [omgubuntu.co.uk]

• China's openKylin 1.0 announced [theregister.com]

• LXD project moves to Canonical [linuxcontainers.org]

📝 Releases

• Kaboom v3000 Beta [kaboomjs.com]

• Firefox 115 [mozilla.org]

• Qt Creator 11 RC [qt.io]

• Solus 4.4 [getsol.us]

• Appium 2.0 [appium.io]

🔗 Also read

• This Week in GNOME [thisweek.gnome.org]

• This Week in KDE [pointieststick.com]

• Fedora weekly round up [fedoraproject.org]

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Welcome to another edition of FOSS Weekly! This week, Red Hat made their sources unavailable to public, GCC finally has a code of conduct, and we have several notable releases from Proxmox, darktable, and other projects. We also have some cool games from gamedev.js!

📰 News

• GCC announced a code of conduct [gcc.gnu.org]

• Jellyfin moves to its own forum from Reddit [jellyfin.org]

• Open Source challenge results from Gamedev.js Jam 2023 [github.blog]

• FSF calls for support to protect end-to-end encryption [fsf.org]

🐧 Linux updates

• Red Hat will now only be releasing the source code for RHEL RPMs behind their customer portal [redhat.com]

• Response from Alma Linux and Rocky Linux about Red Hat news.

• List of features expected in Linux 6.5 [phoronix.com]

• Linux Mint 21.2 Beta [linuxmint.com]

📝 Releases

• Proxmox 8.0 [proxmox.com]

• darktable 4.4.0 [darktable.org]

• firewalld 2.0.0 [firewalld.org]

• Ardour 7.5 [ardour.org]

• JupyterLab 4.0 [jupyter.org]

🔗 Also read

• This Week in GNOME [thisweek.gnome.org]

• This Week in KDE [pointieststick.com]

• Fedora weekly round up [fedoraproject.org]

💡 Interesting finds of the week

• You can run 40 distros in your browser on this site: [distrosea.com]

• The KDE Free Qt Foundation is 25 years old now [kde.org]

• Setting up a media server with docker, Jellyfin, Deluge, Sonarr and Radarr [agatsyasingh.wordpress.com]

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Welcome to another edition of FOSS Weekly. In the past week, we saw the long-awaited stable release of Debian 12, the launch of WordPress' newsletter service, and several software releases from Linux distros and other free software projects.

📰 News

• WordPress.com launches paid newsletters [wordpress.com]

• Framework Laptop 16 to get 180W power adapter [frame.work]

• Meta open sources an AI-powered music generator [techcrunch.com]

• Intel’s new font for developers: One Mono [github.com]

🐧 Linux updates

• Debian 12 "bookworm" released [debian.org]

• Ultramarine Linux 38 “Tortuga” is here [fyralabs.com]

• MIDI 2.0 Driver support coming with Linux Kernel 6.5 [phoronix.com]

• postmarketOS 23.06 for Linux Phones and Tablets [postmarketos.org]

📝 Releases

• Proxmox VE 8.0 Beta [proxmox.com]

• uBlock 1.50 [github.com]

• KDE Frameworks 5.107.0 [kde.org]

• Firefox 114.0 [mozilla.org]

🔗 Also read

• This Week in GNOME [thisweek.gnome.org]

• This Week in KDE [pointieststick.com]

• Fedora weekly round up [fedoraproject.org]

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Welcome to another edition of FOSS Weekly! In the last week, we have some hardware updates and software releases, like the Raspberry Pi based mini computer and Azure Linux. Read on to know more about what happened in the last week in FOSS!

📰 News

• Cloudflare’s new Open Source sponsorships program [cloudflare.com]

• Thunderbird has a new logo [thunderbird.net]

• US Govt has requested the data of five PyPI user accounts [pypi.org]

• Framework reveals 16” laptop display details [frame.work]

🐧 Linux updates

• BeepBerry - a mini Linux computer with Raspberry Pi and a BlackBerry keyboard [sqfmi.com]

• Microsoft makes Azure Linux generally available [microsoft.com]

• MX Linux 23 “Libretto” beta released [mxlinux.org]

• Librem 5 Linux phone by Purism - an update [puri.sm]

📝 Releases

• PostgreSQL 16 Beta 1 [postgresql.org]

• Podman Desktop 1.0 [redhat.com]

• Tux Paint 0.9.30 [tuxpaint.org]

• nginx 1.25.0 [nginx.org]

🔗 Also read

• This Week in GNOME [thisweek.gnome.org]

• This Week in KDE [pointieststick.com]

• Fedora weekly round up [fedoraproject.org]

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