ffmpeg 8.0 has been released.
https://ffmpeg.org/index.html#pr8.0
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LibreOffice 25.8 has been released.
https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/08/20/libreoffice-25-8/
Firefox 142 has been released.
https://www.firefox.com/en-US/firefox/142.0/releasenotes/
StarDict sends X11 clipboard to remote servers
https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/1032732/3334850da49689e1/
Debian 13 has been released.
https://www.debian.org/News/2025/20250809
KDE makes its own Linux distribution, based on Arch (but don't call it as such):
Linux kernel 6.16 has been released.
https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CAHk-=wh0kuQE+tWMEPJqCR48F4Tip2EeYQU-mi+2Fx_Oa1Ehbw@mail.gmail.com/T/#u
Things To Do After Installing Fedora 42
Firefox 141 has been released.
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/141.0/releasenotes/
Now ships with a local AI model and vertical tabs. 🙊
Someone was caught trying to ship malware in the AUR repository for Arch Linux:
https://lists.archlinux.org/archives/list/aur-general@lists.archlinux.org/thread/7EZTJXLIAQLARQNTMEW2HBWZYE626IFJ/
Microsoft is deliberately making Office XML schema complicated and implemented only on its proprietary backend so that open source suites like LibreOffice can't handle MS Office documents properly:
https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/07/18/artificially-complex-xml-schema-as-lock-in-tool/
Blender 4.5 LTS has been released.
https://www.blender.org/download/releases/4-5/
Brave Now Has 59% as Many Users as Firefox Worldwide
https://fosspost.org/brave-now-has-59-of-the-number-of-firefox-users-worldwide
Danish Ministry switching from Microsoft Office/365 to LibreOffice
https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/07/08/danish-ministry-switching-from-microsoft-office-365-to-libreoffice/
Thunderbird 140 has been released.
https://blog.thunderbird.net/2025/07/welcome-to-thunderbird-140-eclipse/
Governments are ditching Windows and Microsoft Office — new letter reveals the "real costs of switching to Windows 11"
https://www.windowscentral.com/software-apps/windows-11/goverments-are-ditching-windows-and-microsoft-office-new-letter-reveals-the-real-costs-of-switching-to-windows-11
KDE Plasma 6.4 has been released.
https://kde.org/pt-br/announcements/plasma/6/6.4.0/
Rocky Linux 10 has been released.
https://rockylinux.org/news/rocky-linux-10-0-ga-release
Supercharging Ubuntu Releases: Monthly Snapshots & Automation
https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/supercharging-ubuntu-releases-monthly-snapshots-automation/61876/1
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