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LINUX NEWS
GNOME 48 will include sidebar for Text Editor, new default fonts, Digital Health / Wellbeing functionality:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNOME-Text-Editor-Sidebar
(After FosseryWeb sidebar, get ready to have a sidebar in Text Editor too lol)
GTK 5 drops X11 support, introduces Android backend for the toolkit:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/GTK-X11-Now-Deprecated
(Meanwhile on Wayland, many video chat services don't support screen sharing, video recording is still problematic (at least on Debian), but no problem, just drop X11 and ignore the mentioned use cases...)
KDE Gear 24.12.2 released with improvements for Dolphin, Itinerary, Tokodon, Kate, Kamera, Kdenlive, NeoChat etc.:
https://9to5linux.com/kde-gear-24-12-2-improves-dolphin-itinerary-tokodon-and-many-other-kde-apps
CachyOS ISO snapshot for February includes Linux kernel 6.13, NVIDIA 570 driver, KDE Plasma 6.2.5, enabled tap-to-click by default for the X11 session etc.:
https://9to5linux.com/cachyos-iso-snapshot-for-february-2025-brings-linux-kernel-6-13-nvidia-570-driver
Tails 6.12 released with security fixes for Tor circuits and persistent storage, bug fixes:
https://9to5linux.com/tails-6-12-anonymous-os-fixes-security-issues-in-tor-circuits-persistent-storage
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LibreOffice 25.2 released with ODF 1.4 support, option to remove personal information from documents, new downloadable themes, customizable UI colors, "Recent Documents" menu now includes filtering options based on the active application, etc.:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/2/libreoffice-25-2-launches-with-odf-1-4-support-ui-overhaul-and-enhanced-privacy-controls/
ONLYOFFICE Docs 8.3 released with support for more file types, new “Merge Shapes” feature, improved right-to-left language support, new AutoFill options for Spreadsheets etc.:
https://news.itsfoss.com/onlyoffice-docs-8-3-release/
Firefox 135 released with support for XZ packaging for Linux binaries, support for closing only the current tab on Linux and macOS if the Quit keyboard shortcut is used while multiple tabs are opened, safeguards to prevent websites from overwhelming the Back history by spamming numerous consecutive visits over a short time, “Copy Without Site Tracking” right-click option renamed to “Copy Clean Link” etc.:
https://9to5linux.com/mozilla-firefox-135-is-now-available-for-download-heres-whats-new
Firefox 136 will offer hardware video decoding for AMD GPUs on Linux, vertical tabs, support for PNG format when copying images out of Firefox, new HTTPS-First behavior etc.:
https://9to5linux.com/firefox-136-promises-hardware-video-decoding-for-amd-gpus-on-linux-vertical-tabs
Brave 1.75 adds custom scriplet support, to write and inject custom scriplets into web pages, e.g. to disable Web APIs on untrusted sites or prevent websites from disabling right-click functionality:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/2/brave-1-75-empowers-users-with-custom-scriptlets-for-enhanced-browsing-experience/
Thunderbird 135 released wtih support for XZ packaging for Linux binaries, support for specifying a cookieStoreId when creating a space, ability to ignore unsupported subkeys/signatures when importing compliant OpenPGP keys, support for CardDAV address books and calendars to use the same OAuth2 code as mail:
https://9to5linux.com/mozilla-thunderbird-135-released-with-xz-packaging-for-linux-binaries
NewPipe v0.27.6 released to address YouTube related issues like HTTP 403 errors, missing video streams etc.:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/2/open-source-youtube-client-newpipe-releases-v0-27-6-with-some-enhancements-and-bug-fixes/
(Take that YouTube lol)
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