The browser I use on Android (Fennec F-Droid) just switched my default search engine back to Goggle, and what's worse, completely removed Mojeek and Brave as search options. This is an anti-feature!
It would be great if F-Droid builds of Android browsers stripped out the code that pulls dick moves like this.
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FOSS NEWS
Proton Mail gets Newsletter view to manage all email subscriptions in one place:
https://proton.me/blog/proton-mail-newsletters
(That's really cool. Now we can tell normies that Proton Mail has this feature and Gmail doesn't lol)
Proton Pass adds 14 new entry types, option to create custom types:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/6/proton-pass-goes-beyond-passwords-and-credit-cards-with-customizable-item-storage/
(Really tempting feature, but personally I would advise against storing every piece of sensitive data in one central database in the cloud. Proton can get hacked any time, like any other company, and also the new Swiss law can force them to hand over all that personal data in plain text, so you can mess up your privacy really badly. I'm not pointing fingers at Proton, but I think this update wasn't quite a good idea, it puts too much responsibility on them.)
Firefox 140 ESR released with unload tab feature, support for adding custom search engines in Search settings, support for keeping more or fewer pinned vertical tabs in view, "Select All" option for bookmarks on Android:
https://9to5linux.com/firefox-140-esr-web-browser-is-now-available-for-download-this-is-whats-new
Firefox 141 beta is available with less memory usage on Linux, ability to drag a tab to the pinned tabs tray and drag it out to unpin it, etc.:
https://9to5linux.com/firefox-141-promises-to-use-less-memory-on-linux-systems-beta-out-now
Mozilla discontinues DeepSpeech, an embedded/offline speech-to-text engine:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Mozilla-DeepSpeech-Discontinued
(GNOME: *drops a feature every few releases*
Mozilla: Hold my beer. *drops a service each week*)
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Firefox 140 lands with ESR crown and vertical tabs! Because nothing says "enterprise ready" like organizing your 47 open tabs vertically while keeping Windows 7 users happily browsing until 2025
https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/06/24/2210239/firefox-140-arrives-with-esr-status
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FOSS NEWS
Mozilla discontinues Fakespot Deep Fake Detector:
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/06/mozilla-deepfake-ai-detector-closing-down
Organic Maps gets option to save planned routes and other improvements:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/6/organic-maps-adds-planned-route-saving-recording-track-information-and-new-map-objects/
CoMaps 2025.06.10 is now available on F-Droid with new UI and updated maps:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/6/comaps-android-2025-06-10-now-on-f-ddroid-with-new-ui-and-updated-maps/
Proton Mail and Calendar gets option for adding notes when replying to event invitations:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/6/proton-mail-and-calendar-introduce-notes-for-event-invitations/
ONLYOFFICE 9.0 released with new themes, redesigned start screen, new Diagram Viewer tool, new supported formats (Markdown, OpenDocument Graphics, Excel binary workbook files) etc.:
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/06/onlyoffice-9-0-desktop-new-features-ai
Immich 1.135 released with iOS home screen widgets, Google Cast support and album descriptions in mobile apps, opt-in Google Cast integration and new onboarding flow on web, etc.:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/6/immich-1-135-released-with-ios-widgets-google-cast-support-new-onboarding-flow-and-more/
ReactOS gets better support for fullscreen programs:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/ReactOS-Fullscreen-Apps
Calibre 8.5 released with improved Kobo driver, new button in the Manage Data Files dialog to cancel remaining e-books when managing multiple ones, etc.:
https://9to5linux.com/calibre-8-5-open-source-e-book-manager-improves-the-kobo-driver
Zed gets new multi-language debugger tool, supporting Rust, Go, Python, JavaScript and C/C++:
https://news.itsfoss.com/zed-debugger-support/
Git 2.50 released with multi-pack reachability, improved multiple cruft packs, ORT merge engine, etc.:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/6/git-2-50-adds-multi-pack-reachability-improved-multiple-cruft-packs-and-ort-merge-engine/
Servo gets animated GIF support, support for SVG images via HTML "img" tag, input type="color" support, better layout and CSS support, etc.:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Servo-May-2025-Animated-GIFs
Zen Browser 1.13b released with spaces for tabs instead of workspaces, updated Firefox base, Google Safe Browsing support:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/6/zen-browser-1-13b-introduces-spaces-for-tabs-and-various-fixes-and-updates/