And this build is now public! Visit https://codeberg.org/tenacityteam/tenacity/pulls/527 to try it out for yourself.

WARNING: Things *will* be broken. Test at your own risk.

FOSS NEWS

VirtualBox 7.1 released with Qt 6 interface, clipboard sharing on Wayland, Basic and Experienced user levels with reduced or full UI, file sending between Windows and Linux hosts and guests with Guest Additions, running Linux and BSD guests on Apple Silicon etc.:
https://9to5linux.com/virtualbox-7-1-released-with-qt-6-gui-wayland-support-for-clipboard-sharing

Haiku R1 Beta 5 released with simplified color scheme settings, "dark mode", improved preinstalled programs, preinstalled PowerStatus applet (if system detects battery), USB audio device support, rewritten driver for FAT file system support, more open source software ported:
https://www.haiku-os.org/get-haiku/r1beta5/release-notes/
(Stable release when? We're waiting for it for decades lol)
("Dark mode" is pretty cool, I remember when I last tried Haiku in a VM, it burnt my eyes)

Bluesky adds support for video sharing with subtitles and autoplay option:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2024/9/bluesky-adds-video-sharing-to-the-platform-with-subtitles-and-autoplay-options/
(Well, the sky is actually gray here)

Calibre 7.18 released with built-in TTS, improved PDF conversion:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2024/9/calibre-7-18-released-with-local-text-to-speech-enhanced-pdf-conversion-and-more/
(Lol it uses Piper models for TTS, which I use for my videos)

Shotcut 24.09 released with new Reframe video filter, option to change font size of notes, additional export options, bug fixes:
https://9to5linux.com/shotcut-24-09-video-editor-brings-fixes-for-major-new-bugs-improvements

Ardour 8.7 released with draggable tracks, combined rulers, MIDI scene markers etc.:
https://9to5linux.com/ardour-8-7-daw-released-with-track-dragging-combined-rulers-midi-scene-markers

3/3

Rlxos (independent, immutable distro with customized Xfce desktop) 2.0 ("Sankalpa") released with updated build system, desktop animations, default theme, new font family, grid-based app menu, preconfigured Zsh as default shell, preinstalled GNOME Software, new sysroot system management tool etc.:
https://blog.rlxos.dev/introducing-rlxos-20-sankalpa
(It's a pretty unique distro, there aren't many immutable distros which ship a DE other than GNOME or KDE Plasma)

Nitrux 3.6.1 ("lp") released with updated software, performance improvements, preinstalled Pipx, desktop shortcuts to install LibreOffice and Bauh (now this one is a bit "Windows-y" lol):
https://betanews.com/2024/09/02/nitrux-3-6-1-switch-from-windows-11/

(more Linux news in original post)

FOSS NEWS

Firefox 130 released, with option to translate selected text on websites, over-scroll animation on Linux, new Firefox Labs page in settings to enable experimental features:
https://9to5linux.com/mozilla-firefox-130-is-now-available-for-download-heres-whats-new

Firefox 131 beta released with improved webpage translate, temporary permissions, new Cookie Banner Blocker feature:
https://9to5linux.com/firefox-131-beta-improves-translations-adds-temporary-site-permissions

QEMU 9.1 released with compression offload support, improved ARM and RISC-V support etc.:
https://9to5linux.com/qemu-9-1-improves-arm-and-risc-v-support-adds-compression-offload-support
(random normies be like: oh no you misspelled TEMU)

Audacity 3.6.2 released with a new legacy effects section, several bug fixes:
https://9to5linux.com/audacity-3-6-2-audio-editor-adds-legacy-effects-section-fixes-multiple-bugs

Thunderbird project shared their progress, they're working on Rust integration, Exchange support and revamped calendar:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2024/9/thunderbird-makes-progress-with-rust-integration-exchange-support-and-calendar-overhaul/

(This is the first week in a while without Proton news. C'mon Proton, how will you slay Google? lol)