Fossery Tech :debian: :gnome:<p>(Linux news in previous posts of thread)</p><p>FOSS NEWS</p><p>Firefox 141 will include WebGPU support, Windows-only for now, with plans to extend it to Linux and macOS:<br><a href="https://news.itsfoss.com/firefox-webgpu-support/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">news.itsfoss.com/firefox-webgp</span><span class="invisible">u-support/</span></a><br>(Mozilla treating Linux as a second-class citizen? Another reason for distros to ditch it lol)</p><p>Servo monthly status update: work towards supporting incremental layout handling, support for viewport meta tags, scroll events in the DOM, barebones IndexedDB support, and more:<br><a href="https://www.phoronix.com/news/Servo-June-2025-Highlights" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">phoronix.com/news/Servo-June-2</span><span class="invisible">025-Highlights</span></a></p><p>Blender 4.5 LTS released with stable Vulkan backend, pen tablet tilt support, horizontal scrolling support in the UI, region resize highlighting, support for dropping a tree view item after the last element, a new operator to take a screenshot within Blender for an asset preview, a new shader node to control volume coefficients, etc.:<br><a href="https://9to5linux.com/blender-4-5-lts-open-source-3d-graphics-app-makes-the-vulkan-backend-stable" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">9to5linux.com/blender-4-5-lts-</span><span class="invisible">open-source-3d-graphics-app-makes-the-vulkan-backend-stable</span></a></p><p>VirtualBox 7.1.12 released with improved support for Linux kernel 6.16, bug fixes:<br><a href="https://9to5linux.com/virtualbox-7-1-12-improves-support-for-linux-kernel-6-16-on-linux-hosts-and-guests" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">9to5linux.com/virtualbox-7-1-1</span><span class="invisible">2-improves-support-for-linux-kernel-6-16-on-linux-hosts-and-guests</span></a></p><p>Organic Map July update released with updated OpenStreetMap data, better Arabic search, map display now highlights campsites, resort areas, and industrial zones, etc.:<br><a href="https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/7/organic-maps-july-update-brings-improved-location-highlight-better-arabic-search-and-more/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">alternativeto.net/news/2025/7/</span><span class="invisible">organic-maps-july-update-brings-improved-location-highlight-better-arabic-search-and-more/</span></a></p><p>LibreOffice merged built-in support for Bitcoin, will probably by available in 26.2 next year:<br><a href="https://www.phoronix.com/news/LibreOffice-Bitcoin-BTC-Format" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">phoronix.com/news/LibreOffice-</span><span class="invisible">Bitcoin-BTC-Format</span></a></p><p>Wireshark 4.4.8 released with updated protocol support, bug fixes:<br><a href="https://9to5linux.com/wireshark-4-4-8-open-source-network-protocol-analyzer-updates-protocol-support" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">9to5linux.com/wireshark-4-4-8-</span><span class="invisible">open-source-network-protocol-analyzer-updates-protocol-support</span></a></p><p>Calibre 8.7 released with support for generating page number files (APNX) on 2024 and newer MTP-based Kindle devices, ability to ignore “et al.” suffix on author names when finding similar e-books by author, bug fixes and improvements:<br><a href="https://9to5linux.com/calibre-8-7-adds-support-for-generating-page-number-files-on-mtp-based-kindles" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">9to5linux.com/calibre-8-7-adds</span><span class="invisible">-support-for-generating-page-number-files-on-mtp-based-kindles</span></a></p><p>Haiku monthly recap: Wifi driver replaced, work on HiDPI scaling, more robust error handling for the FAT file system driver, etc.:<br><a href="https://www.phoronix.com/news/Haiku-OS-June-2025" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" 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