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Fossery Tech :debian: :gnome:<p>(Linux news in previous posts of thread)</p><p>FOSS NEWS</p><p>NewPipe 0.28.0 released with Android Auto support, option to add feed groups as tabs on main screen, Trending page now includes live streams, YouTube playback issues fixed, new YouTube temporary playlist export option, etc.:<br><a href="https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/8/newpipe-0-28-0-finally-introduces-android-auto-support-updated-trending-page-and-more/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">alternativeto.net/news/2025/8/</span><span class="invisible">newpipe-0-28-0-finally-introduces-android-auto-support-updated-trending-page-and-more/</span></a></p><p>Shotcut 25.07 released with STT model downloader, new System Fusion theme, Outline video filter, ability to drag the waveform peak line to adjust audio gain, Adjust Clip Gain/Volume setting under Settings &gt; Timeline, edit/trim option for Timeline, Soft Focus filter set, option to set Audio/Video duration in the Slideshow Generator dialog, etc.:<br><a href="https://9to5linux.com/shotcut-25-07-video-editor-introduces-speech-to-text-model-downloader" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">9to5linux.com/shotcut-25-07-vi</span><span class="invisible">deo-editor-introduces-speech-to-text-model-downloader</span></a></p><p>Audacious 4.5 released with new Playback History plugin for the Qt build, Winamp 2.9 skin, support for the Album Artist tag in the APE header, support for outdated ReplayGain tags in Opus files, support for fetching lyrics from lrclib.net, support for reading color schemes from the settings portal, etc.:<br><a href="https://9to5linux.com/audacious-4-5-open-source-audio-player-adds-playback-history-plugin-winamp-2-9-skin" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">9to5linux.com/audacious-4-5-op</span><span class="invisible">en-source-audio-player-adds-playback-history-plugin-winamp-2-9-skin</span></a></p><p>CDE (Common Desktop Environment) is ported to OpenBSD:<br><a href="https://ostechnix.com/cde-openbsd-classic-unix-desktop/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ostechnix.com/cde-openbsd-clas</span><span class="invisible">sic-unix-desktop/</span></a><br>(As noted in the article, CDE isn't really secure to use anymore as a daily driver due to lack of development, but it's good for some nostalgia purposes)</p><p><a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/WeeklyNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeeklyNews</span></a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/FOSSNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FOSSNews</span></a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/OpenSourceNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSourceNews</span></a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/FOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FOSS</span></a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/NewPipe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewPipe</span></a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/YouTubeFrontend" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>YouTubeFrontend</span></a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/Shotcut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Shotcut</span></a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/Audacious" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Audacious</span></a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/CDE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CDE</span></a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/CommonDesktopEnvironment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CommonDesktopEnvironment</span></a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/BSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BSD</span></a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/OpenBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenBSD</span></a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/VideoEditor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VideoEditor</span></a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/VideoEditing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VideoEditing</span></a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/ContentCreation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ContentCreation</span></a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/Multimedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Multimedia</span></a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/MusicPlayer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MusicPlayer</span></a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/DesktopEnvironment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DesktopEnvironment</span></a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/RetroTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RetroTech</span></a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/FosseryTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FosseryTech</span></a></p>
Peter N. M. Hansteen<p>Classic CDE (Common Desktop Environment) coming to OpenBSD <a href="https://www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20250730080301" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">undeadly.org/cgi?action=articl</span><span class="invisible">e;sid=20250730080301</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/openbsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>openbsd</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cde" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cde</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/commondesktopenvironment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>commondesktopenvironment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/x" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>x</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/xwindows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>xwindows</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/desktop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>desktop</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/freesoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>freesoftware</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/libresoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>libresoftware</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ports" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ports</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/packages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>packages</span></a></p>
Wintermute_BBS<p>A nice article on <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/CDE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CDE</span></a> and how it made a difference, introducing features we take for granted these days:</p><p><a href="https://itsfoss.com/common-desktop-environment/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">itsfoss.com/common-desktop-env</span><span class="invisible">ironment/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/UNIX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UNIX</span></a> <br><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> <br><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/CommonDesktopEnvironment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CommonDesktopEnvironment</span></a><br><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/X11" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>X11</span></a></p>