Fossery Tech :debian: :gnome:<p>(Linux news in previous posts)</p><p>FOSS NEWS</p><p>Google stops using Pixel phones as reference devices for testing, device trees are missing from Android 16 source code release, making it harder for custom rom devs to port their roms to Pixel devices:<br><a href="https://www.androidauthority.com/google-not-killing-aosp-3566882/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">androidauthority.com/google-no</span><span class="invisible">t-killing-aosp-3566882/</span></a><br>(Google doing their regular "boil the frog" thing... They started with giving Android app devs the option to block sideloading, then they announce to make the development process fully private, only push final releases to AOSP code base, and now this... We desperately need mobile Linux to become an Android replacement! (Although I don't really see that happening any time soon unfortunately.))</p><p>Mozilla shuts down the Orbit AI add-on for Firefox, replicates its functionality with built-in features:<br><a href="https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/06/orbit-by-mozilla-shutting-down-june-26-2025" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/06/orbit-</span><span class="invisible">by-mozilla-shutting-down-june-26-2025</span></a><br>(Yay, more AI crap to the browser... More work for LibreWolf devs to remove all that crap...)</p><p>Linux Foundation launches FAIR package manager for WordPress, with API replacement and decentralized package management:<br><a href="https://news.itsfoss.com/linux-foundation-launches-fair-package-manager/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">news.itsfoss.com/linux-foundat</span><span class="invisible">ion-launches-fair-package-manager/</span></a></p><p>LibreOffice 25.8 beta available with performance improvements, new functions for Calc, command to insert a paragraph break before tables in Writer, support for importing encrypted hybrid PDFs, etc.:<br><a href="https://www.phoronix.com/news/LibreOffice-25.8-Beta-1" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">phoronix.com/news/LibreOffice-</span><span class="invisible">25.8-Beta-1</span></a></p><p>FreeBSD 14.3 released with backported improvements from 15, ZFS support updated against OpenZFS 2.2.7, driver and package updates:<br><a href="https://www.phoronix.com/news/FreeBSD-14.3-Released" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">phoronix.com/news/FreeBSD-14.3</span><span class="invisible">-Released</span></a></p><p>Audacity 3.7.4 released with improved effect preview, studio fade out and waveform rendering, other bug fixes:<br><a href="https://9to5linux.com/audacity-3-7-4-improves-effect-preview-studio-fade-out-and-waveform-rendering" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">9to5linux.com/audacity-3-7-4-i</span><span class="invisible">mproves-effect-preview-studio-fade-out-and-waveform-rendering</span></a></p><p>Gitea 1.24 released with enforced Git configs, option for admins to enforce 2FA for their users, anonymous access to private and unlisted repositories, revamped file tree and Material icons, etc.:<br><a href="https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/6/gitea-1-24-adds-enforced-git-configs-2fa-mandate-enhanced-anonymous-repo-access/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">alternativeto.net/news/2025/6/</span><span class="invisible">gitea-1-24-adds-enforced-git-configs-2fa-mandate-enhanced-anonymous-repo-access/</span></a></p><p>Danish government ditches Microsoft products for FOSS alternatives like Linux and LibreOffice:<br><a href="https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/06/denmark-government-replaces-microsoft-with-linux-libreoffice" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/06/denmar</span><span 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