Software Development

John Goerzen released C-Kermit 11 on August 3, 2026, the first full release of the Kermit file-transfer protocol since 2011, adding IPv6 support and fixing CVE-2025-68920.

FFmpeg 9.0 lands August 4 with Vulkan-accelerated APV decoding, animated WebP support, and expanded AMD, NVIDIA, and Apple hardware acceleration filters.

Collabora, funded by Valve, has ported an early version of the open-source RADV Vulkan driver from Linux to Windows, reaching the point where it can launch Counter-Strike 2.

Henrique Dias is retiring File Browser, archiving its GitHub repo on September 1 after concluding the decade-old codebase can't be patched into shape.

GCC's Steering Committee will decline copyright-significant contributions derived from LLM output, carving out exceptions for small changes and test cases.

GitHub says its Sponsors program has funneled more than $100 million to open source maintainers since 2019, with growth accelerating sharply.

System76 released COSMIC Epoch 1.5.0, fixing Chromium/Electron scaling bugs, a D-Bus deadlock, and raising the wallpaper limit from 100 to 500.

GitHub shut down its free AI model playground, catalog, inference API, and BYOK access on July 30, 2026, directing developers to Microsoft Foundry or Copilot.

Debian has opened a General Resolution with four competing proposals on AI-assisted contributions, from an outright ban to conditional acceptance, with no vote date set yet.

The React team merged a work-in-progress Rust rewrite of the React Compiler, and Vercel says early Turbopack tests found 20-50% faster compilation.

Codeberg e.V. members voted 358-144 to prohibit AI-generated 'vibe-coded' projects and to commit that Codeberg will never train AI on hosted code, citing soaring hardware costs and community trust.

Jellyfin's project leader, a nearly-eight-year core team member, and a co-founder all departed within days in July 2026, citing burnout and a dispute over AI-assisted development tools.