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Industry-changing open-source project releases, and why the new CentOS Stream 9 might be more noteworthy than you realize.

• Blender 3.0 Released — Blender Foundation announces the release of Blender 3.0, to mark the beginning of a new era for open source 2D/3D content creation.
• Blender - YouTube
• Blender 3.0 Shines As A Huge Update For This Leading Open-Source 3D Modeling Software
• Blender 3.0 is out now with a visual refresh, huge new features
• Firmware “Best Known Configuration” in fwupd — These are used by server vendors to identify a known-working (or commercially supported) set of firmware on the machine. This is currently opt-in for each vendor to avoid the UI clutter on the components view, and so if you’re a vendor reading this post and realize you want this feature, let me know and it’s two clicks on the admin panel.
• FWUPD Linux Firmware Updater Prepares “Best Known Configuration” Feature
• Linux Vendor Firmware Service Serves Up 40 Millionth Download
• Introducing CentOS Stream 9
• CentOS Stream 9 Now Available To Live On The Bleeding-Edge Of RHEL9
• EPEL 9 is now available
• Carl George on Twitter — "I've been explaining the relationship between @Fedora, @CentOS, and #RHEL for years, long before I was hired by Red Hat. It usually happened in the form of drawing on a dry-erase board. Of course, CentOS Stream changes things. 🧵"