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Godot 4.8 Beta 2 released amid flurry of open-source updates

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The Godot game engine has released its 4.8 Beta 2, bringing it closer to a stable release with feature freezes and bug fixes. This update is part of a broader trend in open-source software development, with several other projects also issuing new versions. These include Zed 1.26.2 with debugger enhancements, VSCodium 1.143.17183 dropping Copilot support, Ghostty 1.4 with Linux improvements, and multiple Node.js releases (24.22.2, 26.13.0 LTS, and 27.0.0-alpha) adopting new release models. Python also received security updates across several versions (3.15.2, 3.14.10, 3.13.18, 3.12.16, and 3.11.18) to address a CA compromise. AI

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    Godot 4.8 Beta 2 Ships as the Free Engine Nears a Stable Release: https://www. linuxcompatible.org/story/godo t-48-beta-2-ships-featurefreeze-bugfix-release-now

    Godot 4.8 Beta 2 Ships as the Free Engine Nears a Stable Release: https://www. linuxcompatible.org/story/godo t-48-beta-2-ships-featurefreeze-bugfix-release-now-available/ Zed 1.26.2 ships Pyrefly, debugger hover expansion, and WebAssembly debugging: https://www. linuxcompatible.…

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