Add blog post for desktop release 0.6.0

content/news/2023-briar-desktop-0.6.0-released.md

+---
+aliases:
+- /news/2023-briar-desktop-0.6.0-released.html
+date: 2023-08-31T12:00:00+00:00
+title: 'Briar Desktop 0.6.0-beta released - blogs'
+---
+
+We're happy to announce that we were able to make another release
+for Briar desktop today.
+With version 0.6.0-beta, blogs are finally available on desktops, too.
+
+Follow this link to download the latest version:
+
+https://desktop.briarproject.org/
+
+For more details on what changed in the current version, have a look at the
+[changelog](https://code.briarproject.org/briar/briar-desktop/-/wikis/Changelog).
+
+This release concludes our work done for the current grant of the NLnet
+foundation. Thanks for funding the work on this and all the other features
+we were able to ship in the past months!
+
+{{% funding %}}
+
+{{< contact  >}}
+
+Twitter: [@BriarApp](https://twitter.com/BriarApp)
+
+Mastodon: [@Briar](https://fosstodon.org/@briar)

content/page/download-briar-desktop.md

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ for macOS there's a `.zip` file.
 
 Thank you to everyone who has tested Briar Desktop and sent feedback! We’ve fixed a lot of bugs and made many improvements thanks to your feedback.
 
-**Latest Release:** Briar Desktop 0.5.0-beta (28 June 2023)
+**Latest Release:** Briar Desktop 0.6.0-beta (31 August 2023)
 
 For **Windows**, an `.msi` Installer is available:
 
@@ -35,14 +35,14 @@ If your system is not based on any of the distros above, you can download this j
 
 If you know how to use SHA-256 checksums you can check that the file you've downloaded matches the checksum below:
 
-- **briar-desktop-ubuntu-22.04-0.5.0-beta.deb:** 2a5910ba25084258198d203405807ceb18f78d6e1c43bf86c9d3b3047039c5b9
-- **briar-desktop-ubuntu-20.04-0.5.0-beta.deb:** a0b42194f5d7c20e49f08123c268e5b487c05d57094e62563bc6762837c061f7
-- **briar-desktop-ubuntu-18.04-0.5.0-beta.deb:** cd5888d29b2955a3391df2140430fbdd88762261022340ff9d0ebf4d26a016ed
-- **briar-desktop-debian-bullseye-0.5.0-beta.deb:** 7515751b2019f65f92d367f157fdb6079ed71a3b319f5d8e17d5e51f6e8f4a24
-- **briar-desktop-linux-0.5.0-beta.jar:** 27ddce0d802245b4311b6045ecfdc7efddb2980709ddfd3b97bcd14b0f2433e1
-- **Briar-Desktop-0.5.0-beta.msi:** 025dee08bd76a41bf838bcd211d9a6ec35be8c1502427dcff2148bfe3c6b4ce2
-- **Briar-Desktop-intel-0.5.0-beta.zip:** 7367520258c97f1ac70917b802e2a0a5710cee3c4fb84128a4b787c71c80da2c
-- **Briar-Desktop-silicon-0.5.0-beta.zip:** 0c5068120194ba6671dad0251d0a02a7f1aa264bcf72a257b0292a622383bf4c
+- **briar-desktop-ubuntu-22.04-0.6.0-beta.deb:** dbe3ca566b9b74a97c0e61025939e7906e500bd9bc29af10c099a0c4918957e8
+- **briar-desktop-ubuntu-20.04-0.6.0-beta.deb:** e8cc262d18e0cf214c7fd5c8227ecfe80afb5003c8572eeebe86e1be004f41f1
+- **briar-desktop-ubuntu-18.04-0.6.0-beta.deb:** 4699e53693377df1e88bf90354ef07491cdf17fd8844cecaf6aaad57e3f08ef5
+- **briar-desktop-debian-bullseye-0.6.0-beta.deb:** 81d5c4f81e0212fbc37fbec7c9c99e39c046e2e39965dbf18f46969a9542a4fc
+- **briar-desktop-linux-0.6.0-beta.jar:** 213960d931d0c0ff759d5c4784b7d73c1b42e1edc453d57b0ffd795ea582ec51
+- **Briar-Desktop-0.6.0-beta.msi:** 7d8e7313f014f6e71e5e6a83e4a87dc7feb762c2795cc344f91232186b9fbd81
+- **Briar-Desktop-intel-0.6.0-beta.zip:** 2d1c7ca12b51f9777418f7768de35d2a20c2dc43ee9a74d00e727b291e9c2db5
+- **Briar-Desktop-silicon-0.6.0-beta.zip:** e9efed68006ad6bca01b8bc73ad9dc9e55ea91ebc172c29e0d676cd57f74026e
 
 Help Briar by [translating Briar Desktop into your language](https://wiki.localizationlab.org/index.php/Briar)!
 
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ For a comparison of Briar's Android app and the desktop client, see this table:
 | Private Chats                | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: |
 | Private Groups               | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: |
 | Forums                       | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: |
-| Blogs                        | :heavy_check_mark: | :x:                |
+| Blogs                        | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: |
 | RSS feeds                    | :heavy_check_mark: | :x:                |
 | Introductions                | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: |
 | Disappearing messages        | :heavy_check_mark: | :x:                |