Things have calmed down a bit, but nothing will ever be the same again. Audacity was acquired by MuseCore, and while what we see hasn't changed, they do collect telemetry data. For that reason, right now I do not know of any Linux distribution that includes the latest versions in the official repositories, but it is as a Snap, Flatpak and AppImage. Although it appears as "Beta" in the screenshot, it is now available Audacity 3.1, a medium update with a short number of new features.
The changes introduced in Audacity 3.1 there are three. The first one is so important that it has even made one of the six edit buttons disappear. In previous versions, when we wanted to move a wave we had to choose the button with the double-headed arrow. In Aucacity 3.1 onwards just drag from the top bar, where it puts the name of the audio file.
Audacity 3.1 comes with one less button
The second of the changes also seems minor, but it is not. In previous versions, when we cut or resized a wave, what we removed would disappear forever. Now those cuts or splits are non-destructive, that is, we can cut or resize a wave and recover the deleted by clicking on an edge and recovering the size. Lastly, they have re-made the loop tool to make things easier.
As we have mentioned, the purchase of Audacity by MuseGroup, or more specifically the collection of telemetry, has made Linux distributions no longer update packages to the latest version, so Linux users who want to use Audacity 3.1 have to choose its package snap, flatpack or your AppImage. Another option is to compile it on our own, or those of us who are on a distribution based on Arch Linux can install it from AUR. It is clear that the change of ownership did not like us, but I think that Audacity is still the best option for editing audio in Linux, and with these latest news, more.
Trust was broken.