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    Links:02:08 EU parliament ditches Google for Qwanthttps://www.politico.eu/article/european-parliament-ditches-google-for-french-search-engine/

    03:34 EU unveils their plan to ditch Big Techhttps://www.politico.eu/article/eu-plots-long-game-against-us-digital-supremacy/

    06:59 Brave launches debloated version for $60USDhttps://brave.com/blog/brave-origin/

    09:20 Canonical takes over the maintenance of Flutter on Desktophttps://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/05/flutter-desktop-canonical-maintained

    10:55 Ubuntu wants to add speech to text to all text fieldshttps://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/06/ubuntu-speech-to-text-ai

    12:40 X11 disappears in 5 months on Plasmahttps://blog.davidedmundson.co.uk/blog/596/

    14:36 New solution to run Windows on Linux with full integrationhttps://itsfoss.com/winpodx/

    16:43 Cosmic shares screenshots of their blurred translucent interfacehttps://www.phoronix.com/news/COSMIC-Frosted-Glass

    18:07 Acer launches Debian based handheldhttps://www.cnet.com/tech/gaming/acer-nitro-blaze-link-remote-play-handheld-acers-computex-launches/https://www.pcmag.com/news/acer-launching-streaming-only-handheld-gaming-pc

    19:27 Microsoft adds the Linux core utilities to Windowshttps://itsfoss.com/news/windows-coreutils/

    20:45 /e/OS grows a lot, and has some great stuff plannedhttps://gaelduval.com/joining-the-wave-murena-e-os-2026-roadmap/

    23:01 Microsoft will de-activate older Office suites people boughthttps://consumerrights.wiki/w/Microsoft_Office_2019_and_2021_for_Mac_view-only_conversion_(2026)#cite_note-ms-learn-cert-1

    24:36 Steam machine and Frame planned for summer releasehttps://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamworks/announcements/detail/716780409378048028

    25:53 UK orders Google to have attribution and opt-outs for AI summarieshttps://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/06/google-ordered-to-put-clearer-links-in-ai-search-and-let-uk-publishers-opt-out/

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    Links:01:43 No age verification for Linux and Open sourcehttps://www.phoronix.com/news/California-AB-1856https://itsfoss.com/news/age-verification-open-source-exemptions/https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/linux-and-open-source-getting-age-checking-exemptions-could-be-problematic/

    04:30 New KDE theme shows a few work in progress elementshttps://anditosan.wordpress.com/2026/05/22/ocean-design-for-plasma-may-updates/

    06:36 Flatpak Next redesign might depend on systemDhttps://linuxiac.com/flatpaks-future-may-leave-non-systemd-distros-behind/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AXBfsiaQNk&t=16218shttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zt4cUf_AgUg

    09:57 New Mint release gets more cool improvementshttps://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=5025

    12:21 AMD makes Linux users pay for a tool that’s free on WIndowshttps://itsfoss.com/news/amd-vivado-bait-and-switch-on-linux-users/

    14:29 5500 Github repos infected with propagating malwarehttps://safedep.io/megalodon-mass-github-repo-backdooring-ci-workflows/#full-list-of-compromised-github-repositories

    15:52 LibreOffice outlines plans for Web, Mobile and a better UIhttps://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/05/27/new-web-and-mobile-strategy-for-libreoffice/

    17:53 Ubuntu now has reproducible dev environmentshttps://canonical.com/blog/introducing-workshop-sandboxed-development-environments

    19:37 EU proposes actual funding for real European infrastructurehttps://www.techradar.com/pro/eu-to-back-european-alternatives-to-us-dominated-software-and-services-in-major-push-for-tech-sovereigntyhttps://www.theregister.com/on-prem/2026/05/28/europe-told-to-cool-its-datacenter-boom-before-water-and-power-run-short/5247994

    22:00 Linux Foundation launches open source license for AI modelshttps://www.linuxfoundation.org/press/linux-foundation-releases-openmdw-1.1-nvidia-adopts-openmdw-for-cosmos-isaac-gr00t-ising-and-nemotron-ai-model-families

    24:10 Steam Deck gets insane price increasehttps://www.ign.com/articles/the-steam-deck-is-sold-out-again-even-after-the-huge-price-rise

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    Links:01:37 Torvalds talks about AI reportshttps://www.phoronix.com/news/Torvalds-AI-Tools-Can-Be-Great

    04:13 Torvalds merges guidelines for Linux security and AI reportshttps://linuxiac.com/linus-torvalds-merges-new-linux-kernel-security-bug-guidelines/

    06:51 Wine now runs Adobe Lightroom CC on Linuxhttps://github.com/sander110419/lightroom-cc-on-linux

    09:22 Vivaldi & Firefox revamp their whole user interfacehttps://vivaldi.com/blog/vivaldi-on-desktop-8-0/https://blog.mozilla.org/en/firefox/new-firefox-design/

    13:07 Greg Koah Hartman says Rust could eliminate 80% of CVEshttps://itsfoss.com/news/linux-kernel-rust-cve-reduction/

    14:48 Fedora removes Deepin Desktop packageshttps://security.opensuse.org/2025/05/07/deepin-desktop-removal.htmlhttps://pagure.io/fesco/issue/3409https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/YFZBLHOTVMINNY5I7JSO4JOXHFH3SARN/

    16:50 Changes for Bitwarden have the community worriedhttps://linuxiac.com/bitwarden-faces-questions-after-quiet-leadership-and-messaging-changes/

    18:42 New Module Jail tool to mitigate Linux flawshttps://linuxiac.com/modulejail-blocks-unused-linux-kernel-modules-to-limit-attack-surface/

    20:53 Microsoft uses Fedora as its base for Azurehttps://itsfoss.com/news/azure-linux-4/https://github.com/microsoft/azurelinux/blob/4.0/README.md

    22:28 HP sponsors LVFShttps://blogs.gnome.org/hughsie/2026/05/20/lvfs-sponsorship-announcement-hp/

    24:11 Fedora surveys contributors over “verified” statushttps://fedoramagazine.org/fedora-verified-what-does-the-community-think/

    26:36 OnlyOffice 9.4 clarifies their licensehttps://www.clubic.com/actualite-613456-onlyoffice-clarifie-sa-licence-apres-la-rupture-avec-nextcloud-voici-ce-qui-change-pour-vous.htmlhttps://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/05/onlyoffice-9-4-released

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    02:00 KDE gets 1.2M euros from STFhttps://kde.org/announcements/sovereign-tech-fund-invests-kde/

    04:49 DirtyFrag vulnerability & Killswitch proposedhttps://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2026/05/08/active-attack-dirty-frag-linux-vulnerability-expands-post-compromise-risk/https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.0.6-Releasedhttps://itsfoss.com/news/linux-killswitch-proposal/

    06:55 Yet another vulnerability for Linuxhttps://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-fragnesia-linux-flaw-lets-attackers-gain-root-privileges/

    07:51 And another Linux flaw discoveredhttps://github.com/0xdeadbeefnetwork/ssh-keysign-pwn

    09:33 Plasma 6.7 beta releasedhttps://community.kde.org/Plasma/Plasma_6#Plasma_6.7

    12:22 EU wants Google to share anonymized user data with other engineshttps://www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-privacy-security/google-is-not-collaborative-and-not-in-the-spirit-of-complying-with-this-regulation-can-the-eu-commission-strong-arm-google-into-levelling-the-playing-field-of-the-search-engine-market-and-is-this-really-in-the-interest-of-your-privacy

    16:39 Fedora discusses making an “AI desktop spin”“https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/fedora-ai-developer-desktop-objective/184941https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/fedora-ai-developer-desktop-objective/184941/54https://www.techradar.com/pro/i-have-zero-evidence-in-front-of-me-that-users-are-being-driven-away-from-fedora-because-of-ai-ubuntu-and-fedora-confirmed-to-both-get-ai-support-soonhttps://linuxiac.com/fedora-ai-desktop-initiative-blocked-after-council-vote-reversal/

    20:38 Abstract brings some of their software to Linuxhttps://abstract3d.com/2026/05/01/abstract-rolls-out-native-linux-support-built-for-the-pipelines-that-power-production/

    22:43 CEMU infected with malwarehttps://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/05/cemu-linux-malwarehttps://rentry.org/cemu-security-psa

    24:06 Wine improves Wayland driverhttps://www.phoronix.com/news/Wine-Wayland-Pointer-Warp

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    01:35 LibreOffice questions the sovereignty of Euro officehttps://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/05/05/thank-you-on-behalf-of-odf

    04:17 Plasma 6.7 will come with its new style enginehttps://9to5linux.com/kdes-new-css-based-style-engine-union-is-coming-to-kde-plasma-6-7

    06:27 Plasma 6.7 fixes big performance issueshttps://zamundaaa.github.io/wayland/2026/05/06/making-wl-shm-fast.html

    08:27 Google Chrome installs a model on device without consenthttps://www.thatprivacyguy.com/blog/chrome-silent-nano-install/

    11:20 Linux kernel guidelines for adding new filesystemshttps://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs.git/commit/?h=vfs-7.2.misc&id=b34d597faae60a4c89235205478497b975e86bc5

    14:13 Pilot project for open, Linux based workspaces in the Netherlandshttps://vng.nl/artikelen/digitale-werkplek-geen-memo-maar-demo-werkplekken-in-open-source

    15:40 Someone remade Unity Desktop with Wayfire and libadwaitahttps://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/05/ubuntu-unity-desktop-wayfire-recreation

    18:04 Dell and Lenovo now sponsor LVFShttps://www.phoronix.com/news/Dell-Lenovo-Sponsoring-LVFS

    19:17 Ubuntu’s Twitter account compromisedhttps://itsfoss.com/news/ubuntu-twitter-compromised/

    20:38 Valve opens reservation queue for Steam Controllershttps://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/valve-announce-a-reservation-system-for-the-new-steam-controller/

    21:37 Valve publishes Steam Controller CAD fileshttps://www.digitalfoundry.net/news/2026/05/valve-releases-steam-controller-cad-files-under-creative-commons-license

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    01:40 Ubuntu’s infrastructure is under attackhttps://thecybersecguru.com/news/massive-attack-ubuntu-canonical-313-team-extortion/

    03:30 New nasty vulnerability for all Linux distroshttps://nerds.xyz/2026/04/copy-fail-linux-root-exploit/https://xint.io/blog/copy-fail-linux-distributions

    05:20 Framework Pro’s Linux version outsells the Windows onehttps://www.pcworld.com/article/3123900/framework-new-linux-laptop-is-selling-faster-than-its-windows-one.html

    06:33 Ubuntu LTS beats Windows 11 in benchmarks, againhttps://www.phoronix.com/review/ubuntu-2604-windows-11/7

    08:07 Ubuntu will add AI features in the futurehttps://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/the-future-of-ai-in-ubuntu/81130

    10:16 Ubuntu clarifies their inclusion of AI featureshttps://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/the-future-of-ai-in-ubuntu/81130/41

    12:30 FSF doesn’t like the Responsible AI licenseshttps://www.fsf.org/blogs/licensing/rail-are-nonfree-and-unethicalhttps://www.licenses.ai/ai-licenses

    15:28 EU app for age verification is structurally flawedhttps://www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-privacy-security/the-eus-age-verification-app-has-a-privacy-problem-and-it-may-be-more-than-just-a-bug-in-an-app

    18:07 Steam Controller announced at 99USDhttps://store.steampowered.com/sale/steamcontrollerhttps://www.techradar.com/computing/peripherals-accessories/valve-steam-controller-2026https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/valve-have-plans-for-the-steam-deck-2-plus-a-brief-steam-machine-steam-frame-update/

    20:25 Anthropic now funds Blenderhttps://www.blender.org/press/anthropic-joins-the-blender-development-fund-as-corporate-patron/https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-for-creative-workhttps://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/blender-change-the-anthropic-ai-funding-deal-with-discussions-planned-for-ai-policies/

    23:59 Fedora 44 releasedhttps://fedoramagazine.org/announcing-fedora-linux-44/https://fedoramagazine.org/whats-new-in-fedora-kde-plasma-desktop-44/https://fedoramagazine.org/fedora-asahi-remix-44-is-now-available/

    25:43 PS5 can run Linux nowhttps://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/04/ps5-linux-steamhttps://github.com/ps5-linux/ps5-linux-loader

    28:07 New campaign fighting back against Android lockdownhttps://keepandroidopen.org/en/

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    01:45 FSF weighs in on the OnlyOffice vs EuroOffice debatehttps://www.fsf.org/blogs/licensing/agpl-is-not-a-tool-for-taking-freedom-away

    03:55 More age verification newshttps://9to5linux.com/colorado-age-attestation-bill-may-exclude-open-source-oses-and-appshttps://almalinux.org/blog/2026-04-21-california-age-verification-law/

    06:35 Proton’s CEO talks age verificationhttps://proton.me/blog/keep-age-verification-from-killing-anonymity-online

    08:50 People lose their minds over Mozilla’s new mascothttps://itsfoss.com/news/mozillas-firefox-mascot-gender-controversy/

    10:08 Debian elects new project leadhttps://linuxiac.com/debian-names-a-new-leader-for-the-project/

    11:35 Ubuntu 26.04 releasedhttps://itsfoss.com/news/kubuntu-26-04-lts/https://youtu.be/4MYxtL0AW2g

    14:37 Ubuntu’s audit of the Rust Core Utilitieshttps://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/an-update-on-rust-coreutils/80773

    16:05 New Linux powered consolehttps://playnix.io/

    17:41 Firefox talks more about their Smart Window featurehttps://www.firefox.com/en-US/smart-window/?view=waitlisthttps://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/smart-window-models

    19:36 Mozilla found 271 flaws using Anthropic Mythoshttps://blog.mozilla.org/en/firefox/ai-security-zero-day-vulnerabilities/

    21:46 Valve gives devs more info on how their game runs on Deckhttps://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/valve-make-steps-to-improve-steam-deck-verification-giving-developers-more-performance-data/

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    01:34 Germany outlines their plan to move to open source (link in German)https://deutschland-stack.gov.de/gesamtbild/

    03:39 USA might have nation wide age verification lawshttps://linuxiac.com/federal-bill-would-bring-os-level-age-verification-to-the-entire-us/

    05:34 EU has an age verification app readyhttps://www.dw.com/en/eu-chief-urges-bloc-wide-push-on-age-verification-app-to-protect-children-online/a-76788202

    07:27 Linux kernel 7.0 releasedhttps://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/04/linux-7-0-kernel-features

    09:37 Linux kernel accepts A.I. codehttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/Documentation/process/coding-assistants.rst

    11:09 Chrome has 47% better performance than Firefoxhttps://www.phoronix.com/review/firefox-chrome-2026

    12:51 Open SUSE Tumblewed will use SystemD as the bootloaderhttps://linuxiac.com/opensuse-tumbleweed-switches-fresh-installs-to-systemd-boot/

    14:50 Fedora 44 delayed a weekhttps://linuxiac.com/fedora-44-release-delayed-as-final-blocker-bugs-remain-open/https://qa.fedoraproject.org/blockerbugs/milestone/44/final/buglist

    15:43 Steam Controller might be arriving soonhttps://www.techradar.com/gaming/gaming-accessories/valves-steam-controller-launch-looks-imminent-based-on-new-public-records-and-it-might-finally-give-me-the-perfect-excuse-to-build-a-custom-steam-machine

    16:49 KDE sprint for remapping gestures, virtual keyboard & morehttps://merritt.codes/blog/2026/04/15/2026/_kde_mega_sprint

    18:14 Plasma gets per-monitor virtual desktopshttps://itsfoss.com/news/kde-plasma-per-screen-virtual-desktops/

    19:58 Mint won’t have a release until the end of the yearhttps://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=5019

    22:19 Proton 11 beta releasedhttps://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/releases/tag/proton-11.0-1-beta1

    23:33 Mozilla releases Thunderbolt, their own AI clienthttps://www.thunderbolt.io/https://github.com/thunderbird/thunderbolthttps://github.com/thunderbird/thunderbolt/blob/main/TELEMETRY.md

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    01:44 France starts their move to Linuxhttps://linuxiac.com/france-launches-government-linux-desktop-plan-as-windows-exit-begins/https://www.numerique.gouv.fr/sinformer/espace-presse/souverainete-numerique-reduction-dependances-extra-europeennes/

    04:37 More distros speak on age verificationhttps://getsol.us/2026/04/solus-and-age-verification/https://forum.zorin.com/t/statement-about-age-verification-laws/61052https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2026/04/msg00001.html

    07:24 KDE’s Oxygen and Air themes almost fixedhttps://filipfila.wordpress.com/2026/04/05/halfway-there-to-6-7-updates-on-oxygen-and-air/

    09:04 Mesa says they’ll accept Ai generated codehttps://www.phoronix.com/news/Mesa-Two-Gen-AI-Policies

    11:18 New driver proposed to fight malicious USB deviceshttps://itsfoss.com/news/linux-driver-proposal-malicious-hid-devices/

    13:31 Fedora adds exception for Mesa updateshttps://www.phoronix.com/news/Mesa-Updates-Exception-Fedora

    14:38 Cosmic update improves the file manager a lothttps://linuxiac.com/cosmic-desktop-1-0-9-released-with-better-files-settings-and-applets/

    16:14 Google’s AI overview lies millions of times each hourhttps://arstechnica.com/google/2026/04/analysis-finds-google-ai-overviews-is-wrong-10-percent-of-the-time/

    18:24 Open Source client for GeForce Nowhttps://opennow.zortos.me/https://goodtech.info/opennow-client-geforce-now-open-source-anti-afk-telemetrie/

    20:08 Anthropic donates 1.5M to Apache Foundationhttps://news.apache.org/foundation/entry/the-apache-software-foundation-announces-1-5m-donation-from-anthropic

    21:45 Valve optimizes Linux for gaming with lower VRAMhttps://www.phoronix.com/news/Valve-Better-Gaming-Low-vRAM

    24:12 Wine 11 revives Android support & fixes Mod supporthttps://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/wine-11-6-is-an-exciting-release-to-make-modding-windows-games-on-linux-simpler/https://www.phoronix.com/news/Wine-11.6-Released

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    01:55 OnlyOffice accuses EuroOffice of breaking their licensehttps://github.com/Euro-Office/https://linuxiac.com/onlyoffice-accuses-euro-office-of-license-violations/

    04:01 OnlyOffice suspends partnership with Nextcloudhttps://www.neowin.net/news/onlyoffice-suspends-nextcloud-partnership-over-unapproved-euro-office-fork/

    05:37 Trouble between Collabora and The Document Foundationhttps://www.collaboraonline.com/blog/tdf-ejects-its-core-developers/

    08:28 Wayland session restore protocol is now officialhttps://itsfoss.com/news/wayland-session-management/

    10:02 Wayland fractional scaling improvementshttps://www.phoronix.com/news/xx-fractional-scale-v2-MR-KWin

    11:05 Copilot slots ads into PRs and merge requestshttps://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-copilot-is-now-injecting-ads-into-pull-requests-on-github-gitlab/https://www.techradar.com/pro/this-is-horrific-github-kills-copilot-pull-request-ads-after-user-backlash

    13:36 Ubuntu MATE loses its maintainerhttps://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/03/ubuntu-mate-needs-new-maintainer

    15:17 Ubuntu 26.04 raises minimum system requirementshttps://itsfoss.com/news/ubuntu-26-04-minimum-ram-requirement/

    17:15 GNOME fully drops Google Drive supporthttps://itsfoss.com/news/gnome-drops-google-drive-support/

    19:11 Linux passes 5% market share on Steamhttps://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/linux-smashes-past-5-percent-on-the-steam-survey-for-the-first-time/

    20:48 Nvidia’s HDR & color management support in previewhttps://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/nvidia-announce-a-preview-of-drm-per-plane-color-pipeline-api-support-on-linux-good-for-hdr/

    22:19 Malware in open source rose 14x in 2025https://www.endorlabs.com/learn/new-research-malware-in-open-source-ecosystems-surges-14x-as-attackers-hijack-trusted-packages

    24:43 Wine could move to Zink for OpenGL over Vulkanhttps://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/a-future-wine-release-could-use-zink-to-run-opengl-via-vulkan/

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    01:47 GrapheneOS won’t comply with age verification lawshttps://www.tomshardware.com/software/operating-systems/grapheneos-refuses-to-comply-with-age-verification-laws

    03:27 SystemD adds date of birth field for age verificationhttps://itsfoss.com/news/systemd-age-verification/

    05:13 SystemD forked to remove date of birth fieldhttps://itsfoss.com/news/systemd-fork-strips-out-age-verification/

    08:11 Fedora project lead suggests using standard Age check APIhttps://itsfoss.com/news/fedora-leader-suggests-age-verification-api/https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/a-practical-architectural-solution-to-os-level-age-verification-laws/183387

    10:33 SteamOS adds Steam Machine support, Wayland by defaulthttps://www.phoronix.com/news/SteamOS-3.8-Previewhttps://www.techradar.com/gaming/steam-deck/valves-steam-machine-gets-its-first-support-update-ahead-of-launch-via-steamos-preview-3-8-0-and-it-includes-one-major-fix-ive-been-waiting-for

    12:16 electron details their work on Wayland supporthttps://www.electronjs.org/blog/tech-talk-wayland

    14:03 LibreOffice adds donation bannerhttps://www.phoronix.com/news/LibreOffice-26-Donation-Banner

    15:23 Firefox 149 is a big updatehttps://linuxiac.com/firefox-149-now-available-for-download-brings-split-view/

    17:13 GNOME starts their fellowship programhttps://blogs.gnome.org/foundation/2026/03/24/introducing-gnome-fellowship/

    19:17 Ubuntu makes changes to GRUB for securityhttps://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/streamlining-secure-boot-for-26-10/79069https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/03/ubuntu-security-center-ubuntu-pro

    20:58 Ubuntu 26.04 beta releasedhttps://documentation.ubuntu.com/release-notes/26.04/changes-since-previous-interim/

    22:43 Plasma 6.6 beats GNOME 50 in graphics performancehttps://www.phoronix.com/review/ubuntu-2604-gnome-kde/4

    24:11 NVK + Nouveau makes massive progresshttps://www.phoronix.com/review/linux-70-nouveau/7

    25:45 Github will use all your user data to train Copilothttps://github.blog/news-insights/company-news/updates-to-github-copilot-interaction-data-usage-policy/

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    02:08 Manjaro community wants to split from companyhttps://forum.manjaro.org/t/manjaro-2-0-manifesto/186171/28

    05:19 Android dev verification is a nightmarehttps://itsfoss.com/news/android-developer-verification/

    07:45 Google made the worst sideloading UX possiblehttps://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/03/google-details-new-24-hour-process-to-sideload-unverified-android-apps/

    09:51 Germany mandates the ODF formathttps://linuxiac.com/germany-mandates-odf-for-public-administration/

    11:36 Orion browser has a public betahttps://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/03/orion-for-linux-beta-release

    13:22 CachyOS is the most used gaming distro right now?https://www.xda-developers.com/cachyos-dethrones-arch-as-the-top-desktop-distro-for-linux-gamers-on-protondb/

    15:02 Ubuntu 26.04 has a slight redesignhttps://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/03/ubuntu-2604-new-folder-icons

    17:00 Firefox talks about their upcoming new featureshttps://blog.mozilla.org/en/firefox/firefox-148-149-new-features/https://blog.mozilla.org/en/firefox/meet-kit/

    19:11 GNOME 50 is released, and it’s a massive updatehttps://youtu.be/lrLlQlvHV1Q

    20:41 Google offers AI agent to review Linux Kernel codehttps://www.phoronix.com/news/Sashiko-Linux-AI-Code-Review

    22:38 Thunderbird shares their roadmapshttps://blog.thunderbird.net/2026/03/introducing-our-public-roadmaps/

    24:35 Playstation 5 runs Linux nowhttps://www.phoronix.com/news/Mesa-AMDGPU-PS5-Patcheshttps://x.com/theflow0/status/2030011206040256841

    25:53 DLSS 5 gets massively bad reactionshttps://arstechnica.com/gaming/2026/03/gamers-react-with-overwhelming-disgust-to-dlss-5s-generative-ai-glow-ups/

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    02:01 AMD drivers, Kwin and Lutris now have AI-generated codehttps://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/lutris-now-being-built-with-claude-ai-developer-decides-to-hide-it-after-backlashhttps://www.phoronix.com/news/AMD-More-HDR-KWin-Claude-Code

    06:18 New EU led Android Integrity APIhttps://www.heise.de/en/news/Paying-without-Google-New-consortium-wants-to-remove-custom-ROM-hurdles-11204037.html

    08:40 SUSE could be sold, yet againhttps://www.reuters.com/business/eqt-eyes-potential-6-billion-sale-linux-pioneer-suse-sources-say-2026-03-09/

    10:16 LFS is now systemD onlyhttps://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/sympa/arc/lfs-announce/2026-03/msg00000.html

    11:57 AI translations add hallucinations to Wikipedia articleshttps://www.404media.co/ai-translations-are-adding-hallucinations-to-wikipedia-articles/

    14:09 Anthropic detects tons of vulnerabilities in Firefoxhttps://www.techradar.com/pro/security/anthropic-says-it-found-a-heap-of-firefox-security-flaws-using-new-claude-tools-says-ai-is-making-it-possible-to-detect-severe-security-vulnerabilities-at-highly-accelerated-speeds

    15:52 Valve & RADV devs work on per-game driver optimizationhttps://www.phoronix.com/news/Mesa-RADV-More-Per-Game-Tuning

    17:20 Proposal for age verification closedhttps://linuxiac.com/xdg-age-verification-interface-proposal-closed/https://fosstodon.org/@carlrichell/116201429639953387

    19:15 Chromium gets native ARM build for Linuxhttps://blog.chromium.org/2026/03/bringing-chrome-to-arm64-linux-devices.html

    20:42 Unity 3D will better support Linuxhttps://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/unity-announce-expanded-supported-for-steam-linux-steam-deck-and-steam-machine/

    21:50 Valve details their new Steam Verified programhttps://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/valve-detail-steam-frame-and-steam-machine-verified-requirements-at-gdc-2026/

    25:49 Next Xbox is a PC, could compete with Steam machinehttps://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/xbox-project-helix-confirmed-to-run-xbox-and-pc-games-competition-for-the-steam-machine/

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    02:07 Californian law forces distros to add age verificationhttps://natlawreview.com/article/california-introduces-new-age-verification-requirements-software-applicationshttps://9to5linux.com/ubuntu-fedora-linux-mint-eye-age-verification-amid-california-law-backlashhttps://blog.system76.com/post/system76-on-age-verification

    08:01 Motorola announces GrapheneOS partnershiphttps://motorolanews.com/motorola-three-new-b2b-solutions-at-mwc-2026/

    09:25 Plasma will drop X11 in August this yearhttps://community.kde.org/index.php?title=Plasma%2FWayland_Known_Significant_Issues&diff=106180&oldid=106129

    11:01 Mesa ponders their AI or NO AI policyhttps://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/-/merge_requests/40109/diffs?commit_id=0c1a286f2aea094f6a4709b160632ee1403db596

    13:16 Manjaro gaming handheld delayedhttps://itsfoss.com/news/orange-pi-neo-delayed/

    15:18 Firefox shows its UI redesignhttps://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/03/firefox-nova-redesign

    16:53 LibreOffice takes shots as Microsoft and OnlyOfficehttps://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/02/27/odf-is-just-the-first-of-lo-advantages/

    18:56 Google opens Android up to stores, reduces commissionshttps://android-developers.googleblog.com/2026/03/a-new-era-for-choice-and-openness.htmlhttps://www.theverge.com/news/889595/tim-sweeney-signed-away-his-right-to-criticize-google-until-2032

    22:26 EA hires to bring their anti cheat to Linuxhttps://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/ea-javelin-anticheat-job-listing-mentions-future-support-for-linux-and-proton/

    23:39 Playstation stops porting their games to PChttps://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/kiss-goodbye-to-ghost-of-yotei-on-pc-sony-is-u-turning-on-its-lets-put-our-games-on-pc-strategy-and-bunkering-back-down-with-console-exclusives-says-bloomberg/

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    01:34 Nvidia &Intel hire Linux devshttps://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/nvidia-hiring-linux-driver-engineers-to-help-with-vulkan-proton-and-more/https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-Linux-Jobs-February-2026

    04:19 KDE Connect plans full redesignhttps://tintotint.eu/programming/kde-connect/

    06:57 New open standard aims to unify digital serviceshttps://goodtech.info/openburo-standard-europeen-orchestration-alternative-microsoft-365-dinum-linagora/https://open-buro.eu/#news

    09:19 Ubuntu adds password feedback for sudohttps://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/02/ubuntu-26-04-sudo-password-asterisks

    11:02 Firefox 148 out with AI killswitchhttps://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/02/firefox-148-released-ai-kill-switch

    14:00 LibreOffice Online resumes effortshttps://linuxiac.com/libreoffice-online-project-reopened-with-new-community-focus/

    16:04 Australia shares open source malware analysis suitehttps://itsfoss.com/news/azul-malware-analysis-repository/

    17:29 ARM & Linaro create CoreCollective for ARMhttps://www.phoronix.com/news/CoreCollective

    19:21 SystemD removes support for SysV Inithttps://github.com/systemd/systemd/releases/tag/v260-rc1

    21:25 Microsoft improves compatibility between DX and Vulkanhttps://www.phoronix.com/news/DX-Shader-Compiler-Better-VLK

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    Links:01:47 GNOME 50 got a massive betahttps://9to5linux.com/gnome-50-desktop-environment-enters-public-beta-testing-with-more-new-features

    04:13 GNOME OS nearing stable releasehttps://blogs.gnome.org/adrianvovk/2026/02/18/gnome-os-hackfest-fosdem-2026/

    07:22 Plasma 6.6 releasedhttps://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.6.0/

    10:21 KDE debunks FUD around systemDhttps://www.reddit.com/r/kde/comments/1r68jmi/a_quick_antifud_faq_to_debunk_the_kde_is_forcing/

    13:10 Budgie 11 gearing up for first previewhttps://buddiesofbudgie.org/blog/chirp-5

    14:51 EU takes aim at infinite scrollinghttps://www.politico.eu/article/tiktok-meta-facebook-instagram-brussels-kill-infinite-scrolling/

    17:48 Microsoft starts Trusted Tech Alliancehttps://www.techradar.com/pro/microsoft-launches-trusted-tech-alliance-to-try-and-restore-some-faith-in-big-tech

    19:43 Valve says parts shortages are the cause of Deck stock issueshttps://www.techradar.com/gaming/steam-deck/valve-confirms-steam-deck-oled-stock-issues-are-due-to-memory-and-storage-shortages-heres-what-it-means-for-the-steam-machine

    21:44 EU parliament blocks AI featureshttps://www.politico.eu/article/eu-parliament-blocks-ai-features-over-cyber-privacy-fears/

    23:51 AsteroidOS brings Linux to your smartwatchhttps://itsfoss.com/news/asteroidos-2-release/

    25:55 Nextcloud Hub 26 brings big updateshttps://nextcloud.com/blog/nextcloud-hub26-winter/

    28:19 Project aims to bring NetBSD utilities to Linuxhttps://linuxiac.com/netbase-brings-netbsd-userland-utilities-to-linux/

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    02:02 Mint thinks about making fewer releaseshttps://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4991

    05:28 Discord facing backlash over privacy and ID checkshttps://www.techradar.com/computing/social-media/discord-tries-to-share-clarity-on-disastrous-age-verification-plans-amid-mass-cancellations-but-safe-to-say-its-not-helping-its-getting-thoroughly-community-noted

    09:10 Linux kernel 6.19 releasedhttps://linuxiac.com/linux-kernel-6-19-released/https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/02/linux-6-19-kernel-features-amd-performance

    11:39 Machine Learning proposed as a kernel recommendations toolhttps://lore.kernel.org/lkml/[email protected]/

    13:55 Restoring older KDE themeshttps://filipfila.wordpress.com/2026/02/08/beating-an-old-but-not-dead-horse-what-to-do-with-the-oxygen-and-air-themes/

    16:35 Ubuntu drops their repo management GUIhttps://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/02/ubuntu-26-04-drops-software-and-updates-gui

    18:28 KDE Linux makes big progress with a betahttps://pointieststick.com/2026/02/06/busy-months-in-kde-linux/

    21:28 KDE Linux adds their own container solutionhttps://blog.lasath.org/2026/02/kapsule-it-shipped-and-nobody-died.html

    23:01 Experimental Wayland protocol for multi windows apphttps://www.phoronix.com/news/Wayland-Experimental-Zones

    25:10 Mesa 26 released with raytracing improvementshttps://9to5linux.com/mesa-26-0-open-source-graphics-stack-officially-released-heres-whats-new

    26:53 Steam Deck sold out in North America and Asiahttps://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/steam-deck-completely-out-of-stock-in-the-us-canada-and-asia/

    28:55 Fake AI extensions stole 300K users’ credentials and emailshttps://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fake-ai-chrome-extensions-with-300k-users-steal-credentials-emails/

    31:37 New system proposed to fight AI slop contributionshttps://github.com/mitchellh/vouch?ref=itsfoss.com

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    01:57 Vibe coding is killing open source?https://www.404media.co/vibe-coding-is-killing-open-source-software-researchers-argue/

    06:18 System76 details a big Cosmic Roadmaphttps://blog.system76.com/post/cosmic-epoch-2-and-3-roadmap

    09:43 Steam machine and Frame delayedhttps://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/steam-machine-steam-frame-faq-ram-and-storage-crisis-to-blame-for-no-pricing-or-dates/

    12:02 More EU moves away from big techhttps://www.euractiv.com/news/commission-trials-european-open-source-communications-software/https://www.techradar.com/pro/another-european-government-agency-is-preparing-to-ditch-microsoft-if-needed

    14:48 GNOME 50 adds more features stillhttps://www.phoronix.com/news/GNOME-50-VRR-Not-Experimentalhttps://www.phoronix.com/news/GNOME-50-Remote-Desktop-HiDPI

    16:24 DuckDuck Go users say a massive no to AI searchhttps://www.pcmag.com/news/duckduckgo-asked-users-how-they-feel-about-ai-search-90-percent-hate-ithttps://voteyesornoai.com/

    18:06 SUSE proposes to better structure the openSUSE projecthttps://linuxiac.com/suse-vp-jeff-mahoney-publishes-draft-governance-proposal-for-opensuse/

    20:03 Linux From Scratch drops System V Inithttps://linuxiac.com/linux-from-scratch-drops-system-v-init-calls-decision-regrettable/

    22:25 GIMP wants GPU accelerationhttps://www.phoronix.com/news/GIMP-Post-3.2-Features

    24:11 Sudo maintainer calls for financial sponsorshttps://www.millert.dev/

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    02:01 France moves to Open Sourcehttps://www.euronews.com/next/2026/01/27/france-to-ditch-us-platforms-microsoft-teams-zoom-for-sovereign-platform-amid-security-con

    03:58 Modular handheld Linux PC raises €500Khttps://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mecha-systems/mecha-comet-modular-linux-handheld-computer/description

    06:22 Open Gaming Collective shares resource for Linux gaminghttps://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/open-gaming-collective-ogc-formed-to-push-linux-gaming-even-further/

    08:44 Contingency plan for the Linux kernelhttps://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Kernel-Continuity-Doc

    10:51 XFCE develops Wayland compositorhttps://alexxcons.github.io/blogpost_15.html

    12:59 SonicDE wants to keep KDE X11 alivehttps://www.phoronix.com/news/SonicDE-Improving-KDE-X11-Code

    15:34 Cosmic shows their blurred transparent lookhttps://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/01/cosmic-desktop-frosted-glass-effect

    17:01 Another Cosmic Updatehttps://github.com/pop-os/cosmic-epoch/releases/tag/epoch-1.0.4

    18:14 Valve sued in the UK for dominant positionhttps://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/uk-lawsuit-against-valve-given-the-go-ahead-steam-owner-facing-up-to-656-million-in-damages/

    20:45 Bottles adds Analysis tool to make EXEs run betterhttps://usebottles.com/blog/2026-01-25-bottles-61-with-eagle.md

    22:54 GeForce Now has a Linux apphttps://www.techradar.com/gaming/pc-gaming/nvidia-just-gave-gamers-another-reason-to-switch-to-linux-a-shiny-new-geforce-now-app

    24:50 Vortex Mod manager comes to Linux after allhttps://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/nexus-mods-say-they-are-committed-to-supporting-vortex-on-steamos-linux/

    26:47 Vulkan adds more features for better DXVK compatibilityhttps://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/vulkan-1-4-340-released-with-new-extension-to-improve-directx-performance-on-linux/

    28:02 Mesa update to reduce game stutteringhttps://www.phoronix.com/news/Mesa-Merges-Present-Timing

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    01:44 New phone brings Android, Linux & Windows togetherhttps://nexphone.com/

    05:38 Photoshop can now install and run with Winehttps://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/01/adobe-creative-cloud-linux-wine-patches

    08:02 A lot of Cosmic updateshttps://linuxiac.com/cosmic-desktop-adds-rounded-corners-and-window-shadows/https://blog.system76.com/post/cosmic-epoch-1-updateshttps://linuxiac.com/cosmic-desktop-1-0-3-brings-file-manager-improvements/

    11:29 New Plasma Login manager requires SystemDhttps://linuxiac.com/kde-plasma-login-manager-wont-support-systemd-free-linux-or-bsd-systems/

    13:23 Ubuntu works on making NVidia faster on GNOMEhttps://www.phoronix.com/news/Ubuntu-26.04-Faster-NVIDIA

    15:05 Snap malware rises up againhttps://linuxiac.com/linux-snap-users-warned-as-attackers-push-malware-through-old-trusted-apps/

    17:25 Parental controls work completes for GNOMEhttps://blogs.gnome.org/ignapk/2026/01/20/digital-wellbeing-contract-conclusion/

    18:59 LLVM compiler sets AI policyhttps://www.phoronix.com/news/LLVM-Human-In-The-Loop

    21:39 Nvidia apparently used pirated books for training its AIhttps://torrentfreak.com/nvidia-contacted-annas-archive-to-secure-access-to-millions-of-pirated-books/

    24:15 Desktop portals updatedhttps://github.com/flatpak/xdg-desktop-portal/releases/tag/1.21.0

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