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    Timestamps:

    00:00 Intro
    00:43 Sponsor: SquareSpace
    01:59 Californian law forces distros to add age verification
    06:58 Motorola announces GrapheneOS partnership
    08:22 Plasma will drop X11 in August this year
    09:58 Mesa ponders their AI or NO AI policy
    12:13 Firefox shows its UI redesign
    13:47 LibreOffice takes shots as Microsoft and OnlyOffice
    15:33 Google opens Android up to stores, reduces commissions
    19:03 EA hires to bring their anti cheat to Linux
    20:17 Playstation stops porting their games to PC
    22:24 Sponsor: Tuxedo Computers

    Links:

    Californian law forces distros to add age verification

    https://natlawreview.com/article/california-introduces-new-age-verification-requirements-software-applications
    https://9to5linux.com/ubuntu-fedora-linux-mint-eye-age-verification-amid-california-law-backlash
    https://blog.system76.com/post/system76-on-age-verification

    Motorola announces GrapheneOS partnership

    https://motorolanews.com/motorola-three-new-b2b-solutions-at-mwc-2026/

    Plasma will drop X11 in August this year

    https://community.kde.org/index.php?title=Plasma%2FWayland_Known_Significant_Issues&diff=106180&oldid=106129

    Mesa ponders their AI or NO AI policy

    https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/-/merge_requests/40109/diffs?commit_id=0c1a286f2aea094f6a4709b160632ee1403db596

    Firefox shows its UI redesign

    https://www.soeren-hentzschel.at/firefox/exklusiv-so-sieht-das-neue-nova-design-von-firefox-aus/?ref=omgubuntu.co.uk

    LibreOffice takes shots as Microsoft and OnlyOffice

    https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/02/27/odf-is-just-the-first-of-lo-advantages/

    Xournal++ gets a tablet mode for its UI

    https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/03/xournalpp-tablet-mode-ui

    Google opens Android up to stores, reduces commissions

    https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2026/03/a-new-era-for-choice-and-openness.html
    https://www.theverge.com/news/889595/tim-sweeney-signed-away-his-right-to-criticize-google-until-2032

    EA hires to bring their anti cheat to Linux

    https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/ea-javelin-anticheat-job-listing-mentions-future-support-for-linux-and-proton/

    Playstation stops porting their games to PC

    https://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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