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    Timestamps:

    00:00 Intro
    00:30 Sponsor: SquareSpace
    01:46 France starts their move to Linux
    04:40 More distros speak on age verification
    07:26 KDE's Oxygen and Air themes almost fixed
    09:07 Mesa says they'll accept Ai generated code
    11:20 New driver proposed to fight malicious USB devices
    13:34 Cosmic update improves the file manager a lot
    15:10 Google's AI overview lies millions of times each hour
    17:19 Anthropic donates 1.5M to Apache Foundation
    18:56 Valve optimizes Linux for gaming with lower VRAM
    21:22 Wine 11 revives Android support & fixes Mod support
    23:04 Sponsor: Tuxedo Computers

    Links:

    France starts their move to Linux

    https://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/

    More distros speak on age verification

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

    KDE's Oxygen and Air themes almost fixed

    https://filipfila.wordpress.com/2026/04/05/halfway-there-to-6-7-updates-on-oxygen-and-air/

    Mesa says they'll accept Ai generated code

    https://www.phoronix.com/news/Mesa-Two-Gen-AI-Policies

    New driver proposed to fight malicious USB devices

    https://itsfoss.com/news/linux-driver-proposal-malicious-hid-devices/

    Cosmic update improves the file manager a lot

    https://github.com/pop-os/cosmic-epoch/releases/tag/epoch-1.0.9

    Google's AI overview lies millions of times each hour

    https://arstechnica.com/google/2026/04/analysis-finds-google-ai-overviews-is-wrong-10-percent-of-the-time/

    Anthropic donates 1.5M to Apache Foundation

    https://news.apache.org/foundation/entry/the-apache-software-foundation-announces-1-5m-donation-from-anthropic

    Valve optimizes Linux for gaming with lower VRAM

    https://www.phoronix.com/news/Valve-Better-Gaming-Low-vRAM

    Wine 11 revives Android support & fixes Mod support

    https://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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