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May 02, 2026 Ubuntu's servers attacked, Linux beats Windows again, Ubuntu will add AI to the distro
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01:40 Ubuntu’s infrastructure is under attack
https://thecybersecguru.com/news/massive-attack-ubuntu-canonical-313-team-extortion/
03:30 New nasty vulnerability for all Linux distros
https://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 one
https://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, again
https://www.phoronix.com/review/ubuntu-2604-windows-11/7
08:07 Ubuntu will add AI features in the future
https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/the-future-of-ai-in-ubuntu/81130
10:16 Ubuntu clarifies their inclusion of AI features
https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/the-future-of-ai-in-ubuntu/81130/41
12:30 FSF doesn’t like the Responsible AI licenses
https://www.fsf.org/blogs/licensing/rail-are-nonfree-and-unethical
https://www.licenses.ai/ai-licenses
15:28 EU app for age verification is structurally flawed
https://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 99USD
https://store.steampowered.com/sale/steamcontroller
https://www.techradar.com/computing/peripherals-accessories/valve-steam-controller-2026
https://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 Blender
https://www.blender.org/press/anthropic-joins-the-blender-development-fund-as-corporate-patron/
https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-for-creative-work
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/blender-change-the-anthropic-ai-funding-deal-with-discussions-planned-for-ai-policies/
23:59 Fedora 44 released
https://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 now
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/04/ps5-linux-steam
https://github.com/ps5-linux/ps5-linux-loader
28:07 New campaign fighting back against Android lockdown
https://keepandroidopen.org/en/
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April 25, 2026 FSF settles the Office Suite debacle, good news on age verification, Mozilla & Debian unwarranted drama
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01:45 FSF weighs in on the OnlyOffice vs EuroOffice debate
https://www.fsf.org/blogs/licensing/agpl-is-not-a-tool-for-taking-freedom-away
03:55 More age verification news
https://9to5linux.com/colorado-age-attestation-bill-may-exclude-open-source-oses-and-apps
https://almalinux.org/blog/2026-04-21-california-age-verification-law/
06:35 Proton’s CEO talks age verification
https://proton.me/blog/keep-age-verification-from-killing-anonymity-online
08:50 People lose their minds over Mozilla’s new mascot
https://itsfoss.com/news/mozillas-firefox-mascot-gender-controversy/
10:08 Debian elects new project lead
https://linuxiac.com/debian-names-a-new-leader-for-the-project/
11:35 Ubuntu 26.04 released
https://itsfoss.com/news/kubuntu-26-04-lts/
https://youtu.be/4MYxtL0AW2g
14:37 Ubuntu’s audit of the Rust Core Utilities
https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/an-update-on-rust-coreutils/80773
16:05 New Linux powered console
https://playnix.io/
17:41 Firefox talks more about their Smart Window feature
https://www.firefox.com/en-US/smart-window/?view=waitlist
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/smart-window-models
19:36 Mozilla found 271 flaws using Anthropic Mythos
https://blog.mozilla.org/en/firefox/ai-security-zero-day-vulnerabilities/
21:46 Valve gives devs more info on how their game runs on Deck
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/valve-make-steps-to-improve-steam-deck-verification-giving-developers-more-performance-data/
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April 18, 2026 Germany's plan for Open Source, Age verification gets worse,
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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 laws
https://linuxiac.com/federal-bill-would-bring-os-level-age-verification-to-the-entire-us/
05:34 EU has an age verification app ready
https://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 released
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/04/linux-7-0-kernel-features
09:37 Linux kernel accepts A.I. code
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/Documentation/process/coding-assistants.rst
11:09 Chrome has 47% better performance than Firefox
https://www.phoronix.com/review/firefox-chrome-2026
12:51 Open SUSE Tumblewed will use SystemD as the bootloader
https://linuxiac.com/opensuse-tumbleweed-switches-fresh-installs-to-systemd-boot/
14:50 Fedora 44 delayed a week
https://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 soon
https://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 & more
https://merritt.codes/blog/2026/04/15/2026/_kde_mega_sprint
18:14 Plasma gets per-monitor virtual desktops
https://itsfoss.com/news/kde-plasma-per-screen-virtual-desktops/
19:58 Mint won’t have a release until the end of the year
https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=5019
22:19 Proton 11 beta released
https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/releases/tag/proton-11.0-1-beta1
23:33 Mozilla releases Thunderbolt, their own AI client
https://www.thunderbolt.io/
https://github.com/thunderbird/thunderbolt
https://github.com/thunderbird/thunderbolt/blob/main/TELEMETRY.md
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April 11, 2026 France is moving the country to Linux and FOSS, KDE gets more themes
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01:44 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/
04:37 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
07:24 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/
09:04 Mesa says they’ll accept Ai generated code
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Mesa-Two-Gen-AI-Policies
11:18 New driver proposed to fight malicious USB devices
https://itsfoss.com/news/linux-driver-proposal-malicious-hid-devices/
13:31 Fedora adds exception for Mesa updates
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Mesa-Updates-Exception-Fedora
14:38 Cosmic update improves the file manager a lot
https://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 hour
https://arstechnica.com/google/2026/04/analysis-finds-google-ai-overviews-is-wrong-10-percent-of-the-time/
18:24 Open Source client for GeForce Now
https://opennow.zortos.me/
https://goodtech.info/opennow-client-geforce-now-open-source-anti-afk-telemetrie/
20:08 Anthropic donates 1.5M to Apache Foundation
https://news.apache.org/foundation/entry/the-apache-software-foundation-announces-1-5m-donation-from-anthropic
21:45 Valve optimizes Linux for gaming with lower VRAM
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Valve-Better-Gaming-Low-vRAM
24:12 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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April 04, 2026 What is happening to our Office Suites?! Wayland fixes 2 major features
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01:55 OnlyOffice accuses EuroOffice of breaking their license
https://github.com/Euro-Office/
https://linuxiac.com/onlyoffice-accuses-euro-office-of-license-violations/
04:01 OnlyOffice suspends partnership with Nextcloud
https://www.neowin.net/news/onlyoffice-suspends-nextcloud-partnership-over-unapproved-euro-office-fork/
05:37 Trouble between Collabora and The Document Foundation
https://www.collaboraonline.com/blog/tdf-ejects-its-core-developers/
08:28 Wayland session restore protocol is now official
https://itsfoss.com/news/wayland-session-management/
10:02 Wayland fractional scaling improvements
https://www.phoronix.com/news/xx-fractional-scale-v2-MR-KWin
11:05 Copilot slots ads into PRs and merge requests
https://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 maintainer
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/03/ubuntu-mate-needs-new-maintainer
15:17 Ubuntu 26.04 raises minimum system requirements
https://itsfoss.com/news/ubuntu-26-04-minimum-ram-requirement/
17:15 GNOME fully drops Google Drive support
https://itsfoss.com/news/gnome-drops-google-drive-support/
19:11 Linux passes 5% market share on Steam
https://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 preview
https://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 2025
https://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 Vulkan
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/a-future-wine-release-could-use-zink-to-run-opengl-via-vulkan/
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March 28, 2026 The Linux Age verification situation is escalating & Other Linux Weekly News
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01:47 GrapheneOS won’t comply with age verification laws
https://www.tomshardware.com/software/operating-systems/grapheneos-refuses-to-comply-with-age-verification-laws
03:27 SystemD adds date of birth field for age verification
https://itsfoss.com/news/systemd-age-verification/
05:13 SystemD forked to remove date of birth field
https://itsfoss.com/news/systemd-fork-strips-out-age-verification/
08:11 Fedora project lead suggests using standard Age check API
https://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 default
https://www.phoronix.com/news/SteamOS-3.8-Preview
https://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 support
https://www.electronjs.org/blog/tech-talk-wayland
14:03 LibreOffice adds donation banner
https://www.phoronix.com/news/LibreOffice-26-Donation-Banner
15:23 Firefox 149 is a big update
https://linuxiac.com/firefox-149-now-available-for-download-brings-split-view/
17:13 GNOME starts their fellowship program
https://blogs.gnome.org/foundation/2026/03/24/introducing-gnome-fellowship/
19:17 Ubuntu makes changes to GRUB for security
https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/streamlining-secure-boot-for-26-10/79069
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/03/ubuntu-security-center-ubuntu-pro
20:58 Ubuntu 26.04 beta released
https://documentation.ubuntu.com/release-notes/26.04/changes-since-previous-interim/
22:43 Plasma 6.6 beats GNOME 50 in graphics performance
https://www.phoronix.com/review/ubuntu-2604-gnome-kde/4
24:11 NVK + Nouveau makes massive progress
https://www.phoronix.com/review/linux-70-nouveau/7
25:45 Github will use all your user data to train Copilot
https://github.blog/news-insights/company-news/updates-to-github-copilot-interaction-data-usage-policy/
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March 21, 2026 Manjaro is in trouble, Germany mandates open formats, Google destroys sideloading
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02:08 Manjaro community wants to split from company
https://forum.manjaro.org/t/manjaro-2-0-manifesto/186171/28
05:19 Android dev verification is a nightmare
https://itsfoss.com/news/android-developer-verification/
07:45 Google made the worst sideloading UX possible
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/03/google-details-new-24-hour-process-to-sideload-unverified-android-apps/
09:51 Germany mandates the ODF format
https://linuxiac.com/germany-mandates-odf-for-public-administration/
11:36 Orion browser has a public beta
https://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 redesign
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/03/ubuntu-2604-new-folder-icons
17:00 Firefox talks about their upcoming new features
https://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 update
https://youtu.be/lrLlQlvHV1Q
20:41 Google offers AI agent to review Linux Kernel code
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Sashiko-Linux-AI-Code-Review
22:38 Thunderbird shares their roadmaps
https://blog.thunderbird.net/2026/03/introducing-our-public-roadmaps/
24:35 Playstation 5 runs Linux now
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Mesa-AMDGPU-PS5-Patches
https://x.com/theflow0/status/2030011206040256841
25:53 DLSS 5 gets massively bad reactions
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2026/03/gamers-react-with-overwhelming-disgust-to-dlss-5s-generative-ai-glow-ups/
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March 14, 2026 Kwin, Lutris & AMD drivers add AI generated code, SUSE could be sold, new hope for degoogled ROMs
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02:01 AMD drivers, Kwin and Lutris now have AI-generated code
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/lutris-now-being-built-with-claude-ai-developer-decides-to-hide-it-after-backlash
https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMD-More-HDR-KWin-Claude-Code
06:18 New EU led Android Integrity API
https://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 again
https://www.reuters.com/business/eqt-eyes-potential-6-billion-sale-linux-pioneer-suse-sources-say-2026-03-09/
10:16 LFS is now systemD only
https://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/sympa/arc/lfs-announce/2026-03/msg00000.html
11:57 AI translations add hallucinations to Wikipedia articles
https://www.404media.co/ai-translations-are-adding-hallucinations-to-wikipedia-articles/
14:09 Anthropic detects tons of vulnerabilities in Firefox
https://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 optimization
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Mesa-RADV-More-Per-Game-Tuning
17:20 Proposal for age verification closed
https://linuxiac.com/xdg-age-verification-interface-proposal-closed/
https://fosstodon.org/@carlrichell/116201429639953387
19:15 Chromium gets native ARM build for Linux
https://blog.chromium.org/2026/03/bringing-chrome-to-arm64-linux-devices.html
20:42 Unity 3D will better support Linux
https://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 program
https://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 machine
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/xbox-project-helix-confirmed-to-run-xbox-and-pc-games-competition-for-the-steam-machine/
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March 06, 2026 Age verification Laws could break Linux? GrapheneOS's new partner, Plasma drops X11 in August
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02:07 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
08:01 Motorola announces GrapheneOS partnership
https://motorolanews.com/motorola-three-new-b2b-solutions-at-mwc-2026/
09:25 Plasma will drop X11 in August this year
https://community.kde.org/index.php?title=Plasma%2FWayland_Known_Significant_Issues&diff=106180&oldid=106129
11:01 Mesa ponders their AI or NO AI policy
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/-/merge_requests/40109/diffs?commit_id=0c1a286f2aea094f6a4709b160632ee1403db596
13:16 Manjaro gaming handheld delayed
https://itsfoss.com/news/orange-pi-neo-delayed/
15:18 Firefox shows its UI redesign
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/03/firefox-nova-redesign
16:53 LibreOffice takes shots as Microsoft and OnlyOffice
https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/02/27/odf-is-just-the-first-of-lo-advantages/
18:56 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
22:26 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/
23:39 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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February 28, 2026 Nvidia & Intel focus on Linux, KDE Connect redesign, New standard for digital ecosystems
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01:34 Nvidia &Intel hire Linux devs
https://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 redesign
https://tintotint.eu/programming/kde-connect/
06:57 New open standard aims to unify digital services
https://goodtech.info/openburo-standard-europeen-orchestration-alternative-microsoft-365-dinum-linagora/
https://open-buro.eu/#news
09:19 Ubuntu adds password feedback for sudo
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/02/ubuntu-26-04-sudo-password-asterisks
11:02 Firefox 148 out with AI killswitch
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/02/firefox-148-released-ai-kill-switch
14:00 LibreOffice Online resumes efforts
https://linuxiac.com/libreoffice-online-project-reopened-with-new-community-focus/
16:04 Australia shares open source malware analysis suite
https://itsfoss.com/news/azul-malware-analysis-repository/
17:29 ARM & Linaro create CoreCollective for ARM
https://www.phoronix.com/news/CoreCollective
19:21 SystemD removes support for SysV Init
https://github.com/systemd/systemd/releases/tag/v260-rc1
21:25 Microsoft improves compatibility between DX and Vulkan
https://www.phoronix.com/news/DX-Shader-Compiler-Better-VLK
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