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November 29, 2025 KDE drops X11 too, New Office Suite for Linux
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01:35 KDE will drop X11 in 2027
https://blogs.kde.org/2025/11/26/going-all-in-on-a-wayland-future/
https://community.kde.org/Plasma/Wayland_Known_Significant_Issues
05:15 Collabora launches a new desktop office suite
https://www.collaboraonline.com/blog/press-release-bringing-collabora-online-to-the-desktop/
07:20 Servo engine now accepts corporate sponsors
https://servo.org/blog/2025/11/21/sponsorship-tiers/
09:11 Arduino’s takeover by Qualcomm yields worrying changes
https://itsfoss.com/news/enshittification-of-arduino-begins/
11:08 Chrome OS will transform into AluminiumOS
https://www.androidauthority.com/aluminium-os-android-for-pcs-3619092/
13:29 Igalia details their work for the Steam Frame and Steam Machine
https://www.igalia.com/2025/11/helpingvalve.html
https://www.techradar.com/gaming/pc-gaming/valve-engineer-confirms-the-steam-machine-wont-be-subsidized-heres-why-im-fearing-the-worst-for-the-price
15:52 Tuxedo gives up on Snapdragon laptops
https://www.phoronix.com/news/TUXEDO-Drops-X1E-Laptop-Plans
https://www.phoronix.com/news/TUXEDO-X1E-Cancelled-DT
19:06 Tuxedo sends multiple patches to upstream their drivers
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Uniwill-TUXEDO-Add-On-Patches
21:33 Ubuntu partners with AMI to have Ubuntu netinstall from UEFI
https://linuxiac.com/canonical-and-ami-partner-to-bring-native-ubuntu-netbooting-to-aptio-v-firmware/
23:20 Ubuntu replaces 2 more default GNOME apps
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/11/ubuntu-26-04-lts-showtime-resources-default-apps
25:13 The Color pipeline API is merged
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Color-Pipeline-API-Ready
27:06 Microsoft admits Windows 11 is riddled with bugs
https://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-finally-admits-almost-all-major-windows-11-core-features-are-broken/
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November 22, 2025 KDE's new design, Nvidia finally focuses on Linux, EU caves in to Big Tech
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01:50 Nvidia contributes to Nova driver
https://www.phoronix.com/news/NVIDIA-Turing-Nova-Core-GSP
03:26 Nvidia wants to improve DRM and screencasting
https://www.phoronix.com/news/NVIDIA-Less-DRM-API-Fragments
https://www.phoronix.com/news/NVIDIA-Shortcomings-Screencast
06:09 NVK makes good progress
https://www.phoronix.com/news/NVK-Status-Update-2025
08:30 EU proposes to strip back privacy protections
https://www.theverge.com/news/823788/europe-cookie-prompt-browser-changes-proposal
https://edri.org/our-work/commissions-digital-omnibus-is-a-major-rollback-of-eu-digital-protections/
11:41 New Online Accounts for KDE
https://nicolasfella.de/posts/a-new-online-accounts-system
14:18 KDE’s design system taking shape
https://anditosan.wordpress.com/2025/11/18/design-system-progress-november-2025/
16:22 Zorin OS 18 reaches 1 million downloads in a month
https://linuxiac.com/zorin-os-18-hits-1-million-downloads-in-just-one-month/
18:09 Budgie’s Wayland only version is in preview
https://github.com/BuddiesOfBudgie/budgie-desktop/releases/tag/v10.10-preview.1
19:23 Mozilla’s API to automate AI browsing and scraping
https://tabstack.ai/
21:57 Mastodon’s founder steps down, big funding secured
https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/11/my-next-chapter-with-mastodon
https://itsfoss.com/news/mastodon-ceo-steps-down/
24:09 VKD3D Proton gets massive update
https://github.com/HansKristian-Work/vkd3d-proton/releases/tag/v3.0
25:30 Valve updates Steam Linux runtime
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/valve-put-up-a-new-steam-linux-runtime-4-0-with-a-move-towards-64-bit/
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November 15, 2025 Hybrid GPU support will be fixed, Google walks back sideloading policy
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01:57 Red Hat and System76 working on multi GPU
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Better-Linux-Multi-GPU-2025
04:30 Valve will change Linux gaming again
https://store.steampowered.com/sale/steammachine
07:31 Android will still allow sideloading of unregistrered apps
https://www.androidauthority.com/android-power-users-install-unverified-apps-3615310/
09:21 Google releases device trees for recent Pixel phones
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Google-Pixel-10-Google-DTs
10:44 Python gets donations surge
https://thenewstack.io/psf-gets-a-donor-surge-after-rejecting-anti-dei-federal-grant/
12:39 Rust Core Utilities get closer to the GNU tools
https://linuxiac.com/rust-coreutils-0-4-boosts-gnu-compatibility-to-85-percentage/
14:09 Sudo Rust has a few vulnerabilities
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/rust-sudo-rs/+bug/2130623
15:11 GNOME parental controls making progress
https://blogs.gnome.org/ignapk/2025/11/10/digital-wellbeing-contract-screen-time-limits/
16:47 Meta used scam ads money to fund AI and VR
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/11/bombshell-report-exposes-how-meta-relied-on-scam-ad-profits-to-fund-ai/
19:33 Wikipedia asks AI companies to be responsible
https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/10/wikipedia-urges-ai-companies-to-use-its-paid-api-and-stop-scraping/
21:37 Germany says OpenAI breached copyright for lyrics
https://www.reuters.com/world/german-court-sides-with-plaintiff-copyright-case-against-openai-2025-11-11/
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November 08, 2025 GNOME drops X11, Debian adds Rust dependency, Ubuntu plans
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01:44 GNOME removes X11 code from Mutter entirely
https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNOME-Mutter-Drops-X11
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-kiosk/-/merge_requests/104/diffs?commit_id=ad69bc952837c45f1107c76d9a8bfde04659ca6f#d5a814ffc49d64c9d0308d6dda46c5ea6f869602
03:54 Debian adds hard dependency on Rust to APT
https://www.theregister.com/2025/11/03/debian_apt_to_require_rust/
05:59 Ubuntu lays out plans for the future
https://www.zdnet.com/article/inside-canonicals-plan-to-make-ubuntu-26-04-the-linux-desktop-that-finally-goes-mainstream/
09:17 Another interview on Ubuntu’s vision for the desktop
https://www.theregister.com/2025/11/03/canonical_jon_seager_qa/
12:38 Linux passes 3% on Steam
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/linux-gamers-on-steam-finally-cross-over-the-3-mark/
14:17 Mozilla’s AI bot harms community translations
https://linuxiac.com/ai-controversy-forces-end-of-mozilla-japanese-sumo-community/
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/forums/contributors/717446
17:05 Mint adds new System Information tools
https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4936
18:47 Flatpak is making progress again
https://blog.sebastianwick.net/posts/flatpak-happenings/
20:48 Rust launches fund to support the language’s development
https://rustfoundation.org/media/announcing-the-rust-foundation-maintainers-fund/
22:29 elementary OS drops more updates
https://blog.elementary.io/updates-for-november-2025/
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November 01, 2025 Python refuses $1.5M grant, Unity's second demise, AUR DDos
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01:48 Python says no to 1.5 million dollars
https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/27/python_foundation_abandons_15m_nsf/
05:38 Unity Desktop is in trouble
https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/regarding-ubuntu-unity-and-a-call-for-help/71095
07:42 AUR under attack again
https://linuxiac.com/arch-linux-aur-hit-by-another-ddos-attack/
09:00 Cosmic & PopOS aim for Mid December stable release
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Pop-OS-24.04-In-December
10:43 Firefox will require extensions to list what data they collect
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/software/mozilla-new-firefox-extensions-must-disclose-data-collection-practices/
12:17 Ubuntu provides x86v3 packages now
https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/introducing-architecture-variants-amd64v3-now-available-in-ubuntu-25-10/71312
14:03 KDE Linux explains why they don’t do packages
https://pointieststick.com/2025/10/25/kde-linux-deep-dive-package-management-is-amazing-which-is-why-we-dont-include-it/
16:11 Firefox is getting much better suggestions
https://blog.mozilla.org/en/firefox/better-search-suggestions/
18:19 Fedora 43 released
https://fedoramagazine.org/whats-new-fedora-workstation-43/
https://fedoramagazine.org/whats-new-fedora-atomic-desktops-in-fedora-linux-43/
19:55 Chromium flaw can crash the browser in a few seconds
https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/29/brash_dos_attack_crashes_chromium
21:48 Linux runs 90% of Windows games
https://boilingsteam.com/windows-games-compatibility-on-linux-is-at-a-all-time-high/index.html
23:42 Linux beats Windows on the Xbox handheld
https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/handheld-gaming/rog-xbox-ally-runs-better-on-linux-than-the-windows-it-ships-with-new-test-shows-up-to-32-percent-higher-fps-with-more-stable-framerates-and-quicker-sleep-resume-times
25:42 Tsushima bypasses Steam Deck verified status
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/10/ghost-of-tsushima-gets-steam-deck-verified-as-the-devs-push-the-multiplayer-into-a-dlc/
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October 25, 2025 Full Linux apps on Android, Plasma 6.5, Zorin OS does big numbers
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02:00 Progress on Linux apps running on Android
https://www.androidauthority.com/pixel-10-linux-apps-gpu-acceleration-3608754/
04:37 KDE Plasma 6.5 released
https://youtu.be/2hf7TtqHVA0
https://zamundaaa.github.io/wayland/2025/10/23/more-kms-offloading.html
07:19 Xubuntu download hacked over the weekend
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/10/xubuntu-website-malware-hack
09:16 Zorin OS 18 gets big download numbers
https://linuxiac.com/zorin-os-18-downloads-skyrocket-in-the-last-48-hours/
11:33 Fedora approves AI policy
https://linuxiac.com/fedora-opens-the-door-to-ai-tools/
14:21 Ubuntu 25.10 has rust coreutils bugs
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Ubuntu-25.10-Broken-Upgrade
16:17 GIMP now has an official Snap
https://www.gimp.org/news/2025/10/17/official-snap/
18:13 1Another NTFS Linux driver
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-NTFSPLUS-NTFS-Driver
19:58 OpenAI launches Atlas, their ChatGPT powered browser
https://openai.com/index/introducing-chatgpt-atlas/
22:53 Ai browsers pose additional security risks
https://www.techradar.com/pro/openais-new-atlas-browser-may-have-some-extremely-concerning-security-issues-experts-warn
https://brave.com/blog/unseeable-prompt-injections/
24:38 BBC study finds AI assistants still bad at news summaries
https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2025/new-ebu-research-ai-assistants-news-content
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October 18, 2025 Finally, some good FOSS smartphone news, new x86 actor
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01:59 GrapheneOS coming to other phones
https://www.androidauthority.com/graphene-os-major-android-oem-partnership-3606853/
04:47 More details about LibrePhone
https://www.fsf.org/news/librephone-project
07:30 New company working on x86 CPUs
https://www.phoronix.com/news/x86-Opcodes-Not-AMD-Or-Intel
09:23 KDE turns 29, and launches their end of year fundraiser
https://kde.org/fundraisers/yearend2025/
10:39 Windows 10 is EOL
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/10/windows-10-support-ends-today-but-its-just-the-first-of-many-deaths/
12:52 LMDE 7 is released
https://linuxmint.com/rel_gigi.php
https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4923
14:36 Fedora 43 pushed back to fix some bugs
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Fedora-43-No-Go
15:57 GNOME starts dropping 32 bit
https://blogs.gnome.org/alatiera/2025/10/13/flatpak-32bit/
17:37 Firefox tests built-in VPN
https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/14/mozilla_firefox_vpn_beta/
19:38 German state completes FOSS migration
https://news.itsfoss.com/schleswig-holstein-email-system-migration/
21:18 Chat control still isn’t dead
https://www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-privacy-security/the-vote-on-chat-control-has-been-postponed-but-the-fight-isnt-over-yet-heres-what-we-know
23:22 California passes laws to protect online privacy
https://www.gov.ca.gov/2025/10/08/governor-newsom-signs-data-privacy-bills-to-protect-tech-users/
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October 11, 2025 Intel reconsiders Open Source, LibrePhone project, Ubuntu 25.10
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01:43 Intel reconsiders their Open Source policy
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Kan-Liang-Leaving-Intel
https://www.phoronix.com/review/intel-open-source-2025
04:57 Ubuntu 25.10 released
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faXkVN-AlqE
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/10/flatpak-broken-ubuntu-25-10-apparmor-bug
07:39 FSF announces LibrePhone project
https://www.fsf.org/news/fsf-turns-forty-with-a-new-president-and-a-new-campaign
https://linuxiac.com/free-software-foundation-turns-40-unveils-librephone/
09:17 EU’s chat control law might be blocked
https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/08/germany_chat_control_opposition/
https://www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-privacy-security/chat-control-is-like-a-malware-on-your-device-signal-slams-the-eu-proposal-to-scan-your-private-chats
https://fightchatcontrol.eu/
11:37 Nouveau driver patch offers big performance boost
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Nouveau-Larger-Page-Sizes
13:21 elementary OS gets a lot of updates
https://blog.elementary.io/updates-for-october-2025/
15:51 PopOS 24.04 beta benchmarked
https://www.phoronix.com/review/popos-2404-beta/5
17:48 Windows 11 doubles down on online accounts
https://www.techradar.com/computing/windows/microsoft-is-removing-known-mechanisms-for-creating-a-local-account
20:02 Firefox gets mention for “best invention”
https://www.neowin.net/news/mozilla-firefox-feature-gets-special-mention-in-times-best-inventions-of-2025/
https://blog.mozilla.org/en/firefox/profile-management/
21:58 Greg Koah Hartman reassures on the Cyber Resiliency Act
https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/30/cyber_reiliance_act_opinion_column/
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October 04, 2025 The end of F-Droid? Red Hat hacked, new Linux Kernel
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02:15 Google’s Android change could mean the end of F Droid
https://f-droid.org/en/2025/09/29/google-developer-registration-decree.html
05:05 Red Hat Gitlab breached by hackers
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/red-hat-confirms-security-incident-after-hackers-breach-gitlab-instance/
https://access.redhat.com/articles/7132207
07:27 Linux kernel 6.17 is out
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/09/linux-kernel-6-17-new-features
09:56 OpenSUSE Leap 16 released
https://news.opensuse.org/2025/10/01/next-chapter-opens-with-leap-release/
12:14 Plasma 6.5 beta released
https://linuxiac.com/kde-plasma-6-5-beta-released-this-is-whats-new/
https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.4.91/
13:57 Artix ditches GNOME
https://linuxiac.com/artix-linux-drops-gnome-desktop-support-over-systemd-dependence/
https://artixlinux.org/
15:51 Fedora submits draft policy on AI in the distro
https://linuxiac.com/fedora-council-proposes-policy-on-ai-assisted-contributions/
18:36 Nvidia working with Red Hat on NVK
https://www.phoronix.com/news/NVK-Vulkan-Red-Hat-NDA-Docs
20:28 Mint reveals new menu, changes to keyboard layouts
https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4895
22:27 NixOS moderation team resigns
https://discourse.nixos.org/t/a-statement-from-members-of-the-moderation-team/69828
https://discourse.nixos.org/t/a-statement-from-members-of-the-moderation-team/69828/6
25:36 Eric S Raymond is against all codes of conduct
https://linuxiac.com/eric-s-raymond-codes-of-conduct-are-a-disaster/
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September 26, 2025 The Cosmic & PopOS beta are here, Cookie banners could go away
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01:36 Cosmic beta finally released
https://system76.com/pop/pop-beta/
04:39 Cookie banners might become less annoying
https://www.politico.eu/article/europe-cookie-law-messed-up-the-internet-brussels-sets-out-to-fix-it/
07:09 2 Multikernel Linux architectures proposed
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Multi-Kernel-Patches
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Parker-Proposal
10:13 New distributed Filesystem open sourced
https://www.phoronix.com/news/TernFS-File-System-Open-Source
12:16 BcacheFS benchmarks show ext4 is still king
https://www.phoronix.com/review/bcachefs-617-dkms/4
14:04 New TikTok US deal would make a separate US only app
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4gj7mlg9vdo
https://www.techradar.com/computing/social-media/the-us-version-of-tiktok-might-be-more-concerning-than-the-chinese-one
16:58 Microsoft building a marketplace of content for AI
https://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-is-reportedly-building-an-ai-marketplace-to-pay-publishers-for-content/
19:49 Malibal wants to go USA made for their laptops
https://www.malibal.com/features/project-liberation/
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