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October 30 Proton goes crazy for AI, Ubuntu will turn everything into a Snap, Vibe-coded Linux compatible kernel
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01:46 Proton makes worrying move stowards AI
https://www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-services/proton-is-re-interviewing-staff-about-how-they-use-ai-and-their-jobs-could-depend-on-the-answers
https://www.404media.co/manifestos-fear-and-loser-thinking-inside-protons-ai-reckoning/
07:02 Ubuntu pushes Core Desktop again
https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/accelerating-ubuntu-core-desktop/90547
10:02 Firefox 159, 160, and ad campaign
https://linuxiac.com/mozilla-firefox-159-improves-linux-wayland-support-adds-new-tab-search/
https://9to5linux.com/mozilla-firefox-160-enters-public-beta-testing-heres-what-to-expect
https://blog.mozilla.org/en/firefox/come-back-to-firefox/
12:48 X.org dev praises the design of Wayland
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Jamey-Sharp-Praises-Wayland
14:57 SystemD adds Rust support for new modules
https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/44324
16:21 Rocky Linux creator wrote his own kernel using AI
https://itsfoss.com/news/ginux/
19:14 Bottles dev talks vibe cloned software, AI and other projects
https://itsfoss.com/interview/mirko-brombin-raven/
https://useraven.org
22:46 Fedora 45 delayed again
https://linuxiac.com/fedora-linux-45-delayed-again-new-release-date-set-for-november-3/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/EWDOYT6TOMFY4XPL5MJC2QWCDJBOR6MU/
23:59 Spotify Client for GNOME
https://linuxiac.com/meet-riff-an-open-source-spotify-client-built-for-gnome/
25:14 Flathub shuts down their Forums
https://docs.flathub.org/blog/discourse-deprecation
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28 min
October 24 Torvalds says banning AI is stupid, Kernel 7.3, Bitwarden pushes their commercial license
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01:47 Kernel devs agree to remove AI disclosure, Torvalds goes off on A.I.
https://www.xda-developers.com/linus-calls-banning-ai-generated-code-utterly-stupid-as-linux-submissions-no-longer-need-llm-disclosure/
04:17 Kernel 7.3 released
https://itsfoss.com/news/linux-kernel-7-3-release/
05:46 Big influx of Rust code in Kernel 7.4
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.4-Rust
07:02 Bitwarden moves to a commercial license, mostly
https://community.bitwarden.com/t/published-version-update-in-app-stores/102750
09:28 KeePassXC supports auto-type on Wayland now
https://keepassxc.org/blog/2026-10-21-2.8.0-released/
10:35 Mint shows more of their new apps
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/10/linux-mint-new-system-monitor
12:23 LibreOffice is getting record download numbers
https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/10/21/8-weeks-9-4-million-downloads/
https://linuxiac.com/libreoffice-hits-9-4-million-downloads-in-just-eight-weeks/
14:11 Proposed AI assistant prototype for Ubuntu
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/10/ubuntu-ai-launcher-prototype
17:05 OpenBSD gets Wine and runs Windows games
https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-ports&m=179236125692175
https://linuxiac.com/wine-on-openbsd-yes-and-it-can-already-run-the-witcher-3/
18:35 Cutefish desktop revived as a vibe coded MacOS Clone
https://itsfoss.com/news/cutefishos-vibe-coded-desktop/
20:28 Epic Game Stores new preview looks pretty bad
https://www.techdirt.com/2026/10/21/epic-rolls-out-vibe-coded-launcher-update-its-absolute-trash/
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/10/epic-games-launcher-preview-is-slowly-becoming-actually-usable-on-linux/
22:18 Snapdragon X2 Linux support is apparently pretty good
https://www.phoronix.com/review/snapdragon-x2-linux/10
23:58 Big Tech funds study to warn against digital sovereignty
https://itsfoss.com/news/eu-cloud-sovereignty-cada-cost-study/
26:20 Massive PHP flaw discovered, and patched
https://www.wiz.io/blog/php2shell-php-rce
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cw98z6qlyvg3o
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October 17 Torvalds pushes for more AI, Epic supports Linux now & some big releases
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02:03 Epic Games Store has a Linux client, EAC will support Linux too
https://onlineservices.epicgames.com/news/introducing-easy-anti-cheat-linux-v2
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/10/epic-games-launcher-preview-arrives-native-linux-support-fortnite-for-linux-is-coming-and-upgraded-easy-anti-cheat/
https://codon.org.uk/~mjg59/blog/p/epics-eac2-v2-seems-fairly-easily-bypassable/
06:02 Torvalds’ AI generated kernel patches & talks more about AI
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linus-Torvalds-Claude-Code
https://www.techradar.com/pro/linux-founder-linus-torvalds-says-ai-is-a-gateway-drug-into-programming-but-cautions-about-using-ai-for-serious-work
09:43 Kernel devs ponder removing mandatory AI use disclosure
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Dropping-Assisted-By-Req
11:32 KDE Plasma 6.8 is released
https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.8.0/
13:14 Ubuntu 26.10 released
https://ubuntu.com//blog/canonical-releases-ubuntu-26-10-stonking-stingray
15:16 Mint 27 looks like a big release
https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=5086
17:27 Steam Client is finally moving to 64bit
https://steamcommunity.com/groups/SteamClientBeta/announcements/detail/703282384630448403
18:28 Netherlands backs away from MS365 rollout
https://www.zdnet.com/business/dutch-tax-authorities-cancel-microsoft-365-cloud-rollout/
20:17 Dev behind vibe coded Adobe suite bashes FOSS projects
https://www.techradar.com/computing/office-suites/developer-who-vibe-coded-free-adobe-clones-reveals-apps-to-take-down-microsoft-office-next-and-says-there-is-no-reason-to-save-broken-software
21:58 Framework triples their funding for CachyOS
https://discuss.cachyos.org/t/announcement-framework-is-tripling-its-support-for-cachyos/37042
23:11 Firefox releases a commercial Enterprise version
https://blog.mozilla.org/en/firefox/introducing-firefox-enterprise/
24:57 New EuroOffice fork that looks like MS Office
https://itsfoss.com/news/elixiroffice-euro-office-fork/
https://github.com/leag1234/elixiroffice
26:55 Valve releases CAD files for Steam Frame
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/10/steam-frame-cad-files-released-plus-an-update-on-reservation-waiting-times/
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29 min
October 10 2 ways to get the entire Adobe suite running on Linux, Flathub accepts AI now
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02:02 Entire Adobe Suite supported with custom Wine now
https://neutronproject.org/
03:42 Open source clean room implementations of the entire Adobe Suite
https://github.com/storytold/photocraft
07:24 Flathub now accepts apps that used AI, with disclosure
https://linuxiac.com/flathub-reverses-ai-generated-app-ban-now-requires-disclosure/
10:08 Cosmic will reject LLM generated submissions
https://github.com/pop-os/cosmic-epoch/blob/master/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
11:25 Steam Frame now has 200 verified games
https://store.steampowered.com/greatonframe?tab=1
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/10/theres-now-over-200-steam-frame-verified-games/
12:53 More Kernel and AMD performance improvements
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Better-Zswap-Performance
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Boost-Recently-Busy-CPUs
15:32 Digital Ocean stops hosting credits for FOSS as they donate to Omacom
https://itsfoss.com/news/digitalocean-open-source-credits-end/
17:40 Gentoo asking for help for hosting after sponsors dried up
https://itsfoss.com/news/gentoo-infrastructure-sponsors-call/
19:04 Orion stops development of its Linux browser
https://blog.kagi.com/update-orion-linux-windows
20:34 EU Commission doesn’t seem pleased with their Teams replacement
https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-microsoft-teams-alternative-bad-reviews-element-pro/
22:21 Googlebooks don’t look like they’ll help Linux much
https://www.androidauthority.com/linux-apps-on-googlebook-3719936/
24:13 Mesa looking at a more formal governance model
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Mesa-Governance-Model
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October 03 Ubuntu beta looking good, F-Droid & Firefox Redesign, Flatpak for dev and CLI tools
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01:51 Ubuntu 26.10 beta released
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/10/ubuntu-2610-beta-released
04:26 Ubuntu 24.04 to 26.04 upgrade now possible
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/09/ubuntu-2604-upgrades-live-2404
05:42 Toolpak introduced as the Flatpak for dev tools
https://blogs.gnome.org/alatiera/2026/09/26/introducing-toolpak/
08:52 F-Droid launches full rewrite of the app
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/09/f-droid-gets-its-biggest-update-in-a-decade-with-new-ui-and-smoother-app-installs/
10:28 Firefox 157 adds the new Nova theme
https://linuxiac.com/firefox-157-nova-released-with-its-biggest-visual-refresh-in-years/
13:04 Igalia working on Firefox for SteamOS
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Steam-Deck-Better-Firefox
15:03 PostmarketOS changes name
https://nura.eco/blog/2026/09/27/nura-rename/
16:39 Dev proposes that GNOME accepts AI contributions
https://arunraghavan.net/2026/09/on-llms-and-free-software/
18:38 Ubuntu 26.10 has an image for Snapdragon laptops
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/09/ubuntu-2610-snapdragon-x2
20:01 PS5 emulation is a thing now
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2026/10/ps5-emulation-is-suddenly-making-big-strides-on-pc/
22:30 ChromeOS will indeed disappear
https://9to5google.com/2026/09/28/google-details-chromebook-updates-through-2034-many-models-move-to-googlebook-os/
24:00 New minimalist FOSS web browser
https://blancbrowser.com/
26:22 Meta found guilty of lying on data protection and moderation
https://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news/new-mexico-wins-second-suit-against-meta/article_e4a95a15-5303-473d-9005-fdedb1ebd619.html
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/new-mexico-wants-meta-pay-up-40-billion-penalties-after-data-privacy-trial-2026-10-01/
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29 min
September 26 Google is closing down Android more and more, and launching a new Linux-based OS
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01:45 Android is less and less open source
https://itsfoss.com/news/grapheneos-android-17-qpr1-fiasco/
04:16 GoogleBook OS introduced as a Linux based system
https://www.techradar.com/computing/laptops/rethinking-the-laptop-is-a-big-undertaking-why-googlebooks-are-so-much-more-than-overpriced-chromebooks-and-apple-should-be-worried
07:04 KDE’s proposed AI policy leads to massive backlash
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/kde-developers-attempts-at-creating-llm-guidelines-are-not-going-well/
https://pointieststick.com/2026/09/23/kde-and-ai-and-you-and-me/
10:04 GNOME dev offers a “no AI at all” policy
https://blogs.gnome.org/alatiera/2026/09/23/the-gnome-llm-policy-that-i-want/
12:15 KDE announces their 3 mains goals for 2027
https://www.phoronix.com/news/KDE-Goals-To-2028
14:11 SteamOS update brings many performance improvements
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/steamos-3-8-28-stable-released-with-big-improvements-for-steam-deck-steam-machine-and-more-hardware-support/
15:58 Linux kernel 7.4 should open files 39% faster
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.4-Faster-Do-Open
17:01 Ubuntu improves how the system behaves when out of memory
https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/improving-ubuntu-desktop-stability-under-memory-pressure/87945
18:59 Valve introduces new low latency codec for game streaming
https://steamcommunity.com/groups/homestream/discussions/0/564794422009744473?snr=2
20:16 Ubuntu will update the kernel on a weekly basis
https://canonical.com/blog/accelerating-delivery-of-cve-fixes-with-a-new-kernel-release-strategy
21:42 Cosmic 1.9 brings two new applications
https://linuxiac.com/cosmic-desktop-1-9-adds-cosmic-viewer-on-screen-keyboard/
23:48 reactOS now has a solid DirectX implementation
https://www.phoronix.com/news/ReactOS-Updated-Wine-DirectX
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September 19 Microsoft Office 365 on Linux, Mint develops their own apps, Steam Frame is here
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01:54 Microsoft 365 runs on Linux through Wine now
https://itsfoss.com/news/bottles-microsoft-365-early-look/
04:12 Mint will ship more of their own applications
https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=5067
06:35 Ubuntu completes its move to Rust coreutils
https://itsfoss.com/news/ubuntu-rustification-coreutils-migration/
09:05 Steam Frame revealed, up for signups (Includes LTT Leak)
https://boilingsteam.com/ltt-leaks-steam-frames-first-look-ahead-of-schedule/index.html
https://store.steampowered.com/hardware/steamframe
12:32 GNOME 51 released
https://release.gnome.org/51/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ws9dahsFqQ
14:22 GNOME Shell Mobile seems in a weird place
https://blogs.gnome.org/carlosg/2026/09/15/on-mobile-and-peer-pressure/
17:12 Flatpak working on app services
https://blogs.gnome.org/ignapk/2026/09/16/flatpak-stf-terminal-intent/
19:16 Improvements for the Linux kernel
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Branch-Remove-Old-ARM-Drivers
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Faster-Kernel-Builds-AI-v2
21:20 AMDv3 images provide a nice boost to low end hardware
https://www.phoronix.com/review/ubuntu-2610-amd64v3-lowend/8
23:16 OpenAI discloses worrying cheating behavior in its models
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/openai-details-more-cases-of-ai-agents-taking-unauthorized-actions/
26:05 A few gaming things
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/lepton-from-valve-to-run-android-games-on-linux-is-now-open-source/
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/ps5-linux-dev-quits-after-the-only-hypervisor-bug-left-was-reported-to-sony/
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September 12 Switzerland ditches Windows, Omarchy now raised $18.5M
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01:41 Switzerland migrates away from Microsoft solutions
https://itsfoss.com/news/switzerland-replace-microssoft-pilot/
03:45 Omarchy now reaches $18.5M in funding
https://linuxiac.com/omarchy-funding-surges-to-18-5m-with-digitaloceans-3m-pledge/
06:16 GNOME prepares more formal process for project wide changes
https://gitlab.gnome.org/sophie-h/rfcs/-/merge_requests/1
08:05 GNOME looking to do a fundraising campaign
https://gitlab.gnome.org/Teams/Board/-/work_items/1148
https://gitlab.gnome.org/Teams/Websites/release.gnome.org/-/work_items/69
09:32 Proposed app to replace Gwenview on KDE
https://pointieststick.com/2026/09/06/photos-a-proposed-replacement-for-gwenview/
11:33 KDE frameworks updated
https://9to5linux.com/kde-frameworks-6-30-improves-baloo-file-indexer-kwallet-and-system-monitor
12:56 More Wayland protocols on KDE
https://www.phoronix.com/news/KDE-KWin-Wayland-Commit-Timing
14:13 KDE 1 revival project looks cool
https://linuxiac.com/midesktop-1-2-beta-brings-kde-1-revival-closer-to-daily-use/
15:45 Patches to start making the Macbook Neo work with Linux
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Apple-A18-Pro-MacBook-Neo-Patch
16:47 New CAD software for Linux
https://linuxiac.com/open-cad-studio-is-a-new-rust-based-open-source-cad-app-for-linux/
18:29 Windows adds features we’ve had for decades
https://www.techradar.com/computing/windows/windows-11s-september-update-has-arrived-here-are-the-3-key-features-that-make-this-a-must-install-upgrade
20:23 GIMP starts work on GTK4 port
https://www.phoronix.com/news/GIMP-3.2.6-Released
22:02 PS5 Linux project now works better
https://github.com/ps5-linux/ps5-linux-loader
23:55 You can play with DLSS5 on Linux too
https://www.phoronix.com/news/DLSS5VKLayer
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September 05 KDE is firing on all cylinders, Brave says they're the best browser, CERN moves to Debian
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01:54 Brave say they outperform every other major browser
https://brave.com/blog/brave-outperforms-other-browsers/
04:58 Firefox 155 should load pages faster
https://itsfoss.com/news/firefox-155-faster-page-loads/
06:45 CERN leaves Red Hat for Debian
https://www.phoronix.com/news/CERN-Goes-Debian-Leaving-RHEL
09:51 Debian says yes to AI
https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2026/08/msg00005.html
12:23 GNOME 51 will improve hybrid GPU support
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/mutter/-/merge_requests/5219
https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNOME-Shell-Mutter-51-RC
14:01 Plasma 6.8 adds more accessibility features to Wayland
https://saueseb.wordpress.com/2026/09/02/wayland-pain-points-dwell-clicker/
15:28 KDE’s theme engine supports more KDE apps now
https://blogs.kde.org/2026/08/28/this-week-in-plasma-qtwidgets-apps-join-the-union/
16:45 Artix drops XLibre after it pushes a maintainer to resign
https://artixlinux.org/news.php#XLibre_support_discontinued
https://forum.artixlinux.org/index.php/topic,10283.msg61637.html#msg61637
19:08 KDE Connect redesign ready for testing
https://tintotint.eu/programming/kde-connect2/
20:38 FOSS Minecraft Luanti taken down by Microsoft
https://blog.luanti.org/2026/08/27/luanti-dmca-tracer-ai/
23:34 KDE Linux makes more progress towards its beta
https://blogs.kde.org/2026/08/31/this-month-in-kde-linux-august-2026/
25:33 Grab bag of gaming news
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/steam-deck-steamos-hit-over-30-000-verified-playable-games/
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/game-launcher-launchbox-should-get-a-linux-version-in-2027/
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2026/08/a-12tb-steam-teraleak-spills-more-than-a-decade-of-lost-pc-gaming-history/
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August 29 Flatpak gets 500K€, Omarchy gets 8M€ and Nintendo nukes emulation again
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01:55 Flatpak gets half a million in funding
https://modal.cx/blog/announcing-flatpak-sta/
04:07 Omarchy gets 8 million dollars
https://linuxiac.com/arch-based-omarchy-linux-distro-lands-a-massive-8m-boost/
https://omarchy.org/news/2026/08/omacom-foundation-launches-with-8-million/
06:15 Nintendo nukes 400 repos linked to emulation
https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/nintendo/nintendo-takes-down-over-400-github-repositories-for-switch-emulators-in-one-go-relentless-dmca-strikes-tied-to-piracy-concerns-over-illegal-cryptographic-keys
08:26 GrapheneOS will come to Motorola flagships
https://linuxiac.com/grapheneos-support-is-coming-to-motorola-flagships-in-2027/
https://grapheneos.social/@GrapheneOS/117078064184215730
09:44 Kernel 7.3 brings a lot of performance improvements
https://itsfoss.com/news/linux-7-3-preview/
11:20 BTRFS improves, ext4 and XFS still much faster
https://www.phoronix.com/review/linux-73-filesystems/4
13:19 Chromium working on adding proper Flatpak support
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Chrome-Chromium-Flatpak
14:45 Multikernel project has its first version
https://linuxiac.com/multikernel-linux-releases-first-public-kernel-tree-based-on-linux-7-0/
https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/[email protected]/
16:49 Asahi project now supports M3 macs
https://asahilinux.org/2026/08/progress-report-7-2/
18:40 LibreOffice gets big improvements
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/08/libreoffice-268-released
20:52 Apple starts putting ads in their Maps app
https://www.techradar.com/phones/iphone/ill-just-use-google-maps-apple-maps-users-rebel-against-new-ads-that-you-cant-turn-off-even-with-an-icloud-subscription
23:36 Wine and Proton update
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Wine-11.16-Released
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/proton-11-0-2-is-out-with-lots-of-gaming-fixes-for-linux-steamos-steam-deck-steam-machine/
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