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July 26, 2025 Flathub's issues, Steam Console, Malware in the AUR, Clear Linux is gone
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01:45 Interesting post about Flathub’s remaining problems
https://blogs.gnome.org/mcatanzaro/2025/07/21/fedora-must-carefully-embrace-flathub/
05:59 Steam Deck 2 and Steam home Console could be coming
https://www.techradar.com/gaming/steam-deck/the-steam-deck-2-and-a-home-console-are-reportedly-in-the-works-and-sony-may-be-helping-to-turn-the-handheld-into-the-portable-playstation-game-device-i-really-want
08:21 Malware found in the AUR
https://lists.archlinux.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/7EZTJXLIAQLARQNTMEW2HBWZYE626IFJ/
10:02 Clear Linux shuts down without warning
https://community.clearlinux.org/t/all-good-things-come-to-an-end-shutting-down-clear-linux-os/10716
https://linuxiac.com/intel-shuts-down-clear-linux-os/
12:36 KDE 6.5 adds rounded bottom corners
https://blogs.kde.org/2025/07/19/this-week-in-plasma-rounded-bottom-corners/
https://blogs.kde.org/2025/07/12/this-week-in-plasma-tablet-dials-and-day/night-cycles/
14:05 Firefox 141 improves performance and features
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/07/firefox-141-release-ai-tabs-linux-memory
15:57 ARM laptop support is still shaky
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Debian-Struggles-WoA-Laptops
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Ubuntu-Concept-Linux-6.16-X1E
18:35 Another SecureBoot disaster could happen soon
https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/linux-users-are-about-to-face-another-major-microsoft-secure-boot-issue
20:58 Proton launches their own AI tool
https://proton.me/blog/lumo-ai
24:04 Github pushes for EU Sovereign tech fund
https://github.blog/open-source/maintainers/we-need-a-european-sovereign-tech-fund/
27:35 Another nasty cyberattack against France
https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/french-government-agency-breach-may-have-exposed-data-on-340k-jobseekers
30:02 TikTok might still be shut down in the US
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/07/tiktok-will-shut-down-soon-if-china-wont-agree-to-trumps-deal-official-says/
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/07/trumps-shaky-plan-to-save-tiktok-may-push-users-to-buggy-version-of-app/
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July 19, 2025 Google merges Android & Chrome OS, AI slop invades FOSS
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02:00 Google says Android and ChromeOS will merge
https://www.techradar.com/phones/android/i-think-you-see-the-future-first-on-android-googles-android-leader-sameer-samat
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/07/is-chrome-os-merging-with-android
05:48 AI slop invades Curl’s bug reports
https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/15/curl_creator_mulls_nixing_bug/
08:53 GNOME Foundation firing on all cylinders
https://blogs.gnome.org/steven/2025/07/12/2025-07-12-foundation-update/
10:24 GNOME will get better parental controls
https://blogs.gnome.org/ignapk/2025/07/11/digital-wellbeing-contract/
11:58 PHP proposes license change
https://wiki.php.net/rfc/php_license_update
13:57 Haiku gets a nice update
https://www.haiku-os.org/blog/waddlesplash/2025-07-12-haiku_activity_contract_report_june_2025/
15:39 NVK driver isn’t quite ready yet
https://www.phoronix.com/review/mesa-252-nvk-nvidia/2
17:37 Mint 22.2 is close
https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4860
19:56 Google wants Linux support for haptic touchpads
https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/[email protected]/T/
22:03 Firefox adds WebGPU
https://mozillagfx.wordpress.com/2025/07/15/shipping-webgpu-on-windows-in-firefox-141/
23:51 Authors can start class action against AI company
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/us-authors-suing-anthropic-can-band-together-copyright-class-action-judge-rules-2025-07-17/
25:44 x86 emulator for RISC V can now play games
https://felix86.com/AAA-Games/
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July 12, 2025 Browser extensions sell what you view to AI companies, GNOME funding, Wayback progresses
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02:00 Hundreds of browser extensions use AI library
https://secureannex.com/blog/mellow-drama/
https://www.mellowtel.com/blog/responding-to-ars-technica-and-mellow-drama-article
05:55 GNOME Foundation will fund developers
https://blogs.gnome.org/steven/2025/07/05/2025-07-05-foundation-update/
08:15 Wayback is now hosted by Freedesktop.org
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Wayback-FreeDesktop.org
10:09 GNOME 49 alpha is out
https://discourse.gnome.org/t/gnome-49-alpha-released/29720
https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNOME-49-Alpha
12:12 Bazzite launches their new Flatpak app store
https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/bazzite-july-2025-update-bazaar-z13-kernel-6-15-steam-hardware-survey/9501
13:47 Google forces Gemini integration into Android apps
https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/07/unless-users-take-action-android-will-let-gemini-access-third-party-apps/
15:56 Chromium browsers will get even faster
https://blog.chromium.org/2025/07/introducing-skia-graphite-chromes.html
17:42 Plasma Big Screen lives again
https://espi.dev/posts/2025/07/plasma-bigscreen/
20:17 Video game lobby push back against stop killing games
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/video-games-europe-release-a-statement-on-stop-killing-games/
23:04 German court finds Meta’s tracking illegal
https://therecord.media/german-court-meta-tracking-tech
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July 05, 2025 The end for BcacheFS, X11 compatibility layer, Flathub is massive
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01:44 Torvalds kicks BcacheFS out of the kernel
https://news.itsfoss.com/linux-kernel-bcachefs-drop/
03:37 Wayback is an X11 on Wayland compatibility layer
https://linuxiac.com/meet-wayback-a-bridge-between-x-desktops-and-wayland/
05:37 Flathub reaches 3 billion downloads
https://flathub.org/statistics
07:49 Nvidia developer joins the NOVA driver project
https://www.phoronix.com/news/NOVA-Core-Co-Maintainer
09:16 Nvidia abandons GTX700,900 and 1000 series
https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/unix-graphics-feature-deprecation-schedule/60588
https://www.phoronix.com/news/NVIDIA-580-Linux-Driver-Last-HW
10:59 Fedora drops proposal to ditch 32 bit architecture
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/06/bazzite-would-shut-down-if-fedora-goes-ahead-with-removing-32-bit/
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/06/fedora-linux-devs-discuss-dropping-32-bit-packages-potentially-bad-news-for-steam-gamers/
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Fedora-44-To-Keep-x86-32-bit
12:51 Meta wins a court case related to AI and copyright
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/legal-ops-and-tech/meta-beats-copyright-suit-from-authors-over-ai-training-on-books
14:24 French City ditches Microsoft as well
https://www.lyon.fr/actualite/action-municipale/la-ville-de-lyon-renforce-sa-souverainete-numerique
15:58 Interesting GNOME collaborative app prototype
https://blogs.gnome.org/tbernard/2025/06/30/aardvark-summer-2025-update/
17:42 GNOME 49 replaces a few default apps
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/07/papers-pdf-viewer-gnome-49
19:26 Stop Killing Games petition gets to 1M signatures
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/stop-killing-games-consumer-movement-hits-some-major-milestones/
21:52 New Copyleft Next license is launched
https://next.copyleft.org/pages/license-text.html
https://next.copyleft.org/
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June 21, 2025 Big X.org code reverts, giant 16B entries data breach, KDE 6.4
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01:58 X.org reverts changes made by XLibre developer
https://www.phoronix.com/news/X.Org-Server-Lots-Of-Reverts
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/-/issues/1797#note_2800378
04:19 Biggest data breach ever contains 16B logins and passwords
https://cybernews.com/security/billions-credentials-exposed-infostealers-data-leak/
07:18 Plasma 6.4 is out
https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.4.0/
09:37 German state keeps replacing Microsoft products
https://www.techradar.com/pro/were-done-major-government-organization-slams-microsoft-teams
12:27 Maui shell project is now on pause
https://9to5linux.com/nitrux-linux-drops-its-kde-plasma-based-nx-desktop-for-hyprland
14:32 Uniwill/TongFang laptops getting mainline kernel support
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Uniwill-Linux-Laptop-Driver
https://www.reddit.com/r/AMDLaptops/comments/himoym/all_of_the_vendors_that_are_offering_the_tongfang/
17:04 Meta’s model can spit out 42% of Harry Potter
https://www.understandingai.org/p/metas-llama-31-can-recall-42-percent
20:19 Microsoft’s text editor runs on Linux
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/06/microsoft-edit-text-editor-ubuntu
21:42 The final year of the hackintosh
https://www.techradar.com/computing/apple-has-finally-killed-the-mackintosh-and-my-diy-mac-dreams-have-died-with-it
24:24 Steam Deck hits 20 000 games
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/06/steam-deck-and-steamos-hit-20000-playable-games/
25:05 Steam enables proton for all games, all the time
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/06/steam-beta-finally-enables-proton-on-linux-fully-making-linux-gaming-simpler/
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June 14, 2025 X11 fork, Denmark moves to Linux, Android gets more locked down
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01:47 X11 dev forks it for all the wrong reasons
https://linuxiac.com/xlibre-xserver-project-plans-revival-of-x11/
05:01 Ubuntu & Manjaro go deeper on Wayland
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/06/ubuntu-25-10-dropping-xorg-support
https://forum.manjaro.org/t/manjaro-kde-plasma-is-planned-to-move-to-wayland/178777
06:52 Denmark ditches Microsoft for Linux & LibreOffice
https://www.zdnet.com/article/why-denmark-is-dumping-microsoft-office-and-windows-for-libreoffice-and-linux/
09:29 Google keeps locking Android down
https://www.androidauthority.com/google-not-killing-aosp-3566882/
12:09 GNOME increases dependency on systemd
https://blogs.gnome.org/adrianvovk/2025/06/10/gnome-systemd-dependencies/
14:16 Mint adds fingerprint support and forks Libadwaita
https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4850
16:37 KDE working on touchpad gestures customisation
https://blogs.kde.org/2025/06/12/gesture-customization-mini-sprint/
17:52 Firefox discontinues its AI extension
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/06/orbit-by-mozilla-shutting-down-june-26-2025
19:32 Linux Foundation launches Wordpress plugin repo
https://www.linuxfoundation.org/press/linux-foundation-announces-the-fair-package-manager-project-for-open-source-content-management-system-stability
https://github.com/fairpm
21:24 Apple releases FOSS Linux-based container solutions
https://nerds.xyz/apple-quietly-launches-container-on-github-to-bring-linux-development-to-macos-in-a-native-way/
23:57 New Linux phones could arrive through crowdfunding
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/liberux-nexx--3#/faq
26:43 Xbox handheld is revealed
https://www.engadget.com/gaming/xbox/rog-xbox-ally-handheld-gaming-devices-are-real-and-coming-this-holiday-171550555.html
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June 07, 2025 Microsoft could fix USB C, GNOME OS is coming for your PC, AMD ditches proprietary drivers
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02:01 Microsoft forces PC makers to support full USB C
https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/microsoft-promises-it-is-ending-usb-c-port-confusion-with-updated-windows-11-certified-program
04:11 GNOME OS will soon be a “real” distro
https://blogs.gnome.org/tbernard/2025/06/01/summer-of-gnome-os/
06:28 AMD ditches their proprietary userspace drivers
https://www.amd.com/en/resources/support-articles/release-notes/RN-AMDGPU-UNIFIED-LINUX-25-10-1.html
07:44 Arch has a process for sponsored work
https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/rfcs/-/blob/gromit/introducing-a-process-for-sponsorships/rfcs/0055-introducing-a-process-for-sponsorships.md?ref_type=heads
10:20 Chrome smashes speed records
https://www.androidcentral.com/apps-software/google-chrome-latest-speedometer-3-test-smashes-old-records
12:27 RedoxOS adds X11 support
https://www.redox-os.org/news/this-month-250531/
13:39 /e/OS releases version 3.0
https://news.itsfoss.com/e-os-3-0/
16:22 Ubuntu drops bazaar from their launchpad platform
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/06/launchpad-bazaar-support-being-removed
18:21 Packet is a new file transfer app for Linux & Android
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/06/packet-linux-android-file-transfer-app-quick-share
20:05 Apple tries to escape EU’s rulings
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/apple-challenges-unreasonable-eu-order-open-up-rivals-2025-06-02/
22:38 Meta and Yandex leak your history and cookies on Android
https://localmess.github.io/
24:29 Linux’s Steam marketshare grows again
https://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/Steam-Hardware-Software-Survey-Welcome-to-Steam
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/steam-tracker/
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May 31, 2025 SteamOS "destroys" Windows, kernel 6.15, Nice Firefox changes
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01:57 SteamOS outperforms Windows on the same hardware
https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/pc-gaming/in-an-embarrassment-for-microsoft-steamos-seems-to-destroy-windows-11-on-gaming-performance-and-battery-life-as-well-as-usability
04:35 Linux kernel 6.15 is released
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/05/linux-6-15-kernel-released
06:46 Firefox revamps the search and URL bar
https://blog.mozilla.org/en/firefox/address-bar/
08:44 Firefox 139 brings faster uploads and more customisation
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/05/mozilla-firefox-139-released-new-features
10:30 Rust works on being a better Linux kernel citizen
https://blog.rust-lang.org/2025/05/26/april-project-goals-update/
12:00 XFCE merges their Wayland compositor
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Xfce-xfwm4-Merges-Wayland-Code
https://wiki.xfce.org/releng/wayland_roadmap
14:30 Linux Format magazine closes shop
https://linuxiac.com/linux-format-magazine-ends-with-issue-329/
15:52 Tuxedo Stellaris 16 looks like an insane workstation
https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en/TUXEDO-Stellaris-16-Gen7
17:52 Peertube launches campaign for their mobile app
https://joinpeertube.org/news/crowdfunding-app-launch
20:29 Nvidia drivers 575 are released
https://9to5linux.com/nvidia-575-linux-graphics-driver-released-with-support-for-nvidia-smooth-motion
22:25 GeForce Now is on Steam Deck
https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce-now/download/
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May 24, 2025 Fedora and GNOME remove X.org, Microsoft open sources WSL
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02:12 Fedora approves the removal of X11 for Fedora GNOME 43
https://pagure.io/fesco/issue/3408
04:21 GNOME disables X11 in GDM
https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNOME-GDM-Disable-X11-Default
06:00 Microsoft open sources WSL
https://blogs.windows.com/windowsdeveloper/2025/05/19/the-windows-subsystem-for-linux-is-now-open-source/
08:31 Microsoft makes a CLI text editor that’s open source
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/commandline/edit-is-now-open-source/
09:55 Mozilla closes Pocket and Fakespot
https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/building-whats-next/
12:16 RHEL 10 is out
https://linuxiac.com/red-hat-enterprise-linux-10-released/
14:00 Nvidia updates Wayland roadmap
https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/wayland-support-for-the-575-release-series/333827
16:11 Microsoft fixes dual boot breaking bug after 9 months
https://www.neowin.net/news/linux-windows-11-dual-boot-to-finally-play-well-as-microsoft-fixes-nine-month-old-bug/
18:25 Fender Studio releases on Linux
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/05/fender-studio-linux-audio-recording-app
20:16 KDE is getting its own graphical VM manager
https://blogs.kde.org/2025/05/18/gsoc-2025-project-intro-developing-karton-the-kde-virtual-machine-manager/
22:05 Steam Deck hits 19000 playable games
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/05/steam-deck-steamos-hits-19000-games-rated-verified-and-playable/
24:02 SteamOS 3.7 is now stable, with big updates
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1675200/view/820329049655084700
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May 17, 2025 Plasma 6.4 beta, BIG Web Search changes, AI isn't fair use
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02:11 Plasma 6.4 has a beta
https://www.phoronix.com/news/KDE-Plasma-6.4-Beta
05:05 Microsoft closes down Bing Search API
https://www.wired.com/story/bing-microsoft-api-support-ending/
07:24 Open Web Index offers an alternative for search engines
https://openwebsearch.eu/june-event-announcement-the-open-web-index-goes-public/
09:45 End of 10 campaign helps Windows users move to Linux
https://endof10.org/
11:46 Ubuntu 25.10 has some nice things in store
https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/ubuntu-desktop-25-10-the-questing-quokka-roadmap/61159
13:50 Nobara 42 is a rolling release, moves to Brave
https://nobaraproject.org/2025/05/13/may-132025/
16:17 US copyright office thinks AI isn’t fair use
https://www.businessinsider.com/ai-training-copyright-laws-big-tech-fair-use-openai-meta-2025-5
18:42 New Orion browser will use GTK4 and libadwaita
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/05/kagi-orion-browser-linux-port-uses-gtk4-libadwaita
20:48 SteamOS compatibility ratings appear
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/05/valve-announce-steamos-compatibility-ratings-an-extension-of-steam-deck-verified-for-more-devices/
22:56 Swiss surveillance law could make Proton leave the country
https://www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-privacy-security/we-would-be-less-confidential-than-google-proton-threatens-to-quit-switzerland-over-new-surveillance-law
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