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OpenAI could buy Chrome, Fedora could drop X11, COSMIC alpha 7: Linux & Open Source News


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    Timestamps:

    00:00 Intro
    00:46 Sponsor: TuxCare
    02:24 OpenAI would buy Chrome if Google had to sell it
    04:53 Final Cosmic alpha is here
    07:18 Fedora 43 proposal to drop GNOME X11 entirely
    09:24 GNOME STF progress report is HUGE
    12:48 NVK adds support for older Nvidia GPUs
    14:30 Ubuntu moves forward with Rust core utilities
    16:45 Owner of IGN & CNET sue OpenAI
    19:16 Sponsor: Tuxedo Computers

    Links:

    OpenAI would buy Chrome if Google had to sell it

    https://www.androidcentral.com/apps-software/ai/chatgpt-chief-says-openai-would-buy-chrome-if-google-is-selling
    https://www.theverge.com/news/652746/google-samsung-gemini-default-placement-antitrust-trial

    Final Cosmic alpha is here

    https://blog.system76.com/post/cosmic-alpha-7-never-been-beta

    Fedora 43 proposal to drop GNOME X11 entirely

    https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/WaylandOnlyGNOME
    https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-session/-/merge_requests/99

    GNOME STF progress report is HUGE

    https://blogs.gnome.org/tbernard/2025/04/11/gnome-stf-2024/

    NVK adds support for older Nvidia GPUs

    https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/mesa-nvk-nvidia-vulkan-driver-now-vulkan-1-4-conformant-on-maxwell-pascal-and-volta-gpus/

    Ubuntu moves forward with Rust core utilities

    https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/migration-to-rust-coreutils-in-25-10/59708
    https://alexgaynor.net/2025/mar/22/coreutils-in-rust/

    Owner of IGN & CNET sue OpenAI

    https://www.theverge.com/news/656044/ziff-davis-sues-openai-ign-cnet-pcmag

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