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  • Germany's moving to Open Source, Age verification gets worse - Linux weekly News

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      00:00 Intro

      00:35 Sponsor: TuxCare
      02:03 Germany outlines their plan to move to open source
      04:08 USA might have nation wide age verification laws
      06:03 EU has an age verification app ready
      07:56 Linux kernel 7.0 released
      10:06 Linux kernel accepts A.I. code
      11:38 Chrome has 47% better performance than Firefox
      13:20 Steam Controller might be arriving soon
      14:26 KDE sprint for remapping gestures, virtual keyboard & more
      15:51 Plasma gets per-monitor virtual desktops
      17:35 Mint won't have a release until the end of the year
      19:56 Proton 11 beta released
      21:10 Mozilla releases Thunderbolt, their own AI client
      23:39 Sponsor: Tuxedo Computers

      Links:

      Germany outlines their plan to move to open source (link in German)

      https://deutschland-stack.gov.de/gesamtbild/

      USA might have nation wide age verification laws

      https://linuxiac.com/federal-bill-would-bring-os-level-age-verification-to-the-entire-us/

      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

      Linux kernel 7.0 released

      https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/04/linux-7-0-kernel-features

      Linux kernel accepts A.I. code

      https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/Documentation/process/coding-assistants.rst

      Chrome has 47% better performance than Firefox

      https://www.phoronix.com/review/firefox-chrome-2026

      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

      KDE sprint for remapping gestures, virtual keyboard & more

      https://merritt.codes/blog/2026/04/15/2026/_kde_mega_sprint

      Plasma gets per-monitor virtual desktops

      https://itsfoss.com/news/kde-plasma-per-screen-virtual-desktops/

      Mint won't have a release until the end of the year

      https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=5019

      Proton 11 beta released

      https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/releases/tag/proton-11.0-1-beta1

      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

      #linux #linuxdesktop #linuxnews

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    • OPEN SOURCE alternatives for the MOST POPULAR productivity apps (2026 edition)

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        Timestamps:

        00:00 Intro
        00:24 Sponsor: TuxCare
        01:30 Acrobat Pro & PDF editing
        04:17 Omnifocus & Task Management
        06:42 OneNote, Notion or Obsidian
        11:37 Teams, Slack or Discord
        12:55 Outlook & Email
        14:11 Office 365 or Google Workspace
        16:10 Office Online or Google Docs
        18:40 Windows
        19:37 Conclusion
        20:37 Sponsor: Tuxedo Computers

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      • France is moving to Linux and FOSS ! Linux Weekly News

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          Timestamps:

          00:00 Intro
          00:30 Sponsor: SquareSpace
          01:46 France starts their move to Linux
          04:40 More distros speak on age verification
          07:26 KDE's Oxygen and Air themes almost fixed
          09:07 Mesa says they'll accept Ai generated code
          11:20 New driver proposed to fight malicious USB devices
          13:34 Cosmic update improves the file manager a lot
          15:10 Google's AI overview lies millions of times each hour
          17:19 Anthropic donates 1.5M to Apache Foundation
          18:56 Valve optimizes Linux for gaming with lower VRAM
          21:22 Wine 11 revives Android support & fixes Mod support
          23:04 Sponsor: Tuxedo Computers

          Links:

          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/

          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

          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/

          Mesa says they'll accept Ai generated code

          https://www.phoronix.com/news/Mesa-Two-Gen-AI-Policies

          New driver proposed to fight malicious USB devices

          https://itsfoss.com/news/linux-driver-proposal-malicious-hid-devices/

          Cosmic update improves the file manager a lot

          https://github.com/pop-os/cosmic-epoch/releases/tag/epoch-1.0.9

          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/

          Anthropic donates 1.5M to Apache Foundation

          https://news.apache.org/foundation/entry/the-apache-software-foundation-announces-1-5m-donation-from-anthropic

          Valve optimizes Linux for gaming with lower VRAM

          https://www.phoronix.com/news/Valve-Better-Gaming-Low-vRAM

          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

          #linuxdistro #linuxdesktop #linuxnews

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        • Trouble for OpenSource Office Suites, Wayland fixes 2 major features & other Linux Weekly News

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            Timestamps:

            00:00 Intro

            00:34 OnlyOffice accuses EuroOffice of breaking their license
            02:39 OnlyOffice suspends partnership with Nextcloud
            04:15 Trouble between Collabora and The Document Foundation
            07:06 Wayland session restore protocol is now official
            08:40 Wayland fractional scaling improvements
            09:43 Copilot slots ads into PRs and merge requests
            12:14 Ubuntu MATE loses its maintainer
            13:56 GNOME fully drops Google Drive support
            15:52 Linux passes 5% market share on Steam
            17:29 Nvidia's HDR & color management support in preview
            19:00 Wine could move to Zink for OpenGL over Vulkan
            20:27 Sponsor: Tuxedo Computers

            Links:

            OnlyOffice accuses EuroOffice of breaking their license

            https://github.com/Euro-Office/
            https://linuxiac.com/onlyoffice-accuses-euro-office-of-license-violations/

            OnlyOffice suspends partnership with Nextcloud

            https://www.neowin.net/news/onlyoffice-suspends-nextcloud-partnership-over-unapproved-euro-office-fork/

            Trouble between Collabora and The Document Foundation

            https://www.collaboraonline.com/blog/tdf-ejects-its-core-developers/

            Wayland session restore protocol is now official

            https://itsfoss.com/news/wayland-session-management/

            Wayland fractional scaling improvements

            https://www.phoronix.com/news/xx-fractional-scale-v2-MR-KWin

            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

            Ubuntu MATE loses its maintainer

            https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/03/ubuntu-mate-needs-new-maintainer

            GNOME fully drops Google Drive support

            https://itsfoss.com/news/gnome-drops-google-drive-support/

            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/

            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/

            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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          • Ranking Linux distributions for 2026: not your average tier list !

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              Timestamps:

              00:00 Intro
              00:27 Sponsor: Joplin
              01:54 PopOS
              03:35 elementaryOS
              04:34 Arch Linux
              05:35 Fedora
              06:55 Linux Mint
              07:47 Manjaro
              08:51 SteamOS
              10:06 Bazzite
              11:02 Nobara
              12:28 Ubuntu
              13:48 MX Linux
              14:25 OpenSUSE Tumbleweed
              15:46 OpenSUSE Leap
              16:45 Debian Stable
              17:49 NixOS
              19:07 Asahi Linux
              20:38 KDE Neon
              21:27 Zorin OS
              22:47 Gentoo
              23:28 Tuxedo OS
              25:32 Solus
              26:19 Deepin
              26:52 Endeavour OS
              27:57 Conclusion
              29:22 Sponsor: Tuxedo Computers

              #linuxdistro #linuxdesktop #linuxtierlist

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            • Linux Age verification, SteamOS moves to Wayland & Other Linux Weekly News

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                Timestamps:

                00:00 Intro
                00:33 Sponsor: Proton VPN
                01:30 GrapheneOS won't comply with age verification laws
                03:10 SystemD adds date of birth field for age verification
                04:56 SystemD forked to remove date of birth field
                07:54 Fedora project lead suggests using standard Age check API
                10:16 SteamOS adds Steam Machine support, Wayland by default
                11:59 LibreOffice adds donation banner
                13:19 GNOME starts their fellowship program
                15:24 Ubuntu makes changes to GRUB for security
                17:05 Ubuntu 26.04 beta released
                18:50 Plasma 6.6 beats GNOME 50 in graphics performance
                20:18 NVK + Nouveau not ready to replace official nvidia drivers
                21:52 Github will use all your user data to train Copilot
                23:45 Sponsor: Tuxedo Computers

                Links:

                GrapheneOS won't comply with age verification laws

                https://www.tomshardware.com/software/operating-systems/grapheneos-refuses-to-comply-with-age-verification-laws

                SystemD adds date of birth field for age verification

                https://itsfoss.com/news/systemd-age-verification/

                SystemD forked to remove date of birth field

                https://itsfoss.com/news/systemd-fork-strips-out-age-verification/
                https://itsfoss.com/dylan-taylor-systemd-controversy/

                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

                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

                LibreOffice adds donation banner

                https://redmine.documentfoundation.org/issues/3867

                GNOME starts their fellowship program

                https://blogs.gnome.org/foundation/2026/03/24/introducing-gnome-fellowship/

                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

                Ubuntu 26.04 beta released

                https://documentation.ubuntu.com/release-notes/26.04/changes-since-previous-interim/
                https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/03/ubuntu-2604-new-folder-icons

                Plasma 6.6 beats GNOME 50 in graphics performance

                https://www.phoronix.com/review/ubuntu-2604-gnome-kde/4
                https://www.phoronix.com/review/nvidia-595-kde-gnome/5

                NVK + Nouveau not ready to replace official nvidia drivers

                https://www.phoronix.com/review/linux-70-nouveau/7

                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/

                #linuxdesktop #linuxdistro #technews #linuxnews

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              • Manjaro trouble, Germany mandates open formats, Google destroys sideloading - Linux Weekly News

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                  Timestamps:

                  00:00 Intro
                  00:41 Sponsor: Proton Mail
                  01:40 Manjaro community wants to split from company
                  04:51 Android dev verification is a nightmare
                  07:17 Google made the worst sideloading UX possible
                  09:23 Germany mandates the ODF format
                  11:08 Orion browser has a public beta
                  12:52 CachyOS is the most used gaming distro right now?
                  14:32 Firefox talks about their upcoming new features
                  16:43 GNOME 50 is released, and it's a massive update
                  18:13 Thunderbird shares their roadmaps
                  20:10 Playstation 5 runs Linux now
                  21:28 DLSS 5 gets massively bad reactions
                  24:58 Sponsor: Tuxedo Computers

                  Links:

                  Manjaro community wants to split from company

                  https://forum.manjaro.org/t/manjaro-2-0-manifesto/186171/28

                  Android dev verification is a nightmare

                  https://itsfoss.com/news/android-developer-verification/

                  Google made the worst sideloading UX possible

                  https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/03/google-details-new-24-hour-process-to-sideload-unverified-android-apps/

                  Germany mandates the ODF format

                  https://linuxiac.com/germany-mandates-odf-for-public-administration/

                  Orion browser has a public beta

                  https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/03/orion-for-linux-beta-release

                  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/

                  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/

                  GNOME 50 is released, and it's a massive update

                  https://youtu.be/lrLlQlvHV1Q

                  Thunderbird shares their roadmaps

                  https://blog.thunderbird.net/2026/03/introducing-our-public-roadmaps/

                  Playstation 5 runs Linux now

                  https://www.phoronix.com/news/Mesa-AMDGPU-PS5-Patches
                  https://x.com/theflow0/status/2030011206040256841

                  DLSS 5 gets massively bad reactions

                  https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2026/03/gamers-react-with-overwhelming-disgust-to-dlss-5s-generative-ai-glow-ups/

                  #linuxdesktop #linuxdistro #linuxnews

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                • GNOME 50: a MASSIVE release that delivers what users asked for!

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                    Timestamps:

                    00:00 Intro
                    00:31 Sponsor: Joplin
                    01:59 The biggest feature
                    02:12 No more X11
                    03:49 No Session restore yet
                    05:14 Compositor changes
                    07:34 Parental Controls
                    09:39 Nautilus
                    11:03 Glycin Image Library
                    11:43 Screen Reader Improvements
                    1327 Remote Desktop
                    15:15 Settings Changes
                    17:05 Calendar
                    18:19 Papers PDF viewer
                    19:51 Other Changes
                    22:27 Sponsor: Tuxedo Computers

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                  • Kwin, Lutris & AMD drivers add AI generated code, SUSE could be sold, new hope for degoogled ROMs

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                      Timestamps

                      00:00 Intro

                      00:41 Sponsor: SquareSpace
                      01:57 AMD drivers, Kwin and Lutris now have AI-generated code
                      05:55 New EU led Android Integrity API
                      08:16 SUSE could be sold, yet again
                      09:53 LFS is now systemD only
                      11:33 AI translations add hallucinations to Wikipedia articles
                      13:45 Anthropic detects tons of vulnerabilities in Firefox
                      15:82 Valve & RADV devs work on per-game driver optimization
                      16:57 Proposal for age verification closed
                      18:51 Unity 3D will better support Linux
                      19:58 Valve details their new Steam Verified program
                      23:57 Sponsor: Tuxedo Computers

                      Links:

                      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

                      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

                      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/

                      LFS is now systemD only

                      https://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/sympa/arc/lfs-announce/2026-03/msg00000.html

                      AI translations add hallucinations to Wikipedia articles

                      https://www.404media.co/ai-translations-are-adding-hallucinations-to-wikipedia-articles/

                      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

                      Valve & RADV devs work on per-game driver optimization

                      https://www.phoronix.com/news/Mesa-RADV-More-Per-Game-Tuning

                      Proposal for age verification closed

                      https://linuxiac.com/xdg-age-verification-interface-proposal-closed/
                      https://fosstodon.org/@carlrichell/116201429639953387

                      Unity 3D will better support Linux

                      https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/unity-announce-expanded-supported-for-steam-linux-steam-deck-and-steam-machine/

                      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/

                      #linuxdesktop #linux #technews

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                    • How to run most Windows apps on Linux, and why it won't really help

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                        Timestamps:

                        00:00 Intro
                        01:04 Sponsor: Tuxedo Computers
                        01:51 Winboat: decent, but not there yet
                        06:00 Wine: still not reliable enough?
                        10:31 Why it doesn't matter
                        14:53 Windows software on Linux is a crutch
                        16:16 Conclusion

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                      About The Linux Experiment

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                      I'm Nick, and I like to tinker with Linux stuff. I'll bumble through distro reviews, tutorials, and general helpful tidbits and impressions on Linux desktop environments, applications, and news. You…