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- 358: Netherlands Builds A Distro, Linux on Snapdragon ARM, AI Replaces Entire Adobe Creative Suite
video: https://youtu.be/8bNh2cciDOE
This week in Linux, the Dutch government is building its own Linux desktop using NixOS, and it could have some major implications for digital independence! NVIDIA has revealed ambitious plans for its new open-source Rust driver, while Qualcomm is making a serious push to bring Linux to Snapdragon laptops! And one developer has used AI to build a bunch of open-source alternatives to Adobe's biggest applications, and they're exploding in popularity! Plus, Valve is making Windows gaming on Linux even easier! All of this and more so let's jump into Your Source for Linux GNews and see what's happened This Week in Linux.
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00:49 Dutch Government Is Building Its Own NixOS-Based Distro04:05 NVIDIA Wants to Push The Open-Source Rust Nova Driver to Replace Upstream Driver06:56 Qualcomm Wants First-Class Linux Support for Snapdragon X211:01 ArtCraft is Coming After the Entire Adobe Suite with AI18:29 Steam Now Defaults Non-Steam Windows Games to Proton on Linux20:46 Firefox 157 Gets Its Biggest Visual Refresh in Years24:07 KDE Announces Its 3 Big Goals for the Next 2 Years25:48 F-Droid 2.0 Is Its Biggest App Update in a Decade26:57 postmarketOS Becomes Nura28:20 Ubuntu Is Moving to Weekly Kernel Releases Because the CVE Flood29:29 Support the show30:26 OutroLinks:- Dutch Government Is Building Its Own NixOS-Based Distro
- https://code.overheid.nl/MinBZK/DAWO
- https://www.theregister.com/os-platforms/2026/09/28/dutch-government-turns-to-nixos-for-a-sovereign-desktop/5299501
- https://thenextweb.com/news/dutch-government-dawo-nixos-linux-desktop
- https://www.tomshardware.com/software/the-netherlands-is-rolling-alternative-nixos-based-software-ecosystem-after-u-s-sanctions-on-icc-took-microsoft-off-the-table-trial-programs-running-now-first-release-expected-at-end-of-2027
- NVIDIA Wants to Push The Open-Source Rust Nova Driver to Replace Upstream Driver
- https://lpc.events/event/20/contributions/2346/
- https://www.phoronix.com/news/Nova-Driver-LPC-2026
- Qualcomm Wants First-Class Linux Support for Snapdragon X2
- https://www.qualcomm.com/developer/blog/2026/09/announcing-linux-on-snapdragon-x2-series-early-developer-preview
- https://canonical.com/blog/ubuntu-coming-soon-to-qualcomm-snapdragon-x2-series-platforms
- https://www.qualcomm.com/news/onq/2026/09/snapdragon-summit-agentic-ai-pcs-linux
- https://www.phoronix.com/news/Qualcomm-Talks-Up-X2-Linux
- https://itsfoss.com/news/snapdragon-x2-linux-developer-preview/
- https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/09/ubuntu-2610-snapdragon-x2
- ArtCraft is Coming After the Entire Adobe Suite with AI
- https://github.com/storytold
- https://github.com/storytold/photocraft
- https://github.com/storytold/filmcraft
- https://github.com/storytold/vectorcraft
- https://www.tomshardware.com/software/video-editing-graphic-design/solo-developer-rebuilds-adobe-creative-suite-in-rust-using-claude-releases-it-free-to-all-targets-100-percent-parity-in-one-month-despite-piracy-claims-and-safety-warnings
- https://www.techradar.com/pro/one-dev-is-recreating-7-adobe-apps-in-rust-for-free-so-i-tested-it-out
- Steam Now Defaults Non-Steam Windows Games to Proton on Linux
- https://steamcommunity.com/groups/SteamClientBeta/announcements/detail/719044258722480809
- https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/10/windows-apps-and-games-added-to-steam-on-steamos-linux-now-use-proton-by-default/
- https://www.phoronix.com/news/Steam-Beta-Use-Proton-Default
- Firefox 157 Gets Its Biggest Visual Refresh in Years
- https://www.firefox.com/en-US/firefox/157.0/releasenotes/
- https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2026/09/29/nova-is-here-what-changes-for-your-firefox-theme/
- https://www.theregister.com/software/2026/09/30/firefox-157-could-bold-new-look-be-just-what-mozilla-needs/5300059
- https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/09/firefox-157-released-nova-theme
- https://itsfoss.com/firefox-nova-redesign/
- KDE Announces Its 3 Big Goals for the Next 2 Years
- https://discuss.kde.org/t/the-new-kde-goals-for-the-2026-2028-cycle-have-been-announced-at-akademy/50305
- https://blogs.kde.org/2026/08/07/kde-goals-last-call-for-submissions/
- https://www.phoronix.com/news/KDE-Goals-To-2028
- F-Droid 2.0 Is Its Biggest App Update in a Decade
- https://f-droid.org/2026/09/24/f-droid-2.0-a-new-chapter-for-android-freedom.html
- https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/09/f-droid-gets-its-biggest-update-in-a-decade-with-new-ui-and-smoother-app-installs/
- https://www.androidauthority.com/f-droid-app-store-massive-update-3715335/
- postmarketOS Becomes Nura
- https://nura.eco/blog/2026/09/27/nura-rename/
- https://nura.eco/
- https://itsfoss.com/news/postmarketos-nura-rebranding/
- https://linuxiac.com/postmarketos-is-now-nura-after-major-project-rebrand/
- Ubuntu Is Moving to Weekly Kernel Releases Because the CVE Flood
- https://canonical.com/blog/accelerating-delivery-of-cve-fixes-with-a-new-kernel-release-strategy
- https://www.theregister.com/os-platforms/2026/09/24/cve-flood-pushes-ubuntu-onto-weekly-kernel-release-cycle/5298912
- https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/09/ubuntu-kernel-security-updates-faster
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31 min - 357: Linux on M3 Macs, GNOME 51, Steam Frame, Jellyfin 12, Microsoft 365 on Linux, & more Linux news
video: https://youtu.be/V4r7fCFLP6A
This week in Linux, GNOME 51 is here with a faster, more polished desktop and a long list of upgrades across the environment. Asahi Linux pulled off another major Apple Silicon milestone with M3 Macs. Valve is building one of the wildest compatibility stacks we've seen yet for the Steam Frame. And Open Source projects are now setting traps for AI coding agents that can make lazy submissions snitch on themselves. Plus, Jellyfin 12 is a huge upgrade for self-hosted media. All of this and more on this week's episode, so let's jump into Your Source for Linux GNews and see what's happened This Week in Linux.
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00:47 GNOME 51 Released04:34 Asahi Linux for M3 Macs10:52 Valve's Steam Frame Compatibility Stack for Linux Gaming13:45 Microsoft 365 might come to Linux (unofficially)17:21 Jellyfin 12 Released20:55 Open Source Projects Setting Traps for Lazy Ai Submissions24:20 Raspberry Pi OS Desktop Refresh26:07 Ubuntu 26.10 completes migration to Rust-based coreutils27:08 Google is Replacing C-based Android Binder with Rust28:13 RustFS 1.0 Released29:04 Support the show29:58 OutroLinks:- GNOME 51 Released
- https://release.gnome.org/51/
- https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNOME-51-Released
- https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/09/gnome-51-released
- Asahi Linux for M3 Macs
- https://asahilinux.org/2026/09/m2-episode-1/
- https://asahilinux.org/docs/platform/feature-support/m3/
- https://fedoramagazine.org/announcing-fedora_asahi_remix_45_beta/
- https://fedora-asahi-remix.org/
- https://www.phoronix.com/news/Asahi-Linux-Official-M3
- https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/asahi-linux-now-officially-supports-macs-with-the-m3-series-soc/
- Valve's Steam Frame Compatibility Stack for Linux Gaming
- https://partner.steamgames.com/doc/steamhardware/steamframe/compatibility
- https://gitlab.steamos.cloud/frame-public/lepton/
- https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/lepton-from-valve-to-run-android-games-on-linux-is-now-open-source/
- https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/lepton-and-fex-get-prepared-for-the-steam-frame-release/
- Microsoft 365 might come to Linux (unofficially)
- https://itsfoss.com/news/bottles-microsoft-365-early-look/
- https://mprove.de/blogs/rss/index.php?rss=mastodon.bsd.cafe%2Ftags%2FMicrosoft.rss
- https://github.com/bottlesdevs/Bottles/releases
- https://usebottles.com/
- Jellyfin 12 Released
- https://jellyfin.org/posts/jellyfin-release-12.0/
- https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin/releases
- https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin-web/releases
- Open Source Projects Setting Traps for Lazy Ai Submissions
- https://github.com/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/blob/main/AGENTS.md
- https://www.phoronix.com/news/NetworkManager-AI-Canary
- https://github.com/systemd/systemd/blob/main/AGENTS.md
- https://www.phoronix.com/news/systemd-262-rc2
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/-/merge_requests/2536
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/-/blob/main/AGENTS.md
- https://hwbusters.com/news/networkmanager-ai-policy-gets-a-trap-word-and-ci-now-scans-every-commit-for-it/
- Raspberry Pi OS Desktop Refresh
- https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/an-updated-look-for-the-raspberry-pi-desktop/
- https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/category/os/raspberry-pi-os/
- Ubuntu 26.10 completes migration to Rust-based coreutils
- https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/09/ubuntu-2610-rust-coreutils-complete
- https://documentation.ubuntu.com/release-notes/26.10/
- https://uutils.org/
- https://www.phoronix.com/news/Ubuntu-Completes-Rust-Coreutils
- Google is Replacing C-based Android Binder with Rust
- https://lkml.iu.edu/2609.1/12916.html
- https://lists.openwall.net/linux-kernel/2026/09/12/891
- https://www.phoronix.com/news/Google-Binder-C-Goodbye
- RustFS 1.0 Released
- https://www.rustfs.com/blog/announcing-rustfs-1-0-0-ga/
- https://github.com/RustFS/RustFS
- https://linuxiac.com/rustfs-1-0-s3-compatible-object-storage-reaches-ga/
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31 min - 356: CERN to Debian, Audacity 4, OpenShot 4, 30,000 Steam Games, Age Verify Exemption & more Linux news
video: https://youtu.be/A_1UeqFux-Q
This week in Linux, CERN makes some Linux news revolving around Debian, lawmakers are giving open source a way out of OS-level age verification ... well in California, and Ubisoft found away to make Linux gaming news frustrating right at the same time as we hit a huge milestone for Linux gaming.
Plus, Audacity gets one of its biggest updates in years, OpenShot levels up in a big way, and Linux From Scratch has a brand new release for everyone who thinks installing Linux should require just a little more suffering.
All of this and more on This Week in Linux, the weekly news show that keeps you up to date with what’s going on in the Linux and Open Source world. Now let's jump right into Your Source for Linux GNews!
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00:55 CERN is moving some systems to Debian05:26 California Legislature Passes Open-Source Exemption From OS Age Verification09:56 30,000 Games Playable on Linux but Ubisoft Is Intentionally Blocking For Honor16:46 Audacity 4.0 Released With a Completely Rebuilt Interface20:31 OpenShot 4.0 Brings Major Upgrades22:47 The Ur Project - A Clear Linux Architect Is Building a New Linux Distro26:20 Linux From Scratch 13.1 Released29:57 Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS Released32:16 Update: NVIDIA confirmed they are buying Hugging Face34:24 Support the show35:39 OutroLinks:- CERN is moving some systems to Debian
- https://ch2026.mini.debconf.org/talks/6-controlling-cerns-accelerators-with-debian/
- https://micronews.debian.org/2026/1788286274.html
- https://linux.web.cern.ch/debian/
- https://www.phoronix.com/news/CERN-Goes-Debian-Leaving-RHEL
- https://itsfoss.com/news/cern-debian-push/
- California Legislature Passes Open-Source Exemption From OS Age Verification
- https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1856
- https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1856
- https://agelesslinux.org/
- https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/california-bill-ab-1856-passes-exempting-open-source-from-age-verification/
- https://www.phoronix.com/news/California-AB-1856-Passes
- https://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/Linux-Exempt-from-California-s-Age-Verification-Law
- 30,000 Games Playable on Linux but Ubisoft Is Intentionally Blocking For Honor
- https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/steam-deck-steamos-hit-over-30-000-verified-playable-games/
- https://www.ubisoft.com/en-us/game/for-honor/news-updates/4WKJhG6v6C9sbCOZkFZ6wG/ranked-faq
- https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/ubisofts-for-honor-will-block-steamos-linux-on-september-10/
- Audacity 4.0 Released With a Completely Rebuilt Interface
- https://www.audacityteam.org/audacity-4/
- https://forum.audacityteam.org/t/audacity-4-is-out-now/153852
- https://www.phoronix.com/news/Audacity-4.0-Released
- https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/09/audacity-4-released
- OpenShot 4.0 Brings Major Upgrades
- https://www.openshot.org/blog/2026/08/30/openshot-40-record-edit-color-like-never-before/
- https://www.phoronix.com/news/OpenShot-4.0
- https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/08/openshot-4-0-release
- The Ur Project - A Clear Linux Architect Is Building a New Linux Distro
- https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7499950666367459328/
- https://ur.foo-projects.org/
- https://www.phoronix.com/news/The-Ur-Project
- https://itsfoss.com/news/the-ur-project-appears/
- Linux From Scratch 13.1 Released
- https://www.linuxfromscratch.org/news.html
- https://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/downloads/stable-systemd/LFS-BOOK-13.1-NOCHUNKS.html
- https://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/view/13.1-systemd/chapter01/changelog.html
- Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS Released
- https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/08/ubuntu-26041-lts-point-release-download
- https://www.phoronix.com/news/Ubuntu-26.04.1-LTS-Released
- Update: NVIDIA confirmed they are buying Hugging Face
- https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/nvidia-to-acquire-hugging-face/
- https://www.reuters.com/business/nvidia-buy-hugging-face-nearly-13-billion-big-bet-open-ai-models-2026-09-03/
- https://www.reuters.com/commentary/breakingviews/nvidia-wraps-itself-129-bln-insurance-2026-09-03/
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36 min - 355: 35 Years of Linux, NVIDIA buying Hugging Face, €500K for Flatpak, Ai in Debian, & more Linux news
video: https://youtu.be/tksoVnYTz1c
This week in Linux, we learned that NVIDIA might be buying Hugging Face and this AI community platform reportedly rejected extra investment from NVIDIA because they didn't want one company having too much influence. Now NVIDIA may be buying the entire company. Someone dumped more than 125 bug reports into QEMU in under ten minutes, leading one maintainer to call it an effective denial-of-service attack. Debian finished their debate on what to do with AI contributions and their decision was surprising. LibreOffice has a new release where they made it very clear they aren't interested in adding Ai tools to summarize the document you just wrote. Plus Flatpak is getting more than half a million euros to improve Linux app security and sandboxing, so that's awesome. And all of this is happening while Linux celebrates 35 years of the kernel. This is Your Source for Linux GNews so let's see what happened This Week in Linux.
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01:09 Happy 35th Birthday Linux03:54 NVIDIA Reportedly Agrees to Buy Hugging Face for .9 Billion07:16 Announcing €500K Sovereign Tech Agency Investment in Flatpak09:38 Debian's AI Decision12:07 AI Bug Reports Become a “Denial of Service” Against Open Source Maintainers14:45 LibreOffice 26.8 Makes “No AI” a Feature17:25 Support the show18:40 OutroLinks:- Happy 35th Birthday Linux
- https://bsky.app/profile/tuxdigital.bsky.social/post/3mtyonwnwvk2w
- https://9to5linux.com/happy-35th-birthday-linux
- https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/linux-was-announced-by-linus-torvalds-35-years-ago-today-humble-os-started-with-10-000-lines-of-code-but-has-now-grown-to-40-million-dominates-global-infrastructure
- NVIDIA Reportedly Agrees to Buy Hugging Face for $12.9 Billion
- https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2026/08/27/nvidia-has-reportedly-agreed-to-buy-ai-model-hosting-platform-hugging-face-for-13-billion/
- https://www.theinformation.com/articles/nvidia-agrees-buy-open-source-model-repository-hugging-face-12-9-billion
- https://www.reuters.com/technology/nvidia-talks-acquire-hugging-face-13-billion-deal-business-insider-reports-2026-08-27/
- https://www.businessinsider.com/hugging-face-nvidia-deal-reshape-ai-landscape-2026-8
- https://www.marketwatch.com/story/what-to-know-about-hugging-face-the-open-source-ai-startup-reportedly-catching-nvidias-eye-243771f8
- Announcing €500K Sovereign Tech Agency Investment in Flatpak
- https://modal.cx/blog/announcing-flatpak-sta/
- https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/sovereign-tech-agency-makes-a-big-investment-into-flatpak/
- https://www.phoronix.com/news/Sovereign-Tech-Agency-Flatpak
- Debian's AI Decision
- https://www.debian.org/vote/2026/vote_002#texte
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-vote/2026/08/msg00360.html
- https://www.phoronix.com/news/Debian-Votes-On-LLM-Usage
- https://www.phoronix.com/news/Debian-Votes-Responsible-AI-Use
- AI Bug Reports Become a “Denial of Service” Against Open Source Maintainers
- https://www.phoronix.com/news/AI-DoS-Attack-Maintainers
- https://hachyderm.io/@berrange/117155755806497654
- https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/work_items?author_username=anwardawa981&first_page_size=20&sort=created_date&state=all
- https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/work_items/4348
- LibreOffice 26.8 Makes “No AI” a Feature
- https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/08/26/libreoffice-26-8/
- https://lwn.net/Articles/1090606/
- https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/08/libreoffice-268-released
- https://itsfoss.com/news/libreoffice-26-8-release/
- https://www.phoronix.com/news/LibreOffice-26.8
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19 min - 354: Linux 7.2, Linux Hits 10% Market Share, AUR Update, Fedora on Framework, KDE LTS, & more Linux news
video: https://youtu.be/lBJDyzkJbCI
Linux 7.2 is here with a ton of new kernel improvements. Desktop Linux has crossed a major milestone for usage with more than 10% in North America and 7% globally. Arch Linux has announced some changes they are making to the way the AUR works because of the latest Malware attacks. Plus there's some big KDE news this week. KDE is bringing back LTS support with a much bigger "Bullet-Proof KDE" approach, and Framework has announced the next edition of the Framework Laptop 12 and it's coming with a preinstalled option of Fedora KDE.
There is a LOT happening in the Linux world right now, and some of these stories get pretty wild. So here's Your Source for Linux GNews and see what's happened This Week in Linux.
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00:52 Support the show (Become a Member)01:43 Linux 7.2 Released04:50 Linux crosses 10% in Desktop Market Share10:53 Arch Linux changes how AUR Adoptions work after Malware waves13:06 "Bullet-Proof KDE" brings LTS Support back to KDE16:29 Framework Laptop 12 with Fedora Linux Preinstalled19:39 NVIDIA, GOG, & Epic Games to compete with Valve on Linux Gaming Ecosystem23:01 Steam Deck 1% lows improve by as much as 32%25:27 Ubuntu Touch 24.04-2.0 Released27:28 NVIDIA Becomes a Premier Sponsor of LVFS/Fwupd28:48 FFmpeg 9.0 Released29:56 Support the show31:21 OutroLinks:- Linux 7.2 Released
- https://lwn.net/Articles/1089033/
- https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_7.2
- https://www.phoronix.com/review/linux-72-features
- https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.2-Released
- Linux crosses 10% in Desktop Market Share
- https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/north-america#monthly-202505-202606
- https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=2026-07-01_2026-07-31&loc=north-america&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP%252CbotClass%253DLIKELY_AUTOMATED
- https://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/
- https://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/Linux-Surpasses-Double-Digit-Market-Share
- Arch Linux changes how AUR Adoptions work after Malware waves
- https://lists.archlinux.org/archives/list/aur-general%40lists.archlinux.org/thread/DRDEU3JUSC72CB265XHXPFA3DFSLXPBP/
- https://lists.archlinux.org/archives/list/aur-general%40lists.archlinux.org/thread/P5C7GZ4C3OJIH4EXJ62JAF6X6PY2BCQ4/
- https://archlinux.org/news/active-aur-malicious-packages-incident/
- https://lists.archlinux.org/hyperkitty/list/aur-general%40lists.archlinux.org/latest?count=200
- https://lists.archlinux.org/archives/list/aur-general%40lists.archlinux.org/message/NNNGQYXYGBYGESV35AEQV2PLAVMMLW64/
- "Bullet-Proof KDE" brings LTS Support back to KDE
- https://www.kubuntu.org/news/plasma-6.6-lts/
- https://pointieststick.com/2026/08/
- https://www.phoronix.com/news/KDE-Bullet-Proof-Software
- Framework Laptop 12 with Fedora Linux Preinstalled
- https://frame.work/blog/framework-laptop-12-now-with-core-series-3
- https://frame.work/laptop12
- https://youtu.be/459a7YBmBOE
- https://youtu.be/yE48_MN8Ng4
- https://www.phoronix.com/news/Framework-Laptop-12-WCL
- NVIDIA, GOG, & Epic Games to compete with Valve on Linux Gaming Ecosystem
- https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/geforce-now-thursday-linux-native-app/
- https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/the-native-linux-app-for-nvidia-geforce-now-is-now-in-beta/
- https://www.phoronix.com/review/nvidia-geforce-now-linux
- https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/gog-confirm-they-are-working-towards-gog-galaxy-on-linux/
- https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/epic-games-store-will-get-a-linux-version-sometime-soon/
- https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/the-epic-games-launcher-will-be-available-on-linux-soon-says-dev-after-its-had-a-bit-of-work
- Steam Deck 1% lows improve by as much as 32%
- https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMD-P-State-Better-1p-Lows
- https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/handheld-gaming-pcs/linux-kernel-patch-can-boost-the-steam-decks-1-percent-low-frame-rate-by-as-much-as-31-percent-in-early-testing/
- Ubuntu Touch 24.04-2.0 Released
- https://ubports.com/blog/ubports-news-1/ubuntu-touch-24-04-2-0-and-24-04-1-4-release-4007
- NVIDIA Becomes a Premier Sponsor of LVFS/Fwupd
- https://www.linuxfoundation.org/press/linux-foundation-announces-key-industry-support-for-linux-vendor-firmware-service
- https://www.phoronix.com/news/NVIDIA-Premier-Sponsor-LVFS
- https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/nvidia-now-supporting-the-linux-vendor-firmware-service-lvfs-as-a-premier-sponsor/
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- FFmpeg 9.0 Released
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32 min - 353: Codeberg Bans AI, 432 Linux CVEs, Valve wants Arch on ARM, Jellyfin Leaders Left & more Linux news
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This week in Linux, hundreds of Linux security alerts landed but the headlines leave out the most important part. Codeberg, a major open-source code hosting platform, is drawing a new line around AI-generated code, Valve is stretching out their ARM for a new Frame of mind for running Linux, and Jellyfin is entering a major new chapter behind the scenes. All of this and more on This Week in Linux, Your Source for Linux GNews!
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00:30 Become a Member of the channel by July 31st01:39 Codeberg bans mostly AI-generated projects05:31 Valve and Collabora develop Arch Linux for ARM6408:08 Jellyfin Leadership Departures11:57 Linux publishes 432 kernel CVEs in 2 days14:53 Canonical fixes 3 Snap vulnerabilities17:26 Firefox 153 adds Containers and Vulkan Video21:11 TWIL Speedrun or Linux Lightning Round21:37 AMD’s open-source AI and robotics announcements22:34 Final MPEG-4 Visual patent expiration23:31 OBS Studio 32.2 Released24:05 Raspberry Pi launches a 10-inch Touch Display 225:18 OutroLinks:- Become a Member of the channel by July 31st
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- Codeberg bans mostly AI-generated projects
- https://blog.codeberg.org/protecting-our-floss-commons-from-llms.html
- https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/07/codeberg-bans-ai-generated-code
- https://itsfoss.com/news/codeberg-bans-ai-contributions/
- OpenAI on Vibe Coding - https://x.com/karpathy/status/1886192184808149383
- Valve and Collabora develop Arch Linux for ARM64
- https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/news-and-events/building-an-arch-linux-aarch64-port-for-holo-core.html
- https://gitlab.steamos.cloud/holo/holo-core-aarch64-preview
- https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/collabora-announce-a-preview-of-holo-core-an-aarch64-port-of-arch-linux-for-steam-frame/
- https://www.phoronix.com/news/Holo-Core-Experimental-ARM64
- https://9to5linux.com/valve-and-collabora-announce-official-arch-linux-arm64-port-for-steam-frame
- Jellyfin Leadership Departures
- https://www.boniface.me/posts/on-my-jellyfin-resignation/
- https://itsfoss.com/news/jellyfin-leadership-crisis/
- https://linuxiac.com/jellyfin-loses-project-leader-and-core-team-member-in-major-shake-up/
- https://jellyfin.org/posts/state-of-the-fin-2026-05-24/
- Linux publishes 432 kernel CVEs in 2 days
- https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/
- https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2026/q3/198
- https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2026/q3/210
- https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/07/22/linux_kernel_team_publishes_432_cves_in_two_days/5276497
- https://docs.kernel.org/process/cve.html
- https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/linux/KernelBugfixCVEsAStory
- Canonical fixes 3 Snap vulnerabilities
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8579-1
- https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2026/q3/191
- https://blog.qualys.com/vulnerabilities-threat-research/2026/07/21/cve-2026-8933-snap-confine-local-privilege-escalation
- https://cdn2.qualys.com/advisory/2026/07/21/snap-confine-set-capabilities.txt
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-15226
- Firefox 153 adds Containers and Vulkan Video
- https://www.firefox.com/en-US/firefox/153.0/releasenotes/
- https://blog.mozilla.org/en/firefox/firefox-containers-preview/
- https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Firefox/Releases/153
- https://brave.com/blog/containers/
- TWIL Speedrun or Linux Lightning Round
- which do you prefer of those names?
- AMD’s open-source AI and robotics announcements
- https://www.amd.com/en/corporate/events/advancing-ai.html
- https://www.amd.com/en/blogs/2026/rocm-ai-the-ai-native-developer-experience-for-building.html
- https://www.amd.com/en/products/system-on-modules/kria/ai.html
- https://www.amd.com/en/products/system-on-modules/kria/ai/robotics-developer-platform.html
- Final MPEG-4 Visual patent expiration
- https://www.phoronix.com/news/Last-MPEG-4-Patent-Expired
- https://itsfoss.com/news/mpeg-4-visual-patent-expiry/
- https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Have_the_patents_for_MPEG-4_Visual_expired_yet%3F
- OBS Studio 32.2 Released
- https://github.com/obsproject/obs-studio/releases/tag/32.2.0
- https://9to5linux.com/obs-studio-32-2-released-with-new-filter-to-compose-sdr-into-hdr
- https://linuxiac.com/obs-studio-32-2-makes-adding-sources-easier/
- Raspberry Pi launches a 10-inch Touch Display 2
- https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/a-new-10-raspberry-pi-touch-display-2-available-now-at-80/
- https://pip-assets.raspberrypi.com/categories/1083-raspberry-pi-touch-display-2
- https://www.phoronix.com/news/10-inch-Raspberry-Pi-Touch-2
- https://www.theregister.com/2026/07/22/raspberry-pi-goes-large-with-101-inch-touch-display-2/
- https://9to5linux.com/raspberry-pi-launches-10-inch-raspberry-pi-touch-display-2-at-80
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27 min - 352: Linus Torvalds talks AI in kernel, COSMIC Frosted Glass, AppManager for AppImages & more Linux news
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Ubuntu is shipping a kernel that can make certain AMD workloads up to 42 times slower. Linus Torvalds is drawing clearer boundaries around AI-generated code in the kernel. Secure Boot just passed a major certificate expiration deadline. COSMIC Desktop 1.3 brings a polished new Frosted Glass design. And one developer decided to add another place and that's a Sega Genesis from 1994.
All of this and more on This Week in Linux. Now let’s jump right into Your Source for Linux GNews!
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00:44 Ubuntu publishes Update that introduces regression for AMD users03:52 Linus Torvalds talks on AI Code in Linux07:12 Secure Boot Linux Certificates Expired?09:27 COSMIC 1.3 with Frosted Glass11:33 AppManager for AppImages14:51 FreeBSD Removes All GPL Code17:16 Rapid Fire Lightning Round17:40 stillOS 10.2 Released18:32 Blender 5.2 LTS Released19:00 Clonezilla Live 3.3.3 Released19:31 Linux on Sega Genesis and 32X Addon20:26 OutroLinks:- Ubuntu publishes Update that introduces regression for AMD users
- https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/amdgpu-performance-regression-in-kernel-7-0-0-28-28/85237
- Linus Torvalds talks on AI Code in Linux
- https://lore.kernel.org/linux-media/CAHk-=wi4zC+Ze8e+p3tMv8TtG_80KzsZ1syL9anBtmEh5Z40vg@mail.gmail.com/
- https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Is-Not-Anti-AI
- https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/linux-creator-linus-torvalds-puts-foot-down-on-anti-ai-comments/
- https://itsfoss.com/news/linus-torvalds-on-ai/
- Secure Boot Linux Certificates Expired?
- https://lwn.net/Articles/1079808/
- https://almalinux.org/blog/2026-07-14-secure-boot-2023-certificates/
- https://linuxiac.com/debian-13-6-released-with-120-security-fixes-and-124-stability-updates/
- COSMIC 1.3 with Frosted Glass
- https://9to5linux.com/cosmic-1-3-desktop-environment-released-with-frosted-glass-effect
- https://www.phoronix.com/news/COSMIC-Epoch-1.3
- AppManager for AppImages
- https://github.com/kem-a/AppManager
- https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/07/appmanager-appimage-installer-linux
- https://github.com/VHSgunzo/uruntime
- FreeBSD Removes All GPL Code
- https://www.phoronix.com/news/FreeBSD-16-Goes-GPL-Free
- https://fossforce.com/2026/07/freebsd-16-cleans-house-no-gpl-left-in-the-base-system/
- https://www.phoronix.com/news/FreeBSD-Intern-AMD-ROCm
- https://www.phoronix.com/news/FreeBSD-Laptops-June-2026
- https://www.phoronix.com/news/FreeBSD-Desktop-Install-NVIDIA
- stillOS 10.2 Released
- https://stillhq.io/stillos-gets-gnome-49-a-better-first-boot-and-major-swai-improvements/
- Blender 5.2 LTS Released
- https://www.blender.org/download/releases/5-2/
- Clonezilla Live 3.3.3 Released
- https://clonezilla.org/downloads/stable/release-notes.php
- Linux on Sega Genesis and 32X Addon
- https://cakehonolulu.github.io/linux-on-32x/
- https://github.com/LinuxMD/linuxmd
- https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/developer-successfully-ports-linux-to-1994-sega-32x-genesis-and-megadrive-expansion-runs-open-source-os-on-paltry-23mhz-processors-and-256kb-of-ram
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22 min - 351: Proton 11, Sabotage in OpenMandriva, Hannah Montana Linux, Cinnamon Wayland Ready & more Linux news
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This week in Linux, we have a really jam-packed episode for you. Linux Mint says that Cinnamon is ready for Wayland. We also have some drama news that's happening with OpenMandriva. So we're going to talk about that later. Also, we have some gaming news as well as two new distros that I want to show you. And also, Hannah Montana Linux is back, apparently.
All of this and more on This Week in Linux, the weekly news show that keeps you up to date with what’s going on in the Linux and Open Source world. Now let's jump right into Your Source for Linux GNews!
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00:37 TuxDigital Memberships, support the show01:35 Linux Mint says Cinnamon is Wayland Ready03:19 Proton 11 Released04:55 Sabotage in OpenMandriva?08:49 RakuOS Linux 44 2026.07.0511:56 Hannah Montana Linux Is Back16:52 Galactic Mandate Linux 9919:17 Sony Kills Physical Media for Games24:33 Stop Killing Games Update29:05 OutroLinks:- TuxDigital Memberships, support the show
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- Linux Mint says Cinnamon is Wayland Ready
- https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=5046
- https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/07/linux-mint-wayland-fully-supported
- https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/linux-mint-cinnamon-is-finally-wayland-ready/
- Proton 11 Released
- https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/releases/tag/proton-11.0-1
- https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/proton-11-0-1-officially-released-to-expand-windows-games-on-steamos-linux/
- https://www.phoronix.com/news/Proton-11.0-1
- https://9to5linux.com/proton-11-officially-released-with-support-for-more-games-running-on-linux
- Sabotage in OpenMandriva?
- https://forum.openmandriva.org/t/statement-regarding-attempted-distribution-sabotage/8997
- https://www.phoronix.com/news/OpenMandriva-Disrupted
- https://fossforce.com/2026/07/in-an-angry-fit-dev-sabotages-openmandriva-repository/
- RakuOS Linux 44 2026.07.05
- https://rakuos.org/
- https://rakuos.org/forum/channel/releases
- Hannah Montana Linux Is Back
- https://youtu.be/VKx5UZsX9jw
- https://gitlab.com/DecaCagle/hannahmontanalinux26
- https://itsfoss.com/news/return-of-hannah-montana-linux/
- My version: https://youtu.be/UajWOA-9I2Y
- Galactic Mandate Linux 99
- https://mr-richardson.com/galactic-mandate-linux/
- https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12889
- Sony Kills Physical Media for Games
- https://blog.playstation.com/2026/07/01/physical-disc-production-ending-in-january-2028-for-new-games-releasing-on-playstation-consoles/
- https://www.theguardian.com/games/2026/jul/07/playstation-sony-ending-physical-game-production
- https://www.reddit.com/r/playstation5/comments/1us6b4a/the_definitive_debunk_sony_isnt_killing_physical/
- https://slate.com/technology/2026/07/sony-playstation-discs-physical-media.html
- https://www.ampereanalysis.com/insight/sony-to-drop-support-for-physical-media-confirming-post-disc-gaming-world
- Stop Killing Games Update
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgoODQFrPgw
- https://www.stopkillinggames.com/
- https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_26_1369
- https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/06/european-commission-rejects-new-laws-for-stop-destroying-videogames/
- https://www.pcgamer.com/games/stop-killing-games-says-the-fight-goes-on-after-european-commission-rejects-proposed-rule-changes-were-much-more-than-just-this-single-petition/
- https://www.thegamebusiness.com/p/publishers-score-us-victory-against
- https://www.gamesindustry.biz/the-california-state-assembly-passes-ab-1921-stop-killing-games-protect-our-games-act
- https://www.theguardian.com/games/2026/jun/19/stop-killing-games-activists-campaigning-online-gaming
32 min - 350: Mageia 10, Kali Linux, Ultramarine 44, KDE Plasma Vulnerability & more Linux news
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The Linux news this week was jam packed with distro news, developer releases, and some security topics. We'll take look at new releases from Mageia Linux with Mageia 10, then Fyra Labs has announced Ultramarine Linux 44 and the offensive security distro Kali Linux has a brand new version this week. Plus there was a report of Arbitrary Code Execution vulnerability affecting KDE Plasma. Then we'll take a look at the latest version of Git.
All of this and more on This Week in Linux, the weekly news show that keeps you up to date with what’s going on in the Linux and Open Source world. Now let's jump right into Your Source for Linux GNews!
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00:43 Mageia 10 Released03:36 Ultramarine Linux 44 Released06:18 Kali Linux 2026.2 Released09:29 KDE Plasma Affected by Arbitrary Code Execution11:59 Git 2.55 Released14:24 Wine 11.12 Released with Wayland Fractional Scaling15:58 Microsoft Announces Linux Containers on WSL18:14 OutroLinks:- Mageia 10 Released
- https://www.mageia.org/en/10/
- https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Mageia_10_Release_Notes
- https://www.phoronix.com/news/Mageia-10-Released
- https://linuxiac.com/mageia-10-revives-the-mandrake-spirit-with-plasma-6-and-kernel-6-18/
- https://9to5linux.com/mageia-10-officially-released-with-linux-kernel-6-18-lts-kde-plasma-6-5-and-more
- Ultramarine Linux 44 Released
- https://ultramarine-linux.org/
- https://blog.fyralabs.com/ultramarine-44-release/
- https://linuxiac.com/ultramarine-linux-44-released-with-fedora-44-base-and-desktop-updates/
- https://9to5linux.com/ultramarine-44-is-out-based-on-fedora-linux-44-linux-7-0-and-kde-plasma-6-7
- Kali Linux 2026.2 Released
- https://www.kali.org/blog/kali-linux-2026-2-release/
- https://linuxiac.com/kali-linux-2026-2-released-with-gnome-50-kde-plasma-6-6-kernel-6-19/
- https://9to5linux.com/kali-linux-2026-2-released-with-gnome-50-kde-plasma-6-6-and-new-tools
- KDE Plasma Affected by Arbitrary Code Execution
- https://www.mallory.ai/stories/019f2bf6-2236-78c8-835e-af28d529ba9c
- https://blog.kimiblock.top/2026/07/01/arbitrary-code-execution-in-kde-plasma/
- https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-workspace/-/merge_requests/6817
- https://www.phoronix.com/news/KDE-Plasma-ACE-New-Window
- Git 2.55 Released
- https://about.gitlab.com/blog/whats-new-in-git-2-55-0/
- https://github.blog/open-source/git/highlights-from-git-2-55/
- https://www.phoronix.com/news/Git-2.55-Released
- https://lwn.net/Articles/1080188/
- Wine 11.12 Released with Wayland Fractional Scaling
- https://www.winehq.org/news/2026062901
- https://gitlab.winehq.org/wine/wine/-/releases/wine-11.12
- https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/06/wine-11-12-released-bringing-new-features-like-wayland-fractional-scaling/
- https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/06/wine-wayland-gains-fractional-scaling-support/
- Microsoft Announces Linux Containers on WSL
- https://devblogs.microsoft.com/commandline/wsl-container-is-now-available-for-public-preview/
- https://github.com/microsoft/wsl/releases
- https://www.phoronix.com/news/Microsoft-Preview-WSL-WSLC
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20 min - 349: Steam Machine Prices Revealed, Akrites for FOSS Security, GIMP from 1996, & more Linux news
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This week's Linux news is packed with all kinds of stuff to talk about from new hardware devices, desktop environments, and a blast from the past. Valve has some exciting news about their new Steam Machine, their latest SteamOS update and also hide your wallets because the Steam Summer Sale is happening right now. Then PINE64 announced a new Home Assistant powered Smart Speaker as a local alternative to Amazon Echos and all those. We've got some desktop news from Xfce as their new Wayland Compositor has Preview Release ready for testing and tinkerers. The COSMIC desktop also has a new release with new features and lots of polish but is it ready to go. Then later we've got a blast from the past because for some reason someone made a Flatpak of GIMP 0.54 the version from 1996.
All of this and more on This Week in Linux, the weekly news show that keeps you up to date with what’s going on in the Linux and Open Source world. Now let's jump right into Your Sourcewe are for Linux GNews!
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01:19 Steam Machine, SteamOS, and Steam Summer Sale08:14 Akrites from Linux Foundation11:49 PINE64 Smart Speaker with Home Assistant14:41 Home Assistant OS 18.0 Released17:37 GIMP 0.54 as a Flatpak22:23 COSMIC 1.1 Released26:46 Xfce’s Wayland Compositor Preview Release29:08 OutroLinks:- Steam Machine, SteamOS, and Steam Summer Sale
- https://store.steampowered.com/news/group/45479024/view/685257114654870245
- https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/06/steam-summer-sale-2026-is-live-heres-our-budget-recommendations/
- https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/06/steam-machine-pricing-and-launch-announced-and-yes-its-pricey/
- https://www.phoronix.com/news/Steam-Machine-1049
- https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/06/valve-upgraded-the-steamos-installation-image-to-the-big-steamos-3-8-release/
- Akrites from Linux Foundation
- https://akrites.org/
- https://akrites.org/linux-foundation-and-industry-leaders-launch-akrites-to-defend-critical-open-source-software-against-ai-enabled-cyber-threats/
- https://www.phoronix.com/news/Akrites
- https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/06/linux-foundation-and-leading-orgs-launch-akrites-to-protect-open-source-from-ai-threats/
- https://lwn.net/Articles/1079657/
- PINE64 Smart Speaker with Home Assistant
- https://pine64.org/documentation/PineVoice/
- https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/06/pine64-pinevoice-riscv-smart-speaker-launch
- https://itsfoss.com/news/pinevoice-smart-speaker/
- Home Assistant OS 18.0 Released
- https://www.home-assistant.io/
- https://www.home-assistant.io/blog/2026/06/23/the-matter-upgrade-youve-been-waiting-for/
- https://github.com/home-assistant/operating-system/releases/tag/18.0
- GIMP 0.54 as a Flatpak
- https://gimp-0-54-410d78.pages.gitlab.gnome.org/
- https://fossforce.com/2026/06/its-1996-all-over-again-on-the-new-gimp-0-54-flatpak/
- https://www.phoronix.com/news/GIMP-0.54-Flatpak
- https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/1ub8xae/gimp_v054_from_1996_with_motif_toolkit_now/
- COSMIC 1.1 Released
- https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/06/cosmic-desktop-update-system-monitor
- https://www.phoronix.com/news/COSMIC-Epoch-1.1
- https://9to5linux.com/cosmic-1-1-desktop-environment-released-with-cosmic-monitor-more-improvements
- Xfce’s Wayland Compositor Preview Release
- https://www.spurint.org/journal/2026/06/xfwl4s-first-preview-release
- https://www.phoronix.com/news/Xfwl4-First-Release
- https://linuxiac.com/xfce-wayland-compositor-gets-its-first-preview-release/
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