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01:45 FSF weighs in on the OnlyOffice vs EuroOffice debate
https://www.fsf.org/blogs/licensing/agpl-is-not-a-tool-for-taking-freedom-away

03:55 More age verification news
https://9to5linux.com/colorado-age-attestation-bill-may-exclude-open-source-oses-and-apps
https://almalinux.org/blog/2026-04-21-california-age-verification-law/

06:35 Proton’s CEO talks age verification
https://proton.me/blog/keep-age-verification-from-killing-anonymity-online

08:50 People lose their minds over Mozilla’s new mascot
https://itsfoss.com/news/mozillas-firefox-mascot-gender-controversy/

10:08 Debian elects new project lead
https://linuxiac.com/debian-names-a-new-leader-for-the-project/

11:35 Ubuntu 26.04 released
https://itsfoss.com/news/kubuntu-26-04-lts/
https://youtu.be/4MYxtL0AW2g

14:37 Ubuntu’s audit of the Rust Core Utilities
https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/an-update-on-rust-coreutils/80773

16:05 New Linux powered console
https://playnix.io/

17:41 Firefox talks more about their Smart Window feature
https://www.firefox.com/en-US/smart-window/?view=waitlist
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/smart-window-models

19:36 Mozilla found 271 flaws using Anthropic Mythos
https://blog.mozilla.org/en/firefox/ai-security-zero-day-vulnerabilities/

21:46 Valve gives devs more info on how their game runs on Deck
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/valve-make-steps-to-improve-steam-deck-verification-giving-developers-more-performance-data/

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01:34 Germany outlines their plan to move to open source (link in German)
https://deutschland-stack.gov.de/gesamtbild/

03:39 USA might have nation wide age verification laws
https://linuxiac.com/federal-bill-would-bring-os-level-age-verification-to-the-entire-us/

05:34 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

07:27 Linux kernel 7.0 released
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/04/linux-7-0-kernel-features

09:37 Linux kernel accepts A.I. code
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/Documentation/process/coding-assistants.rst

11:09 Chrome has 47% better performance than Firefox
https://www.phoronix.com/review/firefox-chrome-2026

12:51 Open SUSE Tumblewed will use SystemD as the bootloader
https://linuxiac.com/opensuse-tumbleweed-switches-fresh-installs-to-systemd-boot/

14:50 Fedora 44 delayed a week
https://linuxiac.com/fedora-44-release-delayed-as-final-blocker-bugs-remain-open/
https://qa.fedoraproject.org/blockerbugs/milestone/44/final/buglist

15:43 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

16:49 KDE sprint for remapping gestures, virtual keyboard & more
https://merritt.codes/blog/2026/04/15/2026/_kde_mega_sprint

18:14 Plasma gets per-monitor virtual desktops
https://itsfoss.com/news/kde-plasma-per-screen-virtual-desktops/

19:58 Mint won’t have a release until the end of the year
https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=5019

22:19 Proton 11 beta released
https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/releases/tag/proton-11.0-1-beta1

23:33 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

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01:44 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/

04:37 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

07:24 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/

09:04 Mesa says they’ll accept Ai generated code
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Mesa-Two-Gen-AI-Policies

11:18 New driver proposed to fight malicious USB devices
https://itsfoss.com/news/linux-driver-proposal-malicious-hid-devices/

13:31 Fedora adds exception for Mesa updates
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Mesa-Updates-Exception-Fedora

14:38 Cosmic update improves the file manager a lot
https://linuxiac.com/cosmic-desktop-1-0-9-released-with-better-files-settings-and-applets/

16:14 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/

18:24 Open Source client for GeForce Now
https://opennow.zortos.me/
https://goodtech.info/opennow-client-geforce-now-open-source-anti-afk-telemetrie/

20:08 Anthropic donates 1.5M to Apache Foundation
https://news.apache.org/foundation/entry/the-apache-software-foundation-announces-1-5m-donation-from-anthropic

21:45 Valve optimizes Linux for gaming with lower VRAM
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Valve-Better-Gaming-Low-vRAM

24:12 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

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01:55 OnlyOffice accuses EuroOffice of breaking their license
https://github.com/Euro-Office/
https://linuxiac.com/onlyoffice-accuses-euro-office-of-license-violations/

04:01 OnlyOffice suspends partnership with Nextcloud
https://www.neowin.net/news/onlyoffice-suspends-nextcloud-partnership-over-unapproved-euro-office-fork/

05:37 Trouble between Collabora and The Document Foundation
https://www.collaboraonline.com/blog/tdf-ejects-its-core-developers/

08:28 Wayland session restore protocol is now official
https://itsfoss.com/news/wayland-session-management/

10:02 Wayland fractional scaling improvements
https://www.phoronix.com/news/xx-fractional-scale-v2-MR-KWin

11:05 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

13:36 Ubuntu MATE loses its maintainer
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/03/ubuntu-mate-needs-new-maintainer

15:17 Ubuntu 26.04 raises minimum system requirements
https://itsfoss.com/news/ubuntu-26-04-minimum-ram-requirement/

17:15 GNOME fully drops Google Drive support
https://itsfoss.com/news/gnome-drops-google-drive-support/

19:11 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/

20:48 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/

22:19 Malware in open source rose 14x in 2025
https://www.endorlabs.com/learn/new-research-malware-in-open-source-ecosystems-surges-14x-as-attackers-hijack-trusted-packages

24:43 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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01:47 GrapheneOS won’t comply with age verification laws
https://www.tomshardware.com/software/operating-systems/grapheneos-refuses-to-comply-with-age-verification-laws

03:27 SystemD adds date of birth field for age verification
https://itsfoss.com/news/systemd-age-verification/

05:13 SystemD forked to remove date of birth field
https://itsfoss.com/news/systemd-fork-strips-out-age-verification/

08:11 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

10:33 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

12:16 electron details their work on Wayland support
https://www.electronjs.org/blog/tech-talk-wayland

14:03 LibreOffice adds donation banner
https://www.phoronix.com/news/LibreOffice-26-Donation-Banner

15:23 Firefox 149 is a big update
https://linuxiac.com/firefox-149-now-available-for-download-brings-split-view/

17:13 GNOME starts their fellowship program
https://blogs.gnome.org/foundation/2026/03/24/introducing-gnome-fellowship/

19:17 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

20:58 Ubuntu 26.04 beta released
https://documentation.ubuntu.com/release-notes/26.04/changes-since-previous-interim/

22:43 Plasma 6.6 beats GNOME 50 in graphics performance
https://www.phoronix.com/review/ubuntu-2604-gnome-kde/4

24:11 NVK + Nouveau makes massive progress
https://www.phoronix.com/review/linux-70-nouveau/7

25:45 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/

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