Full Linux apps on Android, Plasma 6.5, Zorin OS does big numbers
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02:00 Progress on Linux apps running on Android
https://www.androidauthority.com/pixel-10-linux-apps-gpu-acceleration-3608754/
04:37 KDE Plasma 6.5 released
https://youtu.be/2hf7TtqHVA0
https://zamundaaa.github.io/wayland/2025/10/23/more-kms-offloading.html
07:19 Xubuntu download hacked over the weekend
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/10/xubuntu-website-malware-hack
09:16 Zorin OS 18 gets big download numbers
https://linuxiac.com/zorin-os-18-downloads-skyrocket-in-the-last-48-hours/
11:33 Fedora approves AI policy
https://linuxiac.com/fedora-opens-the-door-to-ai-tools/
14:21 Ubuntu 25.10 has rust coreutils bugs
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Ubuntu-25.10-Broken-Upgrade
16:17 GIMP now has an official Snap
https://www.gimp.org/news/2025/10/17/official-snap/
18:13 1Another NTFS Linux driver
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-NTFSPLUS-NTFS-Driver
19:58 OpenAI launches Atlas, their ChatGPT powered browser
https://openai.com/index/introducing-chatgpt-atlas/
22:53 Ai browsers pose additional security risks
https://www.techradar.com/pro/openais-new-atlas-browser-may-have-some-extremely-concerning-security-issues-experts-warn
https://brave.com/blog/unseeable-prompt-injections/
24:38 BBC study finds AI assistants still bad at news summaries
https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2025/new-ebu-research-ai-assistants-news-content
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Finally, some good FOSS smartphone news, new x86 actor
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01:59 GrapheneOS coming to other phones
https://www.androidauthority.com/graphene-os-major-android-oem-partnership-3606853/
04:47 More details about LibrePhone
https://www.fsf.org/news/librephone-project
07:30 New company working on x86 CPUs
https://www.phoronix.com/news/x86-Opcodes-Not-AMD-Or-Intel
09:23 KDE turns 29, and launches their end of year fundraiser
https://kde.org/fundraisers/yearend2025/
10:39 Windows 10 is EOL
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/10/windows-10-support-ends-today-but-its-just-the-first-of-many-deaths/
12:52 LMDE 7 is released
https://linuxmint.com/rel_gigi.php
https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4923
14:36 Fedora 43 pushed back to fix some bugs
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Fedora-43-No-Go
15:57 GNOME starts dropping 32 bit
https://blogs.gnome.org/alatiera/2025/10/13/flatpak-32bit/
17:37 Firefox tests built-in VPN
https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/14/mozilla_firefox_vpn_beta/
19:38 German state completes FOSS migration
https://news.itsfoss.com/schleswig-holstein-email-system-migration/
21:18 Chat control still isn’t dead
https://www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-privacy-security/the-vote-on-chat-control-has-been-postponed-but-the-fight-isnt-over-yet-heres-what-we-know
23:22 California passes laws to protect online privacy
https://www.gov.ca.gov/2025/10/08/governor-newsom-signs-data-privacy-bills-to-protect-tech-users/
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Intel reconsiders Open Source, LibrePhone project, Ubuntu 25.10
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01:43 Intel reconsiders their Open Source policy
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Kan-Liang-Leaving-Intel
https://www.phoronix.com/review/intel-open-source-2025
04:57 Ubuntu 25.10 released
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faXkVN-AlqE
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/10/flatpak-broken-ubuntu-25-10-apparmor-bug
07:39 FSF announces LibrePhone project
https://www.fsf.org/news/fsf-turns-forty-with-a-new-president-and-a-new-campaign
https://linuxiac.com/free-software-foundation-turns-40-unveils-librephone/
09:17 EU’s chat control law might be blocked
https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/08/germany_chat_control_opposition/
https://www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-privacy-security/chat-control-is-like-a-malware-on-your-device-signal-slams-the-eu-proposal-to-scan-your-private-chats
https://fightchatcontrol.eu/
11:37 Nouveau driver patch offers big performance boost
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Nouveau-Larger-Page-Sizes
13:21 elementary OS gets a lot of updates
https://blog.elementary.io/updates-for-october-2025/
15:51 PopOS 24.04 beta benchmarked
https://www.phoronix.com/review/popos-2404-beta/5
17:48 Windows 11 doubles down on online accounts
https://www.techradar.com/computing/windows/microsoft-is-removing-known-mechanisms-for-creating-a-local-account
20:02 Firefox gets mention for “best invention”
https://www.neowin.net/news/mozilla-firefox-feature-gets-special-mention-in-times-best-inventions-of-2025/
https://blog.mozilla.org/en/firefox/profile-management/
21:58 Greg Koah Hartman reassures on the Cyber Resiliency Act
https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/30/cyber_reiliance_act_opinion_column/
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The end of F-Droid? Red Hat hacked, new Linux Kernel
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02:15 Google’s Android change could mean the end of F Droid
https://f-droid.org/en/2025/09/29/google-developer-registration-decree.html
05:05 Red Hat Gitlab breached by hackers
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/red-hat-confirms-security-incident-after-hackers-breach-gitlab-instance/
https://access.redhat.com/articles/7132207
07:27 Linux kernel 6.17 is out
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/09/linux-kernel-6-17-new-features
09:56 OpenSUSE Leap 16 released
https://news.opensuse.org/2025/10/01/next-chapter-opens-with-leap-release/
12:14 Plasma 6.5 beta released
https://linuxiac.com/kde-plasma-6-5-beta-released-this-is-whats-new/
https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.4.91/
13:57 Artix ditches GNOME
https://linuxiac.com/artix-linux-drops-gnome-desktop-support-over-systemd-dependence/
https://artixlinux.org/
15:51 Fedora submits draft policy on AI in the distro
https://linuxiac.com/fedora-council-proposes-policy-on-ai-assisted-contributions/
18:36 Nvidia working with Red Hat on NVK
https://www.phoronix.com/news/NVK-Vulkan-Red-Hat-NDA-Docs
20:28 Mint reveals new menu, changes to keyboard layouts
https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4895
22:27 NixOS moderation team resigns
https://discourse.nixos.org/t/a-statement-from-members-of-the-moderation-team/69828
https://discourse.nixos.org/t/a-statement-from-members-of-the-moderation-team/69828/6
25:36 Eric S Raymond is against all codes of conduct
https://linuxiac.com/eric-s-raymond-codes-of-conduct-are-a-disaster/
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The Cosmic & PopOS beta are here, Cookie banners could go away
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01:36 Cosmic beta finally released
https://system76.com/pop/pop-beta/
04:39 Cookie banners might become less annoying
https://www.politico.eu/article/europe-cookie-law-messed-up-the-internet-brussels-sets-out-to-fix-it/
07:09 2 Multikernel Linux architectures proposed
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Multi-Kernel-Patches
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Parker-Proposal
10:13 New distributed Filesystem open sourced
https://www.phoronix.com/news/TernFS-File-System-Open-Source
12:16 BcacheFS benchmarks show ext4 is still king
https://www.phoronix.com/review/bcachefs-617-dkms/4
14:04 New TikTok US deal would make a separate US only app
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4gj7mlg9vdo
https://www.techradar.com/computing/social-media/the-us-version-of-tiktok-might-be-more-concerning-than-the-chinese-one
16:58 Microsoft building a marketplace of content for AI
https://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-is-reportedly-building-an-ai-marketplace-to-pay-publishers-for-content/
19:49 Malibal wants to go USA made for their laptops
https://www.malibal.com/features/project-liberation/
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I’m Nick, I’ve been making Linux and Open Source related videos on YouTube since 2018, with a sizeable following of more than 300 000 subscribers. I’ve been using Linux since 2006, starting with Ubuntu (like most people), and I have 12 years of experience in project management and UX, and that’s the lens I use to view the progress of our Linux desktops and open source applications!