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01:45 Android is less and less open source
https://itsfoss.com/news/grapheneos-android-17-qpr1-fiasco/

04:16 GoogleBook OS introduced as a Linux based system
https://www.techradar.com/computing/laptops/rethinking-the-laptop-is-a-big-undertaking-why-googlebooks-are-so-much-more-than-overpriced-chromebooks-and-apple-should-be-worried

07:04 KDE’s proposed AI policy leads to massive backlash
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/kde-developers-attempts-at-creating-llm-guidelines-are-not-going-well/
https://pointieststick.com/2026/09/23/kde-and-ai-and-you-and-me/

10:04 GNOME dev offers a “no AI at all” policy
https://blogs.gnome.org/alatiera/2026/09/23/the-gnome-llm-policy-that-i-want/

12:15 KDE announces their 3 mains goals for 2027
https://www.phoronix.com/news/KDE-Goals-To-2028

14:11 SteamOS update brings many performance improvements
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/steamos-3-8-28-stable-released-with-big-improvements-for-steam-deck-steam-machine-and-more-hardware-support/

15:58 Linux kernel 7.4 should open files 39% faster
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.4-Faster-Do-Open

17:01 Ubuntu improves how the system behaves when out of memory
https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/improving-ubuntu-desktop-stability-under-memory-pressure/87945

18:59 Valve introduces new low latency codec for game streaming
https://steamcommunity.com/groups/homestream/discussions/0/564794422009744473?snr=2

20:16 Ubuntu will update the kernel on a weekly basis
https://canonical.com/blog/accelerating-delivery-of-cve-fixes-with-a-new-kernel-release-strategy

21:42 Cosmic 1.9 brings two new applications
https://linuxiac.com/cosmic-desktop-1-9-adds-cosmic-viewer-on-screen-keyboard/

23:48 reactOS now has a solid DirectX implementation
https://www.phoronix.com/news/ReactOS-Updated-Wine-DirectX

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01:54 Microsoft 365 runs on Linux through Wine now
https://itsfoss.com/news/bottles-microsoft-365-early-look/

04:12 Mint will ship more of their own applications
https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=5067

06:35 Ubuntu completes its move to Rust coreutils
https://itsfoss.com/news/ubuntu-rustification-coreutils-migration/

09:05 Steam Frame revealed, up for signups (Includes LTT Leak)
https://boilingsteam.com/ltt-leaks-steam-frames-first-look-ahead-of-schedule/index.html
https://store.steampowered.com/hardware/steamframe

12:32 GNOME 51 released
https://release.gnome.org/51/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ws9dahsFqQ

14:22 GNOME Shell Mobile seems in a weird place
https://blogs.gnome.org/carlosg/2026/09/15/on-mobile-and-peer-pressure/

17:12 Flatpak working on app services
https://blogs.gnome.org/ignapk/2026/09/16/flatpak-stf-terminal-intent/

19:16 Improvements for the Linux kernel
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Branch-Remove-Old-ARM-Drivers
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Faster-Kernel-Builds-AI-v2

21:20 AMDv3 images provide a nice boost to low end hardware
https://www.phoronix.com/review/ubuntu-2610-amd64v3-lowend/8

23:16 OpenAI discloses worrying cheating behavior in its models
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/openai-details-more-cases-of-ai-agents-taking-unauthorized-actions/

26:05 A few gaming things
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/lepton-from-valve-to-run-android-games-on-linux-is-now-open-source/
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/ps5-linux-dev-quits-after-the-only-hypervisor-bug-left-was-reported-to-sony/

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01:41 Switzerland migrates away from Microsoft solutions
https://itsfoss.com/news/switzerland-replace-microssoft-pilot/

03:45 Omarchy now reaches $18.5M in funding
https://linuxiac.com/omarchy-funding-surges-to-18-5m-with-digitaloceans-3m-pledge/

06:16 GNOME prepares more formal process for project wide changes
https://gitlab.gnome.org/sophie-h/rfcs/-/merge_requests/1

08:05 GNOME looking to do a fundraising campaign
https://gitlab.gnome.org/Teams/Board/-/work_items/1148
https://gitlab.gnome.org/Teams/Websites/release.gnome.org/-/work_items/69

09:32 Proposed app to replace Gwenview on KDE
https://pointieststick.com/2026/09/06/photos-a-proposed-replacement-for-gwenview/

11:33 KDE frameworks updated
https://9to5linux.com/kde-frameworks-6-30-improves-baloo-file-indexer-kwallet-and-system-monitor

12:56 More Wayland protocols on KDE
https://www.phoronix.com/news/KDE-KWin-Wayland-Commit-Timing

14:13 KDE 1 revival project looks cool
https://linuxiac.com/midesktop-1-2-beta-brings-kde-1-revival-closer-to-daily-use/

15:45 Patches to start making the Macbook Neo work with Linux
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Apple-A18-Pro-MacBook-Neo-Patch

16:47 New CAD software for Linux
https://linuxiac.com/open-cad-studio-is-a-new-rust-based-open-source-cad-app-for-linux/

18:29 Windows adds features we’ve had for decades
https://www.techradar.com/computing/windows/windows-11s-september-update-has-arrived-here-are-the-3-key-features-that-make-this-a-must-install-upgrade

20:23 GIMP starts work on GTK4 port
https://www.phoronix.com/news/GIMP-3.2.6-Released

22:02 PS5 Linux project now works better
https://github.com/ps5-linux/ps5-linux-loader

23:55 You can play with DLSS5 on Linux too
https://www.phoronix.com/news/DLSS5VKLayer

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01:54 Brave say they outperform every other major browser
https://brave.com/blog/brave-outperforms-other-browsers/

04:58 Firefox 155 should load pages faster
https://itsfoss.com/news/firefox-155-faster-page-loads/

06:45 CERN leaves Red Hat for Debian
https://www.phoronix.com/news/CERN-Goes-Debian-Leaving-RHEL

09:51 Debian says yes to AI
https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2026/08/msg00005.html

12:23 GNOME 51 will improve hybrid GPU support
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/mutter/-/merge_requests/5219
https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNOME-Shell-Mutter-51-RC

14:01 Plasma 6.8 adds more accessibility features to Wayland
https://saueseb.wordpress.com/2026/09/02/wayland-pain-points-dwell-clicker/

15:28 KDE’s theme engine supports more KDE apps now
https://blogs.kde.org/2026/08/28/this-week-in-plasma-qtwidgets-apps-join-the-union/

16:45 Artix drops XLibre after it pushes a maintainer to resign
https://artixlinux.org/news.php#XLibre_support_discontinued
https://forum.artixlinux.org/index.php/topic,10283.msg61637.html#msg61637

19:08 KDE Connect redesign ready for testing
https://tintotint.eu/programming/kde-connect2/

20:38 FOSS Minecraft Luanti taken down by Microsoft
https://blog.luanti.org/2026/08/27/luanti-dmca-tracer-ai/

23:34 KDE Linux makes more progress towards its beta
https://blogs.kde.org/2026/08/31/this-month-in-kde-linux-august-2026/

25:33 Grab bag of gaming news
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/steam-deck-steamos-hit-over-30-000-verified-playable-games/
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/game-launcher-launchbox-should-get-a-linux-version-in-2027/
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2026/08/a-12tb-steam-teraleak-spills-more-than-a-decade-of-lost-pc-gaming-history/

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01:55 Flatpak gets half a million in funding
https://modal.cx/blog/announcing-flatpak-sta/

04:07 Omarchy gets 8 million dollars
https://linuxiac.com/arch-based-omarchy-linux-distro-lands-a-massive-8m-boost/
https://omarchy.org/news/2026/08/omacom-foundation-launches-with-8-million/

06:15 Nintendo nukes 400 repos linked to emulation
https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/nintendo/nintendo-takes-down-over-400-github-repositories-for-switch-emulators-in-one-go-relentless-dmca-strikes-tied-to-piracy-concerns-over-illegal-cryptographic-keys

08:26 GrapheneOS will come to Motorola flagships
https://linuxiac.com/grapheneos-support-is-coming-to-motorola-flagships-in-2027/
https://grapheneos.social/@GrapheneOS/117078064184215730

09:44 Kernel 7.3 brings a lot of performance improvements
https://itsfoss.com/news/linux-7-3-preview/

11:20 BTRFS improves, ext4 and XFS still much faster
https://www.phoronix.com/review/linux-73-filesystems/4

13:19 Chromium working on adding proper Flatpak support
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Chrome-Chromium-Flatpak

14:45 Multikernel project has its first version
https://linuxiac.com/multikernel-linux-releases-first-public-kernel-tree-based-on-linux-7-0/
https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/ao34RJ7aZ2BLd67S@pop-os.localdomain/

16:49 Asahi project now supports M3 macs
https://asahilinux.org/2026/08/progress-report-7-2/

18:40 LibreOffice gets big improvements
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/08/libreoffice-268-released

20:52 Apple starts putting ads in their Maps app
https://www.techradar.com/phones/iphone/ill-just-use-google-maps-apple-maps-users-rebel-against-new-ads-that-you-cant-turn-off-even-with-an-icloud-subscription

23:36 Wine and Proton update
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Wine-11.16-Released
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/proton-11-0-2-is-out-with-lots-of-gaming-fixes-for-linux-steamos-steam-deck-steam-machine/

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