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02:07 Californian law forces distros to add age verification
https://natlawreview.com/article/california-introduces-new-age-verification-requirements-software-applications
https://9to5linux.com/ubuntu-fedora-linux-mint-eye-age-verification-amid-california-law-backlash
https://blog.system76.com/post/system76-on-age-verification

08:01 Motorola announces GrapheneOS partnership
https://motorolanews.com/motorola-three-new-b2b-solutions-at-mwc-2026/

09:25 Plasma will drop X11 in August this year
https://community.kde.org/index.php?title=Plasma%2FWayland_Known_Significant_Issues&diff=106180&oldid=106129

11:01 Mesa ponders their AI or NO AI policy
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/-/merge_requests/40109/diffs?commit_id=0c1a286f2aea094f6a4709b160632ee1403db596

13:16 Manjaro gaming handheld delayed
https://itsfoss.com/news/orange-pi-neo-delayed/

15:18 Firefox shows its UI redesign
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/03/firefox-nova-redesign

16:53 LibreOffice takes shots as Microsoft and OnlyOffice
https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/02/27/odf-is-just-the-first-of-lo-advantages/

18:56 Google opens Android up to stores, reduces commissions
https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2026/03/a-new-era-for-choice-and-openness.html
https://www.theverge.com/news/889595/tim-sweeney-signed-away-his-right-to-criticize-google-until-2032

22:26 EA hires to bring their anti cheat to Linux
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/ea-javelin-anticheat-job-listing-mentions-future-support-for-linux-and-proton/

23:39 Playstation stops porting their games to PC
https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/kiss-goodbye-to-ghost-of-yotei-on-pc-sony-is-u-turning-on-its-lets-put-our-games-on-pc-strategy-and-bunkering-back-down-with-console-exclusives-says-bloomberg/

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01:34 Nvidia &Intel hire Linux devs
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/nvidia-hiring-linux-driver-engineers-to-help-with-vulkan-proton-and-more/
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-Linux-Jobs-February-2026

04:19 KDE Connect plans full redesign
https://tintotint.eu/programming/kde-connect/

06:57 New open standard aims to unify digital services
https://goodtech.info/openburo-standard-europeen-orchestration-alternative-microsoft-365-dinum-linagora/
https://open-buro.eu/#news

09:19 Ubuntu adds password feedback for sudo
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/02/ubuntu-26-04-sudo-password-asterisks

11:02 Firefox 148 out with AI killswitch
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/02/firefox-148-released-ai-kill-switch

14:00 LibreOffice Online resumes efforts
https://linuxiac.com/libreoffice-online-project-reopened-with-new-community-focus/

16:04 Australia shares open source malware analysis suite
https://itsfoss.com/news/azul-malware-analysis-repository/

17:29 ARM & Linaro create CoreCollective for ARM
https://www.phoronix.com/news/CoreCollective

19:21 SystemD removes support for SysV Init
https://github.com/systemd/systemd/releases/tag/v260-rc1

21:25 Microsoft improves compatibility between DX and Vulkan
https://www.phoronix.com/news/DX-Shader-Compiler-Better-VLK

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01:47 GNOME 50 got a massive beta
https://9to5linux.com/gnome-50-desktop-environment-enters-public-beta-testing-with-more-new-features

04:13 GNOME OS nearing stable release
https://blogs.gnome.org/adrianvovk/2026/02/18/gnome-os-hackfest-fosdem-2026/

07:22 Plasma 6.6 released
https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.6.0/

10:21 KDE debunks FUD around systemD
https://www.reddit.com/r/kde/comments/1r68jmi/a_quick_antifud_faq_to_debunk_the_kde_is_forcing/

13:10 Budgie 11 gearing up for first preview
https://buddiesofbudgie.org/blog/chirp-5

14:51 EU takes aim at infinite scrolling
https://www.politico.eu/article/tiktok-meta-facebook-instagram-brussels-kill-infinite-scrolling/

17:48 Microsoft starts Trusted Tech Alliance
https://www.techradar.com/pro/microsoft-launches-trusted-tech-alliance-to-try-and-restore-some-faith-in-big-tech

19:43 Valve says parts shortages are the cause of Deck stock issues
https://www.techradar.com/gaming/steam-deck/valve-confirms-steam-deck-oled-stock-issues-are-due-to-memory-and-storage-shortages-heres-what-it-means-for-the-steam-machine

21:44 EU parliament blocks AI features
https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-parliament-blocks-ai-features-over-cyber-privacy-fears/

23:51 AsteroidOS brings Linux to your smartwatch
https://itsfoss.com/news/asteroidos-2-release/

25:55 Nextcloud Hub 26 brings big updates
https://nextcloud.com/blog/nextcloud-hub26-winter/

28:19 Project aims to bring NetBSD utilities to Linux
https://linuxiac.com/netbase-brings-netbsd-userland-utilities-to-linux/

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02:02 Mint thinks about making fewer releases
https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4991

05:28 Discord facing backlash over privacy and ID checks
https://www.techradar.com/computing/social-media/discord-tries-to-share-clarity-on-disastrous-age-verification-plans-amid-mass-cancellations-but-safe-to-say-its-not-helping-its-getting-thoroughly-community-noted

09:10 Linux kernel 6.19 released
https://linuxiac.com/linux-kernel-6-19-released/
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/02/linux-6-19-kernel-features-amd-performance

11:39 Machine Learning proposed as a kernel recommendations tool
https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/[email protected]/

13:55 Restoring older KDE themes
https://filipfila.wordpress.com/2026/02/08/beating-an-old-but-not-dead-horse-what-to-do-with-the-oxygen-and-air-themes/

16:35 Ubuntu drops their repo management GUI
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/02/ubuntu-26-04-drops-software-and-updates-gui

18:28 KDE Linux makes big progress with a beta
https://pointieststick.com/2026/02/06/busy-months-in-kde-linux/

21:28 KDE Linux adds their own container solution
https://blog.lasath.org/2026/02/kapsule-it-shipped-and-nobody-died.html

23:01 Experimental Wayland protocol for multi windows app
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Wayland-Experimental-Zones

25:10 Mesa 26 released with raytracing improvements
https://9to5linux.com/mesa-26-0-open-source-graphics-stack-officially-released-heres-whats-new

26:53 Steam Deck sold out in North America and Asia
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/steam-deck-completely-out-of-stock-in-the-us-canada-and-asia/

28:55 Fake AI extensions stole 300K users’ credentials and emails
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fake-ai-chrome-extensions-with-300k-users-steal-credentials-emails/

31:37 New system proposed to fight AI slop contributions
https://github.com/mitchellh/vouch?ref=itsfoss.com

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01:57 Vibe coding is killing open source?
https://www.404media.co/vibe-coding-is-killing-open-source-software-researchers-argue/

06:18 System76 details a big Cosmic Roadmap
https://blog.system76.com/post/cosmic-epoch-2-and-3-roadmap

09:43 Steam machine and Frame delayed
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/steam-machine-steam-frame-faq-ram-and-storage-crisis-to-blame-for-no-pricing-or-dates/

12:02 More EU moves away from big tech
https://www.euractiv.com/news/commission-trials-european-open-source-communications-software/
https://www.techradar.com/pro/another-european-government-agency-is-preparing-to-ditch-microsoft-if-needed

14:48 GNOME 50 adds more features still
https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNOME-50-VRR-Not-Experimental
https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNOME-50-Remote-Desktop-HiDPI

16:24 DuckDuck Go users say a massive no to AI search
https://www.pcmag.com/news/duckduckgo-asked-users-how-they-feel-about-ai-search-90-percent-hate-it
https://voteyesornoai.com/

18:06 SUSE proposes to better structure the openSUSE project
https://linuxiac.com/suse-vp-jeff-mahoney-publishes-draft-governance-proposal-for-opensuse/

20:03 Linux From Scratch drops System V Init
https://linuxiac.com/linux-from-scratch-drops-system-v-init-calls-decision-regrettable/

22:25 GIMP wants GPU acceleration
https://www.phoronix.com/news/GIMP-Post-3.2-Features

24:11 Sudo maintainer calls for financial sponsors
https://www.millert.dev/

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