This week, you get the #Linux and #OpenSource News earlier, because I have yet another #Warhammer tournament to get to tomorrow!

In this one, we talk about the age verification law thing, KDE dropping X11 sooner than expected, and Graphene OS getting a new hardware partner!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9Y-t6AwAtI

Age Laws impact Linux, Graphene's new partner, Plasma drops X11 in August - Linux Weekly News

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And here is the audio podcast: https://podcast.thelinuxexp.com/@tlenewspodcast/episodes/age-verification-laws-could-break-linux-grapheneoss-new-partner-plasma-drops-x11-in-august

As usual, you can follow it here: @tlenewspodcast , or subscribe to it from any good podcast client!

Age verification Laws could break Linux? GrapheneOS's new partner, Plasma drops X11 in August

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@thelinuxEXP @tlenewspodcast these laws in the states apparently violate U.S. federal law because of a law called COPPA. So they maybe easy to get struck down. Hopefully the EU and UK have them stuck down as well.
@thelinuxEXP Woah woah !! You are slowly drifting heavily into the bigger gaming/gambling sector of youtube business !! 😆 Please more Linux content videos from my favorite Linux youtuber !!! 😊
@thelinuxEXP lecturing parents is a horrible look, even if you're right
@tal I mean... Is it? Because we likely wouldn't be there if parents were educated themselves on tech, and passed that down to their kids. That's not to say all parents don't do their job, or even that parents in general are given the tools to handle this. What I'm saying is that we NEED to give them these tools.

@thelinuxEXP what I'm saying is, it *looks* like you're telling parents how to parent. I do agree that parents need to do their job, but that's not the point. Criticizing their parenting makes them really dig in.

Have you ever tried to get a dog owner to control their dog?
Now multiply that by 1000!

@thelinuxEXP I know you don't want to ditch Proton as a sponsor, but you should probably consider this: https://www.404media.co/proton-mail-helped-fbi-unmask-anonymous-stop-cop-city-protestor/
Proton Mail Helped FBI Unmask Anonymous ‘Stop Cop City’ Protester

A court record reviewed by 404 Media shows privacy-focused email provider Proton Mail handed over payment data related to a Stop Cop City email account to the Swiss government, which handed it to the FBI.

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@thelinuxEXP so tired… I don't have time to switch to Wayland until at least a decade… 😒