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💻 Get a Linux computer from our sponsor, Tuxedo💻 https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en# 👏 Support the show here: 👏 Patreon supporters get the daily Linux & Open Source audio show! https://www.patreon.com/thelinuxexperiment Or you can support me with a one time donation: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/thelinuxexp https://liberapay.com/TheLinuxExperiment/ 👕 Buy TLE Merch: 👕 https://the-linux-experiment.creator-spring.com/ 📹 Watch Linux videos: 📹 https://www.youtube.com/thelinuxexperiment 🎙️ Leave your feedback here: 🎙️ https://podcast.thelinuxexp.com 02:01 AMD drivers, Kwin and Lutris now have AI-generated code https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/lutris-now-being-built-with-claude-ai-developer-decides-to-hide-it-after-backlash https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMD-More-HDR-KWin-Claude-Code 06:18 New EU led Android Integrity API https://www.heise.de/en/news/Paying-without-Google-New-consortium-wants-to-remove-custom-ROM-hurdles-11204037.html 08:40 SUSE could be sold, yet again https://www.reuters.com/business/eqt-eyes-potential-6-billion-sale-linux-pioneer-suse-sources-say-2026-03-09/ 10:16 LFS is now systemD only https://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/sympa/arc/lfs-announce/2026-03/msg00000.html 11:57 AI translations add hallucinations to Wikipedia articles https://www.404media.co/ai-translations-are-adding-hallucinations-to-wikipedia-articles/ 14:09 Anthropic detects tons of vulnerabilities in Firefox https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/anthropic-says-it-found-a-heap-of-firefox-security-flaws-using-new-claude-tools-says-ai-is-making-it-possible-to-detect-severe-security-vulnerabilities-at-highly-accelerated-speeds 15:52 Valve & RADV devs work on per-game driver optimization https://www.phoronix.com/news/Mesa-RADV-More-Per-Game-Tuning 17:20 Proposal for age verification closed https://linuxiac.com/xdg-age-verification-interface-proposal-closed/ https://fosstodon.org/@carlrichell/116201429639953387 19:15 Chromium gets native ARM build for Linux https://blog.chromium.org/2026/03/bringing-chrome-to-arm64-linux-devices.html 20:42 Unity 3D will better support Linux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/unity-announce-expanded-supported-for-steam-linux-steam-deck-and-steam-machine/ 21:50 Valve details their new Steam Verified program https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/valve-detail-steam-frame-and-steam-machine-verified-requirements-at-gdc-2026/ 25:49 Next Xbox is a PC, could compete with Steam machine https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/xbox-project-helix-confirmed-to-run-xbox-and-pc-games-competition-for-the-steam-machine/
It's time for this week's #Linux and #OpenSource news show!
We talk about some open source projects adding AI generated code, with the good and the bad it brings, SUSE potentially being sold (again), and a new interesting API that might be a boon to all de-googled Android ROMs!
I've recently dabbled with #Wine and Winboat, and while it was all pretty fun, my conclusion is still that these solutions really don't help with running Windows programs on #Linux all that much, and don't help with "serious / professional" adoption.
Here are my thoughts!
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
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💻 Get a Linux computer from our sponsor, Tuxedo💻 https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en# 👏 Support the show here: 👏 Patreon supporters get the daily Linux & Open Source audio show! https://www.patreon.com/thelinuxexperiment Or you can support me with a one time donation: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/thelinuxexp https://liberapay.com/TheLinuxExperiment/ 👕 Buy TLE Merch: 👕 https://the-linux-experiment.creator-spring.com/ 📹 Watch Linux videos: 📹 https://www.youtube.com/thelinuxexperiment 🎙️ Leave your feedback here: 🎙️ https://podcast.thelinuxexp.com 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/
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!
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Time for the #Linux and #OpenSource News video!
I only do these tier lists once a year for Desktop environments, and once a year for #Linux distros, but I felt it was time to take a look at how things stand, and I ended up with pretty strange rankings...
And here is the audio version of the show: https://podcast.thelinuxexp.com/@tlenewspodcast/episodes/gnome-50-and-gnome-os-progress-kde-debunks-systemd-fud
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Here is this week's #Linux and #OpenSource news video!
In this one, we have #GNOME 50 getting a massive beta, more progress on GNOME OS, the release of #KDE Plasma 6.6, and KDE debunking some FUD around their use of SystemD, the EU taking aim at infinite scrolling, and a lot more!
