Nick @ The Linux Experiment

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YouTube content creator and Linux user living in Brest, Brittany. Might post gaming related stuff, especially if it runs on Linux, natively or not !

 #linux #opensource #tech #gaming
YouTube Channelhttps://www.youtube.com/thelinuxexperiment
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And here is the audio podcast: https://podcast.thelinuxexp.com/@tlenewspodcast/episodes/the-linux-age-verification-situation-is-escalating-and-other-linux-weekly-news

As always, you can follow it straight from the Fediverse @tlenewspodcast , or you can subscribe to it from any good podcast client!

The Linux Age verification situation is escalating & Other Linux Weekly News

πŸ’» Get a Linux computer from our sponsor, TuxedoπŸ’» https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en# πŸ‘ Support the show here: πŸ‘ 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/ πŸ‘• Buy TLE Merch: πŸ‘• https://the-linux-experiment.creator-spring.com/ πŸ“Ή Watch Linux videos: πŸ“Ή https://www.youtube.com/thelinuxexperiment πŸŽ™οΈ Leave your feedback here: πŸŽ™οΈ https://podcast.thelinuxexp.com 01:47 GrapheneOS won’t comply with age verification laws https://www.tomshardware.com/software/operating-systems/grapheneos-refuses-to-comply-with-age-verification-laws 03:27 SystemD adds date of birth field for age verification https://itsfoss.com/news/systemd-age-verification/ 05:13 SystemD forked to remove date of birth field https://itsfoss.com/news/systemd-fork-strips-out-age-verification/ 08:11 Fedora project lead suggests using standard Age check API https://itsfoss.com/news/fedora-leader-suggests-age-verification-api/ https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/a-practical-architectural-solution-to-os-level-age-verification-laws/183387 10:33 SteamOS adds Steam Machine support, Wayland by default https://www.phoronix.com/news/SteamOS-3.8-Preview https://www.techradar.com/gaming/steam-deck/valves-steam-machine-gets-its-first-support-update-ahead-of-launch-via-steamos-preview-3-8-0-and-it-includes-one-major-fix-ive-been-waiting-for 12:16 electron details their work on Wayland support https://www.electronjs.org/blog/tech-talk-wayland 14:03 LibreOffice adds donation banner https://www.phoronix.com/news/LibreOffice-26-Donation-Banner 15:23 Firefox 149 is a big update https://linuxiac.com/firefox-149-now-available-for-download-brings-split-view/ 17:13 GNOME starts their fellowship program https://blogs.gnome.org/foundation/2026/03/24/introducing-gnome-fellowship/ 19:17 Ubuntu makes changes to GRUB for security https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/streamlining-secure-boot-for-26-10/79069 https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/03/ubuntu-security-center-ubuntu-pro 20:58 Ubuntu 26.04 beta released https://documentation.ubuntu.com/release-notes/26.04/changes-since-previous-interim/ 22:43 Plasma 6.6 beats GNOME 50 in graphics performance https://www.phoronix.com/review/ubuntu-2604-gnome-kde/4 24:11 NVK + Nouveau makes massive progress https://www.phoronix.com/review/linux-70-nouveau/7 25:45 Github will use all your user data to train Copilot https://github.blog/news-insights/company-news/updates-to-github-copilot-interaction-data-usage-policy/

The Linux Experiment Podcasts

It's time for this week's #Linux and #OpenSource News video, this time with a big segment on Age Verification on Linux, since this thing is escalating, with projects saying they'll never comply with these laws, and others looking at ways to support them.

We also have SteamOS moving to Wayland, Ubuntu making a few interesting moves, and more !

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYtqghw3LVY

Linux Age verification, SteamOS moves to Wayland & Other Linux Weekly News

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@eickot Interesting! I'll dig deeper into this!
@sri Thanks for sharing the video!

And here is the audio podcast: https://podcast.thelinuxexp.com/@tlenewspodcast/episodes/manjaro-is-in-trouble-germany-mandates-open-formats-google-destroys-sideloading

As always, follow it straight from Mastodon @tlenewspodcast, or from any good podcast client!

Manjaro is in trouble, Germany mandates open formats, Google destroys sideloading

πŸ’» Get a Linux computer from our sponsor, TuxedoπŸ’» https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en# πŸ‘ Support the show here: πŸ‘ 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/ πŸ‘• Buy TLE Merch: πŸ‘• https://the-linux-experiment.creator-spring.com/ πŸ“Ή Watch Linux videos: πŸ“Ή https://www.youtube.com/thelinuxexperiment πŸŽ™οΈ Leave your feedback here: πŸŽ™οΈ https://podcast.thelinuxexp.com 02:08 Manjaro community wants to split from company https://forum.manjaro.org/t/manjaro-2-0-manifesto/186171/28 05:19 Android dev verification is a nightmare https://itsfoss.com/news/android-developer-verification/ 07:45 Google made the worst sideloading UX possible https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/03/google-details-new-24-hour-process-to-sideload-unverified-android-apps/ 09:51 Germany mandates the ODF format https://linuxiac.com/germany-mandates-odf-for-public-administration/ 11:36 Orion browser has a public beta https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/03/orion-for-linux-beta-release 13:22 CachyOS is the most used gaming distro right now? https://www.xda-developers.com/cachyos-dethrones-arch-as-the-top-desktop-distro-for-linux-gamers-on-protondb/ 15:02 Ubuntu 26.04 has a slight redesign https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/03/ubuntu-2604-new-folder-icons 17:00 Firefox talks about their upcoming new features https://blog.mozilla.org/en/firefox/firefox-148-149-new-features/ https://blog.mozilla.org/en/firefox/meet-kit/ 19:11 GNOME 50 is released, and it’s a massive update https://youtu.be/lrLlQlvHV1Q 20:41 Google offers AI agent to review Linux Kernel code https://www.phoronix.com/news/Sashiko-Linux-AI-Code-Review 22:38 Thunderbird shares their roadmaps https://blog.thunderbird.net/2026/03/introducing-our-public-roadmaps/ 24:35 Playstation 5 runs Linux now https://www.phoronix.com/news/Mesa-AMDGPU-PS5-Patches https://x.com/theflow0/status/2030011206040256841 25:53 DLSS 5 gets massively bad reactions https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2026/03/gamers-react-with-overwhelming-disgust-to-dlss-5s-generative-ai-glow-ups/

The Linux Experiment Podcasts

Here is this week's #Linux and #OpenSource News show!

https://youtu.be/c1PluBjD1v0

Manjaro trouble, Germany mandates open formats, Google destroys sideloading - Linux Weekly News

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#GNOME 50 will be released today, so here is a look at the major things you can expect in this #Linux desktop, and there are many!

It brings things that people have been asking for, and it builds foundations that will bring even more great stuff in the next versions:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrLlQlvHV1Q

GNOME 50: a MASSIVE release that delivers what users asked for!

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And here is the audio podcast: https://podcast.thelinuxexp.com/@tlenewspodcast/episodes/kwin-lutris-and-amd-drivers-add-ai-generated-code-suse-could-be-sold-new-hope-for-degoogled-roms

As always, you can follow it from the Fediverse @tlenewspodcast , or you can subscribe to it from any good podcast client!

Kwin, Lutris & AMD drivers add AI generated code, SUSE could be sold, new hope for degoogled ROMs

πŸ’» Get a Linux computer from our sponsor, TuxedoπŸ’» https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en# πŸ‘ Support the show here: πŸ‘ 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/ πŸ‘• Buy TLE Merch: πŸ‘• https://the-linux-experiment.creator-spring.com/ πŸ“Ή Watch Linux videos: πŸ“Ή https://www.youtube.com/thelinuxexperiment πŸŽ™οΈ Leave your feedback here: πŸŽ™οΈ 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/

The Linux Experiment Podcasts

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!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzFglOqtvZA

Kwin, Lutris & AMD drivers add AI generated code, SUSE could be sold, new hope for degoogled ROMs

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@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.