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01:55 Linux 7.3 could improve gaming on low VRAM systems
https://pixelcluster.dev/VRAM-Overcommit/

04:20 Ubuntu WSL grows faster than native Ubuntu installs
https://www.windowslatest.com/2026/08/16/ubuntu-is-growing-faster-on-windows-11-than-on-native-linux-pcs-says-canonical/

07:24 Google and Apple maliciously complying on their app stores
https://www.macrumors.com/2026/08/13/app-store-fees-apple-link-outs/
https://www.theverge.com/policy/979852/that-is-not-acceptable-judge-orders-google-to-make-rival-app-store-installs-easier

10:45 GNOME 51 beta released
https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNOME-51-Beta

12:09 Linux networking is overwhelmed with AI submissions
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.3-Networking

14:02 Pine64 will stop Linux device production
https://t.me/s/PINE64_News

15:31 GIMP 3.4 plans better PSD support and new file format
https://www.gimp.org/news/2026/08/16/dev-update-august-2026/

18:02 Ubuntu funds project to translate massive C projects into Rust
https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/investing-in-automated-c-to-rust-translation/86369

20:38 Orion browser now in beta
https://linuxiac.com/orion-browser-for-linux-officially-enters-beta/

22:24 Digikam works on more A.I. features
https://srirupa19.github.io/gsoc/2026/08/17/gsoc3.html

24:45 XWayland and X.org get new release candidates
https://www.phoronix.com/news/XWayland-26.1-RC1
https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg/2026-August/062281.html

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02:01 GNOME Shell might evolve quite a bit
https://blogs.gnome.org/shell-dev/2026/08/11/gnome-shell-design-dreams/

06:42 New KDE Goals look interesting
https://blogs.kde.org/2026/08/07/kde-goals-last-call-for-submissions/

09:57 Epic Games Store will get a Linux client soon
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/epic-games-store-will-get-a-linux-version-sometime-soon/

11:16 ChatGPT official app is on Linux now
https://linuxiac.com/openai-launches-official-chatgpt-desktop-app-for-linux-in-preview/

12:18 Geforce Now is stable on Linux, available as Flatpak
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/08/nvidia-geforce-now-linux-stable

13:48 Playstation Game Streaming and PC Game pass on Linux
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/asobi-remote-play-is-a-new-way-to-play-playstation-games-on-steamos-linux/
https://itsfoss.com/news/xodus-xbox-gamepass-linux/

16:12 KDE 6.6 will become an LTS version
https://pointieststick.com/2026/08/13/what-a-real-lts-looks-like-kubuntu-26-04/

18:19 GPU acceleration coming to Windows VMs and Winboat
https://blog.getutm.app/2026/introducing-triton-directx-11-driver-for-qemu/
https://github.com/winboat-org/winboat/tree/gpu-accel

21:37 Mint adds even more GUI system tools
https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=5050

24:20 Rust says “mostly no” to AI contributions
https://forge.rust-lang.org/policies/llm-usage.html

26:42 Proton might work on a web browser
https://www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-privacy-security/privacy-giant-proton-may-be-building-a-web-browser-but-its-community-turns-cold

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02:18 Linux passes 10% market share in North America
https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/north-america#monthly-202506-202607
https://www.windowslatest.com/2026/08/03/linux-didnt-just-eat-10-of-windows-market-share-ai-bots-are-inflating-the-numbers/

06:01 AI models being fed ads and poisoned content
https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/08/05/time-magazine-has-a-separate-version-of-its-website-with-ads-only-ai-can-see/5283640
https://www.techradar.com/ai-platforms-assistants/the-poison-ai-movement-wants-to-corrupt-chatgpt-and-gemini-to-make-them-useless-but-it-comes-with-a-huge-risk-of-collateral-damage

10:01 Hybrid GPU systems will get much better with Plasma 6.8
https://zamundaaa.github.io/wayland/2026/07/31/fixing-multi-gpu.html

13:20 KDE now has a tool to change gamma and RGB on Wayland
https://blog.davidedmundson.co.uk/blog/wayland-and-kgamma/

15:19 Valve prepares Lepton and FEX for the Steam Frame
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/lepton-and-fex-get-prepared-for-the-steam-frame-release/

16:42 Linux kernel rejects LLM generated patches for staging area
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Staging-Reject-LLMs

19:08 Nvidia now sponsors LVFS
https://blogs.gnome.org/hughsie/2026/08/04/nvidia-is-now-supporting-the-lvfs/

20:37 Bottles gets massive update
https://linuxiac.com/bottles-65-released-with-over-100-changes-for-windows-apps-on-linux/

23:03 Union KDE theming engine makes good progress
https://quantumproductions.info/articles/2026-08/union-summer-2026-update

25:45 New nasty Linux vulnerability
https://github.com/V4bel/Zapscape

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01:49 Valve sponsors work to bring FOSS AMD Drivers to Windows
https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/news-and-events/cracking-windows-open-porting-radv-to-win32.html

04:46 Framework Laptop 13 pro looks solid on Linux
https://www.phoronix.com/review/framework-laptop-13-pro/11
https://frame.work/products/laptop13pro-amd-ai300/configuration/new
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/07/framework-laptop-13-pro-review-much-better-battery-much-worse-price/

08:27 GoG working on a Linux client
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/gog-confirm-they-are-working-towards-gog-galaxy-on-linux/

10:24 Ubuntu Touch gets big update
https://ubports.com/blog/ubports-news-1/ubuntu-touch-24-04-2-0-and-24-04-1-4-release-4007

12:29 GNOME’s session restore won’t land in GNOME 51
https://linuxiac.com/gnome-is-building-session-save-and-restore-but-it-wont-make-gnome-51/

14:12 Fedora working on a conflict of interest policy
https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/conflict-of-interest-guidelines-policy-draft-feedback-please/197508

16:55 Firefox’s redesign lands in Nightly builds
https://9to5linux.com/first-look-at-firefoxs-brand-new-design-in-firefox-nightly

18:59 New full desktop environment written with AI
https://starling.build/

21:24 New patches improve gaming performance on AMD
https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMD-P-State-Better-1p-Lows

24:29 Debian now has 5 proposals to handle AI contributions
https://www.debian.org/vote/2026/vote_002

27:04 Intel Arc GPUs getting better on Linux
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-HuC-DG2-Alchemist-Xe

29:03 Keychron builds open source mouse firmware
https://itsfoss.com/news/keychron-zgm-mouse-firmware/

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01:51 Upstream vs distros debate kicks off again
https://linuxiac.com/linux-mint-and-gnome-calendar-clash-resurfaces-months-later/
https://gitlab.com/linuxmint/pins/mint/gnome-calendar/-/work_items/1
https://tesk.page/2026/07/18/how-far-would-hostile-distributions-go-to-hurt-upstream/

05:25 432 CVEs published in 2 days by the Linux kernel team
https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/07/22/linux-kernel-team-publishes-432-cves-in-two-days/5276497

08:28 Flathub reviewers leaving
https://bbhtt.in/posts/flathub-leave/
https://bbhtt.in/posts/taking-a-pause/

11:26 Flathub’s AI slop ban was probably the right call
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/07/flathub-ai-slop-ban-data

13:20 Collabora talks about their work on the Steam Frame OS
https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/news-and-events/building-an-arch-linux-aarch64-port-for-holo-core.html

14:59 GNOME changes how they handle CVEs
https://blogs.gnome.org/mcatanzaro/2026/07/20/some-changes-to-gnome-security-tracking/

17:30 Firefox 153 released with containers
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/07/firefox-153-new-containers-feature

19:26 LibreOffice explains why MSOffice formats aren’t really open
https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/07/17/microsofts-main-tool-for-lock-in/

22:09 JellyFin loses multiple contributors
https://forum.jellyfin.org/t-project-leadership-changes
https://linuxiac.com/jellyfin-loses-project-leader-and-core-team-member-in-major-shake-up/

23:20 Libx11-compat trying to keep legacy apps alive on systems without x11
https://www.phoronix.com/news/libx11-compat

25:17 Thunderbird update adds accent color and better account setup
https://blog.thunderbird.net/2026/07/thunderbird-153-meadow-is-out-now/

26:58 How AI is changing open source
https://enblog.eischmann.cz/2026/07/23/how-ai-is-changing-open-source/

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