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02:08 EU parliament ditches Google for Qwant
https://www.politico.eu/article/european-parliament-ditches-google-for-french-search-engine/

03:34 EU unveils their plan to ditch Big Tech
https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-plots-long-game-against-us-digital-supremacy/

06:59 Brave launches debloated version for $60USD
https://brave.com/blog/brave-origin/

09:20 Canonical takes over the maintenance of Flutter on Desktop
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/05/flutter-desktop-canonical-maintained

10:55 Ubuntu wants to add speech to text to all text fields
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/06/ubuntu-speech-to-text-ai

12:40 X11 disappears in 5 months on Plasma
https://blog.davidedmundson.co.uk/blog/596/

14:36 New solution to run Windows on Linux with full integration
https://itsfoss.com/winpodx/

16:43 Cosmic shares screenshots of their blurred translucent interface
https://www.phoronix.com/news/COSMIC-Frosted-Glass

18:07 Acer launches Debian based handheld
https://www.cnet.com/tech/gaming/acer-nitro-blaze-link-remote-play-handheld-acers-computex-launches/
https://www.pcmag.com/news/acer-launching-streaming-only-handheld-gaming-pc

19:27 Microsoft adds the Linux core utilities to Windows
https://itsfoss.com/news/windows-coreutils/

20:45 /e/OS grows a lot, and has some great stuff planned
https://gaelduval.com/joining-the-wave-murena-e-os-2026-roadmap/

23:01 Microsoft will de-activate older Office suites people bought
https://consumerrights.wiki/w/Microsoft_Office_2019_and_2021_for_Mac_view-only_conversion_(2026)#cite_note-ms-learn-cert-1

24:36 Steam machine and Frame planned for summer release
https://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamworks/announcements/detail/716780409378048028

25:53 UK orders Google to have attribution and opt-outs for AI summaries
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/06/google-ordered-to-put-clearer-links-in-ai-search-and-let-uk-publishers-opt-out/

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01:43 No age verification for Linux and Open source
https://www.phoronix.com/news/California-AB-1856
https://itsfoss.com/news/age-verification-open-source-exemptions/
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/linux-and-open-source-getting-age-checking-exemptions-could-be-problematic/

04:30 New KDE theme shows a few work in progress elements
https://anditosan.wordpress.com/2026/05/22/ocean-design-for-plasma-may-updates/

06:36 Flatpak Next redesign might depend on systemD
https://linuxiac.com/flatpaks-future-may-leave-non-systemd-distros-behind/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AXBfsiaQNk&t=16218s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zt4cUf_AgUg

09:57 New Mint release gets more cool improvements
https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=5025

12:21 AMD makes Linux users pay for a tool that’s free on WIndows
https://itsfoss.com/news/amd-vivado-bait-and-switch-on-linux-users/

14:29 5500 Github repos infected with propagating malware
https://safedep.io/megalodon-mass-github-repo-backdooring-ci-workflows/#full-list-of-compromised-github-repositories

15:52 LibreOffice outlines plans for Web, Mobile and a better UI
https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/05/27/new-web-and-mobile-strategy-for-libreoffice/

17:53 Ubuntu now has reproducible dev environments
https://canonical.com/blog/introducing-workshop-sandboxed-development-environments

19:37 EU proposes actual funding for real European infrastructure
https://www.techradar.com/pro/eu-to-back-european-alternatives-to-us-dominated-software-and-services-in-major-push-for-tech-sovereignty
https://www.theregister.com/on-prem/2026/05/28/europe-told-to-cool-its-datacenter-boom-before-water-and-power-run-short/5247994

22:00 Linux Foundation launches open source license for AI models
https://www.linuxfoundation.org/press/linux-foundation-releases-openmdw-1.1-nvidia-adopts-openmdw-for-cosmos-isaac-gr00t-ising-and-nemotron-ai-model-families

24:10 Steam Deck gets insane price increase
https://www.ign.com/articles/the-steam-deck-is-sold-out-again-even-after-the-huge-price-rise

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01:37 Torvalds talks about AI reports
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Torvalds-AI-Tools-Can-Be-Great

04:13 Torvalds merges guidelines for Linux security and AI reports
https://linuxiac.com/linus-torvalds-merges-new-linux-kernel-security-bug-guidelines/

06:51 Wine now runs Adobe Lightroom CC on Linux
https://github.com/sander110419/lightroom-cc-on-linux

09:22 Vivaldi & Firefox revamp their whole user interface
https://vivaldi.com/blog/vivaldi-on-desktop-8-0/
https://blog.mozilla.org/en/firefox/new-firefox-design/

13:07 Greg Koah Hartman says Rust could eliminate 80% of CVEs
https://itsfoss.com/news/linux-kernel-rust-cve-reduction/

14:48 Fedora removes Deepin Desktop packages
https://security.opensuse.org/2025/05/07/deepin-desktop-removal.html
https://pagure.io/fesco/issue/3409
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/YFZBLHOTVMINNY5I7JSO4JOXHFH3SARN/

16:50 Changes for Bitwarden have the community worried
https://linuxiac.com/bitwarden-faces-questions-after-quiet-leadership-and-messaging-changes/

18:42 New Module Jail tool to mitigate Linux flaws
https://linuxiac.com/modulejail-blocks-unused-linux-kernel-modules-to-limit-attack-surface/

20:53 Microsoft uses Fedora as its base for Azure
https://itsfoss.com/news/azure-linux-4/
https://github.com/microsoft/azurelinux/blob/4.0/README.md

22:28 HP sponsors LVFS
https://blogs.gnome.org/hughsie/2026/05/20/lvfs-sponsorship-announcement-hp/

24:11 Fedora surveys contributors over “verified” status
https://fedoramagazine.org/fedora-verified-what-does-the-community-think/

26:36 OnlyOffice 9.4 clarifies their license
https://www.clubic.com/actualite-613456-onlyoffice-clarifie-sa-licence-apres-la-rupture-avec-nextcloud-voici-ce-qui-change-pour-vous.html
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/05/onlyoffice-9-4-released

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02:00 KDE gets 1.2M euros from STF
https://kde.org/announcements/sovereign-tech-fund-invests-kde/

04:49 DirtyFrag vulnerability & Killswitch proposed
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2026/05/08/active-attack-dirty-frag-linux-vulnerability-expands-post-compromise-risk/
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.0.6-Released
https://itsfoss.com/news/linux-killswitch-proposal/

06:55 Yet another vulnerability for Linux
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-fragnesia-linux-flaw-lets-attackers-gain-root-privileges/

07:51 And another Linux flaw discovered
https://github.com/0xdeadbeefnetwork/ssh-keysign-pwn

09:33 Plasma 6.7 beta released
https://community.kde.org/Plasma/Plasma_6#Plasma_6.7

12:22 EU wants Google to share anonymized user data with other engines
https://www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-privacy-security/google-is-not-collaborative-and-not-in-the-spirit-of-complying-with-this-regulation-can-the-eu-commission-strong-arm-google-into-levelling-the-playing-field-of-the-search-engine-market-and-is-this-really-in-the-interest-of-your-privacy

16:39 Fedora discusses making an “AI desktop spin”“
https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/fedora-ai-developer-desktop-objective/184941
https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/fedora-ai-developer-desktop-objective/184941/54
https://www.techradar.com/pro/i-have-zero-evidence-in-front-of-me-that-users-are-being-driven-away-from-fedora-because-of-ai-ubuntu-and-fedora-confirmed-to-both-get-ai-support-soon
https://linuxiac.com/fedora-ai-desktop-initiative-blocked-after-council-vote-reversal/

20:38 Abstract brings some of their software to Linux
https://abstract3d.com/2026/05/01/abstract-rolls-out-native-linux-support-built-for-the-pipelines-that-power-production/

22:43 CEMU infected with malware
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/05/cemu-linux-malware
https://rentry.org/cemu-security-psa

24:06 Wine improves Wayland driver
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Wine-Wayland-Pointer-Warp

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01:35 LibreOffice questions the sovereignty of Euro office
https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/05/05/thank-you-on-behalf-of-odf

04:17 Plasma 6.7 will come with its new style engine
https://9to5linux.com/kdes-new-css-based-style-engine-union-is-coming-to-kde-plasma-6-7

06:27 Plasma 6.7 fixes big performance issues
https://zamundaaa.github.io/wayland/2026/05/06/making-wl-shm-fast.html

08:27 Google Chrome installs a model on device without consent
https://www.thatprivacyguy.com/blog/chrome-silent-nano-install/

11:20 Linux kernel guidelines for adding new filesystems
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs.git/commit/?h=vfs-7.2.misc&id=b34d597faae60a4c89235205478497b975e86bc5

14:13 Pilot project for open, Linux based workspaces in the Netherlands
https://vng.nl/artikelen/digitale-werkplek-geen-memo-maar-demo-werkplekken-in-open-source

15:40 Someone remade Unity Desktop with Wayfire and libadwaita
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/05/ubuntu-unity-desktop-wayfire-recreation

18:04 Dell and Lenovo now sponsor LVFS
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Dell-Lenovo-Sponsoring-LVFS

19:17 Ubuntu’s Twitter account compromised
https://itsfoss.com/news/ubuntu-twitter-compromised/

20:38 Valve opens reservation queue for Steam Controllers
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/valve-announce-a-reservation-system-for-the-new-steam-controller/

21:37 Valve publishes Steam Controller CAD files
https://www.digitalfoundry.net/news/2026/05/valve-releases-steam-controller-cad-files-under-creative-commons-license

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