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What Linux and open source will look like in 10 years, the aspects of Linux that got us hooked all those years ago, our happiest and most miserable experiences of converting people, and how we teach kids about privacy and security.













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The Steam Frame is finally here and it’s not quite as expensive as we feared. Graham was selected in the lottery but will he actually buy one? We finally talk about Omarchy, its huge fundraising effort, and why we are disappointed in companies who are contributing. Plus LibreOffice’s enviable download numbers. With guest hosts Andy from Linux Dev Time, and Shane from Hybrid Cloud Show.



News

Steam Frame

Not just Proton: Getting to know Valve’s new SteamOS compatibility layers

Power grab

DigitalOcean has $3 million for DHH and nothing for CSS-Tricks

CSS-Tricks could be a co-op

One week of LibreOffice 26.8 – The stats!

Yes, no AI is now a feature

Development/AI policy – The Document Foundation Wiki













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We answer your questions including the last new distro we tried, what distro we’d switch to if ours went away, whether we should limit our computer use, our vision for the Linux desktop, and our unpopular Linux opinions.















Tailscale

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Audacity’s new major release makes it more like a proper digital workstation, Debian finally gets off the genAI fence and disappoints some of us, California exempts Linux from terrible age verification laws, and Asahi boots on M3 Macs. With guest host Shane from Hybrid Cloud Show.



News

Audacity 4

Debian Votes To Allow “Responsible Use Of Generative AI”

Results for LLM usage in Debian

Retiring from the Project (vv221)

California lawmakers unanimously pass Linux exemption from age-verification law

M2: Episode 1 (or, Asahi Linux on M3)























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KDE has a new proper LTS and Joe is very interested, the Steam Frame is (really) nearly here, the Epic Games Store is coming to Linux, Nintendo continues to play whack-a-mole with Switch emulators, and GitHub’s serious scaling issues are getting ridiculous.



News/discussion

What a real LTS looks like: Kubuntu 26.04

Kubuntu Focus, Techpaladin Software, and KDE e.V. Announce the ‘bullet-proof’ KDE Software Initiative

New Frame welcome videos pushed to Steam Store assets

Epic Games Store Will Support Linux “Soon”

Nintendo Wipes Out 400+ Switch Emulator Repos in Single-Day GitHub Sweep

Fairphone 6 + PostmarketOS working main camera!

The August 17 GitHub outage, and the work ahead

















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