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Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 00:37 Sponsor: SquareSpace 01:53 Torvalds chimes in on AI code in the Linux kernel 05:09 EU consultation on making FOSS a priority 07:21 GNOME & Firefox propose disabling middle click to paste 09:33 Google locks down Android development even more 11:21 loss32 wants to make a full Windows DE for Linux 14:04 AMD drivers get big performance boost 16:02 Rockchip's repo closed after FFMPEg's DMCS takedown 17:48 Fedora moves to the new Plasma Login manager 19:35 Linux reaches another high in gaming marketshare 21:25 Geforce Now gets a Linux client

Links:

Torvalds chimes in on AI code in the Linux kernel https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CAHk-=wg0sdh_OF8zgFD-f6o9yFRK=tDOXhB1JAxfs11W9bX--Q@mail.gmail.com/

EU consultation on making FOSS a priority https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/16213-European-Open-Digital-Ecosystems_en

GNOME & Firefox propose disabling middle click to paste https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNOME-Firefox-MiddleClick-Paste

Google locks down Android development even more https://www.androidauthority.com/aosp-source-code-schedule-3630018/

loss32 wants to make a full Windows DE for Linux https://loss32.org/

AMD drivers get big performance boost https://www.phoronix.com/news/Mesa-26.0-RADV-RT-RDNA2-Faster https://www.phoronix.com/news/RADV-More-RT-Performance-2026

Rockchip's repo closed after FFMPEg's DMCS takedown https://linuxiac.com/github-takes-down-rockchip-mpp-repository-after-ffmpeg-copyright-claim/

Fedora moves to the new Plasma Login manager https://pagure.io/fesco/issue/3523

Linux reaches another high in gaming marketshare https://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/Steam-Hardware-Software-Survey-Welcome-to-Steam

Geforce Now gets a Linux client https://linuxiac.com/nvidia-geforce-now-gains-native-linux-support/

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