Linux in the News

Links to news items discussed during the weekly Linux User Net Sessions

• Rust will save Linux from AI, says Greg Kroah-Hartman ZDNet
• AI Found 3,900 Critical Open Source Bugs. IBM Is Paying $5 Billion to Fix Them Linux Stans
• Flathub Now Rejects AI-Assisted Apps and Submissions Linuxiac
• ESP32-S31 development boards bring Wi-Fi 6, audio, camera, and HMI features LinuxGizmos
• Researchers identify people through ordinary Wi-Fi routers with 99.5% accuracy — technique works with standard Wi-Fi routers Tom's Hardware
• Websites have a new way to spy on visitors: Analyzing their SSD activity Ars Technica
• California's Age Verification Law May End Up Exempting Most Linux Distributions Phoronix

• Firefox 151 helps you edit PDFs – and switch OSes The Register
• MeshToad V3 turns Linux systems into Meshtastic nodes LinuxGizmos
• NanoPi NEO3 Plus is a compact RK3528A SBC with eMMC support and Gigabit Ethernet LinuxGizmos
• Google’s AI Studio now lets anyone build Android apps in minutes TechCrunch
• HP Pledges to Support Linux Vendor Firmware Service It's FOSS
• Microsoft surprises with its first server Linux distribution: Azure Linux 4.0 ZCNet
• Flipper One could become the Linux cyberdeck nerds have been waiting for NERDS.xyz
• Google publishes exploit code threatening millions of Chromium users Ars Technica
• Yearslong fight over users’ right to tweak smart TV software heads to trial Ars Technica

• Debian 13.5 Released with 103 Security Fixes and 144 Stability Updates Linuxiac
• Older AMD GPUs Score Another Open-Source Driver Win From Valve: DRM Format Modifiers Phoronix
• Germany Invests €1M in KDE as Big Tech Alternative Linux Stans
• CERN’s KiCad component library now open source CERN
• After banning foreign routers, FCC says existing ones can get updates until 2029 Ars Technica
• Weather-monitoring firm hangs dark cloud over customers’ heads by forcing new app Ars Technica
• Fisker went bankrupt and owners built open source car company from the ashes Electrek
• Good Job Dell and Lenovo! Hope Others Follow Along It's Foss
• Both Fedora and Ubuntu will get AI support – soon The Register

• Linux Mint Starts Publishing HWE ISOs with Newer Kernels Linuxiac
• Debian Release Team: Debian Must Now Ship Reproducible Packages Phoronix
• Ubuntu Touch 24.04-1.3 Improves Handling Of Desktop Apps, Other Fixes Phoronix
• Expanded AMD HDMI 2.1 support is coming to Linux GamingOnLinux
• AI vibe-coding apps leak sensitive data Axios
• Utah Wants Websites To See Through VPNs. That’s Not How VPNs Work. Techdirt
• Chrome’s 4GB AI model isn’t new, but you’re not wrong for being confused Ars Technica
• Taiwan cops say student's radio kit brought bullet trains to a standstill The Register
• RIP social media. What comes next is messy. Ars Technica

• Fedora 44 Brings GNOME 50, KDE 6.6, and Better Gaming Foss Force
• Zed Code Editor Hits 1.0 with GPU-Accelerated UI Linuxiac
• Ubuntu's "AI Kill Switch" Is Achieved By Removing Snaps, Initially Opt-In Phoronix
• The zero-days are numbered Mozilla Blog
• Apple wants to kill your Time Capsule, but they run NetBSD so they can’t OSnews
• Google has a price for you. We found it. Proton
• The hidden cost of Google’s AI defaults and the illusion of choice Ars Technica
• Amazon Gets Exemption From Trump FCC Router (Extortion) Ban, Doesn’t Say How Techdirt
• EU waves through open source age-check tool to keep kids safe online The Register
• The Online Safety Act: Are children safer online? Internet Matters

• Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Now Available & Powered By Linux 7.0 Phoronix
• [PATCH net-deletions] net: remove ax25 and amateur radio (hamradio) subsystem LWN
  • Discussion thread on kernel.org
• Microsoft gives your Word documents an AI co-author you didn’t ask for The Register
• Framework’s CEO on the RAM crisis and creating a “MacBook Pro for Linux users” Ars Technica
• FCC: Router ban includes portable hotspots, but not phones with hotspot features Ars Technica
• Most Australian teens admit the social media ban isn’t working Yahoo News
• Colorado Adds Open-Source Exemption to Age-Attestation Bill Linuxiac
• Open Research Institute projects ORI

• Linux Mint News Linux Mint Blog
• You can finally control serial devices from Firefox The Register
• My Time With Pat…So Far KC8JC
• Satellite and drone images reveal big delays in US data center construction Ars Technica
• Netgear Gets Mysterious Exemption To Trump FCC ‘Router Ban,’ Refuses To Say How Techdirt
• California Privacy Audit Global Privacy Audit
• Meta Is Warned That Facial Recognition Glasses Will Arm Sexual Predators Wired
• How to Install, Update, and Remove Brave on Linux Linux TLDR
• You Should Try Linux For Ham Radio TODAY! (YouTube) Har Radio Crash Course

• Linux 7.0 Released With New Hardware Support, Optimizations & Self-Healing XFS Phoronix
• Debian’s APT 3.2 Released with History, Undo, Redo, and Rollback Support 9to5 Linux
• Little Snitch comes to Linux to expose what your software is really doing NERDS.xyz
• Linux kernel maintainers are following through on removing Intel 486 support Ars Technica
• Motorola suddenly raises budget phone prices up to 50%—you can probably thank AI Ars Technica
• Mozilla accuses Microsoft of sabotaging Firefox with Windows and Copilot tactics NERDS.xyz
• Russian government hackers broke into thousands of home routers to steal passwords Techcrunch
• France to ditch Windows for Linux to reduce reliance on US tech Techcrunch
• Report: US demands Reddit unmask ICE critic, summons firm to grand jury Ars Technica
• MoCA gave me Ethernet speeds without running a single cable through my walls XDA

• SystemRescue 13 lands with Linux 6.18 and bcachefs support The Register
• Linux Ham Radio KISS Serial Driver Being Modernized In 2026 Phoronix
• A new 3GB Raspberry Pi 4 for $83.75, and more memory-driven price increases Raspberyy Pi
• Steam On Linux Use Skyrocketed In March - More Than Double The macOS Gaming Marketshare Phoronix
• GitHub to use user data for AI training by default Techputs
• US foreign router ban criticized for being ‘industrial policy disguised as cybersecurity’ The Register
• The White House App’s Propaganda Is The Least Alarming Thing About It Techdirt
• Apple continues to roll out age verification around the world; more UK methods 9to5Mac
• The Social Media Addiction Verdicts Are Built On A Scientific Premise That Experts Keep Telling Us Is Wrong Techdirt

• Tails 7.6 Introduces Automatic Tor Bridges to Bypass Censorship Linuxiac
• Firefox 149 Web Browser Is Now Available for Download, This Is What’s New 9to5 Linux
• Mozilla and Mila team up on open source AI push as Big Tech tightens its grip NERDS.xyz
• FreeCAD 1.1 Released with Improved Wayland Support, New Tools, and More 9to5 Linux
• The confusing U.S. router ban, explained: Which routers are banned? Mashable
• Wine 11 rewrites how Linux runs Windows games at the kernel level, and the speed gains are massive XDA
• I carried the $54 Thinknode M5 everywhere for weeks, and now I want to build my own mesh network XDA
• Newly purchased Vizio TVs now require Walmart accounts to use smart features Ars Technica
• The 49MB Web Page Shubham Bose

• GNOME 50 Desktop Environment Released, This Is What’s New Linuxiac
• System76 Makes The Best Open-Source Keyboard Even Better Phoronix
• More reasons to love Firefox: What’s new now, and what’s coming soon Mozilla
• Google details new 24-hour process to sideload unverified Android apps Ars Technica
• Researchers disclose vulnerabilities in IP KVMs from four manufacturers Ars Technica
• The Government Uses Targeted Advertising to Track Your Location. Here’s What We Need to Do. TechDirt
• Age verification isn't sage verification when it's inside operating systems The Register
• GrapheneOS refuses to comply with new age verification laws for operating systems — group says it will never require personal information Tom's Hardware
• Systemd’s New Feature Brings Age Verification Option to Linux It's FOSS
• Australia’s Teen Social Media Ban Is Just Training A Generation In The Art Of The Workaround Techdirt

• Debian 13.4 Released With Dozens Of Fixes Phoronix
• NVIDIA Adds Official Support For RHEL-Compatible Distributions Like AlmaLinux With CUDA 13.2 Phoronix
• Google Chrome is finally coming to ARM64 Linux and it feels overdue NERDS.xyz
• Latest Steam Client Update Improves Support for Proton Games on Linux 9to5Linux
• Don’t worry, Valve still plans to launch the Steam Machine “this year” Ars Technica
• Supply-chain attack using invisible code hits GitHub and other repositories Ars Technica
• Microsoft Azure CTO set Claude on his 1986 Apple II code, says it found vulns The Register
• Ninth Circuit Guts California’s Kids Code Once Again Techdirt
• Ageless Linux Launches to Challenge Age Verification Rules for Operating Systems Linuxiac

• Linux From Scratch 13.0 Released as First Systemd-Only Version Linuxiac
• Motorola confirms GrapheneOS support for a future phone, bringing over features 9to5 Google
• Mozilla fixes 22 security flaws flagged by Anthropic's AI Axios
• EFF, Ubuntu and Other Distros Discuss How to Respond to Age-Verification Laws Slashdot
• Open source registries don't have enough money to implement basic security The Register
• Ron Wyden Is Begging His Colleagues To Stop Trying To Hand Trump A Censorship Weapon Techdirt
• VPNs Can’t Make You Anonymous Online. Don’t Be Fooled by Anyone Who Says They Can CNET
• How to Extend Your Lithium-Ion Battery's Life: The 2025 Guide TechPlanet

• Manjaro-Based Mabox Linux 26.02 Released with New Audio Menu Linuxiac
• ESP32-P4-PC board from Olimex offers HDMI and MIPI support LinuxGizmos
• Hackers Expose The Massive Surveillance Stack Hiding Inside Your “Age Verification” Check Techdirt
• I'm still using this 30-year-old Linux backup tool, and you should too (rsync) How-To Geek
• This Docker Compose visual builder is the tool I wish I had as a beginner XDA
• A Guide to Understanding the Role of Wi-Fi HaLow in Meeting Modern Connectivity Demands Cavli Wireless
• Run Linux distros in your browser DistroSea
• What is Rufus? Lenovo | Rufus Web site.

• Firefox 148 Now Available With The New AI Controls / AI Kill Switches Phoronix
• RBOS 2026-02-22 As Latest Linux Live ISO To Showcase Wayland Phoronix
• AsteroidOS 2.0 Launches: A Community-Driven Linux Revival for Smartwatches Linux Journal
• Intel Hiring More Linux Developers - Including For GPU Drivers & Linux Gaming Stack Phoronix
• Western Digital Has No More HDD Capacity Left, as CEO Reveals Massive AI Deals wccftech
• Password managers’ promise that they can’t see your vaults isn’t always true Ars Technica
• Copilot spills the beans, summarizing emails it's not supposed to read The Register
• Fury over Discord’s age checks explodes after shady Persona test in UK Ars Technica
• TeamSpeak claims an 'incredible surge of new users' has maxed out its hosting capacity as many chatters seek a Discord alternative PC Gamer

• Tiny Core Linux 17.0 Minimalist OS Released Altus Intel
• CrossOver 26.0 Debuts for Linux, MacOS Altus Intel
• DIY PC maker Framework has needed monthly price hikes to navigate the RAM shortage Ars Technica
• Windows’ original Secure Boot certificates expire in June—here’s what you need to do Ars Technica
• 5 Linux servers that let you ditch the public cloud and reclaim your privacy - for free ZDNet
• Contain your Windows apps inside Linux Windows The Register
• Ring Cancels Deal With Flock Safety Amid Surveillance Concerns The Register
• Upgraded Google safety tools can now find and remove more of your personal info Ars Technica
• An 18-Million-Subscriber YouTuber Just Explained Section 230 Better Than Every Politician In Washington Techdirt

• Linux 6.19 Released With Better Support For Older AMD GPUs, DRM Color Pipeline API Phoronix
• New Raspberry Pi 4 models splits RAM across dual chips OMG Ubuntu
• Steam Machine and Steam Frame delays are the latest product of the RAM crisis ArsTechnica
• OpenHamClock Eastern Massachusetts ARRL
• VS Code for Linux may be secretly hoarding trashed files The Register
• Anthropic's new model is a pro at finding security flaws Axios
• Autonomous cars, drones cheerfully obey prompt injection by road sign The Register
• Discord to roll out age verification next month for full access to its platform TechCrunch
• Window-Mounted 915 MHz Meshtastic Yagi Antenna Project Gloucester County Amateur Radio Club

• DietPi January 2026 Update Introduces Uptime Kuma, ownCloud Infinite Scale, and Debian 12 Baseline LinuxGizmos
• Mozilla is building an AI ‘rebel alliance’ to take on industry heavyweights OpenAI, Anthropic CNBC
• France to ditch US platforms Microsoft Teams, Zoom for ‘sovereign platform’ citing security concerns euro news
• Proton VPN reveals major Linux makeover – both for GUI and CLI users techradar
• How to encrypt your PC’s disk without giving the keys to Microsoft ArsTechnica
• Breakthrough wireless transceiver transmits data 24 times faster than 5G connections Tom's Hardware
• Top Linux Gaming Distributions for 2026: Play Better on Open Source Linux Journal
• Raspberry Pi Raises Prices As Much As $60 Due To Memory Demand Phoronix
• RECLAIM CONTROL over your digital life, devices, services and data reclaimcontrol.tech

• Proton VPN kills off legacy OpenVPN configs in push for better security TechRadar
• Just the Browser claims to tame the bloat without forking The Register
• You Can Run Linux and Windows on This Android Smartphone It's FOSS
• Amateur Radio Operators in Belarus Arrested, Face the Death Penalty 404 Media
• Just because Linus Torvalds vibe codes doesn't mean it's a good idea The Register
• Millions of people imperiled through sign-in links sent by SMS ArsTechnica
• Linux Snap Users Warned as Attackers Push Malware Through Old Trusted Apps Linuxiac
• PSA: Starlink Now Uses Customers' Personal Data for AI Training Extreme Tech
• Telegraph Key(singular)board: Morse for the modern era hannahilea

• Wine 11 brings huge WoW64 overhaul, NTSYNC boost, and better gaming on Linux NERDS.xyz
• T2 Package Manager & Linux Distribution T2
• Running Debian on the OpenWrt One Collabora
• Introducing the Raspberry Pi AI HAT+ 2: Generative AI on Raspberry Pi 5 Raspberry Pi
• Anthropic invests $1.5 million in the Python Software Foundation and open source security Python SF
• Even Linus Torvalds is vibe coding now ZDNet
• Linus Torvalds Shares AudioNoise, a Personal Experiment in Audio DSP Linuxiac
• Linux Rescue and Repair Distros in 2025: Your Safety Net When Things Go Wrong Linux Journal
• Stop the slop by disabling AI features in Chrome The Register

• Debian 13.3 Released With Many Security & Bug Fixes Phoronix
• Linux Mint 22.3 upgrade released Linux Mint
• First Look at Devuan GNU+Linux 6 “Excalibur” on Raspberry Pi 5 9to5 Linux
• Wi-Fi advocates get win from FCC with vote to allow higher-power devices ArsTechnica
• Gmail preparing to drop POP3 mail fetching The Register
• Bose open-sources its SoundTouch home theater smart speakers ahead of end-of-life ArsTechnica
• Everyone hates OneDrive, Microsoft's cloud app that steals then deletes all your files Boing Boing
• 'Worst in Show’ CES products include AI refrigerators, AI companions and AI doorbells AP
• How To Set Up Your Own Remote Station N3BKV on Substack

• Systemd-Free Devuan GNU+Linux 6.1 Released with Unofficial Raspberry Pi Images 9to5 Linux
• Fish Shell 4.3 Released With Scripting and Terminal Improvements Linuxiac
• Icecast 2.5 Streaming Server Launches Altus Intel
• U-Boot Project Joins Software Freedom Conservancy Altus Intel
• Flathub Sees Over 435 Million Downloads in 2025 Linuxiac
• NYC Mayoral Inauguration bans Raspberry Pi and Flipper Zero alongside explosives Adafruit
• Jolla’s Community Linux Phone Surpasses Its Funding Goal Linuxiac
• AI Data Centers Demand More Than Copper Can Deliver. Radio is faster IEEE Spectrum
• Stewart Cheifet, PBS host who chronicled the PC revolution, dies at 87 ArsTechnica

• Raspberry Pi Imager 2.0.3 released with bug fixes and enhancements Raspberry Pi
• QEMU and FFmpeg Founder Introduces Micro QuickJS JavaScript Engine Linuxiac
• https://www.phoronix.com/news/Wayback-0.3 Phoronix
• In-car touchscreens are way more distracting than we first thought, says new study TechRadar
• AMD Krackan Point Sub-$500 Laptop Linux Performance Improves By ~8% In Just Six Months Phoronix
• Europe gets serious about cutting digital umbilical cord with Uncle Sam's big tech The Register
• LG Forces TV Owners To Use Microsoft ‘AI’ Copilot App You Can’t Uninstall And Nobody Asked For TechDirt
• Keeping Windows and macOS alive past their sell-by date The Register

• Emmabuntüs Debian Edition 6 Released With Strong Focus on Accessibility Linuxiac
• The Tor Project is Making a Switch to Rust, Ditches C It's FOSS
• Docker Makes Enterprise-Grade Hardened Images Free for All Developers It's FOSS
• Debian Gets Its Own PPA-Like System as Debusine Repositories Launch Linuxiac
• Mozilla’s New Leadership Will Prioritize Transparent AI and User Control Firefox Will Ship with an “AI Kill Switch” to Completely Disable all AI Features Linuxiac
• Waterfox browser goes AI-free, targets the Firefox faithful The Register
• Parked Domains Become Weapons with Direct Search Advertising infoblox
• Trump’s energy secretary orders a Washington state coal plant to remain open ArsTechnica
• Microsoft made another Copilot ad where nothing actually works The Verge

• System76 Launches First Stable Release of COSMIC Desktop and Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS 9to5 Linux
• Window Maker Live 13.2 brings 32-bit life to Debian 13 The Register
• Pebble maker announces Index 01, a smart-ish ring for under $100 ArsTechnica
• Proton Launches Encrypted Sheets as a Privacy-First Alternative to Google, Microsoft Excel Extreme Tech
• Why won’t Steam Machine support HDMI 2.1? Digging in on the display standard drama ArsTechnica
• GNOME Will Reject Shell Extensions With AI-Generated Code Linuxiac
• What we learned about choice and control online this year Mozilla Blog
• SLAX distro runs on a USB drive slax.org

• Linux 6.18 arrives as the year's final drop and likely next LTS The Register
• Bottles 60.0 Launches with Native Wayland Support Linuxiac
• FreeBSD 15.0 Now Officially Available With Many Software Updates, Reproducible Builds Phoronix
• Raspberry Pi Announces Price Hikes Due To RAM Demand, 1GB Raspberry Pi 5 Launched Phoronix
• Dell: about 1 billion PCs will not or cannot be upgraded to Windows 11 OSnews
• After nearly 30 years, Crucial will stop selling RAM to consumers ArsTechnica
• New Jolla Phone Now Available for Pre-Order as an Independent Linux Phone 9to5 Linux
• “The local-first rebellion”: How Home Assistant became the most important project in your house GitHub Blog

• Raspberry Pi OS 2025-11-24 Brings HiDPI Improvements, Wayland Enhancements Phoronix
• AV Linux 25 Multimedia Production Distro Brings Enlightenment to MX Linux 25 9to5 Linux
• Intel Hiring Two More Experienced Linux Kernel Engineers Phoronix
• KDE Plasma 6.8 Will Go Fully Wayland Linuxiac
• iDescriptor Brings iPhone Management to Linux Linuxiac
• Pebble, the e-ink smartwatch that refuses to die, just went fully open source The Register
• Here's why I feel more comfortable with my self-hosted services than big tech XDA
• Privacy Guides Web site

• A new Raspberry Pi Imager Raspberry Pi
• Debian Libre Live Images Released for Software Freedom Lovers 9to5 Linux
• Zorin OS 18 Hits 1 Million Downloads in Just One Month Linuxiac
• Mozilla Unveils Plans for New 'AI Window' Browsing Mode in Firefox, Opens Signups It's FOSS
• Zoomers are officially worse at passwords than 80-year-olds The Register
• Privacy and Openness Collide as Qualcomm Reshapes Arduino’s Rules Foss Force
• ACLU and EFF Sue a City Blanketed With Flock Surveillance Cameras 404 Media
• Google is collecting troves of data from downgraded Nest thermostats The Verge
• LILYGO Expands T-Beam Series With New 1W LoRa GPS Board LinuxGizmos

• Debian 13.2 Released With Dozens Of Fixes Phoronix
• Wine 10.19 Released With More Improvements Phoronix
• ollama 0.12.11 Brings Vulkan Acceleration Phoronix
• Firefox 145 drops support for 32-bit Linux NERDS.xyz
• Google is easing up on Android's new sideloading restrictions Android Authority
• Arduino Nesso N1 Debuts as a Compact RISC-V IoT Controller with Wi-Fi 6, Thread, and LoRa Connectivity LinuxGizmos
• Russian hackers abuse Hyper-V to hide malware in Linux VMs Bleeping Computer
• Lawmakers Want to Ban VPNs—And They Have No Idea What They're Doing EFF

• Systemd-Free Devuan GNU/Linux 6.0 Distro Is Out Based on Debian 13 “Trixie” 9to5 Linux
• MX Linux 25 Officially Released with Debian 13 Base Linuxiac
• Fwupd 2.0.17 Released With More Hardware Support & Features Phoronix
• After confusing driver release, AMD says old GPUs are still actively supported ArsTechnica
• CodeWeavers Launches CrossOver Preview For Linux ARM64 Phoronix
• Please stop being scared of the Linux terminal XDA
• How to declutter, quiet down, and take the AI out of Windows 11 25H2 ArsTechnica

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