This Week in Linux

About This Week in Linux

This Week in Linux (TWIL) is the weekly news show that keeps you up to date with what’s going on in the Linux and Open Source world. “Your Source for Linux GNews”

Publisher

TuxDigital Network

Category

education · news · technology

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

9 Apr 2017

Latest episode

21 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

358 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   21 Sept 2026

   357: Linux on M3 Macs, GNOME 51, Steam Frame, Jellyfin 12, Microsoft 365 on Linux, & more Linux news

   video: https://youtu.be/V4r7fCFLP6A (https://youtu.be/V4r7fCFLP6A) This week in Linux, GNOME 51 is here with a faster, more polished desktop and a long list of upgrades across the environment. Asahi Linux pulled off another major Apple Silicon milestone with M3 Macs. Valve is building one of the wildest compatibility stacks we've seen yet for the Steam Frame. And Open Source projects are now setting traps for AI coding agents that can make lazy submissions snitch on themselves. Plus, Jellyfin 12 is a huge upgrade for self-hosted media. All of this and more on this week's episode, so let's jump into Your Source for Linux GNews and see what's happened This Week in Linux. Download as MP3 (https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/2389be04-5c79-485e-b1ca-3a5b2cebb006/ec0bb6fd-9354-44b1-ad95-a99ffb5febe0.mp3) Support the Show Become a Patron = tuxdigital.com/membership (https://tuxdigital.com/membership) Store = tuxdigital.com/store (https://tuxdigital.com/store) Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:47 GNOME 51 Released 04:34 Asahi Linux for M3 Macs 10:52 Valve's Steam Frame Compatibility Stack for Linux Gaming 13:45 Microsoft 365 might come to Linux (unofficially) 17:21 Jellyfin 12 Released 20:55 Open Source Projects Setting Traps for Lazy Ai Submissions 24:20 Raspberry Pi OS Desktop Refresh 26:07 Ubuntu 26.10 completes migration to Rust-based coreutils 27:08 Google is Replacing C-based Android Binder with Rust 28:13 RustFS 1.0 Released 29:04 Support the show 29:58 Outro Links: GNOME 51 Released https://release.gnome.org/51/ (https://release.gnome.org/51/) https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNOME-51-Released (https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNOME-51-Released) https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/09/gnome-51-released (https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/09/gnome-51-released) Asahi Linux for M3 Macs https://asahilinux.org/2026/09/m2-episode-1/ (https://asahilinux.org/2026/09/m2-episode-1/) https://asahilinux.org/docs/platform/feature-support/m3/ (https://asahilinux.org/docs/platform/feature-support/m3/) https://fedoramagazine.org/announcing-fedora_asahi_remix_45_beta/ (https://fedoramagazine.org/announcing-fedora_asahi_remix_45_beta/) https://fedora-asahi-remix.org/ (https://fedora-asahi-remix.org/) https://www.phoronix.com/news/Asahi-Linux-Official-M3 (https://www.phoronix.com/news/Asahi-Linux-Official-M3) https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/asahi-linux-now-officially-supports-macs-with-the-m3-series-soc/ (https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/asahi-linux-now-officially-supports-macs-with-the-m3-series-soc/) Valve's Steam Frame Compatibility Stack for Linux Gaming https://partner.steamgames.com/doc/steamhardware/steamframe/compatibility (https://partner.steamgames.com/doc/steamhardware/steamframe/compatibility) https://gitlab.steamos.cloud/frame-public/lepton/ (https://gitlab.steamos.cloud/frame-public/lepton/) https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/lepton-from-valve-to-run-android-games-on-linux-is-now-open-source/ (https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/lepton-from-valve-to-run-android-games-on-linux-is-now-open-source/) https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/lepton-and-fex-get-prepared-for-the-steam-frame-release/ (https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/lepton-and-fex-get-prepared-for-the-steam-frame-release/) Microsoft 365 might come to Linux (unofficially) https://itsfoss.com/news/bottles-microsoft-365-early-look/ (https://itsfoss.com/news/bottles-microsoft-365-early-look/) https://mprove.de/blogs/rss/index.php?rss=mastodon.bsd.cafe%2Ftags%2FMicrosoft.rss (https://mprove.de/blogs/rss/index.php?rss=mastodon.bsd.cafe%2Ftags%2FMicrosoft.rss) https://github.com/bottlesdevs/Bottles/releases (https://github.com/bottlesdevs/Bottles/releases) https://usebottles.com/ (https://usebottles.com/) Jellyfin 12 Released https://jellyfin.org/posts/jellyfin-release-12.0/ (https://jellyfin.org/posts/jellyfin-release-12.0/) https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin/releases (https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin/releases) https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin-web/releases (https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin-web/releases) Open Source Projects Setting Traps for Lazy Ai Submissions https://github.com/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/blob/main/AGENTS.md (https://github.com/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/blob/main/AGENTS.md) https://www.phoronix.com/news/NetworkManager-AI-Canary (https://www.phoronix.com/news/NetworkManager-AI-Canary) https://github.com/systemd/systemd/blob/main/AGENTS.md (https://github.com/systemd/systemd/blob/main/AGENTS.md) https://www.phoronix.com/news/systemd-262-rc2 (https://www.phoronix.com/news/systemd-262-rc2) https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/-/merge_requests/2536 (https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/-/merge_requests/2536) https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/-/blob/main/AGENTS.md (https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/-/blob/main/AGENTS.md) https://hwbusters.com/news/networkmanager-ai-policy-gets-a-trap-word-and-ci-now-scans-every-commit-for-it/ (https://hwbusters.com/news/networkmanager-ai-policy-gets-a-trap-word-and-ci-now-scans-every-commit-for-it/) Raspberry Pi OS Desktop Refresh https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/an-updated-look-for-the-raspberry-pi-desktop/ (https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/an-updated-look-for-the-raspberry-pi-desktop/) https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/category/os/raspberry-pi-os/ (https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/category/os/raspberry-pi-os/) Ubuntu 26.10 completes migration to Rust-based coreutils https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/09/ubuntu-2610-rust-coreutils-complete (https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/09/ubuntu-2610-rust-coreutils-complete) https://documentation.ubuntu.com/release-notes/26.10/ (https://documentation.ubuntu.com/release-notes/26.10/) https://uutils.org/ (https://uutils.org/) https://www.phoronix.com/news/Ubuntu-Completes-Rust-Coreutils (https://www.phoronix.com/news/Ubuntu-Completes-Rust-Coreutils) Google is Replacing C-based Android Binder with Rust https://lkml.iu.edu/2609.1/12916.html (https://lkml.iu.edu/2609.1/12916.html) https://lists.openwall.net/linux-kernel/2026/09/12/891 (https://lists.openwall.net/linux-kernel/2026/09/12/891) https://www.phoronix.com/news/Google-Binder-C-Goodbye (https://www.phoronix.com/news/Google-Binder-C-Goodbye) RustFS 1.0 Released https://www.rustfs.com/blog/announcing-rustfs-1-0-0-ga/ (https://www.rustfs.com/blog/announcing-rustfs-1-0-0-ga/) https://github.com/RustFS/RustFS (https://github.com/RustFS/RustFS) https://linuxiac.com/rustfs-1-0-s3-compatible-object-storage-reaches-ga/ (https://linuxiac.com/rustfs-1-0-s3-compatible-object-storage-reaches-ga/) Support the show https://tuxdigital.com/membership (https://tuxdigital.com/membership) https://store.tuxdigital.com/ (https://store.tuxdigital.com/)

2. 

   7 Sept 2026

   356: CERN to Debian, Audacity 4, OpenShot 4, 30,000 Steam Games, Age Verify Exemption & more Linux news

   video: https://youtu.be/A_1UeqFux-Q (https://youtu.be/A_1UeqFux-Q) This week in Linux, CERN makes some Linux news revolving around Debian, lawmakers are giving open source a way out of OS-level age verification ... well in California, and Ubisoft found away to make Linux gaming news frustrating right at the same time as we hit a huge milestone for Linux gaming. Plus, Audacity gets one of its biggest updates in years, OpenShot levels up in a big way, and Linux From Scratch has a brand new release for everyone who thinks installing Linux should require just a little more suffering. All of this and more on This Week in Linux, the weekly news show that keeps you up to date with what’s going on in the Linux and Open Source world. Now let's jump right into Your Source for Linux GNews! Download as MP3 (https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/2389be04-5c79-485e-b1ca-3a5b2cebb006/2a13bf19-cf2f-4234-8df6-56ee58d4c458.mp3) Support the Show Become a Patron = tuxdigital.com/membership (https://tuxdigital.com/membership) Store = tuxdigital.com/store (https://tuxdigital.com/store) Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:55 CERN is moving some systems to Debian 05:26 California Legislature Passes Open-Source Exemption From OS Age Verification 09:56 30,000 Games Playable on Linux but Ubisoft Is Intentionally Blocking For Honor 16:46 Audacity 4.0 Released With a Completely Rebuilt Interface 20:31 OpenShot 4.0 Brings Major Upgrades 22:47 The Ur Project - A Clear Linux Architect Is Building a New Linux Distro 26:20 Linux From Scratch 13.1 Released 29:57 Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS Released 32:16 Update: NVIDIA confirmed they are buying Hugging Face 34:24 Support the show 35:39 Outro Links: CERN is moving some systems to Debian https://ch2026.mini.debconf.org/talks/6-controlling-cerns-accelerators-with-debian/ (https://ch2026.mini.debconf.org/talks/6-controlling-cerns-accelerators-with-debian/) https://micronews.debian.org/2026/1788286274.html (https://micronews.debian.org/2026/1788286274.html) https://linux.web.cern.ch/debian/ (https://linux.web.cern.ch/debian/) https://www.phoronix.com/news/CERN-Goes-Debian-Leaving-RHEL (https://www.phoronix.com/news/CERN-Goes-Debian-Leaving-RHEL) https://itsfoss.com/news/cern-debian-push/ (https://itsfoss.com/news/cern-debian-push/) California Legislature Passes Open-Source Exemption From OS Age Verification https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1856 (https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1856) https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1856 (https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1856) https://agelesslinux.org/ (https://agelesslinux.org/) https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/california-bill-ab-1856-passes-exempting-open-source-from-age-verification/ (https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/california-bill-ab-1856-passes-exempting-open-source-from-age-verification/) https://www.phoronix.com/news/California-AB-1856-Passes (https://www.phoronix.com/news/California-AB-1856-Passes) https://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/Linux-Exempt-from-California-s-Age-Verification-Law (https://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/Linux-Exempt-from-California-s-Age-Verification-Law) 30,000 Games Playable on Linux but Ubisoft Is Intentionally Blocking For Honor https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/steam-deck-steamos-hit-over-30-000-verified-playable-games/ (https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/steam-deck-steamos-hit-over-30-000-verified-playable-games/) https://www.ubisoft.com/en-us/game/for-honor/news-updates/4WKJhG6v6C9sbCOZkFZ6wG/ranked-faq (https://www.ubisoft.com/en-us/game/for-honor/news-updates/4WKJhG6v6C9sbCOZkFZ6wG/ranked-faq) https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/ubisofts-for-honor-will-block-steamos-linux-on-september-10/ (https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/ubisofts-for-honor-will-block-steamos-linux-on-september-10/) Audacity 4.0 Released With a Completely Rebuilt Interface https://www.audacityteam.org/audacity-4/ (https://www.audacityteam.org/audacity-4/) https://forum.audacityteam.org/t/audacity-4-is-out-now/153852 (https://forum.audacityteam.org/t/audacity-4-is-out-now/153852) https://www.phoronix.com/news/Audacity-4.0-Released (https://www.phoronix.com/news/Audacity-4.0-Released) https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/09/audacity-4-released (https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/09/audacity-4-released) OpenShot 4.0 Brings Major Upgrades https://www.openshot.org/blog/2026/08/30/openshot-40-record-edit-color-like-never-before/ (https://www.openshot.org/blog/2026/08/30/openshot-40-record-edit-color-like-never-before/) https://www.phoronix.com/news/OpenShot-4.0 (https://www.phoronix.com/news/OpenShot-4.0) https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/08/openshot-4-0-release (https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/08/openshot-4-0-release) The Ur Project - A Clear Linux Architect Is Building a New Linux Distro https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7499950666367459328/ (https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7499950666367459328/) https://ur.foo-projects.org/ (https://ur.foo-projects.org/) https://www.phoronix.com/news/The-Ur-Project (https://www.phoronix.com/news/The-Ur-Project) https://itsfoss.com/news/the-ur-project-appears/ (https://itsfoss.com/news/the-ur-project-appears/) Linux From Scratch 13.1 Released https://www.linuxfromscratch.org/news.html (https://www.linuxfromscratch.org/news.html) https://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/downloads/stable-systemd/LFS-BOOK-13.1-NOCHUNKS.html (https://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/downloads/stable-systemd/LFS-BOOK-13.1-NOCHUNKS.html) https://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/view/13.1-systemd/chapter01/changelog.html (https://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/view/13.1-systemd/chapter01/changelog.html) Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS Released https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/08/ubuntu-26041-lts-point-release-download (https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/08/ubuntu-26041-lts-point-release-download) https://www.phoronix.com/news/Ubuntu-26.04.1-LTS-Released (https://www.phoronix.com/news/Ubuntu-26.04.1-LTS-Released) Update: NVIDIA confirmed they are buying Hugging Face https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/nvidia-to-acquire-hugging-face/ (https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/nvidia-to-acquire-hugging-face/) https://www.reuters.com/business/nvidia-buy-hugging-face-nearly-13-billion-big-bet-open-ai-models-2026-09-03/ (https://www.reuters.com/business/nvidia-buy-hugging-face-nearly-13-billion-big-bet-open-ai-models-2026-09-03/) https://www.reuters.com/commentary/breakingviews/nvidia-wraps-itself-129-bln-insurance-2026-09-03/ (https://www.reuters.com/commentary/breakingviews/nvidia-wraps-itself-129-bln-insurance-2026-09-03/) Support the show https://tuxdigital.com/membership (https://tuxdigital.com/membership) https://store.tuxdigital.com/ (https://store.tuxdigital.com/)

3. 

   31 Aug 2026

   355: 35 Years of Linux, NVIDIA buying Hugging Face, €500K for Flatpak, Ai in Debian, & more Linux news

   video: https://youtu.be/tksoVnYTz1c (https://youtu.be/tksoVnYTz1c) This week in Linux, we learned that NVIDIA might be buying Hugging Face and this AI community platform reportedly rejected extra investment from NVIDIA because they didn't want one company having too much influence. Now NVIDIA may be buying the entire company. Someone dumped more than 125 bug reports into QEMU in under ten minutes, leading one maintainer to call it an effective denial-of-service attack. Debian finished their debate on what to do with AI contributions and their decision was surprising. LibreOffice has a new release where they made it very clear they aren't interested in adding Ai tools to summarize the document you just wrote. Plus Flatpak is getting more than half a million euros to improve Linux app security and sandboxing, so that's awesome. And all of this is happening while Linux celebrates 35 years of the kernel. This is Your Source for Linux GNews so let's see what happened This Week in Linux. Download as MP3 (https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/2389be04-5c79-485e-b1ca-3a5b2cebb006/0fb67fe0-d0d3-4343-b639-8bcfbd4d2f47.mp3) Support the Show Become a Patron = tuxdigital.com/membership (https://tuxdigital.com/membership) Store = tuxdigital.com/store (https://tuxdigital.com/store) Chapters: 00:00 Intro 01:09 Happy 35th Birthday Linux 03:54 NVIDIA Reportedly Agrees to Buy Hugging Face for .9 Billion 07:16 Announcing €500K Sovereign Tech Agency Investment in Flatpak 09:38 Debian's AI Decision 12:07 AI Bug Reports Become a “Denial of Service” Against Open Source Maintainers 14:45 LibreOffice 26.8 Makes “No AI” a Feature 17:25 Support the show 18:40 Outro Links: Happy 35th Birthday Linux https://bsky.app/profile/tuxdigital.bsky.social/post/3mtyonwnwvk2w (https://bsky.app/profile/tuxdigital.bsky.social/post/3mtyonwnwvk2w) https://9to5linux.com/happy-35th-birthday-linux (https://9to5linux.com/happy-35th-birthday-linux) https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/linux-was-announced-by-linus-torvalds-35-years-ago-today-humble-os-started-with-10-000-lines-of-code-but-has-now-grown-to-40-million-dominates-global-infrastructure (https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/linux-was-announced-by-linus-torvalds-35-years-ago-today-humble-os-started-with-10-000-lines-of-code-but-has-now-grown-to-40-million-dominates-global-infrastructure) NVIDIA Reportedly Agrees to Buy Hugging Face for $12.9 Billion https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2026/08/27/nvidia-has-reportedly-agreed-to-buy-ai-model-hosting-platform-hugging-face-for-13-billion/ (https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2026/08/27/nvidia-has-reportedly-agreed-to-buy-ai-model-hosting-platform-hugging-face-for-13-billion/) https://www.theinformation.com/articles/nvidia-agrees-buy-open-source-model-repository-hugging-face-12-9-billion (https://www.theinformation.com/articles/nvidia-agrees-buy-open-source-model-repository-hugging-face-12-9-billion) https://www.reuters.com/technology/nvidia-talks-acquire-hugging-face-13-billion-deal-business-insider-reports-2026-08-27/ (https://www.reuters.com/technology/nvidia-talks-acquire-hugging-face-13-billion-deal-business-insider-reports-2026-08-27/) https://www.businessinsider.com/hugging-face-nvidia-deal-reshape-ai-landscape-2026-8 (https://www.businessinsider.com/hugging-face-nvidia-deal-reshape-ai-landscape-2026-8) https://www.marketwatch.com/story/what-to-know-about-hugging-face-the-open-source-ai-startup-reportedly-catching-nvidias-eye-243771f8 (https://www.marketwatch.com/story/what-to-know-about-hugging-face-the-open-source-ai-startup-reportedly-catching-nvidias-eye-243771f8) Announcing €500K Sovereign Tech Agency Investment in Flatpak https://modal.cx/blog/announcing-flatpak-sta/ (https://modal.cx/blog/announcing-flatpak-sta/) https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/sovereign-tech-agency-makes-a-big-investment-into-flatpak/ (https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/sovereign-tech-agency-makes-a-big-investment-into-flatpak/) https://www.phoronix.com/news/Sovereign-Tech-Agency-Flatpak (https://www.phoronix.com/news/Sovereign-Tech-Agency-Flatpak) Debian's AI Decision https://www.debian.org/vote/2026/vote_002#texte (https://www.debian.org/vote/2026/vote_002#texte) https://lists.debian.org/debian-vote/2026/08/msg00360.html (https://lists.debian.org/debian-vote/2026/08/msg00360.html) https://www.phoronix.com/news/Debian-Votes-On-LLM-Usage (https://www.phoronix.com/news/Debian-Votes-On-LLM-Usage) https://www.phoronix.com/news/Debian-Votes-Responsible-AI-Use (https://www.phoronix.com/news/Debian-Votes-Responsible-AI-Use) AI Bug Reports Become a “Denial of Service” Against Open Source Maintainers https://www.phoronix.com/news/AI-DoS-Attack-Maintainers (https://www.phoronix.com/news/AI-DoS-Attack-Maintainers) https://hachyderm.io/@berrange/117155755806497654 (https://hachyderm.io/@berrange/117155755806497654) https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/work_items?author_username=anwardawa981&first_page_size=20&sort=created_date&state=all (https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/work_items?author_username=anwardawa981&first_page_size=20&sort=created_date&state=all) https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/work_items/4348 (https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/work_items/4348) LibreOffice 26.8 Makes “No AI” a Feature https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/08/26/libreoffice-26-8/ (https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/08/26/libreoffice-26-8/) https://lwn.net/Articles/1090606/ (https://lwn.net/Articles/1090606/) https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/08/libreoffice-268-released (https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/08/libreoffice-268-released) https://itsfoss.com/news/libreoffice-26-8-release/ (https://itsfoss.com/news/libreoffice-26-8-release/) https://www.phoronix.com/news/LibreOffice-26.8 (https://www.phoronix.com/news/LibreOffice-26.8) Support the show https://tuxdigital.com/membership (https://tuxdigital.com/membership) https://store.tuxdigital.com/ (https://store.tuxdigital.com/)

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