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Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 00:43 Sponsor: SquareSpace 02:15 Sony & Microsoft just handed Linux a major win 07:30 PS5 Linux project now works pretty well 08:45 New Linux tablet looks pretty nice 10:23 Google Fined 4 billion euros 13:00 Some cool GNOME apps released and updated 15:32 Unpatched vulnerability in KDE 6.7 17:20 Microsoft launches WSL containers 18:48 Canonical sponsors a Rust focused entity 20:53 Fedora revamps their Community process over AI desktop spin 24:18 Kernel devs want to drop the "assisted by AI" tag 26:11 Sponsor: Tuxedo Computers
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Sony & Microsoft just handed Linux a major win https://blog.playstation.com/2026/07/01/physical-disc-production-ending-in-january-2028-for-new-games-releasing-on-playstation-consoles/ https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0ryjyvjq41o https://www.techradar.com/gaming/sony-announces-that-the-ps3-and-vita-stores-are-going-offline-on-the-same-day-it-tells-us-we-wont-be-able-to-buy-physical-games-in-future-this-is-why-physical-media-matters https://www.techradar.com/streaming/entertainment/this-should-be-illegal-sony-is-deleting-over-500-movies-that-people-bought-from-their-digital-libraries-just-proving-further-why-4k-blu-rays-popularity-keeps-growing https://www.techradar.com/gaming/xbox-might-be-following-playstations-lead-as-new-reports-claim-microsoft-is-testing-a-new-disc-to-digital-game-feature-called-positron-and-the-next-gen-project-helix-console-wont-have-a-disc-drive
PS5 Linux project now works pretty well https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/playstation-5-linux-project-gets-upgraded-to-support-new-firmware-and-ps5-slim/
New Linux tablet looks pretty nice https://junocomputers.com/juno-tab-4-wifi/
Google Fined 4 billion euros https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/legal/google-loses-final-appeal-to-overturn-41-billion-eu-fine/
Some cool GNOME apps released and updated https://thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2026/06/twig-255/
Unpatched vulnerability in KDE 6.7 https://blog.kimiblock.top/2026/07/01/arbitrary-code-execution-in-kde-plasma/
Microsoft launches WSL containers https://devblogs.microsoft.com/commandline/wsl-container-is-now-available-for-public-preview/
Canonical sponsors a Rust focused entity https://ubuntu.com/blog/canonical-becomes-gold-sponsor-of-trifecta-tech-foundation https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/carefully-but-purposefully-oxidising-ubuntu/56995
Fedora revamps their Community process over AI desktop spin https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/O2ZTWWB4FWP2H5R2FHED2QTGCJSNJ53I/
Kernel devs want to drop the "assisted by AI" tag https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-AI-Attribution-Again