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Egos ruining Open Source projects, distros vs software conflicts - Linux Weekly News (tilvids.com)
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Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 00:41 Sponsor: Proton Mail 01:43 Upstream vs distros debate kicks off again 05:16 432 CVEs published in 2 days by the Linux kernel team 08:20 Flathub reviewers leaving 11:18 Flathub's AI slop ban was probably the right call 13:11 Collabora talks about their work on the Steam Frame OS 14:51 GNOME changes how they handle CVEs 17:22 Firefox 153 released with containers 19:18 LibreOffice explains why MSOffice formats aren't really open 22:00 JellyFin loses multiple contributors 23:11 Libx11-compat trying to keep legacy apps alive on systems without x11 25:04 How AI is changing open source 29:44 Sponsor: Tuxedo Computers

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Upstream vs distros debate kicks off again https://linuxiac.com/linux-mint-and-gnome-calendar-clash-resurfaces-months-later/ https://gitlab.com/linuxmint/pins/mint/gnome-calendar/-/work_items/1 https://tesk.page/2026/07/18/how-far-would-hostile-distributions-go-to-hurt-upstream/

432 CVEs published in 2 days by the Linux kernel team https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/07/22/linux-kernel-team-publishes-432-cves-in-two-days/5276497

Flathub reviewers leaving https://bbhtt.in/posts/flathub-leave/ https://bbhtt.in/posts/taking-a-pause/

Flathub's AI slop ban was probably the right call https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/07/flathub-ai-slop-ban-data

Collabora talks about their work on the Steam Frame OS https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/news-and-events/building-an-arch-linux-aarch64-port-for-holo-core.html

GNOME changes how they handle CVEs https://blogs.gnome.org/mcatanzaro/2026/07/20/some-changes-to-gnome-security-tracking/

Firefox 153 released with containers https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/07/firefox-153-new-containers-feature

LibreOffice explains why MSOffice formats aren't really open https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/07/17/microsofts-main-tool-for-lock-in/

JellyFin loses multiple contributors https://forum.jellyfin.org/t-project-leadership-changes https://linuxiac.com/jellyfin-loses-project-leader-and-core-team-member-in-major-shake-up/

Libx11-compat trying to keep legacy apps alive on systems without x11 https://www.phoronix.com/news/libx11-compat

How AI is changing open source https://enblog.eischmann.cz/2026/07/23/how-ai-is-changing-open-source/

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[โ€“] 1 point 3 months ago (1 child)

Interesting changes on Firefox - Why do they include the PDF editor in the browser though? It could be an addon or even a separate application. Having it within the browser feels wrong, and I always disable it.

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