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Firefox Gets (too) Rounded, Flatpak for CLI & Dev tools, Ubuntu does tiling now - Linux Weekly News (tilvids.com)
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Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 00:30 Sponsor: Proton Mail 01:23 Ubuntu 26.10 beta released 03:58 Ubuntu 24.04 to 26.04 upgrade now possible 05:14 Toolpak introduced as the Flatpak for dev tools 08:24 F-Droid launches full rewrite of the app 10:00 Firefox 157 adds the new Nova theme 12:33 Igalia working on Firefox for SteamOS 14:35 PostmarketOS changes name 16:11 Dev proposes that GNOME accepts AI contributions 18:10 Ubuntu 26.10 has an image for Snapdragon laptops 19:33 New minimalist FOSS web browser 21:55 Meta found guilty of lying on data protection and moderation 24:15 Sponsor: Tuxedo Computers

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Ubuntu 26.10 beta released https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/10/ubuntu-2610-beta-released

Ubuntu 24.04 to 26.04 upgrade now possible https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/09/ubuntu-2604-upgrades-live-2404

Toolpak introduced as the Flatpak for dev tools https://blogs.gnome.org/alatiera/2026/09/26/introducing-toolpak/

F-Droid launches full rewrite of the app https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/09/f-droid-gets-its-biggest-update-in-a-decade-with-new-ui-and-smoother-app-installs/

Firefox 157 adds the new Nova theme https://linuxiac.com/firefox-157-nova-released-with-its-biggest-visual-refresh-in-years/

Igalia working on Firefox for SteamOS https://www.phoronix.com/news/Steam-Deck-Better-Firefox

PostmarketOS changes name https://nura.eco/blog/2026/09/27/nura-rename/

Dev proposes that GNOME accepts AI contributions https://arunraghavan.net/2026/09/on-llms-and-free-software/

Ubuntu 26.10 has an image for Snapdragon laptops https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/09/ubuntu-2610-snapdragon-x2

New minimalist FOSS web browser https://blancbrowser.com/

Meta found guilty of lying on data protection and moderation https://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news/new-mexico-wins-second-suit-against-meta/article_e4a95a15-5303-473d-9005-fdedb1ebd619.html https://www.reuters.com/world/us/new-mexico-wants-meta-pay-up-40-billion-penalties-after-data-privacy-trial-2026-10-01/

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[โ€“] 1 point 1 month ago

In terms of bad OSS project names, I feel like one of the worst is RawTherapee's fork, called Another RawTherapee, or "ART". No search engine can find it, because search ignores capitalization and it just thinks you're searching for art (as a common English noun). So when you look up "how to do x in ART" it thinks you're searching for regular art tutorials, and when you look up "how to do x in Another RawTherapee", it answers with the non-fork version of Rawtherapee because indexing rules make that come up first, but the UI in the non-fork version is totally different because that's the entire point of the fork, so the tutorial does not apply. In any case, this naming scheme is bound to give you a good headache when you need to look up anything.

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