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Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 00:50 Sponsor: Internxt 02:24 Kernel devs agree to remove AI disclosure, Torvalds goes off on A.I. 04:54 Kernel 7.3 released 06:24 Big influx of Rust code in Kernel 7.4 07:40 Bitwarden moves to a commercial license, mostly 10:06 KeePassXC supports auto-type on Wayland now 11:12 Mint shows more of their new apps 13:01 LibreOffice is getting record download numbers 14:49 Proposed AI assistant prototype for Ubuntu 17:43 OpenBSD gets Wine and runs Windows games 19:13 Cutefish desktop revived as a vibe coded MacOS Clone 21:06 Epic Game Stores new preview looks pretty bad 22:55 Big Tech funds study to warn against digital sovereignty 25:18 Massive PHP flaw discovered, and patched 27:47 Sponsor: Tuxedo Computers

Links Kernel devs agree to remove AI disclosure, Torvalds goes off on A.I. https://www.xda-developers.com/linus-calls-banning-ai-generated-code-utterly-stupid-as-linux-submissions-no-longer-need-llm-disclosure/

Kernel 7.3 released https://itsfoss.com/news/linux-kernel-7-3-release/

Big influx of Rust code in Kernel 7.4 https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.4-Rust

Bitwarden moves to a commercial license, mostly https://community.bitwarden.com/t/published-version-update-in-app-stores/102750

KeePassXC supports auto-type on Wayland now https://keepassxc.org/blog/2026-10-21-2.8.0-released/

Mint shows more of their new apps https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/10/linux-mint-new-system-monitor

LibreOffice is getting record download numbers https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/10/21/8-weeks-9-4-million-downloads/ https://linuxiac.com/libreoffice-hits-9-4-million-downloads-in-just-eight-weeks/

Proposed AI assistant prototype for Ubuntu https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/10/ubuntu-ai-launcher-prototype

OpenBSD gets Wine and runs Windows games https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-ports&m=179236125692175 https://linuxiac.com/wine-on-openbsd-yes-and-it-can-already-run-the-witcher-3/

Cutefish desktop revived as a vibe coded MacOS Clone https://itsfoss.com/news/cutefishos-vibe-coded-desktop/

Epic Game Stores new preview looks pretty bad https://www.techdirt.com/2026/10/21/epic-rolls-out-vibe-coded-launcher-update-its-absolute-trash/ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/10/epic-games-launcher-preview-is-slowly-becoming-actually-usable-on-linux/

Big Tech funds study to warn against digital sovereignty https://itsfoss.com/news/eu-cloud-sovereignty-cada-cost-study/

Massive PHP flaw discovered, and patched https://www.wiz.io/blog/php2shell-php-rce https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cw98z6qlyvg3o