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This week in Linux news was packed. Steam on Linux jumped past 5%, Wine started reviving its Android driver, and Gaim somehow came back from the dead. Debian is also trying to figure out how new age verification laws could affect the project, while MidnightBSD actually shipped age attestation tools first.
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store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/Steam-Hardware-Software-Survey-Welcome-to-Steam?platform=combined
fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/UseSystemdForManagingPerUserEnvironmentVariables
discourse.ubuntu.com/t/ubuntu-mate-seeking-maintainers/79264/11
gaim.imfreedom.org
gitlab.freedesktop.org/wayland/wayland-protocols/-/merge_requests/149
invent.kde.org/plasma/kwin/-/merge_requests/9023
forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/preview-drm-per-plane-color-pipeline-api-support-for-nvidia-open-gpu-kernel-modules/365381
lore.kernel.org/lkml/20260403191942.21410-1-dipiets@amazon.it
gitlab.winehq.org/wine/wine/-/releases/wine-11.6
gitlab.winehq.org/wine/wine/-/merge_requests/10531
redox-os.org/news/rsoc-dwrr
gentoo.org/news/2026/04/01/gentoo-hurd.html
newsroom.ibm.com/2026-04-02-ibm-announces-strategic-collaboration-with-arm-to-shape-the-future-of-enterprise-computing
lore.freedesktop.org/wayland-devel/ac3BvFsDqg9DGmS5@quokka/T/#u
github.com/harfbuzz/harfbuzz/releases/tag/14.0.0
gitlab.freedesktop.org/wayland/wayland-protocols
lore.kernel.org/lkml/20260401074509.1897527-1-dwmw2@infradead.org
lore.kernel.org/lkml/2cb91533e22ed6cb11205dbc56b8aeedbbce0cca.camel@infradead.org
lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2026-March/043555.html
lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2026/04/msg00001.html
github.com/MidnightBSD/src/releases/tag/4.0.4
00:00 HUGE Win for Linux in Gaming
00:59 Fedora REJECTS Systemd env proposal
02:12 Will Ubuntu LOSE Mate Desktop?
03:44 GIAM 3 Introduced
05:09 Wayland Fractional Scaling V2
06:01 Nvidia Releases new Linux Color API
07:54 Postgresql 50% REGRESSION in Linux
09:25 WINE Android REVIVAL?
11:17 REDOX Rehauls its Scheduler
12:32 Gentoo GOES GNU/HURD instead of Linux?
14:51 IBM annouces collab with ARM
15:58 LIBinput Security BIG Security Vulnerbility
17:44 Font Rendering JUST got GPU Accelerated on Linux
19:19 FINALLY Better Wayland Restore Sessions
20:12 ARE WE Trying to get rid of IPv4
21:52 UBUNTU Pushes AMD's ROCm
23:15 Debian Responds to Age Verification
26:33 Midnight BSD Adds Age Storage Mechanisms
#linux #pc #tech
This week in Linux news was packed. Steam on Linux jumped past 5%, Wine started reviving its Android driver, and Gaim somehow came back from the dead. Debian is also trying to figure out how new age verification laws could affect the project, while MidnightBSD actually shipped age attestation tools first.
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store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/Steam-Hardware-Software-Survey-Welcome-to-Steam?platform=combined
fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/UseSystemdForManagingPerUserEnvironmentVariables
discourse.ubuntu.com/t/ubuntu-mate-seeking-maintainers/79264/11
gaim.imfreedom.org
gitlab.freedesktop.org/wayland/wayland-protocols/-/merge_requests/149
invent.kde.org/plasma/kwin/-/merge_requests/9023
forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/preview-drm-per-plane-color-pipeline-api-support-for-nvidia-open-gpu-kernel-modules/365381
lore.kernel.org/lkml/20260403191942.21410-1-dipiets@amazon.it
gitlab.winehq.org/wine/wine/-/releases/wine-11.6
gitlab.winehq.org/wine/wine/-/merge_requests/10531
redox-os.org/news/rsoc-dwrr
gentoo.org/news/2026/04/01/gentoo-hurd.html
newsroom.ibm.com/2026-04-02-ibm-announces-strategic-collaboration-with-arm-to-shape-the-future-of-enterprise-computing
lore.freedesktop.org/wayland-devel/ac3BvFsDqg9DGmS5@quokka/T/#u
github.com/harfbuzz/harfbuzz/releases/tag/14.0.0
gitlab.freedesktop.org/wayland/wayland-protocols
lore.kernel.org/lkml/20260401074509.1897527-1-dwmw2@infradead.org
lore.kernel.org/lkml/2cb91533e22ed6cb11205dbc56b8aeedbbce0cca.camel@infradead.org
lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2026-March/043555.html
lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2026/04/msg00001.html
github.com/MidnightBSD/src/releases/tag/4.0.4
00:00 HUGE Win for Linux in Gaming
00:59 Fedora REJECTS Systemd env proposal
02:12 Will Ubuntu LOSE Mate Desktop?
03:44 GIAM 3 Introduced
05:09 Wayland Fractional Scaling V2
06:01 Nvidia Releases new Linux Color API
07:54 Postgresql 50% REGRESSION in Linux
09:25 WINE Android REVIVAL?
11:17 REDOX Rehauls its Scheduler
12:32 Gentoo GOES GNU/HURD instead of Linux?
14:51 IBM annouces collab with ARM
15:58 LIBinput Security BIG Security Vulnerbility
17:44 Font Rendering JUST got GPU Accelerated on Linux
19:19 FINALLY Better Wayland Restore Sessions
20:12 ARE WE Trying to get rid of IPv4
21:52 UBUNTU Pushes AMD's ROCm
23:15 Debian Responds to Age Verification
26:33 Midnight BSD Adds Age Storage Mechanisms
#linux #pc #tech
