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 Timestamps
    
00:00 Intro
00:31 Sponsor: SquareSpace
01:47  FSF weighs in on the OnlyOffice vs EuroOffice debate
03:57 More (good) age verification news
06:37 Proton's CEO talks age verification
08:52 People lose their minds over Mozilla's new mascot
10:10 Debian elects new project lead
11:37 Ubuntu 26.04 released
14:39 Ubuntu's audit of the Rust Core Utilities
16:07 New Linux powered console
17:43 Firefox talks more about their Smart Window feature
19:38 Mozilla found 271 flaws using Anthropic Mythos
21:49 Valve gives devs more info on how their game runs on Deck
23:57 Sponsor: Tuxedo Computers


Links:
FSF weighs in on the OnlyOffice vs EuroOffice debate
https://www.fsf.org/blogs/licensing/agpl-is-not-a-tool-for-taking-freedom-away

More age verification news
https://9to5linux.com/colorado-age-attestation-bill-may-exclude-open-source-oses-and-apps
https://almalinux.org/blog/2026-04-21-california-age-verification-law/

Proton's CEO talks age verification
https://proton.me/blog/keep-age-verification-from-killing-anonymity-online

People lose their minds over Mozilla's new mascot
https://itsfoss.com/news/mozillas-firefox-mascot-gender-controversy/

Debian elects new project lead
https://linuxiac.com/debian-names-a-new-leader-for-the-project/

Ubuntu 26.04 released
https://itsfoss.com/news/kubuntu-26-04-lts/
https://youtu.be/4MYxtL0AW2g

Ubuntu's audit of the Rust Core Utilities
https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/an-update-on-rust-coreutils/80773

New Linux powered console
https://playnix.io/

Firefox talks more about their Smart Window feature
https://www.firefox.com/en-US/smart-window/?view=waitlist
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/smart-window-models

Mozilla found 271 flaws using Anthropic Mythos
https://blog.mozilla.org/en/firefox/ai-security-zero-day-vulnerabilities/

Valve gives devs more info on how their game runs on Deck
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/valve-make-steps-to-improve-steam-deck-verification-giving-developers-more-performance-data/


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The Linux Experiment

A Linux and open source news roundup covering several topics: the FSF has sided with Euro Office in the OnlyOffice fork dispute, stating that OnlyOffice's additional restrictions on top of the AGPL are unenforceable; age verification legislation updates show progress with Colorado and California potentially carving out exemptions for open source software and Linux distros, while Proton CEO Andy Yen warns against the broader trend; Ubuntu 26.04 released with Wayland-only Gnome/KDE, Rust core utilities, and various improvements; Mozilla's Firefox AI assistant feature details and their use of Anthropic's model to find 271 security vulnerabilities; and Valve sharing Steam Deck performance data with game developers.

FSF settles the Office Suite debacle, good news on age verification - Linux Weekly News