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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https://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/Steam-Hardware-Software-Survey-Welcome-to-Steam?platform=combined

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/UseSystemdForManagingPerUserEnvironmentVariables

https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/ubuntu-mate-seeking-maintainers/79264/11

https://gaim.imfreedom.org/

https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/wayland/wayland-protocols/-/merge_requests/149

https://invent.kde.org/plasma/kwin/-/merge_requests/9023

https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/preview-drm-per-plane-color-pipeline-api-support-for-nvidia-open-gpu-kernel-modules/365381

https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20260403191942.21410-1-dipiets@amazon.it/

https://gitlab.winehq.org/wine/wine/-/releases/wine-11.6

https://gitlab.winehq.org/wine/wine/-/merge_requests/10531

https://www.redox-os.org/news/rsoc-dwrr/

https://www.gentoo.org/news/2026/04/01/gentoo-hurd.html

https://newsroom.ibm.com/2026-04-02-ibm-announces-strategic-collaboration-with-arm-to-shape-the-future-of-enterprise-computing

https://lore.freedesktop.org/wayland-devel/ac3BvFsDqg9DGmS5@quokka/T/#u

https://github.com/harfbuzz/harfbuzz/releases/tag/14.0.0

https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/wayland/wayland-protocols

https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20260401074509.1897527-1-dwmw2@infradead.org/

https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/2cb91533e22ed6cb11205dbc56b8aeedbbce0cca.camel@infradead.org/

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2026-March/043555.html

https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2026/04/msg00001.html

https://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


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A weekly Linux and open source news roundup covering: Steam's March 2026 survey showing Linux gaming at 5.33% (double macOS); Fedora rejecting systemd-based user environment variable management; Ubuntu MATE seeking new maintainers after its founder steps down; Wine 11.6 reviving Android driver support and exploring Zink/Vulkan for OpenGL; a Linux kernel 7.0 regression causing ~50% PostgreSQL throughput drop; Nvidia using AI (Claude) to accelerate Linux driver development; KDE merging Wayland fractional scaling v2 improvements; HarfBuzz 14 adding GPU-accelerated text rendering; Redox OS's new DWRR CPU scheduler delivering 1.5x performance gains; a libinput Lua plugin security vulnerability affecting Fedora 43/44; ROCm gaining an official Ubuntu maintainer; and Debian discussing age verification legislation implications.

Linux Gaming Exploded, Debian Faces Age Laws, Wine Adds Android & MORE