NEW VPN Laws that could change Linux as we know it. Ubuntu is pushing for AI in their Linux Distro & Linux news this week with Linus Torvalds making merges. AMD is focused on bringing HDMI 2.1 to us. Major improvements to performance, gpu, cpu, and desktops on Linux systems using the kernel. This in-depth review of what's new in Linux this week and some DRAMA.

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SOURCES:
https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8250/text

https://commission.europa.eu/news-and-media/news/european-age-verification-app-keep-children-safe-online-2026-04-15_en
https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/the-future-of-ai-in-ubuntu/81130/33

https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/the-future-of-ai-in-ubuntu/81130/41

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=b0f6f4ac7d5d04fe2adcdd63ed1cd1ad505b8958

https://store.steampowered.com/sale/steamcontroller

https://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/

https://thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2026/05/twig-247/

https://github.com/totoshko88/RustConn

https://www.linuxmint.com/hwe.php

https://code.videolan.org/videolan/dav2d

https://blogs.kde.org/2026/05/02/this-week-in-plasma-background-apps-and-zoom-up-scaling/

https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/-/merge_requests/10153

https://zed.dev/blog/zed-1-0

https://devuanusers.com/thread-gtk2-revival-thread--80

https://git.devuan.org/Daemonratte/gtk2-ng

https://github.com/amd/gaia/tree/v0.17.5

https://lore.kernel.org/amd-gfx/20260501140441.41068-1-harry.wentland@amd.com/

https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260424204418.3809733-1-tj@kernel.org/

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=664f0f6be37ce4ef80992cf2ed74761cd5bbe207

https://fedoramagazine.org/announcing-fedora-linux-44/

https://github.com/any1/wayvnc/releases/tag/v0.10.0

https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/SB0073.html

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/04/utahs-new-law-regulating-vpns-goes-effect-next-week

00:00 Ubuntu Doubles Down on AI
03:30 Valve fixes AUDIO Bug with OLED SteamDeck
04:17 Steam Controller Release Tomorrow
05:18 Steam Survey Linux Use Lowers (Correction)
06:06 GNOME Updates (RustConn)
07:23 Linux Mint has new HW Images with Newer Kernels
08:27 VideoLan’s NEW AV2 Decoder (dav2d)
09:28 KDE Plasma Updates
10:44 Plans to Delete MESA Classic
11:56 ZED Code Editor 1.0 RELEASE
14:17 NEW GTK2 Revival Project from Devuan
15:43 AMD Ryzen AI on LINUX
16:39 MASSIVE AMD HDMI 2.1 Breakthrough
18:26 Linus Merges AI Found Bug Fixes
19:23 Fedora 44 Release after Delays
20:03 WayVNC a Wayland Only VNC Server
20:56 WILD VPN Laws are Coming.. 

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Ubuntu’s AI Push, AMD Fixes HDMI 2.1, Valve Keeps Winning & VPN Laws Get Wild