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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:30 Sponsor: SquareSpace
01:46 France starts their move to Linux
04:40 More distros speak on age verification
07:26 KDE’s Oxygen and Air themes almost fixed
09:07 Mesa says they’ll accept Ai generated code
11:20 New driver proposed to fight malicious USB devices
13:34 Cosmic update improves the file manager a lot
15:10 Google’s AI overview lies millions of times each hour
17:19 Anthropic donates 1.5M to Apache Foundation
18:56 Valve optimizes Linux for gaming with lower VRAM
21:22 Wine 11 revives Android support & fixes Mod support
23:04 Sponsor: Tuxedo Computers

Links:

France starts their move to Linux
https://linuxiac.com/france-launches-government-linux-desktop-plan-as-windows-exit-begins/
https://www.numerique.gouv.fr/sinformer/espace-presse/souverainete-numerique-reduction-dependances-extra-europeennes/

More distros speak on age verification
https://getsol.us/2026/04/solus-and-age-verification/
https://forum.zorin.com/t/statement-about-age-verification-laws/61052
https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2026/04/msg00001.html

KDE’s Oxygen and Air themes almost fixed
https://filipfila.wordpress.com/2026/04/05/halfway-there-to-6-7-updates-on-oxygen-and-air/

Mesa says they’ll accept Ai generated code
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Mesa-Two-Gen-AI-Policies

New driver proposed to fight malicious USB devices
https://itsfoss.com/news/linux-driver-proposal-malicious-hid-devices/

Cosmic update improves the file manager a lot
https://github.com/pop-os/cosmic-epoch/releases/tag/epoch-1.0.9

Google’s AI overview lies millions of times each hour
https://arstechnica.com/google/2026/04/analysis-finds-google-ai-overviews-is-wrong-10-percent-of-the-time/

Anthropic donates 1.5M to Apache Foundation
https://news.apache.org/foundation/entry/the-apache-software-foundation-announces-1-5m-donation-from-anthropic

Valve optimizes Linux for gaming with lower VRAM
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Valve-Better-Gaming-Low-vRAM

Wine 11 revives Android support & fixes Mod support
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/wine-11-6-is-an-exciting-release-to-make-modding-windows-games-on-linux-simpler/
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Wine-11.6-Released

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