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Android becomes more like iOS, another key dev leaves the Asahi Linux project, Mozilla will probably keep their Google search deal, we troll Félim with some AI bollocks, GNOME can’t keep an executive director, Microsoft releases the source for an ancient BASIC implementation, friend of the show Connor is snubbed by an Irish newspaper, a brief review of a classic Bond movie, and more.

News

A new layer of security for certified Android devices

With Apple M1/M2 Graphics Driver Code Working, Alyssa Rosenzweig Stepping Away From Asahi Linux

Consultation on the review of the DMA

Judge who ruled Google is a monopoly orders modest remedies

Firefox Adds CoPilot Chatbot, New Tab Widgets in Nightly Builds

Firefox 32-bit Linux Support to End in 2026 – Future Releases

Firefox ESR won’t quit Windows 7 until March 2026

AI Is Now Being Used To Help Determine Patches For Backporting In The Linux Kernel

Jimmy Wales Says Wikipedia Could Use AI. Editors Call It the ‘Antithesis of Wikipedia’

Perplexity Is Launching a New Revenue-Share Model for Publishers

Vivaldi browser capo doubles down on generative AI ban

Thanks and farewell to Steven Deobald

So short, and thanks for all the flinch

Microsoft Releases Historic 6502 BASIC

Windows 10 support shutdown offers window of opportunity for a Linux OS developed in Dublin

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Podcast (all): Download (Duration: 32:15 — 25.9MB)

What happens to Linux after Linus, what a German legal case might mean for blocking ads on the web, Graham tell us about his new foldable phone which Joe has also had for about 7 months, and a quick KDE Korner.

News/disccussion

The plan for Linux after Torvalds has a kernel of truth: There isn’t one

‘Ad Blocking is Not Piracy’ Decision Overturned By Top German Court

Foldable phone

Graham has just bought a Pixel 9 Pro Fold, and Joe has had his for about 7 months. It’s chunky, fragile, but really cool. Especially for reading, playing old games, and using ssh. Graham mentioned a screenshot of his old phone and Will mentioned a photo that Graham took of the new phone.

KDE Korner

KDE 🌞 Gear 25.08 & Kdenlive

Karton Update

Getting Ready for Akademy

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The AI crawler bot arms race has developed more quickly than we hoped, Google pretends to care what the community thinks, full Linux desktop apps are probably coming to Android, Thunderbird shares more details of their paid services and we are interested, and PuTTY has a great new domain name.

News

It seems like the AI crawlers learned how to solve the Anubis challenges

these sham community engagement exercises piss me off

Hands-on: We ran full desktop Linux apps on an Android phone!

Thunderbird Pro August 2025 Update

There is a new short domain name for #PuTTY!

putty.software

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