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How do we fix the broken Internet? We try to find solutions that don’t mean resorting to regulation. Plus Arm is sold again, Ubuntu community rumblings, a packed KDE Korner, and more.
News
NVIDIA to Acquire Arm for $40 Billion
Arm co-founder starts ‘Save Arm’ campaign to keep independence amid $40B Nvidia deal
Amiga Fast File System makes minor comeback in new Linux kernel
Admin
Check out Paddy’s new show Tabs, Not Spaces
Check out Jono Bacon’s book club
Fixing the Internet
Mozilla CEO Mitchell Baker urges European Commission to seize ‘once-in-a-generation’ opportunity
EU lawmakers say it’s time to go further on tackling disinformation
Telling people to delete Facebook won’t fix the internet
KDE Korner
KDE Plasma 5.20 Will Alert You If Your Disk Is Failing, New Bluetooth page & in 20.12 (while out) Annotations in Spectacle
Fedora 34 KDE Spin Planning Switch To Wayland
Akademy makes the magic happen: Check Fri, Sat, Sun, Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu & Fri / Fri Wrap
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Lernard
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