Massive funding for Linux projects, Nintendo nukes emulation, Graphene Comes to more phones

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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:36 Sponsor: TuxCare
01:45 Flatpak gets half a million in funding
03:57 Omarchy gets 8 million dollars
06:05 Nintendo nukes 400 repos linked to emulation
08:16 GrapheneOS will come to Motorola flagships
09:34 Kernel 7.3 brings a lot of performance improvements
11:10 BTRFS improves, ext4 and XFS still much faster
13:09 Chromium working on adding proper Flatpak support
14:35 Multikernel project has its first version
16:39 Asahi project now supports M3 macs
18:30 LibreOffice gets big improvements
20:42 Apple starts putting ads in their Maps app
23:26 Wine and Proton update
24:57 Sponsor: Tuxedo Computers

Links:

Flatpak gets half a million in funding
https://modal.cx/blog/announcing-flatpak-sta/

Omarchy gets 8 million dollars

Arch-Based Omarchy Linux Distro Lands a Massive $8M Boost

https://omarchy.org/news/2026/08/omacom-foundation-launches-with-8-million/

Nintendo nukes 400 repos linked to emulation
https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/nintendo/nintendo-takes-down-over-400-github-repositories-for-switch-emulators-in-one-go-relentless-dmca-strikes-tied-to-piracy-concerns-over-illegal-cryptographic-keys

GrapheneOS will come to Motorola flagships

GrapheneOS Support Is Coming to Motorola Flagships in 2027

https://grapheneos.social/@GrapheneOS/117078064184215730

Kernel 7.3 brings a lot of performance improvements
https://itsfoss.com/news/linux-7-3-preview/

BTRFS improves, ext4 and XFS still much faster
https://www.phoronix.com/review/linux-73-filesystems/4

Chromium working on adding proper Flatpak support
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Chrome-Chromium-Flatpak

Multikernel project has its first version

Multikernel Linux Releases First Public Kernel Tree Based on Linux 7.0

https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/ao34RJ7aZ2BLd67S@pop-os.localdomain/

Asahi project now supports M3 macs
https://asahilinux.org/2026/08/progress-report-7-2/

LibreOffice gets big improvements

LibreOffice 26.8 brings professional typography, deeper support for the world’s writing systems, and no artificial intelligence

Apple starts putting ads in their Maps app
https://www.techradar.com/phones/iphone/ill-just-use-google-maps-apple-maps-users-rebel-against-new-ads-that-you-cant-turn-off-even-with-an-icloud-subscription

Wine and Proton update
https://gitlab.winehq.org/wine/wine/-/releases/wine-11.16
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/proton-11-0-2-is-out-with-lots-of-gaming-fixes-for-linux-steamos-steam-deck-steam-machine/

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