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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:39 Sponsor: SquareSpace
02:25 KDE gets 1.2M euros from STF
05:14 DirtyFrag vulnerability & Killswitch proposed
07:20 Yet another vulnerability for Linux
08:16 And another Linux flaw discovered
09:59 Plasma 6.7 beta released
12:47 EU wants Google to share anonymized user data with other engines
17:04 Fedora discusses making an "AI desktop spin"
21:03 Abstract brings some of their software to Linux
23:08 CEMU infected with malware
24:31 Wine improves Wayland driver
26:25 Sponsor: Tuxedo Computers
Links:
KDE gets 1.2M euros from STF
https://kde.org/announcements/sovereign-tech-fund-invests-kde/
Yet another vulnerability for Linux
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-fragnesia-linux-flaw-lets-attackers-gain-root-privileges/
And another Linux flaw discovered
https://github.com/0xdeadbeefnetwork/ssh-keysign-pwn
Plasma 6.7 beta released
https://community.kde.org/Plasma/Plasma_6#Plasma_6.7
EU wants Google to share anonymized user data with other engines
https://www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-privacy-security/google-is-not-collaborative-and-not-in-the-spirit-of-complying-with-this-regulation-can-the-eu-commission-strong-arm-google-into-levelling-the-playing-field-of-the-search-engine-market-and-is-this-really-in-the-interest-of-your-privacy
Fedora discusses making an "AI desktop spin""
https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/fedora-ai-developer-desktop-objective/184941
https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/fedora-ai-developer-desktop-objective/184941/54
https://www.techradar.com/pro/i-have-zero-evidence-in-front-of-me-that-users-are-being-driven-away-from-fedora-because-of-ai-ubuntu-and-fedora-confirmed-to-both-get-ai-support-soon
Community & Contributions Rencontres R 2026 – Nantes: The R user community will gather in Nantes for Rencontres R 2026, a conference focused on the R language and its applications. From Learner to Contributor: Wikimedia Mentorship: A personal story about finding a voice on Wikimedia through mentorship, highlighting how guidance helps newcomers become contributors. Help … Read more
Top Stories Impacting Open Source This week’s open-source landscape is marked by a jarring paradox: the open-sourcing of malware on GitHub. The Shai-Hulud worm, released by TeamPCP, raises critical questions about platform responsibility and the ethical boundaries of open source. While GitHub is a hub for innovation, this incident highlights the need for better security … Read more
AI’s Open Source Crossroads This week’s digest highlights a pivotal tension: AI is becoming both more accessible and more risky. From multi-agent orchestration to hidden censorship biases, the open source community must navigate powerful capabilities alongside new vulnerabilities. The stories below show how developers and enterprises are grappling with these trade-offs. Multi-Agent AI Gets a … Read more
See how ChatGPT for Excel can help finance teams review a CFO performance workbook before it goes out.
In this demo, ChatGPT checks tie-outs across model tabs, flags issues like stale source data and revenue mismatches, creates a QA issue log, drafts owner questions, and gives a clear readiness verdict.
How h2oGPTe enables no-code Super Agent customization and auto-generated multi-agent Python code using CrewAI and LangGraph.
Enterprises often need agents tailored to specific workflows beyond built-in defaults. h2oGPTe supports two approaches: the Super Agent can be rapidly customized using system prompts, collections, and tool configurations without any code. For advanced requirements, the Agent Builder generates fully executable Python source code by accepting a natural language workflow description, selecting the right framework (CrewAI or LangGraph), and running an internal build-test-refine loop. Agents also generate standardized A2A protocol files for cross-framework interoperability.
Technical Capabilities & Resources
➤ Super Agent Customization: Configure task-specific agents using custom system prompts, collections, and tool orchestration—no code required.
🔗 https://docs.h2o.ai/enterprise-h2ogpte/guide/agents#how-it-works
➤ Agent Builder & Code Generation: Generate production-ready Python code for custom agents using CrewAI, LangGraph, or the OpenAI SDK.
🔗 https://docs.h2o.ai/enterprise-h2ogpte/guide/agents
➤ Multi-Agent Ecosystems (A2A Protocol): Automatically generate A2A communication files for agent interoperability across different frameworks.
🔗 https://docs.h2o.ai/enterprise-h2ogpte/guide/agents/agent-builder/a2a-protocol
April saw lots of updates with Kafka, ClickHouse, and more:
Powering analytics with ClickHouse and FSx.
https://www.instaclustr.com/blog/powering-low-latency-analytics-with-clickhouse-and-amazon-fsx/
Kafka Client Telemetry
https://www.instaclustr.com/blog/introducing-kafka-client-telemetry-centralized-client-metrics-for-instaclustr-managed-apache-kafka/
Version bumps for Kafka:
Released Kafka 3.9.2 and Kafka Connect 3.9.2 to General Availability
Support Karapace Schema Registry 5.2.0 and Karapace Rest Proxy 5.2.0
Released PostgreSQL 18.3, 17.9 and 16.13
More product updates in April so subscribe for more video content like this about Kafka, ClickHouse, Cassandra, and more.
Large Language Models (LLMs) can inherit hidden biases from their training data—including censorship bias. This talk explores how training on censored internet content can shape AI outputs, especially in Simplified Chinese datasets affected by state censorship.
Learn about a new research method comparing responses in Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese to detect censorship bias in popular AI models from Google, Meta, OpenAI, and Anthropic. The findings reveal evidence of censorship bias across multiple leading LLMs.
We’ll also discuss the wider implications for AI privacy, security, and trust, including risks of generative AI in the software supply chain and how open source communities can respond.
FOSSASIA Summit 2026 held in Bangkok, is Asia’s leading Open Source tech conference featuring sessions on #AI, #Cloud, #DevOps, #Open Hardware, #Security, #Web #Mobile Technologies, #Web3, and #Databases. Learn more: http://summit.fossasia.org
Video by CNCF [Cloud Native Computing Foundation] via YouTube
Collaborating on GitHub is great, but solving a production bottleneck over coffee? That’s where the real magic happens. ☕️
The "hallway track" is where the best cloud native insights are born—from whiteboarding new architectures to hearing raw migration stories you won’t find in a PR.
Join the community this summer to build the future of cloud native, face-to-face:
🇮🇳 Mumbai, India | June 18-19
🇯🇵 Yokohama, Japan | July 29-30
Register here: https://www.cncf.io/kubecon-cloudnativecon-events/
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