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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:50 Sponsor: Internxt
02:24 Kernel devs agree to remove AI disclosure, Torvalds goes off on A.I.
04:54 Kernel 7.3 released
06:24 Big influx of Rust code in Kernel 7.4
07:40 Bitwarden moves to a commercial license, mostly
10:06 KeePassXC supports auto-type on Wayland now
11:12 Mint shows more of their new apps
13:01 LibreOffice is getting record download numbers
14:49 Proposed AI assistant prototype for Ubuntu
17:43 OpenBSD gets Wine and runs Windows games
19:13 Cutefish desktop revived as a vibe coded MacOS Clone
21:06 Epic Game Stores new preview looks pretty bad
22:55 Big Tech funds study to warn against digital sovereignty
25:18 Massive PHP flaw discovered, and patched
27:47 Sponsor: Tuxedo Computers

Links
Kernel devs agree to remove AI disclosure, Torvalds goes off on A.I.
https://www.xda-developers.com/linus-calls-banning-ai-generated-code-utterly-stupid-as-linux-submissions-no-longer-need-llm-disclosure/

Kernel 7.3 released
https://itsfoss.com/news/linux-kernel-7-3-release/

Big influx of Rust code in Kernel 7.4
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.4-Rust

Bitwarden moves to a commercial license, mostly
https://community.bitwarden.com/t/published-version-update-in-app-stores/102750

KeePassXC supports auto-type on Wayland now
https://keepassxc.org/blog/2026-10-21-2.8.0-released/

Mint shows more of their new apps

Linux Mint’s new system monitor does more than you’d expect

LibreOffice is getting record download numbers

8 weeks, 9.4 million downloads

LibreOffice Hits 9.4 Million Downloads in Just Eight Weeks

Proposed AI assistant prototype for Ubuntu

Canonical dev mocks up an Ubuntu launcher that uses AI

OpenBSD gets Wine and runs Windows games
https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-ports&m=179236125692175

Wine on OpenBSD? Yes, and It Can Already Run The Witcher 3

Cutefish desktop revived as a vibe coded MacOS Clone
https://itsfoss.com/news/cutefishos-vibe-coded-desktop/

Epic Game Stores new preview looks pretty bad
https://www.techdirt.com/2026/10/21/epic-rolls-out-vibe-coded-launcher-update-its-absolute-trash/
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/10/epic-games-launcher-preview-is-slowly-becoming-actually-usable-on-linux/

Big Tech funds study to warn against digital sovereignty
https://itsfoss.com/news/eu-cloud-sovereignty-cada-cost-study/

Massive PHP flaw discovered, and patched
https://www.wiz.io/blog/php2shell-php-rce
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cw98z6qlyvg3o

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