Microsoft Office 365 installs, runs, and works on Linux now! – Linux & Open Source Weekly News

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Microsoft Office 365 installs, runs, and works on Linux now! - Linux & Open Source Weekly News

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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:42 Sponsor: Internxt
02:26 Microsoft 365 runs on Linux through Wine now
04:44 Mint will ship more of their own applications
07:07 Ubuntu completes its move to Rust coreutils
09:37 Steam Frame revealed, up for signups
13:04 GNOME 51 released
14:54 GNOME Shell Mobile seems in a weird place
17:44 Flatpak working on app services
19:47 Improvements for the Linux kernel
21:52 AMDv3 images provide a nice boost to low end hardware
23:48 OpenAI discloses worrying cheating behavior in its models
26:37 A few gaming things
29:15 Sponsor: Tuxedo Computers

LINKS:

Microsoft 365 runs on Linux through Wine now
https://itsfoss.com/news/bottles-microsoft-365-early-look/

Mint will ship more of their own applications

Monthly News – August 2026

Ubuntu completes its move to Rust coreutils
https://itsfoss.com/news/ubuntu-rustification-coreutils-migration/

Steam Frame revealed, up for signups (Includes LTT Leak)
https://boilingsteam.com/ltt-leaks-steam-frames-first-look-ahead-of-schedule/index.html
https://store.steampowered.com/hardware/steamframe

GNOME 51 released
https://release.gnome.org/51/

GNOME Shell Mobile seems in a weird place
https://blogs.gnome.org/carlosg/2026/09/15/on-mobile-and-peer-pressure/

Flatpak working on app services
https://blogs.gnome.org/ignapk/2026/09/16/flatpak-stf-terminal-intent/

Improvements for the Linux kernel
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Branch-Remove-Old-ARM-Drivers
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Faster-Kernel-Builds-AI-v2

AMDv3 images provide a nice boost to low end hardware
https://www.phoronix.com/review/ubuntu-2610-amd64v3-lowend/8

OpenAI discloses worrying cheating behavior in its models
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/openai-details-more-cases-of-ai-agents-taking-unauthorized-actions/

A few gaming things
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/lepton-from-valve-to-run-android-games-on-linux-is-now-open-source/
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/ps5-linux-dev-quits-after-the-only-hypervisor-bug-left-was-reported-to-sony/

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