More Office Suite drama, Chrome downloads AI model without consent, Plasma 6.7 things – Linux News

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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:23 Sponsor: Proton Mail
01:25 LibreOffice questions the sovereignty of Euro office
04:07 Plasma 6.7 will come with its new style engine
06:17 Plasma 6.7 fixes big performance issues
08:18 Google Chrome installs a model on device without consent
11:11 Linux kernel guidelines for adding new filesystems
14:04 Pilot project for open, Linux based workspaces in the Netherlands
15:30 Someone remade Unity Desktop with Wayfire and libadwaita
17:50 Dell and Lenovo now sponsor LVFS
19:07 Ubuntu’s Twitter account compromised
20:28 Valve publishes Steam Controller CAD files
21:27 Valve opens reservation queue for Steam Controllers
23:32 Sponsor: Tuxedo Computers

Links:

LibreOffice questions the sovereignty of Euro office

Thank you, on behalf of ODF

Plasma 6.7 will come with its new style engine

KDE’s New CSS-Based Style Engine Union Is Coming to KDE Plasma 6.7

Plasma 6.7 fixes big performance issues
https://zamundaaa.github.io/wayland/2026/05/06/making-wl-shm-fast.html

Google Chrome installs a model on device without consent
https://www.thatprivacyguy.com/blog/chrome-silent-nano-install/

Linux kernel guidelines for adding new filesystems
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs.git/commit/?h=vfs-7.2.misc&id=b34d597faae60a4c89235205478497b975e86bc5

Pilot project for open, Linux based workspaces in the Netherlands
https://vng.nl/artikelen/digitale-werkplek-geen-memo-maar-demo-werkplekken-in-open-source

Someone remade Unity Desktop with Wayfire and libadwaita

Ubuntu’s old Unity desktop remade in Wayfire and Libadwaita

Dell and Lenovo now sponsor LVFS
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Dell-Lenovo-Sponsoring-LVFS

Ubuntu’s Twitter account compromised
https://itsfoss.com/news/ubuntu-twitter-compromised/

Valve opens reservation queue for Steam Controllers
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/valve-announce-a-reservation-system-for-the-new-steam-controller/

Valve publishes Steam Controller CAD files
https://www.digitalfoundry.net/news/2026/05/valve-releases-steam-controller-cad-files-under-creative-commons-license

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