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Timestamps
00:00 Intro
00:31 Sponsor: SquareSpace
01:47 FSF weighs in on the OnlyOffice vs EuroOffice debate
03:57 More (good) age verification news
06:37 Proton’s CEO talks age verification
08:52 People lose their minds over Mozilla’s new mascot
10:10 Debian elects new project lead
11:37 Ubuntu 26.04 released
14:39 Ubuntu’s audit of the Rust Core Utilities
16:07 New Linux powered console
17:43 Firefox talks more about their Smart Window feature
19:38 Mozilla found 271 flaws using Anthropic Mythos
21:49 Valve gives devs more info on how their game runs on Deck
23:57 Sponsor: Tuxedo Computers
Links:
FSF weighs in on the OnlyOffice vs EuroOffice debate
https://www.fsf.org/blogs/licensing/agpl-is-not-a-tool-for-taking-freedom-away
Ubuntu 26.04 released
https://itsfoss.com/news/kubuntu-26-04-lts/
Ubuntu’s audit of the Rust Core Utilities
https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/an-update-on-rust-coreutils/80773
New Linux powered console
https://playnix.io/
Firefox talks more about their Smart Window feature
https://www.firefox.com/en-US/smart-window/?view=waitlist
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/smart-window-models
Valve gives devs more info on how their game runs on Deck
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/valve-make-steps-to-improve-steam-deck-verification-giving-developers-more-performance-data/
[time stamps]
00:00:00 Intro
00:00:54 Interview with Nick
00:20:10 Linux and Age Verification
01:10:44 Nuggies of the Week
01:11:05 Drew’s Nuggie
01:11:39 Nate’s Nuggie
01:12:17 Nick’s Nuggie
01:12:51 Matt’s Nuggie
01:14:29 Contact Info and Goodbyes
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