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SocialistVibes01
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Posted: · edited   Subject: What is happening to the Linux kernel, Bitwarden and Epic Games? - Linux Weekly News Quote

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro

00:50 Sponsor: Internxt

02:24 Kernel devs agree to remove Al 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 Al 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 Al disclosure, Torvalds goes off on Α.Ι.

https://www.xda-developers.com/linus-calls-banning-ai-generated-code-utterly-stupid-as-linux-submissions-no-longer-need-Ilm-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

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/10/linux-mint-new-system-monitor

LibreOffice is getting record download numbers

https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/10/21/8-weeks-9-4-million-downloads/

https://linuxiac.com/libreoffice-hits-9-4-million-downloads-in-just-eight-weeks/

Proposed Al assistant prototype for Ubuntu

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/10/ubuntu-ai-launcher-prototype

OpenBSD gets Wine and runs Windows games

https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-ports&m=179236125692175

https://linuxiac.com/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/cw98z6qlyvg30

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SocialistVibes01
lemmy.ml

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#2 Posted:   Subject: Re: What is happening to the Linux kernel, Bitwarden and Epic... Quote Reply

Nice that he called out Torvalds on the bullshit he's defecating lately.

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Mordikan
kbin.earth

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Joined: 2025-06-05
#3 Posted:   Subject: Re: What is happening to the Linux kernel, Bitwarden and Epic... Quote Reply

The only people complaining about the disclosure bit are people who aren't contributing.
If you don't like how someone is doing their job for free, then fork it.

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SocialistVibes01
lemmy.ml

SocialistVibes01@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2026-04-30
#4 Posted: · edited   Subject: Re: What is happening to the Linux kernel, Bitwarden and Epic... Quote Reply

The only people complaining about the disclosure bit are people who aren't contributing. If you don't like how someone is doing their job for free, then fork it.

"Just fork it." Dude benefits hugely from FOSS, go corporate through TLF, lie in bed with AI tech bros and use capitalist power to discourage dissent.

Don't make this a simple feud among school kids.

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klankin
piefed.ca
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Joined: 2026-01-12
#5 Posted: · edited   Subject: Re: What is happening to the Linux kernel, Bitwarden and Epic... Quote Reply

The only people complaining about the disclosure bit are people who aren't contributing. If you don't like how someone is doing their job for free, then fork it.

Piracy is usually frowned upon in FOSS communities, regardless of the financial benefit (or lack of) to the pirate.

Usually disclosing piracy is required for the kernel, as unclearly licensed code weakens the entire foundation of the GPL it was built on, and opens the door to companies legally arguing to ignoring this license themselves.

This has the potential to handicap the entire FOSS community, and most consider that more important than a couple bugs some vibe coder desperately wants to introduce.

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