Timestamps:

00:00 Intro

00:38 Sponsor: Internxt

02:12 Entire Adobe Suite supported with custom Wine now

03:53 Open source clean room implementations of the entire Adobe Suite

07:35 Flathub now accepts apps that used Al, with disclosure

10:18 Cosmic will reject LLM generated submissions

11:35 Steam Frame now has 200 verified games

13:03 More Kernel and AMD performance improvements

15:43 Digital Ocean stops hosting credits for FOSS as they donate to Omacom

17:50 Gentoo asking for help for hosting after sponsors dried up

19:14 Orion stops development of its Linux browser

20:45 EU Commission doesn’t seem pleased with their Teams replacement

22:31 Googlebooks don’t look like they’ll help Linux much

24:23 Mesa looking at a more formal governance model

26:53 Sponsor: Tuxedo Computers

Links

Entire Adobe Suite supported with custom Wine now

https://neutronproject.org/

Open source clean room implementations of the entire Adobe Suite

https://github.com/storytold/photocraft

Flathub now accepts apps that used Al, with disclosure

https://linuxiac.com/flathub-reverses-ai-generated-app-ban-now-requires-disclosure/

Cosmic will reject LLM generated submissions

https://linuxiac.com/cosmic-stops-accepting-Ilm-generated-content-in-pull-requests/

https://github.com/pop-os/cosmic-epoch/blob/master/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md

Steam Frame now has 200 verified games

https://store.steampowered.com/greatonframe?tab=1

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/10/theres-now-over-200-steam-frame-verified-games/

More Kernel and AMD performance improvements

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Better-Zswap-Performance

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Boost-Recently-Busy-CPUs

Digital Ocean stops hosting credits for FOSS as they donate to Omacom

https://itsfoss.com/news/digitalocean-open-source-credits-end/

Gentoo asking for help for hosting after sponsors dried up

https://itsfoss.com/news/gentoo-infrastructure-sponsors-call/

Orion stops development of its Linux browser

https://blog.kagi.com/update-orion-linux-windows

EU Commission doesn’t seem pleased with their Teams replacement

https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-microsoft-teams-alternative-bad-reviews-element-pro/

Googlebooks don’t look like they’ll help Linux much

https://www.androidauthority.com/linux-apps-on-googlebook-3719936/

Mesa looking at a more formal governance model

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Mesa-Governance-Model

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    15 hours ago

    Genuine question from a hobbyist to professionals: what’s wrong with existing Linux alternatives? I’ve done graphic design for years with things like Pixlr, Gimp, Blender, and Krita. Sure, the workflow takes some getting used to, but I’ve been able to achieve everything I’ve wanted by getting a little creative with the toolset