FSF settles the Office Suite debacle, good news on age verification, Mozilla & Debian unwarranted drama

Linux & Open Source News

Apr 25, 2026•24 min•Season 3Ep. 66

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01:45 FSF weighs in on the OnlyOffice vs EuroOffice debate https://www.fsf.org/blogs/licensing/agpl-is-not-a-tool-for-taking-freedom-away

03:55 More age verification news https://9to5linux.com/colorado-age-attestation-bill-may-exclude-open-source-oses-and-apps https://almalinux.org/blog/2026-04-21-california-age-verification-law/

06:35 Proton’s CEO talks age verification https://proton.me/blog/keep-age-verification-from-killing-anonymity-online

08:50 People lose their minds over Mozilla’s new mascot https://itsfoss.com/news/mozillas-firefox-mascot-gender-controversy/

10:08 Debian elects new project lead https://linuxiac.com/debian-names-a-new-leader-for-the-project/

11:35 Ubuntu 26.04 released https://itsfoss.com/news/kubuntu-26-04-lts/ https://youtu.be/4MYxtL0AW2g

14:37 Ubuntu’s audit of the Rust Core Utilities https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/an-update-on-rust-coreutils/80773

16:05 New Linux powered console https://playnix.io/

17:41 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

19:36 Mozilla found 271 flaws using Anthropic Mythos https://blog.mozilla.org/en/firefox/ai-security-zero-day-vulnerabilities/

21:46 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/