Flathub reviewers leaving, "Stable distros" problems - Linux Weekly News
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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:41 Sponsor: Proton Mail
01:43 Upstream vs distros debate kicks off again
05:16 432 CVEs published in 2 days by the Linux kernel team
08:20 Flathub reviewers leaving
11:18 Flathub's AI slop ban was probably the right call
13:11 Collabora talks about their work on the Steam Frame OS
14:51 GNOME changes how they handle CVEs
17:22 Firefox 153 released with containers
19:18 LibreOffice explains why MSOffice formats aren't really open
22:00 JellyFin loses multiple contributors
23:11 Libx11-compat trying to keep legacy apps alive on systems without x11
25:04 How AI is changing open source
29:44 Sponsor: Tuxedo Computers
Links:
Upstream vs distros debate kicks off again
https://linuxiac.com/linux-mint-and-g...
https://gitlab.com/linuxmint/pins/min...
https://tesk.page/2026/07/18/how-far-...
432 CVEs published in 2 days by the Linux kernel team
https://www.theregister.com/security/...
Flathub reviewers leaving
https://bbhtt.in/posts/flathub-leave/
https://bbhtt.in/posts/taking-a-pause/
Flathub's AI slop ban was probably the right call
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/07/f...
Collabora talks about their work on the Steam Frame OS
https://www.collabora.com/news-and-bl...
GNOME changes how they handle CVEs
https://blogs.gnome.org/mcatanzaro/20...
Firefox 153 released with containers
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/07/f...
LibreOffice explains why MSOffice formats aren't really open
https://blog.documentfoundation.org/b...
JellyFin loses multiple contributors
https://forum.jellyfin.org/t-project-...
https://linuxiac.com/jellyfin-loses-p...
Libx11-compat trying to keep legacy apps alive on systems without x11
https://www.phoronix.com/news/libx11-...
How AI is changing open source
https://enblog.eischmann.cz/2026/07/2...
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