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📰 Ubuntu Still Figuring Out A Plan For Dealing With California's Digital Age Assurance Act The talk this week among open-source projects from Linux distributions to app stores like Flathub is how to deal with California's latest insanity: the Digital Age Assurance Act. California's AB 1043 state law is mandating that operating systems -- Linux included -- collect age information during account setup and exposing that age to eligible apps beginning on 1 January 2027. 🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Ubuntu-Digital-Age-Assurance #ubuntu#opensource#linux

📰 Xournal++ adds tablet-friendly toolbar mode If you take handwritten notes on a Linux tablet, chances are that Xournal++ is already on your radar as its solid stylus support and touchscreen compatibility has earned it a loyal following among those who’d rather annotate PDFs or sketch diagrams than type everything out. One criticism that follows it around is its interface. It’s rather pointer-led; lots of menus, buttons and tiny hit targets in toolbars. 🔗 Source: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/03/xournalpp-tablet-mode-ui #linux

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📰 Memerist is a new desktop meme generator for Linux Is the classic image meme dead, or buried under an avalanche of AI slop? Memerist, a new(ish) native meme generator for Linux, emerged on Flathub recently to help dig them out. Memerist is a native (GTK4/libadwaita) app for Linux desktop. It is technically an image editor with a focused set of features, geared to those who want a convenient, local tool to quickly create and share popular memes. 🔗 Source: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/03/memerist-meme-generator-app-linux #linux

📰 AMD DPTCi Driver Posted For Linux To Better Enhance Ryzen Gaming Handhelds A request for comments (RFC) patch series was posted today to the Linux kernel mailing list to introduce the AMD Dynamic Power and Thermal Configuration Interface "DPTCi" driver. With this driver it would provide better upstream Linux kernel support for tuning the power / performance / thermals of modern Ryzen-powered gaming handheld devices. 🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMD-DPTCi-Linux-Driver #linux#amd#kernel

📰 Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS Users Can Now Officially Upgrade to Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS System76 begins the official upgrade rollout from Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS to 24.04 LTS, replacing GNOME with the new COSMIC desktop environment. 🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/pop_os-22-04-lts-users-can-now-officially-upgrade-to-pop_os-24-04-lts/ #gnome

📰 COSMIC feels like the first Linux desktop designed for normal people COSMIC desktop may be new, but it's shaping up to be one of the best Linux desktops for mass adoption already. Here's why. 🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/cosmic-feels-like-first-desktop-environment-designed-normal-people/ #linux

📰 GNOME Mutter 50.rc Released With Better NVIDIA Performance, SDR-Native & Better HDR There is two weeks to go until the GNOME 50 stable release while out today is the release candidate of Mutter 50. This Mutter 50.rc release brings some exciting last-minute enhancements to this Wayland compositor... 🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNOME-Mutter-50.rc #gnome#wayland

📰Open-Source CyberStrikeAI Deployed in AI-Driven FortiGate Attacks Across 55 Countries The threat actor behind the recently disclosed artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted campaign targeting Fortinet FortiGate appliances leveraged an open-source, AI-native security testing platform called CyberStrikeAI to execute the attacks.The new findings come from Team Cymru, which detected its use following an analysis of the IP address ("212.11.64250") that was used by the suspected. 🔗 Source: https://thehackernews.com/2026/03/open-source-cyberstrikeai-deployed-in.html #opensource

📰 Intel Preps A Lot Of Xe3 Code For Linux 7.1 Kernel Intel yesterday sent out their first "drm-xe-next" pull request to DRM-Next of new Xe kernel graphics driver improvements they have readied for their eventual upstreaming into the Linux 7.1 kernel... 🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-DRM-Xe-Next-Linux-7.1 #linux#intel#kernel

📰 ARCTIC Cooling Publishes ARCTIC Fan Controller Driver For Linux A Linux driver has been published for the ARCTIC Fan Controller to be able to read fan speeds under Linux as well as setting the PWM fan speed for each of the ten fans supported by this controller. Making this driver all the more exciting is that ARCTIC Cooling is directly working on this driver rather than just being a community/third-party creation. Furthermore, ARCTIC Cooling is working on getting this driver to the upstream Linux kernel... 🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/ARCTIC-Fan-Controller-Linux #linux#kernel

📰 Bazzite gets a big update with KDE Plasma 6.6, Mesa 26.0.1 and more Bazzite has a big new update available for your PC gaming handhelds and desktops with some major packaging upgrades to play with.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux. 🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/bazzite-gets-a-big-update-with-kde-plasma-6-6-mesa-26-0-1-and-more/ #plasma#kde