Germany's moving to Open Source, Age verification gets worse - Linux weekly News

Take a look at TuxCare's Endless Lifecycle Support Solution: https://tuxcare.com/endless-lifecycle-support/alpine-linux-eol-support/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=alpine-linux-els&utm_term=the-linux-experiment&utm_content=youtube_announcement Grab a brand new laptop or desktop running Linux: https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en# 👏 SUPPORT THE CHANNEL: Get access to: - a Daily Linux News show - a weekly patroncast for more thoughts - your name in the credits YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheLinuxEXP/join Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thelinuxexperiment Or, you can donate whatever you want: https://paypal.me/thelinuxexp Liberapay: https://liberapay.com/TheLinuxExperiment/ 👕 GET TLE MERCH Support the channel AND get cool new gear: https://the-linux-experiment.creator-spring.com/ Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 00:35 Sponsor: TuxCare 02:03 Germany outlines their plan to move to open source 04:08 USA might have nation wide age verification laws 06:03 EU has an age verification app ready 07:56 Linux kernel 7.0 released 10:06 Linux kernel accepts A.I. code 11:38 Chrome has 47% better performance than Firefox 13:20 Steam Controller might be arriving soon 14:26 KDE sprint for remapping gestures, virtual keyboard & more 15:51 Plasma gets per-monitor virtual desktops 17:35 Mint won't have a release until the end of the year 19:56 Proton 11 beta released 21:10 Mozilla releases Thunderbolt, their own AI client 23:39 Sponsor: Tuxedo Computers Links: Germany outlines their plan to move to open source (link in German) https://deutschland-stack.gov.de/gesamtbild/ USA might have nation wide age verification laws https://linuxiac.com/federal-bill-would-bring-os-level-age-verification-to-the-entire-us/ EU has an age verification app ready https://www.dw.com/en/eu-chief-urges-bloc-wide-push-on-age-verification-app-to-protect-children-online/a-76788202 Linux kernel 7.0 released https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/04/linux-7-0-kernel-features Linux kernel accepts A.I. code https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/Documentation/process/coding-assistants.rst Chrome has 47% better performance than Firefox https://www.phoronix.com/review/firefox-chrome-2026 Steam Controller might be arriving soon https://www.techradar.com/gaming/gaming-accessories/valves-steam-controller-launch-looks-imminent-based-on-new-public-records-and-it-might-finally-give-me-the-perfect-excuse-to-build-a-custom-steam-machine KDE sprint for remapping gestures, virtual keyboard & more https://merritt.codes/blog/2026/04/15/2026/_kde_mega_sprint Plasma gets per-monitor virtual desktops https://itsfoss.com/news/kde-plasma-per-screen-virtual-desktops/ Mint won't have a release until the end of the year https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=5019 Proton 11 beta released https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/releases/tag/proton-11.0-1-beta1 Mozilla releases Thunderbolt, their own AI client https://www.thunderbolt.io/ https://github.com/thunderbird/thunderbolt https://github.com/thunderbird/thunderbolt/blob/main/TELEMETRY.md #linux #linuxdesktop #linuxnews