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02:15 Google’s Android change could mean the end of F Droidhttps://f-droid.org/en/2025/09/29/google-developer-registration-decree.html

05:05 Red Hat Gitlab breached by hackershttps://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/red-hat-confirms-security-incident-after-hackers-breach-gitlab-instance/https://access.redhat.com/articles/7132207

07:27 Linux kernel 6.17 is outhttps://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/09/linux-kernel-6-17-new-features

09:56 OpenSUSE Leap 16 releasedhttps://news.opensuse.org/2025/10/01/next-chapter-opens-with-leap-release/

12:14 Plasma 6.5 beta releasedhttps://linuxiac.com/kde-plasma-6-5-beta-released-this-is-whats-new/https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.4.91/

13:57 Artix ditches GNOMEhttps://linuxiac.com/artix-linux-drops-gnome-desktop-support-over-systemd-dependence/https://artixlinux.org/

15:51 Fedora submits draft policy on AI in the distrohttps://linuxiac.com/fedora-council-proposes-policy-on-ai-assisted-contributions/

18:36 Nvidia working with Red Hat on NVKhttps://www.phoronix.com/news/NVK-Vulkan-Red-Hat-NDA-Docs

20:28 Mint reveals new menu, changes to keyboard layoutshttps://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4895

22:27 NixOS moderation team resignshttps://discourse.nixos.org/t/a-statement-from-members-of-the-moderation-team/69828https://discourse.nixos.org/t/a-statement-from-members-of-the-moderation-team/69828/6

25:36 Eric S Raymond is against all codes of conducthttps://linuxiac.com/eric-s-raymond-codes-of-conduct-are-a-disaster/

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