·S3 E67

Ubuntu's servers attacked, Linux beats Windows again, Ubuntu will add AI to the distro

May 2

32 mins

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01:40 Ubuntu’s infrastructure is under attack https://thecybersecguru.com/news/massive-attack-ubuntu-canonical-313-team-extortion/

03:30 New nasty vulnerability for all Linux distros https://nerds.xyz/2026/04/copy-fail-linux-root-exploit/ https://xint.io/blog/copy-fail-linux-distributions

05:20 Framework Pro’s Linux version outsells the Windows one https://www.pcworld.com/article/3123900/framework-new-linux-laptop-is-selling-faster-than-its-windows-one.html

06:33 Ubuntu LTS beats Windows 11 in benchmarks, again https://www.phoronix.com/review/ubuntu-2604-windows-11/7

08:07 Ubuntu will add AI features in the future https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/the-future-of-ai-in-ubuntu/81130

10:16 Ubuntu clarifies their inclusion of AI features https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/the-future-of-ai-in-ubuntu/81130/41

12:30 FSF doesn’t like the Responsible AI licenses https://www.fsf.org/blogs/licensing/rail-are-nonfree-and-unethical https://www.licenses.ai/ai-licenses

15:28 EU app for age verification is structurally flawed https://www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-privacy-security/the-eus-age-verification-app-has-a-privacy-problem-and-it-may-be-more-than-just-a-bug-in-an-app

18:07 Steam Controller announced at 99USD https://store.steampowered.com/sale/steamcontroller https://www.techradar.com/computing/peripherals-accessories/valve-steam-controller-2026 https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/valve-have-plans-for-the-steam-deck-2-plus-a-brief-steam-machine-steam-frame-update/

20:25 Anthropic now funds Blender https://www.blender.org/press/anthropic-joins-the-blender-development-fund-as-corporate-patron/ https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-for-creative-work https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/blender-change-the-anthropic-ai-funding-deal-with-discussions-planned-for-ai-policies/

23:59 Fedora 44 released https://fedoramagazine.org/announcing-fedora-linux-44/ https://fedoramagazine.org/whats-new-in-fedora-kde-plasma-desktop-44/ https://fedoramagazine.org/fedora-asahi-remix-44-is-now-available/

25:43 PS5 can run Linux now https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/04/ps5-linux-steam https://github.com/ps5-linux/ps5-linux-loader

28:07 New campaign fighting back against Android lockdown https://keepandroidopen.org/en/