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More Office Suite drama, chrome installs AI model without consent, Cool Plasma 6.7 things
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- May 9, 2026
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💻 Get a Linux computer from our sponsor, Tuxedo💻 https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en# 👏 Support the show here: 👏 Patreon supporters get the daily Linux & Open Source audio show! https://www.patreon.com/thelinuxexperiment Or you can support me with a one time donation: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/thelinuxexp https://liberapay.com/TheLinuxExperiment/ 👕 Buy TLE Merch: 👕 https://the-linux-experiment.creator-spring.com/ 📹 Watch Linux videos: 📹 https://www.youtube.com/thelinuxexperiment 🎙️ Leave your feedback here: 🎙️ https://podcast.thelinuxexp.com 01:35 LibreOffice questions the sovereignty of Euro office https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/05/05/thank-you-on-behalf-of-odf 04:17 Plasma 6.7 will come with its new style engine https://9to5linux.com/kdes-new-css-based-style-engine-union-is-coming-to-kde-plasma-6-7 06:27 Plasma 6.7 fixes big performance issues https://zamundaaa.github.io/wayland/2026/05/06/making-wl-shm-fast.html 08:27 Google Chrome installs a model on device without consent https://www.thatprivacyguy.com/blog/chrome-silent-nano-install/ 11:20 Linux kernel guidelines for adding new filesystems https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs.git/commit/?h=vfs-7.2.misc&id=b34d597faae60a4c89235205478497b975e86bc5 14:13 Pilot project for open, Linux based workspaces in the Netherlands https://vng.nl/artikelen/digitale-werkplek-geen-memo-maar-demo-werkplekken-in-open-source 15:40 Someone remade Unity Desktop with Wayfire and libadwaita https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/05/ubuntu-unity-desktop-wayfire-recreation 18:04 Dell and Lenovo now sponsor LVFS https://www.phoronix.com/news/Dell-Lenovo-Sponsoring-LVFS 19:17 Ubuntu’s Twitter account compromised https://itsfoss.com/news/ubuntu-twitter-compromised/ 20:38 Valve opens reservation queue f…