{"podcast":{"title":"Linux & Open Source News","slug":"linux-open-source-news-5948837","podcast_index_feed_id":5948837,"rss_url":"https://podcast.thelinuxexp.com/@tlenewspodcast/feed.xml","website_url":"https://podcast.thelinuxexp.com/@tlenewspodcast","image_url":"https://podcast.thelinuxexp.com/media/podcasts/tlenewspodcast/cover_feed.png","author":"Nick","episode_count":175,"summary":"Weekly roundup of everything new in the Linux and Open Source world! May contain gaming and privacy related topics. This is a longer counterpart to the Linux and Open Source news videos available on The Linux Experiment Youtube Channel. I’m Nick, I’ve been making Linux and Open Source related videos on YouTube since 2018, with a sizeable following of more than 300 000 subscribers. I’ve been using Linux since 2006, starting with Ubuntu (like most people), and I have 12 years of experience in project management and UX, and that’s the lens I use to view the progress of our Linux desktops and open source applications!","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/linux-open-source-news-5948837"},"episode":{"title":"The Linux Age verification situation is escalating & Other Linux Weekly News","slug":"the-linux-age-verification-situation-is-escalating-other-linux-weekly-news","published_at":"2026-03-28T09:34:35+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/linux-open-source-news-5948837/the-linux-age-verification-situation-is-escalating-other-linux-weekly-news","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/linux-open-source-news-5948837","url":"https://podcast.thelinuxexp.com/@tlenewspodcast/episodes/the-linux-age-verification-situation-is-escalating-and-other-linux-weekly-news","audio_url":"https://op3.dev/e,pg=e407bff5-dc32-54c1-b1a7-8edd8a885d8f/podcast.thelinuxexp.com/audio/@tlenewspodcast/the-linux-age-verification-situation-is-escalating-and-other-linux-weekly-news.mp3","summary":"💻 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 01:47 GrapheneOS won’t comply with age verification laws https://www.tomshardware.com/software/operating-systems/grapheneos-refuses-to-comply-with-age-verification-laws 03:27 SystemD adds date of birth field for age verification https://itsfoss.com/news/systemd-age-verification/ 05:13 SystemD forked to remove date of birth field https://itsfoss.com/news/systemd-fork-strips-out-age-verification/ 08:11 Fedora project lead suggests using standard Age check API https://itsfoss.com/news/fedora-leader-suggests-age-verification-api/ https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/a-practical-architectural-solution-to-os-level-age-verification-laws/183387 10:33 SteamOS adds Steam Machine support, Wayland by default https://www.phoronix.com/news/SteamOS-3.8-Preview https://www.techradar.com/gaming/steam-deck/valves-steam-machine-gets-its-first-support-update-ahead-of-launch-via-steamos-preview-3-8-0-and-it-includes-one-major-fix-ive-been-waiting-for 12:16 electron details their work on Wayland support https://www.electronjs.org/blog/tech-talk-wayland 14:03 LibreOffice adds donation banner https://www.phoronix.com/news/LibreOffice-26-Donation-Banner 15:23 Firefox 149 is a big update https://linuxiac.com/firefox-149-now-available-for-download…","meta_description":"💻 Get a Linux computer from our sponsor, Tuxedo💻 https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en# 👏 Support the show here: 👏 Patreon supporters get the daily Linux &am…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1685,"processing_state":"processed","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/linux-open-source-news-5948837/episodes/the-linux-age-verification-situation-is-escalating-other-linux-weekly-news/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/linux-open-source-news-5948837/the-linux-age-verification-situation-is-escalating-other-linux-weekly-news.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}