GNOME Foundation issues, AUR under attack, Firefox's big plans

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02:13 GNOME Foundation issues and lack of transparency https://discourse.gnome.org/t/2026-board-candidate-robert-mcqueen/35308/31

09:46 AUR compromised with malware and spam https://www.sonatype.com/blog/atomic-arch-npm-campaign-adds-malicious-dependency https://linuxiac.com/yay-13-0-adds-new-review-and-automation-features/ https://www.phoronix.com/news/Arch-Linux-AUR-Russian-Spam

13:09 Mozilla shares big Firefox roadmap https://blog.mozilla.org/en/firefox/firefox-roadmap-152/ https://www.firefox.com/en-US/whatsnext/

16:06 X11 server rewritten using Rust and AI https://itsfoss.com/news/yserver/

17:45 Linux kernel 7.1 released https://www.phoronix.com/review/linux-71-features-changes

19:15 Chrome removes manifest v2 support entirely https://linuxiac.com/chrome-closes-another-door-on-classic-ublock-origin/

20:51 Firefox for Android will rely on Google Play integrity API https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/06/mozilla-firefox-android-google-play-integrity

22:41 Plasma 6.7 released https://youtu.be/5qJSapprdSQ

24:39 SonicDE forks KDE into an X11 desktop https://itsfoss.com/sonicde-x11-kde-plasma-fork/

26:39 More details on Ubuntu’s AI features https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/introducing-myna-speech-to-text-for-ubuntu-desktop/84251

28:33 The EU won’t stop killing videogames https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/06/european-commission-rejects-new-laws-for-stop-destroying-videogames/

31:13 Steam machine release date leaked https://goodtech.info/valve-steamos-beta-leak-hardware-steam-machine/

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