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The "age verification" drama continues as systemd devs merged support for storing the user’s birth date for age verification, since the xdg-desktop-portal project is adding an age verification portal that needs a data source for the user’s age 9to5linux.com/ubuntu-fedora-… #Linux

KiCad 10.0 Open-Source PCB Design and Electronics CAD Software Released as a Major Update, Here's What's New 9to5linux.com/kicad-10-0-pcb… #OpenSource #Linux

Mageia 10 Enters Public Beta Testing with #Linux Kernel 6.18 LTS and Mesa 26.0 9to5linux.com/mageia-10-ente… @mageia_org #OpenSource

How to Fix “No Sound” Issue on MacBook Pro with #Linux Kernel 6.17 and Later 9to5linux.com/how-to-fix-no-… #OpenSource

GNOME 50 “Tokyo” Desktop Environment Officially Released, This Is What’s New lxer.com/module/newswir…

#Linux 6.19.9 and 6.18.19 kernels are now available for download at kernel.org #OpenSource

TUXEDO Gemini 17 Gen4 Linux Laptop Now Available with AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX lxer.com/module/newswir…

GNOME 50 “Tokyo” Desktop Environment Officially Released, This Is What’s New 9to5linux.com/gnome-50-tokyo… @gnome #Linux #OpenSource

Fedora Asahi Remix 43 Released for Apple Silicon Macs with #KDE Plasma 6.6 and Mac Pro Support 9to5linux.com/fedora-asahi-r… #Linux #OpenSource

KDE Plasma 6.6.3 Makes KWin’s Screencasting Feature More Robust for PipeWire 1.6 lxer.com/module/newswir…

SparkyLinux 2026.03 Rolling Ships with Linux 6.19, Latest Calamares Installer lxer.com/module/newswir…

System76 Launches New COSMIC-Powered Thelio Mira High-Performance #Linux PC 9to5linux.com/system76-launc…

TUXEDO Gemini 17 Gen4 #Linux Laptop Now Available with AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX , Up to 128GB RAM 9to5linux.com/tuxedo-gemini-… @TUXEDOComputers

#KDE Plasma 6.6.3 Is Out Now to Make KWin’s Screencasting Feature More Robust for PipeWire 1.6 9to5linux.com/kde-plasma-6-6… @kdecommunity #Linux #OpenSource

Blender 5.1 Open-Source 3D Graphics Software Released with Many New Features and #Linux Improvements 9to5linux.com/blender-5-1-op… #OpenSource

FFmpeg 8.1 “Hoare” Multimedia Framework Brings D3D12 H.264/AV1 Encoding lxer.com/module/newswir…

PipeWire 1.6.2 Released with Audio Mixer Optimizations and Various Bug Fixes lxer.com/module/newswir…

9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: March 15th, 2026 lxer.com/module/newswir…

FFmpeg 8.1 “Hoare” Multimedia Framework Brings D3D12 H.264/AV1 Encoding, Experimental xHE-AAC Mps212 MPEG-H Decoder 9to5linux.com/ffmpeg-8-1-hoa… @FFmpeg #OpenSource #Linux

PipeWire 1.6.2 Released with Audio Mixer Optimizations and Various Bug Fixes 9to5linux.com/pipewire-1-6-2… #Linux #OpenSource