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01:59 GrapheneOS coming to other phones https://www.androidauthority.com/graphene-os-major-android-oem-partnership-3606853/

04:47 More details about LibrePhone https://www.fsf.org/news/librephone-project

07:30 New company working on x86 CPUs https://www.phoronix.com/news/x86-Opcodes-Not-AMD-Or-Intel

09:23 KDE turns 29, and launches their end of year fundraiser https://kde.org/fundraisers/yearend2025/

10:39 Windows 10 is EOL https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/10/windows-10-support-ends-today-but-its-just-the-first-of-many-deaths/

12:52 LMDE 7 is released https://linuxmint.com/rel_gigi.php https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4923

14:36 Fedora 43 pushed back to fix some bugs https://www.phoronix.com/news/Fedora-43-No-Go

15:57 GNOME starts dropping 32 bit https://blogs.gnome.org/alatiera/2025/10/13/flatpak-32bit/

17:37 Firefox tests built-in VPN https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/14/mozilla_firefox_vpn_beta/

19:38 German state completes FOSS migration https://news.itsfoss.com/schleswig-holstein-email-system-migration/

21:18 Chat control still isn’t dead https://www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-privacy-security/the-vote-on-chat-control-has-been-postponed-but-the-fight-isnt-over-yet-heres-what-we-know

23:22 California passes laws to protect online privacy https://www.gov.ca.gov/2025/10/08/governor-newsom-signs-data-privacy-bills-to-protect-tech-users/