Drama in the IRC world, the Framework modular laptop pre-orders are live, good and bad Android news, rare praise for Mozilla, the usual distaste for the UK government, and KDE korner.

News

Freenode IRC staff resign en masse, unhappy about new management

Welcome to Libera Chat

Preorders for the modular Framework Laptop are now open, starting at $999

Hands-On with Framework’s Fully Modular Laptop!

Improving Firefox stability on Linux

Android 12 will finally let alternative app stores update apps on their own

Google Play Store will be able to send you compromised Android apps from August

Magisk developer leaves Apple to join Google on the Android security team

How the UK’s Online Safety Bill threatens Matrix

Online abuse: Why management liability isn’t the answer

Admin

The next Late Night Linux community mumble get-together date will be on Friday 4th June at 10pm UK time. Details here. Check out Late Night Linux Extra 22.

KDE Korner

Moving on

KCommandBar

LAS Tooling Update

Telegram KDE Client Slim Mode

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