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Affinity comes to Linux, Proton explains recent issues, macOS apps run on Linux

November 07, 2026 0:27:49 4.81 MB ( 48.58 MB less) Downloads: 0

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01:46 Affinity confirms Linux version is coming https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/11/affinity-linux-release-confirmed

03:36 Proton apologizes, publishes AI manifesto https://www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-services/proton-apologizes-to-community-after-internal-memo-shows-force-behind-proposed-ai-use-in-building-its-privacy-products https://proton.me/blog/ai-manifesto

07:13 Cutefish runs native macOS apps now https://cutefish.org/blog/running-mac-apps/ https://cutefish.org/blog/mac-apps-first-milestone/

10:24 SUSE to let go of 10% of their workforce https://www.theregister.com/software/2026/11/02/suse-to-cut-one-in-ten-employees-because-of-ai/5306950

12:28 Fedora 45 released https://fedoramagazine.org/announcing-fedora-linux-45/

14:00 Linux Mint shows more of their new apps https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=5093

16:11 OpenAI found about 1000 flaws in the kernel https://www.phoronix.com/news/OpenAI-948-Linux-LPE-Bugs

18:10 Nvidia drivers update with better Wayland support https://9to5linux.com/nvidia-620-linux-graphics-driver-released-with-wayland-improvements

19:27 Discord ditches elenctron for their client, for Rust https://www.theverge.com/news/1027379/discord-ditching-electron-web-app

20:49 News publishers sue Brave for selling heir content to AI providers https://techcrunch.com/2026/11/02/new-york-times-and-other-outlets-sue-web-browser-brave-over-alleged-content-scraping/

22:40 Franceโ€™s stupid tax on data transfers https://itsfoss.com/news/vlc-outrage-at-french-internet-tax/ https://www.tomshardware.com/software/social-media/french-lawmakers-approve-usd11-2-billion-internet-tax-based-on-traffic-usage-costs-usd0-65-per-gigabyte-of-content-accessed-us-tech-giants-like-google-and-meta-face-new-levies-on-content-delivered-to-french-subscribers https://www.techradar.com/pro/frances-new-internet-tax-which-was-meant-to-stop-tech-giants-from-sending-huge-amounts-of-data-to-your-smartphone-has-been-killed-off

25:12 Macs get their Apple Silicon Proton in the form of Hadron https://github.com/Broyojo/hadron


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