Egos ruining Open Source projects, distros vs software conflicts

💻 Get a Linux computer from our sponsor, Tuxedo💻 https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en# 👏 Support the show here: 👏 Patreon supporters get the daily Linux & Open Source audio show! https://www.patreon.com/thelinuxexperiment Or you can support me with a one time donation: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/thelinuxexp https://liberapay.com/TheLinuxExperiment/ 👕 Buy TLE Merch: 👕 https://the-linux-experiment.creator-spring.com/ 📹 Watch Linux videos: 📹 https://www.youtube.com/thelinuxexperiment 🎙️ Leave your feedback here: 🎙️ https://podcast.thelinuxexp.com 01:51 Upstream vs distros debate kicks off again https://linuxiac.com/linux-mint-and-gnome-calendar-clash-resurfaces-months-later/ https://gitlab.com/linuxmint/pins/mint/gnome-calendar/-/work_items/1 https://tesk.page/2026/07/18/how-far-would-hostile-distributions-go-to-hurt-upstream/ 05:25 432 CVEs published in 2 days by the Linux kernel team https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/07/22/linux-kernel-team-publishes-432-cves-in-two-days/5276497 08:28 Flathub reviewers leaving https://bbhtt.in/posts/flathub-leave/ https://bbhtt.in/posts/taking-a-pause/ 11:26 Flathub’s AI slop ban was probably the right call https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/07/flathub-ai-slop-ban-data 13:20 Collabora talks about their work on the Steam Frame OS https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/news-and-events/building-an-arch-linux-aarch64-port-for-holo-core.html 14:59 GNOME changes how they handle CVEs https://blogs.gnome.org/mcatanzaro/2026/07/20/some-changes-to-gnome-security-tracking/ 17:30 Firefox 153 released with containers https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/07/firefox-153-new-containers-feature 19:26 LibreOffice explains why MSOffice formats aren’t really open https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/07/17/microsofts-main-tool-for-lock-in/ 22:09 JellyFin loses multiple contributors https://forum.jellyfin.org/t-project-leadership-changes https://linuxiac.com/jellyfin-loses-project-leader-and-core-team-member-in-major-shake-up/ 23:20 Libx11-compat trying to keep legacy apps alive on systems without x11 https://www.phoronix.com/news/libx11-compat 25:17 Thunderbird update adds accent color and better account setup https://blog.thunderbird.net/2026/07/thunderbird-153-meadow-is-out-now/ 26:58 How AI is changing open source https://enblog.eischmann.cz/2026/07/23/how-ai-is-changing-open-source/ 💻 Get a Linux computer from our sponsor, Tuxedo💻 https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en# 👏 Support the show here: 👏 Patreon supporters get the daily Linux & Open Source audio show! https://www.patreon.com/thelinuxexperiment Or you can support me with a one time donation: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/thelinuxexp https://liberapay.com/TheLinuxExperiment/ 👕 Bu