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Timestamps:

00:00 Intro 00:34 Sponsor: SquareSpace 01:51 Microsoft forces PC makers to support full USB C 04:01 GNOME OS will soon be a “real” distro" 06:17 AMD ditches their proprietary userspace drivers 07:34 Arch has a process for sponsored work 10:10 Ubuntu drops bazaar from their launchpad platform 12:09 Apple tries to escape EU’s rulings 14:31 Meta and Yandex leak your history and cookies on Android 16:32 Linux’s Steam marketshare grows again 18:19 Sponsor: Tuxedo Computers

Links:

Microsoft forces PC makers to support full USB C https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/microsoft-promises-it-is-ending-usb-c-port-confusion-with-updated-windows-11-certified-program

GNOME OS will soon be a “real” distro https://blogs.gnome.org/tbernard/2025/06/01/summer-of-gnome-os/

AMD ditches their proprietary userspace drivers https://www.amd.com/en/resources/support-articles/release-notes/RN-AMDGPU-UNIFIED-LINUX-25-10-1.html

Arch has a process for sponsored work https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/rfcs/-/blob/gromit/introducing-a-process-for-sponsorships/rfcs/0055-introducing-a-process-for-sponsorships.md?ref_type=heads

Ubuntu drops bazaar from their launchpad platform https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/06/launchpad-bazaar-support-being-removed

Packet is a new file transfer app for Linux & Android https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/06/packet-linux-android-file-transfer-app-quick-share

Apple tries to escape EU’s rulings https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/apple-challenges-unreasonable-eu-order-open-up-rivals-2025-06-02/

Meta and Yandex leak your history and cookies on Android https://localmess.github.io/

Linux’s Steam marketshare grows again https://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/Steam-Hardware-Software-Survey-Welcome-to-Steam https://www.gamingonlinux.com/steam-tracker/