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• OpenAI wants to buy Chrome, final COSMIC alpha, Fedora could drop X11 entirely

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• Fedora 42, Manjaro Immutable, Arco Linux shuts down

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• Firefox's AI summary, Wayland restores windows, Framework 12 preorders open

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• Thunderbird's paid service, open source DNA database deleted, EU takes aim at encryption

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• AI harms Open Source projects, Android goes private

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