340: Facebook behind Age Verify laws?, CachyOS, EndeavourOS, Lutris Gen AI, & more Linux news

video: https://youtu.be/wgqR6bt58-k

This week in Linux, we've got some new distro releases from EndeavourOS, CachyOS, and AlmaLinux. Then we will cover some really impressive investigative work related to the age verification law nonsense that is happening and we've got a bit of drama to cover this episode with the Lutris game manager and what some are calling AI Slop. All of this and more on This Week in Linux, the weekly news show that keeps you up to date with what’s going on in the Linux and Open Source world. Now let's jump right into Your Source for Linux GNews!

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Chapters:

00:00 Intro
00:38 Help Support TWIL & Housekeeping
01:02 Lutris "AI Slop" Drama on Generative AI
05:39 Age Verification Research
12:40 AlmaLinux and NVIDIA Streamline Driver and CUDA Updates
14:31 CachyOS 260308 Released
19:03 EndeavourOS Titan Released
23:54 Ageless Linux Released
28:29 Firefox Redesign Coming
31:10 Outro

Links:

• Help Support TWIL & Housekeeping
  • https://patreon.com/tuxdigital
  • React to LTT: https://youtu.be/3yR_bOMQt9s
• Lutris "AI Slop" Drama on Generative AI
  • https://github.com/lutris/lutris/issues/6506
  • https://github.com/lutris/lutris/issues/6506#issuecomment-3976118573
  • https://github.com/lutris/lutris/discussions/6530#discussioncomment-16107836
  • https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/lutris-now-being-built-with-claude-ai-developer-decides-to-hide-it-after-backlash/
• Age Verification Research
  • https://tboteproject.com/
  • https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/1rshc1f/comment/oac26yg/?context=1
  • https://github.com/upper-up/meta-lobbying-and-other-findings
• AlmaLinux and NVIDIA Streamline Driver and CUDA Updates
  • https://almalinux.org/blog/2026-03-09-almalinux-and-nvidia-streamline-driver-and-cuda-updates/
• CachyOS 260308 Released
  • https://cachyos.org/blog/2603-march-release/
  • https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/cachyos-update-brings-improvements-for-pc-gaming-handhelds-the-installer-and-more/
  • https://www.phoronix.com/news/CachyOS-March-2026
  • https://boilingsteam.com/cachy-os-is-now-the-most-popular-distro-on-proton-db/
• EndeavourOS Titan Released
  • https://endeavouros.com/news/whats-new-in-endeavouros-titan-release/
  • https://9to5linux.com/endeavouros-titan-released-with-linux-kernel-6-19-and-kde-plasma-6-6
  • https://linuxiac.com/endeavouros-titan-launches-with-linux-6-19/
• Ageless Linux Released
  • https://agelesslinux.org/index.html
• Firefox Redesign Coming
  • https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/03/firefox-nova-redesign
  • https://itsfoss.com/news/firefox-nova-leak/
  • https://www.neowin.net/news/mozilla-is-working-on-a-big-firefox-redesign-here-is-what-it-looks-like/
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