341: GNOME 50, Manjaro 2.0 Manifesto, GIMP 3.2, Blender 5.1, Fedora Asahi, Samba, & more Linux news

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This week in Linux, we're going to be talking about GNOMEs latest release with GNOME 50. There's also new releases from Blender and GIMP as well as Samba and many more. Plus, we're also going to be talking about a new effort from the Linux Foundation related to ai slop in terms of pull requests for various different open source projects. And we're also going to be talking about Manjaro and they have a little bit of a potential turmoil or drama that's happening right now because of the Manjaro 2.0 Manifesto. We're going to talk about that and much more because we have so much to cover 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
00:54 Thank You Patrons!
01:10 GNOME 50 Released
10:02 Manjaro 2.0 Manifesto Drama
17:41 Blender 5.1 Relesaed
20:27 Linux Foundation effort to shield FOSS projects from AI Slop Bug Reports
24:40 Samba 4.24 Released
26:26 GIMP 3.2 Released
30:00 Germany’s Deutschland-Stack Mandates Open Document Format (ODF)
31:42 Fedora Asahi Remix 43 Released
34:46 Outro

Links:

• GNOME 50 Released
  • https://release.gnome.org/50/
  • https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/03/gnome-50-released
• Manjaro 2.0 Manifesto
  • https://forum.manjaro.org/t/manjaro-2-0-manifesto/186171
• Blender 5.1 Relesaed
  • https://www.blender.org/download/releases/5-1/
• Linux Foundation effort to shield FOSS projects from AI Slop Bug Reports
  • https://www.linuxfoundation.org/press/linux-foundation-announces-12.5-million-in-grant-funding-from-leading-organizations-to-advance-open-source-security?ref=itsfoss.com
  • https://alpha-omega.dev/blog/linux-foundation-announces-12-5-million-in-grant-funding-from-leading-organizations-to-advance-open-source-security/
  • https://itsfoss.com/news/ai-companies-fund-open-source-security/
  • https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/18/linux_foundation_ai_slop_defense/
• Samba 4.24 Released
  • https://www.samba.org/
  • https://www.samba.org/samba/history/samba-4.24.0.html
  • https://www.phoronix.com/news/Samba-4.24-Released
• GIMP 3.2 Released
  • https://www.gimp.org/release-notes/gimp-3.2.html
  • https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/03/gimp-3-2-release-new-features
• Germany’s Deutschland-Stack Mandates Open Document Format (ODF)
  • https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/03/19/germanys-sovereign-digital-stack-mandates-odf/
• Fedora Asahi Remix 43 Released
  • https://fedoramagazine.org/fedora-asahi-remix-43-is-now-available/
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