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Ubuntu and Fedora devs comment on California's new Digital Age Assurance Act
4 Mar 2026 at 3:11 pm UTC
I feel like everyone is so optimistic that they can't be sued because the alternative is taking it seriously and it's scary, as well as involves compromises on things that traditionally we don't care for (but now have to because law is law).
4 Mar 2026 at 3:11 pm UTC
Quoting: CarollyHonestly just slap a "not legal to use in California" label on the OS and be done with it.I mean. They could still sue you. Your Terms of Service and EULA is only as good as your legal team and how much money you have.
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I feel like everyone is so optimistic that they can't be sued because the alternative is taking it seriously and it's scary, as well as involves compromises on things that traditionally we don't care for (but now have to because law is law).
Bazzite gets a big update with KDE Plasma 6.6, Mesa 26.0.1 and more
4 Mar 2026 at 3:07 pm UTC
re: Discover and Bazaar
I don't care about Discover's problems with Flatpak and others. I just want to be able to keep my applets, themes, and kwin scripts updated. If it bothers people so much, just include Bazaar, pin it in favorite, hide Discover in Utility category.
What I hated was Discover being removed when Bazaar still sucked. I did give it a try back then - it locks the entire app if you clicked Update, it was still pretty slow, I know it crashed on other people, and I find the way it loads on each keypress while searching to be rather uncomfortable as I am a bit sensitive to flashing screens. It wasn't ready, it was shoved in my face, and what I needed was removed while restoring it isn't as straightforward as with Konsole. The last time an operating system didn't something similar, I left and learned an entirely new operating system.
Honestly, I don't even want to talk about Bazaar anymore - it just keeps making me angry remembering how it was implemented in the ublue ecosystem. I don't even care how good it is now, the initial introduction left such a bad taste in my mouth.
4 Mar 2026 at 3:07 pm UTC
Quoting: Stellathe only reason they used Ptyxis in the first place was because of Konsole's seriously lacking container support, which are very important for the immutable distro workflow.What counts as "seriously lacking container support" here? I've been using konsole with distrobox just fine even before I got on ublue, and that's before we even have Bazzite and only had ublue-kinoite. I can enter my container pretty quickly - just use an alias or zsh-autosuggestions if you want to do it quickly.
I personally dislike Discover as it feels slow and bloated due to the many different backends it supports and despite being called Discover, the discoverability of apps feels lacking in comparison to Bazaar. I even started using Bazaar on my Steam Deck.
re: Discover and Bazaar
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I don't care about Discover's problems with Flatpak and others. I just want to be able to keep my applets, themes, and kwin scripts updated. If it bothers people so much, just include Bazaar, pin it in favorite, hide Discover in Utility category.
What I hated was Discover being removed when Bazaar still sucked. I did give it a try back then - it locks the entire app if you clicked Update, it was still pretty slow, I know it crashed on other people, and I find the way it loads on each keypress while searching to be rather uncomfortable as I am a bit sensitive to flashing screens. It wasn't ready, it was shoved in my face, and what I needed was removed while restoring it isn't as straightforward as with Konsole. The last time an operating system didn't something similar, I left and learned an entirely new operating system.
Honestly, I don't even want to talk about Bazaar anymore - it just keeps making me angry remembering how it was implemented in the ublue ecosystem. I don't even care how good it is now, the initial introduction left such a bad taste in my mouth.
Ubuntu and Fedora devs comment on California's new Digital Age Assurance Act
4 Mar 2026 at 2:42 pm UTC
4 Mar 2026 at 2:42 pm UTC
Quoting: Stellawhat about Docker containers???? Do I need to enter my age for every single Docker container that gets created? In companies they get created and destroyed by the thousand each day. This is beyond ridiculous.Presumably, no. Fedora has the right mind of how it'll look like - docker can just inherit the user age bracket data as part of its initialization process. Could also just check for user's group, since they also care about `docker` group anyways.
Ubuntu and Fedora devs comment on California's new Digital Age Assurance Act
4 Mar 2026 at 2:41 pm UTC
The law itself is pretty clear about what counts as a violation and what's the fine. The problem that isn't clear is how they expect OS vendor to comply, in the technical sense, and what counts as "negligent" and "intentional" violation (I would assume not doing anything at all would count as intentional).
This is unfortunately a legal matter - you can't think as a user or as a dev, you have to think as legal entities.
Again, the only way out really is to get the laws amended or challenged in Supreme Court, neither of which are easy. My main worry is with other countries, especially EU if I'm being honest - they can more likely to overreach with their version of the law and I'm not sure how you'd challenge them.
4 Mar 2026 at 2:41 pm UTC
Quoting: Doktor-MandrakeReally don't see how they can enforce it, particularly on linux distrosIt's pretty simple: they see a company not doing anything to comply, they sue. Now, whether it'll hold up in Supreme Court, that's a question - though not one that's anyone eager to answer, especially of the lawsuit started first on a red state that implements a similar law.
The law itself is pretty clear about what counts as a violation and what's the fine. The problem that isn't clear is how they expect OS vendor to comply, in the technical sense, and what counts as "negligent" and "intentional" violation (I would assume not doing anything at all would count as intentional).
This is unfortunately a legal matter - you can't think as a user or as a dev, you have to think as legal entities.
Again, the only way out really is to get the laws amended or challenged in Supreme Court, neither of which are easy. My main worry is with other countries, especially EU if I'm being honest - they can more likely to overreach with their version of the law and I'm not sure how you'd challenge them.
Bazzite gets a big update with KDE Plasma 6.6, Mesa 26.0.1 and more
3 Mar 2026 at 10:25 am UTC Likes: 3
3 Mar 2026 at 10:25 am UTC Likes: 3
Huh. Can't believe they'd actually restore Konsole and uses Kontainer. I've been using Kontainer myself and has been quite happy with it. Hopefully Discover could return - it's quite useful for keeping applets, themes, and other KNewStuff things updated.
Still, good to see that Bazzite getting good new updates even if there was a bit of an issue. It no longer fits my usecase and I don't think I could trust it, but it is good to see it improving.
Still, good to see that Bazzite getting good new updates even if there was a bit of an issue. It no longer fits my usecase and I don't think I could trust it, but it is good to see it improving.
Steam Survey for February 2026 shows a big swing to Simplified Chinese
3 Mar 2026 at 2:03 am UTC Likes: 1
3 Mar 2026 at 2:03 am UTC Likes: 1
Quoting: GustyGhostI was kind of right:I wouldn't take a known, massive outlier entry to be a proof one way or the other. I'd agree if in the month after the rebound (so April) we still see a decline.
SteamInputDB is a new site to help you find Steam Input configurations for your gamepads
3 Mar 2026 at 2:00 am UTC
3 Mar 2026 at 2:00 am UTC
Hm, yeah, having a decky loader / millennium plugin or a steamgriddb's sgdboop-like function would be perfect.
Also makes it easier in case I need to restore my Desktop Mode controller.
Also makes it easier in case I need to restore my Desktop Mode controller.
Steam Deck OLED gets a price increase across Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan
2 Mar 2026 at 9:58 am UTC
2 Mar 2026 at 9:58 am UTC
Pain, peko.
Steam Survey for February 2026 shows a big swing to Simplified Chinese
2 Mar 2026 at 9:08 am UTC
2 Mar 2026 at 9:08 am UTC
Chinese New Year, as usual.
Kerbal Space Program spiritual successor Kitten Space Agency now has a Linux version
23 Feb 2026 at 7:00 pm UTC Likes: 2
23 Feb 2026 at 7:00 pm UTC Likes: 2
Quoting: CatKillerIt's on the No Tux No Bux crowds now. Just today, I saw a reddit thread saying "Wine is not an excuse," so they better walk the talk and actually play this game, give feedback, and contribute real support to a game that's actually doing what they're asking for.These builds are deployed untested.That's the opposite of what anyone wants.
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