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

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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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