Torvalds on AI in the kernel, EU prepares for FOSS, Goodbye Middle click to paste? Linux Weekly News

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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:37 Sponsor: SquareSpace
01:53 Torvalds chimes in on AI code in the Linux kernel
05:09 EU consultation on making FOSS a priority
07:21 GNOME & Firefox propose disabling middle click to paste
09:33 Google locks down Android development even more
11:21 loss32 wants to make a full Windows DE for Linux
14:04 AMD drivers get big performance boost
16:02 Rockchip's repo closed after FFMPEg's DMCS takedown
17:48 Fedora moves to the new Plasma Login manager
19:35 Linux reaches another high in gaming marketshare
21:25 Geforce Now gets a Linux client

Links:

Torvalds chimes in on AI code in the Linux kernel
https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CAHk-=wg0sdh_OF8zgFD-f6o9yFRK=tDOXhB1JAxfs11W9bX--Q@mail.gmail.com/

EU consultation on making FOSS a priority
https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/16213-European-Open-Digital-Ecosystems_en

GNOME & Firefox propose disabling middle click to paste
https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNOME-Firefox-MiddleClick-Paste

Google locks down Android development even more
https://www.androidauthority.com/aosp-source-code-schedule-3630018/

loss32 wants to make a full Windows DE for Linux
https://loss32.org/

AMD drivers get big performance boost
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Mesa-26.0-RADV-RT-RDNA2-Faster
https://www.phoronix.com/news/RADV-More-RT-Performance-2026

Rockchip's repo closed after FFMPEg's DMCS takedown
https://linuxiac.com/github-takes-down-rockchip-mpp-repository-after-ffmpeg-copyright-claim/

Fedora moves to the new Plasma Login manager
https://pagure.io/fesco/issue/3523

Linux reaches another high in gaming marketshare
https://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/Steam-Hardware-Software-Survey-Welcome-to-Steam

Geforce Now gets a Linux client
https://linuxiac.com/nvidia-geforce-now-gains-native-linux-support/

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