Valve wants FOSS AMD drivers on Windows, Framework laptop 13 Pro looks good for Linux, GoG on Linux

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01:49 Valve sponsors work to bring FOSS AMD Drivers to Windows https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/news-and-events/cracking-windows-open-porting-radv-to-win32.html

04:46 Framework Laptop 13 pro looks solid on Linux https://www.phoronix.com/review/framework-laptop-13-pro/11 https://frame.work/products/laptop13pro-amd-ai300/configuration/new https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/07/framework-laptop-13-pro-review-much-better-battery-much-worse-price/

08:27 GoG working on a Linux client https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/gog-confirm-they-are-working-towards-gog-galaxy-on-linux/

10:24 Ubuntu Touch gets big update https://ubports.com/blog/ubports-news-1/ubuntu-touch-24-04-2-0-and-24-04-1-4-release-4007

12:29 GNOME’s session restore won’t land in GNOME 51 https://linuxiac.com/gnome-is-building-session-save-and-restore-but-it-wont-make-gnome-51/

14:12 Fedora working on a conflict of interest policy https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/conflict-of-interest-guidelines-policy-draft-feedback-please/197508

16:55 Firefox’s redesign lands in Nightly builds https://9to5linux.com/first-look-at-firefoxs-brand-new-design-in-firefox-nightly

18:59 New full desktop environment written with AI https://starling.build/

21:24 New patches improve gaming performance on AMD https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMD-P-State-Better-1p-Lows

24:29 Debian now has 5 proposals to handle AI contributions https://www.debian.org/vote/2026/vote_002

27:04 Intel Arc GPUs getting better on Linux https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-HuC-DG2-Alchemist-Xe

29:03 Keychron builds open source mouse firmware https://itsfoss.com/news/keychron-zgm-mouse-firmware/