CERN to Debian, Audacity 4, OpenShot 4, 30,000 Steam Games, Age Verify Exemption & more Linux news
Support the show by becoming a patron at https://tuxdigital.com/membership or get some swag at https://store.tuxdigital.com/This week in Linux, CERN makes some Linux news revolving around Debian, lawmakers are giving open source a way out of OS-level age verification ... well in California, and Ubisoft found away to make Linux gaming news frustrating right at the same time as we hit a huge milestone for Linux gaming.
Plus, Audacity gets one of its biggest updates in years, OpenShot levels up in a big way, and Linux From Scratch has a brand new release for everyone who thinks installing Linux should require just a little more suffering.
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
00:55 CERN is moving some systems to Debian
05:26 California Legislature Passes Open-Source Exemption From OS Age Verification
09:56 30,000 Games Playable on Linux but Ubisoft Is Intentionally Blocking For Honor
16:46 Audacity 4.0 Released With a Completely Rebuilt Interface
20:31 OpenShot 4.0 Brings Major Upgrades
22:47 The Ur Project - A Clear Linux Architect Is Building a New Linux Distro
26:20 Linux From Scratch 13.1 Released
29:57 Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS Released
32:16 Update: NVIDIA confirmed they are buying Hugging Face
34:24 Support the show
35:39 Outro
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### Links:
- CERN is moving some systems to Debian
- https://ch2026.mini.debconf.org/talks/6-controlling-cerns-accelerators-with-debian/
- https://micronews.debian.org/2026/1788286274.html
- https://linux.web.cern.ch/debian/
- https://www.phoronix.com/news/CERN-Goes-Debian-Leaving-RHEL
- https://itsfoss.com/news/cern-debian-push/
- California Legislature Passes Open-Source Exemption From OS Age Verification
- https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1856
- https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1856
- https://agelesslinux.org/
- https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/california-bill-ab-1856-passes-exempting-open-source-from-age-verification/
- https://www.phoronix.com/news/California-AB-1856-Passes
- https://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/Linux-Exempt-from-California-s-Age-Verification-Law
- 30,000 Games Playable on Linux but Ubisoft Is Intentionally Blocking For Honor
- https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/steam-deck-steamos-hit-over-30-000-verified-playable-games/
- https://www.ubisoft.com/en-us/game/for-honor/news-updates/4WKJhG6v6C9sbCOZkFZ6wG/ranked-faq
- https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/ubisofts-for-honor-will-block-steamos-linux-on-september-10/
- Audacity 4.0 Released With a Completely Rebuilt Interface
- https://www.audacityteam.org/audacity-4/
- https://forum.audacityteam.org/t/audacity-4-is-out-now/153852
- https://www.phoronix.com/news/Audacity-4.0-Released
- https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/09/audacity-4-released
- OpenShot 4.0 Brings Major Upgrades
- https://www.openshot.org/blog/2026/08/30/openshot-40-record-edit-color-like-never-before/
- https://www.phoronix.com/news/OpenShot-4.0
- https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/08/openshot-4-0-release
- The Ur Project - A Clear Linux Architect Is Building a New Linux Distro
- https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7499950666367459328/
- https://ur.foo-projects.org/
- https://www.phoronix.com/news/The-Ur-Project
- https://itsfoss.com/news/the-ur-project-appears/
- Linux From Scratch 13.1 Released
- https://www.linuxfromscratch.org/news.html
- https://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/downloads/stable-systemd/LFS-BOOK-13.1-NOCHUNKS.html
- https://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/view/13.1-systemd/chapter01/changelog.html
- Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS Released
- https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/08/ubuntu-26041-lts-point-release-download
- https://www.phoronix.com/news/Ubuntu-26.04.1-LTS-Released
- Update: NVIDIA confirmed they are buying Hugging Face
- https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/nvidia-to-acquire-hugging-face/
- https://www.reuters.com/business/nvidia-buy-hugging-face-nearly-13-billion-big-bet-open-ai-models-2026-09-03/
- https://www.reuters.com/commentary/breakingviews/nvidia-wraps-itself-129-bln-insurance-2026-09-03/
- Support the show
- https://tuxdigital.com/membership
- https://store.tuxdigital.com/
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