Linux Age Checks Update, $5B for Open Source Security, Linus Torvalds on AI Tools, & 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, we’ve got a packed episode covering AI, security, and everyone's favorite, LEGAL News! IBM and Red Hat a massive new effort to secure open-source software at enterprise scale. Linus Torvalds has some very pointed comments about AI-generated security reports making kernel maintainers’ lives harder. Age verification laws are raising new questions for Linux users. Then we'll take a look at some Wayland window managers with Sway and labwc. 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! SHOW NOTES ►► https://thisweekinlinux.com/346 Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:54 Project Lightwell: IBM & Red Hat’s B Open Source Security Effort 03:55 OS-Level Age Checks Might Exempt Linux, But There’s a Catch 07:12 Linus Torvalds says AI Tools Can Help, But Bad Reports Waste Maintainer Time 10:52 MoonRay: DreamWorks’ Film Renderer Moves Deeper Into Open Source 12:10 Sway 1.12 and labwc 0.20 Push Lightweight Wayland Forward 15:04 Flathub and QEMU Draw Different Lines on AI Contributions 19:19 Purism’s Latest PureOS Release Feels Late on Arrival 22:53 Outro SHOW NOTES ►► https://thisweekinlinux.com/346 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Links: Project Lightwell: IBM & Red Hat’s B Open Source Security Effort https://www.redhat.com/en/about/press... https://www.redhat.com/en/lightwell https://www.ibm.com/products/lightwell https://www.infoworld.com/article/417... https://devops.com/ibm-red-hat-launch... https://finance.yahoo.com/sectors/tec... OS-Level Age Checks Might Exempt Linux, But There’s a Catch https://itsfoss.com/news/age-verifica... https://fossforce.com/2026/05/the-qui... https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05... https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05... https://www.phoronix.com/news/Califor... Linus Torvalds says AI Tools Can Help, But Bad Reports Waste Maintainer Time https://www.zdnet.com/article/linus-t... https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05... https://www.phoronix.com/news/Torvald... https://linuxiac.com/linus-torvalds-m... MoonRay: DreamWorks’ Film Renderer Moves Deeper Into Open Source https://www.linuxfoundation.org/press... https://tuxdigital.com/videos/how-dre...    • How DreamWorks Uses Linux & Open Source to...   Sway 1.12 and labwc 0.20 Push Lightweight Wayland Forward Sway: https://9to5linux.com/sway-1-12-wayla... https://www.phoronix.com/news/Sway-1.... https://linuxiac.com/sway-1-12-waylan... labwc: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Labwc-0... https://linuxiac.com/labwc-0-20-wayla... Flathub and QEMU Draw Different Lines on AI Contributions Flathub: https://docs.flathub.org/docs/for-app... https://social.treehouse.systems/@bar... https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05... QEMU: https://www.qemu.org/ https://www.phoronix.com/news/QEMU-Pa... https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html... Purism’s Latest PureOS Release Feels Late on Arrival https://puri.sm/posts/pureos-crimson-... Trisquel 12 - https://tuxdigital.com/podcasts/this-... Fairphone 6 via Murena - https://murena.com/shop/smartphones/b... Support the show https://tuxdigital.com/membership https://store.tuxdigital.com/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks For Watching! #Linux #News #Podcast