Hybrid GPU support fixed? Android sideloading is back, Valve's Linux push - Linux Weekly News

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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:38 Sponsor: Proton Mail
01:30 Red Hat and System76 working on multi GPU
04:02 Valve will change Linux gaming again
07:04 Android will still allow sideloading of unregistrered apps
08:54 Google releases device trees for recent Pixel phones
10:16 Python gets donations surge
12:12 Rust Core Utilities get closer to the GNU tools
13:42 GNOME parental controls making progress
15:18 Meta used scam ads money to fund AI and VR
18:04 Wikipedia asks AI companies to be responsible
20:08 Germany says OpenAI breached copyright for lyrics
22:23 Sponsor: Tuxedo Computers

Links:

Red Hat and System76 working on multi GPU
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Better-Linux-Multi-GPU-2025

Valve will change Linux gaming again
https://store.steampowered.com/sale/steammachine

Android will still allow sideloading of unregistrered apps
https://www.androidauthority.com/android-power-users-install-unverified-apps-3615310/

Google releases device trees for recent Pixel phones
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Google-Pixel-10-Google-DTs

Python gets donations surge
https://thenewstack.io/psf-gets-a-donor-surge-after-rejecting-anti-dei-federal-grant/

Rust Core Utilities get closer to the GNU tools
https://linuxiac.com/rust-coreutils-0-4-boosts-gnu-compatibility-to-85-percentage/

GNOME parental controls making progress
https://blogs.gnome.org/ignapk/2025/11/10/digital-wellbeing-contract-screen-time-limits/

Meta used scam ads money to fund AI and VR
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/11/bombshell-report-exposes-how-meta-relied-on-scam-ad-profits-to-fund-ai/

Wikipedia asks AI companies to be responsible
https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/10/wikipedia-urges-ai-companies-to-use-its-paid-api-and-stop-scraping/

Germany says OpenAI breached copyright for lyrics
https://www.reuters.com/world/german-court-sides-with-plaintiff-copyright-case-against-openai-2025-11-11/

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