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!
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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
Links:
- Project Lightwell: IBM & Red Hat’s B Open Source Security Effort
- https://www.redhat.com/en/about/press-releases/project-lightwell-secure-open-source
- https://www.redhat.com/en/lightwell
- https://www.ibm.com/products/lightwell
- https://www.infoworld.com/article/4178451/ibm-and-red-hat-want-to-become-the-security-clearinghouse-for-open-source-applications-in-the-enterprise.html
- https://devops.com/ibm-red-hat-launch-project-lightwell-to-secure-open-source-software-from-frontier-models/
- https://finance.yahoo.com/sectors/technology/articles/ibm-red-hat-project-lightwell-140943530.html
- OS-Level Age Checks Might Exempt Linux, But There’s a Catch
- https://itsfoss.com/news/age-verification-open-source-exemptions/
- https://fossforce.com/2026/05/the-quiet-clause-that-may-save-linux-from-age-verification-laws/
- https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/linux-and-open-source-getting-age-checking-exemptions-could-be-problematic/
- https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/colorado-and-california-age-verification-bills-exempt-open-source-operating-systems/
- https://www.phoronix.com/news/California-AB-1856
- Linus Torvalds says AI Tools Can Help, But Bad Reports Waste Maintainer Time
- https://www.zdnet.com/article/linus-torvalds-has-a-love-hate-relationship-with-ai/
- https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/linux-head-says-ai-tools-are-great-but-theyre-making-the-security-list-almost-entirely-unmanageable/
- https://www.phoronix.com/news/Torvalds-AI-Tools-Can-Be-Great
- https://linuxiac.com/linus-torvalds-merges-new-linux-kernel-security-bug-guidelines/
- MoonRay: DreamWorks’ Film Renderer Moves Deeper Into Open Source
- Sway 1.12 and labwc 0.20 Push Lightweight Wayland Forward
- Sway:
- labwc:
- Flathub and QEMU Draw Different Lines on AI Contributions
- Flathub:
- QEMU:
- Purism’s Latest PureOS Release Feels Late on Arrival
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