More Office Suite drama, chrome installs AI model without consent, Cool Plasma 6.7 things

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01:35 LibreOffice questions the sovereignty of Euro office https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/05/05/thank-you-on-behalf-of-odf

04:17 Plasma 6.7 will come with its new style engine https://9to5linux.com/kdes-new-css-based-style-engine-union-is-coming-to-kde-plasma-6-7

06:27 Plasma 6.7 fixes big performance issues https://zamundaaa.github.io/wayland/2026/05/06/making-wl-shm-fast.html

08:27 Google Chrome installs a model on device without consent https://www.thatprivacyguy.com/blog/chrome-silent-nano-install/

11:20 Linux kernel guidelines for adding new filesystems https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs.git/commit/?h=vfs-7.2.misc&id=b34d597faae60a4c89235205478497b975e86bc5

14:13 Pilot project for open, Linux based workspaces in the Netherlands https://vng.nl/artikelen/digitale-werkplek-geen-memo-maar-demo-werkplekken-in-open-source

15:40 Someone remade Unity Desktop with Wayfire and libadwaita https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/05/ubuntu-unity-desktop-wayfire-recreation

18:04 Dell and Lenovo now sponsor LVFS https://www.phoronix.com/news/Dell-Lenovo-Sponsoring-LVFS

19:17 Ubuntu’s Twitter account compromised https://itsfoss.com/news/ubuntu-twitter-compromised/

20:38 Valve opens reservation queue for Steam Controllers https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/valve-announce-a-reservation-system-for-the-new-steam-controller/

21:37 Valve publishes Steam Controller CAD files https://www.digitalfoundry.net/news/2026/05/valve-releases-steam-controller-cad-files-under-creative-commons-license

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