No Age verification for Linux, New KDE theme, Flatpak redesign with systemD

About this episode

This episode discusses the lack of age verification for Linux, a new KDE theme, and the redesign of Flatpak with systemD dependencies.

💻 Get a Linux computer from our sponsor, Tuxedo💻 https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en# 👏 Support the show here: 👏 Patreon supporters get the daily Linux & Open Source audio show! https://www.patreon.com/thelinuxexperiment Or you can support me with a one time donation: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/thelinuxexp https://liberapay.com/TheLinuxExperiment/ 👕 Buy TLE Merch: 👕 https://the-linux-experiment.creator-spring.com/ 📹 Watch Linux videos: 📹 https://www.youtube.com/thelinuxexperiment 🎙️ Leave your feedback here: 🎙️ https://podcast.thelinuxexp.com Links: 01:43 No age verification for Linux and Open source https://www.phoronix.com/news/California-AB-1856 https://itsfoss.com/news/age-verification-open-source-exemptions/ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/linux-and-open-source-getting-age-checking-exemptions-could-be-problematic/ 04:30 New KDE theme shows a few work in progress elements https://anditosan.wordpress.com/2026/05/22/ocean-design-for-plasma-may-updates/ 06:36 Flatpak Next redesign might depend on systemD https://linuxiac.com/flatpaks-future-may-leave-non-systemd-distros-behind/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AXBfsiaQNk&t=16218s…

People in this episode

Host: The Linux Experiment

Topics covered

• age verification
• KDE theme
• Flatpak redesign
• Linux Mint improvements
• AMD tool pricing
• Github malware

Keywords

• Linux
• Open source
• KDE
• Flatpak
• systemD
• Mint
• AMD
• Github
• malware

Sponsors

Tuxedo

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Linux, Open source, KDE, Flatpak, systemD, Mint, AMD, Github, Phoronix, ItsFOSS

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