Linux on M3 Macs, GNOME 51, Steam Frame, Jellyfin 12, Microsoft 365 on Linux, & more Linux news

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This week in Linux, GNOME 51 is here with a faster, more polished desktop and a long list of upgrades across the environment. Asahi Linux pulled off another major Apple Silicon milestone with M3 Macs. Valve is building one of the wildest compatibility stacks we've seen yet for the Steam Frame. And Open Source projects are now setting traps for AI coding agents that can make lazy submissions snitch on themselves. Plus, Jellyfin 12 is a huge upgrade for self-hosted media. All of this and more on this week's episode, so let's jump into Your Source for Linux GNews and see what's happened This Week in Linux.

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Chapters:

00:00 Intro
00:47 GNOME 51 Released
04:34 Asahi Linux for M3 Macs
10:52 Valve's Steam Frame Compatibility Stack for Linux Gaming
13:45 Microsoft 365 might come to Linux (unofficially)
17:21 Jellyfin 12 Released
20:55 Open Source Projects Setting Traps for Lazy Ai Submissions
24:20 Raspberry Pi OS Desktop Refresh
26:07 Ubuntu 26.10 completes migration to Rust-based coreutils
27:08 Google is Replacing C-based Android Binder with Rust
28:13 RustFS 1.0 Released
29:04 Support the show
29:58 Outro

Links:

• GNOME 51 Released
  • https://release.gnome.org/51/
  • https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNOME-51-Released
  • https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/09/gnome-51-released
• Asahi Linux for M3 Macs
  • https://asahilinux.org/2026/09/m2-episode-1/
  • https://asahilinux.org/docs/platform/feature-support/m3/
  • https://fedoramagazine.org/announcing-fedora_asahi_remix_45_beta/
  • https://fedora-asahi-remix.org/
  • https://www.phoronix.com/news/Asahi-Linux-Official-M3
  • https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/asahi-linux-now-officially-supports-macs-with-the-m3-series-soc/
• Valve's Steam Frame Compatibility Stack for Linux Gaming
  • https://partner.steamgames.com/doc/steamhardware/steamframe/compatibility
  • https://gitlab.steamos.cloud/frame-public/lepton/
  • https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/lepton-from-valve-to-run-android-games-on-linux-is-now-open-source/
  • https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/lepton-and-fex-get-prepared-for-the-steam-frame-release/
• Microsoft 365 might come to Linux (unofficially)
  • https://itsfoss.com/news/bottles-microsoft-365-early-look/
  • https://mprove.de/blogs/rss/index.php?rss=mastodon.bsd.cafe%2Ftags%2FMicrosoft.rss
  • https://github.com/bottlesdevs/Bottles/releases
  • https://usebottles.com/
• Jellyfin 12 Released
  • https://jellyfin.org/posts/jellyfin-release-12.0/
  • https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin/releases
  • https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin-web/releases
• Open Source Projects Setting Traps for Lazy Ai Submissions
  • https://github.com/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/blob/main/AGENTS.md
  • https://www.phoronix.com/news/NetworkManager-AI-Canary
  • https://github.com/systemd/systemd/blob/main/AGENTS.md
  • https://www.phoronix.com/news/systemd-262-rc2
  • https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/-/merge_requests/2536
  • https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/-/blob/main/AGENTS.md
  • https://hwbusters.com/news/networkmanager-ai-policy-gets-a-trap-word-and-ci-now-scans-every-commit-for-it/
• Raspberry Pi OS Desktop Refresh
  • https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/an-updated-look-for-the-raspberry-pi-desktop/
  • https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/category/os/raspberry-pi-os/
• Ubuntu 26.10 completes migration to Rust-based coreutils
  • https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/09/ubuntu-2610-rust-coreutils-complete
  • https://documentation.ubuntu.com/release-notes/26.10/
  • https://uutils.org/
  • https://www.phoronix.com/news/Ubuntu-Completes-Rust-Coreutils
• Google is Replacing C-based Android Binder with Rust
  • https://lkml.iu.edu/2609.1/12916.html
  • https://lists.openwall.net/linux-kernel/2026/09/12/891
  • https://www.phoronix.com/news/Google-Binder-C-Goodbye
• RustFS 1.0 Released
  • https://www.rustfs.com/blog/announcing-rustfs-1-0-0-ga/
  • https://github.com/RustFS/RustFS
  • https://linuxiac.com/rustfs-1-0-s3-compatible-object-storage-reaches-ga/
• Support the show
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