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10 Year Anniversary of my channel:
I am still figuring out what I want to do for this but if you come back tomorrow, I'll have something here. 😎👍

### SHOW NOTES  ►► https://thisweekinlinux.com/336 (in progress, I'm traveling but will publish this asap)

### Chapters:
00:00 Intro
01:57 Linux Kernel 6.19 Released
07:44 Discord Age Verification: "Wait. What? Nope!"
13:46 Updates on KDE Linux
17:53 Sandfly Security, agentless Linux security
19:17 Linux Mint Changes to Release Cadence
21:44 GRUB 2.14 Released
24:43 Mesa 26.0 Released
27:01 Tiny Core 17 Released
29:04 Outro

SHOW NOTES  ►► https://thisweekinlinux.com/336

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### Links:
- Linux Kernel 6.19 Released
 - https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.19-Best-Feature-Changes
 - https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/02/linux-6-19-kernel-features-amd-performance
 - https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/linux-kernel-6-19-arrives-and-the-next-will-be-7-0/
 - https://itsfoss.com/news/kernel-6-19-release/
 - https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/09/linux_6_19_7_named/
 - https://9to5linux.com/linux-kernel-6-19-officially-released-this-is-whats-new
 - https://lwn.net/Articles/1057417/
 - https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/1qzn6y1/linux_kernel_619_has_been_released/
 - https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.19-Released
 - https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.0-Is-Next
- Discord Age Verification: "Wait. What? Nope!"
 - https://discord.com/press-releases/discord-launches-teen-by-default-settings-globally
 - https://discord.com/press-releases/discord-launches-teen-by-default-settings-globally#age-assurance-clarification
 - https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/discord-is-about-to-require-age-verification-for-everyone/
 - https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/discord-attempt-to-put-out-the-fires-with-a-clarification-over-new-age-verification/
 - https://www.polygon.com/discord-face-id-requirement-backlash/
 - https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/theres-no-reason-for-discord-to-comply-in-advance-with-social-media-age-verification-laws-instead-of-fighting-for-their-users-says-eff-expert/
 - https://www.tomsguide.com/computing/social-media/the-vast-majority-of-people-can-continue-using-discord-exactly-as-they-do-today-discord-addresses-backlash-over-controversial-age-verification
 - https://www.gamespot.com/articles/discord-attempts-to-clarify-its-new-age-verification-rules/1100-6538091/
 - https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/02/discord-faces-backlash-over-age-checks-after-data-breach-exposed-70000-ids/
- Updates on KDE Linux
 - https://pointieststick.com/2026/02/06/busy-months-in-kde-linux/
 - https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/kde-linux-gets-performance-improvements-new-default-apps-and-goes-all-in-on-flatpak/
 - https://www.phoronix.com/news/KDE-Linux-Performance-Hardware
 - https://9to5linux.com/kde-linux-gears-up-for-beta-release-with-plasma-login-manager-kde-initial-setup
- Sandfly Security, agentless Linux security
 - https://thisweekinlinux.com/sandfly
- Linux Mint Changes to Release Cadence
 - https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4991
 - https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/02/linux-mint-plans-longer-development-cycle
 - https://itsfoss.com/news/linux-mint-longer-release-cycle/
 - https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/linux-mint-may-slow-down-releases-to-have-more-development-time/
- GRUB 2.14 Released
 - https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/grub-devel/2026-01/msg00029.html
 - https://www.phoronix.com/news/GRUB-2.14-Released
 - https://9to5linux.com/grub-2-14-released-with-erofs-argon2-kdf-and-shim-loader-protocol-support
- Mesa 26.0 Released
 - https://mesa3d.org/
 - https://www.phoronix.com/news/Mesa-26.0-Released
 - https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/mesa-26-0-is-out-bringing-ray-tracing-performance-improvements-for-amd-radv/
 - https://9to5linux.com/mesa-26-0-open-source-graphics-stack-officially-released-heres-whats-new
- Tiny Core 17 Released
 - https://forum.tinycorelinux.net/index.php/topic,28008.0.html
 - http://www.tinycorelinux.net/
- Support the show
 - https://tuxdigital.com/membership
 - https://store.tuxdigital.com/

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