OpenAI could buy Chrome, Fedora could drop X11, COSMIC alpha 7: Linux & Open Source News

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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:46 Sponsor: TuxCare
02:24 OpenAI would buy Chrome if Google had to sell it
04:53 Final Cosmic alpha is here
07:18 Fedora 43 proposal to drop GNOME X11 entirely
09:24 GNOME STF progress report is HUGE
12:48 NVK adds support for older Nvidia GPUs
14:30 Ubuntu moves forward with Rust core utilities
16:45 Owner of IGN & CNET sue OpenAI
19:16 Sponsor: Tuxedo Computers

Links:

OpenAI would buy Chrome if Google had to sell it
https://www.androidcentral.com/apps-software/ai/chatgpt-chief-says-openai-would-buy-chrome-if-google-is-selling
https://www.theverge.com/news/652746/google-samsung-gemini-default-placement-antitrust-trial

Final Cosmic alpha is here
https://blog.system76.com/post/cosmic-alpha-7-never-been-beta

Fedora 43 proposal to drop GNOME X11 entirely
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/WaylandOnlyGNOME
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-session/-/merge_requests/99

GNOME STF progress report is HUGE
https://blogs.gnome.org/tbernard/2025/04/11/gnome-stf-2024/

NVK adds support for older Nvidia GPUs
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/mesa-nvk-nvidia-vulkan-driver-now-vulkan-1-4-conformant-on-maxwell-pascal-and-volta-gpus/

Ubuntu moves forward with Rust core utilities
https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/migration-to-rust-coreutils-in-25-10/59708
https://alexgaynor.net/2025/mar/22/coreutils-in-rust/

Owner of IGN & CNET sue OpenAI
https://www.theverge.com/news/656044/ziff-davis-sues-openai-ign-cnet-pcmag