[$] LWN.net Weekly Edition for August 27, 2026

Inside this week's LWN.net Weekly Edition: Front : AGPL violations; OpenMDW license; quantum computing and encryption; 7.3 merge window; Remind; Quickshell. Briefs : arrayref; RIP Steve French; Armbian 26.8; Vanilla OS 3; Emacs 31.1; KDE Gear 26.08; LibreOffice 26.8; RPM 6.1.0; Quotes; ... Announcements : Newsletters, conferences, security updates, patches, and more.

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