Malware in the Snap store highlights the risks of modern package management, but users accidentally ending up with a totally different desktop environment shows the perils of the older approach. Plus the UK government wants to do more age-gating, and we hear about a project to get kids into Free Software.
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News
<a href="https://blog.popey.com/2026/01/malware-purveyors-taking-over-published-snap-email-domains/">Malware Peddlers Are Now Hijacking Snap Publisher Domains</a>
<a href="https://old.reddit.com/r/linuxmint/comments/1qjjn85/what_happened_to_linux_mint/">Linux Mint user gets Gnomed</a>
<a href="https://protonvpn.com/support/official-linux-vpn-ubuntu/">It looks like they followed these instructions to install Proton VPN (including selecting gdm)</a>
<a href="https://old.reddit.com/r/gotgnomed/">They aren&#8217;t alone</a>
<a href="https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/15/aws_european_sovereign_cloud/">AWS flips switch on Euro cloud as customers fret about digital sovereignty</a>
<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jan/13/government-rolls-back-digital-identity-card-plans">UK government rolls back key part of digital ID plans</a>
<a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cz0pnekxpn8o">Lords back UK social media ban for under-16s</a>
<a href="https://www.openrightsgroup.org/press-releases/under-16-social-media-ban-would-expand-age-gating-for-millions-and-silence-young-people/">Under-16 social media ban would expand age-gating for millions and silence young people</a>
<a href="https://reclaimthenet.org/uk-house-of-lords-votes-to-extend-age-verification-to-vpns">UK House of Lords Votes to Extend Age Verification to VPNs</a>
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Mission:Libre
<a href="https://mastodon.social/@carmenlisandrette">Carmen</a> tells us about her <a href="https://missionlibre.org/">project that aims to get kids into Free Software</a>.
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