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  <itunes:subtitle>KDE’s fight over AI generated code explodes at exactly the moment Plasma is making some of its biggest changes in years.</itunes:subtitle>
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    <![CDATA[<p>KDE’s fight over AI generated code explodes at exactly the moment Plasma is making some of its biggest changes in years.</p><p>Sponsored By:</p><ul><li><a rel="nofollow" href="https://jupitersignal.memberful.com/checkout?plan=117630r">Jupiter Signal Network Membership</a>: <a rel="nofollow" href="https://jupitersignal.memberful.com/checkout?plan=117630r">Put your support on automatic with our annual plan, and get one month of membership for free!
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    <![CDATA[<p>KDE’s fight over AI generated code explodes at exactly the moment Plasma is making some of its biggest changes in years.</p><p>Sponsored By:</p><ul><li><a rel="nofollow" href="https://jupitersignal.memberful.com/checkout?plan=117630r">Jupiter Signal Network Membership</a>: <a rel="nofollow" href="https://jupitersignal.memberful.com/checkout?plan=117630r">Put your support on automatic with our annual plan, and get one month of membership for free!
</a></li><li><a rel="nofollow" href="https://defined.net/unplugged">Nebula</a>: <a rel="nofollow" href="https://defined.net/unplugged">Meet Managed Nebula from Defined Networking. A decentralized VPN built on the open-source Nebula platform that we love.
</a></li></ul><p><a rel="payment" href="https://jupitersignal.memberful.com/checkout?plan=52946">Support LINUX Unplugged</a></p><p>Links:</p><ul><li><a title="Web Boost" rel="nofollow" href="https://boost.jupiterbroadcasting.com/?show=lup">Web Boost
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</li><li><a title="💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike" rel="nofollow" href="https://strike.me/">💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike
</a></li><li><a title="📻 LINUX Unplugged on Fountain.FM" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.fountain.fm/show/dWiuBeqpDSM86AwXRXov">📻 LINUX Unplugged on Fountain.FM
</a></li><li><a title="Jupiter Garage SWAG" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.jupitergarage.com/">Jupiter Garage SWAG
</a></li><li><a title="Going All-In on a Wayland Future" rel="nofollow" href="https://blogs.kde.org/2025/11/26/going-all-in-on-a-wayland-future/">Going All-In on a Wayland Future
</a></li><li><a title="KDE/kup: Backup scheduler for the Plasma desktop" rel="nofollow" href="https://github.com/KDE/kup">KDE/kup: Backup scheduler for the Plasma desktop
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</a></li><li><a title="KDE and AI, and you, and me – Adventures in Linux and KDE" rel="nofollow" href="https://pointieststick.com/2026/09/23/kde-and-ai-and-you-and-me/">KDE and AI, and you, and me – Adventures in Linux and KDE
</a></li><li><a title="What would it take? A lovable, sovereign, AI-native KDE - YouTube" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8eTZk6xoZQ">What would it take? A lovable, sovereign, AI-native KDE - YouTube
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</a></li><li><a title="Cliparr: subtitles" rel="nofollow" href="https://github.com/TechSquidTV/Cliparr/blob/main/docs/subtitle-burn-in">Cliparr: subtitles
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