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272: Linux 6.10, Windows Global Outage, openSUSE Brand Drama, GNOME Director Leaves & more Linux news

7/23/2024
This week in Linux, there was a brand new version of the Linux kernel. Windows users have suffered a massive outage that continues to cause problem for a of people. There’s some drama brewing related to the openSUSE brand and SUSE asking the project to rename. The Executive Director of the GNOME Foundation announced they […]

Duration:00:23:26

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271: Fedora Metrics & Wayland, Zed IDE, GNOME finally revamping Extensions site, & more Linux news

7/15/2024
This week in Linux, Fedora announced some plans for future releases that may be controversial. There’s a new IDE available for Linux that might turn some heads. GNOME’s Extensions Website is getting a redesign but is it any good? All of this and more on This Week in Linux, the weekly news show that keeps […]

Duration:00:25:23

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270: Linux Mint Beta, SSH Security Vulnerability, Bye CentOS Linux & more Linux news

7/6/2024
This week in Linux, we got new releases from EndeavourOS, Pipewire and more. Linux Mint is in the news this week with the Beta of their next major version of their distro. A new security vulnerability was found in OpenSSH and CentOS Linux has officially reached the end of the road. All of this and […]

Duration:00:23:53

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269: COSMIC Desktop Release Date, Record Your Game in Steam, SUSE 19 Years Support & more Linux news

6/29/2024
This week in Linux, we’ve got desktop environment news for COSMIC & Budgie. We’ve got some distro news from the SUSE side of things. Then Valve announced a new killer feature for Steam so you can now record gameplay. All of this and more on This Week in Linux, the weekly news show that keeps […]

Duration:00:22:09

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268: KDE Plasma 6.1, Cinnamon Desktop, RISC-V Framework Laptop & more Linux news

6/23/2024
This week in Linux we have a lot of new releases to talk about like desktop environments with KDE Plasma & Cinnamon. We also have some distro news from Ubuntu and postmarketOS. Plus there was an exciting announcement from Framework Computers about a potential new RISC-V motherboard option. All of this and more on This […]

Duration:00:27:26

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267: Raspberry Pi IPO, Tuxedo Snapdragon Laptop, Valve Lawsuit, openSUSE Leap & more Linux news

6/16/2024
This week in Linux we saw some big releases from openSUSE, Mozilla, and more. We’re also going to take a look at a new prototype laptop from TUXEDO Computers that I am very excited about. Then we’ll jump into everyone’s favorite segment, Legal News, because Valve is being sued for apparently overcharging gamers even though […]

Duration:00:38:21

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266: Future of KDE, Kali Linux, Kaspersky Virus Removal & more Linux news

6/9/2024
This Week in Linux, we’ve got some exciting updates to share with you, from the growth of Linux in the gaming world to many new distro releases. We’ll take a look at how you can shape the future of KDE and there’s a new virus removal tool for Linux from the folks at Kaspersky. All […]

Duration:00:27:53

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265: KDE Plasma 6.1 Beta, /e/OS, 15,000 Games for Steam Deck, Linux Laptops & more Linux news

6/1/2024
This week in Linux was jam packed so we have news from distros, desktop environments and even some brand new Linux laptops hitting the market. KDE fans, get ready for Plasma 6.1, the Beta release is here bringing a preview of various improvements. On the mobile front, we have news from Murena for /e/OS 2.0 […]

Duration:00:28:39

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264: Ubuntu going Wayland for NVIDIA, Firefox’s Future, GNOME 5 Year Strat & more Linux news

5/26/2024
This week’s episode, we’re going to be taking a look into the crystal ball of Linux, and we’re going to be seeing into the future for the roadmaps that were given to us by various projects, like Ubuntu, GNOME, Mozilla Firefox, and others. Plus, we have some new releases like Alpine Linux and MX Linux, […]

Duration:00:22:29

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263: Linux 6.9, Red Hat AI, Telegram vs Signal, Manjaro 24 & more Linux news

5/18/2024
I’m back from the Red Hat Summit, and there is a lot to talk about this week. We have a new kernel release with Linux 6.9, which sees a lot of performance perks. There’s also some new cool AI stuff from Red Hat that was announced. We’re going to unpack some messy drama related to […]

Duration:00:26:46

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262: Flavours of Ubuntu 24.04, Proton 9.0, NVIDIA + Steam Deck & more Linux news

5/5/2024
We have a very flavorful episode this week with all the flavors of Ubuntu 24.04. Proton 9.0 was released this week to make gaming on Linux even better. Then Nvidia is back on the show with some more positive news, this time about supporting GeForce Now on the Steam Deck. All of this and so […]

Duration:00:20:59

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261: Fedora 40, Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, Flathub Redesign, Nextcloud & more Linux news

4/29/2024
This week's episode is so jam packed that it is kind of ridiculous. Let's rapid fire this intro and you'll see what I mean. Fedora Linux 40 is out, Ubuntu 24.04 LTS is out, Nextcloud has a new release of Nextcloud Hub and the release notes feel like they never end, the Flathub has released a new design refresh making it even better to use Flatpaks, and we recently had an awesome interview on the Destination Linux podcast that I gotta tell you about and all of this in one episode. I mean there's so much just in the Ubuntu topic that I didn't have time to cover the flavours, I'll tell you about those next week. Yea, this is going to be one of those episodes. Welcome to This Week in Linux, Your Source for Linux GNews!

Duration:00:29:10

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260: LXQt Desktop, Nouveau Lead Joins NVIDIA, AlmaLinux making waves, New Linux Tablet & more Linux news

4/21/2024
We have some very interesting news this week, we’ve got a brand new major release of the LXQt desktop environment, there’s a strange but potentially good twist in the ongoing saga of Nvidia and open source drivers, Red Hat drops the hardware ball and AlmaLinux catches it. Plus there’s a new Linux Tablet trying to […]

Duration:00:16:40

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259: Ubuntu 24.04 Beta, Gentoo becomes SPI-ware, Solution to NVidia & Wayland & more Linux news

4/14/2024
This week’s news is exciting with cool new stuff and pretty bonkers because we narrowly avoided a security nightmare! A backdoor was discovered hidden in a common Linux utility, and it could have infected millions of devices. We’ll break down how this almost happened, and what it means for you. Then, we’ll switch gears and […]

Duration:00:24:21

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258: XZ Backdoor Attack, Linux Mint 22, Fedora Switch to KDE?, Flathub Unverified & more Linux news

4/7/2024
This week’s news is exciting with cool new stuff and pretty bonkers because we narrowly avoided a security nightmare! A backdoor was discovered hidden in a common Linux utility, and it could have infected millions of devices. We’ll break down how this almost happened, and what it means for you. Then, we’ll switch gears and […]

Duration:00:33:49

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257: GNOME 46, Linux 6.8, KDE Security Warning, Fedora 40 Beta & more Linux news

3/30/2024
On this episode of TWIL, we’ve got a brand new kernel to talk about with Linux 6.8. GNOME 46 has been released bringing a ton of desktop related goodies. Fedora and openSUSE have released some betas for us all to try out and test. Red Hat announced a new driver project for NVIDIA support on […]

Duration:00:23:47

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256: Linux Desktop Growth, Fedora Dropping Xorg, Nintendo vs Yuzu lawsuit & more Linux news

3/9/2024
We’ve got a lot of big news for Linux users this week! We’ve got everything from marketshare growth to the latest updates for your favorite distros. Desktop Linux hits 4% market share! That’s the highest ever by the way. Linux From Scratch just released a new version for those of you who dream of building […]

Duration:00:34:52

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255: KDE Plasma 6 MegaRelease, cover your Tails, CIQ’s Rocky credibility & more Linux news

3/2/2024
KDE has finally blessed us with the latest release of KDE Plasma and this isnt just any release but a massive megarelease as they call it. That’s right, KDE Plasma 6 is here! We also got some new distro releases from the privacy focused distro Tails, Tiny Core Linux and apparently one project is trying […]

Duration:00:30:40

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254: Linux Laptops, Fedora, DreamWorks Open Source, LXQt Desktop & more Linux news

2/25/2024
February seems to be a really big month for desktop environment news because KDE Plasma is almost upon us with the release next week. GNOME has announced the beta release of GNOME 46. LXQt has dropped some big news that LXQt 2.0 is on its way. and there may be another distro already interested in […]

Duration:00:33:49

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253: Fedora goes Atomic, COSMIC is Coming, Linux Kernel Security, Mozilla Refocusing & more Linux news

2/18/2024
On this episode of TWIL (253), Fedora has announced a new branch of their distro for immutable operating systems, called Fedora Atomic Desktops. System76 says we are getting close to an Alpha version of the COSMIC desktop. Then we’re going to talk about Linux kernel security. Mozilla is refocusing on the Firefox browser while also […]

Duration:00:27:21