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Weekly roundup of everything new in the Linux and Open Source world! May contain gaming and privacy related topics. This is a longer counterpart to the Linux and Open Source news videos available on The Linux Experiment Youtube Channel. I’m Nick, I’ve been making Linux and Open Source related videos on YouTube since 2018, with a sizeable following of more than 300 000 subscribers. I’ve been using Linux since 2006, starting with Ubuntu (like most people), and I have 12 years of experience in project management and UX, and that’s the lens I use to view the progress of our Linux desktops and open source applications!

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Weekly roundup of everything new in the Linux and Open Source world! May contain gaming and privacy related topics. This is a longer counterpart to the Linux and Open Source news videos available on The Linux Experiment Youtube Channel. I’m Nick, I’ve been making Linux and Open Source related videos on YouTube since 2018, with a sizeable following of more than 300 000 subscribers. I’ve been using Linux since 2006, starting with Ubuntu (like most people), and I have 12 years of experience in project management and UX, and that’s the lens I use to view the progress of our Linux desktops and open source applications!

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No, NixOS isn't dying. GNOME icon & funding issues, everyone hates Windows 11

5/4/2024
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Duration:00:39:35

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Why Google sucks now, US bans TikTok, Ubuntu 24.04 & Fedora 40

4/27/2024
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Duration:00:41:39

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Flatpak vulnerability, Gentoo refuses AI, Cosmic will theme apps

4/20/2024
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Duration:00:41:50

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Fedora wants AI, Nvidia + Wayland is fixed, US gains privacy

4/13/2024
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Duration:00:43:06

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Proposal for Fedora to use Plasma, XZ backdoor repercussions, German state moves to Linux

4/6/2024
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Duration:00:39:47

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Redis renounces FOSS, the future of Linux is bright, Fedora 40 beta

3/30/2024
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Duration:00:40:19

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USA sues Apple, Plasma themes can wipe your drive, GNOME 46

3/23/2024
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Duration:00:39:33

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Cosmic is delayed, French suffers massive data breach, EU won't regulate FOSS

3/16/2024
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Duration:00:36:40

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Linux at 4%, Fedora drops X11, Apple makes a mess of the EU's DMA

3/9/2024
ADDITIONAL INFO: regarding the Apple & Epic topic, it looks like Apple committed to reinstate Epic’s developer account, right after the EU announced they’d look into it. I didn’t have time to record a new segment for the podcast to add the correction in audio form. 👏 Support the show here: 👏 Patreon supporters get the daily Linux & Open Source audio show! https://www.patreon.com/thelinuxexperiment https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/thelinuxexp https://liberapay.com/TheLinuxExperiment/ 👕 Buy TLE Merch: 👕 https://the-linux-experiment.creator-spring.com/ 📹 Watch Linux videos: 📹 https://www.youtube.com/thelinuxexperiment 🎙️ Leave your feedback here: 🎙️ https://podcast.thelinuxexp.com 00:00 Intro 01:26 Linux passes 4% market share https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/worldwide https://linuxiac.com/linux-crosses-four-percent-market-share-worldwide/ https://www.zdnet.com/article/5-reasons-why-desktop-linux-is-finally-growing-in-popularity/ 07:01 Fedora GNOME drops the X11 session https://www.phoronix.com/news/Fedora-41-No-GNOME-Xorg-Install 09:18 Apple makes a mess of the EU’s DMA https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/07/apple-epic-dev-account-dma/ https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/06/google-announces-the-new-fees-that-come-with-its-play-stores-dma-compliance-plan/ https://www.epicgames.com/site/en-US/news/apple-terminated-epic-s-developer-account https://newsroom.spotify.com/2024-03-01/a-letter-to-the-european-commission-on-apples-lack-of-dma-compliance/ https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_24_1161 17:39 GTK 4.14 fixes font rendering, GNOME 46 gets VRR https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNOME-Shell-Mutter-46-RC https://blog.gtk.org/2024/03/07/on-fractional-scales-fonts-and-hinting/ 20:38 Yuzu developers fold and shut down the project https://liliputing.com/nintendo-switch-emulator-yuzu-to-shut-down-pay-2-4-million-to-settle-lawsuit-from-nintendo/ 23:14 Big French company fined for violating the GPL https://heathermeeker.com/2024/02/17/french-court-issues-damages-award-for-violation-of-gpl/ 25:35 Windows ditches Android support https://www.phoronix.com/news/Microsoft-Dropping-WSA 28:43 Zorin OS 17.1 brings Wine improvements https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/03/zorin-os-17-1-released-debuts-new-education-edition 32:09 Gaming: x86 emulator, AMD & NVIDIA drivers https://www.phoronix.com/news/FEX-2403-Released https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/03/amdgpu-driver-for-linux-67-enforces-lower-power-limits-from-vbios/ https://www.phoronix.com/news/NVIDIA-Firmware-Blobs-HDMI-2.1 https://www.phoronix.com/review/nvidia-r550-open 39:42 Outro 👏 Support the show here: 👏 Patreon supporters get the daily Linux & Open Source audio show! https://www.patreon.com/thelinuxexperiment https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/thelinuxexp https://liberapay.com/TheLinuxExperiment/ 👕 Buy TLE Merch: 👕 https://the-linux-experiment.creator-spring.com/ 📹 Watch Linux videos: 📹 https://www.youtube.com/thelinuxexperiment 🎙️ Leave your feedback here: 🎙️ https://podcast.thelinuxexp.com

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Nintendo sues emulator, Nvidia thinks coding is dead, Plasma 6 is out

3/2/2024
👏 Support the show here: 👏 Patreon supporters get the daily Linux & Open Source audio show! https://www.patreon.com/thelinuxexperiment https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/thelinuxexp https://liberapay.com/TheLinuxExperiment/ 👕 Buy TLE Merch: 👕 https://the-linux-experiment.creator-spring.com/ 📹 Watch Linux videos: 📹 https://www.youtube.com/thelinuxexperiment 🎙️ Leave your feedback here: 🎙️ https://podcast.thelinuxexp.com 00:00 Intro 01:18 Nintendo sues Yuzu Switch emulator https://www.polygon.com/24085140/nintendo-totk-leaked-yuzu-lawsuit-emulator 04:52 Nvidia CEO thinks we should stop writing code https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/jensen-huang-advises-against-learning-to-code-leave-it-up-to-ai 07:57 Plasma 6 is out, 6.1 is already starting https://kde.org/announcements/megarelease/6/ https://pointieststick.com/2024/02/23/this-week-in-kde-real-fake-session-restore/ 14:23 EU investigates Apple dropping PWAs https://www.theverge.com/2024/2/26/24083511/apple-eu-investigation-web-app-support 17:09 Open Source isn’t sustainable? https://jacobian.org/2024/feb/16/paying-maintainers-is-good/ 20:33 HDMI spec refuses AMD open source drivers https://www.phoronix.com/news/HDMI-2.1-OSS-Rejected 23:26 GNOME make progress on some big features https://thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2024/02/twig-136/ 26:18 Wordpress & Tumblr sell user data to AI companies https://www.theverge.com/2024/2/27/24084884/tumblr-midjourney-openai-training-data-deal-report 29:50 Thunderbird makes progress on sync and Exchange https://blog.thunderbird.net/2024/02/thunderbird-monthly-development-digest-february-2024/ 32:00 Gaming: NVK is stable, Wine on Wayland https://www.phoronix.com/news/Mesa-NVK-Vulkan-Conformant https://www.phoronix.com/news/NVK-ESO-GPL-Support https://www.phoronix.com/news/Mesa-NVK-Vulkan-NVIDIA-ReBAR https://www.phoronix.com/news/Wine-Wayland-Basic-OpenGL 37:20 Outro 👏 Support the show here: 👏 Patreon supporters get the daily Linux & Open Source audio show! https://www.patreon.com/thelinuxexperiment https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/thelinuxexp https://liberapay.com/TheLinuxExperiment/ 👕 Buy TLE Merch: 👕 https://the-linux-experiment.creator-spring.com/ 📹 Watch Linux videos: 📹 https://www.youtube.com/thelinuxexperiment 🎙️ Leave your feedback here: 🎙️ https://podcast.thelinuxexp.com

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Snap scam problem, Warp on Linux, an API for RGB

2/24/2024
👏 Support the show here: 👏 Patreon supporters get the daily Linux & Open Source audio show! https://www.patreon.com/thelinuxexperiment https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/thelinuxexp https://liberapay.com/TheLinuxExperiment/ 👕 Buy TLE Merch: 👕 https://the-linux-experiment.creator-spring.com/ 📹 Watch Linux videos: 📹 https://www.youtube.com/thelinuxexperiment 🎙️ Leave your feedback here: 🎙️ https://podcast.thelinuxexp.com 00:00 Intro 01:29 The Snap store has a scam problem https://popey.com/blog/2024/02/exodus-bitcoin-wallet-follow-up/ https://popey.com/blog/2024/02/exodus-bitcoin-wallet-490k-swindle/ 10:35 Flathub gets better validation and metadata https://docs.flathub.org/blog/improved-build-validation/ 13:07 Warp terminal comes to Linux https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/02/warp-terminal-official-linux-release 16:35 Tuxedo proposes an API to handle RGB on Linux https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Kernel-API-Modern-RGB 18:48 Fedora wants a Cosmic spin https://www.phoronix.com/news/Fedora-COSMIC-SIG-Interest 21:06 New hackfest planned for HDR & color management https://www.phoronix.com/news/2024-Linux-Display-Hackfest-May 23:01 Intel caught cheating on benchmarks https://www.pcworld.com/article/2238972/intel-accused-of-inflating-cpu-benchmark-results.html 25:05 OpenSUSE has a roadmap for their new installer https://linuxiac.com/opensuse-agama-installer-takes-shape/ 27:37 Firefox 123 adds a bunch of features https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/02/mozilla-firefox-123-features 30:18 Crossover 24 is out, with fixes for MS Office https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/02/crossover-24-released-with-wine-9-0-plus-codeweavers-still-hiring-developers/ 33:36 Gaming: NVK as default, NTSync driver https://www.phoronix.com/news/NTSYNC-Linux-Update-February https://www.phoronix.com/news/Zink-NVK-For-NVIDIA-OpenGL 37:42 Outro 👏 Support the show here: 👏 Patreon supporters get the daily Linux & Open Source audio show! https://www.patreon.com/thelinuxexperiment https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/thelinuxexp https://liberapay.com/TheLinuxExperiment/ 👕 Buy TLE Merch: 👕 https://the-linux-experiment.creator-spring.com/ 📹 Watch Linux videos: 📹 https://www.youtube.com/thelinuxexperiment 🎙️ Leave your feedback here: 🎙️ https://podcast.thelinuxexp.com

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Mozilla layoffs, Cosmic DE alpha, India bans ProtonMail

2/17/2024
👏 Support the show here: 👏 Patreon supporters get the daily Linux & Open Source audio show! https://www.patreon.com/thelinuxexperiment https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/thelinuxexp https://liberapay.com/TheLinuxExperiment/ 👕 Buy TLE Merch: 👕 https://the-linux-experiment.creator-spring.com/ 📹 Watch Linux videos: 📹 https://www.youtube.com/thelinuxexperiment 🎙️ Leave your feedback here: 🎙️ https://podcast.thelinuxexp.com 00:00 Intro 1:31 Mozilla announced layoffs to refocus on Firefox https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/02/mozilla-announces-layoffs-firefox-ai-plans 06:09 Cosmic alpha is close, with its own file manager https://blog.system76.com/post/closing-in-on-a-cosmic-alpha 11:09 India moves to ban ProtonMail https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/it-ministry-looks-to-block-proton-mail-on-request-of-tamil-nadu-police-101707938167006.html 14:42 Servo engine resuscitated, Firefox gets new feature https://news.itsfoss.com/servo-rust-web-engine/ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/02/firefox-devs-working-on-tab-hover-previews 18:23 Chromium gains support for WebMonetization API https://linuxiac.com/chromium-plans-to-roll-out-web-monetization/ 21:01 Ubuntu creates a new app & revamps the installer https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/02/ubuntu-24-04-installer-redesign https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/02/first-look-at-ubuntus-new-desktop-security-center 26:03 CUDA on AMD GPUs on Linux https://www.phoronix.com/review/radeon-cuda-zluda 29:22 Apple commits to not supporting PWAs in the EU https://9to5mac.com/2024/02/15/ios-17-4-web-apps-european-union/ 32:23 Gaming: x86 on ARM, Asahi & Nvidia drivers https://fex-emu.com/FEX-2402/ https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/02/asahi-linux-projects-opengl-support-on-apple-silicon-officially-surpasses-apples/ https://www.phoronix.com/news/Nouveau-GSP-Mode-Patch 38:44 Outro 👏 Support the show here: 👏 Patreon supporters get the daily Linux & Open Source audio show! https://www.patreon.com/thelinuxexperiment https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/thelinuxexp https://liberapay.com/TheLinuxExperiment/ 👕 Buy TLE Merch: 👕 https://the-linux-experiment.creator-spring.com/ 📹 Watch Linux videos: 📹 https://www.youtube.com/thelinuxexperiment 🎙️ Leave your feedback here: 🎙️ https://podcast.thelinuxexp.com

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Mozilla blunders and then gets a new CEO, Ubuntu makes some moves

2/10/2024
👏 Support the show here: 👏 Patreon supporters get the daily Linux & Open Source audio show! https://www.patreon.com/thelinuxexperiment https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/thelinuxexp https://liberapay.com/TheLinuxExperiment/ 👕 Buy TLE Merch: 👕 https://the-linux-experiment.creator-spring.com/ 📹 Watch Linux videos: 📹 https://www.youtube.com/thelinuxexperiment 🎙️ Leave your feedback here: 🎙️ https://podcast.thelinuxexp.com 00:00 Intro 01:34 Mozilla blunders with overpriced service https://www.phoronix.com/news/Mozilla-Monitor-Plus 04:51 Mozilla has a new CEO https://www.phoronix.com/news/Mozilla-New-CEO-2024 https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/a-new-chapter-for-mozilla-laura-chambers-expanded-role/ 09:28 VS Code will support Ubuntu 18.04 again https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/02/vscode-recovery-update-for-ubuntu-18-04 11:47 Kubuntu 24.04 won’t use Plasma 6 https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/02/kubuntu-24-04-wont-use-kde-plasma-6 14:30 Ubuntu moves Thunderbird to a snap https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/02/thunderbird-snap-in-ubuntu-24-04 16:41 Ubuntu Core Desktop looks interesting, but is delayed https://www.phoronix.com/news/FOSDEM-2024-Snaps https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/02/ubuntu-core-desktop-delayed 20:44 elementary OS 8 is available in early access https://blog.elementary.io/updates-for-february-2024/ 22:44 Apple doubles down on malicious compliance https://www.theregister.com/2024/02/08/apple_web_apps_eu/ 26:14 Mastodon has a critical security flaw https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/mastodon-had-to-act-fast-to-patch-a-critical-security-flaw-that-could-have-let-hackers-hijack-user-accounts 27:52 Severe flaw in the Linux kernel & firmware https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/02/critical-vulnerability-affecting-most-linux-distros-allows-for-bootkits/ 29:36 Mozilla attacks Microsoft for their dark patterns on Edge https://www.techradar.com/computing/browsers/mozilla-blows-the-whistle-on-microsoft-over-the-edge-report-accuses-windows-11-maker-of-browser-bias-and-deceptive-tactics 32:52 Gaming: Wine + DXVK on Android, Manjaro handheld https://www.phoronix.com/news/Cassia-Windows-Games-Android https://linuxiac.com/orange-pi-neo-manjaro-handheld-gaming-consoles/ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/02/nonsteamlaunchers-for-steam-deck-expands-automatic-game-shortcuts-for-more-stores/ 39:06 Outro 👏 Support the show here: 👏 Patreon supporters get the daily Linux & Open Source audio show! https://www.patreon.com/thelinuxexperiment https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/thelinuxexp https://liberapay.com/TheLinuxExperiment/ 👕 Buy TLE Merch: 👕 https://the-linux-experiment.creator-spring.com/ 📹 Watch Linux videos: 📹 https://www.youtube.com/thelinuxexperiment 🎙️ Leave your feedback here: 🎙️ https://podcast.thelinuxexp.com

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VSCode & MS Edge troubles, Fedora KDE might keep X11

2/3/2024
Try our sponsor, SquareX and their suite of disposable tools to stay safe an private online: https://sqrx.io/tle_podcast 👏 Support the show here: 👏 Patreon supporters get the daily Linux & Open Source audio show! https://www.patreon.com/thelinuxexperiment https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/thelinuxexp https://liberapay.com/TheLinuxExperiment/ 👕 Buy TLE Merch: 👕 https://the-linux-experiment.creator-spring.com/ 📹 Watch Linux videos: 📹 https://www.youtube.com/thelinuxexperiment 🎙️ Leave your feedback here: 🎙️ https://podcast.thelinuxexp.com 00:00 Intro 01:18 VSCode drops Ubuntu 18.04 without notice https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/02/vscode-drops-ubuntu-18-04-support-leaves-devs-screwed 04:32 Edge grabs Chrome’s browsing data without consent https://www.theverge.com/24054329/microsoft-edge-automatic-chrome-import-data-feature 9:04 Sponsor: SquareX https://sqrx.io/tle_podcast 12:16 Fedora 40 KDE might reconsider dropping X11 https://www.phoronix.com/news/Fedora-Approved-January-F40 15:47 Thunderbird plans to add native Exchange support https://blog.thunderbird.net/2024/01/thunderbird-monthly-development-digest-january-2024/ 18:12 Wayland & Wine get big improvements https://www.phoronix.com/news/Wine-Wayland-Display-Emulation https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/news-and-events/wine-on-wayland-a-year-in-review-and-a-look-ahead.html https://www.phoronix.com/news/Wayland-xdg-toplevel-drag 23:43 Red Hat’s licensing changes hurt their ecosystem https://www.phoronix.com/news/CentOS-RHEL-Kernel-Headaches 26:41 Purism values itself at $75M https://www.phoronix.com/news/Purism-75M 30:07 Plasma 6 RC2 is out https://kde.org/announcements/megarelease/6/rc2/ 32:46 Gaming: HoloISO goes immutable, Mesa 24, Linux marketshare https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/01/the-original-steamos-like-linux-distro-holoiso-now-dead-replaced-with-immutable-version/ https://www.phoronix.com/news/Mesa-24.0-Released https://www.phoronix.com/news/Steam-Survey-January-2024 40:15 Outro 👏 Support the show here: 👏 Patreon supporters get the daily Linux & Open Source audio show! https://www.patreon.com/thelinuxexperiment https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/thelinuxexp https://liberapay.com/TheLinuxExperiment/ 👕 Buy TLE Merch: 👕 https://the-linux-experiment.creator-spring.com/ 📹 Watch Linux videos: 📹 https://www.youtube.com/thelinuxexperiment 🎙️ Leave your feedback here: 🎙️ https://podcast.thelinuxexp.com

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Apple really sucks, Mint's EDGE ISO, Wayland protocol drama

1/27/2024
Try the new version of Thunderbird (it’s now my email & calendar client of choice!): https://mzla.link/tb-flatpak 👏 Support the show here: 👏 Patreon supporters get the daily Linux & Open Source audio show! https://www.patreon.com/thelinuxexperiment https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/thelinuxexp https://liberapay.com/TheLinuxExperiment/ 👕 Buy TLE Merch: 👕 https://the-linux-experiment.creator-spring.com/ 📹 Watch Linux videos: 📹 https://www.youtube.com/thelinuxexperiment 🎙️ Leave your feedback here: 🎙️ https://podcast.thelinuxexp.com 00:00 Intro 01:43 Apple opens up iOS in the worst way https://www.techradar.com/phones/iphone/apple-finally-letting-people-run-third-party-browsers-unfettered-but-only-in-the-eu-and-not-because-it-wants-to https://www.theverge.com/2024/1/25/24050200/apple-third-party-app-stores-allowed-iphone-ios-europe-digital-markets-act https://www.theverge.com/2024/1/26/24052067/mozilla-apple-ios-browser-rules-firefox https://www.reuters.com/technology/apple-faces-strong-action-if-app-store-changes-fall-short-eus-breton-says-2024-01-26/ 08:22 Mint’s Edge ISO is now available https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4635 11:34 Wayland & portals get better, and create drama https://www.phoronix.com/news/Wayland-Protocols-1.33 https://github.com/flatpak/xdg-desktop-portal/pull/1175 https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/wayland/wayland-protocols/-/merge_requests/269 17:03 Plasma 6 gains more features as the release nears https://www.phoronix.com/news/KDE-Plasma-6-Next-Month https://blog.neon.kde.org/2024/01/25/kdes-6th-megarelease-with-kde-neon-testing-edition/ 20:11 Huawei won’t support Android apps at all anymore https://www.reuters.com/technology/huawei-makes-break-android-with-next-version-harmony-os-caixin-2024-01-19/ 22:30 Meta now lets EU citizens unlink their accounts https://www.neowin.net/news/meta-now-lets-eu-users-unlink-their-facebook-messenger-and-instagram-accounts/ 24:30 Bazzite 2.2 is now out https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/01/steamos-alternative-bazzite-v22-out-now-with-lots-of-enhancements/ 26:45 Nvidia beta drivers bring cool fixes https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/01/nvidia-550-40-07-beta-driver-released-with-fixes-for-vrr-and-wayland/ 30:01 Gaming: Ayaneo drops HoloISO, performance boost, unified Wine https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/01/ayaneo-next-lite-no-longer-ships-with-steamos-like-holoiso-linux-windows-11-instead/ https://www.phoronix.com/news/Windows-NT-Sync-RFC-Linux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/01/unified-linux-wine-game-launcher-aims-to-improve-windows-games-on-linux-steam-deck/ 37:17 Outro 👏 Support the show here: 👏 Patreon supporters get the daily Linux & Open Source audio show! https://www.patreon.com/thelinuxexperiment https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/thelinuxexp https://liberapay.com/TheLinuxExperiment/ 👕 Buy TLE Merch: 👕 https://the-linux-experiment.creator-spring.com/ 📹 Watch Linux videos: 📹 https://www.youtube.com/thelinuxexperiment 🎙️ Leave your feedback here: 🎙️ https://podcast.thelinuxexp.com

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OpenSUSE is going immutable, Snap creates problems, Fuchsia won't be Google's future

1/20/2024
Try the new version of Thunderbird (it’s now my email & calendar client of choice!): https://mzla.link/tb-flatpak 👏 Support the show here: 👏 https://www.patreon.com/thelinuxexperiment https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/thelinuxexp https://liberapay.com/TheLinuxExperiment/ 👕 Buy TLE Merch: 👕 https://the-linux-experiment.creator-spring.com/ 📹 Watch Linux videos: 📹 https://www.youtube.com/thelinuxexperiment 🎙️ Leave your feedback here: 🎙️ https://podcast.thelinuxexp.com 00:00 Intro 01:26 OpenSUSE Leap 16 will be immutable https://linuxiac.com/opensuse-leap-15-6-to-be-the-last-in-its-current-form/ 05:24 Google pretty much gives up on Fuchsia https://9to5google.com/2024/01/15/google-is-no-longer-bringing-the-full-chrome-browser-to-fuchsia/ 07:45 Steam Snap creates problems for Valve https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/01/valve-dont-recommend-ubuntu-steam-snap 11:01 Sponsor: Thunderbird https://mzla.link/tb-flatpak 12:30 Flathub wants better quality apps https://linuxiac.com/flathub-strategic-shift-to-highlight-high-quality-apps/ 15:52 Ubuntu adds patches to improve GNOME’s performance https://www.phoronix.com/news/Ubuntu-24.04-More-GNOME-Perf 18:10 Plasma 6 will get better fractional scaling https://blog.broulik.de/2024/01/on-the-road-to-plasma-6-vol-5/ 21:02 A proposal to make Ai content more identifiable https://mindmatters.ai/2024/01/framework-for-ai-legislation/ 24:28 Online search is getting worse https://mashable.com/article/google-search-low-quality-research 28:27 Google will let the EU unlink data from their services https://www.techradar.com/computing/cyber-security/if-youre-in-the-eu-you-can-now-decide-how-much-data-to-share-with-google 30:34 Gstreamer gets 200K€ funding https://linuxiac.com/stf-funds-gstreamer-with-203k/ 32:20 A new flaw in many AMD, Apple and Qualcomm GPUs https://www.wired.com/story/leftoverlocals-gpu-vulnerability-generative-ai/ 34:26 Gaming: Wine 9.0, the Hangover project https://gitlab.winehq.org/wine/wine/-/releases/wine-9.0 https://www.phoronix.com/news/Hangover-9.0-Released 38:03 Outro 👏 Support the show here: 👏 Patreon supporters get the daily Linux & Open Source audio show! https://www.patreon.com/thelinuxexperiment https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/thelinuxexp https://liberapay.com/TheLinuxExperiment/ 👕 Buy TLE Merch: 👕 https://the-linux-experiment.creator-spring.com/ 📹 Watch Linux videos: 📹 https://www.youtube.com/thelinuxexperiment 🎙️ Leave your feedback here: 🎙️ https://podcast.thelinuxexp.com

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Cosmic Alpha, Linux 6.7, more SteamOS devices & the Wayland saga continues

1/13/2024
Try the new version of Thunderbird (it’s now my email & calendar client of choice!): https://mzla.link/tb-flatpak 👏 Support the show here: 👏 https://www.patreon.com/thelinuxexperiment https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/thelinuxexp https://liberapay.com/TheLinuxExperiment/ 👕 Buy TLE Merch: 👕 https://the-linux-experiment.creator-spring.com/ 📹 Watch Linux videos: 📹 https://www.youtube.com/thelinuxexperiment 🎙️ Leave your feedback here: 🎙️ https://podcast.thelinuxexp.com 00:00 Intro 01:15 Cosmic is working on its first alpha https://blog.system76.com/post/cosmic-the-road-to-alpha 04:56 The Wayland saga continues https://blog.tenstral.net/2024/01/wayland-really-breaks-things-just-for-now.html 09:48 Chromium gaining hardware accelerate video decoding on Wayland https://linuxiac.com/chromium-vaapi-comes-to-wayland/ 11:54 Sponsor: Thunderbird https://mzla.link/tb-flatpak 13:20 The Linux kernel 6.7 being released https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/01/linux-kernel-6-7-new-features https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.8-Features-Early-Look 16:55 Mint 21.3 is out https://9to5linux.com/linux-mint-21-3-virginia-is-now-available-for-download-this-is-whats-new 19:37 Cool new mockups for GNOME https://blogs.gnome.org/aday/2024/01/09/recent-gnome-design-work/ 22:33 Some cool stuff coming to GNOME 46 and beyond https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNOME-Shell-Mutter-46-Alpha https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNOME-VRR-2024 25:30 New Linux malware installs cryptominer https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/01/a-previously-unknown-worm-has-been-stealthily-targeting-linux-devices-for-a-year/ 27:39 Gaming: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/01/ayaneo-next-lite-handheld-announced-with-steamos-linux/ https://www.phoronix.com/news/NVK-Pipeline-Shader-Cache https://www.phoronix.com/news/Mesa-24.0-Feature-Ends https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/01/heroic-games-launcher-v2120-brings-lots-of-improvements-and-some-fun-experiments/ 37:56 Outro 👏 Support the show here: 👏 Patreon supporters get the daily Linux & Open Source audio show! https://www.patreon.com/thelinuxexperiment https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/thelinuxexp https://liberapay.com/TheLinuxExperiment/ 👕 Buy TLE Merch: 👕 https://the-linux-experiment.creator-spring.com/ 📹 Watch Linux videos: 📹 https://www.youtube.com/thelinuxexperiment 🎙️ Leave your feedback here: 🎙️ https://podcast.thelinuxexp.com

Duration:00:38:05

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Fedora & RHEL optimizing packages, Linux is at 4%, GNOME develops an extension

1/6/2024
Try the new version of Thunderbird (it’s now my email & calendar client of choice!): https://mzla.link/tb-flatpak 👏 Support the show here: 👏 https://www.patreon.com/thelinuxexperiment https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/thelinuxexp https://liberapay.com/TheLinuxExperiment/ 👕 Buy TLE Merch: 👕 https://the-linux-experiment.creator-spring.com/ 📹 Watch Linux videos: 📹 https://www.youtube.com/thelinuxexperiment 🎙️ Leave your feedback here: 🎙️ https://podcast.thelinuxexp.com 00:00 Intro 01:05 Fedora also wants more optimized packages https://www.phoronix.com/news/Fedora-40-Faster-x86-64 03:24 RHEL 10 might drop older CPUs https://www.phoronix.com/news/RedHat-RHEL10-x86-64-v3-Explore 07:13 Sponsor: Thunderbird https://mzla.link/tb-flatpak 08:43 Linux desktop reaches 4% market share https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/01/linux-hits-nearly-4-desktop-user-share-on-statcounter/ 12:05 Mozilla pivots towards AI https://www.theregister.com/2024/01/02/mozilla_in_2024_ai_privacy/ 17:53 GNOME developing an official extension https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/01/gnomes-official-system-monitor-extension-for-gnome-shell 21:23 KDE reached their funding goals for Plasma 6 https://kde.org/fundraisers/plasma6member/ 23:49 Ubuntu might stop providing their source ISOs https://www.phoronix.com/news/Ubuntu-Discontinue-Source-ISOs 27:13 Scribus 1.6 looks like a solid publishing app https://9to5linux.com/scribus-1-6-open-source-desktop-publishing-app-released-as-a-major-update 31:39 Vanilla OS 2 alpha is out https://linuxiac.com/what-to-expect-from-vanilla-os-2-orchid/ 35:00 Watt OS 13 is out for older PCs https://www.planetwatt.com/R13-details/ 37:59 Gaming: Linux beats its gaming market share record https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/01/linux-use-on-steam-ends-2023-with-a-multi-year-high-thanks-steam-deck/ https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/4784-4F2B-1321-800A 41:08 Outro 👏 Support the show here: 👏 Patreon supporters get the daily Linux & Open Source audio show! https://www.patreon.com/thelinuxexperiment https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/thelinuxexp https://liberapay.com/TheLinuxExperiment/ 👕 Buy TLE Merch: 👕 https://the-linux-experiment.creator-spring.com/ 📹 Watch Linux videos: 📹 https://www.youtube.com/thelinuxexperiment 🎙️ Leave your feedback here: 🎙️ https://podcast.thelinuxexp.com

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X11 is a bad platform, More AI regulation, FOSS licenses aren't enough

12/30/2023
👏 Support the show here: 👏 https://www.patreon.com/thelinuxexperiment https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/thelinuxexp https://liberapay.com/TheLinuxExperiment/ 👕 Buy TLE Merch: 👕 https://the-linux-experiment.creator-spring.com/ 📹 Watch Linux videos: 📹 https://www.youtube.com/thelinuxexperiment 🎙️ Leave your feedback here: 🎙️ https://podcast.thelinuxexp.com 00:00 Intro 01:24 X11 is a bad platform, says KDE developer https://pointieststick.com/2023/12/26/does-wayland-really-break-everything/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSjmt5WNl6g 10:58 Ubuntu’s plans to drop older CPUs doesn’t yield much benefits https://www.phoronix.com/review/ubuntu-x86-64-v3-benchmark 14:38 KDE gets dynamic triple buffering https://www.phoronix.com/news/KDE-KWin-Triple-Buffering-MR 16:56 Enlightenment gets an update https://linuxiac.com/enlightenment-0-26-window-manager-released/ 20:10 Nobara moves to KDE https://linuxiac.com/nobara-linux-39-released/ 24:58 Firefox is building its own local, private AI https://memorycache.ai/ 30:02 The US moves forward on regulating AI https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/22/24012757/ai-foundation-model-transparency-act-bill-copyright-regulation 36:01 Open Source licenses aren’t enough anymore https://www.theregister.com/2023/12/27/bruce_perens_post_open/ 40:30 Gaming: Steam Deck OLED might be underwhelming https://boilingsteam.com/steam-deck-oled-impressions/index.html 44:27 Outro 👏 Support the show here: 👏 Patreon supporters get the daily Linux & Open Source audio show! https://www.patreon.com/thelinuxexperiment https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/thelinuxexp https://liberapay.com/TheLinuxExperiment/ 👕 Buy TLE Merch: 👕 https://the-linux-experiment.creator-spring.com/ 📹 Watch Linux videos: 📹 https://www.youtube.com/thelinuxexperiment 🎙️ Leave your feedback here: 🎙️ https://podcast.thelinuxexp.com

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Open Source Nvidia drivers are good, Microsoft installs Linux for AI work, HDR support

12/23/2023
👏 Support the show here: 👏 https://www.patreon.com/thelinuxexperiment https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/thelinuxexp https://liberapay.com/TheLinuxExperiment/ 👕 Buy TLE Merch: 👕 https://the-linux-experiment.creator-spring.com/ 📹 Watch Linux videos: 📹 https://www.youtube.com/thelinuxexperiment 🎙️ Leave your feedback here: 🎙️ https://podcast.thelinuxexp.com 00:00 Intro 01:20 Open Source Nvidia drivers are already pretty good https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/news-and-events/nvk-holiday-update.html 06:53 Color management and HDR work progress https://zamundaaa.github.io/wayland/2023/12/18/update-on-hdr-and-colormanagement-in-plasma.html 10:48 Microsoft’s AI studio runs on Linux only https://www.techradar.com/pro/microsofts-new-windows-ai-studio-developer-tool-makes-you-install-linux-to-use-it 12:30 Firefox 121 adds wayland by default https://www.phoronix.com/news/Firefox-121-Available 15:20 Plasma 6 beta 2, and a new KDE theme https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/12/kde-plasma-60-beta-2-is-available-for-testing/ https://carlschwan.eu/2023/12/19/announcing-brise-theme/ 21:25 Fedora Asahi is out https://fedoramagazine.org/introducing-fedora-asahi-remix-39/ 24:55 Flipboard and Threads will move to AtivityPub and the Fediverse https://flipboard.medium.com/flipboard-begins-to-federate-c56ec788feaa https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/13/24000120/threads-meta-activitypub-test-mastodon 31:12 Thunderbird for Android progress update https://blog.thunderbird.net/2023/12/thunderbird-for-android-k-9-mail-november-december-2023-progress-report/ https://blog.thunderbird.net/2023/12/when-will-thunderbird-for-android-be-released/ 34:59 New SSH attack is worrying https://arstechnica.com/security/2023/12/hackers-can-break-ssh-channel-integrity-using-novel-data-corruption-attack/ 37:40 Gaming: VkD3D and Proton Experimental https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/12/proton-experimental-brings-more-hdr-steam-overlay-hack-for-easy-anti-cheat-from-eos/ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/12/wine-90-release-candidate-2-now-available-plus-vkd3d-proton-2111-out-now/ 40:16 Outro 👏 Support the show here: 👏 Patreon supporters get the daily Linux & Open Source audio show! https://www.patreon.com/thelinuxexperiment https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/thelinuxexp https://liberapay.com/TheLinuxExperiment/ 👕 Buy TLE Merch: 👕 https://the-linux-experiment.creator-spring.com/ 📹 Watch Linux videos: 📹 https://www.youtube.com/thelinuxexperiment 🎙️ Leave your feedback here: 🎙️ https://podcast.thelinuxexp.com

Duration:00:41:21