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

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

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Torvalds on Linux's future, Linux gaming beats windows, Ubuntu might drop older CPUs
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Torvalds on Linux's future, Linux gaming beats windows, Ubuntu might drop older CPUs

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Zorin OS 17, huge flaw on all Linux system & Linux gets BSOD
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Zorin OS 17, huge flaw on all Linux system & Linux gets BSOD

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Red Hat drops X11, KDE Plasma 6 Beta, big Linux desktop plans
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Red Hat drops X11, KDE Plasma 6 Beta, big Linux desktop plans

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Big Plasma 6, GNOME & COSMIC updates, Youtube's anti user moves
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Big Plasma 6, GNOME & COSMIC updates, Youtube's anti user moves

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Windows will be more open, AMD doubles down on FOSS, Big Peertube improvements
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Windows will be more open, AMD doubles down on FOSS, Big Peertube improvements

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GNOME gets €1 million, Amazon wants its own Linux, Steam Deck OLED, Immutable Ubuntu
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GNOME gets €1 million, Amazon wants its own Linux, Steam Deck OLED, Immutable Ubuntu

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Fedora KDE drops X11, Huge Nvidia Wayland fixes, Web DRM is dead, Linux kernel 6.6
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Fedora KDE drops X11, Huge Nvidia Wayland fixes, Web DRM is dead, Linux kernel 6.6

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Wayland on Mint, is Youtube's adblock blocker legal? Fedora 39 delayed
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Wayland on Mint, is Youtube's adblock blocker legal? Fedora 39 delayed

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Ubuntu broke deb installs, new GNOME director controversy, OpenSUSE new installer
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Ubuntu broke deb installs, new GNOME director controversy, OpenSUSE new installer

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Will GNOME drop X11? Ubuntu 23.10, Mastodon is more popular than we thought
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Will GNOME drop X11? Ubuntu 23.10, Mastodon is more popular than we thought

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 00:47 GNOME might drop X11 entirely https://linuxiac.com/gnome-is-taking-steps-towards-dropping-x11-support/ 05:36 Ubuntu 23.10 released https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/10/ubuntu-23-10-installer-translations-hijack https://youtu.be/6sA37fATUyg 11:23 Sponsor: Thunderbird https://mzla.link/tb-flatpak 13:00 Bottles Next improves running Windows apps on Linux https://linuxiac.com/bottles-next-revolutionizing-linux-emulation-for-windows-apps/ https://usebottles.com/blog/bottles-next-a-new-chapter/ 17:48 Mastodon has 400K more users than we thought https://techcrunch.com/2023/10/09/mastodon-actually-has-407k-more-monthly-users-than-it-thought/ 21:42 Worpress joins the Fediverse https://www.techradar.com/pro/wordpress-websites-are-coming-to-the-fediverse 24:05 New hardware from System76 and Slimbook https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/10/system76-release-the-thelio-spark-starter-desktop-plus-enhancements-to-other-units/ https://fedora.slimbook.es/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTei_ivtONA 27:07 More performance improvements coming https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNOME-Bug-Secondary-Frame-Rates https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMDGPU-SMU-14.0-Patches https://www.phoronix.com/news/Qt-6.6-QtWayland-Handoffs https://www.phoronix.com/news/Qt-6.6-Released https://www.phoronix.com/news/Curl-8.4-Coming 30:59 Github Copilot is losing Microsoft a lot of money https://www.techradar.com/pro/microsoft-is-reportedly-losing-huge-amounts-of-money-on-github-copilot 35:03 Gaming News: CS2 drops MacOS, Deck no longer top 10 https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/10/after-over-80-weeks-the-steam-deck-leaves-the-top-10-global-sellers-on-steam/ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/10/steamos-3411-for-steam-deck-released-with-a-firmware-upgrade/ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/10/valve-dropped-counter-strike-2-support-on-macos-and-older-hardware/ 42:46 Outro

elementary OS 7.1, Snap malware, France wants to ban VPNs
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elementary OS 7.1, Snap malware, France wants to ban VPNs

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Photoshop on the web, Mint + Debian, & COSMIC updates
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Photoshop on the web, Mint + Debian, & COSMIC updates

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Nouveau maintainer resigns, Fedora might drop X11 entirely, LTS now 2 years only
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Nouveau maintainer resigns, Fedora might drop X11 entirely, LTS now 2 years only

Try out the new version of Thunderbird: 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 00:53 Nouveau maintainer resigns https://www.phoronix.com/news/Nouveau-Maintainer-Resigns https://www.phoronix.com/news/Nouveau-Patches-Run-On-GSP-Blob 05:31 LTS kernels will be supported for 2 years instead of 6 https://linuxiac.com/linux-lts-kernels-moves-to-two-year-support-period/ 09:51 Sponsor: Thunderbird https://mzla.link/tb-flatpak 11:24 GNOME 45 was released & GNOME updates https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQSA0nZaF6M https://blogs.gnome.org/jangernert/2023/09/22/newsflash-3-0/ https://thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2023/09/twig-114/ 20:20 Ubuntu 23.10 beta https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/09/ubuntu-23-10-beta 24:09 Fedora 40 might drop X11 for GNOME as well https://9to5linux.com/fedora-linux-39-beta-released-with-gnome-45-linux-kernel-6-5 https://www.phoronix.com/news/Fedora-40-Eyes-No-X11-Session 28:20 Why we need Wayland, and where it is now https://pointieststick.com/2023/09/17/so-lets-talk-about-this-wayland-thing/ 34:30 WSL got a big update https://www.phoronix.com/news/WSL-Big-September-Update https://devblogs.microsoft.com/commandline/windows-subsystem-for-linux-september-2023-update/ 36:52 New hard to detect Linux backdoor https://arstechnica.com/security/2023/09/never-before-seen-linux-backdoor-is-a-windows-malware-knockoff/ 38:27 Gaming News: Wine on Wayland, Valve contributes a lot https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/09/steam-deck-and-steamos-are-great-for-linux-as-a-whole/ https://www.phoronix.com/news/Wine-Wayland-WM 41:39 Outro

Another Linux tablet, HDR gaming & Linux malware
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Another Linux tablet, HDR gaming & Linux malware

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Plasma 6 not before 2024, new Ubuntu App Store, GNOME breaks extensions
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Plasma 6 not before 2024, new Ubuntu App Store, GNOME breaks extensions

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Accent colors standard & kernel performance boosts
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Accent colors standard & kernel performance boosts

This episode is sponsored by Thunderbird: 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 00:53 Accent colors are added to the XDG desktop portal https://www.phoronix.com/news/XDG-Desktop-Portal-1.17.1 https://github.com/flatpak/xdg-desktop-portal/pull/815 06:23 Linux Kernel 6.5 was released https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/08/linux-kernel-6-5-features https://www.phoronix.com/review/linux65-ryzen-7950x 10:41 Kernel 6.6 will have big performance boosts https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.6-Sysctl-Cleaning https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.6-IOmap-Improvements https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.6-EEVDF-Merged https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.6-Early-Features https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMD-New-OverDrive-Linux 16:22 Sponsor: Thunderbird https://mzla.link/tb-flatpak 17:52 GNOME will get more UI updates https://www.omglinux.com/nautilus-split-pane-gnome-45/ https://feborg.es/gnome-settings-update-2023-2/ 22:11 France pushes another censorship law https://www.techradar.com/computing/cyber-security/france-plans-to-boost-internet-censorship-to-combat-online-fraud https://foundation.mozilla.org/fr/campaigns/sign-our-petition-to-stop-france-from-forcing-browsers-like-mozillas-firefox-to-censor-websites-en/ 26:53 Intel announces chips with 240% better efficiency https://www.reuters.com/technology/intel-says-new-sierra-forest-chip-more-than-double-power-efficiency-2023-08-28/ 30:37 Flatpak implements Wayland security features https://www.phoronix.com/news/Flatpak-Wayland-Security-Ctx 32:02 Alma Linux adds 2 new repos https://linuxiac.com/almalinux-goes-its-way-adds-two-new-repositories/ 36:22 Gaming News: Starfield on Steam Deck, Wine + Wayland https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/08/roblox-support-returns-to-linux-with-wine/ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/09/steam-deck-os-349-released-with-gpu-fix-for-starfield/ https://www.phoronix.com/news/Wine-Wayland-Part-6 40:59 Outro

Ubuntu desktop plans, NVIDIA BIOS lock broken, Budgie gets updates
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Ubuntu desktop plans, NVIDIA BIOS lock broken, Budgie gets updates

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New Linux tablet, SUSE goes private, GNOME 45 beta
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New Linux tablet, SUSE goes private, GNOME 45 beta

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New CPU flaws will lower performance, Linux enterprise shakeup, KDE Wayland support
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New CPU flaws will lower performance, Linux enterprise shakeup, KDE Wayland support

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ChromeOS becomes a Linux distro, GNOME Activities changes, Mint 21.3
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ChromeOS becomes a Linux distro, GNOME Activities changes, Mint 21.3

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Google's new nightmare plan for the web, GNOME's new windowing system, Plasma 6 removes features
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Google's new nightmare plan for the web, GNOME's new windowing system, Plasma 6 removes features

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EU's new law will hurt FOSS, Intel performance boost, repairable laptops
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EU's new law will hurt FOSS, Intel performance boost, repairable laptops

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SUSE takes on Red Hat, Mint 21.2 released & Thunderbird Supernova
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SUSE takes on Red Hat, Mint 21.2 released & Thunderbird Supernova

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New Ubuntu Store promotes snap only, GNOME 45 alpha and France privacy breaches
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New Ubuntu Store promotes snap only, GNOME 45 alpha and France privacy breaches

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Kernel 6.4 boosts AMD, FOSS Nvidia Driver, GNOME gaming improvements
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Kernel 6.4 boosts AMD, FOSS Nvidia Driver, GNOME gaming improvements

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 https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/mutter/-/merge_requests/3080 https://thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2023/06/twig-102/ 15:08 KDE weekly updates https://pointieststick.com/2023/06/30/this-week-in-kde-plasma-6-development-continues/ 17:41 New Installer might debut in Fedora 39 https://9to5linux.com/fedora-linux-39-workstation-to-ship-with-a-more-modern-installer 20:48 ReactOS isn’t dead and is super interesting https://reactos.org/blogs/newsletter-102/ 23:41 Canonical redesigns the snap store https://ubuntu.com//blog/snapcraft-io-reloaded-check-out-the-new-look-and-feel 26:46 Zorin OS brings an in place updater tool https://blog.zorin.com/2023/06/28/the-zorin-os-upgrader-has-arrived/ 30:06 System76 releases their Thelio cases as a standalone https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/06/system76-reveal-the-nebula-a-new-pc-case-for-everyone/ https://system76.com/components 32:57 Irish Data Protection Commission legal shenanigans https://www.irishtimes.com/technology/data-security/2023/06/26/last-minute-law-change-bid-to-muzzle-critics-of-data-protection-commission-iccl/ 36:57 Gaming News: AMD driver improvements, Valve hiring, and more https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/06/amd-radv-gets-feature-to-help-emulation-and-translation-layers/ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/06/valve-pulls-in-another-graphics-driver-developer-for-linux-gaming/ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/06/steam-deck-hits-over-10000-verified-and-playable-games/ https://www.winehq.org/announce/8.11 https://gitlab.winehq.org/wine/vkd3d/-/blob/771e442af16228a977eebba82224f06f6d0202fe/ANNOUNCE https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/06/part-4-of-the-wine-work-for-wayland-is-now-merged/ 43:30 Outro

Red Hat vs open source, Mint Beta, Plasma 6 progress report
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Red Hat vs open source, Mint Beta, Plasma 6 progress report

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Big Nextcloud improvements, PopOS Cosmic tiling changes, and Steam redesign
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Big Nextcloud improvements, PopOS Cosmic tiling changes, and Steam redesign

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France arrested people for using Linux, Windows 11 loses users, better FOSS firmware
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France arrested people for using Linux, Windows 11 loses users, better FOSS firmware

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Ubuntu goes immutable, big GNOME updates, Touchpad gestures on Mint
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Ubuntu goes immutable, big GNOME updates, Touchpad gestures on Mint

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Fedora KDE abandons X11, Android's giant security flaw, Meta gets EU'd again
S01:E21

Fedora KDE abandons X11, Android's giant security flaw, Meta gets EU'd again

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More HDR work for Linux, Ubuntu revamps PPAs, KeePass security breach
S01:E20

More HDR work for Linux, Ubuntu revamps PPAs, KeePass security breach

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AMD moves to FOSS firmware, COSMIC panel customization, & Plasma 6 changes
S01:E19

AMD moves to FOSS firmware, COSMIC panel customization, & Plasma 6 changes

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HDR & VRR Linux support, AMD challenges Apple Silicon, Microsoft Edge abuse
S01:E18

HDR & VRR Linux support, AMD challenges Apple Silicon, Microsoft Edge abuse

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Flathub redesign, Linux 6.3 + Intel performance boost, EU vs big platforms
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Flathub redesign, Linux 6.3 + Intel performance boost, EU vs big platforms

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Fedora 38, Ubuntu 23.04, Solus survives & big KDE app updates
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Fedora 38, Ubuntu 23.04, Solus survives & big KDE app updates

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Solus is dying, OpenAI defamation suit, EU builds its own Google
S01:E15

Solus is dying, OpenAI defamation suit, EU builds its own Google

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Linux Mint theme changes, System76 in house laptop, Google Drive backtracks
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Linux Mint theme changes, System76 in house laptop, Google Drive backtracks

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Ubuntu 23.04 beta, Mobile Linux improvements, Italy blocks chatGPT
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Ubuntu 23.04 beta, Mobile Linux improvements, Italy blocks chatGPT

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Giant Nextcloud update, Twitter goes Open Source, Wayland screen sharing fixed
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Giant Nextcloud update, Twitter goes Open Source, Wayland screen sharing fixed

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Docker vs Open Source, Ubuntu wants less Python issues, Fedora 38 beta
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Docker vs Open Source, Ubuntu wants less Python issues, Fedora 38 beta

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Meta in the Fediverse, Duck Duck Go works on AI, Flathub Roadmap
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Meta in the Fediverse, Duck Duck Go works on AI, Flathub Roadmap

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HP gives up, Flathub & paid apps, companies are using FOSS wrong
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HP gives up, Flathub & paid apps, companies are using FOSS wrong

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Ubuntu hates flatpak, Microsoft's anti consumer practices, GNOME 44 beta
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Ubuntu hates flatpak, Microsoft's anti consumer practices, GNOME 44 beta

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FOSS funding is broken, Mycroft shuts down, KDE Plasma 5.27
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FOSS funding is broken, Mycroft shuts down, KDE Plasma 5.27

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Windows is spyware, Fedora adds Flathub, AI tool violates FOSS
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Windows is spyware, Fedora adds Flathub, AI tool violates FOSS

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A peek at Cosmic DE's design, Mint + Wayland, elementary OS 7 released
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A peek at Cosmic DE's design, Mint + Wayland, elementary OS 7 released

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New EU law hurts FOSS, GNOME 44 alpha, Chrome beats Firefox
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New EU law hurts FOSS, GNOME 44 alpha, Chrome beats Firefox

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Linux Foundation's metaverse, Stable Diffusion sued, KDE 5.27 Beta
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Linux Foundation's metaverse, Stable Diffusion sued, KDE 5.27 Beta

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Apple isn't private, Mastodon loses users, Mozilla joins the fediverse
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Apple isn't private, Mastodon loses users, Mozilla joins the fediverse

🎙️ Leave your feedback here: https://podcast.thelinuxexp.com 👏 Support the show here: https://www.patreon.com/thelinuxexperiment 👕 Buy TLE Merch :https://the-linux-experiment.creator-spring.com/ 📹 Watch my Linux videos: : https://www.youtube.com/thelinuxexperiment Timestamps and links: 00:00 Intro 01:39 Apple fined for violating their user’s privacy https://gizmodo.com/apple-iphone-france-ads-fine-illegal-data-1849950163 https://www.reuters.com/technology/apple-fined-1-mln-euros-by-paris-commercial-court-over-app-store-practices-2022-12-19/ https://gizmodo.com/apple-iphone-analytics-tracking-even-when-off-app-store-1849757558 06:42 Google settles yet another privacy violation https://www.androidcentral.com/apps-software/google-23-million-dollar-search-privacy-settlement 09:51 Newly arrived Mastodon users aren’t all sticking around https://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2023/jan/08/elon-musk-drove-more-than-a-million-people-to-mastodon-but-many-arent-sticking-around 14:57 Mozilla joins the fediverse https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/mozilla-launch-fediverse-instance-social-media-alternative/ 18:11 New full AMD laptop being announced by System76 https://system76.com/laptops/pangolin-teaser 21:40 GNOME lets you test a new UI change with an extension https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/01/try-gnome-44-focus-indicator-animation 27:01 GNOME weekly updates https://thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2023/01/twig-77/ 30:06 UnityX brings customization to Unity DE https://unityd.org/unityx-7-7-testing/ 33:59 KDE Weekly updates https://pointieststick.com/2023/01/06/this-week-in-kde-big-ui-improvements/ 36:35 PopOS makes performance better for potato computers https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/01/pop_os_zram-update 39:42 Chromium now scrolls correctly on Linux https://linuxiac.com/chromium-109-update-brings-faster-scrolling-to-linux-users/ 41:08 Gaming News: FOSS Nvidia driver, Dolphin emulator gets better https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/wiki/Changelog https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/01/gamecube-and-wii-emulator-dolphin-got-a-big-speed-boost-for-steam-deck/ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/01/the-open-source-nvidia-vulkan-driver-nvk-begins-to-run-games/ 45:40 Outro

Arch isn't N°1, X.org dying, Meta fined €390M: Linux & Open Source News
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Arch isn't N°1, X.org dying, Meta fined €390M: Linux & Open Source News

🎙️ Leave your feedback here: https://podcast.thelinuxexp.com 👏 Support the show here: https://www.patreon.com/thelinuxexperiment 📹 Watch my Linux videos: : https://www.youtube.com/thelinuxexperiment 🕰️ Timestamps: 00:00 Intro (listen to it, it’s important) 02:00 Is Arch Linux the most popular distribution? https://linuxiac.com/most-popular-linux-distros-according-to-reddit/ 05:18 X.org is dead at that point https://www.phoronix.com/news/XServer-2022-Development-Pace 08:35 Meta gets huge fines from the EU for breaching GDPR https://techcrunch.com/2023/01/04/facebook-instagram-gdpr-forced-consent-final-decisions/ 13:56 Finally a full AMD (including GPUs) Linux computer https://9to5linux.com/meet-the-slimbook-kymera-ventus-amd-black-limited-edition-linux-pc https://slimbook.es/en/store/slimbook-kymera/kymera-ventus-amd-6-comprar 17:08 Google is working on a moderation tool for small websites https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/01/google-develops-free-terrorism-moderation-tool-for-smaller-websites/ 21:13 Google is porting Android to RISC V https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/01/google-announces-official-android-support-for-risc-v/ 27:07 System76 shares more details about COSMIC https://blog.system76.com/post/2022-at-system76-a-year-in-review 29:46 GNOME application updates https://thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2022/12/twig-76/ 32:30 KDE has quality of life improvements https://pointieststick.com/2022/12/30/this-week-in-kde-end-of-year-goodies/ 35:30 The MAUI project is very much alive https://mauikit.org/blog/maui-report-20/ 37:19 Budgie and Sway get their official Fedora spins https://9to5linux.com/its-official-fedora-linux-38-will-offer-fedora-budgie-and-sway-spins 39:09 Gaming news: HDR for Linux gaming, and AMD Ray Tracing https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/01/latest-steam-survey-sees-a-minor-dip-for-linux-steam-deck-still-trending-nicely-overall/ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/01/valve-dev-teases-hdr-support-for-linux-gaming/ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/01/amd-ray-tracing-on-linux-gets-closer-with-mesa-enabling-specific-games/ 42:10 Outro