Linux & Open Source News Will GNOME drop X11? Ubuntu 23.10, Mastodon is more popular than we thought
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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
11:23 Sponsor: Thunderbird
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.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/steamos-3411-for-steam-deck-released-with-a-firmware-upgrade/
42:46 Outro