This Week in Linux

video: https://youtu.be/RbRO0083v0Q Forum Discussion Thread This week in Linux, we're going to talk about the 24.10 release of all of the Ubuntu Flavours. Google seems to be doing some work to get Linux apps to work on Android devices. Asahi Linux is doing some great work with getting Linux support on Apple Silicon even Gaming on Linux on Macs. We also have a brand new release from the really cool vector graphics program, Inkscape. All of this and more on This Week in Linux, the weekly news show that keeps you up to date with what’s going on in the Linux and Open Source world. Now let's jump right into Your Source for Linux GNews! Download as MP3 Support the Show Become a Patron = tuxdigital.com/membership Store = tuxdigital.com/store Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:44 Ubuntu Flavours 24.10 Released 09:07 Android 16 getting Linux apps 11:47 Gaming on Linux on Apple Silicon 14:24 Inkscape 1.4 Released 19:13 WinAmp really whipped itself 25:43 Rocky Linux from CIQ 34:21 Sovereign Tech Fund: 2 Years & over €23 Million 36:17 Support the show Links: Ubuntu Flavours 24.10 Released https://edubuntu.org/ https://kubuntu.org/ https://lubuntu.me/ https://ubuntu-mate.org/ https://ubuntubudgie.org/ https://ubuntucinnamon.org/ https://ubuntustudio.org/ https://ubuntuunity.org/ https://www.ubuntukylin.com/ https://xubuntu.org/ Pipewire Video & Interview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Ri7X_dGNLs https://destinationlinux.net/363 Android 16 getting Linux apps https://www.androidauthority.com/android-linux-terminal-app-3489887/ Gaming on Linux on Apple Silicon https://asahilinux.org/2024/10/aaa-gaming-on-asahi-linux/ Inkscape 1.4 Released https://inkscape.org/news/2024/10/13/inkscape-launches-version-14-powerful-new-accessib/ WinAmp really whipped itself https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/16/opensourcing_of_winamp_goes_badly/ Rocky Linux from CIQ https://ciq.com/products/rocky-linux/ https://rockylinux.org/ https://www.resf.org/ https://ciq.com/company/leadership/ https://www.resf.org/about https://www.resf.org/faq/gregory-kurtzer-owner https://www.resf.org/faq/kurtzer-control Sovereign Tech Fund: 2 Years & over €23 Million https://www.sovereigntechfund.de/news/celebrating-two-years-of-empowering-public-digital-infrastructure Support the show https://tuxdigital.com/membership https://tuxdigital.com/store https://tuxdigital.com/discord

video: https://youtu.be/onTWvyFkHzY Forum Discussion Thread This week in Linux, we saw a lot of good news this week because we have the latest release of Ubuntu 24.10. We also have a new release of KDE Plasma with 6.2. And there's also some news with KDE Neon as well as Kubuntu. And we even have some drama news with the Linux kernel. All of this and more on This Week in Linux, the weekly news show that keeps you up to date with what's going on in the Linux and Open Source world. Now, let's jump right into Your Source for Linux GNews. Download as MP3 Support the Show Become a Patron = tuxdigital.com/membership Store = tuxdigital.com/store Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:38 Ubuntu 24.10 Released 07:10 Kubuntu 24.10 Released 10:37 KDE Plasma 6.2 Released 13:13 KDE neon 24.04 Released 15:37 Firefox Critical Vulnerability Found, Update Now 17:14 Ardour 8.9 Released 19:18 Linux Drama Alert 25:57 Support the show Links: Ubuntu 24.10 Released https://ubuntu.com//blog/canonical-releases-ubuntu-24-10-oracular-oriole https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/10/ubuntu-24-10-now-available-to-download Kubuntu 24.10 Released https://kubuntu.org/news/kubuntu-24-10-oracular-oriole-released/ KDE Plasma 6.2 Released https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.2.0/ KDE neon 24.04 Released https://discuss.kde.org/t/kde-neon-rebased-on-ubuntu-24-04-lts/23178 https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/10/kde-neon-rebased-on-ubuntu-24-04 Firefox Critical Vulnerability Found, Update Now https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2024-51/ https://destinationlinux.net Ardour 8.9 Released https://ardour.org/whatsnew.html https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/10/ardour-daw-updated-with-new-features https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PT8TkvwsgUE (Ardour from Ubuntu Summit) Linux Drama Alert https://www.phoronix.com/news/Bcachefs-Fixes-Two-Choices Support the show https://tuxdigital.com/membership https://tuxdigital.com/store https://tuxdigital.com/discord

video: https://youtu.be/hgSiToyxHHw Forum Discussion Thread This week in Linux, we have a lot of cool news to talk about. We have stuff that's upcoming, we have stuff that was released this week, and so much. So I am super excited about one thing. It's not coming out till December, but I just had to tell you about it, and that is the next release of the XFCE desktop with XFCE 4.20. We also have some releases from Manjaro, as well as the Umo launcher for Proton Games, and we have a preview of the next Cinnamon theme that is coming from Linux Mint. All of this and more on This Week in Linux, the weekly news show that keeps you up to date with what's going on in the open source and Linux world. Now, let's jump right into Your Source for Linux GNews. Download as MP3 Support the Show Become a Patron = tuxdigital.com/membership Store = tuxdigital.com/store Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:48 Xfce 4.20 Expected in December 02:53 umu Launcher for Proton Released 06:32 Manjaro 24.1 Released 08:04 New Cinnamon Theme Previews from Linux Mint 11:51 Linux App Summit 2024 13:08 Firefox 131 & Mozilla Drama 16:06 PineNote: Pine64’s Linux-Powered E-Ink Tablet 19:09 Support the show Links: Xfce 4.20 Expected in December https://wiki.xfce.org/releng/4.20/roadmap https://xfce.org/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xfce https://www.phoronix.com/news/Xfce-4.20-Roadmap umu Launcher for Proton Released https://github.com/Open-Wine-Components/umu-launcher https://github.com/Open-Wine-Components https://destinationlinux.net/370 (Interview of GloriousEggroll) https://lutris.net https://heroicgameslauncher.com/ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/10/unified-linux-wine-game-launcher-umu-gets-a-first-official-release/ Manjaro 24.1 Released https://forum.manjaro.org/t/manjaro-24-1-xahea-released/168699/1 https://www.phoronix.com/news/Manjaro-24.1-Released https://lwn.net/Articles/992660/ GNOME 46 on TWIL = https://thisweekinlinux.com/257 KDE Plasma 6.1 on TWIL = https://thisweekinlinux.com/268 Xfce 4.18 on DL = https://destinationlinux.net/306 New Cinnamon Theme Previews from Linux Mint https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4749 https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/09/linux-mint-new-cinnamon-theme-first-look Linux App Summit 2024 https://linuxappsummit.org/ Firefox 131 & Mozilla Drama https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/131.0/releasenotes/ https://www.ghacks.net/2024/10/01/mozillas-massive-lapse-in-judgement-causes-clash-with-ublock-origin-developer/ PineNote: Pine64’s Linux-Powered E-Ink Tablet https://pine64.org/2024/10/02/september_2024/#pinenote https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/10/pinenote-linux-powered-e-ink-tablet-returns Support the show https://tuxdigital.com/membership https://tuxdigital.com/store

video: https://youtu.be/Oh9D8KVjMcA This week in Linux, we have a lot of great news and a little bit of some unfortunate news regarding a vulnerability with the CUPS printing system. Now, it's not as bad as people are claiming, but we'll get to that in a bit. We also have the merger of the Tor project and the Tails OS project, which is really cool, and Ubuntu 24.10 beta is now available, as well as the Cosmic Desktop has reached an alpha 2 that is now available for download and testing. All of this and more on This Week in Linux, the show that keeps you up to date with what's going on in the Linux and Open Source world. So let's jump right into Your Source for Linux GNews. Forum Discussion Thread Download as MP3 Support the Show Become a Patron = tuxdigital.com/membership Store = tuxdigital.com/store Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:47 CUPS Remote Code Execution Vulnerability 06:06 Tor Project & Tails OS Join Forces 08:58 Ubuntu 24.10 Beta Available 12:09 COSMIC Desktop Alpha 2 Available 17:16 Valve Engineer Hopes to Accelerate Wayland Development 19:54 Valve to directly collaborate with Arch Linux 21:42 Support the show Links: CUPS Remote Code Execution Vulnerability https://www.evilsocket.net/2024/09/26/Attacking-UNIX-systems-via-CUPS-Part-I/ https://ubuntu.com//blog/cups-remote-code-execution-vulnerability-fix-available https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/red-hat-response-openprinting-cups-vulnerabilities https://thehackernews.com/2024/09/critical-linux-cups-printing-system.html https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/09/ubuntu-secuity-fix-cups-vulnerability Tor Project & Tails OS Join Forces https://blog.torproject.org/tor-tails-join-forces/ https://tails.net/news/index.en.html Ubuntu 24.10 Beta Available https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2024-September/000306.html https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/09/ubuntu-24-10-beta-is-now-available-to-download COSMIC Desktop Alpha 2 Available https://blog.system76.com/post/cosmic-alpha-2-press-release https://system76.com/cosmic Valve Engineer Hopes to Accelerate Wayland Development https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/wayland/wayland-protocols/-/merge_requests/339 https://www.supergoodcode.com/My-Wayland-Your-Wayland-Our-Wayland/ https://www.supergoodcode.com/unsticking-the-very-sticky/ https://www.phoronix.com/news/Blumenkrantz-Faster-Wayland Valve to directly collaborate with Arch Linux https://lists.archlinux.org/archives/list/arch-dev-public@lists.archlinux.org/thread/RIZSKIBDSLY4S5J2E2STNP5DH4XZGJMR/ Support the show https://tuxdigital.com/membership https://tuxdigital.com/store

Coverage of the Linux 6.11 release with hardware and architecture updates. A look at GNOME 47’s UI polish and small-screen improvements. Discussion of Microsoft’s kernel mode changes and potential effects on Linux gaming. Rundown of new distro releases like Zorin OS 17.2, MX Linux 23.4, and Fedora 41 beta. News about Steam Deck support being removed for GTA Online.

video: https://youtu.be/_ZlIPhB-Fws Forum Discussion Thread This week in Linux, we have a lot of cool news from the Ubuntu team announcing that they're going to have new Snap Permissions for users in 24.10. Also, the GNOME Foundation is doing a open search for their new Executive Director. And we have a lot of new releases, as well as some Linux gaming news with the Lutris creator joining the Playtron team. And we have a lot of Steam updates. All of this and more on This Week in Linux, the weekly news show that keeps you up to date with what's going on in the Linux and Open Source world. So let's jump right into Your Source for Linux GNews. Download as MP3 Support the Show Become a Patron = tuxdigital.com/membership Store = tuxdigital.com/store Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:44 Ubuntu 24.10 to Enhance Snap Permissions Handling 06:27 GNOME Foundation Opens Search for New Executive Director 10:08 Linux Mint Tease ‘Improved’ Default Cinnamon Theme 21:04 Kali Linux 2024.3 Released 25:53 Hyprland 0.43.0 Released 29:29 Lutris Creator joins Playtron for PlaytronOS 41:44 Steam Updates for Linux Gamers 46:30 Support the show Links: Ubuntu 24.10 to Enhance Snap Permissions Handling https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/ubuntu-desktop-s-24-10-dev-cycle-part-5-introducing-permissions-prompting/47963 GNOME Foundation Opens Search for New Executive Director https://foundation.gnome.org/2024/09/13/search-for-new-executive-director/ Linux Mint Tease ‘Improved’ Default Cinnamon Theme https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4740 https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/09/linux-mint-new-default-cinnamon-theme-more Kali Linux 2024.3 Released https://www.kali.org/blog/kali-linux-2024-3-release/ Hyprland 0.43.0 Released https://hyprland.org/news/update43/ Lutris Creator joins Playtron for PlaytronOS https://www.patreon.com/posts/playtron-ubuntu-111705494 https://www.playtron.one/ Steam Updates for Linux Gamers https://steamcommunity.com/games/593110/announcements/detail/4599952112537386541 https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/593110/view/4605582245626919823 https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/09/steam-families-has-officially-launched-with-a-big-steam-client-update/ Support the show https://tuxdigital.com/membership https://tuxdigital.com/store

video: https://youtu.be/KxFzi84B8dw Forum Discussion Thread This week in Linux, Canonical announced a new major kernel change that is coming for Ubuntu. KDE is now asking for donations in the next version of KDE Plasma desktop. Linux continues to grow on the desktop with the market share and Linux From Scratch has a new release. If you're not familiar with that, well, it's a great project that will maybe make you want to rip your hair out. All of this and more on This Week in Linux. The weekly news show that keeps you up to date with what's going on in the Linux and Open Source world. So let's jump right into Your Source for Linux GNews. Download as MP3 Support the Show Become a Patron = tuxdigital.com/membership Store = tuxdigital.com/store Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:42 Canonical Announces Major Kernel Change 04:55 KDE to ask for donations in Plasma desktop 14:05 Linux Continues to Grow: 4.45% Desktop Market Share 18:07 2GB Raspberry Pi 5 goes on sale at $50 19:49 ClamAV Antivirus 1.4 Ends 32-Bit Linux Support 22:10 Linux From Scratch 12.2 Released 25:06 Deepin Linux 23 Released 29:11 Mad Gainz Links: Canonical Announces Major Kernel Change https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/kernel-version-selection-for-ubuntu-releases/47007 https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/08/canonical-announce-major-ubuntu-kernel-change https://www.phoronix.com/news/Ubuntu-Releases-Fresher-Kernels KDE to ask for donations in Plasma desktop https://kde.org/announcements/report_2023/ https://pointieststick.com/2024/08/28/asking-for-donations-in-plasma/ Linux Continues to Grow: 4.45% Desktop Market Share https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/worldwide https://ostechnix.com/linux-market-share-july-2024-report/ 2GB Raspberry Pi 5 goes on sale at $50 https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/2gb-raspberry-pi-5-on-sale-now-at-50/ https://www.phoronix.com/news/Raspberry-Pi-5-2GB-Launches https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/08/newer-cheaper-raspberry-pi-5-2gb-ram ClamAV Antivirus 1.4 Ends 32-Bit Linux Support https://blog.clamav.net/2024/08/clamav-140-feature-release-and-clamav.html https://linuxiac.com/clamav-antivirus-1-4-ends-32-bit-linux-support/ Linux From Scratch 12.2 Released https://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/sympa/arc/lfs-announce/2024-09/msg00000.html Deepin Linux 23 Released https://www.deepin.org/en/deepin-23-is-officially-released/ https://linuxiac.com/deepin-linux-23-released/ https://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/Deepin-23-Offers-Wayland-Support-and-New-AI-Tool

video: https://youtu.be/R4xG6z-jDtI Forum Discussion Thread This week in Linux, the much anticipated COSMIC desktop is HERE! well, kind of. GNOME have finally added back a feature that people have been asking about for years or did they? Manjaro is working on an immutable version of their distro. All of this and more on This Week in Linux, the weekly news show that keeps you up to date with what’s going on in the Linux and Open Source world. Now let's jump right into Your Source for Linux GNews! Download as MP3 Support the Show Become a Patron = tuxdigital.com/membership Store = tuxdigital.com/store Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:37 COSMIC Desktop Alpha is HERE! 06:21 GNOME's Official Extension for Legacy Tray Icons 09:30 Manjaro Linux work on an Immutable version 10:46 SLUBStick: new Linux kernel exploit 13:23 Super Grub2 Disk 2.06s4 Released 15:25 Sway Adds Wayland Explicit Sync Support 16:10 Hyprland 0.42 Released 18:43 Support the show 19:42 Outro Links: COSMIC Desktop Alpha is HERE! https://system76.com/cosmic https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/08/you-can-now-download-pop_os-24-04-alpha-with-cosmic-desktop https://9to5linux.com/system76-launches-pop_os-24-04-lts-with-cosmic-alpha-desktop-environment GNOME's Official Extension for Legacy Tray Icons https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/08/gnome-official-status-icons-extension https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell-extensions/-/merge_requests/194 https://extensions.gnome.org/ Manjaro Linux work on an Immutable version https://forum.manjaro.org/t/manjaro-immutable-out-now-for-community-testing/166364 https://github.com/arkanelinux/arkdep https://arkanelinux.org/ Linux kernel exploitation SLUBStick can read and write memory arbitrarily https://github.com/IAIK/SLUBStick https://thehackernews.com/2024/08/new-linux-kernel-exploit-technique.html?m=1 https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/linux-kernel-impacted-by-new-slubstick-cross-cache-attack/amp/ Super Grub2 Disk 2.06s4 Released https://www.supergrubdisk.org/2024/07/30/super-grub2-disk-2-06s4-released/ https://9to5linux.com/super-grub2-disk-2-06s4-system-rescue-tool-released-with-btrfs-support Sway Adds Wayland Explicit Sync Support https://swaywm.org/ https://www.phoronix.com/news/Sway-Explicit-Sync-Merged https://www.phoronix.com/news/Sway-Tearing-Control-Lands Hyprland 0.42 Released https://hyprland.org/ https://www.phoronix.com/news/Hyprland-0.42-Wayland

video: https://youtu.be/Ay6uAbUYgjI Forum Discussion Thread This week in Linux, we've got a lot of GNews. Vanilla OS 2.0 has finally shipped after more than a year of development and it's got my attention. Serpent OS have also released a PreAlpha release of this new independent distro from the creator of Solus. Then we've got some more updates about the COSMIC desktop since it's less than a week away. All of this and more on This Week in Linux, the weekly news show that keeps you up to date with what’s going on in the Linux and Open Source world. Now let's jump right into Your Source for Linux GNews! Download as MP3 Support the Show Become a Patron = tuxdigital.com/membership Store = tuxdigital.com/store Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:40 COSMIC Alpha is so close 02:09 Vanilla OS 2.0 Released 05:43 Serpent OS Prealpha0 Released 09:02 Sovereign Tech Fund introduces fellowship pilot program 11:26 Gear Lever for AppImages 13:46 Funtoo Linux is being discontinued 15:35 DreamWorks' OpenMoonRay 1.6 Released 17:13 Outro Links: COSMIC Desktop is so close https://blog.system76.com/post/cosmic-team-interview-byoux https://blog.system76.com/post/cosmic-july-2024 Vanilla OS 2.0 Released https://vanillaos.org/blog/article/2024-07-28/vanilla-os-2-orchid---stable-release https://www.omglinux.com/vanilla-os-2-released-with-android-app-support/ https://9to5linux.com/vanilla-os-2-orchid-released-with-hybrid-debian-base-heres-whats-new https://www.phoronix.com/news/Vanilla-OS-2 Serpent OS Prealpha0 Released https://serpentos.com/blog/2024/08/01/serpent-os-prealpha0-released/ https://9to5linux.com/first-look-at-serpent-os-minimal-gnome-desktop-and-rust-based-package-manager Sovereign Tech Fund introduces fellowship pilot program https://www.sovereigntechfund.de/news/introducing-the-fellowship-for-maintainers https://www.phoronix.com/news/STF-Fellowship-Program https://lwn.net/Articles/984266/ Gear Lever for AppImages https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/07/gear-lever-appimage-app-for-gnome https://flathub.org/apps/it.mijorus.gearlever https://mijorus.it/projects/gearlever/ Funtoo Linux is being discontinued https://forums.funtoo.org/topic/5182-all-good-things-must-come-to-an-end/ DreamWorks' OpenMoonRay 1.6 Released https://openmoonray.org/ https://destinationlinux.net/352 https://github.com/dreamworksanimation/openmoonray/releases/tag/openmoonray-1.6.0.0

video: https://youtu.be/AASVfVeQR-A Forum Discussion Thread This week in Linux we got a ton of distro releases to talk about. Linux Mint 22 is now available as well as a new release from OpenMandriva, ChimeraOS, and Bazzite. Plus we got some exciting news for the release date of the COSMIC desktop. All of this and more on This Week in Linux, the weekly news show that keeps you up to date with what’s going on in the Linux and Open Source world. Now let's jump right into Your Source for Linux GNews! Download as MP3 Support the Show Become a Patron = tuxdigital.com/membership Store = tuxdigital.com/store Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:39 Linux Mint 22 Released 06:45 My beginners guide for starter distros 07:11 PopOS 24.04 Alpha With COSMIC Desktop 09:24 Blender 4.2 LTS Released 11:41 OBS Studio 30.2 Released 15:51 OpenMandriva 24.07 Released 17:59 ChimeraOS 46 Released 19:32 Bazzite Linux 3.6 Released 21:30 Outro Links: Linux Mint 22 Released https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4731 https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/07/linux-mint-22-released-based-on-ubuntu-24-04 https://9to5linux.com/linux-mint-22-wilma-is-now-available-for-download-heres-whats-new https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/07/linux-mint-22-is-officially-out-now-supported-until-2029/ My video to help beginners pick their first distro https://youtu.be/WvR-6CVI-Mc PopOS 24.04 Alpha With COSMIC Desktop https://x.com/carlrichell/status/1815498238285562127 https://www.phoronix.com/news/Pop-OS-24.04-Alpha-8-August https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/07/pop_os-24-04-alpha-with-cosmic-drops-on-august-8 Blender 4.2 LTS Released https://www.blender.org/download/releases/4-2/ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/07/blender-42-is-another-crazy-big-release/ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/07/blender-4-2-release-new-features https://9to5linux.com/blender-4-2-lts-3d-graphics-software-officially-released-heres-whats-new https://www.phoronix.com/news/Blender-4.2-Released OBS Studio 30.2 Released https://github.com/obsproject/obs-studio/releases/tag/30.2.0 https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/07/obs-studio-30-2-released https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/07/obs-studio-302-is-out-now-with-native-nvenc-encode-for-linux/ https://9to5linux.com/obs-studio-30-2-released-with-nvenc-av1-support-on-linux-unified-pipewire-source OpenMandriva 24.07 Released https://www.openmandriva.org/en/news/article/openmandriva-rome-24-07-released https://9to5linux.com/openmandriva-lx-24-07-rome-released-with-kde-plasma-6-linux-6-10 https://www.phoronix.com/news/OpenMandriva-ROME-24.07 ChimeraOS 46 Released https://chimeraos.org/ https://github.com/ChimeraOS/chimeraos/wiki/Release-Notes#chimeraos-46-2024-07-23 https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/07/chimeraos-46-brings-major-upgrades-and-enhanced-handheld-support-for-gpd-ayaneo-onexplayer/ Bazzite Linux 3.6 Released https://bazzite.gg/ https://github.com/ublue-os/bazzite/releases/tag/v3.6.0 https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/07/bazzite-linux-36-out-now-bringing-full-asus-rog-ally-x-support/