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Sep 24, 2023 β€’ 42min

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

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Sep 17, 2023 β€’ 42min

Another Linux tablet, HDR gaming & Linux malware

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Sep 9, 2023 β€’ 43min

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

Give a try to the brand new redesign of Thunderbird: https://mzla.link/tb-flatpak πŸ‘ Support the show here: πŸ‘ https://www.patreon.com/thelinuxexperiment https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/thelinuxexp https://liberapay.com/TheLinuxExperiment/ πŸ‘• Buy TLE Merch: πŸ‘• https://the-linux-experiment.creator-spring.com/ πŸ“Ή Watch Linux videos: πŸ“Ή https://www.youtube.com/thelinuxexperiment πŸŽ™οΈ Leave your feedback here: πŸŽ™οΈ https://podcast.thelinuxexp.com 00:00 Intro 00:54 Plasma 6 has a release date, and it’s far away https://pointieststick.com/2023/09/06/september-plasma-6-update/ https://cullmann.io/posts/kf6-release-plan/ 07:58 The new Ubuntu App Center looks like a regression https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/09/ubuntu-app-center-app-arrives 13:45 GNOME 45 will break all extensions https://blogs.gnome.org/shell-dev/2023/09/02/extensions-in-gnome-45/ 18:21 Sponsor: Thunderbird https://mzla.link/tb-flatpak 19:55 Linux drivers and performance updates https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-Vulkan-MSAA-Compute-Queue https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.6-Input https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.6-Optimize-Lacking-ERMS 23:48 elementary OS updates https://blog.elementary.io/updates-for-august-2023/ 27:22 The EU won’t force Apple to use RCS for now https://www.androidcentral.com/apps-software/eu-apple-imessage-gatekeeper-ruling 31:51 Chrome gets its new tracking tech https://gizmodo.com/google-privacy-sandbox-now-on-every-chrome-browser-1850812404 36:28 Gaming News: market share, new Valve devices… https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/09/linux-continues-rising-above-3-desktop-user-share-on-statcounter/ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/09/linux-user-share-remains-above-macos-in-the-latest-steam-survey/ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/09/steam-will-soon-show-better-controller-support-details-like-for-playstation-controllers/ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/09/linux-updates-tease-valve-galileo-and-sephiroth-steam-deck-refresh-or-new-vr/ https://9to5linux.com/dxvk-2-3-improves-performance-in-tomb-raider-anniversary-and-fixes-many-bugs 42:12 Outro πŸ’» Get a Linux computer from our sponsor, TuxedoπŸ’» https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en# πŸ‘ Support the show here: πŸ‘ Patreon supporters get the daily Linux & Open Source audio show! https://www.patreon.com/thelinuxexperiment Or you can support me with a one time donation: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/thelinuxexp https://liberapay.com/TheLinuxExperiment/ πŸ‘• Buy TLE Merch: πŸ‘• https://the-linux-experiment.creator-spring.com/ πŸ“Ή Watch Linux videos: πŸ“Ή https://www.youtube.com/thelinuxexperiment πŸŽ™οΈ Leave your feedback here: πŸŽ™οΈ https://podcast.thelinuxexp.com
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Sep 2, 2023 β€’ 41min

Accent colors standard & kernel performance boosts

This episode is sponsored by Thunderbird: https://mzla.link/tb-flatpak πŸ‘ Support the show here: πŸ‘ https://www.patreon.com/thelinuxexperiment https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/thelinuxexp https://liberapay.com/TheLinuxExperiment/ πŸ‘• Buy TLE Merch: πŸ‘• https://the-linux-experiment.creator-spring.com/ πŸ“Ή Watch Linux videos: πŸ“Ή https://www.youtube.com/thelinuxexperiment πŸŽ™οΈ Leave your feedback here: πŸŽ™οΈ 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 πŸ’» Get a Linux computer from our sponsor, TuxedoπŸ’» https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en# πŸ‘ Support the show here: πŸ‘ Patreon supporters get the daily Linux & Open Source audio show! https://www.patreon.com/thelinuxexperiment Or you can support me with a one time donation: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/thelinuxexp https://liberapay.com/TheLinuxExperiment/ πŸ‘• Buy TLE Merch: πŸ‘• https://the-linux-experiment.creator-spring.com/ πŸ“Ή Watch Linux videos: πŸ“Ή https://www.youtube.com/thelinuxexperiment πŸŽ™οΈ Leave your feedback here: πŸŽ™οΈ https://podcast.thelinuxexp.com
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Aug 27, 2023 β€’ 41min

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

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Aug 20, 2023 β€’ 44min

New Linux tablet, SUSE goes private, GNOME 45 beta

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Aug 12, 2023 β€’ 42min

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

CPU flaws affecting AMD and Intel processors will lead to decreased performance. SUSE and Oracle form a foundation to provide RHEL compatible code. Red Hat hires engineers to work on bootloaders. Wayland support on Plasma 6 looks promising. GNOME 45 may include native screencasting support.
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Aug 6, 2023 β€’ 42min

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

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Jul 29, 2023 β€’ 40min

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

πŸ‘ Support the show here: πŸ‘ https://www.patreon.com/thelinuxexperiment https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/thelinuxexp https://liberapay.com/TheLinuxExperiment/ πŸ‘• Buy TLE Merch: πŸ‘• https://the-linux-experiment.creator-spring.com/ πŸ“Ή Watch Linux videos: πŸ“Ή https://www.youtube.com/thelinuxexperiment πŸŽ™οΈ Leave your feedback here: πŸŽ™οΈ https://podcast.thelinuxexp.com 00:00 Intro 01:12 Google wants to add DRM to the web https://www.techradar.com/pro/googles-new-plan-for-the-future-of-the-web-has-a-lot-of-people-worried-heres-why https://vivaldi.com/blog/googles-new-dangerous-web-environment-integrity-spec/ 07:20 GNOME has a new way of managing windows https://blogs.gnome.org/tbernard/2023/07/26/rethinking-window-management/ 14:33 GNOME weekly news https://thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2023/07/twig-105/ 17:23 Plasma 6 removes a few features https://pointieststick.com/2023/07/26/what-we-plan-to-remove-in-plasma-6 23:17 Fedora improves firmware handling on Linux https://www.phoronix.com/news/Fedora-Server-Alert-FW-Updates https://www.phoronix.com/news/No-DNF5-Fedora-39 26:59 Zorin OS 16.3 is out https://blog.zorin.com/2023/07/27/zorin-os-16.3-is-released/ 30:49 Canonical drops LXD maintainers https://www.phoronix.com/news/LXD-Maintainership-Canonical 32:56 FOSS Nvidia vulkan drivers land in Mesa https://www.phoronix.com/news/NVK-Merge-Request-Mesa 35:20 Linux drivers speed boost & battery life improvements https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Per-Policy-CPU-Perf-Boost https://www.phoronix.com/review/intel-anv-mod-boost 36:58 Gaming news: Blizzard games on Steam & Heroic update https://linuxgameconsortium.com/blizzard-games-are-coming-to-steam/ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/07/heroic-games-launcher-29-out-now-with-amazon-games-support/ 40:04 Outro πŸ’» Get a Linux computer from our sponsor, TuxedoπŸ’» https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en# πŸ‘ Support the show here: πŸ‘ Patreon supporters get the daily Linux & Open Source audio show! https://www.patreon.com/thelinuxexperiment Or you can support me with a one time donation: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/thelinuxexp https://liberapay.com/TheLinuxExperiment/ πŸ‘• Buy TLE Merch: πŸ‘• https://the-linux-experiment.creator-spring.com/ πŸ“Ή Watch Linux videos: πŸ“Ή https://www.youtube.com/thelinuxexperiment πŸŽ™οΈ Leave your feedback here: πŸŽ™οΈ https://podcast.thelinuxexp.com
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Jul 22, 2023 β€’ 45min

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

πŸ‘ Support the show here: πŸ‘ https://www.patreon.com/thelinuxexperiment https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/thelinuxexp https://liberapay.com/TheLinuxExperiment/ πŸ‘• Buy TLE Merch: πŸ‘• https://the-linux-experiment.creator-spring.com/ πŸ“Ή Watch Linux videos: πŸ“Ή https://www.youtube.com/thelinuxexperiment πŸŽ™οΈ Leave your feedback here: πŸŽ™οΈ https://podcast.thelinuxexp.com 00:00 Intro 01:02 The UE’s Cyber Resilience Act is a nightmare for Open Source https://news.apache.org/foundation/entry/save-open-source-the-impending-tragedy-of-the-cyber-resilience-act https://cnll.fr/news/le-cnll-alerte-sur-les-dangers-du-cyber-resilience-act-pour-la-fili%C3%A8re-du-logiciel-libre-en-europe/ 10:41 The Framework 16 can be preordered with a removable GPU module https://frame.work/fr/en/products/laptop16-amd-7040/configuration/edit 15:49 Lenovo also wants a repairable device https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/lenovos-tiers-of-sustainability/#dt-heading-futuristic-design https://www.techradar.com/computing/laptops/lenovos-aurora-project-repairable-laptops-could-be-a-major-breakthrough-in-the-war-on-e-waste 19:52 First FOSS Nvidia driver lands in Mesa https://www.phoronix.com/news/Mesa-Initial-NVIDIA-RTX-40 24:25 Interesting article about how Wayland is being adopted https://www.theregister.com/2023/07/13/wayland_is_coming/ 29:57 The GIMP has finished their porting process to GTK3 https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/07/gimp-dev-release-completes-gtk3-port-adds-headerbar-option https://www.gimp.org/news/2023/07/09/gimp-2-99-16-released/ 32:51 Meta being fined 100 000 euros per day https://www.engadget.com/meta-facing-a-100000-daily-fine-if-it-doesnt-fix-privacy-issues-in-norway-102557370.html 36:18 Threads is not working out for Meta https://www.similarweb.com/blog/insights/social-media-news/threads-week/ 40:13 Gaming News: Intel performance boost, Nvidia drivers https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/07/nvidia-driver-535-86-05-out-now-linux/ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/07/valve-adds-ability-to-see-steam-deck-verification-in-desktop-steam/ https://www.phoronix.com/review/intel-arc-10p-faster https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-ANV-More-Gaming-Perf 44:41 Outro πŸ’» Get a Linux computer from our sponsor, TuxedoπŸ’» https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en# πŸ‘ Support the show here: πŸ‘ Patreon supporters get the daily Linux & Open Source audio show! https://www.patreon.com/thelinuxexperiment Or you can support me with a one time donation: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/thelinuxexp https://liberapay.com/TheLinuxExperiment/ πŸ‘• Buy TLE Merch: πŸ‘• https://the-linux-experiment.creator-spring.com/ πŸ“Ή Watch Linux videos: πŸ“Ή https://www.youtube.com/thelinuxexperiment πŸŽ™οΈ Leave your feedback here: πŸŽ™οΈ https://podcast.thelinuxexp.com

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