This Week in Linux

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258: XZ Backdoor Attack, Linux Mint 22, Fedora Switch to KDE?, Flathub Unverified & more Linux news Apr 06, 2024

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This week's news is exciting with cool new stuff and pretty bonkers because we narrowly avoided a security nightmare! A backdoor was discovered hidden in a common Linux utility, and it could have infected millions of devices. We'll break down how this almost happened, and what it means for you. Then, we'll switch gears and talk about some exciting upcoming features in Linux Mint 22. Fedora Linux might be getting a whole new look – we'll discuss a proposal to switch the default desktop environment. Flathub is making some changes to make it easier to indentify whether or not a Flatpak is official. Plus there is a new campaign for video game preservation that targets companies effectively breaking their games after an arbitary amount of time. All of this and more on this episode of This Week in Linux, Your Source for Linux GNews!

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00:00 Intro
01:06 XZ backdoor found in widespread Linux utility - [link, link]
10:26 Flathub adds Unverified Badge to Flatpaks - [link]
14:42 Sponsored by Kolide - [link]
16:05 Stop Killing Games.com - [link, video]
20:28 Linux Mint 22 Update, Future of Linux Mint - [link]
23:23 Fedora Change Proposal for KDE Plasma Default - [link]
25:24 Redis Changes Their Licensing Model - [link]
28:23 Serpent OS Hopes To Ship Pre-Alpha ISOs Soon - [link]
30:42 Flowblade 2.14 Video Editor Released - [link]
32:57 Outro

257: GNOME 46, Linux 6.8, KDE Security Warning, Fedora 40 Beta & more Linux news Mar 30, 2024

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https://youtu.be/P9LJkwlah2g

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On this episode of TWIL, we've got a brand new kernel to talk about with Linux 6.8. GNOME 46 has been released bringing a ton of desktop related goodies. Fedora and openSUSE have released some betas for us all to try out and test. Red Hat announced a new driver project for NVIDIA support on Linux. All of this and more on this episode of This Week in Linux, Your Source for Linux GNews!

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00:00 Intro
00:37 Linux 6.8 Released - [link]
03:08 GNOME 46 Released - [link]
06:49 Fedora 40 Beta Released - [link]
10:21 Sponsored by Kolide - [link]
11:44 openSUSE Leap Beta & Tumbleweed Updates - [link]
13:37 Nova: Rust-based Linux driver for NVIDIA GPUs - [link]
15:32 KDE Issues Warning After Theme Wipes User Data - [link]
18:45 Inkscape switching to GTK4 - [link]
20:37 Canonical Extends Ubuntu LTS Support To 12 Years - [link]
22:15 Samba 4.20.0 Released - [link]
22:56 Outro

256: Linux Desktop Growth, Fedora Dropping Xorg, Nintendo vs Yuzu lawsuit & more Linux news Mar 09, 2024

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https://youtu.be/0cCBn-iMOUY

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We've got a lot of big news for Linux users this week! We've got everything from marketshare growth to the latest updates for your favorite distros. Desktop Linux hits 4% market share! That's the highest ever by the way. Linux From Scratch just released a new version for those of you who dream of building your own OS. Fedora is considering dropping XOrg entirely on Fedora 41 Workstation. Arch Linux users are getting a pretty big update to their package manager, Pacman. Plus we are so close to 30,000 subscribers on my YouTube channel, if you enjoy this show and aren't subscribe to my channel then I'd appreciate it if you help me reach that milestone. That would be awesome. Now let's jump into This Week in Linux, Your Source for Linux GNews!

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Chapters:

00:00 Intro
01:08 I'm going to SCALE - [link]
03:31 4% Marketshare for Linux on StatCounter! - [link]
06:28 Nintendo says Game Over to Yuzu Emulator with $2.4 Million lawsuit - [link]
11:40 Open Collective Foundation is shutting down - [OCF, OSC comment]
15:04 Sponsored by Kolide - [link]
16:26 Fedora Project Considering Dropping XOrg from Workstation - [link]
20:56 Flock to Fedora Conference - [link]
23:28 HDMI Forum 'blocks AMD open sourcing its 2.1 drivers' - [link]
24:37 Zorin OS 17.1 Released - [link]
26:37 OpenMediaVault 7.0 Released - [link]
28:40 Arch Linux's Pacman 6.1 Released - [link]
30:10 Linux From Scratch 12.1 Released - [link]
33:34 Outro

255: KDE Plasma 6 MegaRelease, cover your Tails, CIQ's Rocky credibility & more Linux news Mar 02, 2024

Show notes

https://youtu.be/lBhgKsPp0GY

Forum Discussion Thread

KDE has finally blessed us with the latest release of KDE Plasma and this isnt just any release but a massive megarelease as they call it. That's right, KDE Plasma 6 is here! We also got some new distro releases from the privacy focused distro Tails, Tiny Core Linux and apparently one project is trying to see just how accessible coconuts can be. CIQ is in the news this week by making some controversial moves. All of this and more on this episode of This Week in Linux, Your Source for Linux GNews!

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Chapters:

00:00 Intro
00:50 KDE Plasma 6 Released - [link]
07:03 Tails 6.0 Released - [link]
09:14 Will CIQs Paid-Only Programs Hurt Rocky Linux? - [ciq blog, messmer blog, resf.org, resf faq, rockylinux.org]
18:57 Sponsored by Kasm - [link]
20:25 Tiny Core Linux 15 Released - [link]
21:50 Sway 1.9 Released - [link]
22:51 Accessible-Coconut 22.04.3 Released - [link]
24:42 HexChat 2.16.2 is the Latest & Final Release - [link]
26:32 Ardour 8.4 Open-Source DAW Released - [link]
28:26 Giada Loop Machine 1.0 Released - [link]
29:49 Outro

254: Linux Laptops, Fedora, DreamWorks Open Source, LXQt Desktop & more Linux news Feb 25, 2024

Show notes

https://youtu.be/kUPp8Ieg8d0

Forum Discussion Thread

February seems to be a really big month for desktop environment news because KDE Plasma is almost upon us with the release next week. GNOME has announced the beta release of GNOME 46. LXQt has dropped some big news that LXQt 2.0 is on its way. and there may be another distro already interested in System76's COSMIC desktop. We're also going to take a look at a few laptops coming on the marketing in a new Linux Hardware News segment. Valve is releasing more of their software as Open Source proving once again Valve is a great member of the community. Plus we got some news from the movie animation studio DreamWorks and what they are doing with Open Source. All of this and more on this episode of This Week in Linux, Your Source for Linux GNews!

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Chapters:

00:00 Intro
01:08 CrossOver 24 Released - [link]
03:05 DreamWorks OpenMoonRay 1.5 Released - [link]
06:30 Linux Hardware News Roundup - [KDE Slimbook, System76, Juno Saturn, Manjaro Slimbook]
12:05 Sponsored by Kolide - [link]
13:27 Valve Releases Steam Audio as Open Source - [link]
14:31 GNOME 46 Beta Released - [link]
16:13 Fedora COSMIC Desktop Spin Being Considered - [link]
18:42 Miracle-WM: Tiling WM for Wayland Compositor - [link]
23:25 Last Development Release before GIMP 3.0 - [link]
29:05 LXQt 2.0 Desktop Coming in April - [link]
32:30 Outro

253: Fedora goes Atomic, COSMIC is Coming, Linux Kernel Security, Mozilla Refocusing & more Linux news Feb 18, 2024

Show notes

https://youtu.be/1h1WnfnonI4

Forum Discussion Thread

On this episode of TWIL (253), Fedora has announced a new branch of their distro for immutable operating systems, called Fedora Atomic Desktops. System76 says we are getting close to an Alpha version of the COSMIC desktop. Then we're going to talk about Linux kernel security. Mozilla is refocusing on the Firefox browser while also doing some weird stuff too. Plus we have some potentially good news regarding AI and Patents. All of this and more on this episode of This Week in Linux, Your Source for Linux GNews!

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Chapters:

00:00 Intro
00:48 Fedora Atomic Desktops - [link]
03:41 Mozilla's New CEO, Refocusing on Firefox & more - [new ceo, layoffs]
09:51 Getting Close to COSMIC Alpha - [link, Destination Linux 270]
11:40 Sponsored by LINBIT - [link]
13:04 CVEs & CNAs for Linux Kernel - [link]
15:49 ONLYOFFICE 8 Released - [link]
17:13 LibreOffice 24.2 Released - [link]
19:21 Ubuntu Touch to change their Release Model - [link]
21:29 LineageOS 21 Released - [link]
22:56 "SandBox Mode" Proposed For The Linux Kernel - [link]
24:11 USPTO says AI models can’t hold patents - [link]
26:33 Outro

252: Kubuntu Says No to KDE Plasma 6, a new Damn Small distro, FCC vs AI calls & more Linux news Feb 10, 2024

Show notes

https://youtu.be/nl2viCr92TU

Forum Discussion Thread

On this episode of TWIL (252), we have a new version of the core graphics stack project Mesa. A very small yet phoenix-like distro is rising from the ashes of deprecation. Kubuntu has released their plans for Kubuntu 24.04 and the roadmap for implementing KDE Plasma 6. elementary has released a preview of the next edition of their OS. All of this and more on this episode of This Week in Linux, Your Source for Linux GNews!

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Chapters:

00:00 Intro
00:37 Mesa 24.0 Released - [link]
01:52 Damn Small Linux 2024 Released - [link]
04:51 Kubuntu 24.04 LTS Won’t Use KDE Plasma 6.0 - [link]
07:33 elementary OS 8 Available in Early Access - [link]
10:10 Kolide - [link]
11:33 KaOS Linux 2024.01 Released - [link]
13:56 Mozilla's Monitor Plus - [link]
16:26 FCC to declare AI-generated voices in robocalls illegal - [link]
20:18 Bluesky Social Network Opens to Everyone - [link, TWIL on Bluesky]
22:37 New Edition for SKATE coming to Steam - [link]
24:05 Niri 0.1.1 Wayland Compositor - [link]
25:28 Greenfield In-Browser Wayland Compositor - [link]
26:51 Clonezilla Live 3.1.2 Released - [link]
27:58 Outro

251: Budgie Desktop, Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, Flathub, openSUSE, Purism & more Linux news Feb 04, 2024

Show notes

https://youtu.be/x2VeEOd5fTs

Forum Discussion Thread

On this episode of TWIL, the Buddies of Budgie have released a new version of the Budgie Desktop, Ubuntu has announced some ambitious goals for the next release of the distro. The Flathub has hit a major milestone. openSUSE is getting geared up for the openSUSE Conference. Plus Purism is making some waves with the announcement of their first public offering for stock in the company. All of this and more on this episode of This Week in Linux, Your Source for Linux GNews!

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Chapters:

00:00 Intro
00:37 Budgie 10.9 Desktop Released - [link]
03:46 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS News - [links: 6.8, low-latency, DL 356]
05:23 openSUSE Conference & Tumbleweed Update - [links: conference, tumbleweed]
07:38 Flathub Has Reached 1 Million Active Users - [link]
10:08 SystemRescue 11 Released - [link]
11:05 Redcore Linux 2401 Released - [link]
12:45 LINBIT - [link]
14:09 EndeavourOS Galileo Neo Released - [link]
14:53 Locally Exploitable glibc Vulnerability - [link]
16:26 Purism Values Itself at $75 Million USD - [links: puri.sm, sec filing]
25:32 SDL 3.0 Released - [link]
26:50 Ubuntu Touch OTA-4 Released - [link]
27:49 Shotcut 24.01 Released - [link]
28:45 FTC finds Intuit violating US law over TurboTax advertising - [links: ftc, arstechnica]
33:08 Outro

250: Gentoo Linux, Firefox 122, Parrot OS, Valve Proton & more Linux news Jan 27, 2024

Show notes

https://youtu.be/5KqAHwlxDpE

Forum Discussion Thread

On this episode of TWIL (250), Gentoo Linux has some made some major changes to their distro. Mozilla has released a new version of Firefox including DEB packages for those non-snap users out there. Ethical hacking distro Parrot OS has a new version out. Plus we've got news from Valve, Lutris and many more for some gaming news. All of this and more on this episode of This Week in Linux, Your Source for Linux GNews!

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Chapters:

00:00 Introduction
00:36 Mozilla Firefox 122.0 Released - [release notes, 4 reasons]
05:34 Gentoo Linux Progress from 2023 - [link]
08:28 Parrot 6.0 Released - [link]
10:20 MX Linux 23.2 “Libretto” Released - [link]
12:37 Linux Mint 21.3 “EDGE” ISO Released - [link]
13:45 KOLIDE - [link]
15:07 openSUSE Slowroll Misunderstandings Clarified - [link]
16:30 BunsenLabs Linux Boron Released - [link]
18:10 Valve Releases Proton 8.0-5 - [link]
19:27 Lutris 0.5.15 Released - [link]
20:58 Godot Engine offers free Nintendo Switch port - [link, gamingonlinux]
22:50 AYANEO’s New NES-Style Mini PC - [link, omgubuntu]
25:59 libvirt 10.0 Released - [link]
26:55 Huawei claims about HarmonyOS NEXT kernel - [link]
29:01 Outro

249: Linux Mint, Wine, COSMIC, PulseAudio, OpenSUSE, KDE & more Linux news Jan 20, 2024

Show notes

https://youtu.be/GIcFyq5CRRc

Forum Discussion Thread

On this episode of TWIL (249), Linux Mint has released a new version of their distro. KDE & GNOME have announced updates to the next version of their desktop environments. A new version of Wine is out. openSUSE released a roadmap to the next iteration of Leap and System76 released a roadmap to an Alpha release of their new COSMIC desktop. All of this and more on this episode of This Week in Linux, Your Source for Linux GNews!

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Chapters:

00:00 Introduction
00:40 Linux Mint 21.3 Released - [link, TWIL 245]
02:46 Wine 9.0 Released - [link]
04:46 KDE Plasma 6 Update: Wallpaper & Release Candidate - [wallpapers, link]
07:10 GNOME 46 Alpha Released - [link]
08:27 GNOME Foundation Software Engineer Job Post - [link]
10:12 LINBIT - [link]
11:37 PulseAudio 17.0 Released - [link]
12:26 COSMIC: The Road to Alpha Release - [link]
14:17 OpenSUSE Leap 16 is coming - [link]
15:29 VLC Banned from Unity Store - [link]
18:40 XOrg Server and Xwayland Security Vulnerabilities - [link]
19:28 Framework Data Breach - [link]
23:29 Open-Source Community keeping Flash Player alive - [link, phoronix]
24:27 Outro

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