This Week in Linux

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297: Linux / Rust saga continues, Void Linux, Firefox 135, FOSS funding needs & more Linux news Feb 08, 2025

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This week in Linux, we have a lot to talk about with the Linux kernel getting, or maybe not getting, Rusty. There's a little bit of drama there. Also, the Void Linux project has a new release of their distribution. EA has provided an update regarding Apex Legends and Linux. It's not great news, but we're gonna talk about it. There's also a tiny Linux kernel tweak that could save 30% on power use for data centers. And all of this and so much 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.

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Chapters:

00:00 Intro
00:41 Linux Kernel gets some Rusty Drama
03:48 Void Linux 20250202 Released
06:13 Many Open Source Projects Scramble to Find Funding
12:14 Sandfly Security, agentless Linux security [ad]
13:45 Mozilla Firefox 135 Released
19:48 This tiny Linux kernel tweak could SAVE 30% on Power Use for Datacenters!
21:10 Ghostty 1.1.0 Released
24:06 Let’s Encrypt Ending Expiration Notification Emails
28:12 Apex Legends Is Losing Players—So They’re Blaming Linux?
29:39 Support the show

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Linux Kernel gets some Rusty Drama
- https://www.phoronix.com/news/Asahi-Linux-Lead-No-Upstream
- https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/1ijxber/linus_torvalds_take_on_the_latest_rustkernel_drama/
Void Linux 20250202 Released
- https://voidlinux.org/news/2025/02/new-images.html
Many Open Source Projects Scramble to Find Funding
Sandfly Security, agentless Linux security [ad]
- https://thisweekinlinux.com/sandfly
Mozilla Firefox 135 Released
This tiny Linux kernel tweak could SAVE 30% on Power Use for Datacenters!
- https://youtu.be/OQa2cazPlNs
Ghostty 1.1.0 Released
- https://ghostty.org/docs/install/release-notes/1-1-0
- https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/02/ghostty-update-adds-server-side-decoration-support-on-linux
Let’s Encrypt Ending Expiration Notification Emails
- https://letsencrypt.org/2025/01/22/ending-expiration-emails/
Apex Legends Is Losing Players—So They’re Blaming Linux?
- https://youtu.be/Oz7AK_DZ9wU
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296: DeepSeek AI, Steam Brick, Google Open-Sources PebbleOS, Hyprland, Thunderbird & more Linux news Feb 01, 2025

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This week in Linux, there's a new AI chatbot called DeepSeek making waves and terrifying tech investors. Google has open sourced PebbleOS, the operating system for the old Pebble Watches. The Thunderbird email team announced a new version and a new release strategy. Then we'll take a look at a brand new desktop environment for Linux users. 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!

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Chapters:

00:00 Intro
00:37 DeepSeek AI Chatbot scares Silicon Valley
05:13 Google Open-Sources PebbleOS, Pebble’s Founder Plans a Revival
09:39 Thunderbird 134 & Release Strategy Changes
13:29 Sandfly Security, agentless security [ad]
15:00 Steam Brick Mod... "because!"
17:41 Hyprland 0.47 Released
20:56 Orbitiny Desktop Environment
26:09 Discord Screen-Sharing with Audio on Linux Wayland is finally here, sort of
28:29 Support the show

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DeepSeek AI Chatbot scares Silicon Valley
Google Open-Sources PebbleOS, Pebble’s Founder Plans a Revival
Thunderbird 134 & Release Strategy Changes
Sandfly Security, agentless security [ad]
- https://thisweekinlinux.com/sandfly
Steam Brick Mod... "because!"
- https://crastinator-pro.github.io/steam-brick/
- https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/the-ridiculous-steam-brick-just-makes-me-want-a-proper-steam-machine/
Hyprland 0.47 Released
Orbitiny Desktop Environment
Discord Screen-Sharing with Audio on Linux Wayland is finally here, sort of
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295: Wine 10, SDL 3, AMD dedicates more to Linux, Intel's Modular PCs & more Linux news Jan 26, 2025

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video: https://youtu.be/LQTqcC0TI-o

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This week in Linux was kind of insane . . . in a good way because the Wine Project hit the big 1-0 with Wine 10. AMD announced something called the AMDGPU Composition Stack and it has a ton of potential for positively impacting the Linux desktop. Intel announced a modular PC idea they are trying to push that could positively impact everyone even including the environment. Then we got the latest release of SDL which will positively impact gamers and so many more. 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!

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Chapters:

00:00 Intro
00:47 Whats new at TuxDigital
01:46 Wine 10.0 Released
05:18 AMD Announces AMDGPU Composition Stack
08:11 Intel's Push for Modular PC Design
11:14 Sandfly Security, agentless security
12:46 SDL 3 Released
16:09 Rhino Linux 2025.1 Released
18:57 Dillo 3.2 Released
21:46 Bcachefs Merged into Linux 6.14 without issue
23:32 Support the show

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Whats new at TuxDigital
Wine 10.0 Released
- https://www.winehq.org/
- https://gitlab.winehq.org/wine/wine/-/releases/wine-10.0
AMD Announces AMDGPU Composition Stack
Intel's Push for Modular PC Design
Sandfly Security, agentless security
- https://thisweekinlinux.com/sandfly
SDL 3 Released
Rhino Linux 2025.1 Released
- https://rhinolinux.org/
- https://blog.rhinolinux.org/news-17
Dillo 3.2 Released
Bcachefs Merged into Linux 6.14 without issue
- https://www.phoronix.com/news/Bcachefs-Linux-6.14-Merged
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294: Linux 6.13, Linux Mint 22.1, Rsync Security Bugs, openSUSE & more Linux news Jan 18, 2025

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video: https://youtu.be/qAHxogc8QTc

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This week in Linux, we have a brand new version of the Linux kernel to talk about. Well, maybe. Technically, the 6.13 release is not until this Sunday, and I'm recording this before Sunday, so we're just going to roll the dice, and hopefully it doesn't get delayed. Also, we have some distro news this week to talk about with a new release from Linux Mint, MX Linux, and OpenSUSE. We also have some security news related to the rsync project, as well as a big flaw that was found in the Linux kernel. We're gonna talk about all of this and so much more on This Week in Linux, your 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.

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Chapters:

00:00 Intro
00:47 News for TWIL & TuxDigital
01:57 Linux 6.13 Released
05:48 Linux Mint 22.1 Released
13:59 openSUSE Slowroll and LXQt on Wayland
17:44 Rsync 3.4 Released due to Critical Security Bugs
19:15 Sandfly Security, agentless Linux security [ad]
21:04 MX Linux 23.5 Released
22:53 Enlightenment 0.27 Released
26:00 Flatpak release and mobile apps
31:06 Support the show

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News for TWIL & TuxDigital
- https://www.youtube.com/@michael_tunnell
- https://destinationlinux.net/
Linux 6.13 Released
- https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_6.13
- https://omgubuntu.co.uk
Linux Mint 22.1 Released
- https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4793
- https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/01/linux-mint-22-1-released-heres-everything-new
openSUSE Slowroll and LXQt on Wayland
- https://news.opensuse.org/2025/01/09/ny-starts-with-slowroll-vb/
- https://news.opensuse.org/2025/01/13/LXQt-Wayland-support-is-now-here/
Rsync 3.4 Released due to Critical Security Bugs
Sandfly Security, agentless Linux security [ad]
- https://thisweekinlinux.com/sandfly
MX Linux 23.5 Released
- https://mxlinux.org/blog/mx-23-5-now-available/
Enlightenment 0.27 Released
Flatpak release and mobile apps
- https://feaneron.com/2025/01/14/flatpak-1-16-is-out/
- https://github.com/flatpak/flatpak/releases/tag/1.16.0
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293: COSMIC Alpha 5, KDE Plasma 6.3 beta, SteamOS beyond Steam Deck & more Linux news Jan 11, 2025

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video: https://youtu.be/xtHmj__P-rY

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This week in Linux, we have a lot to talk about. We're gonna talk about some alphas and some betas and also some big news from Valve. So we have KDE Plasma 6.3 beta that is coming out with System76 releasing the Alpha 5 of the COSMIC Desktop Environment and Valve announced that SteamOS is going to expand beyond the Steam Deck. All of this and so much 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.

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Chapters:

00:00 Intro
00:38 KDE Plasma 6.3 Beta
08:10 Google and The Linux Foundation team up for 'Supporters of Chromium-based Browsers'
13:26 System76 Release COSMIC DE Alpha 5
17:59 Sandfly Security, agentless protection
19:34 GNOME Refine Tool
23:06 Lenovo Legion Go S with SteamOS
25:51 SteamOS expands beyond Steam Deck
29:09 The Mecha Comet
31:23 Support the show

Links:

KDE Plasma 6.3 Beta
Google and The Linux Foundation team up for 'Supporters of Chromium-based Browsers'
- https://www.linuxfoundation.org/press/linux-foundation-announces-the-launch-of-supporters-of-chromium-based-browsers
- https://blog.chromium.org/2025/01/announcing-supporters-of-chromium-based.html
System76 Release COSMIC DE Alpha 5
- https://blog.system76.com/post/cosmic-alpha-5-released
Sandfly Security, agentless protection
- https://thisweekinlinux.com/sandfly
GNOME Refine Tool
- https://tesk.page/refine/
- https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/01/refine-advanced-tweak-tool-for-gnome
Lenovo Legion Go S with SteamOS
- https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/lenovo-legion-go-s-with-valves-steamos-is-official-expected-to-launch-in-may/
- https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/7/24338028/lenovo-legion-go-s-steam-windows
SteamOS expands beyond Steam Deck
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/593110/view/529834914570306831
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/valve-confirms-a-public-beta-of-steamos-is-coming-as-steamos-expands-beyond-steam-deck/
The Mecha Comet
- https://mecha.so/comet
- https://destinationlinux.net
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292: Ghostty terminal, Nobara, CachyOS, GIMP, & more Linux news Jan 06, 2025

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video: https://youtu.be/ZM_CqPmI7cQ

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This week in Linux, we have a lot to talk about. We have a new terminal emulator that's getting a lot of attention lately with Ghostty. And also we have two distros to talk about with their latest releases, one being CachyOS and the other one, Nobara Linux. And we're also gonna be talking about the latest release candidate for GIMP with GIMP 3.0 RC2. All of this and more on This Week in Linux, the weekly news show that keeps you updated with what's going on in the Linux and open source world. Now let's jump right into Your Source for Linux GNews.

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Chapters:

00:00 Intro
00:38 Ghostty Terminal 1.0
07:31 CachyOS December 2024 Release
09:36 Nobara Linux 41 Released
11:53 Sandfly Security, agentless security platform [ad]
13:16 GIMP 3.0 RC2 Released
16:50 OpenShot 3.3 Released
22:43 Kdenlive 24.12 & Preview for 2025
29:12 Linux Gamers Banned in Marvel Rivals but ends well
34:09 Bottles Switching to Rust
36:43 Support the show

Links:

Ghostty Terminal 1.0
- https://ghostty.org/
- https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/12/ghostty-terminal-linux-open-source-release
CachyOS December 2024 Release
- https://cachyos.org/blog/2412-december-release/
Nobara Linux 41 Released
- https://nobaraproject.org/2025/01/01/january-01-2025/
Sandfly Security, agentless security platform [ad]
- https://thisweekinlinux.com/sandfly
GIMP 3.0 RC2 Released
- https://www.gimp.org/news/2024/12/27/gimp-3-0-RC2-released/
OpenShot 3.3 Released
- https://www.openshot.org/blog/2024/12/22/new_openshot_release_330/
Kdenlive 24.12 & Preview for 2025
- https://kdenlive.org/en/2024/12/kdenlive-24-12-0-released/
- https://kdenlive.org/en/2024/12/kdenlive-new-year-preview/
Linux Gamers Banned in Marvel Rivals but ends well
- https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/marvel-rivals-team-issue-a-statement-on-recent-bans-for-steam-deck-and-macos-players/
- https://store.steampowered.com/app/2767030/Marvel_Rivals/
Bottles Switching to Rust
- https://usebottles.com/posts/2024-12-27-rust-libcosmic-next/
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This Year in Linux, the Top Linux News of 2024 Dec 30, 2024

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video: https://youtu.be/jqzkplxlr9Q

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This year in Linux was a huge year. So many things happened. So many updates, releases, changes, improvements. Linux Marketshare, in fact, got much better too. So many things. So we're going to be covering everything in the super detail that we normally would on this week in Linux because there's just so many things to talk about. If you would like to learn more about each individual thing, you can check out the episode show notes. There will be links to every single time every single episode in the show notes so go check those out.

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Chapters:

00:00 Intro
00:40 CVEs & CNAs for Linux Kernel
01:31 Rust added to the Linux Kernel in Linux 6.8
01:42 Linux 6.12 Merging Extensible Scheduler “sched_ext”
02:46 4.55% Marketshare for Linux on StatCounter!
03:57 Security Topics
04:18 Locally Exploitable glibc Vulnerability
05:44 Needrestart Security Vulnerabilities Found
06:29 RegreSSHion: Remote Code Execution Vulnerability In OpenSSH Server
07:44 XZ backdoor found in widespread Linux utility
10:34 CrowdStrike causes Global Outage for Microsoft Windows
13:23 Desktop Environments
15:26 Distro Releases
18:08 Red Hat Summit 2024
18:32 Destination Linux 400
18:53 Destination Linux Interviews
20:23 Explicit Sync Will Finally Solve the NVIDIA/Wayland Issues
21:34 Hardware News
21:52 Gaming News: Anti Cheat Woes
23:34 Gaming News: Valve does good for Linux
25:26 umu launcher
25:49 Application News
27:55 Support the show

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291: Xfce 4.20, Steam Winter Sale, openSUSE, Fedora Asahi, Serpent OS, MakuluLinux & more Linux news Dec 28, 2024

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video: https://youtu.be/Za_MPfQ9Zdo

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This week in Linux, we have a ton to talk about. So much happened. I took last week off because of the holidays, and there's just a lot happened in that period of time. So let's talk about it. First, we have Xfce because Xfce 4.20 has been released. openSUSE has announced a new package management tool. There is now an alpha release for the Serpent OS distribution. There's also a Steam Winter Sale that's going on right now. And we've got news from DreamWorks. Yes, that DreamWorks. 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.

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Chapters:

00:00 Intro
00:50 Xfce 4.20 Released
07:35 openSUSE Announces New "YQPkg" Package Management Tool
11:23 Serpent OS Alpha Release
13:30 Sandfly Security, agentless security platform [ad]
14:54 Fedora Asahi Remix 41 Released
18:00 Darktable 5.0 Released
21:28 Steam Winter Sale & more from Valve
22:14 Valve joining Lenovo at CES 2025
23:02 Steam Replay 2024
23:40 New Steam Record of 39 Million Concurrent Users
24:26 OpenMoonRay 1.7 Released
25:46 MakuluLinux LinDoz 2025 Released
29:20 Support the show

Links:

Xfce 4.20 Released
- https://xfce.org/about/news/?post=1734220800
openSUSE Announces New "YQPkg" Package Management Tool
- https://news.opensuse.org/2024/12/20/new-pkg-mgmt-tool-debuts/
Serpent OS Alpha Release
- https://serpentos.com/blog/2024/12/23/serpent-os-enters-alpha/
Sandfly Security, agentless security platform [ad]
- https://thisweekinlinux.com/sandfly
Fedora Asahi Remix 41 Released
- https://fedoramagazine.org/fedora-asahi-remix-41-is-now-available/
Darktable 5.0 Released
- https://www.darktable.org/2024/12/darktable-5.0.0-released/
- https://lwn.net/Articles/1003200/
Steam Winter Sale & more from Valve
OpenMoonRay 1.7 Released
MakuluLinux LinDoz 2025 Released
- https://www.makululinux.com/wp/2024/12/24/lindoz-2025-is-live/
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290: RHEL 10 Beta, Raspberry Pi 500, 20 Years of Thunderbird & more Linux news Dec 14, 2024

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video: https://youtu.be/HWf-0_Khx6o

Forum Discussion Thread

This week in Linux, we have a lot to talk about. We have Betas to talk about. We have new hardware to talk about and so much more. So we got Linux Mint 22.1 Beta that's been released. There's also a Beta for Red Hat Enterprise Linux as well as AlmaLinux. We also have new hardware from the Raspberry Pi Foundation and we're gonna be celebrating 20 years of Thunderbird. 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.

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Chapters:

00:00 What's new in the Linux world
00:45 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 Beta Released
06:12 CentOS Stream 10 Released
09:34 AlmaLinux 10 Beta Released
13:32 Sandfly Security [ad]
14:53 Linux Mint 22.1 Beta Released
20:43 Celebrating 20 Years of Thunderbird Email Client
24:17 Raspberry Pi 500 & Raspberry Pi Monitor
28:07 KDE Gears 24.12 Released
43:02 Support the show

Links:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 Beta Released
- https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/red-hat-enterprise-linux-10-beta-now-available
CentOS Stream 10 Released
- https://blog.centos.org/2024/12/introducing-centos-stream-10/
AlmaLinux 10 Beta Released
- https://almalinux.org/blog/2024-12-10-almalinux-10-0-beta-now-available/
Sandfly Security [ad]
- https://thisweekinlinux.com/sandfly
Linux Mint 22.1 Beta Released
- https://www.linuxmint.com/rel_xia_whatsnew.php
- https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=47[[]]85
Celebrating 20 Years of Thunderbird Email Client
- https://blog.thunderbird.net/2024/12/celebrating-20-years-of-thunderbird/
Raspberry Pi 500 & Raspberry Pi Monitor
- https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/raspberry-pi-500-and-raspberry-pi-monitor-on-sale-now/
KDE Gears 24.12 Released
- https://kde.org/announcements/gear/24.12.0/
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289: Cinnamon Desktop, COSMIC Alpha 4, NixOS, Flathub LLC & more Linux news Dec 08, 2024

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video: https://youtu.be/rT1HH6BfBPQ

Forum Discussion Thread

This week in Linux, we have so many cool things to talk about. It's kind of absurd. In fact, it's so much, I had to skip a few things. I have enough for two episodes this week, and more, actually, there's a little more than that. So it was kind of hard to pick what to cover. Maybe I'll make some follow-up content this coming week with some stuff to cover that we didn't have a chance to put in the episode. But this week, we have many new releases to talk about, like the Cinnamon Desktop. NixOS has a new version out. And we got an update for the fourth alpha of the System76's COSMIC Desktop. Then we have some really cool news from Flatpak and KDE. All of this and so much 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.

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Chapters:

00:00 Intro
00:56 Episode 400 Celebration for Destination Linux
02:25 Cinnamon 6.4 Desktop Released
07:36 Alpha 4 Update for COSMIC Desktop
11:00 NixOS 24.11 Released
13:39 Alpine Linux 3.21 Released
15:14 Flathub looking for form an LLC
19:59 KDE's Donation Notification seems to work
25:03 Humble Bundles for Linux Gamers
28:15 Support the show

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