This Week in Linux

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288: elementary OS 8 released, FreeCAD hits major milestone, Kernel Drama Revisited & more Linux news Dec 02, 2024

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This week in Linux, we have a lot of new releases to talk about. First, we have elementary OS 8.4. Then we're also having a huge milestone to talk about with the FreeCAD project because FreeCAD 1.0 has been released. Also, FLTK, the toolkit that I thought didn't exist anymore, has a new release with FLTK 1.4, as well as we're going to revisit some Linux kernel drama. 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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00:00 Intro
00:41 elementary OS 8 released
18:43 FreeCAD 1.0 Released
26:42 Linux Kernel Drama Revisited
35:11 Wine 9.22 Enables Wayland Driver By Default
36:45 Mesa 24.3 Released
39:02 FLTK 1.4 Released
44:48 Support the show

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elementary OS 8 released
- https://blog.elementary.io/os-8-available-now/
FreeCAD 1.0 Released
Linux Kernel Drama Revisited
Wine 9.22 Enables Wayland Driver By Default
Mesa 24.3 Released
- https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/mesa-announce/2024-November/000786.html
- https://9to5linux.com/mesa-24-3-open-source-graphics-stack-adds-vulkan-1-3-conformance-for-v3dv
FLTK 1.4 Released
- https://www.fltk.org/articles.php?L1955
- https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/26/fltk_14_released/
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287: Linux 6.12, Arch Linux, Blender 4.3, Security Flaw Found & more Linux news Nov 23, 2024

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video: https://youtu.be/7UWLmx7vpKQ

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This week in Linux, we saw the release of the latest version of the Linux Kernel with Linux 6.12. Plus Qualys announced that they found some security vulnerabilities in the needrestart package used by Ubuntu. I'll break it down for you and let you know whether you should panic or not. Then we've got a bunch of releases to talk about from Blender, Arch Linux & more. Then we got some more news from Mozilla to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Firefox web browser. 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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00:00 Intro
00:47 Linux Kernel 6.12 Released
04:21 Needrestart Security Vulnerabilities Found
06:31 Blender 4.3 Released
08:55 Archinstall 3.0 Released
10:35 Warehouse 2.0 Flatpak Manager
13:24 Zrythm 1.0 Released
15:46 20th Anniversary of Mozilla Firefox
18:37 Support the show

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Linux Kernel 6.12 Released
Needrestart Security Vulnerabilities Found
- https://blog.qualys.com/vulnerabilities-threat-research/2024/11/19/qualys-tru-uncovers-five-local-privilege-escalation-vulnerabilities-in-needrestart
- https://thehackernews.com/2024/11/decades-old-security-vulnerabilities.html
Blender 4.3 Released
Archinstall 3.0 Released
Warehouse 2.0 Flatpak Manager
Zrythm 1.0 Released
- https://www.zrythm.org/
- https://www.phoronix.com/news/Zrythm-1.0
20th Anniversary of Mozilla Firefox
- https://blog.mozilla.org/en/products/firefox/firefox-milestones/
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286: Valve talks Anti-Cheat, RHEL 10 Beta, Mozilla is doing what now & more Linux news Nov 16, 2024

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video: https://youtu.be/ffIUXuC4qiM

This week in Linux, we've got a response from Valve on the recent Anti Cheat issues. Red Hat has announced the release of RHEL 9.5 & and the beta release of RHEL 10. We've also got some exciting news from Fedora as they will be promoting the KDE Spin to a full Edition with Fedora 42. Then we'll talk aboue Mozilla and how they are continuing the drop the ball. 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
00:40 Valve's response to the recent Anti Cheat Issues
03:04 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.5 & RHEL 10 Beta
04:52 Fedora KDE is being promoted for Fedora 42
06:05 Mozilla Foundation layoffs and drops Advocacy Division
12:05 CachyOS 241110
13:23 Hyprland 0.45 Compositor
14:43 VMware Workstation is Now Free for Commercial Use Too
18:18 Support the show

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Valve's response to the recent Anti Cheat Issues
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.5 & RHEL 10 Beta
Fedora KDE is being promoted for Fedora 42
- https://pagure.io/Fedora-Council/tickets/issue/504
Mozilla Foundation layoffs and drops Advocacy Division
CachyOS 241110
- https://cachyos.org/blog/2411-november-release/
Hyprland 0.45 Compositor
- https://hyprland.org/news/update45/
VMware Workstation is Now Free for Commercial Use Too
- https://blogs.vmware.com/cloud-foundation/2024/11/11/vmware-fusion-and-workstation-are-now-free-for-all-users/
- https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/11/vmware-workstation-free-for-all-part-2
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285: LXQt desktop, GIMP 3.0, Manjaro Data Collection & more Linux news Nov 10, 2024

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video: https://youtu.be/k1abyzx5QkE

This week in Linux, we've got a lot of good news with a new release of the LXQt desktop environment, a new accessory from Raspberry Pi. Valve has announced the official launch for the Steam game recording feature and GIMP 3.0 is finally at a point where we can just might have it at some point soon. We also have a bit of controversial news with Manjaro announcing a new data collection plan. We're gonna talk about all 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
00:44 LXQt 2.1.0 released
02:33 GIMP 3.0 RC1 Released For Testing
09:21 Manjaro Data Donor Telemetry
13:33 Raspberry Pi Touch Display 2 & USB Hub
16:49 GNOME OS to be a General-Purpose Distro?
23:47 Steam Game Recording has officially launched
27:18 Linux Mint Night Light For Cinnamon, Collaborating With Framework
29:38 Support the show

Links:

LXQt 2.1.0 released
- https://lxqt-project.org/release/2024/11/05/release-lxqt-2-1-0/
GIMP 3.0 RC1 Released For Testing
- https://www.gimp.org/news/2024/11/06/gimp-3-0-RC1-released/
Manjaro Data Donor Telemetry
- https://forum.manjaro.org/t/testers-needed-manjaro-data-donor/170163
- https://youtu.be/pd_mlP5J1fw (my in-depth video)
Raspberry Pi Touch Display 2 & USB Hub
- https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/raspberry-pi-touch-display-2-on-sale-now-at-60/
- https://www.raspberrypi.com/products/usb-3-hub/
GNOME OS to be a General-Purpose Distro?
- https://blogs.gnome.org/adrianvovk/2024/10/25/a-desktop-for-all/
- https://linuxiac.com/gnome-os-to-become-a-general-purpose-linux-distro/
Steam Game Recording has officially launched
- https://store.steampowered.com/gamerecording
Linux Mint Night Light For Cinnamon, Collaborating With Framework
- https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4762
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284: Fedora 41 Released, TUXEDO OS 4, Thunderbird for Android & more Linux news Nov 02, 2024

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video: https://youtu.be/GjvxiT7W0uM

Forum Discussion Thread

This week in Linux, we have new distro releases from Fedora Linux, TUXEDO Computers, and the Raspberry Pi crew. Then we're going to take a look at the latest Alpha for the COSMIC Desktop and there's an exciting interview coming up on my podcast Destination Linux with one of the founders of Zorin OS. 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
00:34 Fedora Linux 41 Released
06:41 TUXEDO OS 4 Released
11:43 Interview with Zorin OS on Destination Linux
12:41 COSMIC Desktop Alpha Three
15:02 Thunderbird for Android now available
18:40 Raspberry Pi OS with Wayland
20:12 EA blocks Apex Legends on Linux
28:08 Steam making Devs reveal Anti-Cheat info
31:44 Support the show

Links:

Fedora Linux 41 Released
TUXEDO OS 4 Released
Interview with Zorin OS on Destination Linux
COSMIC Desktop Alpha Three
Thunderbird for Android now available
- https://blog.thunderbird.net/2024/10/thunderbird-for-android-8-0-takes-flight/
Raspberry Pi OS with Wayland
- https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/a-new-release-of-raspberry-pi-os/
EA blocks Apex Legends on Linux
Steam making Devs reveal Anti-Cheat info
- https://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamworks/announcements/detail/4547038620960934857
- https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/10/steam-games-will-now-need-to-fully-disclose-kernel-level-anti-cheat-on-store-pages/
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283: Linux removes Russian maintainers, System76 ARM Desktop, New Raspberry Pi Hardware & more Linux news Oct 26, 2024

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video: https://youtu.be/XcfttIaxPKQ

This week in Linux, the Linux kernel has some more drama to talk about this time related to International Sanctions of all things. We've also got some new hardware announcements from System76 and Raspberry Pi. Plus we've got a new Libre Software fund that was launched to help financially assist some open source projects. 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
00:38 Linux Kernel Delists Some Russian Maintainers
10:43 New Raspberry Pi Accessories: SSD & SD Card
13:02 System76 Unveils the Thelio Astra ARM64
16:02 Introducing AlmaLinux OS Kitten
18:58 Introducing the FLOSS Fund
23:09 Solus 4.6 Released
26:35 Clementine Music Player Returns
28:52 Support the show

Links:

Linux Kernel Delists Some Russian Maintainers
New Raspberry Pi Accessories: SSD & SD Card
- https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/raspberry-pi-ssds-and-ssd-kits/
- https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/sd-cards-and-bumper/
System76 Unveils the Thelio Astra ARM64
- https://system76.com/desktops/thelio-astra
- https://blog.system76.com/post/system76-and-ampere-pioneer-arm64-developer-desktop
Introducing AlmaLinux OS Kitten
- https://almalinux.org/blog/2024-10-22-introducing-almalinux-os-kitten/
Introducing the FLOSS Fund
- https://floss.fund/
- https://floss.fund/blog/announcing-floss-fund/
Solus 4.6 Released
- https://getsol.us/2024/10/14/solus-4-6-released/
Clementine Music Player Returns
- https://www.clementine-player.org/
- https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/10/clementine-music-player-new-rolling-release
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282: Ubuntu Flavours, Android running Linux apps, Inkscape, Rocky Linux from CIQ & more Linux news Oct 19, 2024

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video: https://youtu.be/RbRO0083v0Q

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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!

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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
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
Sovereign Tech Fund: 2 Years & over €23 Million
- https://www.sovereigntechfund.de/news/celebrating-two-years-of-empowering-public-digital-infrastructure
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281: Ubuntu 24.10 Released, KDE Plasma 6.2, Linux Drama & more Linux news Oct 12, 2024

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video: https://youtu.be/onTWvyFkHzY

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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.

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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
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280: Xfce's Next Release, umu for Proton, E-Ink Tablet, Mozilla Drama & more Linux news Oct 05, 2024

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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.

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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
umu Launcher for Proton Released
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
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279: CUPS Vulnerability, Tails OS + Tor, Ubuntu 24.10, COSMIC Alpha 2 & more Linux news Sep 28, 2024

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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

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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

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