This Week in Linux

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278: Linux 6.11, GNOME 47, Microsoft kernel mode changes, Zorin OS, & more Linux news Sep 21, 2024

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This week in Linux, we have a lot of news, just a crazy amount and some big stuff like the Linux kernel 6.11 is out. GNOME 47 has been released. Microsoft is making kernel mode changes and we're gonna talk about what that means for Linux and Linux gaming. Zorin OS 17.2 is 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. Now let's jump right into Your Source for Linux GNews!

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00:00 Intro
00:37 Linux Kernel 6.11 Released
04:41 GNOME 47 Released
15:42 Microsoft making Kernel Mode changes, and what it means for Linux Gaming
20:17 Zorin OS 17.2 Released
24:25 MX Linux 23.4 Released
26:04 Fedora Linux 41 Beta Released
32:06 Rockstar Destroys Steam Deck Support for GTA Online
35:56 Support the show

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Linux Kernel 6.11 Released
- https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CAHk-=whVpSHw9+4ov=oLevfv8sPYbh59T_9VKif-6Vqkr41jQA@mail.gmail.com/T/#u
- https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/09/linux-kernel-6-11-released-this-is-whats-new
GNOME 47 Released
- https://foundation.gnome.org/2024/09/18/introducing-gnome-47/
- https://release.gnome.org/47/
Microsoft making Kernel Mode changes, and what it means for Linux Gaming
Zorin OS 17.2 Released
- https://blog.zorin.com/2024/09/19/zorin-os-17.2-has-landed/
MX Linux 23.4 Released
- https://mxlinux.org/blog/mx-23-4-libretto-now-available/
Fedora Linux 41 Beta Released
- https://fedoramagazine.org/announcing-fedora-linux-41-beta/
Rockstar Destroys Steam Deck Support for GTA Online
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277: Lutris creator joins Playtron, Hyprland window manager, Cinnamon design update & more Linux news Sep 14, 2024

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video: https://youtu.be/_ZlIPhB-Fws

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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.

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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

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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
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276: Ubuntu making BIG changes, KDE needs donations, Linux Continues to Grow & more Linux news Sep 07, 2024

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video: https://youtu.be/KxFzi84B8dw

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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.

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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
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
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

275: COSMIC Alpha Launched, Manjaro going Immutable, GNOME Tray Icons & more Linux news Aug 11, 2024

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video: https://youtu.be/R4xG6z-jDtI

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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!

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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!
GNOME's Official Extension for Legacy Tray Icons
Manjaro Linux work on an Immutable version
Linux kernel exploitation SLUBStick can read and write memory arbitrarily
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
Hyprland 0.42 Released
- https://hyprland.org/
- https://www.phoronix.com/news/Hyprland-0.42-Wayland

274: New COSMIC details leaked, Vanilla OS 2.0, Serpent OS & more Linux news Aug 04, 2024

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video: https://youtu.be/Ay6uAbUYgjI

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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!

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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
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
Gear Lever for AppImages
Funtoo Linux is being discontinued
- https://forums.funtoo.org/topic/5182-all-good-things-must-come-to-an-end/
DreamWorks' OpenMoonRay 1.6 Released

273: Linux Mint 22, COSMIC Desktop on Pop!_OS, Gaming Distros, & more Linux news Jul 28, 2024

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video: https://youtu.be/AASVfVeQR-A

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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!

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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

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272: Linux 6.10, Windows Global Outage, openSUSE Brand Drama, GNOME Director Leaves & more Linux news Jul 22, 2024

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video: https://youtu.be/YRLHrUNgJ3w

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This week in Linux, there was a brand new version of the Linux kernel. Windows users have suffered a massive outage that continues to cause problem for a of people. There’s some drama brewing related to the openSUSE brand and SUSE asking the project to rename. The Executive Director of the GNOME Foundation announced they are stepping down. 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
00:42 Linux 6.10 Released
03:12 CrowdStrike causes Global Outage for Microsoft Windows
06:43 SUSE Requests openSUSE to Rebrand
09:25 GNOME Foundation Executive Director Stepping Down
11:56 NVIDIA to Fully Adopt Open-Source GPU Kernel Modules
15:02 Nobara 40 Released
19:23 Solus Linux Phasing Out Snaps Support
22:35 Outro

Links:

Linux 6.10 Released
CrowdStrike causes Global Outage for Microsoft Windows
SUSE Requests openSUSE to Rebrand
- https://lists.opensuse.org/archives/list/project@lists.opensuse.org/thread/HZTCWECHJK6RBMY5KNGGY7LDLGAG7S7L/#7IVGVJOAO4NIQILUYI3ZUL7NHCVBDQO7
- https://geekos.org/about-us/
GNOME Foundation Executive Director Stepping Down
- https://foundation.gnome.org/2024/07/12/gnome-foundation-announces-transition-of-executive-director/
- https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNOME-Holly-Million-Leaving
NVIDIA to Fully Adopt Open-Source GPU Kernel Modules
Nobara 40 Released
- https://nobaraproject.org/2024/07/17/july-17-2024/
Solus Linux Phasing Out Snaps Support
- https://getsol.us/2024/07/15/dropping-apparmor-kernel-patches/
- https://www.phoronix.com/news/Solus-Ending-AppArmor-Snaps

271: Fedora Metrics & Wayland, Zed IDE, GNOME finally revamping Extensions site, & more Linux news Jul 15, 2024

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video: https://youtu.be/bfXXS5Z1JMc

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This week in Linux, Fedora announced some plans for future releases that may be controversial. There's a new IDE available for Linux that might turn some heads. GNOME's Extensions Website is getting a redesign but is it any good? 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
00:33 Ubuntu App Center Can Now Install DEBs
02:10 Fedora Workstation: Opt-In Metrics & Wayland Only
07:41 Mozilla Firefox 128 ESR & Thunderbird 128 ESR
13:58 Zed IDE is now available for Linux
17:22 GNOME Extensions Website Redesign Coming
20:26 DXVK 2.4 Released
22:30 15 Years of GamingOnLinux.com
24:26 Outro

Links:

Ubuntu App Center Can Now Install DEBs
- https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/07/app-center-update-adds-deb-install-support
Fedora Workstation: Opt-In Metrics & Wayland Only
- Opt-In Metrics
- Wayland only
  - https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/WaylandOnlyGNOMEWorkstationMedia
Mozilla Firefox 128 ESR & Thunderbird 128 ESR
- Firefox
- Thunderbird
Zed IDE is now available for Linux
GNOME Extensions Website Redesign Coming
- https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/07/gnome-extensions-website-redesign-2024
DXVK 2.4 Released
Happy 15th Anniversary to GamingOnLinux
- https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/07/happy-birthday-to-gamingonlinux-15-years-old-today/

270: Linux Mint Beta, SSH Security Vulnerability, Bye CentOS Linux & more Linux news Jul 06, 2024

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269: COSMIC Desktop Release Date, Record Your Game in Steam, SUSE 19 Years Support & more Linux news Jun 29, 2024

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https://youtu.be/AKDqaBlmZzo

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This week in Linux, we've got desktop environment news for COSMIC & Budgie. We've got some distro news from the SUSE side of things. Then Valve announced a new killer feature for Steam so you can now record gameplay. 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 COSMIC Desktop News & Alpha Updates
03:40 openSUSE Conference & Leap Micro 6.0
05:46 SUSE upgrades to 19 years of support
09:07 Steam Game Recording Beta
12:30 Sponsored by Kolide
14:11 Flathub Over 2 Billion Served
14:52 ONLYOFFICE 8.1 Released
17:23 Budgie Desktop 10.9.2 Released
19:17 Darktable 4.8 Released
21:01 Outro

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