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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! Download as MP3 Sponsored by: Kolide – thisweekinlinux.com/kolide Want to Support the Show? Become a Patron = https://tuxdigital.com/membershipStore = https://tuxdigital.com/store Chapters: 00:00 Intro01:08 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

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! Download as MP3 Sponsored by: LINBIT – thisweekinlinux.com/linbit Want to Support the Show? Become a Patron = https://tuxdigital.com/membershipStore = https://tuxdigital.com/store Chapters: 00:00 Intro00:48 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

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! Download as MP3 Supported by: Kolide = https://thisweekinlinux.com/kolide Want to Support the Show? Become a Patron = https://tuxdigital.com/membershipStore = https://tuxdigital.com/store Chapters: 00:00 Intro00:37 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 (not used much)]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

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! Download as MP3 Supported by: LINBIT = https://thisweekinlinux.com/linbit Want to Support the Show? Become a Patron = https://tuxdigital.com/membershipStore = https://tuxdigital.com/store Chapters: 00:00 Intro00:37 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 News – [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

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! Download as MP3 Supported by: Kolide = https://thisweekinlinux.com/kolide Want to Support the Show? Become a Patron = https://tuxdigital.com/membershipStore = https://tuxdigital.com/store Chapters: 00:00 Introduction00:36 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

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! Download as MP3 Supported by: LINBIT = https://thisweekinlinux.com/linbit Want to Support the Show? Become a Patron = https://tuxdigital.com/membershipStore = https://tuxdigital.com/store Chapters: 00:00 Introduction00:40 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

On this episode of TWIL (248), there is a new version of the Linux kernel bringing a ton of improvements. Solus has released a new version of their distro. We’ve got news about the universal app formats Snaps and Flatpaks. Then we’ll dive into a variety of AI related topics from Audacity to Volkswagen. All of this and more on this episode of This Week in Linux, Your Source for Linux GNews! Download as MP3 Supported by: Kolide = https://thisweekinlinux.com/kolide Want to Support the Show? Become a Patron = https://tuxdigital.com/membershipStore = https://tuxdigital.com/store Chapters: 00:00 Intro00:38 Linux Kernel 6.7 Released – [ link ]02:02 Solus 4.5 Released – [ link ]03:19 Snaps To Get Better Across Distros – [ link ]04:30 Flathub’s New App Metadata Guidelines – [ link ]06:53 Audacity Introduces OpenVINO AI Effects – [ link ]08:07 Kolide – [ link ]09:29 Deepin Linux Working on Integrating AI – [ itsfoss, linux unplugged ]10:13 Volkswagen Integrates ChatGPT in Cars – [ link ]11:41 Microsoft Adding New AI Key to Keyboards – [ link ]12:42 Kodi 20.3 “Nexus” Released – [ link ]13:03 OpenWrt One: First In-House Hardware – [ link ]14:08 Fwupd 1.9.11 Released – [ link ]15:26 FLOSS Weekly Leaves the TWiT Network – [ TWiT, hackaday, Michael on FLOSS Weekly: 505, 532, 548, 570 ]16:17 Vim 9.1 Released – [ link, Destination Linux 335 ]16:54 Outro

On this episode of TWIL (247), we’ve got new distro releases to stuff your Christmas stockings with from Manjaro, Zorin 17 and AlmaLinux. Fedora has announced the release of their new Asahi remix with Fedora Asahi. Then we’ll take a look at the latest news for System76’s COSMIC Desktop. Plus Debian might be doing something very rare for the project. All of this and more on this episode of This Week in Linux, Your Source for Linux GNews! Download as MP3 Supported by: LINBIT = https://thisweekinlinux.com/linbit Want to Support the Show? Become a Patron = https://tuxdigital.com/membershipStore = https://tuxdigital.com/store Chapters: 00:00 TWIL 247 Intro01:04 Manjaro Linux 23.1.0 “Vulcan” Released – [ link ]02:50 COSMIC Desktop & Pop!_OS – [ link ]06:08 Fedora Asahi Remix 39 – [ link 1, link 2 ]08:07 Zorin OS 17 Released – [ link ]11:46 LINBIT – [ link ]13:10 Debian Likely Moving Away From i386 – [ link ]15:30 AlmaLinux Expands ELevate with EPEL Integration – [ link ]16:48 Firefox 121 Released – [ link ]19:37 Alpine Linux 3.19 Released – [ link ]21:29 Qubes OS 4.2.0 Released – [ link ]23:00 Valve Rewards Naughty Dota 2 Players with Lumps of Coal – [ link ]26:09 Outro

On this episode of TWIL (246), we’ve got new releases from Linux Mint, systemd, Debian and more. We’ve also got some new security stories to talk about from bluetooth flaws and firmware attacks to 23AndMe being back in the news in a less than ideal way. All of this and more on this episode of This Week in Linux, Your Source for Linux GNews! Download as MP3 Supported by: LINBIT = https://thisweekinlinux.com/linbit Want to Support the Show? Become a Patron = https://tuxdigital.com/membershipStore = https://tuxdigital.com/store Chapters: 00:00 TWIL 246 Intro00:35 Linux Mint 21.3 Beta Released – [ link ]04:52 Systemd 255 Released – [ link ]09:23 Debian 12.4 Released – [ link ]10:31 Nextcloud Hub 7 Released – [ link ]14:30 LINBIT – [ link ]15:54 Critical Bluetooth Flaw Affects Android, Apple & Linux Devices – [ announcement, link ]17:16 New LogoFAIL Firmware Attack – [ link ]19:08 23andMe Updates User Agreement to Prevent Data Breach Lawsuits – [ link ]22:17 Meta Announces End-to-End Encryption in Messenger – [ announcement, link ]24:24 W4 Games Raises $15M For Godot Game Engine – [ link ]25:52 Outro

On this episode of TWIL (245), there is a new version of the Cinnamon desktop. KDE have announced the first Beta release of Plasma 6. Kali Linux has their end of the year release out. There is a new organization to further the development of AI in an open way. All of this and more on this episode of This Week in Linux, Your Source for Linux GNews! Download as MP3 Supported by: LINBIT = https://thisweekinlinux.com/linbit Want to Support the Show? Become a Patron = https://tuxdigital.com/membershipStore = https://tuxdigital.com/store Chapters: 00:00 TWIL 245 Intro00:28 Cinnamon 6.0 Desktop Released – [ link ]02:11 KDE Plasma 6 Beta 1 Released – [ link ]05:01 Kali Linux 2023.4 Released – [ link ]06:36 Global AI Alliance Announced – [ link ]08:22 LINBIT – [ link ]09:47 Zorin OS 17 Beta Released – [ link ]12:52 NixOS 23.11 Released – [ link ]14:07 Red Hat’s Work to Improve XWayland – [ link ]16:14 23AndMe Hacked – [ link ]18:22 Steam Linux Marketshare Surges to Nearly 2% in November – [ link ]20:25 Outro

On this episode of TWIL (244), Red Hat has announced that Xorg is no more for RHEL. PipeWire 1.0 has been released to the world. Nextcloud has revealed they are joining forces with Roundcube to improve the Webmail option of Nextcloud. openSUSE is currently running a contest to change some logos for various projects. All of this and more on this episode of This Week in Linux, Your Source for Linux GNews! Download as MP3 Supported by: LINBIT = https://thisweekinlinux.com/linbit Want to Support the Show? Become a Patron = https://tuxdigital.com/membershipStore = https://tuxdigital.com/store Chapters: 00:00 TWIL 244 Intro00:36 Red Hat Dropping Xorg for RHEL 10 – [ link ]03:13 PipeWire 1.0 Released – [ link ]04:55 PeerTube 6.0 Released – [ link ]07:13 LINBIT – [ link ]08:38 OpenMandriva Lx 5.0 Released – [ link ]09:40 Roundcube Webmail Merges With Nextcloud – [ link ]12:35 Selecting the New Face of openSUSE – [ link ]16:04 ChatGPT’s OpenAI CEO Fiasco – [ link ]19:27 GIMP 3.0 Is Hoping To Release In May – [ link ]23:02 Windows XP Ugly Sweater – [ link ]25:33 Outro

On this episode of TWIL (243), Inkscape is celebrating 20 years of the project. The Linux Kernel has confirmed which version will be the next LTS. EndeavourOS just release a brand new version. Lock up your wallets because the 2023 Steam Autumn Sale just launched. All of this and more on this episode of This Week in Linux, Your Source for Linux GNews! Download as MP3 Supported by: LINBIT = https://thisweekinlinux.com/linbit Want to Support the Show? Become a Patron = https://tuxdigital.com/membershipStore = https://tuxdigital.com/store Chapters: 00:00 TWIL 243 Intro00:35 Inkscape Celebrates 20 Years – [ link ]02:04 Linux Kernel 6.6 Confirmed as an LTS – [ link ]03:54 EndeavourOS ‘Galileo’ Released – [ link ]06:34 Mozilla Firefox 120 Released – [ 120, git, wayland, accounts, ff on android ]08:45 Steam Autumn Sale 2023 – [ link ]10:38 LINBIT12:03 Calibre 7.0 E-Book Manager Released – [ link ]13:22 Distrobox 1.6 Released – [ link ]14:50 HandBrake 1.7 Released – [ link ]16:07 Open-Source NVIDIA “NVK” Driver Is Now Conformant For Vulkan 1.0 – [ link ]17:21 Outro