Weekly roundup of everything new in the Linux and Open Source world! May contain gaming and privacy related topics. This is a longer counterpart to the Linux and Open Source news videos available on The Linux Experiment Youtube Channel.
Ubuntu goes immutable, big GNOME updates, Touchpad gestures on Mint
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00:00 Intro
00:53 Ubuntu plans an immutable desktop distro
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/05/cups-snap-ubuntu-23-10#comment-6196766355
06:14 GNOME will get a flatpak syncing tool and a revamped System panel
https://blog.timfb.dev/posts/2023/05/31/biweekly-gsoc-update-reaching-flatsyncs-mvp.html
https://gitlab.gnome.org/Teams/Design/settings-mockups/-/blob/master/system/system-panel.png
11:19 GNOME could get a full light theme, and official fractional scaling support
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/-/merge_requests/2324
https://www.omglinux.com/gnome-fractional-scaling-settings-design/
17:43 Linux Mint 21.2 will bring touchpad gestures
https://9to5linux.com/linux-mint-21-2-with-cinnamon-5-8-is-getting-support-for-gestures
23:05 Portals will now work better with all DEs or tiling WMs
https://www.bassi.io/articles/2023/05/29/configuring-portals/
26:59 The Linux Foundation pushes RISC-V hard
https://linuxfoundation.eu/newsroom/rise-project-launches-to-accelerate-development-of-risc-v
31:38 Reddit prices everyone out of their API
https://www.techradar.com/news/reddit-follows-twitter-in-killing-off-good-apps-with-monstrous-fees
35:11 The Windows XP product key algorithm has been cracked
https://www.theregister.com/2023/05/26/windows_xp_activation_keygen/
37:29 Gaming News: Nvidia Wayland support, Heroic, Wine…
https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/wiki/Changelog
https://www.winehq.org/announce/8.9
41:45 Outro
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