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.
Google's new nightmare plan for the web, GNOME's new windowing system, Plasma 6 removes features
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00:00 Intro
01:12 Google wants to add DRM to the web
https://vivaldi.com/blog/googles-new-dangerous-web-environment-integrity-spec/
07:20 GNOME has a new way of managing windows
https://blogs.gnome.org/tbernard/2023/07/26/rethinking-window-management/
14:33 GNOME weekly news
https://thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2023/07/twig-105/
17:23 Plasma 6 removes a few features
https://pointieststick.com/2023/07/26/what-we-plan-to-remove-in-plasma-6
23:17 Fedora improves firmware handling on Linux
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Fedora-Server-Alert-FW-Updates
https://www.phoronix.com/news/No-DNF5-Fedora-39
26:59 Zorin OS 16.3 is out
https://blog.zorin.com/2023/07/27/zorin-os-16.3-is-released/
30:49 Canonical drops LXD maintainers
https://www.phoronix.com/news/LXD-Maintainership-Canonical
32:56 FOSS Nvidia vulkan drivers land in Mesa
https://www.phoronix.com/news/NVK-Merge-Request-Mesa
35:20 Linux drivers speed boost & battery life improvements
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Per-Policy-CPU-Perf-Boost
https://www.phoronix.com/review/intel-anv-mod-boost
36:58 Gaming news: Blizzard games on Steam & Heroic update
https://linuxgameconsortium.com/blizzard-games-are-coming-to-steam/
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/07/heroic-games-launcher-29-out-now-with-amazon-games-support/
40:04 Outro
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