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.
ChromeOS becomes a Linux distro, GNOME Activities changes, Mint 21.3
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00:00 Intro
01:02 Chrome OS becomes a real Linux distro
07:12 GNOME is working on a replacement for the Activities button
https://www.omglinux.com/gnome-test-activities-button-replacement/
11:57 Mint outlines their plans for 21.3 and Debian Edition
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/08/linux-mint-21-3-plans
16:45 Fedora Asahi Linux brings Fedora to Apple Silicon
https://asahilinux.org/2023/08/fedora-asahi-remix/
19:39 Plasma 6 progress report
https://pointieststick.com/2023/08/03/august-plasma-6-progress-update/
https://blog.neon.kde.org/2023/08/04/announcing-kde-neon-experimental/
22:23 Red Hat continues their anti community behavior
https://www.zdnet.com/article/almalinux-discovers-working-with-red-hat-isnt-easy/
25:55 Battery life focused driver updates
https://9to5linux.com/mesa-23-2-brings-opengl-3-1-opengl-es-3-0-support-on-asahi-new-radv-features
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.6-cpupower
28:18 Thunderbird Sync features are delayed
https://blog.thunderbird.net/2023/07/an-update-on-thunderbird-sync/
31:31 Meta caves to the EU, Apple locks their APIs down
https://www.techradar.com/pro/apple-is-bringing-in-new-app-store-rules-to-stop-user-fingerprinting
35:43 Gaming News: Linux passes macOS in Steam market share
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Steam-Stats-July-2023
41:11 Outro
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