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.
elementary OS 7.1, Snap malware, France wants to ban VPNs
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00:00 Intro
00:56 elementary OS 7.1 released
https://blog.elementary.io/os-7-1-available-now/
08:54 Malware lands in the snap store
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Snap-Store-Malicious-Apps
12:39 Sponsor: Thunderbird
14:29 France wants to ban VPNs
https://adguard-vpn.com/en/blog/vpn-ban-france-new-law.html
18:28 GNOME weekly app updates
https://thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2023/10/twig-116/
20:58 Plasma 6 updates
https://pointieststick.com/2023/10/06/this-week-in-kde-re-organized-system-settings/
24:15 Performance improvements for Linux
https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNOME-Mutter-Faster-NV-Prop
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Mesa-23.3-DCC-MSAA-RDNA3
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-LZ4-Hibernation-Patches
https://www.phoronix.com/news/wlroots-Tearing-Control-Merged
27:58 ARM x86 emulator is looking good
https://www.phoronix.com/news/FEX-Emu-2310-Released
31:25 Studio One DAW comes to Linux
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/10/pro-audio-app-studio-one-now-supports-linux
34:22 X11 and GlibC vulnerabilities
https://www.phoronix.com/news/XOrg-Vulnerabilities-Since-1988
https://www.phoronix.com/news/MTU1NzA
37:13 Gaming News: Proton and Linux marketshare
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Steam-Survey-September-2023
40:37 Outro
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