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.
Fedora & RHEL optimizing packages, Linux is at 4%, GNOME develops an extension
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00:00 Intro
01:05 Fedora also wants more optimized packages
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Fedora-40-Faster-x86-64
03:24 RHEL 10 might drop older CPUs
https://www.phoronix.com/news/RedHat-RHEL10-x86-64-v3-Explore
07:13 Sponsor: Thunderbird
08:43 Linux desktop reaches 4% market share
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/01/linux-hits-nearly-4-desktop-user-share-on-statcounter/
12:05 Mozilla pivots towards AI
https://www.theregister.com/2024/01/02/mozilla_in_2024_ai_privacy/
17:53 GNOME developing an official extension
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/01/gnomes-official-system-monitor-extension-for-gnome-shell
21:23 KDE reached their funding goals for Plasma 6
https://kde.org/fundraisers/plasma6member/
23:49 Ubuntu might stop providing their source ISOs
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Ubuntu-Discontinue-Source-ISOs
27:13 Scribus 1.6 looks like a solid publishing app
https://9to5linux.com/scribus-1-6-open-source-desktop-publishing-app-released-as-a-major-update
31:39 Vanilla OS 2 alpha is out
https://linuxiac.com/what-to-expect-from-vanilla-os-2-orchid/
35:00 Watt OS 13 is out for older PCs
https://www.planetwatt.com/R13-details/
37:59 Gaming: Linux beats its gaming market share record
https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/4784-4F2B-1321-800A
41:08 Outro
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