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.
Will GNOME drop X11? Ubuntu 23.10, Mastodon is more popular than we thought
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elementary OS 7.1, Snap malware, France wants to ban VPNs
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Photoshop on the web, Mint + Debian, & COSMIC updates
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Nouveau maintainer resigns, Fedora might drop X11 entirely, LTS now 2 years only
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Another Linux tablet, HDR gaming & Linux malware
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Plasma 6 not before 2024, new Ubuntu App Store, GNOME breaks extensions
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Accent colors standard & kernel performance boosts
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Ubuntu desktop plans, NVIDIA BIOS lock broken, Budgie gets updates
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New Linux tablet, SUSE goes private, GNOME 45 beta
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New CPU flaws will lower performance, Linux enterprise shakeup, KDE Wayland support
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ChromeOS becomes a Linux distro, GNOME Activities changes, Mint 21.3
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Google's new nightmare plan for the web, GNOME's new windowing system, Plasma 6 removes features
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EU's new law will hurt FOSS, Intel performance boost, repairable laptops
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SUSE takes on Red Hat, Mint 21.2 released & Thunderbird Supernova
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New Ubuntu Store promotes snap only, GNOME 45 alpha and France privacy breaches
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