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.
Ubuntu 23.04 beta, Mobile Linux improvements, Italy blocks chatGPT
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Giant Nextcloud update, Twitter goes Open Source, Wayland screen sharing fixed
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Docker vs Open Source, Ubuntu wants less Python issues, Fedora 38 beta
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Meta in the Fediverse, Duck Duck Go works on AI, Flathub Roadmap
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HP gives up, Flathub & paid apps, companies are using FOSS wrong
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Ubuntu hates flatpak, Microsoft's anti consumer practices, GNOME 44 beta
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FOSS funding is broken, Mycroft shuts down, KDE Plasma 5.27
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Windows is spyware, Fedora adds Flathub, AI tool violates FOSS
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A peek at Cosmic DE's design, Mint + Wayland, elementary OS 7 released
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New EU law hurts FOSS, GNOME 44 alpha, Chrome beats Firefox
🎙️ Leave your feedback here: https://podcast.thelinuxexp.com 👏 Support the show here: https://www.patreon.com/thelinuxexperiment 👕 Buy TLE Merch : https://the-linux-experiment.creator-spring.com/ 📹 Watch my Linux videos : https://www.youtube.com/thelinuxexperiment 00:00 Intro 01:42 New EU laws might make using FOSS really difficult https://devclass.com/2023/01/24/eus-proposed-ce-mark-for-software-could-have-dire-impact-on-open-source/ 07:59 GNOME 44 alpha is out for testing https://9to5linux.com/gnome-44-alpha-released-with-new-stream-deck-app-file-chooser-grid-view 13:01 Firefox loses to Chrome badly in benchmarks https://www.phoronix.com/news/Firefox-Chrome-109-Benchmarks 15:42 Google’s Fuchsia OS might be in trouble https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/01/big-layoffs-at-googles-fuchsia-os-call-the-projects-future-into-question/ 18:09 Ubuntu Pro is now available for free for up to 5 PCs https://linuxiac.com/ubuntu-pro-subscription-what-it-means-for-users/ 20:15 BlendOS looks like a very interesting distro https://9to5linux.com/first-look-at-blendos-a-blend-of-arch-linux-fedora-linux-and-ubuntu 22:51 GNOME weekly updates https://thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2023/01/twig-79/ 25:39 KDE Weekly updates https://pointieststick.com/2023/01/20/this-week-in-kde-the-best-plasma-5-version-ever/ https://www.volkerkrause.eu/2023/01/21/kf6-branched.html 28:35 Google presents big updates to their Flutter toolkit https://9to5google.com/2023/01/25/flutter-forward-teaser/ 31:48 The US might deal a big blow to user generated content https://edition.cnn.com/2023/01/20/tech/meta-microsoft-google-supreme-court-tech-algorithms/ 37:31 Gaming news: performance improvements, Wine 8, and EA games https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/01/ea-games-playable-on-steam-deck-sims-4-jedi-fallen-order/ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/01/more-ea-games-steam-deck-playable/ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/01/forspoken-desktop-linux-spoof-steam-deck/ https://www.winehq.org/announce/8.0 https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/01/direct3d-to-vulkan-translation-layer-dxvk-21-adds-hdr-support-improves-shader-stutter/ 45:54 Outro 🎙️ Leave your feedback here: https://podcast.thelinuxexp.com 👏 Support the show here: https://www.patreon.com/thelinuxexperiment 👕 Buy TLE Merch : https://the-linux-experiment.creator-spring.com/ 📹 Watch my Linux videos : https://www.youtube.com/thelinuxexperiment
Linux Foundation's metaverse, Stable Diffusion sued, KDE 5.27 Beta
🎙️ Leave your feedback here: https://podcast.thelinuxexp.com 👏 Support the show here: https://www.patreon.com/thelinuxexperiment 👕 Buy TLE Merch :https://the-linux-experiment.creator-spring.com/ 📹 Watch my Linux videos : https://www.youtube.com/thelinuxexperiment Timecodes and links: 00:00 Intro 01:43 Linux Foundation is trying to build an open metaverse https://www.linuxfoundation.org/press/open-metaverse-foundation https://www.openmv.org/on-the-path-to-an-open-metaverse/ 07:09 Getty Images sues Stable Diffusion https://www.theverge.com/2023/1/17/23558516/ai-art-copyright-stable-diffusion-getty-images-lawsuit 12:50 Adobe clarifies their use of user data regarding AI https://petapixel.com/2023/01/18/adobe-says-it-isnt-using-your-photos-to-train-ai-image-generators/ 15:53 KDE Plasma 5.27 beta is now out for testing https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/5/5.26.90/ 21:27 GNOME telemetry data shows it needs a notification tray https://blogs.gnome.org/aday/2023/01/18/gnome-info-collect-what-we-learned/ 27:38 India builds the Ministry of Truth https://techcrunch.com/2023/01/17/india-proposes-social-media-firms-rely-on-fact-checking-by-government-agencies/ https://www.altnews.in/pib-fact-check-blunders-again-incorrectly-declares-up-stf-advisory-on-chinese-apps-as-fake-news/ 32:11 The new Ubuntu installer looks identical to the old one https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/01/ubuntu-new-flutter-installer-first-look 35:32 Fedora wants your feedback on their new installer https://fedoramagazine.org/anaconda-web-ui-storage-feedback-requested/ 39:11 Wikipedia gets a new redesign that looks the same https://slate.com/technology/2023/01/wikipedia-redesign-vector-2022-skin.html 43:36 Gaming News: AyaneoOS is coming, and Stadia is now dead https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/01/ayaneo-confirm-their-linux-based-ayaneo-os-arrives-this-year/ https://www.macrumors.com/2023/01/18/googles-stadia-shuts-down-today/ 49:09 Outro 🎙️ Leave your feedback here: https://podcast.thelinuxexp.com 👏 Support the show here: https://www.patreon.com/thelinuxexperiment 👕 Buy TLE Merch :https://the-linux-experiment.creator-spring.com/ 📹 Watch my Linux videos : https://www.youtube.com/thelinuxexperiment
Apple isn't private, Mastodon loses users, Mozilla joins the fediverse
🎙️ Leave your feedback here: https://podcast.thelinuxexp.com 👏 Support the show here: https://www.patreon.com/thelinuxexperiment 📹 Watch my Linux videos: : https://www.youtube.com/thelinuxexperiment Timestamps and links: 00:00 Intro 01:39 Apple fined for violating their user’s privacy https://gizmodo.com/apple-iphone-france-ads-fine-illegal-data-1849950163 https://www.reuters.com/technology/apple-fined-1-mln-euros-by-paris-commercial-court-over-app-store-practices-2022-12-19/ https://gizmodo.com/apple-iphone-analytics-tracking-even-when-off-app-store-1849757558 06:42 Google settles yet another privacy violation https://www.androidcentral.com/apps-software/google-23-million-dollar-search-privacy-settlement 09:51 Newly arrived Mastodon users aren’t all sticking around https://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2023/jan/08/elon-musk-drove-more-than-a-million-people-to-mastodon-but-many-arent-sticking-around 14:57 Mozilla joins the fediverse https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/mozilla-launch-fediverse-instance-social-media-alternative/ 18:11 New full AMD laptop being announced by System76 https://system76.com/laptops/pangolin-teaser 21:40 GNOME lets you test a new UI change with an extension https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/01/try-gnome-44-focus-indicator-animation 27:01 GNOME weekly updates https://thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2023/01/twig-77/ 30:06 UnityX brings customization to Unity DE https://unityd.org/unityx-7-7-testing/ 33:59 KDE Weekly updates https://pointieststick.com/2023/01/06/this-week-in-kde-big-ui-improvements/ 36:35 PopOS makes performance better for potato computers https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/01/pop_os_zram-update 39:42 Chromium now scrolls correctly on Linux https://linuxiac.com/chromium-109-update-brings-faster-scrolling-to-linux-users/ 41:08 Gaming News: FOSS Nvidia driver, Dolphin emulator gets better https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/wiki/Changelog https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/01/gamecube-and-wii-emulator-dolphin-got-a-big-speed-boost-for-steam-deck/ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/01/the-open-source-nvidia-vulkan-driver-nvk-begins-to-run-games/ 45:40 Outro 🎙️ Leave your feedback here: https://podcast.thelinuxexp.com 👏 Support the show here: https://www.patreon.com/thelinuxexperiment 📹 Watch my Linux videos: : https://www.youtube.com/thelinuxexperiment
Arch isn't N°1, X.org dying, Meta fined €390M: Linux & Open Source News
🎙️ Leave your feedback here: https://podcast.thelinuxexp.com 👏 Support the show here: https://www.patreon.com/thelinuxexperiment 📹 Watch my Linux videos: : https://www.youtube.com/thelinuxexperiment 🕰️ Timestamps: 00:00 Intro (listen to it, it’s important) 02:00 Is Arch Linux the most popular distribution? https://linuxiac.com/most-popular-linux-distros-according-to-reddit/ 05:18 X.org is dead at that point https://www.phoronix.com/news/XServer-2022-Development-Pace 08:35 Meta gets huge fines from the EU for breaching GDPR https://techcrunch.com/2023/01/04/facebook-instagram-gdpr-forced-consent-final-decisions/ 13:56 Finally a full AMD (including GPUs) Linux computer https://9to5linux.com/meet-the-slimbook-kymera-ventus-amd-black-limited-edition-linux-pc https://slimbook.es/en/store/slimbook-kymera/kymera-ventus-amd-6-comprar 17:08 Google is working on a moderation tool for small websites https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/01/google-develops-free-terrorism-moderation-tool-for-smaller-websites/ 21:13 Google is porting Android to RISC V https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/01/google-announces-official-android-support-for-risc-v/ 27:07 System76 shares more details about COSMIC https://blog.system76.com/post/2022-at-system76-a-year-in-review 29:46 GNOME application updates https://thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2022/12/twig-76/ 32:30 KDE has quality of life improvements https://pointieststick.com/2022/12/30/this-week-in-kde-end-of-year-goodies/ 35:30 The MAUI project is very much alive https://mauikit.org/blog/maui-report-20/ 37:19 Budgie and Sway get their official Fedora spins https://9to5linux.com/its-official-fedora-linux-38-will-offer-fedora-budgie-and-sway-spins 39:09 Gaming news: HDR for Linux gaming, and AMD Ray Tracing https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/01/latest-steam-survey-sees-a-minor-dip-for-linux-steam-deck-still-trending-nicely-overall/ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/01/valve-dev-teases-hdr-support-for-linux-gaming/ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/01/amd-ray-tracing-on-linux-gets-closer-with-mesa-enabling-specific-games/ 42:10 Outro 🎙️ Leave your feedback here: https://podcast.thelinuxexp.com 👏 Support the show here: https://www.patreon.com/thelinuxexperiment 📹 Watch my Linux videos: : https://www.youtube.com/thelinuxexperiment