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322: Linux 6.16, KDE's new distro, 10 Years of Feren OS, UK's Online Safety Act & more Linux news

This Week in Linux — Sat, 02 Aug 2025 17:00:00 GMT

This week in Linux, we have a jam packed show for you with a brand new version of the Linux kernel with Linux 6.16. Then we have some new distros to talk about with KDE Linux and Helium OS. Plus feren OS is back on the show this week to celebrate a big milestone of their 10 year anniversary. Then we'll talk about some bummer news, with a new UK law that is wreaking havoc on the internet. All of this and more on This Week in Linux, the weekly news show that keeps you up to date with what’s going on in the Linux and Open Source world. Now let's jump right into Your Source for Linux GNews!

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Chapters:

00:00 Intro
01:28 Linux Kernel 6.16 Released
04:12 KDE Linux: KDE's own Linux distro
08:39 10 Year Anniversary of Feren OS
10:57 Sandfly Security, agentless Linux security [ad]
13:03 UK's Online Safety Act is wreaking havoc online
19:21 Kapitano Anti-Virus Abandons Ship
22:35 Helium OS 10 Released
25:00 libinput 1.29 Released
26:07 Outro

321: Intel nixes Clear Linux, 6% Market Share, Arch Malware, EU FOSS Funding & more Linux news

This Week in Linux — Sat, 26 Jul 2025 20:00:00 GMT

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This week in Linux, we've got a bit of bad news from Intel as they abruptly ended Clear Linux out of no where and Arch Linux warned users that malware was found in the AUR. It's not all bad this week though because Wayback is back on the show with the first preview release for keeping X11 desktops alive in our future Wayland powered world. Plus according to one source, Linux usage is even higher than we already thought it was. A couple of episodes ago I reported that we broke the 5% threshold on the US desktop market based on StatCounter data but according to one source it's already climbed passed 6%. What source you ask? The analytics of U.S. federal government websites. Speaking of governments, GitHub is trying to get EU lawmakers to scale Germany’s Sovereign Tech Fund into a EU wide program to fund critical open‑source projects. Also for some more good news, we're so close to hitting 100,000 subscribers on the channel, if you want to help please consider subscribing. All of this and more on This Week in Linux, the weekly news show that keeps you up to date with what’s going on in the Linux and Open Source world. Now let's jump right into Your Source for Linux GNews!

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Chapters:

00:00 Intro
01:56 Intel is Shutting Down Clear Linux
05:44 Linux hits 6% U.S. Government Website Analytics
08:29 GitHub Wants the EU to Fund Open Source
13:56 Sandfly Security, agentless Linux security [ad]
16:02 Arch Linux finds Malware in the AUR
18:34 Wayback 0.1 Released
21:10 NVIDIA Bringing CUDA To RISC-V
22:06 Unofficial GUI for Lossless Scaling's Frame Generation on Linux
23:08 Outro

320: CachyOS, Hyprland, Chrome OS & Android Merging?, Lossless Scaling for Linux & more Linux news

This Week in Linux — Sat, 19 Jul 2025 15:00:00 GMT

video: https://youtu.be/yGQ_w0LL4Xs

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This week in Linux, we have some interesting distro news from CachyOS & Chrome OS. We've also got new releases from the open source 3d rendering powerhouse Blender & the popular dynamic tiling wayland compositor Hyprland. Then, Plasma Bigscreen is back on the air from KDE. All of this and more on This Week in Linux, the weekly news show that keeps you up to date with what’s going on in the Linux and Open Source world. Now let's jump right into Your Source for Linux GNews!

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00:00 Intro
00:43 CachyOS July 2025 Release
03:41 Hyprland 0.50 Released
05:50 Blender 4.5 LTS Released
08:31 Lossless Scaling's Frame Generation for Linux
10:42 Sandfly Security, agentless Linux security [ad]
12:42 OCCT for Linux
13:38 Chrome OS is Apparently Merging with Android
15:11 Plasma Bigscreen is Back on Air
17:08 Outro

319: Red Hat's No-Cost RHEL, Bazzite gets Bazaar, Thunderbird 140, OBS Studio & more Linux news

This Week in Linux — Sat, 12 Jul 2025 15:00:00 GMT

video: https://youtu.be/aig4jdVoL6o

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This week in Linux, we have another jam packed episode of TWIL. Red Hat announced No-Cost RHEL for business developers, MIPS has been acquired, the Bazzite team have a brand new app store, and we have new releases from Thunderbird, OBS Studio, Bash and more! All of this and more on This Week in Linux, the weekly news show that keeps you up to date with what’s going on in the Linux and Open Source world. Now let's jump right into Your Source for Linux GNews!

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00:00 Intro
00:36 Red Hat Announces No-Cost RHEL For Business Developers
03:42 GlobalFoundries acquires MIPS
05:33 Bazzite gets new app-store & devices
09:34 Sandfly Security, agentless Linux security
11:38 OBS Studio 31.1 Released
14:30 Mozilla VPN Linux App is Now Available on Flathub
18:04 Thunderbird 140 Released
21:06 Bash 5.3 Released
22:03 Outro

318: Linux desktop hits 5%, Wayback: X11 Desktops on Wayland, & more Linux news

This Week in Linux — Sun, 06 Jul 2025 11:00:00 GMT

video: https://youtu.be/h-qXWfz_yew

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This week in Linux, we have a huge milestone to celebrate with Linux hitting the coveted 5% market share for desktops in the US market. Then we got a few gaming topics to cover including one about game preservation and anti-cheats. Then we are going to take a look at a project to keep X11 window managers around for good. Later in the show we'll check out some new releases including a lightweight window manager called IceWM. All of this and more on This Week in Linux, the weekly news show that keeps you up to date with what’s going on in the Linux and Open Source world. Now let's jump right into Your Source for Linux GNews!

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Chapters:

00:00 Intro
00:48 Linux Hits 5% US Desktop Market Share
04:14 Stop Killing Games Initiative
11:11 Wayback: Experimental Layer for X11 Desktops on Wayland
15:39 Sandfly Security, agentless Linux security
17:34 IceWM 3.8 Window Manager Released
19:05 Anti-Cheat on Linux: THE FINALS & Broken Arrow
22:26 digiKam 8.7 Released
24:05 ProtonPlus to manage Proton layers for Gaming
25:53 Outro

317: Steam Summer Sale, Fedora 32-Bit Controversy, Fairphone 6, KDE Korner, & more Linux news

This Week in Linux — Sat, 28 Jun 2025 19:00:00 GMT

video: https://youtu.be/GH18mp-2d90

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This week in Linux is packed! It's an extra long episode. So if you were wanting more and more TWIL, then you're going to get it this week because Steam Summer Sale is here and it is torching bank accounts. Fedora developers are talking about getting rid of 32-bit support and there's a little bit of controversy around that. We're going to break all of that down. Also, Fairphone 6 has been announced and it comes with kernel patches, an upstream Linux kernel on day one. Firefox 140 has arrived as the new ESR, and there's also some exciting news coming in the next release of Firefox as well. And later in the show, KDE's Wayland wave is continuing to grow to about 70% of users these days. Kubuntu drops X11 by default, and KDE is working on a slick first run wizard. All of this and more on This Week in Linux, the weekly news show that keeps you up to date with what's going on in the Linux and Open Source world. Now let's jump right into Your Source for Linux GNews.

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Chapters:

00:00 Intro
01:06 Steam Summer Sale 2025, here's some Steam Deck ready bargains
03:12 Fedora’s Controversial 32-Bit Proposal (Could this kill Bazzite?)
09:23 Fairphone 6 Announced: Modular, Repairable, Linux-Ready
14:54 Sandfly Security, agentless Linux security [ad]
16:40 Firefox 140 ESR lands with Tab Unloading & Vertical Pinned Zone
19:41 KDE Korner: Wayland Surges in Usage, Kubuntu Dropping X11, New Initial Setup Wizard
25:27 Flathub Hits 3 Billion Downloads
27:36 Destination Linux podcast for more great content
28:38 2K Classics Humble Bundle with BioShock & Mafia (90% Discount!)
31:24 ONLYOFFICE 9.0 Released: AI Tools, Visio Viewer & Fresh UI!
34:15 Lyon Goes Open Source (France’s Third-Largest City)
36:31 Outro

Links:

Steam Summer Sale 2025, here's some Steam Deck ready bargains
- https://store.steampowered.com/
- https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/06/steam-summer-sale-2025-is-live-heres-some-top-picks-all-under-20/
Fedora’s Controversial 32-Bit Proposal (Could this kill Bazzite?)
Fairphone 6 Announced: Modular, Repairable, Linux-Ready
Sandfly Security, agentless Linux security [ad]
- https://thisweekinlinux.com/sandfly
Firefox 140 ESR lands with Tab Unloading & Vertical Pinned Zone
KDE Korner: Wayland Surges in Usage, Kubuntu Dropping X11, New Initial Setup Wizard
Flathub Hits 3 Billion Downloads
- https://flathub.org/statistics
- https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/1lgaz5z/flathub_has_passed_3_billion_downloads/
Destination Linux podcast for more great content
- https://destinationlinux.net/
- Latest Interviews
  - Carl Richell of System76 = https://destinationlinux.net/416
  - Craig Rowland of Sandfly Security = https://destinationlinux.net/409
  - Artyom Zorin of Zorin OS = https://destinationlinux.net/395
2K Classics Humble Bundle with BioShock & Mafia (90% Discount!)
- https://humblebundleinc.sjv.io/09zAMM
ONLYOFFICE 9.0 Released: AI Tools, Visio Viewer & Fresh UI!
- https://www.onlyoffice.com/blog/2025/06/meet-onlyoffice-desktop-editors-v9-0
- https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/06/onlyoffice-9-0-desktop-new-features-ai
Lyon Goes Open Source (France’s Third-Largest City)
- https://www.lyon.fr/actualite/action-municipale/la-ville-de-lyon-renforce-sa-souverainete-numerique
- https://www.theregister.com/2025/06/26/lyon_leaving_microsoft/
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316: KDE Plasma 6.4, Arch Linux Wine, Kali Linux, Valve flips the Proton switch, & more Linux news

This Week in Linux — Sat, 21 Jun 2025 15:00:00 GMT

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This week in Linux, we have a jam packed episode for you. The KDE team have released a brand new version of the Plasma desktop. We're also going to talk about some big changes coming to Arch Linux and the pentesting distro, Kali Linux. Plus we got a trifecta of great news from Valve this week related to Steam & Proton that is bound to be exciting for Linux gamers. Then we're going to check out a major update to the OpenMoonRay renderer from DreamWorks Animation... yea that DreamWorks. All of this and more on This Week in Linux, the weekly news show that keeps you up to date with what’s going on in the Linux and Open Source world. Now let's jump right into Your Source for Linux GNews!

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00:00 Intro
00:50 KDE Plasma 6.4 Desktop Released
07:56 Arch Linux switches to WoW64 Wine
10:51 Kali Linux 2025.2 Released
14:40 Sandfly Security, agentless Linux security [ad]
16:37 Valve hits 20,000 playable Steam Deck games and flips Proton on by default
19:36 DreamWorks Animation's OpenMoonRay adds NUMA Support
22:26 20 Years of the Open Invention Network
24:19 SDL Implements the Pointer Warp Protocol
29:31 Outro

315: Ubuntu / GNOME drop X11, macOS Linux Containers, Fingerprints in Linux Mint & more Linux news

This Week in Linux — Sun, 15 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMT

video: https://youtu.be/c-PWqlJCB9M

This week in Linux, there's a lot of news to talk about from new desktop updates to new apps and even a bit of drama. We'll start things off this week with the news that Ubuntu 25.10 is dropping X11 on GNOME sessions. There's a lot of chatter around this one and even some yelling about it... we're going to go over what's really happening, why it matters, who's really behind it, touch on a new fork of X11 and more. That's just the first topic... we also got some crazy news from Apple about running Linux Containers on Macs. Then we'll take a look at a new release of the Sway tiling window manager and then we have news from Linux Mint about their next release and some infrastructure changes happening at GNOME. All of this and more on This Week in Linux, the weekly news show that keeps you up to date with what’s going on in the Linux and Open Source world. Now let's jump right into Your Source for Linux GNews!

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Chapters:

00:00 Intro
01:02 Ubuntu 25.10 drops X11 on GNOME
08:50 Apple Release New Tools for Running Linux Containers on Mac
13:42 Sway 1.11 Tiling Wayland Compositor
16:21 Sandfly Security, agentless Linux security [ad]
18:26 Linux Mint 22.2 Adds Native Fingerprint Login Support
23:07 2025 AlmaLinux Community Survey
26:25 GNOME Has a New Infrastructure Partner: Welcome AWS!
30:27 Kapitano is a New GTK ClamAV Frontend
33:55 ROG Xbox Ally Handhelds Announced
38:00 Outro

314: /e/OS 3.0, GNOME Dropping X11, Alpine Linux, Ubuntu wants a Rusty Sudo, & more Linux news

This Week in Linux — Sat, 07 Jun 2025 23:00:00 GMT

video: https://youtu.be/-BWzypViJVQ

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This week in Linux, we have a lot of cool things to talk about. Murena has announced the latest release of the /e/OS mobile operating system for smartphones with each /e/OS 3.0. We also have Alpine Linux releasing a new version of their distro. And we're going to go to the Canonical Corner to talk about a bunch of stuff that is happening with Ubuntu. All of this and more on this week in Linux, the weekly news show that keeps you up to day with what's going on in the Linux and Open Source world. Now let's jump right into Your Source for Linux GNews.

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00:00 Intro
00:40 Murena announces /e/OS 3.0 for Smartphones
07:25 Alpine Linux 3.22 Released
11:05 Canonical Corner
11:28 Ubuntu 25.10 Switches to Rust-based Sudo
16:45 Sandfly Security, agentless Linux security [ad]
18:39 GNOME Dropping X11 Could Complicate Ubuntu 26.04 LTS
23:06 Canonical Phasing Out Bazaar Code Hosting
25:47 Linux Format Magazine Shutting Down After 25 Years
29:34 GeForce NOW on the Steam Deck (SteamOS)
30:48 Support the show

313: Linux 6.15, NixOS, AlmaLinux OS 10, Is Ubuntu going Rolling? & more Linux news

This Week in Linux — Sat, 31 May 2025 22:00:00 GMT

video: https://youtu.be/N47e3wcQYJ4

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This week in Linux, we have a brand new release of the Linux kernel itself. We have some new distro releases from AlmaLinux, NixOS, and more. Plus there's some interesting news from Ubuntu that has people asking whether or not Ubuntu is switching to a rolling release model. We'll answer that question here on this episode of TWIL and we'll also check out some awesome news about how SteamOS absolutely crushes Windows on the Legion Go S. All of this and more on This Week in Linux, the weekly news show that keeps you up to date with what’s going on in the Linux and Open Source world. Now let's jump right into Your Source for Linux GNews!

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Chapters:

00:00 Intro
00:42 Linux 6.15 Released
05:46 Ubuntu Gets Monthly Snapshot Testing Releases
09:28 NixOS 25.05 Released
12:25 Sandfly Security, agentless Linux security [ad]
14:14 AlmaLinux OS 10 Released
17:10 SteamOS Massively Beats Windows on the Legion Go S
21:31 NVIDIA Stable Driver 575.57.08 Released for Linux
24:46 Armbian 25.5 Released
26:54 Outro