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130: Linux 5.10, GTK 4.0, CentOS Update, OBS 26.1, Ubuntu Touch

On this episode of This Week in Linux, we've got a lot of big updates like the latest release of Linux kernel with version 5.10. A major version update for the GTK toolkit has been released with GTK 4. We've got a follow up to the Cen-toss topic from last week. OBS Studio released version 26.1.00 that has a lot of cool Linux related features and I am so excited to try this latest version! We've also got distro news from Linux Mint, Debian, openSUSE and some mobile Linux news from UBports. All that and much more coming up right now on Your Weekly Source for Linux GNews!

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00:00 = Welcome to This Week in Linux 130
01:01 = Linux 5.10 Kernel Released
05:30 = Interview with Red Hat's Mike McGrath
06:26 = GTK 4.0 Released
10:36 = Digital Ocean - Cloud VPS ( https://do.co/dln )
11:49 = OBS Studio 26.1 Released
14:41 = Linux Mint 20.1 Beta Released
19:13 = Debian Website Update
21:11 = openSUSE Board Elections
22:32 = Bitwarden - Password Manager ( https://bitwarden.com/dln )
24:46 = UBports' Ubuntu Touch OTA-15 Released
28:46 = KDE's Kate Text Editor 20 Years Old
31:01 = Mozilla Firefox 84 Released
32:58 = FrontPageLinux.com

Other Videos:
6 Cool Things You Didn't Know About Linux's History: https://youtu.be/u9ZY41mNB9I
How To Use Firefox's Best Feature, Multi-Account Containers: https://youtu.be/FfN5L5zAJUo
Linux Explained - How Some Distros Are Based On Other Distros: https://youtu.be/OWk3D6x64tk
7 Reasons Why Firefox Is My Favorite Web Browser: https://youtu.be/bGTBH9yr8uw

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Episode 129: CentOS Stream, Cyberpunk 2077 on Linux, Qt 6.0, Flatpak App Store

On this episode of This Week in Linux, we've got some interesting and somewhat Rocky news for CentOS to talk about. There's a new Flatpak App Store released this week called Souk. Linux Gaming news with Cyberpunk 2077 running on Linux thanks to Proton. We've also got many new releases this week from PAPPL 1.0, OpenRGB, Qt 6.0 toolkit, CRUX Linux, and QEMU. Then we'll round out the show with some great deals from Humble Bundle. All that and much more coming up right now on Your Weekly Source for Linux GNews!

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CentOS Being Replaced by CentOS Streams
Rocky Linux & Other CentOS Alternatives
Souk: Independent Flatpak App Store
Cyberpunk 2077 Runs on Linux
PAPPL 1.0 Released
OpenRGB 0.5 Released
Qt 6.0 Released
CRUX 3.6 Released
QEMU 5.2 Released
Humble Bundles: Hacking, Game Dev & Music

Other Videos:
6 Cool Things You Didn't Know About Linux's History: https://youtu.be/u9ZY41mNB9I
How To Use Firefox's Best Feature, Multi-Account Containers: https://youtu.be/FfN5L5zAJUo
Linux Explained - How Some Distros Are Based On Other Distros: https://youtu.be/OWk3D6x64tk
7 Reasons Why Firefox Is My Favorite Web Browser: https://youtu.be/bGTBH9yr8uw

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128: SUSE / Rancher Labs, System76 AMD Laptop, Linux on Apple M1 Mac Project

On this episode of This Week in Linux, SUSE's acquisition of Rancher Labs is now complete and I'll tell you why this matters. System76 announced their first entry into the world of AMD powered Linux Laptops with the new Pangolin laptop. A developer seems to want to prove me wrong about Linux Support for Apple's M1 Mac so we'll talk about that. Pine64 announced that the KDE PinePhone is available for pre-order. Plus we've got a lot of desktop environment news this week with new releases of both Linux Mint's Cinnamon and Solus' Budgie desktop and the dreaded single-threaded issue for GNOME may be coming to an end. All that and much more coming up right now on This Week in Linux!

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00:00 = Coming up on TWIL 128
01:06 = SUSE Acquisition Of Rancher Labs
04:11 = System76 Pangolin AMD Linux Laptop
06:11 = Digital Ocean - Cloud Hosting Kubernetes ( https://do.co/dln )
07:00 = Developer Working on Linux for Apple Silicon
11:13 = PinePhone KDE Edition Pre-Orders
14:44 = GNOME 40 Moves Input Work To Separate Thread
17:44 = Bitwarden: Password Manager ( https://bitwarden.com/dln )
18:56 = Budgie Desktop 10.5.2 Released
21:38 = Cinnamon Desktop 4.8 Released
23:40 = Open Source Security Summit
25:43 = Housekeeping: Live Streams Game Sphere Chativerse Oh My!
26:49 = NetMarketShare Wnds Browser War Reports
29:22 = OpenZFS 2.0 Released

Other Videos:
6 Cool Things You Didn't Know About Linux's History: https://youtu.be/u9ZY41mNB9I
How To Use Firefox's Best Feature, Multi-Account Containers: https://youtu.be/FfN5L5zAJUo
Linux Explained - How Some Distros Are Based On Other Distros: https://youtu.be/OWk3D6x64tk
7 Reasons Why Firefox Is My Favorite Web Browser: https://youtu.be/bGTBH9yr8uw

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125: New KDE Plasma Theme In 5.21, GNOME Extensions Rebooted, GIMP 2.99.2

On this episode of This Week in Linux, we've got a bunch of new releases from a variety of projects. We're also going to be looking into the future with my magic crystal ball to discuss what is coming in the next versions of GIMP, GNOME and KDE Plasma . . . and by Crystal Ball I mean the projects issued roadmaps on their blogs. We've got a couple distro releases to discuss with Feren OS, Clonezilla, and a new offering from the Proxmox team. Then we'll discuss a Call For Help issued by the FSF to update their high priority list. All that and much more coming up right now on Your Weekly Source for Linux GNews!

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00:00 = Coming up on TWinL 125
00:43 = Welcome to This Week in Linux
01:06 = Celebrate Episode 200 of DL With Us
01:57 = DLN Game Fest
03:04 = DLNStore.com
03:35 = Mutt 2.0 Released (Terminal Email Client)
06:14 = Proxmox Backup Server 1.0 Released
08:47 = GIMP 2.99.2 Released
13:46 = Digital Ocean - VPS & App Platform ( https://do.co/dln )
14:30 = GNOME Extensions Rebooted for GNOME 40?
22:43 = KDE Plasma 5.21 Feature Preview
28:18 = Feren OS November 2020 Update
32:17 = Bitwarden - Open Source Password Manager ( https://bitwarden.com/dln )
34:33 = OpenRazer 2.9 Released
37:30 = Clonezilla Live 2.7.0 Released
39:56 = FSF Calls For Help To Update High Priority List
42:33 = Outro

Other Videos:
6 Cool Things You Didn't Know About Linux's History: https://youtu.be/u9ZY41mNB9I
How To Use Firefox's Best Feature, Multi-Account Containers: https://youtu.be/FfN5L5zAJUo
Linux Explained - How Some Distros Are Based On Other Distros: https://youtu.be/OWk3D6x64tk
7 Reasons Why Firefox Is My Favorite Web Browser: https://youtu.be/bGTBH9yr8uw

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124: Raspberry Pi 400, LXQt, Youtube-dl Update, Dell Privacy Drivers, HBO Max | This Week in Linux 124

On this episode of This Week in Linux, Raspberry Pi Foundation announced a really cool new product called the Raspberry Pi 400 which is a PC inside of a keyboard! Dell announced some really cool news about hardware privacy controls. We've also got a lot of new releases this week with a new version of the desktop environment LXQt, plus a new release of youtube-dl, Pitivi video editor, and the distro OpenIndiana. We've got a couple of follow ups this week from Linux Mint and also HBO Max. All that and much more coming up right now on Your Weekly Source for Linux GNews!

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00:00 = Coming up on This Week in Linux
00:55 = Welcome to TWinL 124
01:18 = Episode 200 of Destination Linux on November 15th @ 4PM Eastern
01:32 = DL200 Will Be LIVE For Everyone!
02:24 = DLN Game Fest on November 15th @ 4PM Eastern
02:54 = DLNStore.com
03:37 = Raspberry Pi 400: PC In A Keyboard
10:46 = LXQt 0.16 Released
13:55 = youtube-dl v2020.11.01.1 Released
18:45 = Digital Ocean: VPS & App Platform ( https://do.co/dln )
19:37 = Dell Enables Linux Hardware Privacy Controls
22:44 = HBO Max Back On Linux (For Now?)
25:24 = Pitivi 2020.9 Released (Video Editor)
28:33 = Bitwarden: Open Source Password Manager ( https://bitwarden.com/dln )
30:29 = Linux Mint Now Packaging Their Own Chromium
35:23 = OpenIndiana 2020.10 Released
37:29 = Purism Publishes FAQs for Librem 5 Shipping
41:58 = Outro

Other Videos:
6 Cool Things You Didn't Know About Linux's History: https://youtu.be/u9ZY41mNB9I
How To Use Firefox's Best Feature, Multi-Account Containers: https://youtu.be/FfN5L5zAJUo
Linux Explained - How Some Distros Are Based On Other Distros: https://youtu.be/OWk3D6x64tk
7 Reasons Why Firefox Is My Favorite Web Browser: https://youtu.be/bGTBH9yr8uw

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Episode 123: Fedora 33, DMCA Takedown on youtube-dl, Pro1 X, X Server Being Abandoned? | This Week in Linux 123

This week has been packed with news, including some personal news of my own. If you are watching the video version you may notice that I am in a different room. Well I moved but more on that later. This week's episode is so jam packed! Fedora announced the latest release of Fedora 33. There was a DMCA Takedown on youtube-dl by RIAA and we have updates on this. A new Linux powered smartphone has been announced called the Pro1 X and it's said to come with your choice of LineageOS & Ubuntu Touch. AMD made 2 big announcements this week with the Radeon RX 6000 Series and that AMD is set to acquire Xilinx. SiFive announced a new development board called HiFive Unmatched which is powered by the RISC-V architecture. At long last, Snap Packages Are Getting A Speed Boost. There has been some confusion around the X Server recently and there are discussions of if it has been abandoned. Then we'll round out the show with another distro release, this time from NixOS with version 20.09. All that and much more coming up right now on Your Weekly Source for Linux GNews!

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00:00:00 = Coming up on This Week in Linux
00:01:28 = Welcome to This Week in Linux 123
00:01:51 = Housekeeping: I moved so lots of changes coming
00:03:03 = Housekeeping: Episode 200 of Destination Linux! (Nov 15th)
00:03:33 = Housekeeping: DLN Game Fest (Nov 15th)
00:04:02 = Housekeeping: DLNStore.com
00:04:38 = Fedora 33 Released
00:10:04 = DMCA Takedown on youtube-dl by RIAA
00:20:31 = Pro1 X Smartphone: LineageOS and Ubuntu Touch
00:28:35 = Digital Ocean - App Platform Service ( https://do.co/dln )
00:29:32 = AMD Announce The Radeon RX 6000 Series
00:34:59 = AMD To Acquire Xilinx
00:40:27 = SiFive's Compelling RISC-V Development Board
00:44:41 = Bitwarden - Password Manager ( https://bitwarden.com/dln )
00:47:07 = Snap Packages Are Getting A Speed Boost
00:50:40 = Is The X Server Being Abandoned?
00:57:24 = NixOS 20.09 Released
01:03:05 = Outro

Other Videos:
6 Cool Things You Didn't Know About Linux's History: https://youtu.be/u9ZY41mNB9I
How To Use Firefox's Best Feature, Multi-Account Containers: https://youtu.be/FfN5L5zAJUo
Linux Explained - How Some Distros Are Based On Other Distros: https://youtu.be/OWk3D6x64tk
7 Reasons Why Firefox Is My Favorite Web Browser: https://youtu.be/bGTBH9yr8uw

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Ubuntu 20.10, System76's Thelio Mega, CUPS Forked from Apple | This Week in Linux 122

We've got a stacked episode this week, so coming up on This Week in Linux, we're going to start things off with the latest release of Ubuntu 20.10 and the Ubuntu 20.10 Flavour releases. Then we're going to jump into the ridiculous realm with a new product from System76 called the Thelio Mega. There's been some big news in the Printing world of Linux related to CUPS. NVIDIA has announced that support for Linux 5.9 is not ready yet so we'll talk about what that means and whether or not it will affect you. Later in the show we're going to cover some more Distro News from Trisquel with their 9.0 release and SystemRescue 7.0 is another recovery distro to check out. Then we'll round out the show with an update to the best web browser on the planet, with release of Firefox 82. All that and much more comming up right now on Your Weekly Source for Linux GNews!

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00:00 = Coming up on This Week in Linux 122
01:00 = Welcome to This Week in Linux
01:22 = Housekeeping: DLNStore.com
01:53 = Housekeeping: Follow me on Twitter or Mastodon
02:21 = Ubuntu 20.10 Released
06:48 = Ubuntu 20.10 Flavours Released
17:55 = Digital Ocean's App Platform Service ( https://do.co/dln )
18:53 = Thelio Mega From System76
24:40 = CUPS Has Been Forked From Apple
28:39 = NVIDIA Driver Not Supported For Linux 5.9
33:02 = Trisquel 9.0 Released
37:47 = SystemRescue 7.0 Released
40:10 = Firefox 82 Released
43:51 = Outro

Other Videos:
6 Cool Things You Didn't Know About Linux's History: https://youtu.be/u9ZY41mNB9I
How To Use Firefox's Best Feature, Multi-Account Containers: https://youtu.be/FfN5L5zAJUo
Linux Explained - How Some Distros Are Based On Other Distros: https://youtu.be/OWk3D6x64tk
7 Reasons Why Firefox Is My Favorite Web Browser: https://youtu.be/bGTBH9yr8uw

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TWinL 121

On this episode of This Week in Linux, we've got a monster of a show with so many great topics and even some potentially controversial stuff to talk about. We're going to start off this episode with the namesake of the show, the Linux Kernel with version 5.9 being released. KDE announced the latest version of Plasma with version 5.20 and Pine64 made some really cool announcements of their own that I am so excited to share with you. LibreOffice published an Open Letter to Apache OpenOffice about what they think should happen with the future of OpenOffice. This one will be very interesting. We got a new release of Krita with version 4.4 this week. Later in the show we will talk about some Distro release related to 2 recovery distros: Redo Rescue 3.0 and Rescuezilla 2.0. Then we'll round out the show with some Security News related to a Critical Bluetooth Vulnerability found nicknamed "BleedingTooth". All that and much more comming up right now on Your Weekly Source for Linux GNews!

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00:00 = Intro
00:59 = Welcome to This Week in Linux
01:19 = Linux Kernel 5.9 Released
02:56 = KDE Plasma 5.20 Released
10:39 = Pine64's Hacktober Update
17:56 = Digital Ocean - VPS & Cloud Hosting ( https://do.co/dln )
18:47 = LibreOffice Open Letter to Apache OpenOffice
27:26 = Krita 4.4 Released
30:04 = Redo Rescue 3.0.0 Released
31:25 = Rescuezilla 2.0 Released
33:24 = BleedingTooth: Critical Bluetooth Vulnerability
36:59 = Outro

Other Videos:
6 Cool Things You Didn't Know About Linux's History: https://youtu.be/u9ZY41mNB9I
How To Use Firefox's Best Feature, Multi-Account Containers: https://youtu.be/FfN5L5zAJUo
Linux Explained - How Some Distros Are Based On Other Distros: https://youtu.be/OWk3D6x64tk
7 Reasons Why Firefox Is My Favorite Web Browser: https://youtu.be/bGTBH9yr8uw

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