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280: Xfce's Next Release, umu for Proton, E-Ink Tablet, Mozilla Drama & more Linux news

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This week in Linux, we have a lot of cool news to talk about. We have stuff that's upcoming, we have stuff that was released this week, and so much. So I am super excited about one thing. It's not coming out till December, but I just had to tell you about it, and that is the next release of the XFCE desktop with XFCE 4.20. We also have some releases from Manjaro, as well as the Umo launcher for Proton Games, and we have a preview of the next Cinnamon theme that is coming from Linux Mint. 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 open source and Linux world. Now, let's jump right into Your Source for Linux GNews.

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00:00 Intro
00:48 Xfce 4.20 Expected in December
02:53 umu Launcher for Proton Released
06:32 Manjaro 24.1 Released
08:04 New Cinnamon Theme Previews from Linux Mint
11:51 Linux App Summit 2024
13:08 Firefox 131 & Mozilla Drama
16:06 PineNote: Pine64’s Linux-Powered E-Ink Tablet
19:09 Support the show

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279: CUPS Vulnerability, Tails OS + Tor, Ubuntu 24.10, COSMIC Alpha 2 & more Linux news

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This week in Linux, we have a lot of great news and a little bit of some unfortunate news regarding a vulnerability with the CUPS printing system. Now, it's not as bad as people are claiming, but we'll get to that in a bit. We also have the merger of the Tor project and the Tails OS project, which is really cool, and Ubuntu 24.10 beta is now available, as well as the Cosmic Desktop has reached an alpha 2 that is now available for download and testing. All of this and more on This Week in Linux, the show that keeps you up to date with what's going on in the Linux and Open Source world. So let's jump right into Your Source for Linux GNews.

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00:00 Intro
00:47 CUPS Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
06:06 Tor Project & Tails OS Join Forces
08:58 Ubuntu 24.10 Beta Available
12:09 COSMIC Desktop Alpha 2 Available
17:16 Valve Engineer Hopes to Accelerate Wayland Development
19:54 Valve to directly collaborate with Arch Linux
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278: Linux 6.11, GNOME 47, Microsoft kernel mode changes, Zorin OS, & more Linux news

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This week in Linux, we have a lot of news, just a crazy amount and some big stuff like the Linux kernel 6.11 is out. GNOME 47 has been released. Microsoft is making kernel mode changes and we're gonna talk about what that means for Linux and Linux gaming. Zorin OS 17.2 is out. 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
00:37 Linux Kernel 6.11 Released
04:41 GNOME 47 Released
15:42 Microsoft making Kernel Mode changes, and what it means for Linux Gaming
20:17 Zorin OS 17.2 Released
24:25 MX Linux 23.4 Released
26:04 Fedora Linux 41 Beta Released
32:06 Rockstar Destroys Steam Deck Support for GTA Online
35:56 Support the show

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277: Lutris creator joins Playtron, Hyprland window manager, Cinnamon design update & more Linux news

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This week in Linux, we have a lot of cool news from the Ubuntu team announcing that they're going to have new Snap Permissions for users in 24.10. Also, the GNOME Foundation is doing a open search for their new Executive Director. And we have a lot of new releases, as well as some Linux gaming news with the Lutris creator joining the Playtron team. And we have a lot of Steam updates. 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. So let's jump right into Your Source for Linux GNews.

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00:00 Intro
00:44 Ubuntu 24.10 to Enhance Snap Permissions Handling
06:27 GNOME Foundation Opens Search for New Executive Director
10:08 Linux Mint Tease ‘Improved’ Default Cinnamon Theme
21:04 Kali Linux 2024.3 Released
25:53 Hyprland 0.43.0 Released
29:29 Lutris Creator joins Playtron for PlaytronOS
41:44 Steam Updates for Linux Gamers
46:30 Support the show

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276: Ubuntu making BIG changes, KDE needs donations, Linux Continues to Grow & more Linux news

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This week in Linux, Canonical announced a new major kernel change that is coming for Ubuntu. KDE is now asking for donations in the next version of KDE Plasma desktop. Linux continues to grow on the desktop with the market share and Linux From Scratch has a new release. If you're not familiar with that, well, it's a great project that will maybe make you want to rip your hair out. 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. So let's jump right into Your Source for Linux GNews.

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00:00 Intro
00:42 Canonical Announces Major Kernel Change
04:55 KDE to ask for donations in Plasma desktop
14:05 Linux Continues to Grow: 4.45% Desktop Market Share
18:07 2GB Raspberry Pi 5 goes on sale at $50
19:49 ClamAV Antivirus 1.4 Ends 32-Bit Linux Support
22:10 Linux From Scratch 12.2 Released
25:06 Deepin Linux 23 Released
29:11 Mad Gainz

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275: COSMIC Alpha Launched, Manjaro going Immutable, GNOME Tray Icons & more Linux news

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This week in Linux, the much anticipated COSMIC desktop is HERE! well, kind of. GNOME have finally added back a feature that people have been asking about for years or did they? Manjaro is working on an immutable version of their distro. 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
00:37 COSMIC Desktop Alpha is HERE!
06:21 GNOME's Official Extension for Legacy Tray Icons
09:30 Manjaro Linux work on an Immutable version
10:46 SLUBStick: new Linux kernel exploit
13:23 Super Grub2 Disk 2.06s4 Released
15:25 Sway Adds Wayland Explicit Sync Support
16:10 Hyprland 0.42 Released
18:43 Support the show
19:42 Outro

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274: New COSMIC details leaked, Vanilla OS 2.0, Serpent OS & more Linux news

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This week in Linux, we've got a lot of GNews. Vanilla OS 2.0 has finally shipped after more than a year of development and it's got my attention. Serpent OS have also released a PreAlpha release of this new independent distro from the creator of Solus. Then we've got some more updates about the COSMIC desktop since it's less than a week away. 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
00:40 COSMIC Alpha is so close
02:09 Vanilla OS 2.0 Released
05:43 Serpent OS Prealpha0 Released
09:02 Sovereign Tech Fund introduces fellowship pilot program
11:26 Gear Lever for AppImages
13:46 Funtoo Linux is being discontinued
15:35 DreamWorks' OpenMoonRay 1.6 Released
17:13 Outro

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273: Linux Mint 22, COSMIC Desktop on Pop!_OS, Gaming Distros, & more Linux news

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This week in Linux we got a ton of distro releases to talk about. Linux Mint 22 is now available as well as a new release from OpenMandriva, ChimeraOS, and Bazzite. Plus we got some exciting news for the release date of the COSMIC desktop. 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
00:39 Linux Mint 22 Released
06:45 My beginners guide for starter distros
07:11 PopOS 24.04 Alpha With COSMIC Desktop
09:24 Blender 4.2 LTS Released
11:41 OBS Studio 30.2 Released
15:51 OpenMandriva 24.07 Released
17:59 ChimeraOS 46 Released
19:32 Bazzite Linux 3.6 Released
21:30 Outro

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272: Linux 6.10, Windows Global Outage, openSUSE Brand Drama, GNOME Director Leaves & more Linux news

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This week in Linux, there was a brand new version of the Linux kernel. Windows users have suffered a massive outage that continues to cause problem for a of people. There’s some drama brewing related to the openSUSE brand and SUSE asking the project to rename. The Executive Director of the GNOME Foundation announced they are stepping down. 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 6.10 Released
03:12 CrowdStrike causes Global Outage for Microsoft Windows
06:43 SUSE Requests openSUSE to Rebrand
09:25 GNOME Foundation Executive Director Stepping Down
11:56 NVIDIA to Fully Adopt Open-Source GPU Kernel Modules
15:02 Nobara 40 Released
19:23 Solus Linux Phasing Out Snaps Support
22:35 Outro

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271: Fedora Metrics & Wayland, Zed IDE, GNOME finally revamping Extensions site, & more Linux news

video: https://youtu.be/bfXXS5Z1JMc

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This week in Linux, Fedora announced some plans for future releases that may be controversial. There's a new IDE available for Linux that might turn some heads. GNOME's Extensions Website is getting a redesign but is it any good? 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
00:33 Ubuntu App Center Can Now Install DEBs
02:10 Fedora Workstation: Opt-In Metrics & Wayland Only
07:41 Mozilla Firefox 128 ESR & Thunderbird 128 ESR
13:58 Zed IDE is now available for Linux
17:22 GNOME Extensions Website Redesign Coming
20:26 DXVK 2.4 Released
22:30 15 Years of GamingOnLinux.com
24:26 Outro

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