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video: https://youtu.be/MGKUyzSei_4 Comment on the TWIL Forum This week in Linux, we have a lot of great news to talk about. First, Thunderbird is launching their own email service. KDE is working on making their own Plasma Login Manager. CachyOS has a new release out. We also have another release out for the Mozilla Firefox browser, which has a lot of cool stuff in there I can't wait to tell you about. And also the Dash to Panel extension. There was a little bit of drama that happened with it. It is now back and ready to go. all of this and so much more on this episode of 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. Download as MP3 Support the Show Become a Patron = tuxdigital.com/membership Store = tuxdigital.com/store Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:46 Thunderbird is Launching Email Service 05:46 KDE Working on a new Plasma Login Manager 09:55 CachyOS March 2025 Release 12:29 Sandfly Security, agentless Linux security [ad] 14:12 Mozilla Firefox 137 Released 26:28 Zorin OS Sponsors Dash to Panel 31:28 GoboLinux 017.01 Released 34:50 XZ Utils 5.8 Released 37:25 Support the show Links: Thunderbird is Launching Email Service https://blog.thunderbird.net/2025/04/thundermail-and-thunderbird-pro-services/ KDE Working on a new Plasma Login Manager https://blog.davidedmundson.co.uk/blog/a-roadmap-for-a-modern-plasma-login-manager/ https://mail.kde.org/pipermail/plasma-devel/2025-March/123667.html CachyOS March 2025 Release https://cachyos.org/blog/2503-march-release/ Sandfly Security, agentless Linux security [ad] https://thisweekinlinux.com/sandfly https://destinationlinux.net/409 Mozilla Firefox 137 Released https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/137.0/releasenotes/ https://tuxdigital.com/videos/secret-feature-that-makes-firefox-bookmarks-awesome/ https://tuxdigital.com/videos/firefox-container-tabs-the-best-browser-feature-heres-how-to-use-them/ Zorin OS Sponsors Dash to Panel https://github.com/home-sweet-gnome/dash-to-panel https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/30/zorin_and_dash_to_panel/ GoboLinux 017.01 Released https://gobolinux.org/index.html https://gobolinux.org/release_notes_017.01.html XZ Utils 5.8 Released https://git.tukaani.org/?p=xz.git;a=blob;f=NEWS https://tukaani.org/xz/ Support the show https://tuxdigital.com/membership https://store.tuxdigital.com/…

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304: Linux 6.14 is here, HP considers SteamOS, plus new Zorin OS & EndeavourOS and more Linux news! 28:05

10 giorni fa28:05

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video: https://youtu.be/LvEB5lGUqaw Comment on the TWIL Forum This week in Linux, we have a brand new version of the Linux kernel, including a boost for gaming performance and GPU workload protection in the Linux 6.14 release. There are some new distro releases to talk about with Zorin OS and EndeavourOS, as well as some beta releases from Fedora and Ubuntu. Plus, openSUSE is adding a long-requested feature to their Zypper Package Manager, and so much more on this episode of This Week in Linux. This is the weekly news show that will keep 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. Download as MP3 Support the Show Become a Patron = tuxdigital.com/membership Store = tuxdigital.com/store Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:45 Linux 6.14 Released 07:01 Zorin OS 17.3 Released 13:11 EndeavourOS Mercury Neo Released 14:58 Sandfly Security, agentless Linux security [ad] 16:54 Rescuezilla 13 Released 17:54 Finnix 250 Released 19:14 Fedora 42 Beta Released 22:14 Ubuntu 25.04 Beta Released 23:23 openSUSE Adds Experimental Parallel Downloads to Zypper 24:21 HP considers SteamOS for their next Gaming Handheld 26:56 Suppor the show Links: Linux 6.14 Released https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CAHk-=wg7TO09Si5tTPyhdrLLvyYtVmCf+GGN4kVJ0=Xk=5TE3g@mail.gmail.com/T/#u https://www.kernel.org/category/releases.html https://bsky.app/profile/plagman.bsky.social/post/3lkp26xmco22k https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_6.14 Zorin OS 17.3 Released [ https://blog.zorin.com/2025/03/26/zorin-os-17.3-is-here/](https://blog.zorin.com/2025/03/26/zorin-os-17.3-is-here/\) https://kdeconnect.kde.org/ EndeavourOS Mercury Neo Released https://endeavouros.com/news/mercury-neo-with-linux-6-13-7-and-arch-mirror-ranking-bug-fix/ Sandfly Security, agentless Linux security [ad] https://thisweekinlinux.com/sandfly https://destinationlinux.net/409 Rescuezilla 13 Released https://rescuezilla.com/ https://github.com/rescuezilla/rescuezilla/releases/tag/2.6 Finnix 250 Released https://blog.finnix.org/2025/03/22/finnix-250-released/ https://www.finnix.org/ Fedora 42 Beta Released https://fedoramagazine.org/announcing-fedora-linux-42-beta/ Ubuntu 25.04 Beta Released https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/03/ubuntu-25-04-beta-download https://www.phoronix.com/news/Ubuntu-25.04-Beta GNOME 48 https://thisweekinlinux.com/303 openSUSE Adds Experimental Parallel Downloads to Zypper https://news.opensuse.org/2025/03/27/zypper-adds-experimental-parallel-downloads/ HP considers SteamOS for their next Gaming Handheld https://www.xda-developers.com/hp-hasnt-made-omen-gaming-handheld/ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/03/hp-are-interested-in-making-a-steamos-handheld-as-the-windows-experience-sucks/ Support the show https://tuxdigital.com/membership https://store.tuxdigital.com/…

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303: GNOME 48, GIMP 3.0, Kali Linux, New Pebble Watches, SteamOS Preview released & more Linux news 33:03

16 giorni fa33:03

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video: https://youtu.be/DVABDjehaWM Comment on the TWIL Forum This week in Linux, there is just so much to talk about that we couldn't fit it all in the show. It is just a stacked week. And we're going to be starting things off with GNOME 48. That was released this week. Also, GIMP 3.0 was released. There's a new version of Kali Linux that's out. SteamOS 3.7.0 Preview has been released from Valve. And Pebble Watches are back. 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. Download as MP3 Support the Show Become a Patron = tuxdigital.com/membership Store = tuxdigital.com/store Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:41 GNOME 48 Released 06:08 GIMP 3.0 Released 12:08 Enlightenment 0.27.1 Released 14:31 Sandfly Security, agentless Linux security [ad] 16:26 elementary OS 8.0.1 Released 19:34 Two New PebbleOS Watches 24:00 Kali Linux 2025.1a Released 28:11 SteamOS 3.7.0 Preview Released 32:06 Support the show Links: GNOME 48 Released https://release.gnome.org/48/ https://youtu.be/F_JSFOo1LKQ GIMP 3.0 Released https://www.gimp.org/ https://www.gimp.org/news/2025/03/16/gimp-3-0-released/ https://github.com/Diolinux/PhotoGIMP https://youtu.be/BQrW3hdrzH0 Enlightenment 0.27.1 Released https://www.enlightenment.org/ https://www.enlightenment.org/news/2025-03-14-enlightenment-0.27.1 Sandfly Security, agentless Linux security [ad] https://thisweekinlinux.com/sandfly elementary OS 8.0.1 Released https://blog.elementary.io/os-8-0-1-available-now/ Two New PebbleOS Watches https://ericmigi.com/blog/introducing-two-new-pebbleos-watches https://store.repebble.com/ Kali Linux 2025.1a Released https://www.kali.org/blog/kali-linux-2025-1-release/ Xfce 4.20 https://thisweekinlinux.com/291 KDE Plasma 6.2 https://thisweekinlinux.com/281 6.1 https://thisweekinlinux.com/268 6.0 https://thisweekinlinux.com/255 SteamOS 3.7.0 Preview Released https://steamcommunity.com/games/1675200/announcements/detail/529841158837240757 Support the show https://tuxdigital.com/membership https://store.tuxdigital.com/…

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302: KDE Devs launch a company, CrossOver 25, Garuda Linux, & more Linux news 26:57

24 giorni fa26:57

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video: https://youtu.be/YP0wfUNC7D4 Comment on the TWIL Forum This week in Linux, we have so much to talk about. First of all, KDE developers have launched their own company called TechPaladin Software. Also, the CodeWeavers team has released the latest version of their crossover software with Crossover 25. The Garuda Linux team have the latest release of their distribution called Broadwing. And also the EFF, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, has released a new open source tool for detecting Cell Site Simulators called RayHunter. And we'll talk about what all that meant later in the show. 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. Download as MP3 Support the Show Become a Patron = tuxdigital.com/membership Store = tuxdigital.com/store Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:48 KDE Devs launch Techpaladin Software 03:50 CrossOver 25 Released 06:39 Sandfly Security, agentless Linux security [ad] 08:19 Garuda Linux “Broadwing” Released 11:08 Rayhunter: EFF’s Open-Source Tool for Detecting Cell-Site Simulators (CSS) 15:03 What's new at TuxDigital 17:19 GStreamer 1.26 Released 20:40 Epic Games & Fortnite on Windows Arm NOT Linux 23:59 Steam Spring Sale 2025 25:32 Support the show 26:43 Outro Links: KDE Devs launch Techpaladin Software https://techpaladinsoftware.com/ https://pointieststick.com/2025/03/10/personal-and-professional-updates-announcing-techpaladin-software/ CrossOver 25 Released https://www.codeweavers.com/blog/mjohnson/2025/3/11/experience-next-level-gaming-on-mac-with-crossover-25 Sandfly Security, agentless Linux security [ad] https://tuxdigital.com/sandfly Garuda Linux “Broadwing” Released https://garudalinux.org/ https://forum.garudalinux.org/t/garuda-linux-broadwing-250308/42436 Rayhunter: EFF’s Open-Source Tool for Detecting Cell-Site Simulators (CSS) https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/03/meet-rayhunter-new-open-source-tool-eff-detect-cellular-spying Mobile Hotspot: https://amzn.to/427iCV4 What's new at TuxDigital https://tuxdigital.com https://destinationlinux.net/410 https://destinationlinux.net/411 https://tuxdigital.com/podcasts/linux-out-loud/lol-107/ https://store.tuxdigital.com/products/this-is-linux-tee-dark-mode GStreamer 1.26 Released https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/releases/1.26/ Epic Games & Fortnite on Windows Arm NOT Linux https://onlineservices.epicgames.com/en-US/news/windows-on-snapdragon-support-is-coming-to-epic-online-services-anti-cheat-and-fortnite https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/03/as-epic-games-continue-ignoring-linux-steam-deck-for-fortnite-theyre-putting-it-on-windows-arm/ Steam Spring Sale 2025 https://store.steampowered.com/ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/03/steam-spring-sale-2025-is-live-now-heres-some-great-budget-games-for-steam-deck-linux/ Support the show https://tuxdigital.com/membership https://tuxdigital.com/store…

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301: Linux from Scratch, Firefox 136, Linux Mint, Xen Hypervisor, Skype & more Linux news 31:03

4 weeks fa31:03

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video: https://youtu.be/Anw68ThdGcs Comment on the TWIL Forum This week in Linux, we have a ton to talk about. First, we're gonna be talking about building Linux from Scratch. I mean, not walking through that or anything. It's the project called that. Also, the Xen project has a new version of their hypervisor out, and Mozilla is back in the news this week with the latest release of Firefox with 136. Plus, Linux Mint is talking about redesigning their Cinnamon app menu, and so much more, including, Microsoft is hanging up on Skype forever. 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 Download as MP3 Support the Show Become a Patron = tuxdigital.com/membership Store = tuxdigital.com/store Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:45 What's new at TuxDigital 00:59 Interview with Craig Rowland on DL 01:25 3 new videos on the channel 02:30 TWIL 300 Giveaway 03:14 Linux From Scratch 12.3 Released 06:58 Xen Project 4.20 Released 09:35 Mozilla Firefox 136 Released 12:49 Sandfly Security, agentless Linux security 14:55 Linux Mint to Redesign Cinnamon App Menu 19:07 Thunderbird 136 Released 21:25 PipeWire 1.4 Released 25:11 Skype is being shutdown 29:37 Support the show Links: Interview with Craig Rowland on DL https://destinationlinux.net/409 3 new videos on the channel Flatpaks, Snaps, & AppImages: "Do we really need these Universal App Formats?": https://youtu.be/so_f6OtRWRo How to Rename Files like a Pro in Linux (+ my formula for organizing & declutter): https://youtu.be/zTaRHI4j7Sg Reacting to PewDiePie, one of the biggest YouTubers switches to Linux: https://youtu.be/avMQYgadLFc TWIL 300 Giveaway https://thisweekinlinux.com/300giveaway Linux From Scratch 12.3 Released https://linuxfromscratch.org/ Xen Project 4.20 Released https://www.linuxfoundation.org/press/xen-project-announces-xen-420-release https://wiki.xenproject.org/wiki/Xen_Project_4.20_Release_Notes Mozilla Firefox 136 Released https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/136.0/releasenotes/ Linux Mint to Redesign Cinnamon App Menu https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4811 https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/03/cinnamon-desktop-app-menu-redesign Thunderbird 136 Released https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/136.0/releasenotes/ PipeWire 1.4 Released https://pipewire.org/ https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pipewire/pipewire/-/commit/df1c36aec2aaf9e2eb1596b6b55e72c15fb2088a Skype is being shutdown https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/02/skype-hangs-up-for-good-on-may-5 https://www.theverge.com/news/621353/microsoft-skype-shutting-down-retirement-may-2025 Support the show https://tuxdigital.com/membership https://store.tuxdigital.com/…

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300: TWIL 300, Fish Shell, Gentoo, NVIDIA, Mozilla mess, COSMIC Alpha 6 & more Linux news 38:26

5 weeks fa38:26

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video: https://youtu.be/9-KlMwQA2v4 Comment on the TWIL Forum This week in Linux, we are celebrating the 300th episode of the show, and we're going to do a giveaway! Also this week we're going to go fishing well not exactly we will talk about the Fish Shell's latest release then we'll also take a look at the new drivers from NVIDIA and are they being good to Linux now we'll see mozilla is also in the news this week with uh well they've made a new terms of use and some people are not too happy about it. System76 has announced the latest alpha release for their COSMIC Desktop. All of this and so much 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. Download as MP3 Support the Show Become a Patron = tuxdigital.com/membership Store = tuxdigital.com/store Chapters: 00:00 Intro 01:33 TWIL 300 & What's new at TuxDigital 01:45 TWIL 300 Giveaway! 02:54 Destination Linux interview with Craig Rowland of Sandfly Security 03:22 New video on the channel, "is Arch Linux stable?" 03:32 New merch in the TuxDigital Store 03:49 Fish 4.0 Shell Released 06:42 NVIDIA 570.124.04 Linux Driver Released 08:23 Gentoo Linux adds QCOW2 Images for Cloud 10:38 Sandfly Security, agentless Linux security 12:10 Mozilla adds Terms of Use for Firefox 24:04 System76 announces 6th Alpha of COSMIC Desktop 31:11 EA Open-Sources Command & Conquer Games 32:43 Framework Desktop & other announcements 36:48 Support the show Links: What's new at TuxDigital https://tuxdigital.com TWIL 300 Giveaway! https://thisweekinlinux.com/300giveaway Destination Linux interview with Craig Rowland of Sandfly Security https://destinationlinux.net New video on the channel, "is Arch Linux stable?" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYs_GfI2vPA New merch in the TuxDigital Store https://tuxdigital.com/store Fish 4.0 Shell Released https://fishshell.com/ https://fishshell.com/blog/new-in-40/ NVIDIA 570.124.04 Linux Driver Released https://www.nvidia.com/en-gb/drivers/details/241275/ Gentoo Linux adds QCOW2 Images for Cloud https://www.gentoo.org/news/2025/02/20/gentoo-qcow2-images.html https://tuxdigital.com/podcasts/this-week-in-linux/twil-250/ https://tuxdigital.com/podcasts/this-week-in-linux/twil-259/ Sandfly Security, agentless Linux security https://thisweekinlinux.com/sandfly Mozilla adds Terms of Use for Firefox https://blog.mozilla.org/en/products/firefox/firefox-news/firefox-terms-of-use/ https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/mozilla-leadership-growth-planning-updates/ https://blog.mozilla.org/en/products/firefox/update-on-terms-of-use/ https://github.com/mozilla/bedrock/commit/d459addab846d8144b61939b7f4310eb80c5470e#commitcomment-153095625 System76 announces 6th Alpha of COSMIC Desktop https://blog.system76.com/post/cosmic-alpha-6-big-leaps-forward EA Open-Sources Command & Conquer Games https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/02/ea-just-open-sourced-command-conquer-red-alert-renegade-and-generals/ Framework Desktop & other announcements https://frame.work/framework-event Support the show https://tuxdigital.com/membership https://store.tuxdigital.com/…

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299: Mesa 25, Pi-hole v6, openSUSE, Serpent OS, Marvel's Spider-Man 2 & more Linux news 29:48

6 weeks fa29:48

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video: https://youtu.be/7MiImqaw6k8 Comment on the TWIL Forum This week in Linux, we have a jam packed episode. We have the new version of the Mesa graphics drivers. There's some changes happening with Serpent OS project. There's a new release of the Rust programming language and that perfectly flows into some updates we have for Rust for Linux. 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. Download as MP3 Support the Show Become a Patron = tuxdigital.com/membership Store = tuxdigital.com/store Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:34 TWIL 300 Live Next Week!!! 01:57 Mesa 25 Released 03:56 Serpent OS Rebranding As AerynOS 11:32 Pi-hole v6 Released 13:31 Sandfly Security, agentless security platform for Linux [ad] 15:00 Rust 1.85 Released 16:02 Greg KH on Rust for Linux 23:11 Reproducible-openSUSE Project Hits Milestone 26:21 Marvel's Spider-Man 2 is Steam Deck Verified! 27:54 Support the show 28:50 Reminder about TWIL 300 Live! 29:35 Outro Links: TWIL 300 Live Next Week!!! https://thisweekinlinux.com/live Mesa 25 Released https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/mesa-dev/2025-February/226464.html https://www.mesa3d.org/ https://www.phoronix.com/news/Zink-cl_khr_gl_sharing Serpent OS Rebranding As AerynOS https://serpentos.com/ https://serpentos.com/blog/2025/02/14/evolve-this-os/ Pi-hole v6 Released https://pi-hole.net/ https://pi-hole.net/blog/2025/02/18/introducing-pi-hole-v6/#page-content Sandfly Security, agentless security platform for Linux [ad] https://thisweekinlinux.com/sandfly Rust 1.85 Released https://blog.rust-lang.org/2025/02/20/Rust-1.85.0.html https://doc.rust-lang.org/edition-guide/editions/index.html Greg KH on Rust for Linux https://lore.kernel.org/rust-for-linux/2025021954-flaccid-pucker-f7d9@gregkh/ https://www.phoronix.com/news/Greg-KH-On-New-Rust-Code Reproducible-openSUSE Project Hits Milestone https://news.opensuse.org/2025/02/18/rbos-project-hits-milestone/ Marvel's Spider-Man 2 is Steam Deck Verified! https://steamcommunity.com/games/2651280/announcements/detail/508447074436513949 https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/02/marvels-spider-man-2-is-now-steam-deck-verified/ Support the show https://tuxdigital.com/membership https://store.tuxdigital.com/…

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298: KDE Plasma 6.3, GIMP 3.0, OBS Studio Threatens Legal Actions on Fedora? & more Linux news 33:37

7 weeks fa33:37

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video: https://youtu.be/EkFtY_K3sxA Comment on the TWIL Forum This week in Linux, we have a ton of stuff to talk about. There's so much I couldn't fit at all on the show. And even one of the things I wanted to fit in the show, it's by itself too big to be in the show. So I'm going to split that off into a separate video. And there's also a new release of KDE Plasma 6.3. There's a new website for the GNOME project. GIMP 3.0 has another release candidate with RC3. And so much more, including some drama news, OBS studio stuff with Fedora. So let's jump into it because we got all of this and so much 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 good news. Download as MP3 Support the Show Become a Patron = tuxdigital.com/membership Store = tuxdigital.com/store Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:53 KDE Plasma 6.3 Released 07:33 GNOME launches new website 13:34 GIMP 3.0 RC3 Released 16:52 Sandfly Security, agentless protection [ad] 18:21 OBS Studio Threatens Legal Actions on Fedora? 26:24 Marvel Rivals fixes bug for Bazzite gamers 29:25 openSUSE Tumbleweed switches to SELinux 32:02 Support the show Links: KDE Plasma 6.3 Released https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.3.0/ GNOME launches new website https://www.gnome.org/ https://web.archive.org/web/20250104210303/https://www.gnome.org/ GIMP 3.0 RC3 Released https://www.gimp.org/news/2025/02/10/gimp-3-0-RC3-released/ Sandfly Security, agentless protection [ad] https://thisweekinlinux.com/sandfly OBS Studio Threatens Legal Actions on Fedora? https://gitlab.com/fedora/sigs/flatpak/fedora-flatpaks/-/issues/39#note_2344970813 https://pagure.io/releng/issue/12586 https://pagure.io/fedora-workstation/issue/463 Marvel Rivals fixes bug for Bazzite gamers https://www.marvelrivals.com/ https://www.marvelrivals.com/gameupdate/20250212/41548_1211373.html openSUSE Tumbleweed switches to SELinux https://news.opensuse.org/2025/02/13/tw-plans-to-adopt-selinux-as-default/ Support the show https://tuxdigital.com/membership https://store.tuxdigital.com/…

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297: Linux / Rust saga continues, Void Linux, Firefox 135, FOSS funding needs & more Linux news 31:00

8 weeks fa31:00

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video: https://youtu.be/v7ZLEAxoW14 Comment on the TWIL Forum This week in Linux, we have a lot to talk about with the Linux kernel getting, or maybe not getting, Rusty. There's a little bit of drama there. Also, the Void Linux project has a new release of their distribution. EA has provided an update regarding Apex Legends and Linux. It's not great news, but we're gonna talk about it. There's also a tiny Linux kernel tweak that could save 30% on power use for data centers. And all of this and so much 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. Download as MP3 Support the Show Become a Patron = tuxdigital.com/membership Store = tuxdigital.com/store Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:41 Linux Kernel gets some Rusty Drama 03:48 Void Linux 20250202 Released 06:13 Many Open Source Projects Scramble to Find Funding 12:14 Sandfly Security, agentless Linux security [ad] 13:45 Mozilla Firefox 135 Released 19:48 This tiny Linux kernel tweak could SAVE 30% on Power Use for Datacenters! 21:10 Ghostty 1.1.0 Released 24:06 Let’s Encrypt Ending Expiration Notification Emails 28:12 Apex Legends Is Losing Players—So They’re Blaming Linux? 29:39 Support the show Links: Linux Kernel gets some Rusty Drama https://www.phoronix.com/news/Asahi-Linux-Lead-No-Upstream https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/1ijxber/linus_torvalds_take_on_the_latest_rustkernel_drama/ Void Linux 20250202 Released https://voidlinux.org/news/2025/02/new-images.html Many Open Source Projects Scramble to Find Funding https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/freedesktop/freedesktop/-/issues/2011 https://www.phoronix.com/news/2025-XOrg-FreeDesktop-Cloud https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/equinix-to-kill-off-metal-by-june-2026/ https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/02/popular-linux-orgs-freedesktop-and-alpine-linux-are-scrambling-for-new-web-hosting/ https://alpinelinux.org/posts/Seeking-Support-After-Equinix-Metal-Sunsets.html https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/1iil0nk/alpine_needs_help/ Sandfly Security, agentless Linux security [ad] https://thisweekinlinux.com/sandfly Mozilla Firefox 135 Released https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/135.0/releasenotes/ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/02/mozilla-firefox-135-released https://www.theregister.com/2024/12/12/firefox_do_not_track/ https://www.phoronix.com/news/Firefox-136-Beta This tiny Linux kernel tweak could SAVE 30% on Power Use for Datacenters! https://youtu.be/OQa2cazPlNs Ghostty 1.1.0 Released https://ghostty.org/docs/install/release-notes/1-1-0 https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/02/ghostty-update-adds-server-side-decoration-support-on-linux Let’s Encrypt Ending Expiration Notification Emails https://letsencrypt.org/2025/01/22/ending-expiration-emails/ Apex Legends Is Losing Players—So They’re Blaming Linux? https://youtu.be/Oz7AK_DZ9wU Support the show https://tuxdigital.com/membership https://store.tuxdigital.com/…

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296: DeepSeek AI, Steam Brick, Google Open-Sources PebbleOS, Hyprland, Thunderbird & more Linux news 29:20

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video: https://youtu.be/_sW55AvLlkA Comment on the TWIL Forum This week in Linux, there's a new AI chatbot called DeepSeek making waves and terrifying tech investors. Google has open sourced PebbleOS, the operating system for the old Pebble Watches. The Thunderbird email team announced a new version and a new release strategy. Then we'll take a look at a brand new desktop environment for Linux users. 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! Download as MP3 Sponsored by Sandfly Security, the revolutionary agentless platform designed for Linux. Visit https://thisweekinlinux.com/sandfly to experience security that's not just effective but gives you peace of mind. No agents. No downtime. Just cutting-edge protection. Support the Show Become a Patron = tuxdigital.com/membership Store = tuxdigital.com/store Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:37 DeepSeek AI Chatbot scares Silicon Valley 05:13 Google Open-Sources PebbleOS, Pebble’s Founder Plans a Revival 09:39 Thunderbird 134 & Release Strategy Changes 13:29 Sandfly Security, agentless security [ad] 15:00 Steam Brick Mod... "because!" 17:41 Hyprland 0.47 Released 20:56 Orbitiny Desktop Environment 26:09 Discord Screen-Sharing with Audio on Linux Wayland is finally here, sort of 28:29 Support the show Links: DeepSeek AI Chatbot scares Silicon Valley https://www.deepseek.com/ https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/DeepSeek-turned-the-ai-world-on-its-head-but-dont-fall-for-the-hype-just-yet/ https://api-docs.deepseek.com/news/news250120 https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/DeepSeek-tops-iphone-downloads-what-to-know-about-the-ai-assistant/ https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/nvidia-tech-stocks-DeepSeek-ai-race-nasdaq-2025-1 https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/27/DeepSeek-claims-its-reasoning-model-beats-openais-o1-on-certain-benchmarks/ https://openai.com/index/new-embedding-models-and-api-updates/ https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/01/27/scale_ai_founder_alexandr_wang_DeepSeek_has_about_50000_of_the_most_powerful_nvidia_chips_that_they_cant_talk_about.html https://destinationlinux.net Google Open-Sources PebbleOS, Pebble’s Founder Plans a Revival https://opensource.googleblog.com/2025/01/see-code-that-powered-pebble-smartwatches.html https://ericmigi.com/blog/why-were-bringing-pebble-back https://rebble.io/howto/ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/01/google-open-sources-pebble-smartwatch-os-new-watch-planned Thunderbird 134 & Release Strategy Changes https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/ https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/134.0/releasenotes/ https://thunderbird.topicbox.com/groups/planning/Td58a7d8581e7d60f Sandfly Security, agentless security [ad] https://thisweekinlinux.com/sandfly Steam Brick Mod... "because!" https://crastinator-pro.github.io/steam-brick/ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/the-ridiculous-steam-brick-just-makes-me-want-a-proper-steam-machine/ Hyprland 0.47 Released https://hyprland.org/ https://hyprland.org/news/update47/ https://www.phoronix.com/news/Hyprland-0.47-Released Orbitiny Desktop Environment https://codeberg.org/sasko-usinov/orbitiny-desktop https://ostechnix.com/orbitiny-linux-desktop-environment/ https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/1iayzwm/orbitiny_desktop_environment_released_originally/ Discord Screen-Sharing with Audio on Linux Wayland is finally here, sort of https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/looks-like-Discord-finally-fixed-linux-screen-and-audio-sharing-with-wayland/ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/Discord-canary-on-linux-breaks-wayland-screen-sharing-support-for-now/ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/Discord-screen-sharing-with-audio-on-linux-wayland-is-officially-here/ https://tuxdigital.com/Discord https://tuxdigital.com/forum Support the show https://tuxdigital.com/membership https://store.tuxdigital.com/…

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295: Wine 10, SDL 3, AMD dedicates more to Linux, Intel's Modular PCs & more Linux news 24:38

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video: https://youtu.be/LQTqcC0TI-o Comment on the TWIL Forum This week in Linux was kind of insane . . . in a good way because the Wine Project hit the big 1-0 with Wine 10. AMD announced something called the AMDGPU Composition Stack and it has a ton of potential for positively impacting the Linux desktop. Intel announced a modular PC idea they are trying to push that could positively impact everyone even including the environment. Then we got the latest release of SDL which will positively impact gamers and so many 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! Download as MP3 Support the Show Become a Patron = tuxdigital.com/membership Store = tuxdigital.com/store Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:47 Whats new at TuxDigital 01:46 Wine 10.0 Released 05:18 AMD Announces AMDGPU Composition Stack 08:11 Intel's Push for Modular PC Design 11:14 Sandfly Security, agentless security 12:46 SDL 3 Released 16:09 Rhino Linux 2025.1 Released 18:57 Dillo 3.2 Released 21:46 Bcachefs Merged into Linux 6.14 without issue 23:32 Support the show Links: Whats new at TuxDigital https://tuxdigital.com/videos/reacting-to-how-james-lee-broke-up-with-adobe-with-a-linux-twist/ https://tuxdigital.com/podcasts/destination-linux/ https://tuxdigital.com/podcasts/sudo-show/sudo-72/ Wine 10.0 Released https://www.winehq.org/ https://gitlab.winehq.org/wine/wine/-/releases/wine-10.0 AMD Announces AMDGPU Composition Stack https://gitlab.com/acs-wayland/weston/-/wikis/home/ https://gitlab.com/acs-wayland/weston/-/wikis/home/ACS-Features https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMD-AMDGPU-Composition-Stack https://lore.kernel.org/dri-devel/MW4PR12MB5667223EA6FF4C686FC76A6DF2E12@MW4PR12MB5667.namprd12.prod.outlook.com/T/#u Intel's Push for Modular PC Design https://community.intel.com/t5/Blogs/Tech-Innovation/Client/Modular-PC-Design-A-Sustainable-Approach-for-Enhanced/post/1657681 https://frame.work/ https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-More-Modular-PC-Designs Sandfly Security, agentless security https://thisweekinlinux.com/sandfly SDL 3 Released https://libsdl.org/ https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL/releases/tag/release-3.2.0 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simple_DirectMedia_Layer https://www.phoronix.com/news/SDL3-Official-Release Rhino Linux 2025.1 Released https://rhinolinux.org/ https://blog.rhinolinux.org/news-17 Dillo 3.2 Released https://dillo-browser.github.io/ https://dillo-browser.github.io/release/3.2.0/ https://dillo-browser.github.io/25-years/index.html Bcachefs Merged into Linux 6.14 without issue https://www.phoronix.com/news/Bcachefs-Linux-6.14-Merged Support the show https://tuxdigital.com/membership https://store.tuxdigital.com/…

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294: Linux 6.13, Linux Mint 22.1, Rsync Security Bugs, openSUSE & more Linux news 32:18

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video: https://youtu.be/qAHxogc8QTc Comment on the TWIL Forum This week in Linux, we have a brand new version of the Linux kernel to talk about. Well, maybe. Technically, the 6.13 release is not until this Sunday, and I'm recording this before Sunday, so we're just going to roll the dice, and hopefully it doesn't get delayed. Also, we have some distro news this week to talk about with a new release from Linux Mint, MX Linux, and OpenSUSE. We also have some security news related to the rsync project, as well as a big flaw that was found in the Linux kernel. We're gonna talk about all of this and so much more on This Week in Linux, your 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. Download as MP3 Support the Show Become a Patron = tuxdigital.com/membership Store = tuxdigital.com/store Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:47 News for TWIL & TuxDigital 01:57 Linux 6.13 Released 05:48 Linux Mint 22.1 Released 13:59 openSUSE Slowroll and LXQt on Wayland 17:44 Rsync 3.4 Released due to Critical Security Bugs 19:15 Sandfly Security, agentless Linux security [ad] 21:04 MX Linux 23.5 Released 22:53 Enlightenment 0.27 Released 26:00 Flatpak release and mobile apps 31:06 Support the show Links: News for TWIL & TuxDigital https://www.youtube.com/@michael_tunnell https://destinationlinux.net/ Linux 6.13 Released https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_6.13 https://omgubuntu.co.uk Linux Mint 22.1 Released https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4793 https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/01/linux-mint-22-1-released-heres-everything-new openSUSE Slowroll and LXQt on Wayland https://news.opensuse.org/2025/01/09/ny-starts-with-slowroll-vb/ https://news.opensuse.org/2025/01/13/LXQt-Wayland-support-is-now-here/ Rsync 3.4 Released due to Critical Security Bugs https://rsync.samba.org/ https://www.phoronix.com/news/Rsync-3.4-Released https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/01/rsync-secuity-bugs-ubuntu-updates https://ubuntu.com//blog/rsync-remote-code-execution Sandfly Security, agentless Linux security [ad] https://thisweekinlinux.com/sandfly MX Linux 23.5 Released https://mxlinux.org/blog/mx-23-5-now-available/ Enlightenment 0.27 Released https://www.enlightenment.org/news/2025-01-11-enlightenment-0.27.0 https://www.phoronix.com/news/Enlightenment-0.27 https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/01/enlightenment-0-27-released Flatpak release and mobile apps https://feaneron.com/2025/01/14/flatpak-1-16-is-out/ https://github.com/flatpak/flatpak/releases/tag/1.16.0 Support the show https://tuxdigital.com/membership https://store.tuxdigital.com/…

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293: COSMIC Alpha 5, KDE Plasma 6.3 beta, SteamOS beyond Steam Deck & more Linux news 33:29

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video: https://youtu.be/xtHmj__P-rY Comment on the TWIL Forum This week in Linux, we have a lot to talk about. We're gonna talk about some alphas and some betas and also some big news from Valve. So we have KDE Plasma 6.3 beta that is coming out with System76 releasing the Alpha 5 of the COSMIC Desktop Environment and Valve announced that SteamOS is going to expand beyond the Steam Deck. All of this and so much 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. Download as MP3 Support the Show Become a Patron = tuxdigital.com/membership Store = tuxdigital.com/store Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:38 KDE Plasma 6.3 Beta 08:10 Google and The Linux Foundation team up for 'Supporters of Chromium-based Browsers' 13:26 System76 Release COSMIC DE Alpha 5 17:59 Sandfly Security, agentless protection 19:34 GNOME Refine Tool 23:06 Lenovo Legion Go S with SteamOS 25:51 SteamOS expands beyond Steam Deck 29:09 The Mecha Comet 31:23 Support the show Links: KDE Plasma 6.3 Beta https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.2.90/ https://kde.org/announcements/changelogs/plasma/6/6.2.5-6.2.90/ https://phabricator.kde.org/T17435 http://blog.davidedmundson.co.uk/blog/adding-home-automation-to-kde/ 17 KDE Tips = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhPIwFC4qFs Google and The Linux Foundation team up for 'Supporters of Chromium-based Browsers' https://www.linuxfoundation.org/press/linux-foundation-announces-the-launch-of-supporters-of-chromium-based-browsers https://blog.chromium.org/2025/01/announcing-supporters-of-chromium-based.html System76 Release COSMIC DE Alpha 5 https://blog.system76.com/post/cosmic-alpha-5-released Sandfly Security, agentless protection https://thisweekinlinux.com/sandfly GNOME Refine Tool https://tesk.page/refine/ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/01/refine-advanced-tweak-tool-for-gnome Lenovo Legion Go S with SteamOS https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/lenovo-legion-go-s-with-valves-steamos-is-official-expected-to-launch-in-may/ https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/7/24338028/lenovo-legion-go-s-steam-windows SteamOS expands beyond Steam Deck https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/593110/view/529834914570306831 https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/valve-confirms-a-public-beta-of-steamos-is-coming-as-steamos-expands-beyond-steam-deck/ The Mecha Comet https://mecha.so/comet https://destinationlinux.net Support the show https://tuxdigital.com/membership https://store.tuxdigital.com/…

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292: Ghostty terminal, Nobara, CachyOS, GIMP, & more Linux news 38:14

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video: https://youtu.be/ZM_CqPmI7cQ Comment on the TWIL Forum This week in Linux, we have a lot to talk about. We have a new terminal emulator that's getting a lot of attention lately with Ghostty. And also we have two distros to talk about with their latest releases, one being CachyOS and the other one, Nobara Linux. And we're also gonna be talking about the latest release candidate for GIMP with GIMP 3.0 RC2. All of this and more on This Week in Linux, the weekly news show that keeps you updated with what's going on in the Linux and open source world. Now let's jump right into Your Source for Linux GNews. Download as MP3 Support the Show Become a Patron = tuxdigital.com/membership Store = tuxdigital.com/store Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:38 Ghostty Terminal 1.0 07:31 CachyOS December 2024 Release 09:36 Nobara Linux 41 Released 11:53 Sandfly Security, agentless security platform [ad] 13:16 GIMP 3.0 RC2 Released 16:50 OpenShot 3.3 Released 22:43 Kdenlive 24.12 & Preview for 2025 29:12 Linux Gamers Banned in Marvel Rivals but ends well 34:09 Bottles Switching to Rust 36:43 Support the show Links: Ghostty Terminal 1.0 https://ghostty.org/ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/12/ghostty-terminal-linux-open-source-release CachyOS December 2024 Release https://cachyos.org/blog/2412-december-release/ Nobara Linux 41 Released https://nobaraproject.org/2025/01/01/january-01-2025/ Sandfly Security, agentless security platform [ad] https://thisweekinlinux.com/sandfly GIMP 3.0 RC2 Released https://www.gimp.org/news/2024/12/27/gimp-3-0-RC2-released/ OpenShot 3.3 Released https://www.openshot.org/blog/2024/12/22/new_openshot_release_330/ Kdenlive 24.12 & Preview for 2025 https://kdenlive.org/en/2024/12/kdenlive-24-12-0-released/ https://kdenlive.org/en/2024/12/kdenlive-new-year-preview/ Linux Gamers Banned in Marvel Rivals but ends well https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/marvel-rivals-team-issue-a-statement-on-recent-bans-for-steam-deck-and-macos-players/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/2767030/Marvel_Rivals/ Bottles Switching to Rust https://usebottles.com/posts/2024-12-27-rust-libcosmic-next/ Support the show https://tuxdigital.com/membership https://store.tuxdigital.com/…

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This Year in Linux, the Top Linux News of 2024 29:25

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