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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. I’m Nick, I’ve been making Linux and Open Source related videos on YouTube since 2018, with a sizeable following of more than 300 000 subscribers. I’ve been using Linux since 2006, starting with Ubuntu (like most people), and I have 12 years of experience in project management and UX, and that’s the lens I use to view the progress of our Linux desktops and open source applications!

  1. 3 DAYS AGO

    AMD wins at open source, GNOME makes drastic Wayland progress

    💻 Get a Linux computer from our sponsor, Tuxedo💻 https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en# 👏 Support the show here: 👏 Patreon supporters get the daily Linux & Open Source audio show! https://www.patreon.com/thelinuxexperiment Or you can support me with a one time donation: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/thelinuxexp https://liberapay.com/TheLinuxExperiment/ 👕 Buy TLE Merch: 👕 https://the-linux-experiment.creator-spring.com/ 📹 Watch Linux videos: 📹 https://www.youtube.com/thelinuxexperiment 🎙️ Leave your feedback here: 🎙️ https://podcast.thelinuxexp.com 02:15 AMD open sources entire AI model https://rocm.blogs.amd.com/artificial-intelligence/introducing-instella-3B/README.html 04:37 Latest AMD GPus aren’t all there yet on Linux https://www.phoronix.com/review/amd-radeon-rx9070-linux/7 08:14 GNOME adds global shortcuts, cursor shape protocol, and more https://thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2025/02/twig-189/ 10:25 Firefox & Thunderbird 136 are huge updates https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/03/firefox-136-released-with-vertical-tabs-new-sidebar-more https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/136.0/releasenotes/ https://blog.thunderbird.net/2025/03/thunderbird-for-android-january-february-2025-progress-report/ 14:34 Apple refuses to add backdoor for UK gov https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/02/uk-demands-apple-break-encryption-to-allow-govt-spying-worldwide-reports-say/ 16:44 Freedesktop.org found hosting, will be down for a week https://www.phoronix.com/news/FreeDesktop-Down-1-Week-Soon 18:19 Huawei apparently has some Linux powered laptops coming https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/03/huawei-matebook-laptops-linux-leak 20:21 EA releases Command and Conquer source code https://www.techradar.com/gaming/ea-is-releasing-the-source-code-for-command-and-conquer-and-adding-steam-workshop-support-to-further-empower-the-community-to-create-content-for-the-classic-games 22:15 Path of Exile 2 devs support Linux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/03/path-of-exile-2-gets-a-fix-for-linux-steam-deck-being-detected-as-cheating/ 23:10 Wine adds DX11 to Vulkan Video translation layer https://www.phoronix.com/news/Wine-Direct3D-Video-To-Vulkan 💻 Get a Linux computer from our sponsor, Tuxedo💻 https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en# 👏 Support the show here: 👏 Patreon supporters get the daily Linux & Open Source audio show! https://www.patreon.com/thelinuxexperiment Or you can support me with a one time donation: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/thelinuxexp https://liberapay.com/TheLinuxExperiment/ 👕 Buy TLE Merch: 👕 https://the-linux-experiment.creator-spring.com/ 📹 Watch Linux videos: 📹 https://www.youtube.com/thelinuxexperiment 🎙️ Leave your feedback here: 🎙️ https://podcast.thelinuxexp.com

    25 min

  2. 22 FEB

    Torvalds says Yes to Rust, Fedora doesn't get Flathub

    💻 Get a Linux computer from our sponsor, Tuxedo💻 https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en# LINK TO CUSTOMIZATION POLL: https://forms.gle/i3s5Ep1N2vpEa35N8 👏 Support the show here: 👏 Patreon supporters get the daily Linux & Open Source audio show! https://www.patreon.com/thelinuxexperiment Or you can support me with a one time donation: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/thelinuxexp https://liberapay.com/TheLinuxExperiment/ 👕 Buy TLE Merch: 👕 https://the-linux-experiment.creator-spring.com/ 📹 Watch Linux videos: 📹 https://www.youtube.com/thelinuxexperiment 🎙️ Leave your feedback here: 🎙️ https://podcast.thelinuxexp.com 02:53 Torvalds settles the Rust in Linux debate https://www.phoronix.com/news/Torvalds-On-Rust-Maintainers https://www.phoronix.com/news/Greg-KH-On-New-Rust-Code 06:03 Fedora project lead seems to misrepresent Flathub https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKP1hgdFJKo https://blogs.gnome.org/alatiera/2025/02/19/the-fedora-project-leader-is-willfully-ignorant-about-flathub/ https://thelibre.news/why-obs-and-bottles-got-in-a-fight-with-fedora/ 08:54 Flathub posts detailed explanation of their security model https://docs.flathub.org/blog/app-safety-layered-approach-source-to-user 10:08 HDR support is now stable and merged in Wayland https://www.phoronix.com/news/Wayland-CM-HDR-Merged https://www.phoronix.com/news/MPV-SDL-Land-Wayland-Color-HDR 11:45 GNOME 48 beta is released with triple buffering https://thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2025/02/twig-187/ https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNOME-48-Beta-Released 13:41 FSF finally speaks about Red Hat’s source code clamp down https://www.techzine.eu/news/devops/128837/fsf-opposes-rhel-going-closed-source-two-years-after-the-fact/ https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2023/jun/23/rhel-gpl-analysis/ 15:56 Mozilla changes leadership, direction again https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/mozilla-leadership-growth-planning-updates/ 18:02 Meta tries to argue torrenting without seeding isn’t piracy https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/02/meta-defends-its-vast-book-torrenting-were-just-a-leech-no-proof-of-seeding/ 20:31 Valve publishes Team Fortress 2 source code https://gamerant.com/team-fortress-2-source-code-full-client-released/ 22:15 Codeweavers recruiting more Wine and Proton devs https://www.codeweavers.com/about/jobs#job-dev 💻 Get a Linux computer from our sponsor, Tuxedo💻 https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en# 👏 Support the show here: 👏 Patreon supporters get the daily Linux & Open Source audio show! https://www.patreon.com/thelinuxexperiment Or you can support me with a one time donation: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/thelinuxexp https://liberapay.com/TheLinuxExperiment/ 👕 Buy TLE Merch: 👕 https://the-linux-experiment.creator-spring.com/ 📹 Watch Linux videos: 📹 https://www.youtube.com/thelinuxexperiment 🎙️ Leave your feedback here: 🎙️ https://podcast.thelinuxexp.com

    25 min

  3. 15 FEB

    OBS could sue Fedora, GNOME's new site & branding

    💻 Get a Linux computer from our sponsor, Tuxedo💻 https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en# 👏 Support the show here: 👏 Patreon supporters get the daily Linux & Open Source audio show! https://www.patreon.com/thelinuxexperiment Or you can support me with a one time donation: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/thelinuxexp https://liberapay.com/TheLinuxExperiment/ 👕 Buy TLE Merch: 👕 https://the-linux-experiment.creator-spring.com/ 📹 Watch Linux videos: 📹 https://www.youtube.com/thelinuxexperiment 🎙️ Leave your feedback here: 🎙️ https://podcast.thelinuxexp.com 02:22 OBS threatens to sue Fedora https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/02/fedora-threatened-with-legal-action-from-obs-studio-due-to-their-flatpak-packaging/ 05:08 Fedora will ditch RPMs for apps in the future https://pagure.io/fedora-workstation/issue/463#comment-955714 07:04 GNOME has a new website, and potentially branding ? https://www.gnome.org/ https://cassidyjames.com/blog/gnome-foot-logo-rebrand/ 10:02 GNOME 48 gets much improved notifications https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNOME-48-Notifications-App 11:22 Plasma 6.3 is now out https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.3.0/ 13:35 KDE works on a unified theming engine https://quantumproductions.info/articles/2025-02/moving-kdes-styling-future 16:05 Google Chrome’s extension moves are unpopular https://developer.chrome.com/blog/new-extensions-menu-testing https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/07/google_chrome_extensions/ 19:06 Firefox halves its RAM usage per tab https://fosdem.org/2025/schedule/event/fosdem-2025-6340-forkserver-coming-to-firefox-on-linux/ 21:20 Hector martin resigns from Asahi as well https://marcan.st/2025/02/resigning-as-asahi-linux-project-lead/ 24:14 Research shows AI is overhyped https://www.techradar.com/computing/artificial-intelligence/shut-it-all-down-microsoft-research-suggests-ai-usage-is-making-us-feel-dumber-but-you-dont-need-to-panic-yet https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/12/australian_treasury_copilot_pilot_assessment/ https://www.bbc.com/mediacentre/2025/bbc-research-shows-issues-with-answers-from-artificial-intelligence-assistants 28:24 FEX update for better x86 emulation on ARM https://fex-emu.com/FEX-2502/ 💻 Get a Linux computer from our sponsor, Tuxedo💻 https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en# 👏 Support the show here: 👏 Patreon supporters get the daily Linux & Open Source audio show! https://www.patreon.com/thelinuxexperiment Or you can support me with a one time donation: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/thelinuxexp https://liberapay.com/TheLinuxExperiment/ 👕 Buy TLE Merch: 👕 https://the-linux-experiment.creator-spring.com/ 📹 Watch Linux videos: 📹 https://www.youtube.com/thelinuxexperiment 🎙️ Leave your feedback here: 🎙️ https://podcast.thelinuxexp.com

    31 min

  4. 8 FEB

    Fedora looks at adding AI, kernel maintainer resigns over Rust issues, GNOME 48 changes

    💻 Get a Linux computer from our sponsor, Tuxedo💻 https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en# 👏 Support the show here: 👏 Patreon supporters get the daily Linux & Open Source audio show! https://www.patreon.com/thelinuxexperiment Or you can support me with a one time donation: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/thelinuxexp https://liberapay.com/TheLinuxExperiment/ 👕 Buy TLE Merch: 👕 https://the-linux-experiment.creator-spring.com/ 📹 Watch Linux videos: 📹 https://www.youtube.com/thelinuxexperiment 🎙️ Leave your feedback here: 🎙️ https://podcast.thelinuxexp.com 01:53 Fedora looks at adding AI https://blogs.gnome.org/uraeus/2025/02/03/looking-ahead-at-2025-and-fedora-workstation-and-jobs-on-offer/ 04:44 More debate on Rust in the kernel https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/05/mixing_rust_and_c_linux/ https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20250207-rm-maint-v1-1-10f069a24f3d@marcan.st/#r 08:36 GNOME 48 changes fonts & adds HDR https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/02/gnome-introduces-new-ui-monospace-adwaita-fonts https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNOME-48-HDR 11:22 Firefox has an AI detector now https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/02/deepfake-is-an-ai-detector-firefox-addon 13:27 Nova open source Nvidia driver has it’s first implementation https://www.phoronix.com/news/NOVA-Core-Patches 15:44 Alpine and Flathub also lose some of their hosting https://linuxiac.com/alpine-linux-appeals-for-hosting-support/ 17:47 EU bans harmful uses of AI https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/02/ai-systems-with-unacceptable-risk-are-now-banned-in-the-eu/ 19:58 Rumors of Valve Steam Console are probably not true https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/02/the-latest-valve-steam-console-rumour-with-amd-rdna4-can-be-safely-ignored-heres-why/ 21:29 Blocking Linux gamers turned out great for Apex https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/02/blocking-linux-steam-deck-in-apex-legends-led-to-a-meaningful-reduction-in-cheaters/ 💻 Get a Linux computer from our sponsor, Tuxedo💻 https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en# 👏 Support the show here: 👏 Patreon supporters get the daily Linux & Open Source audio show! https://www.patreon.com/thelinuxexperiment Or you can support me with a one time donation: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/thelinuxexp https://liberapay.com/TheLinuxExperiment/ 👕 Buy TLE Merch: 👕 https://the-linux-experiment.creator-spring.com/ 📹 Watch Linux videos: 📹 https://www.youtube.com/thelinuxexperiment 🎙️ Leave your feedback here: 🎙️ https://podcast.thelinuxexp.com

    24 min

  5. 1 FEB

    Mesa, Wayland & X.org in trouble, Debian leaves X, GNOME 48 alpha

    💻 Get a Linux computer from our sponsor, Tuxedo💻 https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en# 👏 Support the show here: 👏 Patreon supporters get the daily Linux & Open Source audio show! https://www.patreon.com/thelinuxexperiment Or you can support me with a one time donation: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/thelinuxexp https://liberapay.com/TheLinuxExperiment/ 👕 Buy TLE Merch: 👕 https://the-linux-experiment.creator-spring.com/ 📹 Watch Linux videos: 📹 https://www.youtube.com/thelinuxexperiment 🎙️ Leave your feedback here: 🎙️ https://podcast.thelinuxexp.com 01:59 Mesa, Wayland and X.org lose their hosting https://www.phoronix.com/news/2025-XOrg-FreeDesktop-Cloud 04:14 Debian quits Twitter https://news.itsfoss.com/debian-logs-off-twitter/ 06:29 GNOME 48 alpha is out https://discourse.gnome.org/t/gnome-48-alpha-released/26414 https://download.gnome.org/teams/releng/48.alpha.8/NEWS 08:35 Triple buffering for GNOME still not coming https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNOME-Triple-Buffering-Direct 10:16 Kernel wifi maintainer steps down without replacement https://linuxiac.com/linux-kernel-surpasses-40-million-lines/ https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Wireless-Maintainer-2025 12:19 Facebook blocking posts linked to Linux https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20250127#sitenews https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/28/facebook_blocks_distrowatch/ 14:33 NTSync lands in kernel 6.14 https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/ntsync-for-proton-wine-now-in-linux-kernel-6-14-that-should-make-many-steamos-users-happy/ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/ntsync-driver-support-heads-to-wine-in-a-new-merge-request/ 16:00 OpenAI accuses another model of stealing their stolen work https://www.techradar.com/pro/us-navy-bans-use-of-deepseek-in-any-capacity-due-to-potential-security-and-ethical-concerns https://www.techradar.com/computing/artificial-intelligence/openai-says-deepseek-used-its-models-illegally-and-it-has-evidence-to-prove-it-new-report-claims 18:01 Steam Deck is getting outclassed, by a lot https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonevangelho/2025/01/28/the-steam-deck-suddenly-has-a-serious-switch-2-problem/ 21:02 Steam Deck plugin to add frame generation https://www.techradar.com/gaming/steam-deck/steam-deck-fans-youre-in-for-a-good-one-amds-fsr-3-frame-generation-is-now-available-on-valves-handheld-thanks-to-a-new-decky-plugin 💻 Get a Linux computer from our sponsor, Tuxedo💻 https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en# 👏 Support the show here: 👏 Patreon supporters get the daily Linux & Open Source audio show! https://www.patreon.com/thelinuxexperiment Or you can support me with a one time donation: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/thelinuxexp https://liberapay.com/TheLinuxExperiment/ 👕 Buy TLE Merch: 👕 https://the-linux-experiment.creator-spring.com/ 📹 Watch Linux videos: 📹 https://www.youtube.com/thelinuxexperiment 🎙️ Leave your feedback here: 🎙️ https://podcast.thelinuxexp.com

    24 min

  6. 25 JAN

    Intel rediscovers Modular PCs, Arch Survey results, Kernel 6.13

    💻 Get a Linux computer from our sponsor, Tuxedo💻 https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en# 👏 Support the show here: 👏 Patreon supporters get the daily Linux & Open Source audio show! https://www.patreon.com/thelinuxexperiment Or you can support me with a one time donation: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/thelinuxexp https://liberapay.com/TheLinuxExperiment/ 👕 Buy TLE Merch: 👕 https://the-linux-experiment.creator-spring.com/ 📹 Watch Linux videos: 📹 https://www.youtube.com/thelinuxexperiment 🎙️ Leave your feedback here: 🎙️ https://podcast.thelinuxexp.com 01:43 Intel reinvents modular PCs https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/23/intel_modular_pc_designs/ 04:56 Linux kernel 6.13 is out https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/01/linux-kernel-6-13-release-features 07:28 Deepin 25 is a big departure https://www.deepin.org/en/deepin-25-pre-is-officially-released/ https://linuxiac.com/deepin-linux-25-preview/ 09:53 Arch Linux survey yields interesting results https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1c1MAsXxMFp_UbNJur5-v7k5-4aBWzsm9fXmdZp7dmpA/viewanalytics 13:23 AI benchmark didn’t disclose funding from OpenAI https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/19/ai-benchmarking-organization-criticized-for-waiting-to-disclose-funding-from-openai/ 15:41 Wine 10 is released https://gitlab.winehq.org/wine/wine/-/releases/wine-10.0 19:18 Ubuntu improves Flutter with multi window support https://ubuntu.com//blog/multiple-window-flutter-desktop 21:15 AMD builds their own optimized Wayland compositor https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/amd-reveals-amdgpu-composition-stack-a-fork-of-waylands-weston-compositor-for-advancing-the-linux-desktop/ 23:36 Game devs start taking Linux into account https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/gdc-2025-survey-shows-pc-game-development-growing-with-lots-interested-in-valves-steam-deck/ 💻 Get a Linux computer from our sponsor, Tuxedo💻 https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en# 👏 Support the show here: 👏 Patreon supporters get the daily Linux & Open Source audio show! https://www.patreon.com/thelinuxexperiment Or you can support me with a one time donation: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/thelinuxexp https://liberapay.com/TheLinuxExperiment/ 👕 Buy TLE Merch: 👕 https://the-linux-experiment.creator-spring.com/ 📹 Watch Linux videos: 📹 https://www.youtube.com/thelinuxexperiment 🎙️ Leave your feedback here: 🎙️ https://podcast.thelinuxexp.com

    27 min

  7. 18 JAN

    Facebook bans Fediverse Links, big Valve interview on SteamOS, Apple pulls their AI

    💻 Get a Linux computer from our sponsor, Tuxedo💻 https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en# 👏 Support the show here: 👏 Patreon supporters get the daily Linux & Open Source audio show! https://www.patreon.com/thelinuxexperiment Or you can support me with a one time donation: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/thelinuxexp https://liberapay.com/TheLinuxExperiment/ 👕 Buy TLE Merch: 👕 https://the-linux-experiment.creator-spring.com/ 📹 Watch Linux videos: 📹 https://www.youtube.com/thelinuxexperiment 🎙️ Leave your feedback here: 🎙️ https://podcast.thelinuxexp.com 02:30 Valve dev talks SteamOS, Steam machines https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/intel-and-nvidia-drivers-holding-back-a-public-steamos-release-valve-not-trying-to-compete-with-windows/ https://www.frandroid.com/marques/valve/2462758_il-y-a-12-ans-de-travail-pour-en-arriver-la-interview-de-pierre-loup-griffais-developpeur-de-steamos-los-phare-du-steam-deck 07:45 Meta bans links to Pixelfed https://www.404media.co/meta-is-blocking-links-to-decentralized-instagram-competitor-pixelfed/ 10:11 Pixelfed is now out with stable apps https://www.engadget.com/social-media/pixelfed-instagrams-decentralized-competitor-is-now-on-ios-and-android-205059236.html 11:18 Apple pulls its misleading AI summaries https://edition.cnn.com/2025/01/16/media/apple-ai-news-fake-headlines/index.html 13:40 Mint 22.1 is out https://www.linuxmint.com/rel_xia_whatsnew.php 15:49 Fedora working on their KDE spin https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/Promote_KDE_Plasma_Desktop_variant_to_Edition 18:24 Fedora proposes optimized packages for modern CPUs https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/Optimized_Binaries_for_the_AMD64_Architecture_v2 20:44 GNOME 48 brings digital wellbeing features https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNOME-Shell-Muter-48-Alpha 22:38 GNOME 48 gets new default audio player https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/01/gnome-48-new-audio-player 24:22 VLC adds AI powered auto subtitles https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/01/vlc-demo-ai-real-time-subtitles-for-any-video 26:14 NTSYNC driver should arrive in March https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/ntsync-driver-for-improving-windows-games-on-linux-with-wine-proton-should-finally-land-in-linux-kernel-614/ 💻 Get a Linux computer from our sponsor, Tuxedo💻 https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en# 👏 Support the show here: 👏 Patreon supporters get the daily Linux & Open Source audio show! https://www.patreon.com/thelinuxexperiment Or you can support me with a one time donation: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/thelinuxexp https://liberapay.com/TheLinuxExperiment/ 👕 Buy TLE Merch: 👕 https://the-linux-experiment.creator-spring.com/ 📹 Watch Linux videos: 📹 https://www.youtube.com/thelinuxexperiment 🎙️ Leave your feedback here: 🎙️ https://podcast.thelinuxexp.com

    28 min

  8. 11 JAN

    Linux Foundation endorses Chromium, SteamOS ISO is coming

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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. I’m Nick, I’ve been making Linux and Open Source related videos on YouTube since 2018, with a sizeable following of more than 300 000 subscribers. I’ve been using Linux since 2006, starting with Ubuntu (like most people), and I have 12 years of experience in project management and UX, and that’s the lens I use to view the progress of our Linux desktops and open source applications!

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