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I’m back from the Red Hat Summit, and there is a lot to talk about this week. We have a new kernel release with Linux 6.9, which sees a lot of performance perks. There’s also some new cool AI stuff from Red Hat that was announced. We’re going to unpack some messy drama related to Telegram and Signal. And we have many distro releases to talk about like EndlessOS, Manjaro, and more. So let’s dive right into the episode with This Week in Linux, Your Source for Linux GNews.







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00:00 Intro00:36 Linux 6.9 Released02:04 Red Hat Summit: AI, Image Mode & more04:28 Endless OS 6.0 Released06:07 Sponsored by Kolide07:15 Telegram vs Signal Drama19:24 Fedora Asahi Remix 40 Released20:29 Destination Linux: Interview with GloriousEggroll21:19 Manjaro 24.0 Released22:26 Rescuezilla 2.5 Released23:36 Dillo 3.1 (Web Browser) Released25:52 Outro







Links:









* Linux 6.9 Released



* https://lkml.org/lkml/2024/5/12/224







* https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/05/linux-kernel-6-9-features







* https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.9-Released











* Red Hat Summit: AI, Image Mode & more



* https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/open-source-and-ais-future







* https://www.redhat.com/en/about/press-releases/red-hat-reimagines-enterprise-linux







* https://www.redhat.com/en/about/press-releases/red-hat-infuses-generative-ai







* https://www.redhat.com/en/topics/ai/what-is-instructlab







* https://github.com/instructlab







* https://www.redhat.com/en/summit







* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHtaDeEwVPk











* Endless OS 6.0 Released



* https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12146







* https://9to5linux.com/endless-os-6-is-here-based-on-debian











* Telegram vs Signal Drama



* https://t.me/durov/274







* https://x.com/jack/status/1787895769183268948

We have a very flavorful episode this week with all the flavors of Ubuntu 24.04. Proton 9.0 was released this week to make gaming on Linux even better. Then Nvidia is back on the show with some more positive news, this time about supporting GeForce Now on the Steam Deck. All of this and so much more coming up on This Week in Linux, Your Source for Linux GNews!







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00:00 Intro00:30 Ubuntu Flavours of 24.04 LTS07:37 Proton 9.0 Released09:01 NVIDIA to support GeForce NOW on Steam Deck10:11 Sponsored by Kolide11:21 Golf With Your Friends’ Speed Golf mode12:31 EndeavourOS Gemini Released13:56 systemd’s “run0” is a sudo alternative15:56 nano 8.0 Released16:56 LibreELEC 12 Released18:27 Amarok 3.0 Released19:25 Announcement for TWIL next week20:00 Outro







Links:









* Destination Linux



* https://destinationlinux.net











* Ubuntu Flavours of 24.04 LTS



* https://ubuntu.com/desktop/flavours







* https://kubuntu.org/news/kubuntu-24-04-lts







* https://lubuntu.me/noble-released/







* https://ubuntubudgie.org/2024/04/ubuntu-budgie







* https://xubuntu.org/news/xubuntu-24-04-released/







* https://ubuntustudio.org/2024/04/ubuntu-studio







* https://ubuntucinnamon.org/?p=1310







* https://ubuntu-mate.org/blog/ubuntu-mate







* https://ubuntuunity.org/posts/ubuntu-unity-2404







* https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/edubuntu-24-04







* https://www.ubuntukylin.com/news/ubuntukylin2404











* Proton 9.0 Released



* https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton







* https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/05/proton-9











* NVIDIA to support GeForce NOW on Steam Deck



* https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/geforce-now-thursday







* a href="https://www.nvidia.

This week’s episode is so jam packed that it is kind of ridiculous. Let’s rapid fire this intro and you’ll see what I mean. Fedora Linux 40 is out, Ubuntu 24.04 LTS is out, Nextcloud has a new release of Nextcloud Hub and the release notes feel like they never end, the Flathub has released a new design refresh making it even better to use Flatpaks, and we recently had an awesome interview on the Destination Linux podcast that I gotta tell you about and all of this in one episode. I mean there’s so much just in the Ubuntu topic that I didn’t have time to cover the flavours, I’ll tell you about those next week. Yea, this is going to be one of those episodes. Welcome to This Week in Linux, Your Source for Linux GNews!







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00:00 Intro01:16 Fedora Linux 40 Released10:01 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Released14:32 Sponsored by LINBIT15:56 Flathub Design Refresh17:43 Red Hat Summit and AnsibleFest18:28 Nextcloud Hub 8 Released23:35 Destination Linux interview of Jon “maddog” Hall24:43 Bazzite 3.0 Released27:13 Tails 6.2 Released28:17 Outro







Links:









* Fedora 40 Released



* https://fedoramagazine.org/announcing-fedora-linux-40/







* https://fedoramagazine.org/whats-new-fedora-workstation-40/







* https://fedoramagazine.org/whats-new-in-fedora-kde-40/







* https://fedoramagazine.org/slimbook-fedora-2-new-ultrabooks-for-fedora-linux-40/







* https://sourceforge.net/projects/rebeccablackos/











* Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Released



* https://ubuntu.com//blog/canonical-releases-ubuntu-24-04-noble-numbat







* https://ubuntu.com//blog/ubuntu-desktop-24-04-noble-numbat-deep-dive







* https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/04/ubuntu-24-04-released







* https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/04/ubuntu-now-supports-heif-images











* Flathub Design Refresh



* https://flathub.org/







* https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/04/flathub-website-new-look











* Red Hat Summit



* https://www.redhat.com/en/summit







* https://destinationlinux.net

We have some very interesting news this week, we’ve got a brand new major release of the LXQt desktop environment, there’s a strange but potentially good twist in the ongoing saga of Nvidia and open source drivers, Red Hat drops the hardware ball and AlmaLinux catches it. Plus there’s a new Linux Tablet trying to get kickstarted. All of this and more on this episode of This Week in Linux, Your Source for Linux GNews!







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00:00 Intro00:34 LXQt 2.0 Released02:52 Former Nouveau Lead Developer Joins NVIDIA05:51 AlmaLinux 9.4 Beta Released09:04 Sponsored by Kolide10:26 Mozilla Firefox 125 Released11:59 Volla Tablet on Kickstarter supports Ubuntu Touch13:39 Bazzite 2.5.0 Released15:16 XZ Backdoor Gets the All-Clear15:44 Outro







Links:









* LXQt 2.0 Released



* https://lxqt-project.org/release/2024/04/15/release-lxqt-2-0-0/







* https://lxqt-project.org/







* https://9to5linux.com/lxqt-2-0-desktop-environment-officially-released-this-is-whats-new







* https://www.phoronix.com/news/LXQt-2.0-Released







* https://linuxiac.com/lxqt-2-0-desktop-environment/











* Former Nouveau Lead Developer Joins NVIDIA



* https://lore.kernel.org/nouveau/20240416234002.19509-1-bskeggs@nvidia.com/







* https://www.phoronix.com/news/Ben-Skeggs-Joins-NVIDIA







* https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/04/former-nouveau-driver-lead-joins-nvidia-and-sent-a-massive-patch-set/







* https://www.phoronix.com/news/Nouveau-Maintainer-Resigns











* AlmaLinux 9.4 Beta Released



* https://almalinux.org/blog/2024-04-15-announcing-94-beta/







* https://almalinux.discourse.group/t/re-adding-support-for-older-hardware/3851







* https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-1086







* https://jonathanspw.com/posts/2024-03-31-dealing-with-cve-2024-1086/







* https://lwn.net/Articles/968299/

This week’s news is exciting with cool new stuff and pretty bonkers because we narrowly avoided a security nightmare! A backdoor was discovered hidden in a common Linux utility, and it could have infected millions of devices. We’ll break down how this almost happened, and what it means for you. Then, we’ll switch gears and talk about some exciting upcoming features in Linux Mint 22. Fedora Linux might be getting a whole new look – we’ll discuss a proposal to switch the default desktop environment. Flathub is making some changes to make it easier to indentify whether or not a Flatpak is official. Plus there is a new campaign for video game preservation that targets companies effectively breaking their games after an arbitary amount of time. All of this and more on this episode of This Week in Linux, Your Source for Linux GNews!







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00:00 Intro00:29 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Beta Released05:40 Gentoo Linux has become SPI-ware09:18 Explicit Sync Will Finally Solve the NVIDIA/Wayland Issues11:56 Sponsored by LINBIT13:21 Riot Games and their lame anti-cheat17:25 Lutris 0.5.17 Released19:12 Kodi 21.0 “Omega” Released21:25 FFmpeg 7.0 Released23:27 Outro







Links:









* Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Beta Released



* https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/ubuntu-24-04-beta-testing/44040







* https://9to5linux.com/ubuntu-24-04-lts-beta-is-now-available…







* https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/04/ubuntu-24-04-beta-released







* https://www.phoronix.com/news/Ubuntu-24.04-Beta-Test











* Gentoo Linux has become SPI-ware



* https://www.gentoo.org/news/2024/04/10/SPI-associated-…







* https://www.spi-inc.org/







* https://www.phoronix.com/news/Gentoo-Linux-SPI-Project







* https://lwn.net/Articles/969373/











* Explicit Sync Will Finally Solve the NVIDIA/Wayland Issues



* https://zamundaaa.github.io/wayland/2024/04/05/explicit-sync…







* https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/04/kdes-xaver-hugl-on-why…







* https://9to5linux.com/developer-explains-why-explicit-sync…







* a href="https://www.phoronix.

This week’s news is exciting with cool new stuff and pretty bonkers because we narrowly avoided a security nightmare! A backdoor was discovered hidden in a common Linux utility, and it could have infected millions of devices. We’ll break down how this almost happened, and what it means for you. Then, we’ll switch gears and talk about some exciting upcoming features in Linux Mint 22. Fedora Linux might be getting a whole new look – we’ll discuss a proposal to switch the default desktop environment. Flathub is making some changes to make it easier to indentify whether or not a Flatpak is official. Plus there is a new campaign for video game preservation that targets companies effectively breaking their games after an arbitary amount of time. All of this and more on this episode of This Week in Linux, Your Source for Linux GNews!







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00:00 Intro01:06 XZ backdoor found in widespread Linux utility – [link, link]10:26 Flathub adds Unverified Badge to Flatpaks – [link]14:42 Sponsored by Kolide – [link]16:05 Stop Killing Games.com – [link, video]20:28 Linux Mint 22 Update, Future of Linux Mint – [link]23:23 Fedora Change Proposal for KDE Plasma Default – [link]25:24 Redis Changes Their Licensing Model – [link]28:23 Serpent OS Hopes To Ship Pre-Alpha ISOs Soon – [link]30:42 Flowblade 2.14 Video Editor Released – [link]32:57 Outro