Linux & Open Source News

The podcast covers topics such as the upcoming release of Cosmic desktop alpha, Wayland improvements for chromium-based browsers, new features in Linux kernel 6.7, updates to the Mesa version and open-source drivers, and improvements to the Heroic Game Launcher.

Fedora & RHEL optimizing packages, Linux reaches 4% market share, GNOME develops official extension, KDE hits funding goals for Plasma 6, Mozilla pivots towards AI, Ubuntu might stop providing source ISOs, Scribus 1.6 released, Vanilla OS 2 alpha is out

Topics discussed include the drawbacks of X11, Ubuntu's CPU plans, KDE's dynamic triple buffering, Enlightenment's update, Nobara's move to KDE, Firefox's local AI, US AI regulation, limitations of open source licenses, and underwhelming impressions of Steam Deck OLED.

Topics include progress of open source Nvidia drivers, Microsoft's AI studio requiring Linux installation, Firefox 121 release with Wayland support, Flipboard's plans for Fediverse integration, Thunderbird brand name and SSH vulnerabilities, and Proton Experimental release with HDR support for games.

The CEO of Proton (Andy Yen) answers questions about Proton's features, privacy, and security. They discuss the origin and development of Proton, why they started with email, and their business model. They also cover the advantages and limitations of using a VPN, Linux support for Proton products, the environmental impact of Proton, alternative notification systems, feature parity challenges, availability of SMTP relay, Proton Drive's photo gallery, and the development of a Proton Notes app.

Linus Torvalds discusses the future of Linux, Ubuntu considers dropping support for older CPUs, X.org and Xwayland have 15 year old bugs, LXQt works on Wayland, Cosmic gets more improvements, Nextcloud Hub 7 brings advanced search and global out-of-office features, OpenSUSE has new logos.

Zorin OS 17 beta, Mint 21.3 brings Wayland support, giant AI alliance forming, systemd brings blue screen of death, giant security flaw affects most Windows and Linux systems, vote on OpenSUSE's new logo, why fingerprint unlock on Linux kinda sucks, GNOME improves scaling

Red Hat dropping X11 in RHEL 10, KDE Plasma 6 Beta and new features, cool stuff coming to Fedora, Budgie looking for a new base, Google Drive loses 6 months of work, Peertube 6 with great features released, Meta collects children's personal data, Mesa 23.3, Wine Wayland, Heroic Games.

Try the new version of Thunderbird (it’s now my email & calendar client of choice!): https://mzla.link/tb-flatpak 👏 Support the show here: 👏 https://www.patreon.com/thelinuxexperiment 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 00:00 Intro 00:57 Cosmic Updates https://blog.system76.com/post/a-cosmic-thanksgiving-2023 06:14 PLasma 6 and GNOME get even better https://pointieststick.com/2023/11/24/this-week-in-kde-the-plasma-6-feature-freeze-approaches/ https://thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2023/11/twig-123/ 14:22 Sponsor: Thunderbird https://mzla.link/tb-flatpak 15:49 Youtube has a 5s delay against adblockers https://www.404media.co/youtube-says-new-5-second-video-load-delay-is-supposed-to-punish-ad-blockers-not-firefox-users/ https://www.techradar.com/computing/browsers/youtube-may-now-have-annoying-delays-if-you-use-an-ad-blocker-heres-why 20:25 Google moves forward with manifest v3 https://www.techradar.com/computing/chrome/chromes-ad-blocking-plan-could-be-a-privacy-disaster-and-a-reason-to-switch-to-firefox https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KWCLhHrblE&pp=ygULbWFuaWZlc3QgdjM%3D 23:04 Linux outperforms Windows 11 https://www.phoronix.com/review/threadripper-7995wx-windows-linux 25:35 Microsoft contributes to Mesa https://www.phoronix.com/news/Microsoft-OpenGL-4.6-D3D12 https://www.phoronix.com/news/Mesa-Microsoft-MFTs-Prep 28:50 Open Source Nvidia drivers now VUlkan compliant https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/11/open-source-nvidia-vulkan-driver-nvk-hits-vulkan-10-conformance/ 31:16 Linux kernel won’t accept CPU specific patches https://www.phoronix.com/news/ARM64-Linux-No-Uarch-Opts 34:24 Gaming: improved Steam, Wine 8.21, DX12 support https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/11/valve-gives-steam-a-nice-upgrade-for-controller-friendly-games/ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/11/vkd3d-proton-211-released-with-directx-raytracing-enabled-by-default/ https://www.winehq.org/announce/8.21 40:11 Outro 💻 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

Try the new version of Thunderbird (it’s now my email & calendar client of choice!): https://mzla.link/tb-flatpak 👏 Support the show here: 👏 https://www.patreon.com/thelinuxexperiment 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 00:00 Intro 00:51 Microsoft has to open Windows https://www.theverge.com/2023/11/16/23963579/microsoft-windows-11-eu-digital-markets-act-feature-changes 05:05 FSF calls to the EU for more open source https://fsfe.org/activities/upcyclingandroid/openletter.en.html 09:22 AMD is teasing some FOSS work around AI https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMD-Advancing-AI-Open 13:36 Sponsor: Thunderbird https://mzla.link/tb-flatpak 15:34 Peertube’s roadmap looks pretty awesome https://framablog.org/2023/11/14/lets-regain-ground-on-the-toxic-web-framasofts-2023-report/ 20:33 GNOME apps will get graphics offloading https://www.phoronix.com/news/GTK4-Graphics-Offloading 22:53 Kernel 6.7 is full of good stuff https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/11/linux-6-6-kernel-confirms-long-term-support https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.7-rc1 https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.7-USB-Thunderbolt https://www.phoronix.com/review/bcachefs-linux-67 26:49 App news: Vivaldi on Flathub, Firefox Wayland… https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/11/vivaldi-web-browser-flathub https://www.phoronix.com/news/Firefox-Change-Wayland-Release https://blog.thunderbird.net/2023/11/the-untold-history-of-thunderbird/ 33:16 Tuxedo launches a full AMD laptop https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/11/tuxedo-pulse-14-amd-linux-laptop 36:20 Gaming: Deck OLED, SteamOS update, Wine on Wayland https://9to5linux.com/steam-deck-oled-is-now-available-to-order-with-hdr-display-and-bigger-battery https://www.phoronix.com/news/SteamOS-3.5.5 https://www.phoronix.com/news/Wine-Wayland-HiDPI-Merged https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/11/wine-820-brings-directmusic-improvements-and-preparations-for-wine-90/ 41:57 Outro 💻 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