Linux & Open Source News

The Linux Experiment
undefined
Apr 22, 2023 โ€ข 38min

Fedora 38, Ubuntu 23.04, Solus survives & big KDE app updates

๐ŸŽ™๏ธ Leave your feedback here: https://podcast.thelinuxexp.com ๐Ÿ‘ Support the show here: https://www.patreon.com/thelinuxexperiment https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/thelinuxexp https://liberapay.com/TheLinuxExperiment/ ๐Ÿ‘• Buy TLE Merch: https://the-linux-experiment.creator-spring.com/ ๐Ÿ“น Watch Linux videos: https://www.youtube.com/thelinuxexperiment 00:00 Intro 00:52 Ubuntu 23.04 and Fedora 38 released https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6TYolrk0eo&t=473s https://ubuntu.com//blog/firefox-snap-updates-and-upgrades 07:40 Solus has a plan to stay alive https://getsol.us/2023/04/18/a-new-voyage/ 12:22 KDE Gear 23.04 bring a lot of cool apps to your KDE desktop https://kde.org/announcements/gear/23.04.0/ 19:10 Reddit will now charge for its API access https://finance.yahoo.com/news/ai-bots-trained-reddit-conversations-145900986.html https://www.redditinc.com/blog/2023apiupdates 21:55 AI tool runs linux terminal commands from plain text prompts https://itsfoss.com/linux-terminal-ai/ 23:47 System76 announced 3 new beastly workstation laptops https://system76.com/laptops-powerful 26:12 Small guide to theming GTK3 and GTK4 flatpak apps https://blog.tingping.se/2023/04/20/Themes-and-Flatpak.html https://github.com/Fausto-Korpsvart/Tokyo-Night-GTK-Theme 30:01 Microsoft makes Windows worse with updates https://www.techradar.com/news/the-latest-windows-11-update-bug-is-making-the-taskbar-vanish-for-some-users https://www.techradar.com/news/windows-11-start-menu-ads-look-set-to-get-even-worse-this-is-getting-painful-now https://www.techradar.com/news/windows-11-gets-a-security-fix-but-it-has-broken-some-pc-games 33:40 Gaming news: Proton 8, Lutris Beta with proton support https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/releases/tag/proton-8.0-1c https://github.com/lutris/lutris/releases/tag/v0.5.13-beta2 37:29 Outro ๐Ÿ’ป Get a Linux computer from our sponsor, Tuxedo๐Ÿ’ป https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en# ๐Ÿ‘ Support the show here: ๐Ÿ‘ 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/ ๐Ÿ‘• Buy TLE Merch: ๐Ÿ‘• https://the-linux-experiment.creator-spring.com/ ๐Ÿ“น Watch Linux videos: ๐Ÿ“น https://www.youtube.com/thelinuxexperiment ๐ŸŽ™๏ธ Leave your feedback here: ๐ŸŽ™๏ธ https://podcast.thelinuxexp.com
undefined
Apr 16, 2023 โ€ข 42min

Solus is dying, OpenAI defamation suit, EU builds its own Google

๐ŸŽ™๏ธ Leave your feedback here: https://podcast.thelinuxexp.com ๐Ÿ‘ Support the show here: https://www.patreon.com/thelinuxexperiment https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/thelinuxexp https://liberapay.com/TheLinuxExperiment/ ๐Ÿ‘• Buy TLE Merch: https://the-linux-experiment.creator-spring.com/ ๐Ÿ“น Watch Linux videos: https://www.youtube.com/thelinuxexperiment 00:00 Intro 01:08 Solus is basically dead https://linuxiac.com/solus-linux-loses-active-status-on-distrowatch/ 05:59 OpenAI is sued for defamation https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/chatgpt-falsely-told-voters-their-mayor-was-jailed-for-bribery-he-may-sue/ar-AA19yfxF 11:03 A new european Google in the making? https://tekdeeps.com/ovh-shadow-and-qwant-join-forces-to-create-a-european-google/ 17:28 KDE Plasma 6 updates https://invent.kde.org/plasma/kwin/-/merge_requests/3859 https://pointieststick.com/2023/04/14/this-week-in-kde-make-multi-gpu-not-suck/ 20:24 KDE Connect will get better this year https://albertvaka.wordpress.com/2023/04/11/the-road-to-kde-connect-2-0/ 22:08 GNOME weekly updates https://thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2023/04/twig-91/ https://thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2023/04/twig-90/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPWdA0OYXVU&t=75s 26:06 Windows might get a gaming handheld mode https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/04/handheld-mode-for-windows-could-make-it-work-better-on-steam-deck-style-pcs/ 30:02 Did Microsoft throttle Firefox on Windows for the past 5 years? https://www.pcworld.com/article/1782236 33:02 Samsung employees leaked their own source code using chatGPT https://www.pcmag.com/news/samsung-software-engineers-busted-for-pasting-proprietary-code-into-chatgpt 35:49 Tesla employees accessed footage from multiple vehicleโ€™s cameras https://www.vox.com/technology/2023/4/6/23673339/tesla-camera-privacy 38:00 Gaming News: no more stutters on AMD, Valve removes negative reviews https://tech.slashdot.org/story/23/04/14/175246/valve-restricts-accounts-of-2500-users-who-marked-a-negative-game-review-useful https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/04/ge-proton-7-55-released-essential-fix-for-easy-anti-cheat-steam-deck/ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/04/driver-updates-for-amd-radv-to-give-nice-boost-for-linux-and-steam-deck/ 41:40 Outro ๐Ÿ’ป Get a Linux computer from our sponsor, Tuxedo๐Ÿ’ป https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en# ๐Ÿ‘ Support the show here: ๐Ÿ‘ 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/ ๐Ÿ‘• Buy TLE Merch: ๐Ÿ‘• https://the-linux-experiment.creator-spring.com/ ๐Ÿ“น Watch Linux videos: ๐Ÿ“น https://www.youtube.com/thelinuxexperiment ๐ŸŽ™๏ธ Leave your feedback here: ๐ŸŽ™๏ธ https://podcast.thelinuxexp.com
undefined
Apr 8, 2023 โ€ข 46min

Linux Mint theme changes, System76 in house laptop, Google Drive backtracks

๐ŸŽ™๏ธ Leave your feedback here: https://podcast.thelinuxexp.com ๐Ÿ‘ Support the show here: https://www.patreon.com/thelinuxexperiment https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/thelinuxexp https://liberapay.com/TheLinuxExperiment/ ๐Ÿ‘• Buy TLE Merch: https://the-linux-experiment.creator-spring.com/ ๐Ÿ“น Watch Linux videos: https://www.youtube.com/thelinuxexperiment 00:00 Intro 01:01 Linux Mint 21.2 brings easier theming https://linuxiac.com/linux-mint-21-2-will-undergo-some-visual-changes/ 07:23 System76 is working on an internally designed laptop https://fosstodon.org/@carlrichell 12:27 Google will mandate more privacy features for Android apps https://www.engadget.com/google-will-require-that-android-apps-let-you-delete-your-account-and-data-170618841.html 15:04 Google Drive backtracks their 5M file limit policy https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/04/google-drive-cancels-its-surprise-file-cap-promises-to-communicate-better/ 19:40 Linux kernel 6.4 will add Apple M2 support https://www.phoronix.com/news/Apple-M2-Device-Tree-Linux-6.4 22:48 elementary OS 7 progress report https://blog.elementary.io/updates-for-march-2023/ 27:33 GTK implements Wayland fractional scaling in the next version https://blog.gtk.org/2023/04/05/gtk-4-11-1/ https://blogs.igalia.com/carlosgc/2023/04/03/webkitgtk-accelerated-compositing-rendering/ 31:49 youtube-dlโ€™s hosting provider will have to close the website https://torrentfreak.com/music-labels-win-legal-battle-against-youtube-dls-hosting-provider-230404/ 36:35 Gaming News: Wine, game compatibility, 3M Steam Decks sold https://support.halowaypoint.com/hc/en-us/articles/14589112499348 https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/04/the-last-of-us-now-unsupported-on-steam-deck-bad-look-for-valve-and-naughty-dog/ https://omdia.tech.informa.com/pr/2023/04-apr/omdia-steam-deck-installed-base-to-surpass-three-million-during-2023 45:23 Outro ๐Ÿ’ป Get a Linux computer from our sponsor, Tuxedo๐Ÿ’ป https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en# ๐Ÿ‘ Support the show here: ๐Ÿ‘ 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/ ๐Ÿ‘• Buy TLE Merch: ๐Ÿ‘• https://the-linux-experiment.creator-spring.com/ ๐Ÿ“น Watch Linux videos: ๐Ÿ“น https://www.youtube.com/thelinuxexperiment ๐ŸŽ™๏ธ Leave your feedback here: ๐ŸŽ™๏ธ https://podcast.thelinuxexp.com
undefined
Apr 2, 2023 โ€ข 44min

Ubuntu 23.04 beta, Mobile Linux improvements, Italy blocks chatGPT

๐ŸŽ™๏ธ Leave your feedback here: https://podcast.thelinuxexp.com ๐Ÿ‘ Support the show here: https://www.patreon.com/thelinuxexperiment https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/thelinuxexp https://liberapay.com/TheLinuxExperiment/ ๐Ÿ‘• Buy TLE Merch: https://the-linux-experiment.creator-spring.com/ ๐Ÿ“น Watch my Linux videos: https://www.youtube.com/thelinuxexperiment 00:00 Intro 00:56 Ubuntu 23.04 beta is live, with tons of improvements https://9to5linux.com/ubuntu-23-04-beta-released-with-gnome-44-linux-kernel-6-2-and-new-installer 06:12 Ubuntu Cinnamon is an official Ubuntu flavor https://linuxiac.com/ubuntu-cinnamon-joins-the-official-flavor-family/ 09:43 Ubuntu Touch adds Waydroid support out of the box https://ubports.com/blog/ubports-news-1/post/ubuntu-touch-ota-1-focal-release-3888 15:20 Plasma Mobile apps get tons of improvements https://plasma-mobile.org/2023/03/29/this-month-plasma-mobile/ 19:13 Italy blocks ChatGPT https://www.barrons.com/news/openai-s-chatgpt-blocked-in-italy-privacy-watchdog-b096269f 22:56 Twitter actually open sourced their algorithm code https://blog.twitter.com/en_us/topics/company/2023/a-new-era-of-transparency-for-twitter https://blog.twitter.com/engineering/en_us/topics/open-source/2023/twitter-recommendation-algorithm 26:34 Facebook implements the worst op-out in history https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/03/facebook-gets-to-decide-whether-eu-users-can-object-to-invasive-targeted-ads/ 30:24 CentOS fails to patch older kernel versions in time https://www.neowin.net/news/google-discloses-centos-linux-kernel-vulnerabilities-following-failure-to-issue-timely-fixes/ 34:23 Valve will stops supporting Windows 7 and 8 https://www.techspot.com/news/98099-valve-ending-steam-support-windows-7-8-81.html 38:09 Gaming News: AMD performance improvements, Dolphin on Steam https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/03/amd-radv-driver-will-soon-stop-eating-ram-with-some-games/ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/03/dolphin-emulator-for-gamecube-and-wii-is-coming-to-steam/ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/03/the-last-of-us-on-steam-deck-is-not-great/ 43:17 Outro ๐Ÿ’ป Get a Linux computer from our sponsor, Tuxedo๐Ÿ’ป https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en# ๐Ÿ‘ Support the show here: ๐Ÿ‘ 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/ ๐Ÿ‘• Buy TLE Merch: ๐Ÿ‘• https://the-linux-experiment.creator-spring.com/ ๐Ÿ“น Watch Linux videos: ๐Ÿ“น https://www.youtube.com/thelinuxexperiment ๐ŸŽ™๏ธ Leave your feedback here: ๐ŸŽ™๏ธ https://podcast.thelinuxexp.com
undefined
Mar 26, 2023 โ€ข 45min

Giant Nextcloud update, Twitter goes Open Source, Wayland screen sharing fixed

๐ŸŽ™๏ธ Leave your feedback here: https://podcast.thelinuxexp.com ๐Ÿ‘ Support the show here: https://www.patreon.com/thelinuxexperiment https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/thelinuxexp https://liberapay.com/TheLinuxExperiment/ ๐Ÿ‘• Buy TLE Merch: https://the-linux-experiment.creator-spring.com/ ๐Ÿ“น Watch my Linux videos: https://www.youtube.com/thelinuxexperiment 00:00 Intro 01:14 Nextcloud Hub 4 is a giant update https://nextcloud.com/blog/hub-4-pioneers-ethical-ai-integration-for-a-more-productive-and-collaborative-future/ 08:02 Twitter will open source its algorithm at the end of march https://bgr.com/tech/elon-musk-says-twitter-will-open-source-its-recommendation-code-on-march-31/ 11:37 Screen sharing on Wayland is fixed http://blog.davidedmundson.co.uk/blog/xwaylandvideobridge/ 15:17 GNOME 44 released, with a lot of user focus https://youtu.be/_HZIHvACggs https://blogs.gnome.org/wjjt/2023/03/22/endless-contributions-to-gnome-44/ 19:21 Tuxedo Control Center update, and Tuxedo OS 2 https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en/TUXEDO-Control-Center-2-0-introduces-new-modules.tuxedo https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en/Tailor-made-operating-system-TUXEDO-OS-2-finished-and-ready-for-use-.tuxedo# 26:46 Framewok announces a 16 inch laptop with upgradeable GPUs https://boilingsteam.com/framework-laptop-13th-gen-improves-on-every-aspect-announces-new-laptop-with-upgradable-gpu/ 30:05 Ubuntu wants your help to test their Steam Snap package https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/03/ubuntu-steam-snap-candidate-testing 33:20 The father of Unix leaves macOS for Linux https://apple.slashdot.org/story/23/03/18/237211/unix-pioneer-ken-thompson-announces-hes-switching-from-mac-to-linux 35:12 The aCROPalypse is a big screenshot cropping vulnerability https://www.androidcentral.com/phones/pixel-acropalypse-exploit 38:22 Gaming News: FSR3, AMD driver updates, Wine 8.4 https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/03/emulationstation-desktop-edition-20-is-out-now/ https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMDGPU-Linux-6.4-Steam-Deck-PWR https://www.winehq.org/announce/8.4 https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/03/amd-detail-more-on-fsr-3-and-their-new-open-source-fidelityfx-sdk/ 44:46 Outro ๐Ÿ’ป Get a Linux computer from our sponsor, Tuxedo๐Ÿ’ป https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en# ๐Ÿ‘ Support the show here: ๐Ÿ‘ 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/ ๐Ÿ‘• Buy TLE Merch: ๐Ÿ‘• https://the-linux-experiment.creator-spring.com/ ๐Ÿ“น Watch Linux videos: ๐Ÿ“น https://www.youtube.com/thelinuxexperiment ๐ŸŽ™๏ธ Leave your feedback here: ๐ŸŽ™๏ธ https://podcast.thelinuxexp.com
undefined
Mar 18, 2023 โ€ข 45min

Docker vs Open Source, Ubuntu wants less Python issues, Fedora 38 beta

๐ŸŽ™๏ธ Leave your feedback here: https://podcast.thelinuxexp.com ๐Ÿ‘ Support the show here: https://www.patreon.com/thelinuxexperiment https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/thelinuxexp https://liberapay.com/TheLinuxExperiment/ ๐Ÿ‘• Buy TLE Merch: https://the-linux-experiment.creator-spring.com/ ๐Ÿ“น Watch my Linux videos: https://www.youtube.com/thelinuxexperiment 00:00 Intro 00:57 Docker Hub kicks out FOSS projects using free accounts https://blog.alexellis.io/docker-is-deleting-open-source-images/ 06:34 Fedora 38 Beta is now available with GNOME 44 https://fedoramagazine.org/announcing-fedora-38-beta/ 10:16 OpenSUSE enjoys a surge in popularity https://linuxiac.com/opensuse-grows-in-popularity/ 13:44 Ubuntu and Debian fight against PiP and the issues it causes https://www.linuxuprising.com/2023/03/next-debianubuntu-releases-will-likely.html 19:40 KDE weekly updates https://pointieststick.com/2023/03/17/this-week-in-kde-more-wayland-fixes/ 23:14 GNOME and Libadwaita weekly updates https://thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2023/03/twig-87/ https://blogs.gnome.org/alexm/2023/03/17/libadwaita-1-3/ 28:46 Thunderbird unveils more work on their Android client https://blog.thunderbird.net/2023/03/thunderbird-for-android-k-9-mail-february-progress-report/ 32:33 NordVPN open sources their Linux client, and core parts of their VPN https://nordvpn.com/blog/nordvpn-linux-open-source/ 35:49 Microsoft fires their Ethical AI team https://www.platformer.news/p/microsoft-just-laid-off-one-of-its 40:17 Gaming News: Steam Deck discount and updates https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/03/steam-spring-sale-is-live-steam-deck-gets-a-first-sale-and-startup-movie-customization/ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/03/steam-deck-os-346-out-now-with-doom-eternal-ray-tracing/ 44:19 Outro ๐Ÿ’ป Get a Linux computer from our sponsor, Tuxedo๐Ÿ’ป https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en# ๐Ÿ‘ Support the show here: ๐Ÿ‘ 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/ ๐Ÿ‘• Buy TLE Merch: ๐Ÿ‘• https://the-linux-experiment.creator-spring.com/ ๐Ÿ“น Watch Linux videos: ๐Ÿ“น https://www.youtube.com/thelinuxexperiment ๐ŸŽ™๏ธ Leave your feedback here: ๐ŸŽ™๏ธ https://podcast.thelinuxexp.com
undefined
Mar 12, 2023 โ€ข 47min

Meta in the Fediverse, Duck Duck Go works on AI, Flathub Roadmap

๐ŸŽ™๏ธ Leave your feedback here: https://podcast.thelinuxexp.com ๐Ÿ‘ Support the show here: https://www.patreon.com/thelinuxexperiment https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/thelinuxexp ๐Ÿ‘• Buy TLE Merch : https://the-linux-experiment.creator-spring.com/ ๐Ÿ“น Watch my Linux videos : https://www.youtube.com/thelinuxexperiment 00:00 Intro 01:19 Meta wants to make an ActivityPub enabled Twitter competitor https://www.platformer.news/p/meta-is-building-a-decentralized https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/startup/meta-mulls-a-twitter-competitor-codenamed-p92-that-will-be-interoperable-with-mastodon-10223961.html 07:20 AMD might work on Coreboot Support for their CPUs https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMD-openSIL-Open-Source 10:53 Duck Duck Go wants in on the AI Search craze https://techcrunch.com/2023/03/08/duckassist/ 17:29 Flathub unveils their roadmap for 2023 https://ramcq.net/2023/03/07/flathub-in-2023/ 22:58 Vanilla OS will move from Ubuntu to Debian https://vanillaos.org/2023/03/07/vanilla-os-2.0-orchid-initial-work.html 26:41 elementary OS 7 gets some really cool upgrades https://blog.elementary.io/updates-for-february-2023/ 30:27 GNOME Weekly Updates https://thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2023/03/twig-85/ https://thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2023/03/twig-86/ 35:44 KDE Weekly Updates https://pointieststick.com/2023/03/03/this-week-in-kde-plasma-6-begins/ https://pointieststick.com/2023/03/10/this-week-in-kde-qt-apps-survive-the-wayland-compositor-crashing/ 39:43 The HP Dev One actually sold well https://hpdevone.com/ 42:40 Gaming News: Wine 8.3, No Steam Deck 2 for now https://www.winehq.org/announce/8.3 https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/03/no-trunext-gen-steam-deck-for-a-few-years-valve-say/ 46:58 Outro ๐Ÿ’ป Get a Linux computer from our sponsor, Tuxedo๐Ÿ’ป https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en# ๐Ÿ‘ Support the show here: ๐Ÿ‘ 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/ ๐Ÿ‘• Buy TLE Merch: ๐Ÿ‘• https://the-linux-experiment.creator-spring.com/ ๐Ÿ“น Watch Linux videos: ๐Ÿ“น https://www.youtube.com/thelinuxexperiment ๐ŸŽ™๏ธ Leave your feedback here: ๐ŸŽ™๏ธ https://podcast.thelinuxexp.com
undefined
Mar 5, 2023 โ€ข 44min

HP gives up, Flathub & paid apps, companies are using FOSS wrong

๐ŸŽ™๏ธ Leave your feedback here: https://podcast.thelinuxexp.com ๐Ÿ‘ Support the show here: https://www.patreon.com/thelinuxexperiment https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/thelinuxexp ๐Ÿ‘• Buy TLE Merch : https://the-linux-experiment.creator-spring.com/ ๐Ÿ“น Watch my Linux videos : https://www.youtube.com/thelinuxexperiment 00:00 Intro 01:09 DEs pull together to put the โ€œstoreโ€ in Flathubโ€™s app โ€œstoreโ€ https://www.zdnet.com/article/ubuntu-22-04-2-is-as-predictable-as-an-operating-system-can-be-and-thats-a-good-thing/ https://github.com/PlaintextGroup/oss-virtual-incubator/blob/main/proposals/flathub-linux-app-store.md 06:03 Companies are using outdated and unpatched FOSS https://www.csoonline.com/article/3688911/at-least-one-open-source-vulnerability-found-in-84-of-code-bases-report.html 09:40 HP discontinues the Dev One laptop https://liliputing.com/hp-dev-one-linux-laptop-has-been-discontinued-but-hp-will-offer-support-through-january-2026/ 14:34 The PineTab 2 is a Linux tablet youโ€™ll actually get to use https://linuxiac.com/pinetab2-linux-tablet-comes-in-april/ 19:29 You canโ€™t use an M1 Mac with the Linux Kernel 6.2 just yet https://linux.slashdot.org/story/23/02/27/0457206/asahi-linux-disputes-report-that-linux-62-will-run-on-apple-m1-chips 22:27 GNOME Circleโ€™s 50th app, and weekly updates https://thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2023/02/twig-84/ 28:06 New GTK client for KDE Connect https://www.linuxuprising.com/2023/02/valent-is-kde-connect-client-for-gtk.html 29:59 OpenAI is everything but https://www.vice.com/en/article/5d3naz/openai-is-now-everything-it-promised-not-to-be-corporate-closed-source-and-for-profit 35:16 Google deleted incriminating messages during an investigation https://www.cnbc.com/2023/02/23/doj-says-google-destroyed-chat-messages-it-should-have-saved.html 37:38 Gaming News: Wine on Wayland and 8000 games on Deck https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/02/wayland-driver-for-wine-is-getting-closer/ https://boilingsteam.com/8000-playable-games-on-the-steam-deck-including-3000-verified-ones/ 42:59 Outro ๐Ÿ’ป Get a Linux computer from our sponsor, Tuxedo๐Ÿ’ป https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en# ๐Ÿ‘ Support the show here: ๐Ÿ‘ 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/ ๐Ÿ‘• Buy TLE Merch: ๐Ÿ‘• https://the-linux-experiment.creator-spring.com/ ๐Ÿ“น Watch Linux videos: ๐Ÿ“น https://www.youtube.com/thelinuxexperiment ๐ŸŽ™๏ธ Leave your feedback here: ๐ŸŽ™๏ธ https://podcast.thelinuxexp.com
undefined
Feb 25, 2023 โ€ข 43min

Ubuntu hates flatpak, Microsoft's anti consumer practices, GNOME 44 beta

๐ŸŽ™๏ธ Leave your feedback here: https://podcast.thelinuxexp.com ๐Ÿ‘ Support the show here: https://www.patreon.com/thelinuxexperiment https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/thelinuxexp ๐Ÿ‘• Buy TLE Merch : https://the-linux-experiment.creator-spring.com/ ๐Ÿ“น Watch my Linux videos : https://www.youtube.com/thelinuxexperiment 00:00 Intro 01:01 Ubuntu prevents official flavours from preinstalling flatpak https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/ubuntu-flavor-packaging-defaults/34061 07:05 Flathubโ€™s redesign https://blog.jimmac.eu/2023/flathub-brand-refresh/ 10:39 Microsoftโ€™s anti-consumer practices for Windows and Edge https://gizmodo.com/windows-11-system-requirements-not-met-watermark-messag-1850114052 https://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-is-now-injecting-full-size-ads-on-chrome-website-to-make-you-stay-on-edge/ 15:08 GNOME 44 Beta https://www.omglinux.com/gnome-44-features/ 21:17 No, Solus isnโ€™t dead https://linuxiac.com/whats-going-on-with-solusos/ 24:04 The Linux Kernel version 6.2 is now out https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/02/linux-kernel-6-2-new-features 27:06 Peertube published a roadmap, with great new features coming https://joinpeertube.org/news/roadmap-v6 30:33 Mozilla finds Play Storeโ€™s privacy labels to be false https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/blog/mozilla-study-data-privacy-labels-for-most-top-apps-in-google-play-store-are-false-or-misleading/ 32:48 Maui looks better and better every month https://mauikit.org/blog/maui-report-21/ 35:40 KDE weekly updates https://pointieststick.com/2023/02/17/this-week-in-kde-a-smooth-release-of-plasma-5-27/ 37:50 Gaming News: Steam Linux client on ARM, new Mesa driversโ€ฆ https://boilingsteam.com/box64-can-now-run-the-full-steam-linux-client-on-arm-hardware/ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/02/steam-now-allows-transferring-games-between-pcs-and-steam-deck-too/ https://9to5linux.com/mesa-23-graphics-stack-released-with-radeon-memory-visualizer-support-rise-of-the-tomb-raider-fixes 42:19 Outro ๐Ÿ’ป Get a Linux computer from our sponsor, Tuxedo๐Ÿ’ป https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en# ๐Ÿ‘ Support the show here: ๐Ÿ‘ 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/ ๐Ÿ‘• Buy TLE Merch: ๐Ÿ‘• https://the-linux-experiment.creator-spring.com/ ๐Ÿ“น Watch Linux videos: ๐Ÿ“น https://www.youtube.com/thelinuxexperiment ๐ŸŽ™๏ธ Leave your feedback here: ๐ŸŽ™๏ธ https://podcast.thelinuxexp.com
undefined
Feb 18, 2023 โ€ข 46min

FOSS funding is broken, Mycroft shuts down, KDE Plasma 5.27

๐ŸŽ™๏ธ Leave your feedback here: https://podcast.thelinuxexp.com ๐Ÿ‘ Support the show here: https://www.patreon.com/thelinuxexperiment https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/thelinuxexp ๐Ÿ‘• Buy TLE Merch : https://the-linux-experiment.creator-spring.com/ ๐Ÿ“น Watch my Linux videos : https://www.youtube.com/thelinuxexperiment 00:00 Intro 01:25 Core-js shows that open source funding is broken https://github.com/zloirock/core-js/blob/master/docs/2023-02-14-so-whats-next.md 08:01 Mycroft will cease operations and leave their backers in the dust https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/aiforeveryone/mycroft-mark-ii-the-open-voice-assistant/posts/3729060 10:58 Kubuntu revamps their miniPC with a weird pricetag https://kfocus.org/order/order-nx.html 13:45 Apple used audiobooks to train their voice AI https://appleinsider.com/articles/23/02/14/audiobook-narrators-complain-apple-may-have-used-them-to-train-ai-voices 17:50 An ex-Google explains why the company is currently stuck https://medium.com/@pravse/the-maze-is-in-the-mouse-980c57cfd61a 24:31 KDE Plasma 5.27 is out, the last one before Plasma 6 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onPUaAKoGIM 29:04 Thunderbird shows more of their redesign https://blog.thunderbird.net/2023/02/thunderbird-115-supernova-preview-the-new-folder-pane/ 31:50 Fedora wants your input to shape where itโ€™s going https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/help-shape-the-fedora-strategy/ 34:20 Sudo has a new security flaw https://medium.com/@dev.nest/how-to-bypass-sudo-exploit-cve-2023-22809-vulnerability-296ef10a1466 35:43 PyPI is pretty unsafe, watch for typos when installing packages https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/02/451-malicious-packages-available-in-pypi-contained-crypto-stealing-malware 37:16 Canonical introduces Real Time Ubuntu https://ubuntu.com//blog/real-time-ubuntu-is-now-generally-available 39:33 Gaming News: Lutris update, shader fixes, DX8 compatibilityโ€ฆ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/02/lutris-0513-beta-adds-proton-support-itchio-integration-battlenet-integration/ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/02/d8vk-is-an-in-progress-implementation-of-direct3d-8-for-dxvk/ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/02/amd-releases-source-code-for-fidelityfx-fsr2-v22/ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/02/shader-cache-downloads-being-a-nuisance-valve-may-have-solved-it/ 45:35 Outro ๐Ÿ’ป Get a Linux computer from our sponsor, Tuxedo๐Ÿ’ป https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en# ๐Ÿ‘ Support the show here: ๐Ÿ‘ 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/ ๐Ÿ‘• Buy TLE Merch: ๐Ÿ‘• https://the-linux-experiment.creator-spring.com/ ๐Ÿ“น Watch Linux videos: ๐Ÿ“น https://www.youtube.com/thelinuxexperiment ๐ŸŽ™๏ธ Leave your feedback here: ๐ŸŽ™๏ธ https://podcast.thelinuxexp.com

The AI-powered Podcast Player

Save insights by tapping your headphones, chat with episodes, discover the best highlights - and more!
App store bannerPlay store banner
Get the app