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Proton's statement on AI & security, MATE's Wayland support & more mac apps on Linux

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💻 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 01:45 Darling project says they’ll use AI to bring mac apps to Linux https://blog.darlinghq.org/2026/11/08/development-update-q4-2026/ 04:53 Proton posts article about their security and AI use https://proton.me/blog/how-proton-keeps-your-data-secure 07:29 Steam updates brings 64bit and better remote play https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/593110/view/678515036155543747 09:22 Valve adds framerate data as public info for Deck users https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/593110/view/685269801333948419 11:55 MATE gets its Wayland compositor https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/introducing-polo-a-mate-wayland-compositor/91698 13:28 Long time Linux maintainer steps back due to AI generated patches https://www.phoronix.com/news/Lorenzo-Stoakes-AI-Flood 14:46 Asahi to switch licences, and progress report https://asahilinux.org/2026/11/progress-report-7-3/ 16:35 Nexus Mods hiring a Linux dev https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/11/nexus-mods-hiring-for-a-linux-gaming-specialist-to-work-on-their-vortex-app/ 18:36 Nvidia CEO resigns https://nvidianews.nvidia.com/news/nvidia-announces-ceo-transition 19:46 Tuxedo OS nears final beta https://linuxiac.com/tuxedo-os-enters-final-beta-testing-ahead-of-debian-based-release/ 21:38 Dolphin gets columns view, again https://blogs.kde.org/2026/11/08/dolphin-gets-a-columns-view-again/ 23:14 GoogleBook OS doesn’t seem great https://www.androidcentral.com/chromebooks-...

Affinity comes to Linux, Proton explains recent issues, macOS apps run on Linux

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💻 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 01:46 Affinity confirms Linux version is coming https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/11/affinity-linux-release-confirmed 03:36 Proton apologizes, publishes AI manifesto https://www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-services/proton-apologizes-to-community-after-internal-memo-shows-force-behind-proposed-ai-use-in-building-its-privacy-products https://proton.me/blog/ai-manifesto 07:13 Cutefish runs native macOS apps now https://cutefish.org/blog/running-mac-apps/ https://cutefish.org/blog/mac-apps-first-milestone/ 10:24 SUSE to let go of 10% of their workforce https://www.theregister.com/software/2026/11/02/suse-to-cut-one-in-ten-employees-because-of-ai/5306950 12:28 Fedora 45 released https://fedoramagazine.org/announcing-fedora-linux-45/ 14:00 Linux Mint shows more of their new apps https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=5093 16:11 OpenAI found about 1000 flaws in the kernel https://www.phoronix.com/news/OpenAI-948-Linux-LPE-Bugs 18:10 Nvidia drivers update with better Wayland support https://9to5linux.com/nvidia-620-linux-graphics-driver-released-with-wayland-improvements 19:27 Discord ditches elenctron for their client, for Rust https://www.theverge.com/news/1027379/discord-ditching-electron-web-app 20:49 News publishers sue Brave for selling heir content to AI providers https://techcrunch.com/2026/11/02/new-york-times-and-other-outlets-sue-web-browser-brave-over-alleged-content-scraping/ 22:40 France’s stupid tax o...

Proton goes crazy for AI, Ubuntu will turn everything into a Snap, Vibe-coded Linux compatible kernel

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💻 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 01:46 Proton makes worrying move stowards AI https://www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-services/proton-is-re-interviewing-staff-about-how-they-use-ai-and-their-jobs-could-depend-on-the-answers https://www.404media.co/manifestos-fear-and-loser-thinking-inside-protons-ai-reckoning/ 07:02 Ubuntu pushes Core Desktop again https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/accelerating-ubuntu-core-desktop/90547 10:02 Firefox 159, 160, and ad campaign https://linuxiac.com/mozilla-firefox-159-improves-linux-wayland-support-adds-new-tab-search/ https://9to5linux.com/mozilla-firefox-160-enters-public-beta-testing-heres-what-to-expect https://blog.mozilla.org/en/firefox/come-back-to-firefox/ 12:48 X.org dev praises the design of Wayland https://www.phoronix.com/news/Jamey-Sharp-Praises-Wayland 14:57 SystemD adds Rust support for new modules https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/44324 16:21 Rocky Linux creator wrote his own kernel using AI https://itsfoss.com/news/ginux/ 19:14 Bottles dev talks vibe cloned software, AI and other projects https://itsfoss.com/interview/mirko-brombin-raven/ https://useraven.org 22:46 Fedora 45 delayed again https://linuxiac.com/fedora-linux-45-delayed-again-new-release-date-set-for-november-3/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/EWDOYT6TOMFY4XPL5MJC2QWCDJBOR6MU/ 23:59 Spotify Client for GNOME https://linuxiac.com/meet-riff-an-open-source-spotify-client-...

Torvalds says banning AI is stupid, Kernel 7.3, Bitwarden pushes their commercial license

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💻 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 01:47 Kernel devs agree to remove AI disclosure, Torvalds goes off on A.I. https://www.xda-developers.com/linus-calls-banning-ai-generated-code-utterly-stupid-as-linux-submissions-no-longer-need-llm-disclosure/ 04:17 Kernel 7.3 released https://itsfoss.com/news/linux-kernel-7-3-release/ 05:46 Big influx of Rust code in Kernel 7.4 https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.4-Rust 07:02 Bitwarden moves to a commercial license, mostly https://community.bitwarden.com/t/published-version-update-in-app-stores/102750 09:28 KeePassXC supports auto-type on Wayland now https://keepassxc.org/blog/2026-10-21-2.8.0-released/ 10:35 Mint shows more of their new apps https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/10/linux-mint-new-system-monitor 12:23 LibreOffice is getting record download numbers https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/10/21/8-weeks-9-4-million-downloads/ https://linuxiac.com/libreoffice-hits-9-4-million-downloads-in-just-eight-weeks/ 14:11 Proposed AI assistant prototype for Ubuntu https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/10/ubuntu-ai-launcher-prototype 17:05 OpenBSD gets Wine and runs Windows games https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-ports&m=179236125692175 https://linuxiac.com/wine-on-openbsd-yes-and-it-can-already-run-the-witcher-3/ 18:35 Cutefish desktop revived as a vibe coded MacOS Clone https://itsfoss.com/news/cutefishos-vibe-coded-desktop/ 20:28 Epic Game Stores new preview looks pretty bad https://www.techd...

Torvalds pushes for more AI, Epic supports Linux now & some big releases

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💻 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 02:03 Epic Games Store has a Linux client, EAC will support Linux too https://onlineservices.epicgames.com/news/introducing-easy-anti-cheat-linux-v2 https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/10/epic-games-launcher-preview-arrives-native-linux-support-fortnite-for-linux-is-coming-and-upgraded-easy-anti-cheat/ https://codon.org.uk/~mjg59/blog/p/epics-eac2-v2-seems-fairly-easily-bypassable/ 06:02 Torvalds’ AI generated kernel patches & talks more about AI https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linus-Torvalds-Claude-Code https://www.techradar.com/pro/linux-founder-linus-torvalds-says-ai-is-a-gateway-drug-into-programming-but-cautions-about-using-ai-for-serious-work 09:43 Kernel devs ponder removing mandatory AI use disclosure https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Dropping-Assisted-By-Req 11:32 KDE Plasma 6.8 is released https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.8.0/ 13:14 Ubuntu 26.10 released https://ubuntu.com//blog/canonical-releases-ubuntu-26-10-stonking-stingray 15:16 Mint 27 looks like a big release https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=5086 17:27 Steam Client is finally moving to 64bit https://steamcommunity.com/groups/SteamClientBeta/announcements/detail/703282384630448403 18:28 Netherlands backs away from MS365 rollout https://www.zdnet.com/business/dutch-tax-authorities-cancel-microsoft-365-cloud-rollout/ 20:17 Dev behind vibe coded Adobe suite bashes FOSS projects https://www.techradar.com/computing/office-sui...

2 ways to get the entire Adobe suite running on Linux, Flathub accepts AI now

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💻 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 02:02 Entire Adobe Suite supported with custom Wine now https://neutronproject.org/ 03:42 Open source clean room implementations of the entire Adobe Suite https://github.com/storytold/photocraft 07:24 Flathub now accepts apps that used AI, with disclosure https://linuxiac.com/flathub-reverses-ai-generated-app-ban-now-requires-disclosure/ 10:08 Cosmic will reject LLM generated submissions https://github.com/pop-os/cosmic-epoch/blob/master/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md 11:25 Steam Frame now has 200 verified games https://store.steampowered.com/greatonframe?tab=1 https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/10/theres-now-over-200-steam-frame-verified-games/ 12:53 More Kernel and AMD performance improvements https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Better-Zswap-Performance https://www.phoronix.com/news/Boost-Recently-Busy-CPUs 15:32 Digital Ocean stops hosting credits for FOSS as they donate to Omacom https://itsfoss.com/news/digitalocean-open-source-credits-end/ 17:40 Gentoo asking for help for hosting after sponsors dried up https://itsfoss.com/news/gentoo-infrastructure-sponsors-call/ 19:04 Orion stops development of its Linux browser https://blog.kagi.com/update-orion-linux-windows 20:34 EU Commission doesn’t seem pleased with their Teams replacement https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-microsoft-teams-alternative-bad-reviews-element-pro/ 22:21 Googlebooks don’t look like they’ll help Linux much https://ww...

Ubuntu beta looking good, F-Droid & Firefox Redesign, Flatpak for dev and CLI tools

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💻 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 01:51 Ubuntu 26.10 beta released https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/10/ubuntu-2610-beta-released 04:26 Ubuntu 24.04 to 26.04 upgrade now possible https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/09/ubuntu-2604-upgrades-live-2404 05:42 Toolpak introduced as the Flatpak for dev tools https://blogs.gnome.org/alatiera/2026/09/26/introducing-toolpak/ 08:52 F-Droid launches full rewrite of the app https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/09/f-droid-gets-its-biggest-update-in-a-decade-with-new-ui-and-smoother-app-installs/ 10:28 Firefox 157 adds the new Nova theme https://linuxiac.com/firefox-157-nova-released-with-its-biggest-visual-refresh-in-years/ 13:04 Igalia working on Firefox for SteamOS https://www.phoronix.com/news/Steam-Deck-Better-Firefox 15:03 PostmarketOS changes name https://nura.eco/blog/2026/09/27/nura-rename/ 16:39 Dev proposes that GNOME accepts AI contributions https://arunraghavan.net/2026/09/on-llms-and-free-software/ 18:38 Ubuntu 26.10 has an image for Snapdragon laptops https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/09/ubuntu-2610-snapdragon-x2 20:01 PS5 emulation is a thing now https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2026/10/ps5-emulation-is-suddenly-making-big-strides-on-pc/ 22:30 ChromeOS will indeed disappear https://9to5google.com/2026/09/28/google-details-chromebook-updates-through-2034-many-models-move-to-googlebook-os/ 24:00 New minimalist FOSS web browser https://blancbrowser.com/ 26:22 Meta found guilty of ly...

Google is closing down Android more and more, and launching a new Linux-based OS

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💻 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 Links: 01:45 Android is less and less open source https://itsfoss.com/news/grapheneos-android-17-qpr1-fiasco/ 04:16 GoogleBook OS introduced as a Linux based system https://www.techradar.com/computing/laptops/rethinking-the-laptop-is-a-big-undertaking-why-googlebooks-are-so-much-more-than-overpriced-chromebooks-and-apple-should-be-worried 07:04 KDE’s proposed AI policy leads to massive backlash https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/kde-developers-attempts-at-creating-llm-guidelines-are-not-going-well/ https://pointieststick.com/2026/09/23/kde-and-ai-and-you-and-me/ 10:04 GNOME dev offers a “no AI at all” policy https://blogs.gnome.org/alatiera/2026/09/23/the-gnome-llm-policy-that-i-want/ 12:15 KDE announces their 3 mains goals for 2027 https://www.phoronix.com/news/KDE-Goals-To-2028 14:11 SteamOS update brings many performance improvements https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/steamos-3-8-28-stable-released-with-big-improvements-for-steam-deck-steam-machine-and-more-hardware-support/ 15:58 Linux kernel 7.4 should open files 39% faster https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.4-Faster-Do-Open 17:01 Ubuntu improves how the system behaves when out of memory https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/improving-ubuntu-desktop-stability-under-memory-pressure/87945 18:59 Valve introduces new low latency codec for game streaming https://steamcommunity.com/groups/homestream/discussions/0/564794422009744473?snr=2 20:1...

Microsoft Office 365 on Linux, Mint develops their own apps, Steam Frame is here

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💻 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 01:54 Microsoft 365 runs on Linux through Wine now https://itsfoss.com/news/bottles-microsoft-365-early-look/ 04:12 Mint will ship more of their own applications https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=5067 06:35 Ubuntu completes its move to Rust coreutils https://itsfoss.com/news/ubuntu-rustification-coreutils-migration/ 09:05 Steam Frame revealed, up for signups (Includes LTT Leak) https://boilingsteam.com/ltt-leaks-steam-frames-first-look-ahead-of-schedule/index.html https://store.steampowered.com/hardware/steamframe 12:32 GNOME 51 released https://release.gnome.org/51/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ws9dahsFqQ 14:22 GNOME Shell Mobile seems in a weird place https://blogs.gnome.org/carlosg/2026/09/15/on-mobile-and-peer-pressure/ 17:12 Flatpak working on app services https://blogs.gnome.org/ignapk/2026/09/16/flatpak-stf-terminal-intent/ 19:16 Improvements for the Linux kernel https://www.phoronix.com/news/Branch-Remove-Old-ARM-Drivers https://www.phoronix.com/news/Faster-Kernel-Builds-AI-v2 21:20 AMDv3 images provide a nice boost to low end hardware https://www.phoronix.com/review/ubuntu-2610-amd64v3-lowend/8 23:16 OpenAI discloses worrying cheating behavior in its models https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/openai-details-more-cases-of-ai-agents-taking-unauthorized-actions/ 26:05 A few gaming things https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/lepton-from-valve-to-run-android-games-on-linux-is-...

Switzerland ditches Windows, Omarchy now raised $18.5M

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💻 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 01:41 Switzerland migrates away from Microsoft solutions https://itsfoss.com/news/switzerland-replace-microssoft-pilot/ 03:45 Omarchy now reaches $18.5M in funding https://linuxiac.com/omarchy-funding-surges-to-18-5m-with-digitaloceans-3m-pledge/ 06:16 GNOME prepares more formal process for project wide changes https://gitlab.gnome.org/sophie-h/rfcs/-/merge_requests/1 08:05 GNOME looking to do a fundraising campaign https://gitlab.gnome.org/Teams/Board/-/work_items/1148 https://gitlab.gnome.org/Teams/Websites/release.gnome.org/-/work_items/69 09:32 Proposed app to replace Gwenview on KDE https://pointieststick.com/2026/09/06/photos-a-proposed-replacement-for-gwenview/ 11:33 KDE frameworks updated https://9to5linux.com/kde-frameworks-6-30-improves-baloo-file-indexer-kwallet-and-system-monitor 12:56 More Wayland protocols on KDE https://www.phoronix.com/news/KDE-KWin-Wayland-Commit-Timing 14:13 KDE 1 revival project looks cool https://linuxiac.com/midesktop-1-2-beta-brings-kde-1-revival-closer-to-daily-use/ 15:45 Patches to start making the Macbook Neo work with Linux https://www.phoronix.com/news/Apple-A18-Pro-MacBook-Neo-Patch 16:47 New CAD software for Linux https://linuxiac.com/open-cad-studio-is-a-new-rust-based-open-source-cad-app-for-linux/ 18:29 Windows adds features we’ve had for decades https://www.techradar.com/computing/windows/windows-11s-september-update-has-arrived-here-are-the-3...

KDE is firing on all cylinders, Brave says they're the best browser, CERN moves to Debian

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💻 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 01:54 Brave say they outperform every other major browser https://brave.com/blog/brave-outperforms-other-browsers/ 04:58 Firefox 155 should load pages faster https://itsfoss.com/news/firefox-155-faster-page-loads/ 06:45 CERN leaves Red Hat for Debian https://www.phoronix.com/news/CERN-Goes-Debian-Leaving-RHEL 09:51 Debian says yes to AI https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2026/08/msg00005.html 12:23 GNOME 51 will improve hybrid GPU support https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/mutter/-/merge_requests/5219 https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNOME-Shell-Mutter-51-RC 14:01 Plasma 6.8 adds more accessibility features to Wayland https://saueseb.wordpress.com/2026/09/02/wayland-pain-points-dwell-clicker/ 15:28 KDE’s theme engine supports more KDE apps now https://blogs.kde.org/2026/08/28/this-week-in-plasma-qtwidgets-apps-join-the-union/ 16:45 Artix drops XLibre after it pushes a maintainer to resign https://artixlinux.org/news.php#XLibre_support_discontinued https://forum.artixlinux.org/index.php/topic,10283.msg61637.html#msg61637 19:08 KDE Connect redesign ready for testing https://tintotint.eu/programming/kde-connect2/ 20:38 FOSS Minecraft Luanti taken down by Microsoft https://blog.luanti.org/2026/08/27/luanti-dmca-tracer-ai/ 23:34 KDE Linux makes more progress towards its beta https://blogs.kde.org/2026/08/31/this-month-in-kde-linux-august-2026/ 25:33 Grab bag of gaming news https://www.gaming...

Flatpak gets 500K€, Omarchy gets 8M€ and Nintendo nukes emulation again

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💻 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 01:55 Flatpak gets half a million in funding https://modal.cx/blog/announcing-flatpak-sta/ 04:07 Omarchy gets 8 million dollars https://linuxiac.com/arch-based-omarchy-linux-distro-lands-a-massive-8m-boost/ https://omarchy.org/news/2026/08/omacom-foundation-launches-with-8-million/ 06:15 Nintendo nukes 400 repos linked to emulation https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/nintendo/nintendo-takes-down-over-400-github-repositories-for-switch-emulators-in-one-go-relentless-dmca-strikes-tied-to-piracy-concerns-over-illegal-cryptographic-keys 08:26 GrapheneOS will come to Motorola flagships https://linuxiac.com/grapheneos-support-is-coming-to-motorola-flagships-in-2027/ https://grapheneos.social/@GrapheneOS/117078064184215730 09:44 Kernel 7.3 brings a lot of performance improvements https://itsfoss.com/news/linux-7-3-preview/ 11:20 BTRFS improves, ext4 and XFS still much faster https://www.phoronix.com/review/linux-73-filesystems/4 13:19 Chromium working on adding proper Flatpak support https://www.phoronix.com/news/Chrome-Chromium-Flatpak 14:45 Multikernel project has its first version https://linuxiac.com/multikernel-linux-releases-first-public-kernel-tree-based-on-linux-7-0/ https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/ao34RJ7aZ2BLd67S@pop-os.localdomain/ 16:49 Asahi project now supports M3 macs https://asahilinux.org/2026/08/progress-report-7-2/ 18:40 LibreOffice gets big improvements https://www.omgubuntu.co....

Linux saves potato gaming PCs, WSL beats native installs, more malicious compliance

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💻 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 01:55 Linux 7.3 could improve gaming on low VRAM systems https://pixelcluster.dev/VRAM-Overcommit/ 04:20 Ubuntu WSL grows faster than native Ubuntu installs https://www.windowslatest.com/2026/08/16/ubuntu-is-growing-faster-on-windows-11-than-on-native-linux-pcs-says-canonical/ 07:24 Google and Apple maliciously complying on their app stores https://www.macrumors.com/2026/08/13/app-store-fees-apple-link-outs/ https://www.theverge.com/policy/979852/that-is-not-acceptable-judge-orders-google-to-make-rival-app-store-installs-easier 10:45 GNOME 51 beta released https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNOME-51-Beta 12:09 Linux networking is overwhelmed with AI submissions https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.3-Networking 14:02 Pine64 will stop Linux device production https://t.me/s/PINE64_News 15:31 GIMP 3.4 plans better PSD support and new file format https://www.gimp.org/news/2026/08/16/dev-update-august-2026/ 18:02 Ubuntu funds project to translate massive C projects into Rust https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/investing-in-automated-c-to-rust-translation/86369 20:38 Orion browser now in beta https://linuxiac.com/orion-browser-for-linux-officially-enters-beta/ 22:24 Digikam works on more A.I. features https://srirupa19.github.io/gsoc/2026/08/17/gsoc3.html 24:45 XWayland and X.org get new release candidates https://www.phoronix.com/news/XWayland-26.1-RC1 https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg/2026-August/062281.ht...

Big changes coming to KDE & GNOME, tons of apps & services getting Linux clients

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💻 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 02:01 GNOME Shell might evolve quite a bit https://blogs.gnome.org/shell-dev/2026/08/11/gnome-shell-design-dreams/ 06:42 New KDE Goals look interesting https://blogs.kde.org/2026/08/07/kde-goals-last-call-for-submissions/ 09:57 Epic Games Store will get a Linux client soon https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/epic-games-store-will-get-a-linux-version-sometime-soon/ 11:16 ChatGPT official app is on Linux now https://linuxiac.com/openai-launches-official-chatgpt-desktop-app-for-linux-in-preview/ 12:18 Geforce Now is stable on Linux, available as Flatpak https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/08/nvidia-geforce-now-linux-stable 13:48 Playstation Game Streaming and PC Game pass on Linux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/asobi-remote-play-is-a-new-way-to-play-playstation-games-on-steamos-linux/ https://itsfoss.com/news/xodus-xbox-gamepass-linux/ 16:12 KDE 6.6 will become an LTS version https://pointieststick.com/2026/08/13/what-a-real-lts-looks-like-kubuntu-26-04/ 18:19 GPU acceleration coming to Windows VMs and Winboat https://blog.getutm.app/2026/introducing-triton-directx-11-driver-for-qemu/ https://github.com/winboat-org/winboat/tree/gpu-accel 21:37 Mint adds even more GUI system tools https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=5050 24:20 Rust says “mostly no” to AI contributions https://forge.rust-lang.org/policies/llm-usage.html 26:42 Proton might work on a web browser https://www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-pri...

Linux didn't pass 10% market share? AI optimization is the new SEO

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💻 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 02:18 Linux passes 10% market share in North America https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/north-america#monthly-202506-202607 https://www.windowslatest.com/2026/08/03/linux-didnt-just-eat-10-of-windows-market-share-ai-bots-are-inflating-the-numbers/ 06:01 AI models being fed ads and poisoned content https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/08/05/time-magazine-has-a-separate-version-of-its-website-with-ads-only-ai-can-see/5283640 https://www.techradar.com/ai-platforms-assistants/the-poison-ai-movement-wants-to-corrupt-chatgpt-and-gemini-to-make-them-useless-but-it-comes-with-a-huge-risk-of-collateral-damage 10:01 Hybrid GPU systems will get much better with Plasma 6.8 https://zamundaaa.github.io/wayland/2026/07/31/fixing-multi-gpu.html 13:20 KDE now has a tool to change gamma and RGB on Wayland https://blog.davidedmundson.co.uk/blog/wayland-and-kgamma/ 15:19 Valve prepares Lepton and FEX for the Steam Frame https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/lepton-and-fex-get-prepared-for-the-steam-frame-release/ 16:42 Linux kernel rejects LLM generated patches for staging area https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Staging-Reject-LLMs 19:08 Nvidia now sponsors LVFS https://blogs.gnome.org/hughsie/2026/08/04/nvidia-is-now-supporting-the-lvfs/ 20:37 Bottles gets massive update https://linuxiac.com/bottles-65-released-with-over-100-changes-for-windows-apps-on-linux/ 23:03 Union KDE theming engine...

Valve wants FOSS AMD drivers on Windows, Framework laptop 13 Pro looks good for Linux, GoG on Linux

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💻 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 01:49 Valve sponsors work to bring FOSS AMD Drivers to Windows https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/news-and-events/cracking-windows-open-porting-radv-to-win32.html 04:46 Framework Laptop 13 pro looks solid on Linux https://www.phoronix.com/review/framework-laptop-13-pro/11 https://frame.work/products/laptop13pro-amd-ai300/configuration/new https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/07/framework-laptop-13-pro-review-much-better-battery-much-worse-price/ 08:27 GoG working on a Linux client https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/gog-confirm-they-are-working-towards-gog-galaxy-on-linux/ 10:24 Ubuntu Touch gets big update https://ubports.com/blog/ubports-news-1/ubuntu-touch-24-04-2-0-and-24-04-1-4-release-4007 12:29 GNOME’s session restore won’t land in GNOME 51 https://linuxiac.com/gnome-is-building-session-save-and-restore-but-it-wont-make-gnome-51/ 14:12 Fedora working on a conflict of interest policy https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/conflict-of-interest-guidelines-policy-draft-feedback-please/197508 16:55 Firefox’s redesign lands in Nightly builds https://9to5linux.com/first-look-at-firefoxs-brand-new-design-in-firefox-nightly 18:59 New full desktop environment written with AI https://starling.build/ 21:24 New patches improve gaming performance on AMD https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMD-P-State-Better-1p-Lows 24:29 Debian now has 5 proposals to handle AI contributions https://www.debian.org/vo...

Egos ruining Open Source projects, distros vs software conflicts

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💻 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 01:51 Upstream vs distros debate kicks off again https://linuxiac.com/linux-mint-and-gnome-calendar-clash-resurfaces-months-later/ https://gitlab.com/linuxmint/pins/mint/gnome-calendar/-/work_items/1 https://tesk.page/2026/07/18/how-far-would-hostile-distributions-go-to-hurt-upstream/ 05:25 432 CVEs published in 2 days by the Linux kernel team https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/07/22/linux-kernel-team-publishes-432-cves-in-two-days/5276497 08:28 Flathub reviewers leaving https://bbhtt.in/posts/flathub-leave/ https://bbhtt.in/posts/taking-a-pause/ 11:26 Flathub’s AI slop ban was probably the right call https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/07/flathub-ai-slop-ban-data 13:20 Collabora talks about their work on the Steam Frame OS https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/news-and-events/building-an-arch-linux-aarch64-port-for-holo-core.html 14:59 GNOME changes how they handle CVEs https://blogs.gnome.org/mcatanzaro/2026/07/20/some-changes-to-gnome-security-tracking/ 17:30 Firefox 153 released with containers https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/07/firefox-153-new-containers-feature 19:26 LibreOffice explains why MSOffice formats aren’t really open https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/07/17/microsofts-main-tool-for-lock-in/ 22:09 JellyFin loses multiple contributors https://forum.jellyfin.org/t-project-leadership-changes https://linuxiac.com/jellyfin-loses-project-leader-and-core-team-member-in...

Torvalds says kernel will use AI tools, Wayland beats X11 for gaming, Age verification is getting worse

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Germany says no to Microsoft, Windows 11 in freefall, Linux distro sabotaged

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Linux has a giant opportunity thanks to Sony, New Linux Tablet, Google fined 4 Billion

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💻 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 01:51 Sony & Microsoft just handed Linux a major win https://blog.playstation.com/2026/07/01/physical-disc-production-ending-in-january-2028-for-new-games-releasing-on-playstation-consoles/ https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0ryjyvjq41o https://www.techradar.com/gaming/sony-announces-that-the-ps3-and-vita-stores-are-going-offline-on-the-same-day-it-tells-us-we-wont-be-able-to-buy-physical-games-in-future-this-is-why-physical-media-matters https://www.techradar.com/streaming/entertainment/this-should-be-illegal-sony-is-deleting-over-500-movies-that-people-bought-from-their-digital-libraries-just-proving-further-why-4k-blu-rays-popularity-keeps-growing https://www.techradar.com/gaming/xbox-might-be-following-playstations-lead-as-new-reports-claim-microsoft-is-testing-a-new-disc-to-digital-game-feature-called-positron-and-the-next-gen-project-helix-console-wont-have-a-disc-drive 07:04 PS5 Linux project now works pretty well https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/playstation-5-linux-project-gets-upgraded-to-support-new-firmware-and-ps5-slim/ 08:21 New Linux tablet looks pretty nice https://junocomputers.com/juno-tab-4-wifi/ 09:59 Google Fined 4 billion euros https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/legal/google-loses-final-appeal-to-overturn-41-billion-eu-fine/ 12:35 Some cool GNOME apps released and updated https://thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2026/06/twig-255/ 15:08 KDE whiteboard & new email Client https:/...

Steam machine disappointment, Epic made a Git competitor

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GNOME Foundation issues, AUR under attack, Firefox's big plans

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EU's ditches Google Search, Brave's Paid browser, Ubuntu makes big moves

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No Age verification for Linux, New KDE theme, Flatpak redesign with systemD

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Linus Torvalds speaks on AI, More Adobe on Linux, big browser redesigns

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KDE gets €1M, 3 big vulnerabilities for Linux, EU privacy disaster brewing

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💻 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 02:00 KDE gets 1.2M euros from STF https://kde.org/announcements/sovereign-tech-fund-invests-kde/ 04:49 DirtyFrag vulnerability & Killswitch proposed https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2026/05/08/active-attack-dirty-frag-linux-vulnerability-expands-post-compromise-risk/ https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.0.6-Released https://itsfoss.com/news/linux-killswitch-proposal/ 06:55 Yet another vulnerability for Linux https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-fragnesia-linux-flaw-lets-attackers-gain-root-privileges/ 07:51 And another Linux flaw discovered https://github.com/0xdeadbeefnetwork/ssh-keysign-pwn 09:33 Plasma 6.7 beta released https://community.kde.org/Plasma/Plasma_6#Plasma_6.7 12:22 EU wants Google to share anonymized user data with other engines https://www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-privacy-security/google-is-not-collaborative-and-not-in-the-spirit-of-complying-with-this-regulation-can-the-eu-commission-strong-arm-google-into-levelling-the-playing-field-of-the-search-engine-market-and-is-this-really-in-the-interest-of-your-privacy 16:39 Fedora discusses making an “AI desktop spin”“ https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/fedora-ai-developer-desktop-objective/184941 https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/fedora-ai-developer-desktop-objective/184941/54 https://www.techradar.com/pro/i-have-zero-evidence-in-front-of-me-that-users-are-being-driven-away-from-fedora-because-of-ai-...

More Office Suite drama, chrome installs AI model without consent, Cool Plasma 6.7 things

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💻 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 01:35 LibreOffice questions the sovereignty of Euro office https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/05/05/thank-you-on-behalf-of-odf 04:17 Plasma 6.7 will come with its new style engine https://9to5linux.com/kdes-new-css-based-style-engine-union-is-coming-to-kde-plasma-6-7 06:27 Plasma 6.7 fixes big performance issues https://zamundaaa.github.io/wayland/2026/05/06/making-wl-shm-fast.html 08:27 Google Chrome installs a model on device without consent https://www.thatprivacyguy.com/blog/chrome-silent-nano-install/ 11:20 Linux kernel guidelines for adding new filesystems https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs.git/commit/?h=vfs-7.2.misc&id=b34d597faae60a4c89235205478497b975e86bc5 14:13 Pilot project for open, Linux based workspaces in the Netherlands https://vng.nl/artikelen/digitale-werkplek-geen-memo-maar-demo-werkplekken-in-open-source 15:40 Someone remade Unity Desktop with Wayfire and libadwaita https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/05/ubuntu-unity-desktop-wayfire-recreation 18:04 Dell and Lenovo now sponsor LVFS https://www.phoronix.com/news/Dell-Lenovo-Sponsoring-LVFS 19:17 Ubuntu’s Twitter account compromised https://itsfoss.com/news/ubuntu-twitter-compromised/ 20:38 Valve opens reservation queue for Steam Controllers https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/valve-announce-a-reservation-system-for-the-new-steam-controller/ 21:37 Valve publishes Steam Controller CAD files htt...

Ubuntu's servers attacked, Linux beats Windows again, Ubuntu will add AI to the distro

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FSF settles the Office Suite debacle, good news on age verification, Mozilla & Debian unwarranted drama

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Germany's plan for Open Source, Age verification gets worse,

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France is moving the country to Linux and FOSS, KDE gets more themes

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What is happening to our Office Suites?! Wayland fixes 2 major features

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The Linux Age verification situation is escalating & Other Linux Weekly News

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Manjaro is in trouble, Germany mandates open formats, Google destroys sideloading

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Kwin, Lutris & AMD drivers add AI generated code, SUSE could be sold, new hope for degoogled ROMs

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Age verification Laws could break Linux? GrapheneOS's new partner, Plasma drops X11 in August

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Nvidia & Intel focus on Linux, KDE Connect redesign, New standard for digital ecosystems

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GNOME 50 and GNOME OS progress, KDE debunks systemD FUD

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New kernel boosts Linux performance, Mint makes big changes, Discord Backlash

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Is Vibe coding killing open source? Big Cosmic desktop roadmap

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France moves to open source, modular Linux handheld PC, big Linux gaming progress

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New Linux + Android phone, Photoshop on Linux, Cosmic updates

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Budgie & GNOME drop X11, yet another desktop, Wikipedia signs deal with AI companies

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Torvalds talks AI in the kernel, EU prepares for FOSS, Goodbye Middle click to paste?

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New X11 server, New packaging solution, no more Steam Deck LCD

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Firefox makes all the mistakes, more Wayland work

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💻 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 01:40 Firefox will become an AI browser https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/leadership/mozillas-next-chapter-anthony-enzor-demeo-new-ceo/ https://9to5linux.com/firefox-will-ship-with-an-ai-kill-switch-to-completely-disable-all-ai-features https://www.theverge.com/tech/845216/mozilla-ceo-anthony-enzor-demeo 06:49 Servo making progress https://servo.org/blog/2025/12/15/november-in-servo/ 08:07 Plasma 6.6 will fix some big Wayland issues https://blogs.kde.org/2025/12/13/this-week-in-plasma-wayland-screen-mirroring-and-custom-modes/ 09:44 Wayland protocols updated for better HDR https://www.phoronix.com/news/Wayland-Protocols-1.47 10:47 GNOME bans AI from extensions https://blogs.gnome.org/jrahmatzadeh/2025/12/06/ai-and-gnome-shell-extensions/ https://gjs.guide/extensions/review-guidelines/review-guidelines.html 12:56 Rust no longer experimental in Linux kernel https://thenewstack.io/rust-goes-mainstream-in-the-linux-kernel/ 14:16 Mint 22.3 beta released https://linuxiac.com/linux-mint-22-3-zena-enters-public-beta/ 15:54 Changes proposed to help Fedora work on Snapdragon https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/Automatic_DTB_selection_for_aarch64_EFI_systems 17:40 Website lets you scan Snaps for vulnerabilities https://snapscope.popey.com/ 20:08 Danish admin plans move to Linux https://thedanishdream.com/news/denmark-ditches-microsoft-in-bold-tech-shift/ https://www.semaphor.dk/opensource/linuxpc 2...

EU keeps moving to Open Source, New Linux smartphone

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💻 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 01:38 France starts adopting Nextcloud on a big scale https://nextcloud.com/blog/digital-sovereignty-momentum-france/ 03:42 German state saves 15M€ per year moving to LibreOffice https://itsfoss.com/news/german-state-ditch-microsoft/ 05:52 Jolla launches new Linux smartphone https://www.gizmochina.com/2025/12/06/jolla-phone-launch-specs-price-sailfish-linux-os/ https://commerce.jolla.com/products/jolla-phone-preorder 08:04 Cosmic and PopOS 24.04 released https://system76.com/pop/ 11:14 KDE reaches 275K euros in funding this year https://kde.org/fundraisers/yearend2025/ 12:43 Proton launches Proton Sheets https://proton.me/blog/sheets-proton-drive 14:19 Ubuntu adopts vanilla GNOME shell style with a few tweaks https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/12/ubuntu-26-04-yaru-theme-gnome-shell-changes 16:06 Ubuntu MATE and Unity won’t be LTS https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/12/ubuntu-unity-mate-26-04-lts-status 18:10 Major library goes unmaintained https://linuxiac.com/libxml2-becomes-officially-unmaintained/ 19:50 HDMI 2.1 still not possible on AMD on Linux https://www.heise.de/en/news/Valve-HDMI-Forum-Continues-to-Block-HDMI-2-1-for-Linux-11107440.html 22:03 D7VK released for older, DX7 games https://www.phoronix.com/news/D7VK-1.0-Released 💻 Get a Linux computer from our sponsor, Tuxedo💻 https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en# 👏 Support the show here: 👏 Patreon supporters get the daily Linux & Open S...

Valve builds a Proton for Android apps, Linux is at 11% ?

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💻 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 01:55 Valve prepares their own Waydroid version https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/valves-version-of-android-on-linux-based-on-waydroid-is-now-called-lepton/ https://steamdb.info/app/3043620/info/ 05:11 Valve was behind FEX all along https://www.theverge.com/report/820656/valve-interview-arm-gaming-steamos-pierre-loup-griffais 07:39 ZDNet thinks Linux desktop is at 11% https://www.zdnet.com/article/why-people-keep-flocking-to-linux-in-2025-and-its-not-just-to-escape-windows/ 11:01 Linux hits another high on Steam marketshare https://www.phoronix.com/news/Steam-Linux-November-2025 12:35 Linux kernel 6.18 released https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/11/linux-kernel-6-18-new-features 14:47 Linux Kernel 6.19 will be packed with GPU improvements https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.19-Graphics-Drivers https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.19-HWMON 16:46 KDE Connect has a vulnerability https://kde.org/info/security/advisory-20251128-1.txt 17:54 NVK + Nouveau improving quickly https://www.phoronix.com/review/nvidia-nvk-linux-618-mesa-26/10 19:46 Mint 22.3 will release around Christmas https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4968 21:10 AlmaLinux wants to be the standard for Media production https://almalinux.org/blog/2025-12-02-almalinux-media-entertainment-sig/ 22:55 Fedora replaces the kernel console https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/UseKmsconVTConsole 25:20 OpenDocument Format gets an update https://...

KDE drops X11 too, New Office Suite for Linux

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💻 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 01:35 KDE will drop X11 in 2027 https://blogs.kde.org/2025/11/26/going-all-in-on-a-wayland-future/ https://community.kde.org/Plasma/Wayland_Known_Significant_Issues 05:15 Collabora launches a new desktop office suite https://www.collaboraonline.com/blog/press-release-bringing-collabora-online-to-the-desktop/ 07:20 Servo engine now accepts corporate sponsors https://servo.org/blog/2025/11/21/sponsorship-tiers/ 09:11 Arduino’s takeover by Qualcomm yields worrying changes https://itsfoss.com/news/enshittification-of-arduino-begins/ 11:08 Chrome OS will transform into AluminiumOS https://www.androidauthority.com/aluminium-os-android-for-pcs-3619092/ 13:29 Igalia details their work for the Steam Frame and Steam Machine https://www.igalia.com/2025/11/helpingvalve.html https://www.techradar.com/gaming/pc-gaming/valve-engineer-confirms-the-steam-machine-wont-be-subsidized-heres-why-im-fearing-the-worst-for-the-price 15:52 Tuxedo gives up on Snapdragon laptops https://www.phoronix.com/news/TUXEDO-Drops-X1E-Laptop-Plans https://www.phoronix.com/news/TUXEDO-X1E-Cancelled-DT 19:06 Tuxedo sends multiple patches to upstream their drivers https://www.phoronix.com/news/Uniwill-TUXEDO-Add-On-Patches 21:33 Ubuntu partners with AMI to have Ubuntu netinstall from UEFI https://linuxiac.com/canonical-and-ami-partner-to-bring-native-ubuntu-netbooting-to-aptio-v-firmware/ 23:20 Ubuntu replaces 2 more default GNOME ap...

KDE's new design, Nvidia finally focuses on Linux, EU caves in to Big Tech

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💻 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 Links: 01:50 Nvidia contributes to Nova driver https://www.phoronix.com/news/NVIDIA-Turing-Nova-Core-GSP 03:26 Nvidia wants to improve DRM and screencasting https://www.phoronix.com/news/NVIDIA-Less-DRM-API-Fragments https://www.phoronix.com/news/NVIDIA-Shortcomings-Screencast 06:09 NVK makes good progress https://www.phoronix.com/news/NVK-Status-Update-2025 08:30 EU proposes to strip back privacy protections https://www.theverge.com/news/823788/europe-cookie-prompt-browser-changes-proposal https://edri.org/our-work/commissions-digital-omnibus-is-a-major-rollback-of-eu-digital-protections/ 11:41 New Online Accounts for KDE https://nicolasfella.de/posts/a-new-online-accounts-system 14:18 KDE’s design system taking shape https://anditosan.wordpress.com/2025/11/18/design-system-progress-november-2025/ 16:22 Zorin OS 18 reaches 1 million downloads in a month https://linuxiac.com/zorin-os-18-hits-1-million-downloads-in-just-one-month/ 18:09 Budgie’s Wayland only version is in preview https://github.com/BuddiesOfBudgie/budgie-desktop/releases/tag/v10.10-preview.1 19:23 Mozilla’s API to automate AI browsing and scraping https://tabstack.ai/ 21:57 Mastodon’s founder steps down, big funding secured https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/11/my-next-chapter-with-mastodon https://itsfoss.com/news/mastodon-ceo-steps-down/ 24:09 VKD3D Proton gets massive update https://github.com/HansKristian-Work/vkd3d-proto...

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