Weekly roundup of everything new in the Linux and Open Source world! May contain gaming and privacy related topics. This is a longer counterpart to the Linux and Open Source news videos available on The Linux Experiment Youtube Channel. I’m Nick, I’ve been making Linux and Open Source related videos on YouTube since 2018, with a sizeable following of more than 300 000 subscribers. I’ve been using Linux since 2006, starting with Ubuntu (like most people), and I have 12 years of experience in project management and UX, and that’s the lens I use to view the progress of our Linux desktops and open source applications!
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episode 14: Proposal for Fedora to use Plasma, XZ backdoor repercussions, German state moves to Linux
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00:00 Intro
01:44 A proposal for Fedora to leave GNOME for KDE
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/FedoraPlasmaWorkstation
https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/f42-change-proposal-fedora-plasma-workstation-system-wide/111343/60
07:50 XZ backdoor repercussions
https://linuxiac.com/ubuntu-24-04-lts-beta-release-postponed-due-to-security-concerns/
https://linuxiac.com/after-a-recent-ssh-vulnerability-systemd-reduces-dependencies/
https://9to5linux.com/linux-firmware-update-utility-fwupd-will-use-zstd-compression-for-future-releases
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-xz-backdoor-scanner-detects-implant-in-any-linux-binary/
15:41 German state moves to Linux & FOSS
https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2024/04/04/german-state-moving-30000-pcs-to-libreoffice/
19:42 Germany wants to secure right to encryption
https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/germany-seeks-to-make-encryption-a-legal-right
21:58 Mint 22 shakes things up
https://9to5linux.com/linux-mint-devs-to-ship-thunderbird-as-a-native-deb-package-in-linux-mint-22 https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/04/linux-mint-22-adopts-pipewire-hwe-kernels
26:32 AMD will open source more docs and code
https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMD-More-OSS-Hardware-Docs https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMD-MES-Docs-And-Source-Code
28:16 Thunderbird Exchange support & Snap
https://linuxiac.com/thunderbird-progresses-with-exchange-compatibility/ https://blog.thunderbird.net/2024/04/thundersnap-why-were-helping-maintain-the-thunderbird-snap-on-linux/
32:57 Nitrux will leave KDE Plasma behind
https://linuxiac.com/nitrux-moves-to-maui-shell-bids-farewell-to-kde-plasma/ https://nxos.org/news/plasma-6-in-nitrux-when/
36:09 Linux gaming back at around 2%
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Steam-Survey-March-2024
39:20 Outro
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