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2023 Summary - Linux, FOSS and Fossery Tech


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2023 is over soon but it was pretty eventful. Let's see what happened in the Linux, FOSS and Fossery Tech realm. I also share some future plans.

TIMELINE

00:00 Intro
00:31 Linux 2023
03:37 FOSS 2023
08:26 Fossery Tech 2023
11:24 Fossery Tech plans
12:20 New TTS voices
13:51 Outro

RESOURCES - LINUX 2023

New distros

Vanilla OS: https://vanillaos.org/
Rhino Linux: https://rhinolinux.org/

Desktop distro releases

Fedora 38: https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/announcing-fedora-linux-38
Fedora 39: https://fedoramagazine.org/announcing-fedora-linux-39/
Zorin OS 17: https://blog.zorin.com/2023/12/20/zorin-os-17-has-arrived/

Desktop environment releases

GNOME 44: https://release.gnome.org/44/
GNOME 45: https://release.gnome.org/45/
KDE Plasma 6: https://community.kde.org/Schedules/Plasma_6
Linux Mint 21.2 / Cinnamon 5.8: https://www.linuxmint.com/rel_victoria_cinnamon_whatsnew.php
Linux Mint 21.3 / Cinnamon 6.0: https://www.linuxmint.com/rel_virginia_whatsnew.php

Other desktop news

Red Hat limits RHEL source code access: https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/furthering-evolution-centos-stream
OpenELA forks RHEL: https://www.theregister.com/2023/11/03/openela_enterprise_linux_source/
Stackoverflow Survey - Linux marketshare: https://survey.stackoverflow.co/2023/#section-most-popular-technologies-operating-system
Canonical pushes Snap: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/02/ubuntu-flavors-no-flatpak
Microsoft Linux tutorial: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/linux/install
GNOME dropping X11: https://news.itsfoss.com/gnome-wayland-xorg/
Fedora KDE spin dropping X11: https://linuxiac.com/fedora-plans-to-drop-x11-support-in-plasma-6/
RHEL 10 dropping X11: https://debugpointnews.com/rhel-10-wayland/
SystemD BSOD: https://news.itsfoss.com/bsod-linux/

Mobile distro releases

PostmarketOS v23.06: https://postmarketos.org/blog/2023/06/07/v23.06-release/#highlights
Ubuntu Touch 20.04 OTA-1: https://ubports.com/en/blog/ubports-news-1/post/ubuntu-touch-ota-1-focal-release-3888

RESOURCES - FOSS 2023

Software releases

OBS Studio 29: https://obsproject.com/blog/obs-studio-29-release-notes
OBS Studio 30: https://betanews.com/2023/11/15/obs-studio-30/
Kdenlive 23.04: https://kdenlive.org/en/2023/04/kdenlive-23-04-0-released/
Kdenlive 23.08: https://kdenlive.org/en/2023/08/kdenlive-23-08-0-released/
Mastodon 4.2: https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2023/09/mastodon-4.2/
PeerTube 6: https://joinpeertube.org/news/release-6.0

New software

Proton Pass: https://account.proton.me/u/0/pass/download
Proton Mail desktop: https://proton.me/support/mail-desktop-app
Mullvad Browser: https://mullvad.net/en/download/browser
Mullvad Browser (unofficial Flatpak): https://flathub.org/apps/net.mullvad.MullvadBrowser
Warehouse: https://flathub.org/apps/io.github.flattool.Warehouse
IPlan: https://flathub.org/apps/ir.imansalmani.IPlan
Errands: https://flathub.org/apps/io.github.mrvladus.List
SaveDesktop: https://flathub.org/apps/io.github.vikdevelop.SaveDesktop

Discontinued software

Searx: https://alternativeto.net/software/searx/about/
Anbox: https://alternativeto.net/software/anbox/about/
Peek GIF Screen Recorder: https://alternativeto.net/software/peek-gif-screen-recorder-for-linux/about/
Bromite: https://alternativeto.net/software/bromite/about/

Other FOSS news

Invidious gets email from YouTube: https://github.com/iv-org/invidious/issues/3872
LXD under Canonical: https://linuxcontainers.org/lxd/
LXD fork, Incus: https://linuxcontainers.org/incus/announcement/
The end of LBRY Inc.: https://odysee.com/@lbry:3f/theendoflbryinc:d
Waterfox independent again: https://www.waterfox.net/blog/a-new-chapter-for-waterfox/
RIP Vim creator Bram Moolenaar: https://news.itsfoss.com/vim-creator-passed-away/
Proton CAPTCHA: https://proton.me/blog/proton-captcha
Proton Drive photo backup: https://proton.me/blog/proton-drive-photo-backup-android
GNU turns 40: https://www.fsf.org/events/gnu40
Richard Stallman battles with cancer: https://news.itsfoss.com/richard-stallman-battling-cancer/
Simple Mobile Tools purchased by ZipoApps: https://alternativeto.net/news/2023/12/simple-mobile-tools-bought-by-zipoapps-sparks-controversy-over-future-of-open-source-apps/

MY WEBSITE

FosseryWeb: https://fosseryweb.codeberg.page/
FosseryWeb beta: https://fosseryweb.codeberg.page/@beta/
FosseryWeb source code: https://codeberg.org/fosseryweb/pages/src/branch/main

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Odysee: https://odysee.com/@fossery-tech:4
Matrix: https://matrix.to/#/#fossery-tech:matrix.org
PeerTube (TILvids): https://tilvids.com/c/fosserytech_channel

SOFTWARE, SERVICES I USED FOR THIS VIDEO

TTS: VoiceGen, Speech Note
Video recorder: OBS Studio
Video editor: Kdenlive
Image editor: Krita
Images: Wikimedia Commons, PriEco
Browser: LibreWolf
My desktop system: Debian 12 with GNOME
My phone system: postmarketOS 23.12 with Phosh

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