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December 02, 2024288: elementary OS 8 released, FreeCAD hits major milestone, Kernel Drama Revisited & more Linux news
video: https://youtu.be/lrU-ZPoiuTI
Forum Discussion Thread
This week in Linux, we have a lot of new releases to talk about. First, we have elementary OS 8.4. Then we're also having a huge milestone to talk about with the FreeCAD project because FreeCAD 1.0 has been released. Also, FLTK, the toolkit that I thought didn't exist anymore, has a new release with FLTK 1.4, as well as we're going to revisit some Linux kernel drama. All of this and so much more on This Week in Linux, the weekly news show that keeps you up to date with what's going on in the Linux and open source world. Now let's jump right into Your Source for Linux GNews.
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Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:41 elementary OS 8 released
18:43 FreeCAD 1.0 Released
26:42 Linux Kernel Drama Revisited
35:11 Wine 9.22 Enables Wayland Driver By Default
36:45 Mesa 24.3 Released
39:02 FLTK 1.4 Released
44:48 Support the show
Links:
elementary OS 8 released
https://blog.elementary.io/os-8-available-now/
FreeCAD 1.0 Released
https://blog.freecad.org/2024/11/19/freecad-version-1-0-released/
https://ondsel.com/blog/goodbye/
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/11/freecad-1-0-released-open-source-cad-software
Linux Kernel Drama Revisited
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-CoC-Bcachefs-6.13
https://lore.kernel.org/all/citv2v6f33hoidq75xd2spaqxf7nl5wbmmzma4wgmrwpoqidhj@k453tmq7vdrk/
https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/o5tbrrk4r3sxtvk7tjyua5h2qaa3fos7446dkxbjyxjwhp4odd@we5elwaeb7dv/
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Bcachefs-Uncertain-Kernel-Issue
Wine 9.22 Enables Wayland Driver By Default
https://gitlab.winehq.org/wine/wine/-/releases/wine-9.22
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/11/wine-922-released-noting-the-wayland-driver-enabled-in-default-configuration/
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Wine-9.22-Released
Mesa 24.3 Released
https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/mesa-announce/2024-November/000786.html
https://9to5linux.com/mesa-24-3-open-source-graphics-stack-adds-vulkan-1-3-conformance-for-v3dv
FLTK 1.4 Released
https://www.fltk.org/articles.php?L1955
https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/26/fltk_14_released/
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46 min
November 23, 2024287: Linux 6.12, Arch Linux, Blender 4.3, Security Flaw Found & more Linux news
video: https://youtu.be/7UWLmx7vpKQ
Forum Discussion Thread
This week in Linux, we saw the release of the latest version of the Linux Kernel with Linux 6.12. Plus Qualys announced that they found some security vulnerabilities in the needrestart package used by Ubuntu. I'll break it down for you and let you know whether you should panic or not. Then we've got a bunch of releases to talk about from Blender, Arch Linux & more. Then we got some more news from Mozilla to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Firefox web browser. All of this and more on This Week in Linux, the weekly news show that keeps you up to date with what’s going on in the Linux and Open Source world. Now let's jump right into Your Source for Linux GNews!
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Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:47 Linux Kernel 6.12 Released
04:21 Needrestart Security Vulnerabilities Found
06:31 Blender 4.3 Released
08:55 Archinstall 3.0 Released
10:35 Warehouse 2.0 Flatpak Manager
13:24 Zrythm 1.0 Released
15:46 20th Anniversary of Mozilla Firefox
18:37 Support the show
Links:
Linux Kernel 6.12 Released
https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CAHk-=wgtGkHshfvaAe_O2ntnFBH3EprNk1juieLmjcF2HBwBgQ@mail.gmail.com/T/#u
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=baeb9a7d8b60b021d907127509c44507539c15e5
https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_6.12
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.12-Released
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/11/linux-kernel-6-12-has-landed-and-its-a-big-one
Needrestart Security Vulnerabilities Found
https://blog.qualys.com/vulnerabilities-threat-research/2024/11/19/qualys-tru-uncovers-five-local-privilege-escalation-vulnerabilities-in-needrestart
https://thehackernews.com/2024/11/decades-old-security-vulnerabilities.html
Blender 4.3 Released
https://www.blender.org/download/releases/4-3/
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/11/blender-4-3-brings-hardware-accelerated-ray-tracing-to-linux
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Blender-4.3-Released
Archinstall 3.0 Released
https://github.com/archlinux/archinstall
https://github.com/archlinux/archinstall/pull/2663
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Archinstall-3.0-Released
Warehouse 2.0 Flatpak Manager
https://flathub.org/apps/io.github.flattool.Warehouse
https://github.com/flattool/warehouse
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/11/warehouse-flatpak-manager-ubuntu
Zrythm 1.0 Released
https://www.zrythm.org/
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Zrythm-1.0
20th Anniversary of Mozilla Firefox
https://blog.mozilla.org/en/products/firefox/firefox-milestones/
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20 min
November 16, 2024286: Valve talks Anti-Cheat, RHEL 10 Beta, Mozilla is doing what now & more Linux news
video: https://youtu.be/ffIUXuC4qiM
This week in Linux, we've got a response from Valve on the recent Anti Cheat issues. Red Hat has announced the release of RHEL 9.5 & and the beta release of RHEL 10. We've also got some exciting news from Fedora as they will be promoting the KDE Spin to a full Edition with Fedora 42. Then we'll talk aboue Mozilla and how they are continuing the drop the ball. All of this and more on This Week in Linux, the weekly news show that keeps you up to date with what’s going on in the Linux and Open Source world. Now let's jump right into Your Source for Linux GNews!
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Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:40 Valve's response to the recent Anti Cheat Issues
03:04 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.5 & RHEL 10 Beta
04:52 Fedora KDE is being promoted for Fedora 42
06:05 Mozilla Foundation layoffs and drops Advocacy Division
12:05 CachyOS 241110
13:23 Hyprland 0.45 Compositor
14:43 VMware Workstation is Now Free for Commercial Use Too
18:18 Support the show
Links:
Valve's response to the recent Anti Cheat Issues
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1675200/view/4472731215261073464
https://automaton-media.com/en/interviews/the-steam-deck-has-seen-widespread-success-but-its-not-stopping-there-we-ask-valve-about-the-steam-decks-challenges-and-future-goals/
https://steamcommunity.com/games/593110/announcements/detail/4480613067569233924
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.5 & RHEL 10 Beta
https://www.redhat.com/en/about/press-releases/red-hat-expands-linux-automation-latest-version-red-hat-enterprise-linux
https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/red_hat_enterprise_linux/9/html/9.5_release_notes/index
https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/red_hat_enterprise_linux/10-beta/html/10.0_beta_release_notes/index
https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/red_hat_enterprise_linux/10-beta/html/10.0_beta_release_notes/index
Fedora KDE is being promoted for Fedora 42
https://pagure.io/Fedora-Council/tickets/issue/504
Mozilla Foundation layoffs and drops Advocacy Division
https://techcrunch.com/2024/11/05/mozilla-foundation-lays-off-30-staff-drops-advocacy-division/
https://www.engadget.com/computing/mozilla-foundation-cuts-30-percent-of-its-staff-203951504.html
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/11/mozilla-foundation-axes-30-staff-axes-advocacy-division
CachyOS 241110
https://cachyos.org/blog/2411-november-release/
Hyprland 0.45 Compositor
https://hyprland.org/news/update45/
VMware Workstation is Now Free for Commercial Use Too
https://blogs.vmware.com/cloud-foundation/2024/11/11/vmware-fusion-and-workstation-are-now-free-for-all-users/
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/11/vmware-workstation-free-for-all-part-2
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20 min
November 11, 2024285: LXQt desktop, GIMP 3.0, Manjaro Data Collection & more Linux news
video: https://youtu.be/k1abyzx5QkE
This week in Linux, we've got a lot of good news with a new release of the LXQt desktop environment, a new accessory from Raspberry Pi. Valve has announced the official launch for the Steam game recording feature and GIMP 3.0 is finally at a point where we can just might have it at some point soon. We also have a bit of controversial news with Manjaro announcing a new data collection plan. We're gonna talk about all this and so much more on this week in Linux, the weekly news show that keeps you up to date with what's going on in the Linux and open source world. Now let's jump right into Your Source for Linux GNews.
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Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:44 LXQt 2.1.0 released
02:33 GIMP 3.0 RC1 Released For Testing
09:21 Manjaro Data Donor Telemetry
13:33 Raspberry Pi Touch Display 2 & USB Hub
16:49 GNOME OS to be a General-Purpose Distro?
23:47 Steam Game Recording has officially launched
27:18 Linux Mint Night Light For Cinnamon, Collaborating With Framework
29:38 Support the show
Links:
LXQt 2.1.0 released
https://lxqt-project.org/release/2024/11/05/release-lxqt-2-1-0/
GIMP 3.0 RC1 Released For Testing
https://www.gimp.org/news/2024/11/06/gimp-3-0-RC1-released/
Manjaro Data Donor Telemetry
https://forum.manjaro.org/t/testers-needed-manjaro-data-donor/170163
https://youtu.be/pd_mlP5J1fw (my in-depth video)
Raspberry Pi Touch Display 2 & USB Hub
https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/raspberry-pi-touch-display-2-on-sale-now-at-60/
https://www.raspberrypi.com/products/usb-3-hub/
GNOME OS to be a General-Purpose Distro?
https://blogs.gnome.org/adrianvovk/2024/10/25/a-desktop-for-all/
https://linuxiac.com/gnome-os-to-become-a-general-purpose-linux-distro/
Steam Game Recording has officially launched
https://store.steampowered.com/gamerecording
Linux Mint Night Light For Cinnamon, Collaborating With Framework
https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4762
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31 min
November 03, 2024284: Fedora 41 Released, TUXEDO OS 4, Thunderbird for Android & more Linux news
video: https://youtu.be/GjvxiT7W0uM
Forum Discussion Thread
This week in Linux, we have new distro releases from Fedora Linux, TUXEDO Computers, and the Raspberry Pi crew. Then we're going to take a look at the latest Alpha for the COSMIC Desktop and there's an exciting interview coming up on my podcast Destination Linux with one of the founders of Zorin OS. All of this and more on This Week in Linux, the weekly news show that keeps you up to date with what’s going on in the Linux and Open Source world. Now let's jump right into Your Source for Linux GNews!
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Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:34 Fedora Linux 41 Released
06:41 TUXEDO OS 4 Released
11:43 Interview with Zorin OS on Destination Linux
12:41 COSMIC Desktop Alpha Three
15:02 Thunderbird for Android now available
18:40 Raspberry Pi OS with Wayland
20:12 EA blocks Apex Legends on Linux
28:08 Steam making Devs reveal Anti-Cheat info
31:44 Support the show
Links:
Fedora Linux 41 Released
https://fedoramagazine.org/announcing-fedora-linux-41/
https://fedoramagazine.org/whats-new-fedora-workstation-41/
https://fedoramagazine.org/whats-new-in-fedora-kde-41/
TUXEDO OS 4 Released
https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en/TUXEDO-OS_1.tuxedo
https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en/Its-time-TUXEDO-OS-rebase-on-Ubuntu-24-04-1.tuxedo
https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en/TUXEDO-OS-without-version-numbers.tuxedo
https://9to5linux.com/tuxedo-os-4-launches-with-ubuntu-24-04-lts-base-and-linux-kernel-6-11
Interview with Zorin OS on Destination Linux
https://destinationlinux.net
https://zorin.com
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COSMIC Desktop Alpha Three
https://system76.com/cosmic
https://twitter.com/system76/status/1852122150217384332
https://www.phoronix.com/news/COSMIC-Desktop-Alpha-3
Thunderbird for Android now available
https://blog.thunderbird.net/2024/10/thunderbird-for-android-8-0-takes-flight/
Raspberry Pi OS with Wayland
https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/a-new-release-of-raspberry-pi-os/
EA blocks Apex Legends on Linux
https://x.com/PlayApex/status/1852019667315102151
https://www.ea.com/en-gb/games/apex-legends/news/anti-cheat-update-082124
https://tuxdigital.com/podcasts/this-week-in-linux/twil-278/
Steam making Devs reveal Anti-Cheat info
https://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamworks/announcements/detail/4547038620960934857
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/10/steam-games-will-now-need-to-fully-disclose-kernel-level-anti-cheat-on-store-pages/
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34 min
October 26, 2024283: Linux removes Russian maintainers, System76 ARM Desktop, New Raspberry Pi Hardware & more Linux news
video: https://youtu.be/XcfttIaxPKQ
This week in Linux, the Linux kernel has some more drama to talk about this time related to International Sanctions of all things. We've also got some new hardware announcements from System76 and Raspberry Pi. Plus we've got a new Libre Software fund that was launched to help financially assist some open source projects. All of this and more on This Week in Linux, the weekly news show that keeps you up to date with what’s going on in the Linux and Open Source world. Now let's jump right into Your Source for Linux GNews!
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Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:38 Linux Kernel Delists Some Russian Maintainers
10:43 New Raspberry Pi Accessories: SSD & SD Card
13:02 System76 Unveils the Thelio Astra ARM64
16:02 Introducing AlmaLinux OS Kitten
18:58 Introducing the FLOSS Fund
23:09 Solus 4.6 Released
26:35 Clementine Music Player Returns
28:52 Support the show
Links:
Linux Kernel Delists Some Russian Maintainers
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Russian-Linux-Maintainers-Drop
https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAHk-=wjw0i-95S_3Wgk+rGu0TUs8r1jVyBv0L8qfsz+TJR8XTQ@mail.gmail.com/
https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAHk-=whNGNVnYHHSXUAsWds_MoZ-iEgRMQMxZZ0z-jY4uHT+Gg@mail.gmail.com/
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Compliance-Requirements
New Raspberry Pi Accessories: SSD & SD Card
https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/raspberry-pi-ssds-and-ssd-kits/
https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/sd-cards-and-bumper/
System76 Unveils the Thelio Astra ARM64
https://system76.com/desktops/thelio-astra
https://blog.system76.com/post/system76-and-ampere-pioneer-arm64-developer-desktop
Introducing AlmaLinux OS Kitten
https://almalinux.org/blog/2024-10-22-introducing-almalinux-os-kitten/
Introducing the FLOSS Fund
https://floss.fund/
https://floss.fund/blog/announcing-floss-fund/
Solus 4.6 Released
https://getsol.us/2024/10/14/solus-4-6-released/
Clementine Music Player Returns
https://www.clementine-player.org/
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/10/clementine-music-player-new-rolling-release
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31 min
October 19, 2024282: Ubuntu Flavours, Android running Linux apps, Inkscape, Rocky Linux from CIQ & more Linux news
video: https://youtu.be/RbRO0083v0Q
Forum Discussion Thread
This week in Linux, we're going to talk about the 24.10 release of all of the Ubuntu Flavours. Google seems to be doing some work to get Linux apps to work on Android devices. Asahi Linux is doing some great work with getting Linux support on Apple Silicon even Gaming on Linux on Macs. We also have a brand new release from the really cool vector graphics program, Inkscape. All of this and more on This Week in Linux, the weekly news show that keeps you up to date with what’s going on in the Linux and Open Source world. Now let's jump right into Your Source for Linux GNews!
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Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:44 Ubuntu Flavours 24.10 Released
09:07 Android 16 getting Linux apps
11:47 Gaming on Linux on Apple Silicon
14:24 Inkscape 1.4 Released
19:13 WinAmp really whipped itself
25:43 Rocky Linux from CIQ
34:21 Sovereign Tech Fund: 2 Years & over €23 Million
36:17 Support the show
Links:
Ubuntu Flavours 24.10 Released
https://edubuntu.org/
https://kubuntu.org/
https://lubuntu.me/
https://ubuntu-mate.org/
https://ubuntubudgie.org/
https://ubuntucinnamon.org/
https://ubuntustudio.org/
https://ubuntuunity.org/
https://www.ubuntukylin.com/
https://xubuntu.org/
Pipewire Video & Interview
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Ri7X_dGNLs
https://destinationlinux.net/363
Android 16 getting Linux apps
https://www.androidauthority.com/android-linux-terminal-app-3489887/
Gaming on Linux on Apple Silicon
https://asahilinux.org/2024/10/aaa-gaming-on-asahi-linux/
Inkscape 1.4 Released
https://inkscape.org/news/2024/10/13/inkscape-launches-version-14-powerful-new-accessib/
WinAmp really whipped itself
https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/16/opensourcing_of_winamp_goes_badly/
Rocky Linux from CIQ
https://ciq.com/products/rocky-linux/
https://rockylinux.org/
https://www.resf.org/
https://ciq.com/company/leadership/
https://www.resf.org/about
https://www.resf.org/faq/gregory-kurtzer-owner
https://www.resf.org/faq/kurtzer-control
Sovereign Tech Fund: 2 Years & over €23 Million
https://www.sovereigntechfund.de/news/celebrating-two-years-of-empowering-public-digital-infrastructure
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38 min
October 12, 2024281: Ubuntu 24.10 Released, KDE Plasma 6.2, Linux Drama & more Linux news
video: https://youtu.be/onTWvyFkHzY
Forum Discussion Thread
This week in Linux, we saw a lot of good news this week because we have the latest release of Ubuntu 24.10. We also have a new release of KDE Plasma with 6.2. And there's also some news with KDE Neon as well as Kubuntu. And we even have some drama news with the Linux kernel. All of this and more on This Week in Linux, the weekly news show that keeps you up to date with what's going on in the Linux and Open Source world. Now, let's jump right into Your Source for Linux GNews.
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Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:38 Ubuntu 24.10 Released
07:10 Kubuntu 24.10 Released
10:37 KDE Plasma 6.2 Released
13:13 KDE neon 24.04 Released
15:37 Firefox Critical Vulnerability Found, Update Now
17:14 Ardour 8.9 Released
19:18 Linux Drama Alert
25:57 Support the show
Links:
Ubuntu 24.10 Released
https://ubuntu.com//blog/canonical-releases-ubuntu-24-10-oracular-oriole
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/10/ubuntu-24-10-now-available-to-download
Kubuntu 24.10 Released
https://kubuntu.org/news/kubuntu-24-10-oracular-oriole-released/
KDE Plasma 6.2 Released
https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.2.0/
KDE neon 24.04 Released
https://discuss.kde.org/t/kde-neon-rebased-on-ubuntu-24-04-lts/23178
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/10/kde-neon-rebased-on-ubuntu-24-04
Firefox Critical Vulnerability Found, Update Now
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2024-51/
https://destinationlinux.net
Ardour 8.9 Released
https://ardour.org/whatsnew.html
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/10/ardour-daw-updated-with-new-features
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PT8TkvwsgUE (Ardour from Ubuntu Summit)
Linux Drama Alert
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Bcachefs-Fixes-Two-Choices
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28 min
October 05, 2024280: Xfce's Next Release, umu for Proton, E-Ink Tablet, Mozilla Drama & more Linux news
video: https://youtu.be/hgSiToyxHHw
Forum Discussion Thread
This week in Linux, we have a lot of cool news to talk about. We have stuff that's upcoming, we have stuff that was released this week, and so much. So I am super excited about one thing. It's not coming out till December, but I just had to tell you about it, and that is the next release of the XFCE desktop with XFCE 4.20. We also have some releases from Manjaro, as well as the Umo launcher for Proton Games, and we have a preview of the next Cinnamon theme that is coming from Linux Mint. All of this and more on This Week in Linux, the weekly news show that keeps you up to date with what's going on in the open source and Linux world. Now, let's jump right into Your Source for Linux GNews.
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Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:48 Xfce 4.20 Expected in December
02:53 umu Launcher for Proton Released
06:32 Manjaro 24.1 Released
08:04 New Cinnamon Theme Previews from Linux Mint
11:51 Linux App Summit 2024
13:08 Firefox 131 & Mozilla Drama
16:06 PineNote: Pine64’s Linux-Powered E-Ink Tablet
19:09 Support the show
Links:
Xfce 4.20 Expected in December
https://wiki.xfce.org/releng/4.20/roadmap
https://xfce.org/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xfce
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Xfce-4.20-Roadmap
umu Launcher for Proton Released
https://github.com/Open-Wine-Components/umu-launcher
https://github.com/Open-Wine-Components
https://destinationlinux.net/370 (Interview of GloriousEggroll)
https://lutris.net
https://heroicgameslauncher.com/
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/10/unified-linux-wine-game-launcher-umu-gets-a-first-official-release/
Manjaro 24.1 Released
https://forum.manjaro.org/t/manjaro-24-1-xahea-released/168699/1
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Manjaro-24.1-Released
https://lwn.net/Articles/992660/
GNOME 46 on TWIL = https://thisweekinlinux.com/257
KDE Plasma 6.1 on TWIL = https://thisweekinlinux.com/268
Xfce 4.18 on DL = https://destinationlinux.net/306
New Cinnamon Theme Previews from Linux Mint
https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4749
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/09/linux-mint-new-cinnamon-theme-first-look
Linux App Summit 2024
https://linuxappsummit.org/
Firefox 131 & Mozilla Drama
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/131.0/releasenotes/
https://www.ghacks.net/2024/10/01/mozillas-massive-lapse-in-judgement-causes-clash-with-ublock-origin-developer/
PineNote: Pine64’s Linux-Powered E-Ink Tablet
https://pine64.org/2024/10/02/september_2024/#pinenote
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/10/pinenote-linux-powered-e-ink-tablet-returns
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21 min
September 28, 2024279: CUPS Vulnerability, Tails OS + Tor, Ubuntu 24.10, COSMIC Alpha 2 & more Linux news
video: https://youtu.be/Oh9D8KVjMcA
This week in Linux, we have a lot of great news and a little bit of some unfortunate news regarding a vulnerability with the CUPS printing system. Now, it's not as bad as people are claiming, but we'll get to that in a bit. We also have the merger of the Tor project and the Tails OS project, which is really cool, and Ubuntu 24.10 beta is now available, as well as the Cosmic Desktop has reached an alpha 2 that is now available for download and testing. All of this and more on This Week in Linux, the show that keeps you up to date with what's going on in the Linux and Open Source world. So let's jump right into Your Source for Linux GNews.
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Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:47 CUPS Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
06:06 Tor Project & Tails OS Join Forces
08:58 Ubuntu 24.10 Beta Available
12:09 COSMIC Desktop Alpha 2 Available
17:16 Valve Engineer Hopes to Accelerate Wayland Development
19:54 Valve to directly collaborate with Arch Linux
21:42 Support the show
Links:
CUPS Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
https://www.evilsocket.net/2024/09/26/Attacking-UNIX-systems-via-CUPS-Part-I/
https://ubuntu.com//blog/cups-remote-code-execution-vulnerability-fix-available
https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/red-hat-response-openprinting-cups-vulnerabilities
https://thehackernews.com/2024/09/critical-linux-cups-printing-system.html
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/09/ubuntu-secuity-fix-cups-vulnerability
Tor Project & Tails OS Join Forces
https://blog.torproject.org/tor-tails-join-forces/
https://tails.net/news/index.en.html
Ubuntu 24.10 Beta Available
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2024-September/000306.html
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/09/ubuntu-24-10-beta-is-now-available-to-download
COSMIC Desktop Alpha 2 Available
https://blog.system76.com/post/cosmic-alpha-2-press-release
https://system76.com/cosmic
Valve Engineer Hopes to Accelerate Wayland Development
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/wayland/wayland-protocols/-/merge_requests/339
https://www.supergoodcode.com/My-Wayland-Your-Wayland-Our-Wayland/
https://www.supergoodcode.com/unsticking-the-very-sticky/
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Blumenkrantz-Faster-Wayland
Valve to directly collaborate with Arch Linux
https://lists.archlinux.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/RIZSKIBDSLY4S5J2E2STNP5DH4XZGJMR/
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