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Your Weekly Source for Linux GNews
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299: Mesa 25, Pi-hole v6, openSUSE, Serpent OS, Marvel's Spider-Man 2 & more Linux news
22/02/2025 Duration: 29minvideo: https://youtu.be/7MiImqaw6k8 Comment on the TWIL Forum (https://thisweekinlinux.com/forum) This week in Linux, we have a jam packed episode. We have the new version of the Mesa graphics drivers. There's some changes happening with Serpent OS project. There's a new release of the Rust programming language and that perfectly flows into some updates we have for Rust for Linux. 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. Download as MP3 (https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/2389be04-5c79-485e-b1ca-3a5b2cebb006/f164ab6e-0c9f-4386-9a2c-8ba2ccfe5b13.mp3) Support the Show Become a Patron = tuxdigital.com/membership (https://tuxdigital.com/membership) Store = tuxdigital.com/store (https://tuxdigital.com/store) Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:34 TWIL 300 Live Next Week!!! 01:57 Mesa 25 Released 03:56 Serpent OS Rebranding As AerynOS 11:32 Pi-hole v6 Released 13
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298: KDE Plasma 6.3, GIMP 3.0, OBS Studio Threatens Legal Actions on Fedora? & more Linux news
16/02/2025 Duration: 33minvideo: https://youtu.be/EkFtY_K3sxA Comment on the TWIL Forum (https://thisweekinlinux.com/forum) This week in Linux, we have a ton of stuff to talk about. There's so much I couldn't fit at all on the show. And even one of the things I wanted to fit in the show, it's by itself too big to be in the show. So I'm going to split that off into a separate video. And there's also a new release of KDE Plasma 6.3. There's a new website for the GNOME project. GIMP 3.0 has another release candidate with RC3. And so much more, including some drama news, OBS studio stuff with Fedora. So let's jump into it because we got 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. So let's jump right into your source for Linux good news. Download as MP3 (https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/2389be04-5c79-485e-b1ca-3a5b2cebb006/c8ef4b23-a22b-451c-89e5-ae7a1be397cf.mp3) Support the Show Become a Patron = tuxdigital.com/membership
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297: Linux / Rust saga continues, Void Linux, Firefox 135, FOSS funding needs & more Linux news
08/02/2025 Duration: 31minvideo: https://youtu.be/v7ZLEAxoW14 Comment on the TWIL Forum (https://thisweekinlinux.com/forum) This week in Linux, we have a lot to talk about with the Linux kernel getting, or maybe not getting, Rusty. There's a little bit of drama there. Also, the Void Linux project has a new release of their distribution. EA has provided an update regarding Apex Legends and Linux. It's not great news, but we're gonna talk about it. There's also a tiny Linux kernel tweak that could save 30% on power use for data centers. And 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. Download as MP3 (https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/2389be04-5c79-485e-b1ca-3a5b2cebb006/2def3851-3faa-48a3-9ee3-3cc889d253b6.mp3) Support the Show Become a Patron = tuxdigital.com/membership (https://tuxdigital.com/membership) Store = tuxdigital.com/store (https://tuxdigital.com/store) Ch
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296: DeepSeek AI, Steam Brick, Google Open-Sources PebbleOS, Hyprland, Thunderbird & more Linux news
01/02/2025 Duration: 29minvideo: https://youtu.be/_sW55AvLlkA Comment on the TWIL Forum (https://thisweekinlinux.com/forum) This week in Linux, there's a new AI chatbot called DeepSeek making waves and terrifying tech investors. Google has open sourced PebbleOS, the operating system for the old Pebble Watches. The Thunderbird email team announced a new version and a new release strategy. Then we'll take a look at a brand new desktop environment for Linux users. 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! Download as MP3 (https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/2389be04-5c79-485e-b1ca-3a5b2cebb006/6b9bfb87-787f-42e6-a9ff-ba0dfc0f3a87.mp3) Sponsored by Sandfly Security, the revolutionary agentless platform designed for Linux. Visit https://thisweekinlinux.com/sandfly to experience security that's not just effective but gives you peace of mind. No agents. No downtime. Just cutting-e
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295: Wine 10, SDL 3, AMD dedicates more to Linux, Intel's Modular PCs & more Linux news
26/01/2025 Duration: 24minvideo: https://youtu.be/LQTqcC0TI-o Comment on the TWIL Forum (https://thisweekinlinux.com/forum) This week in Linux was kind of insane . . . in a good way because the Wine Project hit the big 1-0 with Wine 10. AMD announced something called the AMDGPU Composition Stack and it has a ton of potential for positively impacting the Linux desktop. Intel announced a modular PC idea they are trying to push that could positively impact everyone even including the environment. Then we got the latest release of SDL which will positively impact gamers and so many more. 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! Download as MP3 (https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/2389be04-5c79-485e-b1ca-3a5b2cebb006/80309ce8-2cb3-45cd-8308-3c42a138365e.mp3) Support the Show Become a Patron = tuxdigital.com/membership (https://tuxdigital.com/membership) Store = tuxdigital.com/s
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294: Linux 6.13, Linux Mint 22.1, Rsync Security Bugs, openSUSE & more Linux news
19/01/2025 Duration: 32minvideo: https://youtu.be/qAHxogc8QTc Comment on the TWIL Forum (https://thisweekinlinux.com/forum) This week in Linux, we have a brand new version of the Linux kernel to talk about. Well, maybe. Technically, the 6.13 release is not until this Sunday, and I'm recording this before Sunday, so we're just going to roll the dice, and hopefully it doesn't get delayed. Also, we have some distro news this week to talk about with a new release from Linux Mint, MX Linux, and OpenSUSE. We also have some security news related to the rsync project, as well as a big flaw that was found in the Linux kernel. We're gonna talk about all of this and so much more on This Week in Linux, your 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. Download as MP3 (https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/2389be04-5c79-485e-b1ca-3a5b2cebb006/00615b4f-cf0a-4492-8793-7862cca4c6d2.mp3) Support the Show Become a Patron = tuxdigital.com/membe
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293: COSMIC Alpha 5, KDE Plasma 6.3 beta, SteamOS beyond Steam Deck & more Linux news
11/01/2025 Duration: 33minvideo: https://youtu.be/xtHmj__P-rY Comment on the TWIL Forum (https://thisweekinlinux.com/forum) This week in Linux, we have a lot to talk about. We're gonna talk about some alphas and some betas and also some big news from Valve. So we have KDE Plasma 6.3 beta that is coming out with System76 releasing the Alpha 5 of the COSMIC Desktop Environment and Valve announced that SteamOS is going to expand beyond the Steam Deck. 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. Download as MP3 (https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/2389be04-5c79-485e-b1ca-3a5b2cebb006/ad922b8c-d96d-4bf1-b973-31210aa07975.mp3) Support the Show Become a Patron = tuxdigital.com/membership (https://tuxdigital.com/membership) Store = tuxdigital.com/store (https://tuxdigital.com/store) Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:38 KDE Plasma 6.3 Beta 08:10 Google and The Linux Foundation team up
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292: Ghostty terminal, Nobara, CachyOS, GIMP, & more Linux news
06/01/2025 Duration: 38minvideo: https://youtu.be/ZM_CqPmI7cQ Comment on the TWIL Forum (https://thisweekinlinux.com/forum) This week in Linux, we have a lot to talk about. We have a new terminal emulator that's getting a lot of attention lately with Ghostty. And also we have two distros to talk about with their latest releases, one being CachyOS and the other one, Nobara Linux. And we're also gonna be talking about the latest release candidate for GIMP with GIMP 3.0 RC2. All of this and more on This Week in Linux, the weekly news show that keeps you updated with what's going on in the Linux and open source world. Now let's jump right into Your Source for Linux GNews. Download as MP3 (https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/2389be04-5c79-485e-b1ca-3a5b2cebb006/c1236b17-f424-46e5-8f79-7aebe0ae56c4.mp3) Support the Show Become a Patron = tuxdigital.com/membership (https://tuxdigital.com/membership) Store = tuxdigital.com/store (https://tuxdigital.com/store) Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:38 Ghostty Terminal 1.0 07:31 CachyOS December 2024 Rele
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This Year in Linux, the Top Linux News of 2024
30/12/2024 Duration: 29minvideo: https://youtu.be/jqzkplxlr9Q Comment on the TWIL Forum (https://thisweekinlinux.com/forum) This year in Linux was a huge year. So many things happened. So many updates, releases, changes, improvements. Linux Marketshare, in fact, got much better too. So many things. So we're going to be covering everything in the super detail that we normally would on this week in Linux because there's just so many things to talk about. If you would like to learn more about each individual thing, you can check out the episode show notes. There will be links to every single time every single episode in the show notes so go check those out. Download as MP3 (https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/2389be04-5c79-485e-b1ca-3a5b2cebb006/15c61f5d-8ade-4b47-96c3-f11e3b43e8df.mp3) Support the Show Become a Patron = tuxdigital.com/membership (https://tuxdigital.com/membership) Store = tuxdigital.com/store (https://tuxdigital.com/store) Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:40 CVEs & CNAs for Linux Kernel 01:31 Rust added to the Linux Kernel i
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291: Xfce 4.20, Steam Winter Sale, openSUSE, Fedora Asahi, Serpent OS, MakuluLinux & more Linux news
28/12/2024 Duration: 30minvideo: https://youtu.be/Za_MPfQ9Zdo Comment on the TWIL Forum (https://thisweekinlinux.com/forum) This week in Linux, we have a ton to talk about. So much happened. I took last week off because of the holidays, and there's just a lot happened in that period of time. So let's talk about it. First, we have Xfce because Xfce 4.20 has been released. openSUSE has announced a new package management tool. There is now an alpha release for the Serpent OS distribution. There's also a Steam Winter Sale that's going on right now. And we've got news from DreamWorks. Yes, that DreamWorks. 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. Download as MP3 (https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/2389be04-5c79-485e-b1ca-3a5b2cebb006/1ede6654-d4ab-4e43-a0b9-ed9895bd442f.mp3) Support the Show Become a Patron = tuxdigital.com/membership (https://tuxdigital.com/membership) Store
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290: RHEL 10 Beta, Raspberry Pi 500, 20 Years of Thunderbird & more Linux news
15/12/2024 Duration: 44minvideo: https://youtu.be/HWf-0_Khx6o Forum Discussion Thread (https://forum.tuxdigital.com/t/290-rhel-10-beta-raspberry-pi-500-20-years-of-thunderbird-more-linux-news/6525) This week in Linux, we have a lot to talk about. We have Betas to talk about. We have new hardware to talk about and so much more. So we got Linux Mint 22.1 Beta that's been released. There's also a Beta for Red Hat Enterprise Linux as well as AlmaLinux. We also have new hardware from the Raspberry Pi Foundation and we're gonna be celebrating 20 years of Thunderbird. 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. Download as MP3 (https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/2389be04-5c79-485e-b1ca-3a5b2cebb006/c4704464-a5bf-422e-86f9-2e0a20a59df8.mp3) Support the Show Become a Patron = tuxdigital.com/membership (https://tuxdigital.com/membership) Store = tuxdigital.com/store (https://tuxdigita
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289: Cinnamon Desktop, COSMIC Alpha 4, NixOS, Flathub LLC & more Linux news
09/12/2024 Duration: 29minvideo: https://youtu.be/rT1HH6BfBPQ Forum Discussion Thread (https://forum.tuxdigital.com/t/289-cinnamon-desktop-cosmic-alpha-4-nixos-flathub-llc-more-linux-news/6518) This week in Linux, we have so many cool things to talk about. It's kind of absurd. In fact, it's so much, I had to skip a few things. I have enough for two episodes this week, and more, actually, there's a little more than that. So it was kind of hard to pick what to cover. Maybe I'll make some follow-up content this coming week with some stuff to cover that we didn't have a chance to put in the episode. But this week, we have many new releases to talk about, like the Cinnamon Desktop. NixOS has a new version out. And we got an update for the fourth alpha of the System76's COSMIC Desktop. Then we have some really cool news from Flatpak and KDE. 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 Linu
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288: elementary OS 8 released, FreeCAD hits major milestone, Kernel Drama Revisited & more Linux news
02/12/2024 Duration: 45minvideo: https://youtu.be/lrU-ZPoiuTI Forum Discussion Thread (https://forum.tuxdigital.com/t/288-elementary-os-8-released-freecad-hits-major-milestone-kernel-drama-revisited-more-linux-news/6514) 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. Download as MP3 (https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/2389be04-5c79-485e-b1ca-3a5b2cebb006/1d34116b-94af-480b-9da3-b85af9b1d2da.mp3) Support the Show Become a Patron = tuxdigital.com/membership (https://tuxdigital.com/membership) Store = tuxdigit
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287: Linux 6.12, Arch Linux, Blender 4.3, Security Flaw Found & more Linux news
23/11/2024 Duration: 19minvideo: https://youtu.be/7UWLmx7vpKQ Forum Discussion Thread (https://forum.tuxdigital.com/t/287-linux-6-12-arch-linux-blender-4-3-security-flaw-found-more-linux-news/6504) 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! Download as MP3 (https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/2389be04-5c79-485e-b1ca-3a5b2cebb006/d2185c03-86fd-43be-8a33-d3539c83fd7c.mp3) Support the Show Become a Patron = tuxdigita
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286: Valve talks Anti-Cheat, RHEL 10 Beta, Mozilla is doing what now & more Linux news
16/11/2024 Duration: 19minvideo: 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! Download as MP3 (https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/2389be04-5c79-485e-b1ca-3a5b2cebb006/8b7d99fd-8036-41a8-b6a7-c5ffb0ab5235.mp3) Support the Show Become a Patron = tuxdigital.com/membership (https://tuxdigital.com/membership) Store = tuxdigital.com/store (https://tuxdigital.com/store) 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 04:5
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285: LXQt desktop, GIMP 3.0, Manjaro Data Collection & more Linux news
11/11/2024 Duration: 30minvideo: 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. Download as MP3 (https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/2389be04-5c79-485e-b1ca-3a5b2cebb006/f82cea5c-9dda-4107-9fe9-df56a74b9b0a.mp3) Support the Show Become a Patron = tuxdigital.com/membership (https://tuxdigital.com/membership) Store = tuxdigital.com/store (https://tuxdigital.com/store) Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:44 LXQt 2.1.0 released 02:33 GIMP 3.0 RC1 Relea
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284: Fedora 41 Released, TUXEDO OS 4, Thunderbird for Android & more Linux news
03/11/2024 Duration: 33minvideo: https://youtu.be/GjvxiT7W0uM Forum Discussion Thread (https://forum.tuxdigital.com/t/284-fedora-41-released-tuxedo-os-4-thunderbird-for-android-more-linux-news/6477) 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! Download as MP3 (https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/2389be04-5c79-485e-b1ca-3a5b2cebb006/a3a156dd-1939-437e-9876-93b30a90403b.mp3) Support the Show Become a Patron = tuxdigital.com/membership (https://tuxdigital.com/membership) Store = tuxdigital.com/store (https://tuxdigital.com/store) Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:34 Fedora Linux 41 Released 06
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283: Linux removes Russian maintainers, System76 ARM Desktop, New Raspberry Pi Hardware & more Linux news
26/10/2024 Duration: 30minvideo: 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! Download as MP3 (https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/2389be04-5c79-485e-b1ca-3a5b2cebb006/c110bd06-7e21-429d-bd5f-7656ae6fa35c.mp3) Support the Show Become a Patron = tuxdigital.com/membership (https://tuxdigital.com/membership) Store = tuxdigital.com/store (https://tuxdigital.com/store) 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
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282: Ubuntu Flavours, Android running Linux apps, Inkscape, Rocky Linux from CIQ & more Linux news
19/10/2024 Duration: 37minvideo: https://youtu.be/RbRO0083v0Q Forum Discussion Thread (https://forum.tuxdigital.com/t/282-ubuntu-flavours-android-running-linux-apps-inkscape-rocky-linux-from-ciq-more-linux-news/6468) 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! Download as MP3 (https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/2389be04-5c79-485e-b1ca-3a5b2cebb006/393b3fc5-b2df-4e6c-8188-6d5aad150151.mp3) Support the Show Become a Patron = tuxdigital.com/membership (https://tuxdigital.com/membership) Store = tuxdigital.com
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281: Ubuntu 24.10 Released, KDE Plasma 6.2, Linux Drama & more Linux news
12/10/2024 Duration: 27minvideo: https://youtu.be/onTWvyFkHzY Forum Discussion Thread (https://forum.tuxdigital.com/t/281-ubuntu-24-10-released-kde-plasma-6-2-linux-drama-more-linux-news/6458) 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. Download as MP3 (https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/2389be04-5c79-485e-b1ca-3a5b2cebb006/fe6a2a9b-9181-42fe-bce4-a8d0b2494146.mp3) Support the Show Become a Patron = tuxdigital.com/membership (https://tuxdigital.com/membership) Store = tuxdigital.com/store (https://tuxdigital.com/store) Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:38 Ubuntu 24.10 Released 07:10 Kubuntu 24.10 Released 10:37

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