This Week in Linux

video: 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 Linux GNews. Download as MP3 (https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/2389be04-5c79-485e-b1ca-3a5b2cebb006/7045c664-7ef2-46c1-9156-98f3b03679b0.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 00:56 Episode 400 Celebration for Destination Linux 02:25 Cinnamon 6.4 Desktop Released 07:36 Alpha 4 Update for COSMIC Desktop 11:00 NixOS 24.11 Released 13:39 Alpine Linux 3.21 Released 15:14 Flathub looking for form an LLC 19:59 KDE's Donation Notification seems to work 25:03 Humble Bundles for Linux Gamers 28:15 Support the show Links: Episode 400 Celebration for Destination Linux https://tuxdigital.com/live (https://tuxdigital.com/live) https://destinationlinux.net/live (https://destinationlinux.net/live) Cinnamon 6.4 Desktop Released https://9to5linux.com/cinnamon-6-4-desktop-environment-released-with-revamped-theme-night-light (https://9to5linux.com/cinnamon-6-4-desktop-environment-released-with-revamped-theme-night-light) https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/12/cinnamon-6-4-desktop-new-features-theme (https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/12/cinnamon-6-4-desktop-new-features-theme) https://gitlab.gnome.org/Archive/clutter#notice (https://gitlab.gnome.org/Archive/clutter#notice) Alpha 4 Update for COSMIC Desktop https://blog.system76.com/post/cosmic-alpha-4 (https://blog.system76.com/post/cosmic-alpha-4) https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/12/cosmic-desktop-alpha-4-changes (https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/12/cosmic-desktop-alpha-4-changes) NixOS 24.11 Released https://nixos.org/blog/announcements/2024/nixos-2411/ (https://nixos.org/blog/announcements/2024/nixos-2411/) https://nixos.org/manual/nixos/stable/release-notes#sec-release-24.11 (https://nixos.org/manual/nixos/stable/release-notes#sec-release-24.11) https://destinationlinux.net/363 (https://destinationlinux.net/363) (Pipewire Interview) Alpine Linux 3.21 Released https://alpinelinux.org/posts/Alpine-3.21.0-released.html (https://alpinelinux.org/posts/Alpine-3.21.0-released.html) https://www.phoronix.com/news/Alpine-Linux-3.21 (https://www.phoronix.com/news/Alpine-Linux-3.21) Flathub looking for form an LLC https://discourse.flathub.org/t/request-for-proposals-flathub-program-management/8276 (https://discourse.flathub.org/t/request-for-proposals-flathub-program-management/8276) https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/flathub-to-become-a-self-sustaining-entity-and-theyre-looking-to-hire-someone-to-help/ (https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/flathub-to-become-a-self-sustaining-entity-and-theyre-looking-to-hire-someone-to-help/) KDE's Donation Notification seems to work https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/kdes-2024-fundraiser-hits-the-goal-clearly-their-donation-pop-up-works/ (https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/kdes-2024-fundraiser-hits-the-goal-clearly-their-donation-pop-up-works/) https://mastodon.social/@[email protected]/113584216771717051 (https://mastodon.social/@[email protected]/113584216771717051) https://kde.org/fundraisers/yearend2024/ (https://kde.org/fundraisers/yearend2024/) Humble Bundles for Linux Gamers https://tuxdigital.com/humble (https://tuxdigital.com/humble) Support the show https://tuxdigital.com/membership (https://tuxdigital.com/membership) https://tuxdigital.com/store (https://tuxdigital.com/store)

video: 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 = tuxdigital.com/store (https://tuxdigital.com/store) 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/ (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://blog.freecad.org/2024/11/19/freecad-version-1-0-released/) https://ondsel.com/blog/goodbye/ (https://ondsel.com/blog/goodbye/) https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/11/freecad-1-0-released-open-source-cad-software (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://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-CoC-Bcachefs-6.13) https://lore.kernel.org/all/citv2v6f33hoidq75xd2spaqxf7nl5wbmmzma4wgmrwpoqidhj@k453tmq7vdrk/ (https://lore.kernel.org/all/citv2v6f33hoidq75xd2spaqxf7nl5wbmmzma4wgmrwpoqidhj@k453tmq7vdrk/) https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/o5tbrrk4r3sxtvk7tjyua5h2qaa3fos7446dkxbjyxjwhp4odd@we5elwaeb7dv/ (https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/o5tbrrk4r3sxtvk7tjyua5h2qaa3fos7446dkxbjyxjwhp4odd@we5elwaeb7dv/) https://www.phoronix.com/news/Bcachefs-Uncertain-Kernel-Issue (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://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.gamingonlinux.com/2024/11/wine-922-released-noting-the-wayland-driver-enabled-in-default-configuration/) https://www.phoronix.com/news/Wine-9.22-Released (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://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 (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.fltk.org/articles.php?L1955) https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/26/fltk14released/ (https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/26/fltk_14_released/) Support the show https://tuxdigital.com/membership (https://tuxdigital.com/membership) https://tuxdigital.com/store (https://tuxdigital.com/store) https://tuxdigital.com/discord (https://tuxdigital.com/discord)

video: 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 = tuxdigital.com/membership (https://tuxdigital.com/membership) Store = tuxdigital.com/store (https://tuxdigital.com/store) 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://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://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=baeb9a7d8b60b021d907127509c44507539c15e5) https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_6.12 (https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_6.12) https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.12-Released (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 (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://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 (https://thehackernews.com/2024/11/decades-old-security-vulnerabilities.html) Blender 4.3 Released https://www.blender.org/download/releases/4-3/ (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.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/11/blender-4-3-brings-hardware-accelerated-ray-tracing-to-linux) https://www.phoronix.com/news/Blender-4.3-Released (https://www.phoronix.com/news/Blender-4.3-Released) Archinstall 3.0 Released https://github.com/archlinux/archinstall (https://github.com/archlinux/archinstall) https://github.com/archlinux/archinstall/pull/2663 (https://github.com/archlinux/archinstall/pull/2663) https://www.phoronix.com/news/Archinstall-3.0-Released (https://www.phoronix.com/news/Archinstall-3.0-Released) Warehouse 2.0 Flatpak Manager https://flathub.org/apps/io.github.flattool.Warehouse (https://flathub.org/apps/io.github.flattool.Warehouse) https://github.com/flattool/warehouse (https://github.com/flattool/warehouse) https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/11/warehouse-flatpak-manager-ubuntu (https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/11/warehouse-flatpak-manager-ubuntu) Zrythm 1.0 Released https://www.zrythm.org/ (https://www.zrythm.org/) https://www.phoronix.com/news/Zrythm-1.0 (https://www.phoronix.com/news/Zrythm-1.0) 20th Anniversary of Mozilla Firefox https://blog.mozilla.org/en/products/firefox/firefox-milestones/ (https://blog.mozilla.org/en/products/firefox/firefox-milestones/) Support the show https://tuxdigital.com/membership (https://tuxdigital.com/membership) https://tuxdigital.com/store (https://tuxdigital.com/store)

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! 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 04:52 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://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://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 (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://www.redhat.com/en/about/press-releases/red-hat-expands-linux-automation-latest-version-red-hat-enterprise-linux) https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/redhatenterpriselinux/9/html/9.5release_notes/index (https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/red_hat_enterprise_linux/9/html/9.5_release_notes/index) https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/redhatenterpriselinux/10-beta/html/10.0betareleasenotes/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/redhatenterpriselinux/10-beta/html/10.0betareleasenotes/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 (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://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.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 (https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/11/mozilla-foundation-axes-30-staff-axes-advocacy-division) CachyOS 241110 https://cachyos.org/blog/2411-november-release/ (https://cachyos.org/blog/2411-november-release/) Hyprland 0.45 Compositor https://hyprland.org/news/update45/ (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://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 (https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/11/vmware-workstation-free-for-all-part-2) Support the show https://tuxdigital.com/membership (https://tuxdigital.com/membership) https://tuxdigital.com/store (https://tuxdigital.com/store)