A few nice Cosmic reveals, Linux market share gains, macOS more vulnerable than Windows

Linux & Open Source News

Aug 03, 2024•40 min•Season 2Ep. 30

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00:00 Intro

01:15 Linux market share rises again https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/08/linux-hits-another-all-time-high-for-july-2024-according-to-statcounter/ https://www.phoronix.com/news/Steam-Stats-July-2024

04:57 Report shows macOS is more vulnerable than Windows and Linux https://www.techradar.com/pro/the-mythical-security-status-of-macos-is-no-more-report-finds-apple-devices-fare-the-worst-when-it-comes-to-full-takeover-risks https://www.picussecurity.com/resource/report/blue-report-2024

08:53 Mesa prepares to sideline X11 support https://www.phoronix.com/news/Mesa-24.3-Legacy-X11-Option

10:43 System76 explains the decisions behind Cosmic https://blog.system76.com/post/cosmic-team-interview-byoux

21:33 Adblocking on youtube is now way worse https://mashable.com/article/youtube-black-screen-ad-blockers

25 :23 Vanilla OS 2 has a lot of cool stuff https://vanillaos.org/blog/article/2024-07-28/vanilla-os-2-orchid---stable-release

28:43 Serpent OS has a first release https://serpentos.com/blog/2024/08/01/serpent-os-prealpha0-released/

30:51 Linux Mint Debian edition is up to date https://linuxiac.com/cinnamon-6-2-landed-in-lmde-6/

32:31 Reddit strikes at Microsoft and other AI providers https://www.theverge.com/2024/7/31/24210565/reddit-microsoft-anthropic-perplexity-pay-ai-search

35:28 First major lawsuit following Crowdtrike incident https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/delta-is-preparing-a-major-damages-lawsuit-against-crowdstrike-and-microsoft

37:53 Crowdstrike shareholders sue the company https://www.reuters.com/legal/crowdstrike-is-sued-by-shareholders-over-huge-software-outage-2024-07-31/

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