Accent colors standard & kernel performance boosts

Linux & Open Source News

Sep 02, 2023•41 min•Season 1Ep. 35

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00:00 Intro

00:53 Accent colors are added to the XDG desktop portal

https://www.phoronix.com/news/XDG-Desktop-Portal-1.17.1

https://github.com/flatpak/xdg-desktop-portal/pull/815

06:23 Linux Kernel 6.5 was released

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/08/linux-kernel-6-5-features

https://www.phoronix.com/review/linux65-ryzen-7950x

10:41 Kernel 6.6 will have big performance boosts

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.6-Sysctl-Cleaning

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.6-IOmap-Improvements

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.6-EEVDF-Merged

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.6-Early-Features

https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMD-New-OverDrive-Linux

16:22 Sponsor: Thunderbird

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17:52 GNOME will get more UI updates

https://www.omglinux.com/nautilus-split-pane-gnome-45/

https://feborg.es/gnome-settings-update-2023-2/

22:11 France pushes another censorship law

https://www.techradar.com/computing/cyber-security/france-plans-to-boost-internet-censorship-to-combat-online-fraud

https://foundation.mozilla.org/fr/campaigns/sign-our-petition-to-stop-france-from-forcing-browsers-like-mozillas-firefox-to-censor-websites-en/

26:53 Intel announces chips with 240% better efficiency

https://www.reuters.com/technology/intel-says-new-sierra-forest-chip-more-than-double-power-efficiency-2023-08-28/

30:37 Flatpak implements Wayland security features

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Flatpak-Wayland-Security-Ctx

32:02 Alma Linux adds 2 new repos

https://linuxiac.com/almalinux-goes-its-way-adds-two-new-repositories/

36:22 Gaming News: Starfield on Steam Deck, Wine + Wayland

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/08/roblox-support-returns-to-linux-with-wine/

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/09/steam-deck-os-349-released-with-gpu-fix-for-starfield/

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Wine-Wayland-Part-6

40:59 Outro

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