GNOME gets €1 million, Amazon wants its own Linux, Steam Deck OLED, Immutable Ubuntu

Linux & Open Source News

Nov 12, 2023•44 min•Season 1Ep. 45

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00:00 Intro

00:48 GNOME gets 1M euros

https://linuxiac.com/gnomes-receives-one-million-boost/

07:42 Amazon wants its own Linux based OS

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/11/amazon-vega-linux-based-os

10:28 Sponsor: Thunderbird

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12:11 Plasma 6 gets new icons and more

https://linuxiac.com/sneak-peek-into-plasma-6-icons/

http://blog.davidedmundson.co.uk/blog/plasma-6-0-alpha-what-this-means/

https://pointieststick.com/2023/11/08/november-plasma-6-update/

18:32 Ubuntu Touch ges a big update

https://ubports.com/en/blog/ubports-news-1/post/ubuntu-touch-ota-3-focal-release-3905

22:26 Ubuntu’s immutable distro

https://news.slashdot.org/story/23/11/08/1957249/canonical-reveals-more-details-about-ubuntu-core-desktop

29:10 Fedora 39 is out with 2 partner laptops

https://fedora.slimbook.com/?private-key=IP8uhjervfgdtycxu

https://youtu.be/69P3IGRaI6M

33:44 Tumblr is in bad shape

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/11/tumblr-is-reportedly-on-life-support-as-its-latest-owner-reassigns-staff/

36:59 Gaming: Steam Deck OLED, Bazzite 2

https://www.steamdeck.com/en/oled

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/11/codeweavers-are-hiring-for-a-wine-proton-developer/

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/11/steamos-like-linux-package-bazzite-20-is-out-now-for-steam-deck-and-desktop/

43:04 Outro

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