KDE and GNOME OS, Manjaro telemetry & Mozilla layoffs

Linux & Open Source News

Nov 09, 2024•33 min•Season 2Ep. 44

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00:00 Intro

01:31 KDE OS and GNOME OS https://linuxiac.com/gnome-os-to-become-a-general-purpose-linux-distro/ https://linuxiac.com/kde-announced-its-kde-linux-distro/

05:51 Manjaro plans to add opt-out telemetry https://forum.manjaro.org/t/testers-needed-manjaro-data-donor/170163

09:40 Mozilla lays off 30% of its workforce 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

12:45 Fedora KDE promoted to the same status as Fedora GNOME https://www.phoronix.com/news/Fedora-KDE-Desktop-Promoted

14:58 Mint partners up with Framework https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4762

17:30 /e/ & Murena services have been mostly down for a month https://community.e.foundation/t/update-on-murena-io-service-outage/61781

20:12 Proton Sarek wants older PCs to play games too https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/11/check-out-proton-sarek-if-you-have-an-older-gpu-for-windows-games-on-linux/

22:36 GIMP 3 RC is out https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/11/gimp-3-0-release-candidate-is-ready-for-testing https://www.gimp.org/news/2024/10/05/development-update/ https://gitlab.gnome.org/Teams/GIMP/Design/gimp-ux/-/issues/66

24:42 KDE’s progress on HDR https://zamundaaa.github.io/wayland/2024/11/06/hdr-and-color-management-in-kwin-part-5.html

29:03 Steam Recording is out for everyone https://store.steampowered.com/gamerecording

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