KDE's 3 main goals, Plasma 6.2 beta, Square Enix invests in a Linux OS

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Sep 14, 2024•37 min•Season 2Ep. 36

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00:00 Intro

01:22 KDE defined its 3 main goals for the next years https://blogs.kde.org/2024/09/07/kde-goals-a-new-cycle-begins/

05:01 Plasma 6.2 beta is out https://9to5linux.com/kde-plasma-6-2-is-now-available-for-public-beta-testing-heres-whats-new

08:40 Square Enix invests in Playtron OS https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/09/square-enix-invests-in-playtron-for-their-linux-based-playtronos-first-alpha-out-now/ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/09/the-creator-of-lutris-has-joined-up-with-playtron-for-playtronos/

16:01 New Linux tablet, but far too pricy https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/09/juno-tab-3-ubuntu-tablet-is-expensive

18:40 Ubuntu 24.10 will get more Snap permissions https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/ubuntu-desktop-s-24-10-dev-cycle-part-5-introducing-permissions-prompting/47963

21:41 Linux Mint takes control of their APT tools https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4740

25:05 Fedora 42 could get ARM emulation by default https://www.phoronix.com/news/Fedora-42-Anaconda-Web-UI-Again https://www.phoronix.com/news/Fedora-42-FEX-AArch64-Proposal

27:35 Apple and Google fined 14 and 2.6 billion dollars https://www.axios.com/2024/09/10/apple-ireland-tax-bill-european-union-court https://www.cnbc.com/2024/09/10/googles-2point4-billion-euro-fine-upheld-by-europes-top-court.html

31:38 Do we need a Steam Deck 2 soon? https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonevangelho/2024/09/12/steam-deck-wont-survive-2025-without-a-significant-upgrade/

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