Ubuntu desktop plans, NVIDIA BIOS lock broken, Budgie gets updates

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Aug 27, 2023•41 min•Season 1Ep. 34

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00:00 Intro

00:59 Ubuntu shared their plans for the desktop

https://ubuntu.com//blog/ubuntu-desktop-charting-a-course-for-the-future

07:31 Budgie received a big update

https://buddiesofbudgie.org/blog/budgie-10.8-released

https://linuxiac.com/budgie-desktop-10-8-released/

12:51 KDE & GNOME updates

https://kde.org/announcements/gear/23.08.0/

https://pointieststick.com/2023/08/25/this-week-in-kde-tap-to-click-by-default/

https://thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2023/08/twig-110/

19:25 NVIDIA Bios lock has been broken

https://www.phoronix.com/news/NVIDIA-Lock-Broken

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/08/nvidia-posts-nvapi-core-software-development-kit-on-github/

22:49 Asahi Linux has an OpenGL conformant driver

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Asahi-Linux-GLES-3.1-AGX-M1-M2

25:15 Firefox lets you import extensions from Chrome

https://www.ghacks.net/2023/08/23/firefox-users-may-import-chrome-extensions-now/

27:35 Ubuntu Deepin 23.04 is finally out

https://linuxiac.com/ubuntudde-remix-23-04-released/

https://ubuntudde.com/blog/ubuntudde-remix-23-04-lunar-release-note/

30:02 Alma Linux is doing better than ever

https://siliconangle.com/2023/08/18/almalinux-leader-says-red-hat-code-crackdown-isnt-threat/

32:59 LibreOffice 7.6 is a big update

https://www.phoronix.com/news/LibreOffice-7.6

36:20 Gaming News: Apex bans players, Roblox Linux support…

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/08/linux-players-getting-banned-on-apex-legends-again/

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/08/steamos-35-for-steam-deck-gets-a-screen-colour-temperature-setting/

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/08/ge-proton-8-13-and-8-12-released-fsr-no-longer-default-and-many-game-fixes/

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/08/roblox-support-is-coming-back-to-wine-on-linux/

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/08/over-11000-games-now-rated-steam-deck-playable/

41:05 Outro

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