Valve & Arch partnership, Nintendo kills Switch emulator, Thunderbird for Android is here

Linux & Open Source News

Oct 05, 2024•36 min•Season 2Ep. 39

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00:00 Intro

01:12 Valve and Arch collab means Valve aims at ARM64 https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/09/valve-steam-begin-a-direct-collaboration-with-arch-linux/ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/10/more-info-on-the-valve-steam-collab-with-arch-linux-and-potential-future-hardware-support/

06:53 Nintendo kills another Switch emulator https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/1/24259791/nintendo-ryujinx-switch-emulator-gdkchan-removed-downloads-github

10:24 Mint progress on theming and apt-based tools https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4749

14:55 FreeBSD gets funding from AMD, Dell and Framework https://www.phoronix.com/news/FreeBSD-Better-Laptops

17:31 Tor and Tails Linux merged https://tails.net/news/tails_tor/ https://blog.torproject.org/tor-tails-join-forces/

19:47 Mozilla gets a brand refresh https://www.jkrglobal.com/work/mozilla https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/10/mozillas-new-branding-looks-even-better-animated

22:26 Thunderbird for Android is finally out https://blog.thunderbird.net/2024/09/help-us-test-the-thunderbird-for-android-beta/

24:55 Thunderbird working on some big things https://blog.thunderbird.net/2024/10/thunderbird-monthly-developer-digest-september-2024/

28:36 Epic sues Google and Samsung again https://kotaku.com/epic-google-samsung-trial-fortnite-1851660601

32:47 Linux gaming market share drops again https://www.phoronix.com/news/Steam-Survey-September-2024 https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/worldwide/#monthly-202308-202409

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