Valve builds a Proton for Android apps, Linux is at 11% ?

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Dec 06, 2025•28 min•Season 3Ep. 47

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01:55 Valve prepares their own Waydroid version https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/valves-version-of-android-on-linux-based-on-waydroid-is-now-called-lepton/ https://steamdb.info/app/3043620/info/

05:11 Valve was behind FEX all along https://www.theverge.com/report/820656/valve-interview-arm-gaming-steamos-pierre-loup-griffais

07:39 ZDNet thinks Linux desktop is at 11% https://www.zdnet.com/article/why-people-keep-flocking-to-linux-in-2025-and-its-not-just-to-escape-windows/

11:01 Linux hits another high on Steam marketshare https://www.phoronix.com/news/Steam-Linux-November-2025

12:35 Linux kernel 6.18 released https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/11/linux-kernel-6-18-new-features

14:47 Linux Kernel 6.19 will be packed with GPU improvements https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.19-Graphics-Drivers https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.19-HWMON

16:46 KDE Connect has a vulnerability https://kde.org/info/security/advisory-20251128-1.txt

17:54 NVK + Nouveau improving quickly https://www.phoronix.com/review/nvidia-nvk-linux-618-mesa-26/10

19:46 Mint 22.3 will release around Christmas https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4968

21:10 AlmaLinux wants to be the standard for Media production https://almalinux.org/blog/2025-12-02-almalinux-media-entertainment-sig/

22:55 Fedora replaces the kernel console https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/UseKmsconVTConsole

25:20 OpenDocument Format gets an update https://www.oasis-open.org/2025/12/03/oasis-approves-open-document-format-odf-v1-4-standard-marking-20-years-of-interoperable-document-innovation/