video: https://youtu.be/F_imR-7E9ps Comment on the TWIL Forum (https://thisweekinlinux.com/forum) This week in Linux, was just crazy... I just got back from the Red Hat Summit last night, now I'm making a jam packed episode of TWIL with stuff from the Red Hat Summit like them announcing RHEL 10. While I was out of time, we entered into the Twilight Zone because Microsoft apparently open sourced WSL, kind of. Mozilla announced they are shutting down some services. And the giant guitar company Fen...
May 24, 2025•35 min
video: https://youtu.be/BPO50JSnLCU Comment on the TWIL Forum (https://thisweekinlinux.com/forum) This week in Linux, we have a ton of news. In fact, sometimes I have to push stuff off a week, but we're going to do something a little different. We're going to do a bunch of extra topics. We're going to start off with Nobara 42 release. We also have a beta release of KDE Plasma's next version with Plasma 6.4. Then we have some stuff to talk about related to the Deepin desktop and OpenSUSE. And als...
May 17, 2025•47 min
video: https://youtu.be/cKIYIkUEBm4 Comment on the TWIL Forum (https://thisweekinlinux.com/forum) This week in Linux, we have a ton to talk about. Linux Mint is modernizing their default theme. Then we have a new release of Hyperland, the tiling window manager. We've also got three new distros to talk about. And there's a new release from the Home Assistant project, as well as the Mesa drivers. And GNOME announced their new Executive Director this week. And that's not all. We've got all of that ...
May 10, 2025•41 min
video: https://youtu.be/PtP_jOlAIHE Comment on the TWIL Forum (https://thisweekinlinux.com/forum) This week in Linux, we have a lot of cool stuff to talk about. First, we're going to talk about the future of KDE Plasma. Then we're going to go into the future of OpenSUSE because Leap 16 beta has been released and the final version will be coming out this year. Then we'll also have a new version of Mozilla Firefox. And also we have some interesting news from the Oregon State University because the...
May 03, 2025•41 min
video: https://youtu.be/vRZkuFBhaAg Comment on the TWIL Forum (https://thisweekinlinux.com/forum) This week in Linux, COSMIC Alpha 7 has been released. We also have some new releases for some distributions. We have Open Mandriva, also Crux, and even something for the retro computer enthusiasts out there. Humble Bundle has a lot of DOOM games available in the id & Friends bundle. All of this and so much more on This Week in Linux, the weekly news show that keeps you up to date with what's going o...
Apr 26, 2025•39 min
video: https://youtu.be/Uxo3F2eVjBs Comment on the TWIL Forum (https://thisweekinlinux.com/forum) This week in Linux is one of the most packed episodes we've had all year. It's kind of ridiculous even. We have huge distro releases from Ubuntu with Ubuntu 25.04, Fedora 42, and Manjaro 25. If that wasn't enough for a stacked episode, LXQt desktop has released version 2.2 and the KDE team have released new versions of all their apps in the KDE Gears app suite. All of this and more on This Week in L...
Apr 21, 2025•35 min
video: https://youtu.be/ua-RPOtdcF8 Comment on the TWIL Forum (https://thisweekinlinux.com/forum) This week in Linux, App 3.0 drops, bringing big changes under the hood. Amiga OS, yes, that Amiga OS, is still alive and getting updates, apparently. Open SSL 3.5 and Open SSH 10.0 both rolled out new features this week with also some future-proofing involved. And Sony, yes, that Sony, has released The Last of Us Part II on PC and it's Steam Deck verified. All that and much more on This Week in Linu...
Apr 12, 2025•23 min
video: https://youtu.be/MGKUyzSei_4 Comment on the TWIL Forum (https://thisweekinlinux.com/forum) This week in Linux, we have a lot of great news to talk about. First, Thunderbird is launching their own email service. KDE is working on making their own Plasma Login Manager. CachyOS has a new release out. We also have another release out for the Mozilla Firefox browser, which has a lot of cool stuff in there I can't wait to tell you about. And also the Dash to Panel extension. There was a little ...
Apr 06, 2025•39 min
video: https://youtu.be/LvEB5lGUqaw Comment on the TWIL Forum (https://thisweekinlinux.com/forum) This week in Linux, we have a brand new version of the Linux kernel, including a boost for gaming performance and GPU workload protection in the Linux 6.14 release. There are some new distro releases to talk about with Zorin OS and EndeavourOS, as well as some beta releases from Fedora and Ubuntu. Plus, openSUSE is adding a long-requested feature to their Zypper Package Manager, and so much more on ...
Mar 29, 2025•28 min
video: https://youtu.be/DVABDjehaWM Comment on the TWIL Forum (https://thisweekinlinux.com/forum) This week in Linux, there is just so much to talk about that we couldn't fit it all in the show. It is just a stacked week. And we're going to be starting things off with GNOME 48. That was released this week. Also, GIMP 3.0 was released. There's a new version of Kali Linux that's out. SteamOS 3.7.0 Preview has been released from Valve. And Pebble Watches are back. All of this and more on This Week ...
Mar 23, 2025•33 min
video: https://youtu.be/YP0wfUNC7D4 Comment on the TWIL Forum (https://thisweekinlinux.com/forum) This week in Linux, we have so much to talk about. First of all, KDE developers have launched their own company called TechPaladin Software. Also, the CodeWeavers team has released the latest version of their crossover software with Crossover 25. The Garuda Linux team have the latest release of their distribution called Broadwing. And also the EFF, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, has released a ...
Mar 16, 2025•27 min
video: https://youtu.be/Anw68ThdGcs Comment on the TWIL Forum (https://thisweekinlinux.com/forum) This week in Linux, we have a ton to talk about. First, we're gonna be talking about building Linux from Scratch. I mean, not walking through that or anything. It's the project called that. Also, the Xen project has a new version of their hypervisor out, and Mozilla is back in the news this week with the latest release of Firefox with 136. Plus, Linux Mint is talking about redesigning their Cinnamon...
Mar 08, 2025•31 min
video: https://youtu.be/9-KlMwQA2v4 Comment on the TWIL Forum (https://thisweekinlinux.com/forum) This week in Linux, we are celebrating the 300th episode of the show, and we're going to do a giveaway! Also this week we're going to go fishing well not exactly we will talk about the Fish Shell's latest release then we'll also take a look at the new drivers from NVIDIA and are they being good to Linux now we'll see mozilla is also in the news this week with uh well they've made a new terms of use ...
Mar 02, 2025•38 min
video: https://youtu.be/7MiImqaw6k8 Comment on the TWIL Forum (https://thisweekinlinux.com/forum) This week in Linux, we have a jam packed episode. We have the new version of the Mesa graphics drivers. There's some changes happening with Serpent OS project. There's a new release of the Rust programming language and that perfectly flows into some updates we have for Rust for Linux. All of this and more on this week in Linux, the weekly news show that keeps you up to date with what's going on in t...
Feb 22, 2025•30 min
video: https://youtu.be/EkFtY_K3sxA Comment on the TWIL Forum (https://thisweekinlinux.com/forum) This week in Linux, we have a ton of stuff to talk about. There's so much I couldn't fit at all on the show. And even one of the things I wanted to fit in the show, it's by itself too big to be in the show. So I'm going to split that off into a separate video. And there's also a new release of KDE Plasma 6.3. There's a new website for the GNOME project. GIMP 3.0 has another release candidate with RC...
Feb 16, 2025•34 min
video: https://youtu.be/v7ZLEAxoW14 Comment on the TWIL Forum (https://thisweekinlinux.com/forum) This week in Linux, we have a lot to talk about with the Linux kernel getting, or maybe not getting, Rusty. There's a little bit of drama there. Also, the Void Linux project has a new release of their distribution. EA has provided an update regarding Apex Legends and Linux. It's not great news, but we're gonna talk about it. There's also a tiny Linux kernel tweak that could save 30% on power use for...
Feb 08, 2025•31 min
video: https://youtu.be/_sW55AvLlkA Comment on the TWIL Forum (https://thisweekinlinux.com/forum) This week in Linux, there's a new AI chatbot called DeepSeek making waves and terrifying tech investors. Google has open sourced PebbleOS, the operating system for the old Pebble Watches. The Thunderbird email team announced a new version and a new release strategy. Then we'll take a look at a brand new desktop environment for Linux users. All of this and more on This Week in Linux, the weekly news ...
Feb 01, 2025•29 min
video: https://youtu.be/LQTqcC0TI-o Comment on the TWIL Forum (https://thisweekinlinux.com/forum) This week in Linux was kind of insane . . . in a good way because the Wine Project hit the big 1-0 with Wine 10. AMD announced something called the AMDGPU Composition Stack and it has a ton of potential for positively impacting the Linux desktop. Intel announced a modular PC idea they are trying to push that could positively impact everyone even including the environment. Then we got the latest rele...
Jan 26, 2025•25 min
video: https://youtu.be/qAHxogc8QTc Comment on the TWIL Forum (https://thisweekinlinux.com/forum) This week in Linux, we have a brand new version of the Linux kernel to talk about. Well, maybe. Technically, the 6.13 release is not until this Sunday, and I'm recording this before Sunday, so we're just going to roll the dice, and hopefully it doesn't get delayed. Also, we have some distro news this week to talk about with a new release from Linux Mint, MX Linux, and OpenSUSE. We also have some sec...
Jan 19, 2025•32 min
video: https://youtu.be/xtHmj__P-rY Comment on the TWIL Forum (https://thisweekinlinux.com/forum) This week in Linux, we have a lot to talk about. We're gonna talk about some alphas and some betas and also some big news from Valve. So we have KDE Plasma 6.3 beta that is coming out with System76 releasing the Alpha 5 of the COSMIC Desktop Environment and Valve announced that SteamOS is going to expand beyond the Steam Deck. All of this and so much more on this week in Linux, the weekly news show ...
Jan 11, 2025•33 min
video: https://youtu.be/ZM_CqPmI7cQ Comment on the TWIL Forum (https://thisweekinlinux.com/forum) This week in Linux, we have a lot to talk about. We have a new terminal emulator that's getting a lot of attention lately with Ghostty. And also we have two distros to talk about with their latest releases, one being CachyOS and the other one, Nobara Linux. And we're also gonna be talking about the latest release candidate for GIMP with GIMP 3.0 RC2. All of this and more on This Week in Linux, the w...
Jan 06, 2025•38 min
video: https://youtu.be/jqzkplxlr9Q Comment on the TWIL Forum (https://thisweekinlinux.com/forum) This year in Linux was a huge year. So many things happened. So many updates, releases, changes, improvements. Linux Marketshare, in fact, got much better too. So many things. So we're going to be covering everything in the super detail that we normally would on this week in Linux because there's just so many things to talk about. If you would like to learn more about each individual thing, you can ...
Dec 30, 2024•29 min
video: https://youtu.be/Za_MPfQ9Zdo Comment on the TWIL Forum (https://thisweekinlinux.com/forum) This week in Linux, we have a ton to talk about. So much happened. I took last week off because of the holidays, and there's just a lot happened in that period of time. So let's talk about it. First, we have Xfce because Xfce 4.20 has been released. openSUSE has announced a new package management tool. There is now an alpha release for the Serpent OS distribution. There's also a Steam Winter Sale th...
Dec 28, 2024•31 min
video: https://youtu.be/HWf-0_Khx6o Forum Discussion Thread (https://forum.tuxdigital.com/t/290-rhel-10-beta-raspberry-pi-500-20-years-of-thunderbird-more-linux-news/6525) This week in Linux, we have a lot to talk about. We have Betas to talk about. We have new hardware to talk about and so much more. So we got Linux Mint 22.1 Beta that's been released. There's also a Beta for Red Hat Enterprise Linux as well as AlmaLinux. We also have new hardware from the Raspberry Pi Foundation and we're gonn...
Dec 15, 2024•44 min
video: https://youtu.be/rT1HH6BfBPQ Forum Discussion Thread (https://forum.tuxdigital.com/t/289-cinnamon-desktop-cosmic-alpha-4-nixos-flathub-llc-more-linux-news/6518) This week in Linux, we have so many cool things to talk about. It's kind of absurd. In fact, it's so much, I had to skip a few things. I have enough for two episodes this week, and more, actually, there's a little more than that. So it was kind of hard to pick what to cover. Maybe I'll make some follow-up content this coming week ...
Dec 09, 2024•29 min
video: https://youtu.be/lrU-ZPoiuTI Forum Discussion Thread (https://forum.tuxdigital.com/t/288-elementary-os-8-released-freecad-hits-major-milestone-kernel-drama-revisited-more-linux-news/6514) This week in Linux, we have a lot of new releases to talk about. First, we have elementary OS 8.4. Then we're also having a huge milestone to talk about with the FreeCAD project because FreeCAD 1.0 has been released. Also, FLTK, the toolkit that I thought didn't exist anymore, has a new release with FLTK...
Dec 02, 2024•46 min
video: https://youtu.be/7UWLmx7vpKQ Forum Discussion Thread (https://forum.tuxdigital.com/t/287-linux-6-12-arch-linux-blender-4-3-security-flaw-found-more-linux-news/6504) This week in Linux, we saw the release of the latest version of the Linux Kernel with Linux 6.12. Plus Qualys announced that they found some security vulnerabilities in the needrestart package used by Ubuntu. I'll break it down for you and let you know whether you should panic or not. Then we've got a bunch of releases to talk...
Nov 23, 2024•20 min
video: https://youtu.be/ffIUXuC4qiM This week in Linux, we've got a response from Valve on the recent Anti Cheat issues. Red Hat has announced the release of RHEL 9.5 & and the beta release of RHEL 10. We've also got some exciting news from Fedora as they will be promoting the KDE Spin to a full Edition with Fedora 42. Then we'll talk aboue Mozilla and how they are continuing the drop the ball. All of this and more on This Week in Linux, the weekly news show that keeps you up to date with what’s...
Nov 16, 2024•20 min
video: https://youtu.be/k1abyzx5QkE This week in Linux, we've got a lot of good news with a new release of the LXQt desktop environment, a new accessory from Raspberry Pi. Valve has announced the official launch for the Steam game recording feature and GIMP 3.0 is finally at a point where we can just might have it at some point soon. We also have a bit of controversial news with Manjaro announcing a new data collection plan. We're gonna talk about all this and so much more on this week in Linux,...
Nov 11, 2024•31 min
video: https://youtu.be/GjvxiT7W0uM Forum Discussion Thread (https://forum.tuxdigital.com/t/284-fedora-41-released-tuxedo-os-4-thunderbird-for-android-more-linux-news/6477) This week in Linux, we have new distro releases from Fedora Linux, TUXEDO Computers, and the Raspberry Pi crew. Then we're going to take a look at the latest Alpha for the COSMIC Desktop and there's an exciting interview coming up on my podcast Destination Linux with one of the founders of Zorin OS. All of this and more on Th...
Nov 03, 2024•33 min
