289: Cinnamon Desktop, COSMIC Alpha 4, NixOS, Flathub LLC & more Linux news

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 with some stuff to cover that we didn't have a chance to put in the episode. But this week, we have many new releases to talk about, like the Cinnamon Desktop. NixOS has a new version out. And we got an update for the fourth alpha of the System76's COSMIC Desktop. Then we have some really cool news from Flatpak and KDE. 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 on in the Linux and Open Source world. Now let's jump right into Your Source for Linux GNews. Download as MP3 (https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/2389be04-5c79-485e-b1ca-3a5b2cebb006/7045c664-7ef2-46c1-9156-98f3b03679b0.mp3) Support the Show Become a Patron = tuxdigital.com/membership (https://tuxdigital.com/membership) Store = tuxdigital.com/store (https://tuxdigital.com/store) Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:56 Episode 400 Celebration for Destination Linux 02:25 Cinnamon 6.4 Desktop Released 07:36 Alpha 4 Update for COSMIC Desktop 11:00 NixOS 24.11 Released 13:39 Alpine Linux 3.21 Released 15:14 Flathub looking for form an LLC 19:59 KDE's Donation Notification seems to work 25:03 Humble Bundles for Linux Gamers 28:15 Support the show Links: Episode 400 Celebration for Destination Linux https://tuxdigital.com/live (https://tuxdigital.com/live) https://destinationlinux.net/live (https://destinationlinux.net/live) Cinnamon 6.4 Desktop Released https://9to5linux.com/cinnamon-6-4-desktop-environment-released-with-revamped-theme-night-light (https://9to5linux.com/cinnamon-6-4-desktop-environment-released-with-revamped-theme-night-light) https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/12/cinnamon-6-4-desktop-new-features-theme (https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/12/cinnamon-6-4-desktop-new-features-theme) https://gitlab.gnome.org/Archive/clutter#notice (https://gitlab.gnome.org/Archive/clutter#notice) Alpha 4 Update for COSMIC Desktop https://blog.system76.com/post/cosmic-alpha-4 (https://blog.system76.com/post/cosmic-alpha-4) https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/12/cosmic-desktop-alpha-4-changes (https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/12/cosmic-desktop-alpha-4-changes) NixOS 24.11 Released https://nixos.org/blog/announcements/2024/nixos-2411/ (https://nixos.org/blog/announcements/2024/nixos-2411/) https://nixos.org/manual/nixos/stable/release-notes#sec-release-24.11 (https://nixos.org/manual/nixos/stable/release-notes#sec-release-24.11) https://destinationlinux.net/363 (https://destinationlinux.net/363) (Pipewire Interview) Alpine Linux 3.21 Released https://alpinelinux.org/posts/Alpine-3.21.0-released.html (https://alpinelinux.org/posts/Alpine-3.21.0-released.html) https://www.phoronix.com/news/Alpine-Linux-3.21 (https://www.phoronix.com/news/Alpine-Linux-3.21) Flathub looking for form an LLC https://discourse.flathub.org/t/request-for-proposals-flathub-program-management/8276 (https://discourse.flathub.org/t/request-for-proposals-flathub-program-management/8276) https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/flathub-to-become-a-self-sustaining-entity-and-theyre-looking-to-hire-someone-to-help/ (https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/flathub-to-become-a-self-sustaining-entity-and-theyre-looking-to-hire-someone-to-help/) KDE's Donation Notification seems to work https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/kdes-2024-fundraiser-hits-the-goal-clearly-their-donation-pop-up-works/ (https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/kdes-2024-fundraiser-hits-the-goal-clearly-their-donation-pop-up-works/) https://mastodon.social/@[email protected]/113584216771717051 (https://mastodon.social/@[email protected]/113584216771717051) https://kde.org/fundraisers/yearend2024/ (https://kde.org/fundraisers/yearend2024/) Humble Bundles for Linux Gamers https://tuxdigital.com/humble (https://tuxdigital.com/humble) Support the show https://tuxdigital.com/membership (https://tuxdigital.com/membership) https://tuxdigital.com/store (https://tuxdigital.com/store)