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293: COSMIC Alpha 5, KDE Plasma 6.3 beta, SteamOS beyond Steam Deck & more Linux news
This Week in Linux
Jan 11, 2025
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) 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 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 (
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) Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:38 KDE Plasma 6.3 Beta 08:10 Google and The Linux Foundation team up for 'Supporters of Chromium-based Browsers' 13:26 System76 Release COSMIC DE Alpha 5 17:59 Sandfly Security, agentless protection 19:34 GNOME Refine Tool 23:06 Lenovo Legion Go S with SteamOS 25:51 SteamOS expands beyond Steam Deck 29:09 The Mecha Comet 31:23 Support the show Links: KDE Plasma 6.3 Beta
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) Google and The Linux Foundation team up for 'Supporters of Chromium-based Browsers'
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https://blog.chromium.org/2025/01/announcing-supporters-of-chromium-based.html
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) System76 Release COSMIC DE Alpha 5
https://blog.system76.com/post/cosmic-alpha-5-released
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https://blog.system76.com/post/cosmic-alpha-5-released
) Sandfly Security, agentless protection
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https://tesk.page/refine/
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https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/01/refine-advanced-tweak-tool-for-gnome
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https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/01/refine-advanced-tweak-tool-for-gnome
) Lenovo Legion Go S with SteamOS
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/lenovo-legion-go-s-with-valves-steamos-is-official-expected-to-launch-in-may/
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https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/593110/view/529834914570306831
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/valve-confirms-a-public-beta-of-steamos-is-coming-as-steamos-expands-beyond-steam-deck/
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