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Timecodes: 00:00 Intro 00:39 Sponsor: Squarespace 01:40 Fedora wants to go all in on AI 04:25 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS beta 06:04 Explicit sync will fix Wayland on nvidia 08:20 Proton buys Standard Notes 09:43 DE updates to GNOME, KDE, elementary OS 12:05 Gaming: League of Legends is gone 15:09 Sponsor: Tuxedo Computers 16:22 Support the channel

Fedora wants to go all in on AI

https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/strategy-2028-april-2024-update/

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS beta

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/04/ubuntu-24-04-beta-released

Explicit sync will fix Wayland on nvidia

https://zamundaaa.github.io/wayland/2024/04/05/explicit-sync.html

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Explicit-GPU-Sync-XWayland-Go

Proton buys Standard Notes

https://www.zdnet.com/home-and-office/work-life/proton-acquires-standard-notes-to-add-another-tool-to-its-growing-portfolio/

DE updates to GNOME, KDE

https://pointieststick.com/2024/04/05/this-week-in-kde-real-modifier-only-shortcuts-and-cropping-in-spectacle/

https://thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2024/04/twig-142/

Gaming: League of Legends is gone

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/04/riot-games-talk-vanguard-anti-cheat-for-league-of-legends-and-why-its-a-no-for-linux/

https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/11/24127545/discord-suyu-sudachi-server-shutdown-account-ban

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Timecodes: 00:00 Intro 00:33 Sponsor: Tuxedo Computers 01:34 A proposal for Fedora to leave GNOME for KDE 04:21 XZ backdoor repercussions 07:53 German state moves to Linux & FOSS 09:49 Mint 22 shakes things up 11:42 AMD will open source more docs and code 12:54 Exchange in Thunderbird & Snap package 15:3 Support the channel

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A proposal for Fedora to leave GNOME for KDE

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/FedoraPlasmaWorkstation

https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/f42-change-proposal-fedora-plasma-workstation-system-wide/111343/60

XZ backdoor repercussions

https://linuxiac.com/ubuntu-24-04-lts-beta-release-postponed-due-to-security-concerns/

https://linuxiac.com/after-a-recent-ssh-vulnerability-systemd-reduces-dependencies/

https://9to5linux.com/linux-firmware-update-utility-fwupd-will-use-zstd-compression-for-future-releases

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-xz-backdoor-scanner-detects-implant-in-any-linux-binary/

German state moves to Linux & FOSS

https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2024/04/04/german-state-moving-30000-pcs-to-libreoffice/

Germany wants to secure right to encryption

https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/germany-seeks-to-make-encryption-a-legal-right

Mint 22 shakes things up

https://9to5linux.com/linux-mint-devs-to-ship-thunderbird-as-a-native-deb-package-in-linux-mint-22 https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/04/linux-mint-22-adopts-pipewire-hwe-kernels

AMD will open source more docs and code

https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMD-More-OSS-Hardware-Docs https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMD-MES-Docs-And-Source-Code

Thunderbird Exchange support & Snap

https://linuxiac.com/thunderbird-progresses-with-exchange-compatibility/ https://blog.thunderbird.net/2024/04/thundersnap-why-were-helping-maintain-the-thunderbird-snap-on-linux/

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Timecodes: 00:00 Intro 00:47 Sponsor: Kasm 01:48 Disclaimer 02:49 Distributions 06:05 Desktop & tiling Wms 09:29 Wayland vs X11 10:22 Hardware & compatibility 14:15 Packaging formats & apps 16:50 Other tidbits 18:34 What I learned 19:49 Sponsor: Tuxedo Computers 20:57 Support the channel

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Arch and Arch based distros seem to represent 29% of answers, way higher than Ubuntu and Ubuntu based distros, at 22% including Linux Mint, or 16% not including it. It's higher than Fedora at 19% of answers.

Another surprising number is NixOS, sitting at 7%. Final thing that surprised me is SteamOS: it only got 39 answers, meaning virtually no one seems to use their Steam Deck as their main computer.

89% of people who answered the survey said that they don't use an immutable distro.

Plasma is, on the surface, the most used DE out there, it sits at 30%.Vanilla GNOME sits at 14%, but if we tally up all GNOME implementations, we land on 35%, beating KDE pretty soundly.

Tiling WMs gathered up 21% of votes, meaning that they're actually the third thing used by people, far above any other DE than GNOME and KDE.

Hyprland seems to be very popular right now, at almost 48% of answers. We also have Sway, at 12%, i3 at 11%, and then a smattering of others, like AwesomeWM, bspwm, qtile, xmonad and more.

Speaking of which: Wayland got 66% of answers here, versus 34% for X11.

As per hardware, I asked people which kind of GPU and CPU they used. For CPUs, AMD and Intel are really evenly matched, at 50% for AMD and 49% for Intel, the last % being for ARM based CPUs.

As per GPUs, AMD takes the lead here, but not by much, we get to 39% of answers.

22% of people who answered only have an Nvidia GPU, so that's still pretty high, and if we add Nvidia GPUs as a hybrid configuration in a laptop, we land on 37%.

Pure Intel configurations, represent 22% of answers for integrated graphics, and 1% for dedicated Intel only, plus another % for people who run a hybrid config with a dedicated Intel GPU, so at most 24%.

As per the provenance of that hardware, a lot of people seem to build their own computers to run Linux on, at 44%. 40% of people who took the survey bought a PC from a major window manufacturer, with WIndows preinstalled, or no OS if the option was available.

Apart from that, only 4% said they used a computer from a Linux manufacturer, like TUxedo, System76, Slimbook, and the like, 2% use a mac, and, interestingly, 5% bought a computer from a major manufacturer with Linux preinstalled, so presumably from Dell or Lenovo, as these are the 2 main ones that have the option, AFAIK.

I paired that question with another one, asking how well Linux ran on people's computers, and overwhelmingly, it seems that hardware compatibility is great these days. 63% of respondents said they experienced 0 issues after installing Linux, and 23% said they did have small problems that they could fix. Only 13% said there's still hardware that doesn't work at all, and 1% said their computer performs pretty badly under Linux.

66% of people who answered use flatpaks mixed in with packages from other sources, and 6% only use this format, meaning we're at almost 3/4 of respondants that use Flatpaks daily.

The results are not as positive for other formats, with Snaps not being used at all by 84% of people who answered, and 54% of people not using APpImages at all.

On the topic of applications, Firefox seems to be the asbolute most poplar browser here, at 68%, with an extra 9% for Firefox derivatives like Librewolf.

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Timecodes: 00:00 Intro 00:32 Sponsor: SquareX 02:26 Big security flaw in a common package 04:07 Redis is forked after licence change 06:40 The future of the Linux desktop is looking good 08:26 Ubuntu 24.04 will be better for gaming 10:06 Canonical addresses the scam snap problem 11:26 Flathub improvements and adoption 13:03 Gaming: new Nvidia driver, EA anticheat 16:31 Sponsor: Tuxedo Computers 17:51 Support the channel

Big security flaw in a common package

https://www.phoronix.com/news/GitHub-Disables-XZ-Repo

https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/urgent-security-alert-fedora-41-and-rawhide-users

https://www.phoronix.com/news/XZ-CVE-2024-3094

Redis is forked after licence change

https://www.linuxfoundation.org/press/linux-foundation-launches-open-source-valkey-community

https://redis.com/blog/redis-adopts-dual-source-available-licensing/

https://www.computerworld.com/article/3714821/software-vendors-dump-open-source-go-for-the-cash-grab.html

The future of the Linux desktop is looking good

https://blogs.gnome.org/uraeus/2024/03/28/fedora-workstation-40-what-are-we-working-on/

Ubuntu 24.04 will be better for gaming

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/03/ubuntu-24-04-makes-a-small-tweak-that-dramatically-improves-gaming

Canonical addresses the scam snap problem

https://forum.snapcraft.io/t/manual-review-of-all-new-snap-name-registrations/39440

Flathub improvements and adoption

https://mastodon.social/@flathub@floss.social

Gaming: new Nvidia driver, EA anticheat

https://9to5linux.com/red-hat-announces-nova-a-rust-based-gsp-only-driver-for-nvidia-gpus

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/03/ea-anticheat-arrives-for-battlefield-v-in-april-will-break-it-on-linux-steam-deck/

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Timecodes: 00:00 Intro 00:53 Sponsor: Kasm Workspaces 01:44 General Linux Knowledge 05:05 Command Line resources 07:53 Desktop Environments 09:07 Customization 10:06 Linux Gaming 11:02 Linux News 13:04 Share your resources 13:31 Sponsor: Tuxedo Computers 14:30 Support the channel

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Desktop Environments: KDE Userbase: https://userbase.kde.org/Welcome_to_KDE_UserBase Sway Wiki: https://github.com/swaywm/sway/wiki i3 documentation: https://i3wm.org/docs/ Hyprland wiki: https://wiki.hyprland.org/

Customization: Linux Scoop: https://www.youtube.com/@linuxscoop

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Timecodes: 00:00 Intro 00:33 Sponsor: TuxCare 02:10 Mozilla announced layoffs to refocus on Firefox 03:54 Cosmic alpha is close, with its own file manager 05:40 India moves to ban ProtonMail 07:30 Servo engine resuscitated, Firefox gets new feature 08:40 Chromium gains support for WebMonetization API 10:04 Ubuntu creates a new app & revamps the installer 12:49 Gaming: Asahi & Manjaro Orange Pi handheld 15:23 Sponsor: Tuxedo Computers 16:39 Support the channel

Mozilla announced layoffs to refocus on Firefox

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/02/mozilla-announces-layoffs-firefox-ai-plans

Cosmic alpha is close, with its own file manager

https://blog.system76.com/post/closing-in-on-a-cosmic-alpha

India moves to ban ProtonMail

https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/it-ministry-looks-to-block-proton-mail-on-request-of-tamil-nadu-police-101707938167006.html

Servo engine resuscitated, Firefox gets new feature

https://news.itsfoss.com/servo-rust-web-engine/

Chromium gains support for WebMonetization API

https://linuxiac.com/chromium-plans-to-roll-out-web-monetization/

Ubuntu creates a new app & revamps the installer

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/02/ubuntu-24-04-installer-redesign

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/02/first-look-at-ubuntus-new-desktop-security-center

Gaming: x86 on ARM, Asahi drivers & Manjaro Orange Pi

https://rosenzweig.io/blog/conformant-gl46-on-the-m1.html

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/02/asahi-linux-projects-opengl-support-on-apple-silicon-officially-surpasses-apples/

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/02/more-details-on-the-manjaro-orange-pi-neo-gaming-handheld/

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Timecodes: 00:00 Intro 00:48 Sponsor: Internxt 01:55 Cosmic is working on its first alpha 03:33 The Wayland saga continues 06:11 The Linux kernel 6.7 being released 07:46 Mint 21.3 is out 09:01 Fedora Asahi progressed a lot 10:35 Some cool stuff coming to GNOME 46 alpha 12:37 Gaming: SteamOS devices, Heroic Update, NVK improvements 16:16 Sponsor: Tuxedo 17:24 Support the channel

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Cosmic is working on its first alpha

https://blog.system76.com/post/cosmic-the-road-to-alpha

The Wayland saga continues

https://blog.tenstral.net/2024/01/wayland-really-breaks-things-just-for-now.html

The Linux kernel 6.7 being released

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/01/linux-kernel-6-7-new-features

Mint 21.3 is out

https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4624

Fedora Asahi gained some cool improvements

https://linuxiac.com/fedora-asahi-remix-delivers-major-improvements/

Some cool stuff coming to GNOME 46 and beyond

https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNOME-46-Alpha-Released https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNOME-Shell-Mutter-46-Alpha https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNOME-VRR-2024

Gaming: Steam OS device, NVK improvements, Heroic Update

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/01/ayaneo-next-lite-with-a-customized-steamos-like-holoiso-fully-revealed/

https://www.phoronix.com/news/NVK-Pipeline-Shader-Cache

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/01/heroic-games-launcher-v2120-brings-lots-of-improvements-and-some-fun-experiments/

Andy Yen, the CEO of Proton (Mail, Drive, VPN, Pass...) answered a lot of the questions you, the community, asked, in an interview that covers basically everything!

He discusses security, privacy, the origins of Proton, how they operate, Linux support, future projects, products and features, quantum computing, passkeys, and more!

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Timecodes:

00:00 Intro 01:16 How did Proton start? 03:24 Why start with email? 06:03 What is Proton's business model? 08:34 Why set up in Switzerland? 11:33 What data do you have on customers? 14:39 How is encryption important? 18:20 Do you always need to use a VPN? 20:47 Why focus on building an ecosystem? 24:55 Is an Office Suite planned? 26:29 What differentiates Proton from competitors? 30:26 Is Proton a viable alternative to big tech services? 33:31 Why expand to more products instead of finishing existing ones? 37:19 Does the general public care about privacy? 38:45 What's next for Proton services? 40:08 What are the plans for native Linux clients? 46:03 Will ProtonVPN offer dedicated IPs to everyone? 47:46 What's the environmental impact of Proton? 49:27 Proton on F-Droid, without Google Play notifications? 52:03 Why are code repos all separated and hard to find? 53:12 Why are addresses ending in ".me" ? 54:57 When will all apps reach feature parity? 56:24 Will SMTP relay be supported? 57:47 Will Proton focus more on businesses in the future? 59:50 Why put all your eggs in one basket with just Proton services? 01:01:00 Will Proton support passkeys? 01:03:21 Does E2E matter is the recipient isn't using it? 01:04:49 Will Proton disable port forwarding in VPN? 01:06:41 Is encryption enough to make email private? 01:09:06 What protects users from a change in Proton's code licensing? 01:11:14 How does Proton protect its infrastructure? 01:13:14 Impacts of Quantum Computing on privacy and security? 01:14:24 What's the future of Proton Bridge? 01:16:25 When will Proton photos be a thing? 01:17:17 Plans for Proton Notes? 01:18:20 Will VPN support the Apple TV? 01:21:12 Support the channel

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Timecodes: 00:00 Intro 00:36 Sponsor: 10% off your first ebsite with Squarespace 01:33 Linus Torvalds talks about the future of Linux 03:58 Ubuntu might drop older CPUs 06:57 LXQt working on Wayland as well 08:33 Cosmic gets more improvements 09:48 GNOME & KDE updates 11:45 Gaming: Linux beats Windows, No Fortnite on Linux 15:17 Sponsor: Get a PC made to run Linux 16:24 Support the channel

Linus Torvalds talks about the future of Linux

https://www.zdnet.com/article/linus-torvalds-on-state-of-linux-today-and-how-ai-figures-in-its-future/

Ubuntu might drop older CPUs

https://ubuntu.com/blog/optimising-ubuntu-performance-on-amd64-architecture

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Ubuntu-24.04-LTS-Desktop-Plans

LXQt working on Wayland as well

https://lubuntu.me/noble-alpha-featureset/

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Lubuntu-24.04-LTS-Plans

https://lubuntu.me/noble-alpha-featureset/

Cosmic gets more improvements

https://blog.system76.com/post/the-spirit-of-cosmic-december-updates

GNOME & KDE updates

https://pointieststick.com/2023/12/15/this-week-in-kde-un-flashy-important-stability-work/

https://thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2023/12/twig-126/

Gaming: Linux beats Windows, No Fortnite on Linux

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/12/fortnite-on-linux-steam-deck-not-until-tens-of-millions-of-users/

https://steamcommunity.com/groups/SteamClientBeta/announcements/detail/3860211327585452520

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Windows-11-scores-dead-last-in-gaming-performance-tests-against-3-Linux-gaming-distros.778624.0.html

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#Linux #desktop #operatingsystem #linuxdesktop #linuxdistro

Unified theming between desktops is pretty much abandoned as a thing that should be pursued, but we're also seeing an accent colors standard emerge. And that's complimented by the work being done on portals. With portals for settings, screenshots, remote desktops, printing, sending email, creating shortcuts or transferring files, there's now a solid abstraction layer between your desktop and the apps it runs.

But, for now, we're not there yet. These standards are progressing, but they're not all encompassing, and they're not implemented equally across all desktops. The big ones, like GNOME and KDE, sure, but other smaller options aren't there yet.

Packaging formats, at the end of 2023, are in a bad state. Linux packaging has never been messier. As neither flatpak nor snap are fully ready for 100% of applications, some stuff simply can't be packaged using these, and they still have drawbacks that some users don't want to deal with. Which means a lot of app developers still can't say "hey, this is what we should be using now".

The display situation is much better though. X11 is now clearly abandonware, and work on Wayland has been stellar in 2023. Mostly all desktops now have plans for Wayland, everyone is in agreement.

Added to that, work on supporting HDR has moved by leaps and bounds, and we'll see a fully working implementation in 2024. Fractional scaling is now properly implemented on Wayland as well, meaning we can finally do non blurry scaling, with different scaling per monitor, and different refresh rates per monitor as well.

As per drivers, we've seen some solid progress as well. AMD now has solid drivers on launch day for their GPUs, Intel has finished their Xe driver, Arc GPUs are now well supported, and nvidia drivers have progressed a lot. We're also seeing very strong efforts for open source nvidia drivers.

As per firmware, the linux firmware vendor system, or LVFS has also seen broad adoption, letting you apply firmware updates on the fly and easily. This already supplied 100 million firmware updates, and Google is even pushing manufacturers to support that for their own Linux based Chrome OS.

Gaming has been incredible in 2023. Not only did Linux pass macOS market share for Steam, but we've seen great support for the Steam Deck, which, in turn, means great support for Linux. Sure, it's all driven by Proton and Wine, it's not native Linux ports, but my opinion is that it doesn't matter: if you can click install, and then play, and run the game with the performance you'd expect, things are good.

Non steam gaming has also progressed immensely, with Heroic becoming a really fantastic launcher for Gog and EPic Games, and Lutris still handling most of the rest.

Now for app support, I'd say we haven't seen many improvements in 2023. Sure, our own open source apps have progressed this year, but the usual suspects are still missing, that would let a lot more people move to Linux. Still no Office, Adobe apps, a lot of content creation software, or CAD software are still missing, with no indication that it will change.

The big challenge I can see is AI integration in the desktop. It's a move Microsoft is making with Windows 12, adding AI powered search, and automations throughout the desktop. Whether we should chase that trend on Linux, I'll let you decide, but what's certain is that once users have had a few years to get used to one click buttons that save 30 minutes, it will be hard to go back.

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#Privacy #anonymity #private

Virtually everything online now collects data. And this data doesn't just stay at the company that collected it. This data is a giant repository for governments to use and track or monitor their citizens.

See, in a LOT of countries, governments have the right to ask a company to provide all the data they've collected on their users. Companies have no choice but to comply with these, which is also why using end to end, and zero access encrypted services is crucial.

For example, the US can request any company to give them data on a specific user, they've done so more than any other country in 2020. But other countries do the exact same: Germany, Denmark, South korea, France, virtually ever country does this.

If you want even more scary numbers, in 2022, Meta, the parent company for Facebook, Instagram, or Whatsapp, got 827K requests for data. They complied with 76% of these requests.

https://www.globalsecuritymag.com/Meta-received-over-800k-user-data-requests-from-governments-in-2022.html

There are a lot of legal offensives being planned, or already implemented in various countries, so let's look at a few.

In Russia, recent laws from 2017 banned anonymous use of online messaging apps, and prohibits the use of tools that would circumvent government censorship. This means that while VPNs aren't exactly banned, if they let people access banned websites, then they'll also be banned. This has happened to at least 15 VPNs, including NordVPN, ProtonVPN, and OperaVPN.

https://www.hrw.org/news/2017/08/01/russia-new-legislation-attacks-internet-anonymity

In Australia, in 2021, a law was proposed to force people to attach their real name to their social media posts, apparently to fight online trolls, bullying and harrassment. Users would have had to provide an ID before opening any social media account, which would obviously open the door to surveillance, monitoring, and censorship.

https://ia.acs.org.au/article/2021/govt-wants-to-end-online-anonymity.html

In France, we have the recent SREN law. This thing would give the telecom watchdog powers to block websites, and require tools for age verification. On top of that, the law will give the government capabilities to demand web browsers and DNS providers block certain websites.

https://adguard.com/en/blog/france-web-browser-dns-blocking-law.html

in the UK, the Online Safety Bill of 2022 allows the regulatory agency Ofcom to force websites to collect people's personal data, and they'll be able to scan, restrict and remove content that is considered harmful. The bill also mandates online communication services to be moderated, which basically means end to end encryption can be enabled there anymore.

https://datainnovation.org/2022/05/the-uks-online-safety-bill-undermines-encryption-and-anonymity/

So, what can you do about this? For protecting your data, there are plenty of things you can do. First, stop using privacy invasive operating systems. If you can't move to something like Linux, try at least to disable all the telemetry you can in Windows or macOS, in Android and iOS. You can try using a degoogled, privacy focused Android ROM on your smartphone.

Leaving Chrome for a more private browser is also pretty much mandatory. Same goes for your online services: stop using Google as a search engine, Gmail, or stuff like Outlook, OneDrive, iCloud, and the like. Using a VPN is also a solid option to at least try and blur the lines.

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#Linux #OpenSource #TechNews

00:00 Intro 00:47 Sponsor: Thunderbird 01:40 Microsoft has to open Windows 03:22 FSF calls to the EU for more open source 05:06 AMD is teasing some FOSS work around AI 06:36 Peertube's roadmap looks pretty awesome 08:21 Desktop Environment news 10:47 Kernel 6.7 is full of good stuff 12:39 Gaming: Deck OLED, SteamOS update, Wine on Wayland 15:40 Sponsor: Get a PC made to run Linux 16:36 Outro

Microsoft has to open Windows

https://www.theverge.com/2023/11/16/23963579/microsoft-windows-11-eu-digital-markets-act-feature-changes

FSF calls to the EU for more open source

https://fsfe.org/activities/upcyclingandroid/openletter.en.html

AMD is teasing some FOSS work around AI

https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMD-Advancing-AI-Open

Peertube's roadmap looks pretty awesome

https://framablog.org/2023/11/14/lets-regain-ground-on-the-toxic-web-framasofts-2023-report/

Desktop environment news

https://pointieststick.com/2023/11/17/this-week-in-kde-panel-intellihide-and-wayland-presentation-time/

https://thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2023/11/twig-122/

Kernel 6.7 is full of good stuff

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/11/linux-6-6-kernel-confirms-long-term-support

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.7-rc1

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.7-USB-Thunderbolt

https://www.phoronix.com/review/bcachefs-linux-67

Gaming: Deck OLED, SteamOS update, Wine on Wayland

https://9to5linux.com/steam-deck-oled-is-now-available-to-order-with-hdr-display-and-bigger-battery

https://www.phoronix.com/news/SteamOS-3.5.5

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Wine-Wayland-HiDPI-Merged

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/11/wine-820-brings-directmusic-improvements-and-preparations-for-wine-90/

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#Linux #Flatpak #Snap #AppImage

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So, what we call "packages" are debs, for Debian and Ubuntu based distros, and RPMs for Red Hat and SUSE based distros. These packages can contain libraries, or apps, and all libraries are shared between applications.

We then have Flatpaks, which are distro-agnostic. Flatpaks are sandboxed, and while they share a lot of libraries through runtimes, they can use more space over time.

Snaps are basically the same concept as flatpaks, made by Ubuntu. There are a few technical differences with flatpaks, the big one being that Snaps are suitable for graphical apps, and for command line programs.

AppImages are a more portable format: the whole app is shipped inside a single file, with most, if not all of its libraries. This means you can copy/paste apps from a system to another, and they run on any distro that has access to FUSE2.

Now, let's look at some performance comparison between different packaging formats. I ran all these tests on the same Ubuntu 23.04 VM, with 16 gigs of RAM, 4 cores of my 13th gen i7 13700h.

Judging from the results, we can see that all packaging formats take longer to start than basic deb packages. It's especially visible with heavy apps that need to do some setup when they first open, like LibreOffice or GIMP. But we also notice that on subsequent openings of an app, all packaging formats are pretty close.

I ran the Speedometer test in all 4 versions of Firefox: the snap performs worse for jetstream, but much better for Speedometer, while flatpak performs on par for SPeedometer, but worse for jetstream. Deb packages perform well for jetstream, but worse for speedometer., and the Appimage is generally just a good performer.

A sandboxed application runs in its own environment, with very few ways to access things outside of that sandbox. This is similar to how web browsers run each tab in a separate process.

Regular packages aren't sandboxed by default: basically it means that you should only install these packages from sources you trust: either your distro's repos, or well vetted third party repos.

As per Flatpaks, they're all sandboxed. The sandbox isn't 100% bulletproof, nothing is, but it does limit what the app can access. This is all managed through app permissions, much like what you'd find in Android or iOS apps.

Snaps can be sandboxed, but the sandbox isn't mandatory: developers can decide to not use it, although this triggers a manual review of the snap app when it's uploaded to the Snap Store, to check if it does anything weird. As per AppImages, they don't have a sandbox natively.

Now let's see what's missing in terms of features. Regular packages can access everything, so there are no missing features there.

Flatpaks and snaps have more restrictions. The main missing piece is native messaging support: this is what lets an app communicate with another, and one main use case is for password managers: currently, no web browser packaged as flatpak or snap can interact with a third party password manager reliably.

Support for the system theme is also not perfect for snaps and flatpaks, or for AppImages.

As per various problems with these packaging formats, you also have the size of packages: while Snaps and Flatpaks do share libraries between apps, they don't share as much as regular packages, which means they can take up more space.

Snaps also have the added problem that they mount each app in its own virtual filesystem, that is decompressed on the fly: this can clutter your mount points, which can be annoying if you need to manage these regularly. The Snap Store backend is also proprietary, and it's centralized.

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#Linux #kdeplasma #laptop

00:00 Intro 01:11 The Old Setup 02:50 The New Setup 05:07 The laptop: InfinityBook Pro 16 08:22 KDE Configuration for Laptop Mode 11:02 Wayland + KDE + Nvidia: not perfect 12:39 Editing Setup (dock and peripherals) 15:09 KDE Configuration for Editing Mode 17:54 Performance: editing and gaming 19:59 Parting Thoughts

So, let's look at the laptop, the Tuxedo Infinitybook pro 16, generation 8. It's 16 inches, 2560x1600, 16:10, at 240hz. It uses an Intel i7 13700H, with 32gigs of DDR5 RAM at 4800mhz, an nvidia RTX 4060 with 8 gigs of vRAM, a 500 gigs SSD (Samsung 980 Pro, PCIe4)

There's an SD card reader, a USB C port with displayport, plugged into the nvidia GPU, 1 thunderbolt 4, linked to the integrated intel GPU with power delivery, plus 2 USB A ports, an HDMI 2.0 port, and a headphone jack.

It embarks an 80 Wh battery, which gives me about 8h of battery life when using it to write scripts using wifi, and about 3 and half hours of video editing. I run this laptop using Tuxedo OS, the default distro Tuxedo installs on their devices.

I created a laptop power profile, it drops the brightness to 35%, and it's limited to 4 logical cores, at 1.4 Ghz. It might seem low, but it's the sweet spot for what I do. I created a KDE activity for this mode, in which I have a nice colorful wallpaper, and the widgets I need when I'm writing scripts.

The first one is the weather, the second one is a sticky note. I also have a disk usage monitor, and a tracker for my Nextcloud instance and my podcast, just showing me if they're currently working OK.

Which leads me to the editing setup. I created another power profile in Tuxedo Control center, called "editing". This one cranks everything up to the max: the CPU cores, the max clock speeds, the display brightness... I use a USB C dock, namely, the steam deck dock here, to which I gave a haircut so the little rubber adapter would fit well into the laptop even when closed.

Through it, I have Ethernet, plus an HDMI cable to the display, & the various USB peripherals, some of them using a USB hub.

And in terms of the KDE setup for editing, I have a dedicated activity. It's titled "editing", and it has a black and white wallpaper, plus some performance monitors: one for the CPU, one for the RAM, one for the disk space, and one for the Nvidia GPU VRAM.

I also have a folder view widget to display the contents of my video folder, so I can get quick access. This is all complimented by my plasma panel, which has that show desktop button at the bottom left, so I can quickly peek at these sensors. I have a Places widget, a centered task bar, because on a ultrawide display you don't want these stuck all the way to the left, and then to the right the notifications, the clock, and a user applet to log out and restart the computer.

I don't use a menu: I just mapped Krunner to use the super key, and I start everything using Krunner instead.

The taskbar isn't the best here, as it can't use intellihide: I'd like it to be always visible except when a window covers it, but all it can do is "windows can cover", which isn't exactly the same thing, as it sometimes doesn't pop back up, and sometimes you get this weird half masked taskbar as well.

Use KDE file picker in Firefox: go to about:config, and set widget.use-xdg-desktop-portal=1 instead of 2.

I'm happy to report it's actually faster than my desktop. It's probably a combination of the faster RAM, newer generation Nvidia GPU, way faster CPU, and faster PCIe4 storage, but all in all, thumbnails in the timeline are generated extremely fast, Resolve never struggles to load any clip and preview it, and rendering takes less time as well.

The total war Warhammer 3 benchmark gave me 60FPS at medium settings and the native resolution of my ultrawide, which is better performance than what I got on my editing PC.

Darktide got a stable 60FPS at the native resolution of the display, with medium graphics, with DLSS on balanced.

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#homelab #nas #linux

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The first thing I recently started doing on the NAS is virtual machines. I installed Virtual Machine manager, and it's pretty easy to use, you just create a VM, you select how many CPU cores and how much RAM you want, you create a virtual disk, and you select an ISO from the NAS storage, and you're good to go.

Another thing I run is Plex. It's a media server. I store movies and TV Shows in there, and I play these from my TV, with the Plex app. Plex was available as a one click install from the package center of Synology DiskStation manager.

I also use my NAS to run my own VPN. Of course, you do lose the access to a foreign IP, and some privacy, since, well the VPN gets your home Ip address, so the same that your computer might have had.

I use the VPN server app from the NAS's package manager, and I used OpenVPN. Setting things up was super easy, I just had to export the config file, and import it in GNOME's settings, after modifying the file to add the domain name that my NAS uses as the IP, and I also had to open the relevant port in my router's config, of course.

Another thing I use my NAS for is to stop paying for cloud photo and video storage. I use SYnology Photos here. It's a nice little app that you can run on your NAS and on your mobile devices. What it does is basically the same thing as Apple Photos, or GOogle Drive: you open the app, it backs everything up to your NAS, and you can access them from any web browser, manage albums

Now, for the most original use of a NAS: file storage and backups. To do that, I use the SYnology Drive client, which is available on Linux.

I use this app to create a backup of my /home directory, to my NAS storage. I also created a sync task to sync the photos that came from my phone, to my NAS, to my computer.

I also use my NAS as a file exchange thingy. When I record something on a test laptop for a video, I store all the recordings on the NAS, and I download them back from the computer I'll do the editing on.

All the storage is also accessible through Samba, so I can connect to it easily from my local network.

Now there are a few things I would like to try and setup here as well. The first one is Nextcloud. I'm planning to use the Container Manager app to use Docker and install Nextcloud with that, on the NAS.

Another thing I'd like to do is automating a download of the latest videos from my youtube subscription feed, and to create an RSS feed for that so I can use any podcast client or app to watch just these videos.

Another thing I'd like to try is to setup Kasm Workspaces: it's a self hostable solution to run desktops, operating systems, or apps remotely, and stream them to a web browser.

I'm pretty sure I can install that using Docker on the NAS, and replace the Virtual Machines manager that Synology offers with something open source. It probably won't change my workflow all that much, but open source solutions are just more my jam, and it's a fun project to try and tackle.

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#Linux #OpenSource #TechNews

00:00 Intro 00:28 Sponsor: Get a free issue of Admin Magazine 01:29 StarLabs launches a Microsoft Surface equivalent 03:16 COSMIC theming options 04:49 SUSE is going private 06:05 GNOME 45 beta is out, with some nice features 08:19 More Plasma 6 changes 10:16 Gaming News: AMD ray tracing and mitigation performance 12:39 Sponsor: Get a PC made to run Linux 13:33 Support the channel

StarLabs launches their Microsoft Surface equivalent

https://linuxiac.com/starlite-5-linux-tablet/

COSMIC showcases theming options

https://blog.system76.com/post/customizing-cosmic-theming-and-applications

SUSE is going private

https://www.theregister.com/2023/08/18/suse_delisting/

GNOME 45 is getting a cool feature, plus the beta is out

https://www.omglinux.com/gnome-adds-keyboard-backlight-control/

https://www.theregister.com/2023/08/10/gnome_45_beta/

https://9to5linux.com/gnome-45-beta-released-heres-whats-new

https://mastodon.social/@tbernard/110917789015402671

More Plasma 6 changes

https://pointieststick.com/2023/08/12/how-all-this-icon-stuff-is-going-to-work-in-plasma-6/

https://pointieststick.com/2023/08/18/this-week-in-kde-double-click-by-default/

Gaming News: AMD ray tracing and mitigation performance

https://www.winehq.org//announce/8.14

https://www.phoronix.com/news/RADV-Batch-Accel-RT

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/08/linux-kernel-gets-an-amd-zenbleed-fix-for-the-steam-deck-apu/

https://www.phoronix.com/review/amd-inception-benchmarks

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#Linux #immutable #linuxdistro

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They are linux based operating systems that are designed to be read-only and not easily modifiable.

Most of these immutable distros still let you install apps and packages on top of the system, through flatpaks, snaps or appimages, or with a specific layer of packages, that is kept when rebooting and updating. Some immutable distros give you easy access to containers so you can still use a full system with full write access.

And there are a BUNCH of immutable distros: Fedora Silverblue, and Fedora Kinoite are basically Fedora Workstation, with GNOME or KDE, but with an immutable base. Vanilla OS is an Ubuntu based, soon to be debian based immutable distro that gives you access to any packaging format through containers. BLendOS does the same thing, but based on Arch. SteamOS, the linux distribution that powers the steam deck, and also my Linux gaming console / PC is also immutable.

You could also say that NixOS is an immutable distribution, since you only install things and modify configurations through a declarative config file that is used to build the system. And there are a lot more, like microOS from openSUSE, endlessOS, and more!

So in terms of advantages, immutable distros are just way more secure. Since you, the user can't modify the base system, and since the super user can't do it either, it also means any third party programs also can't modify that base system.

Another advantage is reliability. Since you can't tinker with the system files, you also have a much smaller chance of actually destroying your system.

And in terms of maintenance, since you only use an updated system after a reboot, there is no risk of breaking something by updating it while it's running.

But how do I install anything if I can't write to the system? Most immutable distros work around that using universal packaging formats like flatpaks, snaps and appimages.

But that's not the only way to install stuff to an immutable distro. A lot of them actually still let you install packages to the system, in a dedicated layer. That's called "layering".

WHat this means is that you still have access to the distro's repos of packages, and you can still elect to install some, but you won't use the usual package manager, but another dedicated tool.

Some immutable distributions also use containers, generally with something like distrobox.

Another difference that can be considered a drawback is updating. Updates on immutable distros are never applied in place. When an update is available, they'll build another system image. So you end up with 2 systems; the one you're currently using, and the updated one, which is not currently active. And you only get the updates after you reboot onto that new system image.

Another drawback is the complexity of these systems. Everything you try to do is different: installing a package doesn't use your usual package manager. Applying updates isn't the same command, or requires you to reboot to actually use the updated system.

Immutable distros are a different sort of system, with different tools to interact with things you might already know how to do.

Are they the future? Probably not. For servers, they make a lot of sense. For regular users, they do have a lot of advantages, but they also have a bunch of limitations that require the use of workarounds.

And so I don't think immutable distros will replace regular distros. They'll grow, and occupy a space next to let's call them "mutable" systems, but they'll probably never be the default thing most people use.

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#privacy #security #mythbusting

00:00 Intro 00:27 Security = Privacy 01:51 Sponsor: Private and secure email with Proton Mail 02:52 Telemetry is evil 05:18 Tor is a honeypot 06:52 Big Companies are more secure 08:58 Incognito mode is private 09:55 VPNs are the only tool you need 11:02 Privacy is impossible 12:07 I have nothing to hide 13:27 Always research yourself 14:09 Sponsor: Get a PC made to run Linux

Security = privacy

This one is obviously not true. Security and privacy aren't linked in any way. The general best practice is to find the services you need that have a good reputation for security, and among these services, try and find one that is private enough for your needs.

Telemetry is always bad

This is simply not true. Telemetry isn't always bad. The image we have of telemetry is that of Windows or macOS, but there are plenty of other ways to do telemetry.

In itself telemetry is a very useful thing: it lets projects or companies identify what is important, what they should fix first. It doesn't mean this data is used to profile you, or being sold to anyone.

If the company or project is something you trust, and that has no current business in data collection, or advertising, then it's probably not a problem.

Tor is an NSA honeypot

TOR is regularly accused of being a honeypot for the NSA. Something that is completely false, as far as anyone knows**

Yes, TOR is based on code developed by the US Navy. Funding for Tor also came from the US government, mostly. The code, however, is open source, and audited.

Is Tor entirely safe? Of course not. It's not a silver bullet, nothing is, and it can be vulnerable to man in the middle attacks or to specific types of monitoring, but it's not an NSA project that's designed to trap you.

Big companies are more secure

This statement is debatable. It's true in some cases. A recent report shows that smaller firms are 3 times more likely to be attacked than big businesses. 60% of cyberattacks seem to target smaller companies. But that's likelihood to be attacked, not necessarily successful attacks.

What is also true is that not all big tech companies are very good on the security front. So, while yes, bigger companies can be more secure than smaller ones, it's not a one size fits all thing, and what you need to look for is what kind of security the company you're interested in for a specific service or app has put in place.

Incognito mode is private

It isn't. What incognito mode does, is make you private locally, on your device, as it doesn't store data on what you've visited, your credentials, and the like.

Incognito mode doesn't, however, prevent websites from tracking you, or fingerprinting you.

VPNs are the only privacy tool you need

VPNs aren't a magical thing that instantly makes you private. Using a VPN will change your IP address and make you harder to track online, that's true. They're a good tool, but you need to make sure that the company that provides the VPN service doesn't log everything you do, and doesn't give these logs to various other actors. If you log into a service or website while using a VPN, it still knows it's you, obviously.

Privacy is impossible

This one has to be the most nefarious myth ever. Privacy is NOT impossible. It's not easy, but it's not impossible. Generally, this statement just betrays a lack of motivation. It will never be 100% perfect, but you can limit immensely what is known or collected about you.

I have nothing to hide

This is complete bogus. First, if you think you have nothing to hide, you're wrong. Everyone has something that might not be illegal, but might be deemed immoral or unacceptable by someone else.

Second, you might feel this way now, but circumstances change, and the data collected about you doesn't go away. By leaving all these tidbits of data stored everywhere, you're basically giving ammunition to the future.

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#remotedesktop #vnc #rdp

How does a remote desktop work? Essentially, it mirrors the contents of one PC onto the display of another PC, either through a dedicated app, a web browser, or the native capabilities of your operating system. There are two primary protocols: RDP, or Remote Desktop Protocol, and VNC, or Virtual Network Computing.

Let's start with KasmVNC. It's open source, free of charge, and you can download the server component from their GitHub page. It's packaged for various Linux distributions including Alpine Linux, Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, OpenSUSE, Kali Linux, or Oracle Linux, all for ARM or x86 CPUs. It doesn’t have a server component for Windows or macOS though, so it’s Linux only.

Once the server component is installed on the PC you want to remote into, you'll need to use the command line. Simply run 'vncserver', and you'll be prompted to create a user that you’ll use to login to your remote desktop.

Then, add your user to the ssl-cert group with the command displayed in your terminal.

Then go to your client PC, open a web browser, type the IP address of the server followed by the port number indicated when you ran the 'vncserver' command.

You'll be asked to enter your login and password for the user you created, then you're in. You'll get a nice sidebar with options to tailor performance, frame rate, compression, and more. And if you want to really get into the details, there’s a YAML configuration file you can edit either in /etc/kasmvnc, or you can have your own config file for your user in .vnc.

If you want to remote into a Linux PC, most desktop environments have settings that let you enable remote desktop. In GNOME, for example, you go to the sharing page, then 'remote desktop', and enable remote control. KDE has the 'krfb' app that allows you to share your desktop. On the client side, all you need is either an RDP or VNC client. The 'Connections' app in GNOME and 'KRDC' in KDE are probably the best integrated apps, or you can use 'Remmina'.

"If you want to remote into a Windows PC, your best bet is the in-built Remote Desktop Protocol or RDP. To enable it on Windows 11 Pro (home doesn't support it), simply open the Settings app, click 'System', then 'Remote Desktop', and toggle it on. A pop-up will ask for confirmation, just click 'Confirm', and voila - you're done with the server-side setup.

On the client, you'll need an RDP client. For Windows, macOS, iOS, and Android, you have Microsoft's Remote Desktop app. And for Linux users, there's Remmina - a free, open source tool available on any distro through Flathub.

If your server is a Mac, the process is quite similar. First, open System Settings, navigate to General, and then to the 'Sharing' page. Here, enable 'Remote Management'.

Next up, you need a VNC client on the client PC. Just input the IP address and the username of your Mac's user. However, one thing to keep in mind is that performance can vary. Since the resolution on Macs can be quite high, you might find it's not as fast as you'd like.

Some virtual machine clients can let you remote into a VM, for example, in Virtualbox, you have a remote display tab in the “display settings” of your VM. Now to make sure this works, you’ll need to install the Virtualbox Extension pack, which you can download for free from Virtualbox’s website.

https://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/7.0.8/Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-7.0.8.vbox-extpack

Then, in Virtualbox, you can click the tools tab, the the little list button, and then extensions. Here, click install, then select the extension pack, and you’re done. Now you can enable remote display in the VML’s Display settings.

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Google wants to add DRM to the web

https://www.techradar.com/pro/googles-new-plan-for-the-future-of-the-web-has-a-lot-of-people-worried-heres-why

https://vivaldi.com/blog/googles-new-dangerous-web-environment-integrity-spec/

GNOME has a new way of managing windows

https://blogs.gnome.org/tbernard/2023/07/26/rethinking-window-management/

Plasma 6 removes a few features

https://pointieststick.com/2023/07/26/what-we-plan-to-remove-in-plasma-6

Canonical drops LXD maintainers

https://www.phoronix.com/news/LXD-Maintainership-Canonical

FOSS Nvidia vulkan drivers land in Mesa

https://www.phoronix.com/news/NVK-Merge-Request-Mesa

Linux drivers speed boost & battery life improvements

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Per-Policy-CPU-Perf-Boost

https://www.phoronix.com/review/intel-anv-mod-boost

Gaming news: Blizzard games on Steam & Heroic update

https://linuxgameconsortium.com/blizzard-games-are-coming-to-steam/

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/07/heroic-games-launcher-29-out-now-with-amazon-games-support/