Notices by Nick @ The Linux Experiment (thelinuxexp@mastodon.social)

#GNOME 51 should arrive today (maybe it's already out by the time I'm publishing this), so here is my look at everything that changed in this #Linux desktop!

The TLDW is: a lot of cool updates to the core apps, better performance, many authentication methods in the login manager, and a few more options and settings:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ws9dahsFqQ

@jxself It's, on the contrary, entirely relevant: they offer a service that fixes what these distros don't: they stick to EOL packages that they don't always patch up, where TuxCare does these patches :)

It's been about 5 years since I've looked at Ubuntu Touch (or UBPorts?), so it was time I revisited this alternative OS.

And now with Waydroid in a really usable state, it is really close to being fully usable for me.

Let's take a look!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LzTow_X5b4

It's time for this week's #Linux and #OpenSource News video, this time with a big segment on Age Verification on Linux, since this thing is escalating, with projects saying they'll never comply with these laws, and others looking at ways to support them.

We also have SteamOS moving to Wayland, Ubuntu making a few interesting moves, and more !

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYtqghw3LVY

#GNOME 50 will be released today, so here is a look at the major things you can expect in this #Linux desktop, and there are many!

It brings things that people have been asking for, and it builds foundations that will bring even more great stuff in the next versions:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrLlQlvHV1Q

#KDE Plasma 6.6 has been released, so here is my video look at (most) things new in there: it's a massive update, with so many quality of life improvements I couldn't fit them all in there!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0LgY39WTGQ

And here is the audio version https://podcast.thelinuxexp.com/@tlenewspodcast/episodes/firefox-makes-all-the-mistakes-more-wayland-work

Time for this week's #Linux and #OpenSource News show, in which #Mozilla yet again shoots itself in the foot...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIxcwRdS5n8

@gardiner_bryant @ryanleesipes @killyourfm @gamingonlinux

LET'S GOOOO

In today's video, I rant about "let's just make on single desktop or distro", and I explore why this wouldn't lead to success for #Linux desktops.

It was a fun one to make, going back to more "scripted / jok-ey" video!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cl-reI_Uzdg

Here is this week's #Linux and #OpenSource News video!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJGHove2WhA

#Windows 10 is now End of Life, which in itself is normal, but also, this is a very specific event, because, first Windows 10 is still huge, and second, the options are very, very limited, and all bad.

let's talk about it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oox87gARjE

#GNOME 49 will be released today, with a big focus on adding features to apps, and improving performance on the shell, compositor, and even some apps as well.

It's a really nice release, nothing groundbreaking, but plenty of quality of life improvements:

vhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwSEWsUCkuE

Here is this week's #Linux and #opensource news video!
in this one, we have a date for the #Cosmic Beta, #GNOME deciding to keep X11 sessions a bit longer, plenty of #SteamOS related news, and more:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkQw8m4X4Zk

I took a look at #LinuxMint 22.2, notably how it handles Libadwaita apps with "themes" (more like chnging colors).

I think they did an awesome job here:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNuSKBKVVzs

Here is this week's #Linux and #OpenSource News show !

In this one, Microsoft discusses the future of Windows, and it sounds so bad that it could yet another chance for #Linux to grow very quickly, we have the release of #LinuxMint 22.2 beta, #Google removing Steam from Chrome OS, and a lot more !

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2h2Ly1PcUM

We're seeing a lot of initiatives across Europe and the EU to replace Microsoft services with #Linux and #OpenSource solutions.

This could be massive for Linux and the entire community, so I'm sharing my thoughts on why this is happening, why it's great, but also why it could still very much die down very quickly:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGt2pZg7dJY

Man, I felt pretty insecure about the shaven head look (need to update the profile pic in here too), but the comments on YouTube have been insanely supportive, insane confidence boost!

I never thought I’d reach a point where YouTube comments would make me feel better 😂

GIMP: makes incredible progress towards being an amazing image editing tool

People: « the name has a kinky or bad connotation in one language, and there are no screenshots, WTH.»

Priorities. They’re important.

As promised, here is an interview with @ryanleesipes from #Thunderbird, on the whole #Mozilla and #Firefox terms of use situation.

We talk about why this had to happen, how Thunderbird will handle their own Terms of Use, what's happening at Mozilla, and what's changing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctg5QzSt5tg