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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:
It's been a while since I did a little roundup of cool #Linux apps and utilities, so here is a selection of 16 tools I either use, or plan on using, or can just recommend:
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Here is this week's #Linux & #OpenSOurce News video. There won't be one next week, as I'm on vacation, things will resume as normal in the first week of July :)
#KDE Plasma 6.4 should be released today, so here is my loo at all the things that were changed or added, and there are a lot.
In my opinion, KDE is currently the best Linux desktop, mixing simplicity, polish, and easily accessible power user features, and Plasma 6.4 adds a lot more quality of life on top of that:
CORRECTION FOR THE NEWS VIDEO:
Looks like Denmark's Ministry for Digitization is not in fact moving to Linux right now.
The original interview given by the Danish Ministry said that they planned to move to Linux, but this apparently was a misunderstanding between the Ministry and the outlet.
They've since corrected the article, they're moving to just LibreOffice, but not Linux, at least not in the near future.
Source for that correction: https://www.computerworld.dk/art/291812/caroline-stage-udfaser-microsoft-i-digitaliseringsministeriet-jeg-glaeder-mig-meget-til-at-se-hvordan-det-fungerer-i-praksis
And here is the audio podcast: https://podcast.thelinuxexp.com/@tlenewspodcast/episodes/x11-fork-denmark-moves-to-linux-android-gets-more-locked-down
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💻 Get a Linux computer from our sponsor, Tuxedo💻 https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en# 👏 Support the show here: 👏 Patreon supporters get the daily Linux & Open Source audio show! https://www.patreon.com/thelinuxexperiment Or you can support me with a one time donation: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/thelinuxexp https://liberapay.com/TheLinuxExperiment/ 👕 Buy TLE Merch: 👕 https://the-linux-experiment.creator-spring.com/ 📹 Watch Linux videos: 📹 https://www.youtube.com/thelinuxexperiment 🎙️ Leave your feedback here: 🎙️ https://podcast.thelinuxexp.com 01:47 X11 dev forks it for all the wrong reasons https://linuxiac.com/xlibre-xserver-project-plans-revival-of-x11/ 05:01 Ubuntu & Manjaro go deeper on Wayland https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/06/ubuntu-25-10-dropping-xorg-support https://forum.manjaro.org/t/manjaro-kde-plasma-is-planned-to-move-to-wayland/178777 06:52 Denmark ditches Microsoft for Linux & LibreOffice https://www.zdnet.com/article/why-denmark-is-dumping-microsoft-office-and-windows-for-libreoffice-and-linux/ 09:29 Google keeps locking Android down https://www.androidauthority.com/google-not-killing-aosp-3566882/ 12:09 GNOME increases dependency on systemd https://blogs.gnome.org/adrianvovk/2025/06/10/gnome-systemd-dependencies/ 14:16 Mint adds fingerprint support and forks Libadwaita https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4850 16:37 KDE working on touchpad gestures customisation https://blogs.kde.org/2025/06/12/gesture-customization-mini-sprint/ 17:52 Firefox discontinues its AI extension https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/06/orbit-by-mozilla-shutting-down-june-26-2025 19:32 Linux Foundation launches Wordpress plugin repo https://www.linuxfoundation.org/press/linux-foundation-announces-the-fair-package-manager-project-for-open-source-content-management-system-stability https://github.com/fairpm 21:24 Apple releases FOSS Linux-based container solutions https://nerds.xyz/apple-quietly-launches-container-on-github-to-bring-linux-development-to-macos-in-a-native-way/ 23:57 New Linux phones could arrive through crowdfunding https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/liberux-nexx--3#/faq 26:43 Xbox handheld is revealed https://www.engadget.com/gaming/xbox/rog-xbox-ally-handheld-gaming-devices-are-real-and-coming-this-holiday-171550555.html
In this week's #Linux & #OpenSource News video, there's an X.org fork surrounded by some pretty weird controversies, we have Denmark beginning the switch to Linux and Open Source, and Google making changes to Android source code's release that will definitely make custom ROMs a lot harder to build:
I've been relying on the command line more and more recently to do some quick changes on my system, convert videos, and do some server admin, and I realized I had never really made a quick tutorial on the basics of the #Linux command line, so here we go:
💻 Get a Linux computer from our sponsor, Tuxedo💻 https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en# 👏 Support the show here: 👏 Patreon supporters get the daily Linux & Open Source audio show! https://www.patreon.com/thelinuxexperiment Or you can support me with a one time donation: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/thelinuxexp https://liberapay.com/TheLinuxExperiment/ 👕 Buy TLE Merch: 👕 https://the-linux-experiment.creator-spring.com/ 📹 Watch Linux videos: 📹 https://www.youtube.com/thelinuxexperiment 🎙️ Leave your feedback here: 🎙️ https://podcast.thelinuxexp.com 02:01 Microsoft forces PC makers to support full USB C https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/microsoft-promises-it-is-ending-usb-c-port-confusion-with-updated-windows-11-certified-program 04:11 GNOME OS will soon be a “real” distro https://blogs.gnome.org/tbernard/2025/06/01/summer-of-gnome-os/ 06:28 AMD ditches their proprietary userspace drivers https://www.amd.com/en/resources/support-articles/release-notes/RN-AMDGPU-UNIFIED-LINUX-25-10-1.html 07:44 Arch has a process for sponsored work https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/rfcs/-/blob/gromit/introducing-a-process-for-sponsorships/rfcs/0055-introducing-a-process-for-sponsorships.md?ref_type=heads 10:20 Chrome smashes speed records https://www.androidcentral.com/apps-software/google-chrome-latest-speedometer-3-test-smashes-old-records 12:27 RedoxOS adds X11 support https://www.redox-os.org/news/this-month-250531/ 13:39 /e/OS releases version 3.0 https://news.itsfoss.com/e-os-3-0/ 16:22 Ubuntu drops bazaar from their launchpad platform https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/06/launchpad-bazaar-support-being-removed 18:21 Packet is a new file transfer app for Linux & Android https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/06/packet-linux-android-file-transfer-app-quick-share 20:05 Apple tries to escape EU’s rulings https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/apple-challenges-unreasonable-eu-order-open-up-rivals-2025-06-02/ 22:38 Meta and Yandex leak your history and cookies on Android https://localmess.github.io/ 24:29 Linux’s Steam marketshare grows again https://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/Steam-Hardware-Software-Survey-Welcome-to-Steam https://www.gamingonlinux.com/steam-tracker/
