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Time for this week's #Linux and #OpenSource News show, in which #Mozilla yet again shoots itself in the foot...
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Here is this week's #Linux and #OpenSource News show:
Unless @system76 decides to delay #Cosmic, it should release today, so here are my thoughts on that first version!
The TLDR is: it's absolutely fantastic, but it's still a first version that will need some more settings, animations, and polish to really shine:
Here is this week's #Linux and #OpenSource News show !
💻 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 01:35 KDE will drop X11 in 2027 https://blogs.kde.org/2025/11/26/going-all-in-on-a-wayland-future/ https://community.kde.org/Plasma/Wayland_Known_Significant_Issues 05:15 Collabora launches a new desktop office suite https://www.collaboraonline.com/blog/press-release-bringing-collabora-online-to-the-desktop/ 07:20 Servo engine now accepts corporate sponsors https://servo.org/blog/2025/11/21/sponsorship-tiers/ 09:11 Arduino’s takeover by Qualcomm yields worrying changes https://itsfoss.com/news/enshittification-of-arduino-begins/ 11:08 Chrome OS will transform into AluminiumOS https://www.androidauthority.com/aluminium-os-android-for-pcs-3619092/ 13:29 Igalia details their work for the Steam Frame and Steam Machine https://www.igalia.com/2025/11/helpingvalve.html https://www.techradar.com/gaming/pc-gaming/valve-engineer-confirms-the-steam-machine-wont-be-subsidized-heres-why-im-fearing-the-worst-for-the-price 15:52 Tuxedo gives up on Snapdragon laptops https://www.phoronix.com/news/TUXEDO-Drops-X1E-Laptop-Plans https://www.phoronix.com/news/TUXEDO-X1E-Cancelled-DT 19:06 Tuxedo sends multiple patches to upstream their drivers https://www.phoronix.com/news/Uniwill-TUXEDO-Add-On-Patches 21:33 Ubuntu partners with AMI to have Ubuntu netinstall from UEFI https://linuxiac.com/canonical-and-ami-partner-to-bring-native-ubuntu-netbooting-to-aptio-v-firmware/ 23:20 Ubuntu replaces 2 more default GNOME apps https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/11/ubuntu-26-04-lts-showtime-resources-default-apps 25:13 The Color pipeline API is merged https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Color-Pipeline-API-Ready 27:06 Microsoft admits Windows 11 is riddled with bugs https://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-finally-admits-almost-all-major-windows-11-core-features-are-broken/
Here is this week's #Linux and #OpenSource News video!
I'm heading off to see my Warhammer 40K League buddies fight in a tournament, so you'll have to watch it to know what it's about!
As the end of the year is approaching, it's the usual" year of the Linux Desktop" time, so I looked at 4 things that I think could really make the Linux Desktop much bigger in 2026:
And here is the audio podcast https://podcast.thelinuxexp.com/@tlenewspodcast/episodes/kdes-new-design-nvidia-finally-focuses-on-linux-eu-caves-in-to-big-tech
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