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Weekly roundup of everything new in the Linux and Open Source world! May contain gaming and privacy related topics.

This is a longer counterpart to the Linux and Open Source news videos available on The Linux Experiment Youtube Channel.

I’m Nick, I’ve been making Linux and Open Source related videos on YouTube since 2018, with a sizeable following of more than 300 000 subscribers. I’ve been using Linux since 2006, starting with Ubuntu (like most people), and I have 12 years of experience in project management and UX, and that’s the lens I use to view the progress of our Linux desktops and open source applications!

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  • Steam machine disappointment, Epic made a Git competitor

    Steam machine disappointment, Epic made a Git competitor
    Jun 27 2026
    💻 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 01:37 Steam machine looks like a disappointment https://store.steampowered.com/news/group/45479024/view/685257114654870245 https://www.theverge.com/games/953411/valve-steamos-desktop-nvidia https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/steam-machine-review https://aftermath.site/steam-machine-review-price/ 06:57 SteamOS 3.8 image supports all AMD PCs https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/65B4-2AA3-5F37-4227 08:28 Epic Games open sources new version control system https://linuxiac.com/epic-games-open-sources-lore-version-control-system/ 10:05 BcacheFS now no longer experimental https://linuxiac.com/bcachefs-is-no-longer-experimental-but-caution-still-applies/ 11:31 XFCE has its first Wayland compositor https://www.spurint.org/journal/2026/06/xfwl4s-first-preview-release 12:42 Cosmic moves to version 1.1 https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/06/cosmic-desktop-update-system-monitor 14:03 Wikipedia claps back against AI https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20260622-wikipedia-won-t-let-ai-edit-articles-cofounder-says 15:30 Wikipedia cofounder banned for canvassing https://www.404media.co/wikipedia-cofounder-larry-sanger-banned-from-site-for-canvassaing/ 19:00 Solution proposed to end all captchas https://www.cloudflare.com/press/press-releases/2026/cloudflare-collaborates-with-leading-browsers-to-develop-a-privacy-first-protocol-for-the-global-internet/ 21:15 New initiative for improve graphics end 3D software on Wayland https://www.aswf.io/blog/academy-software-foundation-launches-new-wayland-for-artists-working-group/ 23:21 GE Proton fixes all media related issues in games https://github.com/GloriousEggroll/proton-ge-custom/releases/tag/GE-Proton11-1 25:45 DXVK 3.0 gives huge performance improvements https://github.com/doitsujin/dxvk/releases/tag/v3.0 💻 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
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  • GNOME Foundation issues, AUR under attack, Firefox's big plans

    GNOME Foundation issues, AUR under attack, Firefox's big plans
    Jun 20 2026
    💻 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 02:13 GNOME Foundation issues and lack of transparency https://discourse.gnome.org/t/2026-board-candidate-robert-mcqueen/35308/31 09:46 AUR compromised with malware and spam https://www.sonatype.com/blog/atomic-arch-npm-campaign-adds-malicious-dependency https://linuxiac.com/yay-13-0-adds-new-review-and-automation-features/ https://www.phoronix.com/news/Arch-Linux-AUR-Russian-Spam 13:09 Mozilla shares big Firefox roadmap https://blog.mozilla.org/en/firefox/firefox-roadmap-152/ https://www.firefox.com/en-US/whatsnext/ 16:06 X11 server rewritten using Rust and AI https://itsfoss.com/news/yserver/ 17:45 Linux kernel 7.1 released https://www.phoronix.com/review/linux-71-features-changes 19:15 Chrome removes manifest v2 support entirely https://linuxiac.com/chrome-closes-another-door-on-classic-ublock-origin/ 20:51 Firefox for Android will rely on Google Play integrity API https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/06/mozilla-firefox-android-google-play-integrity 22:41 Plasma 6.7 released https://youtu.be/5qJSapprdSQ 24:39 SonicDE forks KDE into an X11 desktop https://itsfoss.com/sonicde-x11-kde-plasma-fork/ 26:39 More details on Ubuntu’s AI features https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/introducing-myna-speech-to-text-for-ubuntu-desktop/84251 28:33 The EU won’t stop killing videogames https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/06/european-commission-rejects-new-laws-for-stop-destroying-videogames/ 31:13 Steam machine release date leaked https://goodtech.info/valve-steamos-beta-leak-hardware-steam-machine/ 💻 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
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  • EU's ditches Google Search, Brave's Paid browser, Ubuntu makes big moves

    EU's ditches Google Search, Brave's Paid browser, Ubuntu makes big moves
    Jun 6 2026
    💻 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 Links: 02:08 EU parliament ditches Google for Qwant https://www.politico.eu/article/european-parliament-ditches-google-for-french-search-engine/ 03:34 EU unveils their plan to ditch Big Tech https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-plots-long-game-against-us-digital-supremacy/ 06:59 Brave launches debloated version for $60USD https://brave.com/blog/brave-origin/ 09:20 Canonical takes over the maintenance of Flutter on Desktop https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/05/flutter-desktop-canonical-maintained 10:55 Ubuntu wants to add speech to text to all text fields https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/06/ubuntu-speech-to-text-ai 12:40 X11 disappears in 5 months on Plasma https://blog.davidedmundson.co.uk/blog/596/ 14:36 New solution to run Windows on Linux with full integration https://itsfoss.com/winpodx/ 16:43 Cosmic shares screenshots of their blurred translucent interface https://www.phoronix.com/news/COSMIC-Frosted-Glass 18:07 Acer launches Debian based handheld https://www.cnet.com/tech/gaming/acer-nitro-blaze-link-remote-play-handheld-acers-computex-launches/ https://www.pcmag.com/news/acer-launching-streaming-only-handheld-gaming-pc 19:27 Microsoft adds the Linux core utilities to Windows https://itsfoss.com/news/windows-coreutils/ 20:45 /e/OS grows a lot, and has some great stuff planned https://gaelduval.com/joining-the-wave-murena-e-os-2026-roadmap/ 23:01 Microsoft will de-activate older Office suites people bought https://consumerrights.wiki/w/Microsoft_Office_2019_and_2021_for_Mac_view-only_conversion_(2026)#cite_note-ms-learn-cert-1 24:36 Steam machine and Frame planned for summer release https://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamworks/announcements/detail/716780409378048028 25:53 UK orders Google to have attribution and opt-outs for AI summaries https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/06/google-ordered-to-put-clearer-links-in-ai-search-and-let-uk-publishers-opt-out/ 💻 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
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