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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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Valve wants FOSS AMD drivers on Windows, Framework laptop 13 Pro looks good for Linux, GoG on Linux
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Yesterday · 31 min
Egos ruining Open Source projects, distros vs software conflicts
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July 25 · 32 min
Torvalds says kernel will use AI tools, Wayland beats X11 for gaming, Age verification is getting worse
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July 17 · 27 min
Germany says no to Microsoft, Windows 11 in freefall, Linux distro sabotaged
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July 11 · 28 min
Linux has a giant opportunity thanks to Sony, New Linux Tablet, Google fined 4 Billion
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July 4 · 28 min
Steam machine disappointment, Epic made a Git competitor
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June 27 · 28 min
GNOME Foundation issues, AUR under attack, Firefox's big plans
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June 20 · 33 min
EU's ditches Google Search, Brave's Paid browser, Ubuntu makes big moves
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June 6 · 29 min
No Age verification for Linux, New KDE theme, Flatpak redesign with systemD
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June 1 · 26 min
Linus Torvalds speaks on AI, More Adobe on Linux, big browser redesigns
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May 23 · 29 min
KDE gets €1M, 3 big vulnerabilities for Linux, EU privacy disaster brewing
💻 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 02:00 KDE gets 1.2M euros from STF https://kde.org/announcements/sovereign-tech-fund-invests-kde/ 04:49 DirtyFrag vulnerability & Killswitch proposed https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2026/05/08/active-attack-dirty-frag-linux-vulnerability-expands-post-compromise-risk/ https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.0.6-Released https://itsfoss.com/news/linux-killswitch-proposal/ 06:55 Yet another vulnerability for Linux https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-fragnesia-linux-flaw-lets-attackers-gain-root-privileges/ 07:51 And another Linux flaw discovered https://github.com/0xdeadbeefnetwork/ssh-keysign-pwn 09:33 Plasma 6.7 beta released https://community.kde.org/Plasma/Plasma_6#Plasma_6.7 12:22 EU wants Google to share anonymized user data with other engines https://www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-privacy-security/google-is-not-collaborative-and-not-in-the-spirit-of-complying-with-this-regulation-can-the-eu-commission-strong-arm-google-into-levelling-the-playing-field-of-the-search-engine-market-and-is-this-really-in-the-interest-of-your-privacy 16:39 Fedora discusses making an “AI desktop spin”“ https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/fedora-ai-developer-desktop-objective/184941 https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/fedora-ai-developer-desktop-objective/184941/54 https://www.techradar.com/pro/i-have-zero-evidence-in-front-of-me-that-users-are-being-driven-away-from-fedora-because-of-ai-ubuntu-and-fedora-confirmed-to-both-get-ai-support-soon https://linuxiac.com/fedora-ai-desktop-initiative-blocked-after-council-vote-reversal/ 20:38 Abstract brings some of their software to Linux https://abstract3d.com/2026/05/01/abstract-rolls-out-native-linux-support-built-for-the-pipelines-that-power-production/ 22:43 CEMU infected with malware https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/05/cemu-linux-malware https://rentry.org/cemu-security-psa 24:06 Wine improves Wayland driver https://www.phoronix.com/news/Wine-Wayland-Pointer-Warp 💻 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
May 16 · 26 min
More Office Suite drama, chrome installs AI model without consent, Cool Plasma 6.7 things
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May 9 · 24 min
Ubuntu's servers attacked, Linux beats Windows again, Ubuntu will add AI to the distro
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May 2 · 32 min
FSF settles the Office Suite debacle, good news on age verification, Mozilla & Debian unwarranted drama
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April 25 · 24 min
Germany's plan for Open Source, Age verification gets worse,
💻 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 01:34 Germany outlines their plan to move to open source (link in German) https://deutschland-stack.gov.de/gesamtbild/ 03:39 USA might have nation wide age verification laws https://linuxiac.com/federal-bill-would-bring-os-level-age-verification-to-the-entire-us/ 05:34 EU has an age verification app ready https://www.dw.com/en/eu-chief-urges-bloc-wide-push-on-age-verification-app-to-protect-children-online/a-76788202 07:27 Linux kernel 7.0 released https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/04/linux-7-0-kernel-features 09:37 Linux kernel accepts A.I. code https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/Documentation/process/coding-assistants.rst 11:09 Chrome has 47% better performance than Firefox https://www.phoronix.com/review/firefox-chrome-2026 12:51 Open SUSE Tumblewed will use SystemD as the bootloader https://linuxiac.com/opensuse-tumbleweed-switches-fresh-installs-to-systemd-boot/ 14:50 Fedora 44 delayed a week https://linuxiac.com/fedora-44-release-delayed-as-final-blocker-bugs-remain-open/ https://qa.fedoraproject.org/blockerbugs/milestone/44/final/buglist 15:43 Steam Controller might be arriving soon https://www.techradar.com/gaming/gaming-accessories/valves-steam-controller-launch-looks-imminent-based-on-new-public-records-and-it-might-finally-give-me-the-perfect-excuse-to-build-a-custom-steam-machine 16:49 KDE sprint for remapping gestures, virtual keyboard & more https://merritt.codes/blog/2026/04/15/2026/_kde_mega_sprint 18:14 Plasma gets per-monitor virtual desktops https://itsfoss.com/news/kde-plasma-per-screen-virtual-desktops/ 19:58 Mint won’t have a release until the end of the year https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=5019 22:19 Proton 11 beta released https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/releases/tag/proton-11.0-1-beta1 23:33 Mozilla releases Thunderbolt, their own AI client https://www.thunderbolt.io/ https://github.com/thunderbird/thunderbolt https://github.com/thunderbird/thunderbolt/blob/main/TELEMETRY.md 💻 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
April 18 · 26 min
France is moving the country to Linux and FOSS, KDE gets more themes
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April 11 · 26 min
What is happening to our Office Suites?! Wayland fixes 2 major features
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April 4 · 26 min
The Linux Age verification situation is escalating & Other Linux Weekly News
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March 28 · 28 min
Manjaro is in trouble, Germany mandates open formats, Google destroys sideloading
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March 21 · 29 min
Kwin, Lutris & AMD drivers add AI generated code, SUSE could be sold, new hope for degoogled ROMs
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March 14 · 28 min

Linux & Open Source News

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Valve wants FOSS AMD drivers on Windows, Framework laptop 13 Pro looks good for Linux, GoG on Linux

Egos ruining Open Source projects, distros vs software conflicts

Torvalds says kernel will use AI tools, Wayland beats X11 for gaming, Age verification is getting worse

Germany says no to Microsoft, Windows 11 in freefall, Linux distro sabotaged

Linux has a giant opportunity thanks to Sony, New Linux Tablet, Google fined 4 Billion

Steam machine disappointment, Epic made a Git competitor

GNOME Foundation issues, AUR under attack, Firefox's big plans

EU's ditches Google Search, Brave's Paid browser, Ubuntu makes big moves

No Age verification for Linux, New KDE theme, Flatpak redesign with systemD

Linus Torvalds speaks on AI, More Adobe on Linux, big browser redesigns

KDE gets €1M, 3 big vulnerabilities for Linux, EU privacy disaster brewing

More Office Suite drama, chrome installs AI model without consent, Cool Plasma 6.7 things

Ubuntu's servers attacked, Linux beats Windows again, Ubuntu will add AI to the distro

FSF settles the Office Suite debacle, good news on age verification, Mozilla & Debian unwarranted drama

Germany's plan for Open Source, Age verification gets worse,

France is moving the country to Linux and FOSS, KDE gets more themes

What is happening to our Office Suites?! Wayland fixes 2 major features

The Linux Age verification situation is escalating & Other Linux Weekly News

Manjaro is in trouble, Germany mandates open formats, Google destroys sideloading

Kwin, Lutris & AMD drivers add AI generated code, SUSE could be sold, new hope for degoogled ROMs