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hey everyone remember how I was excited in a previous episode for all the performance improvements coming to our CPUs on Linux well this week we will lose some of the benefits of all that work because there are two new vulnerabilities that will once again require mitigation patches that will once again Lower the performance of our CPUs we also have Souza and Oracle teaming up to take on red Hat's anti-community practices and guaranteeing access to the source code to the community for Red Hat Enterprise Linux and we have some cool new features and updates about plasma 6 but also known 45 45 like the number of characters in this sponsor Segway this video is sponsored by Chasm workspaces the container streaming platform that lets you stream any OS desktop or app to your web browser and they've been working on implementing one of the most Community requested features translations now it's a developer preview for now and Chasm would like you to give it a shot and provide feedback on how well things work they will automatically use the language and the time zone of your web browser in any OS desktop terminal or app you're streaming or you can set the language and time zone manually from your profile if you prefer or if you use a VPN for example you can download that developer preview for free right now using the link in the description below and don't hesitate to let Chasm know what you think about it they're really focused on implementing Community requests right now so give them a hand so bad news for a magnificent computers as there are two new severe flaws in Intel and AMD CPUs that require mitigation patches that will once again Lower the performance of the chips for Intel it affects from the Skylake generation up to the 11th gen and it is called downfall it allows one user to access and steal data from other users on the same computer like passwords encryption keys and any personal data or files the issue is that these modern Intel CPUs and intentionally exposed Hardware registers to the software mitigation patches are already underway and can have a performance impact of up to 50 percent although Intel claims most workloads will only see minimal performance loss for AMD the floor is called Inception and it is similar to the Specter flaws we already had to deal with a few years back it's only exploitable locally apparently so it should be less severe than the Intel problem and it affects the third and fourth Zen generation so basically most currently used ryzen and epic CPUs here again mitigation patches have been submitted although I could not find numbers for how much performance will be lost here and that's unfortunate as these mitigation patches are sort of mandatory if you want to keep your computer secure and they tend to really reduce the performance of our already kidney priced devices now there's something brewing in the Enterprise Linux World Oracle Souza and ciq the company behind Rocky Linux banded together to form the open Enterprise Linux Association or open Ela with the goal to support Red Hat Enterprise Linux Downstream distributions notice who is absent from the foundation Red Hat that's because this New Foundation has a simple purpose making sure that source code is freely available for all Downstream Red Hat Enterprise Linux based distributions focusing on versions 8 and 9 with plans to also support version 7. they clearly state that this is the result of the recent moves from Red Hat to limit access to their source code to paying customers and of their customer licensing agreements that prevent customers from using all their GPL rights if they want to remain Red Hat customers they also say they welcome other organizations and community members to join the foundation and to contribute which potential would include Alma Linux but since they decided to move to being ABI compatible and not fully one-to-one compatible with red hat I would say they probably won't join in the near future the open Ela will only provide source code not a full distro and they will also add guidelines for Downstream distros to test their bills a branding kit some documentation and some security related data and it's an interesting move because it means that if Red Hat doubles down on anti-community Behavior or locks down more source code or access to their software then we have one organization uniquely placed to actually Define the new Enterprise Linux distro standard now of course I also need to praise Red Hat when they do good stuff like their plans to improve boot loaders on Linux the company is now hiring for their display team which basically works on everything desktop related from packaging to desktop environments and now bootloaders the work will be focused on grab 2 and UEFI support of course working with Upstream to fix bugs to add features to the bootloader that most Linux distros use on top of that the position will also include maintaining and enhancing how grub2 is implemented in all red hat distros so red hat Enterprise Linux sent to a stream and Fedora the work will also apparently include collaboration with computer and Hardware manufacturers something that might have a positive impact on how well Linux is supported on various devices so if you know C grub and the UEFI boot process you can apply to this position now I left a link to it in the description of the video now we have some more details about this state of Weyland support on plasma 6 and also some cool new features so while wealand on plasma 6 is not completely perfect yet it looks like a solid improvement over what we got in KD 5.27 notably the fact that all apps will now survive a restart of the Waylon compositor namely K win in this case previously if the compositor crashed it would take down all open apps with it which really sucked in plasma 6 this won't be an issue anymore they're also fixing the draggable toolbars and docks that Getty apps often use on Weyland when you drag them out of the window they just pop out and they aren't placed in a smooth fashion as soon as you drag them out of the main window they just appear as a small window and you don't get to place them where you won't immediately developers created the xdg top level drag protocol to handle this which should restore smooth operations on KDE for dragging tabs out of browsers and toolbars and docs out of Windows those on top of that KD developers are working on implementing remote desktop using RDP over Weyland the current supported way for remote desktops on KDE is VNC which is honestly your worst technology as it sends uncompressed images over the network which results in high latency and poor performance RDP on the other hand can use h.264 to compress this however RDP is a Microsoft Technology which fortunately has an open implementation called free RDP which is what KDE will use they will also use Hardware encoding with VA API and it will use the remote desktop portal although this will need some more work to support more features there's already an alpha version available as a flat pack bundle if you want to test things out on top of that KDE developers made most tray icons monochrome on the desktop now so things should look tidier in there bluetooth-based internet connections got a new icon to differentiate them in the network applet the open Button in most apps got a small arrow pointing down to let you quickly open a recent document and there are a lot more smaller changes being worked on and if you want to learn more about remote desktops and the various protocols I made a video about this I left a link to it in the description below and I'm also very happy to see that plasma 6 still has some big features being worked on it's not just a boarding job with a few adjustments there are some big improvements in there as for Gnome it looks like ground 45 will have some nice features first with Native screencasting support it was a Google summer of code project which aimed to let users cast their screens to other devices straight from the Quick Settings menu there's a new small button next to the screenshot icon and clicking it brings a list of Miracast or chromecast compatible devices to which you can just cast your screen in one click it supports mirroring the display but it also supports extending it and positioning it wherever you want just like a physically connected external display now you could already do that in Gnome using a third-party app called Network display but having it baked into the desktop itself might mean some apps would integrate it directly especially video players audio players and the like now on top of that we have some gnome app updates for ground 45 like Loop the new image viewer it's now confirmed as being the default image viewer in gnome45 we have Maps now having a vector layer still in the experimental phase though org Dome contacts for Gnome 45 which will use newer gtk components that will significantly decrease the memory consumption of the app gjs The Gnome JavaScript engine that powers gnome shell also got some performance improvements for Gnome 45 and gtk 4.12 is also released with an improved Vulcan renderer and a lot of fixes for accessibility related features and this should make drone 45 a pretty interesting release I was afraid that they wouldn't have anything significant showcase this time around but it looks like I was wrong the fans of rolling releases can rejoice as there's a new one Rhino Linux is now out of beta and it is the continuation of the Rolling Rhino project which was a set of scripts to turn Ubuntu into a rolling release so this distro comes with a lot of cool stuff like pack stall which is an aur-like package manager for Ubuntu it is used to ship all the customization in Rhino Linux and the default apps and the Rhino Linux repo is handled as a community repo where anyone can submit a package on top of that there's rpk which is a package manager that lets you install through apt backstole flat pack and snap with one single UI Rhino Linux uses their own desktop called Unicorn it's based on xfce but it does look a lot better than the vanilla version of that desktop and it implements you launcher an upgrade and a dashboard that looks like an older gnome activities View and they also have a nice looking theme they also have a setup wizard so that you configure and customize your system after install and something called the Rhino drop which lets you send files to other computers on the network much like airdrop on Mac OS and it does look like a nice distribution I can't attest to its stability or functionality I would have to give it a shot so if you want me to review this leave some comments down there and I'll see if there's enough interest for that okay let's finish this with the gaming news first it looks like valve will now offer refurbished steam Decks at significantly lower prices the entry level 64 gigs model is 319 dollars eighty dollars less than a brand new model and the 512 gigs unit with its anti-reflective display is 519 dollars more than a hundred dollars less than the brand new model all these refurbished units should basically function as brand new devices as they've been tested thoroughly but they might have a few cosmetic issues like minor scratches they also come with the full warranty that a brand new device would have so if you wanted a steam deck but it felt a bit too expensive I think that's a great way of getting your hands on one if you're okay with a few blemishes on the outer shell of the device and OverWatch 2 Lander good on Steam as blizzard promised some of their games would and it is immediately working on Linux and the steam deck proton experimental actually included a fix before the release so it's all nice and supported you do need a Battle.net account of course and since there is no pre-built shade or cash you will get some stutters when loading into a new map but the game seems to work on medium on the deck according to gaming on Linux and that's pretty nice to see but OverWatch 2 I personally don't care at all about just like any competitive multiplayer shooter I do not play those things they are super boring to me but what I want to see is Diablo 2 remastered Diablo 3 and maybe Diablo 4 coming on Steam maybe that will get me to bite and play it as all my friends have already completed it in all the difficulty settings and I'm gonna play alone great great like today's sponsors computers tuxedo makes laptops and desktops that ship with Linux out of the box and the reason you might want that over any other manufacturer that ships with Windows is that well you know that the hardware will work with Linux tuxedo actually submits patches Upstream to enable Hardware support on all of their devices if stuff isn't already working perfectly out of the box they offer a variety of free install distros but you can just slap your own and it will work they have a wide range of devices that should fit every price 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will see me in the next one bye foreign [Music]

hey everyone this is Nick and I'm back from my vacation now enjoying some rain after two weeks of sun and we have a lot to talk about this week we have Chrome OS moving to the real Linux stack with Weyland regular Linux graphics and splitting Chrome from the main system which means it might be turning into a real Linux distro soon and also probably more contributions to the rest of the Linux stack we also have Linux Mint discussing how they're going to approach their relationship with Ubuntu as a base in the future and we have gnome testing a replacement for the activities button and we also have the usual driver related news for more battery life some gaming news and a lot more and we also have this segue to our sponsor this video is sponsored by tax care and if you don't know who they are they're basically offering a wide range of services like extended lifecycle support for distros or life patching to ensure that your Linux server or workstation Fleet is always up to date and secure with minimum downtime and this time they're offering you a free guide titled the bugs behind the vulnerabilities it details the most common software bugs and some handy tips to know what to look for when developing a new product or feature or just reviewing and analyzing code to avoid creating or to help detecting vulnerabilities this guide is free to download and will give you everything you need to know about the top 25 most dangerous software weaknesses of 2022 what they look like in code samples and some coding principles you can apply to ensure you avoid vulnerabilities as much as possible so if you write code or if you review someone else's code click the link in the description below and grab the free guide so is Chrome OS a Linux distro in the usual sense of the term probably not but it could be in the future Google plans to split the Chrome browser from the base of Chrome OS with a project called lacros for Linux and Chrome OS with this they will split the Linux based operating system from the releases of chrome that basically currently Powers everything you're doing in that system the system UI the taskbar the window manager everything else is handled by the web browser and it's just one binary handling all of this the new design would split this with the system UI running its own binary and process and the browser running separately as well the new project will also take Chrome OS away from its own Graphics stack and run it on Wayland on top of the usual Linux stack something that feels like it should have been the default years ago as there is no real reason to dump applicate this kind of intensive work finally Chrome OS would move away from its own Google Chrome and just use the regular Linux version of Chrome you can already use something that might generate more attention from Google towards better Linux support built 116 of Chrome OS will Implement all of this by default when previously you needed to use a specific flag to try it out in terms of UI and general use of Chrome OS users will probably not notice any changes for now but it should make Chrome OS way easier to develop in the future with a system UI that moves faster and probably a better browsing experience as well so yeah Chrome OS would basically turn into a real Linux distro using a real Linux stack running a proprietary user interface and a proprietary browser I still would not use it for all the money in the world because I value my privacy but for people who don't quite care about this having this closer to a real Linux system would be good and it probably also means more efforts from Google to actually better support drivers and Hardware on Linux now on top of the new window management features that gnome is working on for a future release with some kind of Auto positioning of Windows something I will call Auto floating they also want to test another change replacing the activities label in the top bar with something a bit more explicit in terms of virtual desktops they have a new extension that you have to install manually that will replace the text activities with a representation of your virtual desktops each desktop is a DOT and the one you're currently on is a longer pill As you move between desktops the indicator moves along to represent which desktop is currently in focus and letting you know what you have to the right and to the left of the current desktop basically it's a pager widget like we've used in Gnome and KDE and other desktops for a while but in a symbolic fashion and and baked in Gnome by default now clicking this indicator of course will still bring the activities view but at least you will get a visual representation of your current desktop layout if you want to try things out you can download the extension and install it and give gnome devs your feedback I can already see a few inconsistencies between the on-screen display at the bottom of the screen when changing workspaces and the new proposed top element and I'm not personally sure that it's more understandable as a button than the activities text it also seems to remove the application name menu which admittedly is now completely useless and holds no interesting action apart from letting the user know which window is currently focused it looks nice and is probably a better visual representation of what you're getting when you click on that activities button but I don't think it's that much more legible as a button than the activities text so we'll have to see if you want to try it out install it give the gun devs your feedback and maybe they'll implement it like this or maybe they'll improve it along the lines who knows they do user testing the Linux Mint team shared some details about the upcoming new release of Linux Mint 21.3 planned for December but also on how they will handle their relationship with Ubuntu as a base so some of the big planned changes in the future are fixing secure boot but also assessing Weyland to see how much work there is to be done for its what they call potential adoption a choice of words that might lead one to think that there's a choice in the matter where there's really not in the future they're gonna have to support Weyland they're also working on what they call an edge ISO which is the exact same Linux means you know but with a newer kernel so it works on more recent Hardware compared to the relatively old base of mint they also talked about their relationship with Ubuntu and their plans mint 21.3 will still be based on Ubuntu 222.04 but in 2024 the new Ubuntu LTS will be out and it's probably going to rely on snap a lot more than previous releases which will lead the men's team to look at the quality of their package base to see if they still want to use Ubuntu as their base now reading between the lines you get the feeling they don't really want to move away from Ubuntu but that they will do so if it becomes too much work to fix what they don't like with the Ubuntu base clemont the founder of Linux Mint also asked people to stop being so negative about Ubuntu and to stay civil when discussing which base should be used as the default it's a nice reminder that it's not as a base and go all in on the Debian Edition as much as I don't really like what Ubuntu is turning into with snaps and various weird Corporal decisions from canonical you can't deny that they do a lot for user friendliness out of the box and if mint did Ubuntu as a base for Debian for example they would have to re-implement a lot of that stuff themselves something they probably already do in the Debian Edition but it always comes out a lot later than the Ubuntu release now the azahi Linux project which you might have heard of if you follow along the Linux support for Apple silicon Max they announced a new offshoot which is Fedora azahi remix in short it's Fedora but with all the hardware enablements that azahi includes to run on M1 and M2 Max whether they are laptops or desktops and of course it's just early steps you do have an ISO you can download and use but they say it's not ready and will probably break a lot it's more to get started on integrating all the work Asahi does into other distributions as that's their main goal upstreaming all their work as soon as it's ready and stable enough and probably keeping azahi as the bleeding edge testing grounds for newer Apple silicon Hardware the official release of Fedora azahi remix will be at the end of August and it is based on some in its scripts that are already in fedora's repos and a set of copper repos now served from fedora's infrastructure and since I'm done using Mac OS on my M1 MacBook Pro I've just used it for a few videos I'm ready to replace it with either Asahi Linux or Asahi Fedora remix of whatever they call it maybe I'll do a video comparing the two and letting people decide if it's ready enough for them and which this road they should focus on we also have a bunch of KDE related news this week first with an update on the plasma 6 roadmap apparently everything is proceeding as planned with almost all the porting tasks done including osvg elements using kirigami modernizing the plasmoid apis and moving the actions in the system settings pages to the header of the app there are still some back-end work for the KD Frameworks on which most KDE apps are based but these changes should streamline a lot of things especially in the visual Department with icon themes now being used throughout the whole system without a hitch something that wasn't always perfect in plasma now the developers can focus on implementing the remaining planned features and polishing things up and if you want to test plasma 6 already there's a new branch of KD neon called neon experimental which gives you just that all the latest plasma 6 developments obviously not a stable thing to be used daily by most people but a cool easy testing ground and looking at the plasma 6 Wiki there are a lot of interesting features for plasma 6 including a power profile OSD time zone conversions in K Runner basic opt-in support for HDR and a lot more so I'm really excited to test this out on a spare laptop of course now as per gnome there was some profiling going on to find areas where gnome components aren't as fast as they should be and this resulted in reduced overhead and startup time for a lot of gnome shell search providers which means gnome should be faster and use less resources out of the box this work is also ongoing for some gnome apps like Nautilus gnome photos or the calculator in terms of apps parabolic the video downloader now lets you select the items you want to download from a playlist there's daikon a new media player for audio and video now out in Alpha on flat Hub it does look pretty good there's also Cavalier or Cavalier an audio visualization app which now lets you set a background image and can be controlled from the command line and you can also set the FPS you want and finally solar the Logitech peripheral management app now has a gnome extension so solar now supports all its features on Wayland assuming you install the latest version of the app manually or alternatively you can wait for it to land in your destro's repos and I just love to see these improvements to Performance and startup times because gnome while it runs really well on recent Hardware can be a bit on the heavy side on older computers and so well having it being more efficient and saving some CPU Cycles is always good and you're also getting better battery life in the process which is also pretty nice also have a bunch of of driver-related Updates this week first with Mesa 23.2 the drivers for AMD and Intel gpus which now are also used to support apple silicon integrated Graphics the new release brings better support for a wide variety of games on rdna 3 gpus from AMD so the 7000 series plus support for opengl 3.1 and opengl Es 3.0 on azahi so on Apple silicon Max we also have some news about the CPU power utility in the Linux kernel 6.6 which will now enable support for amdp States this means that AMD CPUs will be able to more easily change their state between passive active and guided autonomous and will generally be more efficient and use less power which should result in better battery life CPU frequency scaling and turbo boosting are also improved along the way and these improvements were already accessible but not easily for users and user space tools so now various desktop environments and apps might be able to take better advantage of them to save power and it looks like there's a lot of efficiency and battery life focused work on Linux these days which is really awesome to see I can't wait to get a kernel that packs all of this in so I can finally have decent battery life on my Linux laptops and let's finish this with the gaming news first we have the Linux market share on Steam growing again to almost two percent now being higher than Mac OS 1.96 of steam users that took the steam survey use Linux which is a huge jump from the previous month steamos and Holo ISO are obviously in the lead with 42 percent of Linux users followed by Arch and Ubuntu I around 8 and 7.5 respectively AMD CPUs represent 69 of the Linux gaming Hardware nice and also really nice well obviously it's from the steam deck which uses an AMD Apu but it's still awesome to see that Linux is now basically the second biggest platform for gaming on PC but we also have another example of how Linux gaming can be really cool but also really unstable with an Ubisoft connect updates that broke the launcher on Linux making Ubisoft games unplayable for a while this is the unstable part where developers just don't care about their stuff on Linux and the awesome part comes from valve fixing the problem almost immediately in proton experimental which restored support for the launcher and let me just say this launchers suck and this includes steam I wish we could still just buy games individually and just use proton or wine or whatever else to run them individually being tied to a launcher that doesn't necessarily support your platform just sucks and it just reinforces the Monopoly and the fact that you don't really own your games what you can own though is a device from today's sponsor tuxedo makes laptops and desktops that run Linux out of the box they're actually made specifically to support Linux the hardware is picked because it has great Linux support and if some pieces are not exactly perfect tuxedo actually contributes fixes and patches and drivers to the Linux kernel to fix all of that they have a big range of devices that should cover every need and every price point whether you need a laptop a desktop something in between something for gaming for work something lightweight they have everything and all their devices are very customizable with plenty of options for CPU Ram SSD gpus and you can also set your own logo on the lid of your laptop choose your own keyboard layout they ship to most countries in the world and all their laptops are openable repairable and upgradable so if you need a new computer and you plan to run Linux on it and you also want to support linux's development and Hardware support click the link in the description below and buy yourself a tuxedo device they're really really good so thanks very everyone for watching the video I hope you enjoyed it if you did don't hesitate to like to subscribe to turn on notifications and to write a comment and if you didn't there's always that thumbs down button as well and if you really enjoyed the channel there are plenty of links in the description below to help you support it you know how this works so thanks everyone for watching and I guess you'll see me in the next one bye foreign [Music] [Music]

hey everyone this is Nick and I'm back from my vacation now enjoying some rain after two weeks of sun and we have a lot to talk about this week we have Chrome OS moving to the real Linux stack with Weyland regular Linux graphics and splitting Chrome from the main system which means it might be turning into a real Linux distro soon and also probably more contributions to the rest of the Linux stack we also have Linux Mint discussing how they're going to approach their relationship with Ubuntu as a base in the future and we have gnome testing a replacement for the activities button and we also have the usual driver related news for more battery life some gaming news and a lot more and we also have this segue to our sponsor this video is sponsored by tax care and if you don't know who they are they're basically offering a wide range of services like extended lifecycle support for distros or life patching to ensure that your Linux server or workstation Fleet is always up to date and secure with minimum downtime and this time they're offering you a free guide titled the bugs behind the vulnerabilities it details the most common software bugs and some handy tips to know what to look for when developing a new product or feature or just reviewing and analyzing code to avoid creating or to help detecting vulnerabilities this guide is free to download and will give you everything you need to know about the top 25 most dangerous software weaknesses of 2022 what they look like in code samples and some coding principles you can apply to ensure you avoid vulnerabilities as much as possible so if you write code or if you review someone else's code click the link in the description below and grab the free guide so is Chrome OS a Linux distro in the usual sense of the term probably not but it could be in the future Google plans to split the Chrome browser from the base of Chrome OS with a project called lacros for Linux and Chrome OS with this they will split the Linux based operating system from the releases of chrome that basically currently Powers everything you're doing in that system the system UI the taskbar the window manager everything else is handled by the web browser and it's just one binary handling all of this the new design would split this with the system UI running its own binary and process and the browser running separately as well the new project will also take Chrome OS away from its own Graphics stack and run it on Wayland on top of the usual Linux stack something that feels like it should have been the default years ago as there is no real reason to dump applicate this kind of intensive work finally Chrome OS would move away from its own Google Chrome and just use the regular Linux version of Chrome you can already use something that might generate more attention from Google towards better Linux support built 116 of Chrome OS will Implement all of this by default when previously you needed to use a specific flag to try it out in terms of UI and general use of Chrome OS users will probably not notice any changes for now but it should make Chrome OS way easier to develop in the future with a system UI that moves faster and probably a better browsing experience as well so yeah Chrome OS would basically turn into a real Linux distro using a real Linux stack running a proprietary user interface and a proprietary browser I still would not use it for all the money in the world because I value my privacy but for people who don't quite care about this having this closer to a real Linux system would be good and it probably also means more efforts from Google to actually better support drivers and Hardware on Linux now on top of the new window management features that gnome is working on for a future release with some kind of Auto positioning of Windows something I will call Auto floating they also want to test another change replacing the activities label in the top bar with something a bit more explicit in terms of virtual desktops they have a new extension that you have to install manually that will replace the text activities with a representation of your virtual desktops each desktop is a DOT and the one you're currently on is a longer pill As you move between desktops the indicator moves along to represent which desktop is currently in focus and letting you know what you have to the right and to the left of the current desktop basically it's a pager widget like we've used in Gnome and KDE and other desktops for a while but in a symbolic fashion and and baked in Gnome by default now clicking this indicator of course will still bring the activities view but at least you will get a visual representation of your current desktop layout if you want to try things out you can download the extension and install it and give gnome devs your feedback I can already see a few inconsistencies between the on-screen display at the bottom of the screen when changing workspaces and the new proposed top element and I'm not personally sure that it's more understandable as a button than the activities text it also seems to remove the application name menu which admittedly is now completely useless and holds no interesting action apart from letting the user know which window is currently focused it looks nice and is probably a better visual representation of what you're getting when you click on that activities button but I don't think it's that much more legible as a button than the activities text so we'll have to see if you want to try it out install it give the gun devs your feedback and maybe they'll implement it like this or maybe they'll improve it along the lines who knows they do user testing the Linux Mint team shared some details about the upcoming new release of Linux Mint 21.3 planned for December but also on how they will handle their relationship with Ubuntu as a base so some of the big planned changes in the future are fixing secure boot but also assessing Weyland to see how much work there is to be done for its what they call potential adoption a choice of words that might lead one to think that there's a choice in the matter where there's really not in the future they're gonna have to support Weyland they're also working on what they call an edge ISO which is the exact same Linux means you know but with a newer kernel so it works on more recent Hardware compared to the relatively old base of mint they also talked about their relationship with Ubuntu and their plans mint 21.3 will still be based on Ubuntu 222.04 but in 2024 the new Ubuntu LTS will be out and it's probably going to rely on snap a lot more than previous releases which will lead the men's team to look at the quality of their package base to see if they still want to use Ubuntu as their base now reading between the lines you get the feeling they don't really want to move away from Ubuntu but that they will do so if it becomes too much work to fix what they don't like with the Ubuntu base clemont the founder of Linux Mint also asked people to stop being so negative about Ubuntu and to stay civil when discussing which base should be used as the default it's a nice reminder that it's not as a base and go all in on the Debian Edition as much as I don't really like what Ubuntu is turning into with snaps and various weird Corporal decisions from canonical you can't deny that they do a lot for user friendliness out of the box and if mint did Ubuntu as a base for Debian for example they would have to re-implement a lot of that stuff themselves something they probably already do in the Debian Edition but it always comes out a lot later than the Ubuntu release now the azahi Linux project which you might have heard of if you follow along the Linux support for Apple silicon Max they announced a new offshoot which is Fedora azahi remix in short it's Fedora but with all the hardware enablements that azahi includes to run on M1 and M2 Max whether they are laptops or desktops and of course it's just early steps you do have an ISO you can download and use but they say it's not ready and will probably break a lot it's more to get started on integrating all the work Asahi does into other distributions as that's their main goal upstreaming all their work as soon as it's ready and stable enough and probably keeping azahi as the bleeding edge testing grounds for newer Apple silicon Hardware the official release of Fedora azahi remix will be at the end of August and it is based on some in its scripts that are already in fedora's repos and a set of copper repos now served from fedora's infrastructure and since I'm done using Mac OS on my M1 MacBook Pro I've just used it for a few videos I'm ready to replace it with either Asahi Linux or Asahi Fedora remix of whatever they call it maybe I'll do a video comparing the two and letting people decide if it's ready enough for them and which this road they should focus on we also have a bunch of KDE related news this week first with an update on the plasma 6 roadmap apparently everything is proceeding as planned with almost all the porting tasks done including osvg elements using kirigami modernizing the plasmoid apis and moving the actions in the system settings pages to the header of the app there are still some back-end work for the KD Frameworks on which most KDE apps are based but these changes should streamline a lot of things especially in the visual Department with icon themes now being used throughout the whole system without a hitch something that wasn't always perfect in plasma now the developers can focus on implementing the remaining planned features and polishing things up and if you want to test plasma 6 already there's a new branch of KD neon called neon experimental which gives you just that all the latest plasma 6 developments obviously not a stable thing to be used daily by most people but a cool easy testing ground and looking at the plasma 6 Wiki there are a lot of interesting features for plasma 6 including a power profile OSD time zone conversions in K Runner basic opt-in support for HDR and a lot more so I'm really excited to test this out on a spare laptop of course now as per gnome there was some profiling going on to find areas where gnome components aren't as fast as they should be and this resulted in reduced overhead and startup time for a lot of gnome shell search providers which means gnome should be faster and use less resources out of the box this work is also ongoing for some gnome apps like Nautilus gnome photos or the calculator in terms of apps parabolic the video downloader now lets you select the items you want to download from a playlist there's daikon a new media player for audio and video now out in Alpha on flat Hub it does look pretty good there's also Cavalier or Cavalier an audio visualization app which now lets you set a background image and can be controlled from the command line and you can also set the FPS you want and finally solar the Logitech peripheral management app now has a gnome extension so solar now supports all its features on Wayland assuming you install the latest version of the app manually or alternatively you can wait for it to land in your destro's repos and I just love to see these improvements to Performance and startup times because gnome while it runs really well on recent Hardware can be a bit on the heavy side on older computers and so well having it being more efficient and saving some CPU Cycles is always good and you're also getting better battery life in the process which is also pretty nice also have a bunch of of driver-related Updates this week first with Mesa 23.2 the drivers for AMD and Intel gpus which now are also used to support apple silicon integrated Graphics the new release brings better support for a wide variety of games on rdna 3 gpus from AMD so the 7000 series plus support for opengl 3.1 and opengl Es 3.0 on azahi so on Apple silicon Max we also have some news about the CPU power utility in the Linux kernel 6.6 which will now enable support for amdp States this means that AMD CPUs will be able to more easily change their state between passive active and guided autonomous and will generally be more efficient and use less power which should result in better battery life CPU frequency scaling and turbo boosting are also improved along the way and these improvements were already accessible but not easily for users and user space tools so now various desktop environments and apps might be able to take better advantage of them to save power and it looks like there's a lot of efficiency and battery life focused work on Linux these days which is really awesome to see I can't wait to get a kernel that packs all of this in so I can finally have decent battery life on my Linux laptops and let's finish this with the gaming news first we have the Linux market share on Steam growing again to almost two percent now being higher than Mac OS 1.96 of steam users that took the steam survey use Linux which is a huge jump from the previous month steamos and Holo ISO are obviously in the lead with 42 percent of Linux users followed by Arch and Ubuntu I around 8 and 7.5 respectively AMD CPUs represent 69 of the Linux gaming Hardware nice and also really nice well obviously it's from the steam deck which uses an AMD Apu but it's still awesome to see that Linux is now basically the second biggest platform for gaming on PC but we also have another example of how Linux gaming can be really cool but also really unstable with an Ubisoft connect updates that broke the launcher on Linux making Ubisoft games unplayable for a while this is the unstable part where developers just don't care about their stuff on Linux and the awesome part comes from valve fixing the problem almost immediately in proton experimental which restored support for the launcher and let me just say this launchers suck and this includes steam I wish we could still just buy games individually and just use proton or wine or whatever else to run them individually being tied to a launcher that doesn't necessarily support your platform just sucks and it just reinforces the Monopoly and the fact that you don't really own your games what you can own though is a device from today's sponsor tuxedo makes laptops and desktops that run Linux out of the box they're actually made specifically to support Linux the hardware is picked because it has great Linux support and if some pieces are not exactly perfect tuxedo actually contributes fixes and patches and drivers to the Linux kernel to fix all of that they have a big range of devices that should cover every need and every price point whether you need a laptop a desktop something in between something for gaming for work something lightweight they have everything and all their devices are very customizable with plenty of options for CPU Ram SSD gpus and you can also set your own logo on the lid of your laptop choose your own keyboard layout 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managing multiple machines isn't easy it's like a constant juggling act you're hopping from one computer to another managing a massive cables and having to set up and take down your workspace over and over again but it doesn't have to be this way with the good old remote desktop technology you can simplify all of this whether you're running a small business or managing a home office or even just tinkering in your home lab today I will show you how to use remote desktops to and from any OS we'll cover how to connect to a Windows PC a Mac or Linux computer from basically any other device and even how to access a VM it's all a very very simple and easy solution and speaking of easy solutions today's sponsor is on point because what they offer is a remote desktop solution this video is sponsored by Chasm workspaces the container streaming platform that lets you stream any OS desktop or app to your web browser and they've been working on implant elementing one of the most Community requested features translations now it's a developer preview for now and Chasm would like you to give it a shot and provide feedback on how well things work they will automatically use the language and the time zone of your web browser in any OS desktop terminal or app you're streaming or you can set the language and time zone manually from your profile if you prefer or if you use a VPN for example you can download that developer preview for free right now using the link in the description below and don't hesitate to let Chasm know what you think about it they're really focused on implementing Community requests right now so give them a hand now you might be wondering why do I need a remote desktop at all and perhaps you have multiple PCS that you need to access frequently or maybe you need to access a Windows or Mac program from your Linux PC you can also use this approach to access the contents of a virtual machine and while a server typically does need a graphical interface and you should not install one on your servers some people might really prefer it remote desktops can give you access to that without having to keep a keyboard mouse and display connected to your server at all times although seriously please consider using SSH and only the command line to access your server and make it do stuff using a graphical user interface just really increases the attack surface for your server and it's just not super efficient in terms of resource usage either but also if you you need to debug computers for family friends or for your company a remote desktop can simplify things considerably so how does remote desktop work essentially it mirrors the contents of one PC onto the display of another PC either through a dedicated app a web browser or the native capabilities of your operating system in this setup one of your PCS acts as the server the computer whose contents you want to access and the other is the client the computer you use to access the server and interact with it the client sends inputs to the server the server acts on it and then sends the resulting image back to the client for display and you can do virtually anything with remote desktops a part maybe from gaming because the performance will not be there and the latency might make things pretty unplayable okay so when it comes to remote desktops there are two primary protocols RDP or remote desktop protocol and VNC or virtual Network Computing RDP is proprietary and comes from Windows although there are open source implementations of it like free RDP it allows you to access the same PC from many different remote computers and although it's a Microsoft creation you can run it on Linux or Mac OS as well as Windows since it is natively implemented in Windows RDP could be your best option if your goal is mainly to remote into a Windows PC technically it also offers better compression so you should have less latency and better performance using RDP on the other hand VNC is an open source platform independent protocol that works on any operating system like RDP it lets multiple clients access the same server however it's generally less efficient than RDP as it doesn't compress things as much and on top of VNC and RDP today's sponsor creates their own sort of fork of VNC called Chasm VNC it's also open source it uses Superior compression it offers more security and it allows server access from a web browser so you won't need to install and learn a dedicated app to access your remote desktop you will also find other protocols out there like spice or x2go and others but generally the most used ones are RDP and VNC so now you know what a remote desktop is let's see how you can set one up so we're gonna start with Chasm VNC it's open source it's free of charge and you can download the server component from their GitHub page it's packaged for various Linux distributions including Alpine Linux Debian Ubuntu Fedora open Susa Kali Linux or Oracle Linux all for arm or x86 CPU it doesn't have a server component for Windows or Mac OS though so it's Linux only but you'll be able to access the remote desktop on any computer whatever the OS because you just need a web browser to do so okay so once the server component is installed on the PC you want to remote into you'll need to use the command line simply run VNC server and you'll be prompted to create a user that you will use to log in to your remote desktop then you need to add that user to the SSL cert group with this command sudo ad group your username ssl-sert you'll need to reboot for that change to be taken into account and afterwards you can just run the VNC command again and you're all set it will give you an IP address but just note the port that it's using at the end once VNC server is running you can go to your client PC you can open a web browser any web browser type the IP address of the server followed by the port number indicated when you ran the VNC server command I used it over my local network so it was my local IP address followed by a colon and the port number you will be asked to enter your login and password for the user you created and then you're in you'll get a nice sidebar with options to tailor performance frame rate compression and more and if you want to really get into the details there is a yaml all configuration file you can edit either in slash Etc Chasm VNC or you can have your own config file for your user in dot VNC if you want to remote into a Linux PC running X11 Chasm VNC is your best solution it will work with any OS for the client it's fast it's fluid it's open source I don't think you can really do better and if you want to set up various sessions for apps operating systems or anything else they have Chasm workspaces it's also open source and you can self-host it or use their servers if you prefer now Chasm VNC will only work if your server runs X11 if you absolutely want to use Weyland on the server or if you don't want to use a web browser to access the remote desktop then you can also set up on Linux a general connection using VNC or RDP if you want to remote into a Linux PC most desktop environments have settings that let you enable Remote Desktop in ground for example you go to the sharing page then remote desktop and enable remote control KDE has the krfb app that allows you to share your desktop in there you can find the address you'll use to remote into that PC and you can set the user and password you will need to use on the client although desktop environments might have dedicated apps or settings that are located somewhere else just look for remote desktop or RDP or VNC in your app menu or your settings and you'll probably find it and on the client side all you need is either an RDP or VNC client the connections app in Gnome and krdc in KDE are probably the best integrated apps orb you can use Ramina which works nicely with basically all remote desktop protocol you simply type the address you got from your desktop environment settings the username and the password and you're done in-ground for example by default it uses RDP with the address starting with ms-rd as the protocol it's pretty easy most desktop environments have this capability built in there's nothing to it apart from enabling a few toggles just make sure that the firewall isn't blocking the RDP or VNC protocol and that the ports is gonna use are not blocked as well now if you want to remote into a Windows PC your best bet is the RDP protocol which is already built into window to enable it on Windows 11 simply open the settings app click system then remote desktop and toggle it on a pop-up will ask for confirmation just click confirm and voila you're done with the server side setup for added security you can require the password of the current Windows PC user to enable remote access just click on the drop down next to the remote desktop switch toggle on the security feature and note the ports that you'll need to use do note that this only works if you're using Windows 11 Pro if you're on Windows 11 home then this feature is not accessible probably for monetary reasons of I don't really know why there are methods to enable it in a Windows 11 home but they all look pretty shady and since remote desktop can be a big security risk if anyone else could access into your PC I recommend you do not do that and if you really need remote desktop you look for an alternative solution operating system or upgrade to Windows 11 Pro now on the client side all you will need is an RDP client for Windows Mac OS IOS and Android you have Microsoft Remote Desktop app which is available as a free download and for Linux users there's Romina a free open source tool available on any distro through flat hub no matter which client you're using enter the IP address of the PC you want to connect to and the username then your server should appear in the list Connect using the password of the account currently logged into windows and just like that you can now access your windows apps from any Linux computer Mac or even your mobile device it's straightforward it's efficient and it gives you the flexibility to work from anywhere now what if you want to remote into a back well let's find out if your server is a Mac the process is quite similar first open system settings navigate to General and then to the sharing page here enable Remote Management you can choose which users can log into the mac and even allow VNC viewers to control the screen with a password which you can set up right there the system also gives you the option to decide what VNC users can do on the Mac once they're logged into it next up you will need a VNC client on the client PC that will access the Mac Ramina works great on Linux and there are plenty of options for Windows as well like VNC viewer once you have that just input the IP address and the username of your max user here for example the username is Nico which is the name of my user account on the Mac and the password is none your bit once logged in I can control my Mac right from my Linux PC however one thing to keep in mind is that performance can vary since the resolution on Max can be quite High you might find it's not as fast as you'd like now what if you want to remote into a virtual machine well some VM clients can definitely let you do that for example in virtualbox you have a remote display tab in the display settings of your VM now to make sure this works you will need to install the virtualbox extension pack which you can download for free from virtualbox's website the link is in the description then in virtualbox you can click the tools tab then the little list button and then extensions here click install then select the extension pack and you're done now you can enable remote display in the vm's display settings you need to make sure that the VM is running to be able to remote into it and then on the client PC just create a new connection with the IP address of the computer that's currently running the VM and the port that virtualbox gave you in my case 50 50. it uses RDP it will then ask you for your login and password use the credentials of your user account in the VM and you should be good to go pretty easy here as well and it gives you a lot of possibilities to run multiple operating systems and their apps on any other computer you could just have a VM server running somewhere and remote into various VMS to access the various apps that you need in my experience the only platforms with consistent performance are Chasm VNC and RDP regular VNC while functional may not always give the best results so whether you're trying to access your work PC from home to debug a family member's computer or you just want to launch an application that's on another system setting up a remote desktop isn't that difficult there are plenty of options to choose from tailored to a variety of needs it's also a great way to launch an application or access a few files that aren't available on your current device or operating system and while you can use it for video editing programs or graphic design tools running on another operating system and accessed on Linux for example don't expect to play high-end games at smooth frame rates remote desktops are not best suited for applications that require quick response times but this video is well suited to this Segway to our sponsor if you've ever bought a computer shipping with Windows out of the box and try to retrofit Linux on it to notice that yeah it doesn't work properly in every single aspect well I've got a solution click the link in the description below and buy something from tuxedo they make laptops and desktops that ship with Linux pre-install all the components in their devices are picked specifically because they're compatible with Linux and will run super well under Linux and they have a huge range of devices that will cover every need and every price point whether you want a laptop a 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hey everyone this is vacation Nick and just because I'm all sunburned and crispy doesn't mean you're not getting your usual dose of Linux and open source news so this week we have yet another nightmarish Google project which is basically trying to implement DRM but for websites we also have plasma 6 removing features compared to plasma 5.27 and we have a new windowing management system in the works for Gnome and it's sure to divide the community but spoiler alert I think it looks fantastic and we also have a bunch of Linux drivers related news and a lot more so let's dive in right after I tell you about our sponsor this video is sponsored by savings portmaster portmaster is an all-in-one tool to easily take your privacy to the next level and it's a tool I use myself on all of my Linux devices portmaster lets you automatically block old trackers and malware in every application you run on your computer not just your web browser but everything you run it's easy to use with defaults already in place that lets you just set it and forget it but if you like to configure every Rule and every app you also can portmaster is completely free and open source and also free of charge as it's funded by users that subscribe to the SPN a super powered VPN that gives you multiple identities for every connection of every application so if you want to easily improve the privacy of your system whatever the Linux distro you use or even on Windows click the link in the description below and download the portmaster for free so Google has yet another plan to try and make the web worse for everyone with their web environment Integrity feature they're basically trying to add DRM to the entire web with this thing websites could require a token to check if the computer that the web website runs on is trustworthy and if the browser section is legit and if not they could deny access to the computer and the browser entirely the stated goal is to increase Security on the web but the end result would be that websites could refuse to Grant access to specific operating systems or web browsers to entirely block any computer running Adblock pie hole or something like that or even to prevent certain extensions to work the token could also probably be used to identify people specifically and probably serve them with targeted ads so basically with this thing you could kiss your custom Android ROM goodbye your rooted Android phone goodbye some Linux distros that aren't owned by companies or even some alternative web browsers any new browser would probably not be trusted by most websites by default an alternative installation methods for browsers would probably also not be trusted only the store versions would be for Linux users maybe this means only browsers from Flat Hub or from the snap store would be allowed and would be considered unaltered or maybe no Linux distro would have a trustworthy token that websites would accept and even if most of the web decided to not implement this system if just Google starts using it on their own websites they could decide that Chrome and Chrome based browsers are the only ones trustworthy enough which would basically spell the Doom of anything else we don't know yet if this is just a side project from a Google engineer or a full standard Google wants to push but the latter is the most likely of the two fortunately as Vivaldi points out in the blog post the EU would probably flat out refuse this system as it would give companies way too much control over the whole web now at first this thing did not look too bad to me but after looking into it it just feels like a complete nightmare DRM for the web well the websites decide who can access them with what tools what operating systems or web browsers is not ethical and it's not how the web should work or has ever worked so this thing should be thought tooth and nail to make sure that it is never used by anyone now there are changes coming to gnome's window management well optional changes floating windows is For Now the default on good with some Edge tiling added to make sorting through Windows easier and virtual desktops to clean up the desktop in a future version of gnome they want to provide a new default system for window management basically each application could just declare its minimum size its maximum size and its preferred size and that's the size the window would occupy automatically resizing as more windows would be opened for example when you open a web browser it could be maximized immediately but a weather app would only occupy a small portion of the screen and as you would open more windows everything would resize or move to another desktop entirely if the display space isn't enough to accommodate it Windows could also Auto tile if that's the most efficient use of desktop space now of course don't worry manual tiling would still be a thing and you could still resize windows and keep them floating at all times but the default's new Behavior titled Mosaic would have a simple goal try to prevent windows from overlapping too much so you don't have to move Windows around all the time to get to what you're trying to do tiling zones would even be splitable by just dropping a window on top of a tiled window to create more zones and in usual gnome fashion they want to do some user research to confirm that this would work for users and they would like to work on an extension that implements some of the Mosaic principles so they can get some actual user testing it is not planned for Gnome 45 it's more like 46 or later and honestly I think it looks really pretty cool I'm sure a lot of people would disable it by default but I personally would use it if it's done well enough it's basically like Auto tiling but for floating windows and it basically means you never really have to think about where you're positioning your windows how much you're resizing them moving them around using alt tab I think it's cool it's kind of like what Apple tried to do with Stage manager but actually useful instead of being detrimental now as KDE developers talk about plasma 6 and what it will bring it will also apparently drop some features from KD 5.27 the first one is K hotkeys which is some Global shortcut system that was apparently very buggy didn't work with Wayland and used some non-standard ways of storing data and configurations which could result in data loss the code was also apparently abandoned for a while so it won't make the cut to plasma 6. it is replaced with a newer system called K Global Axel but users will lose the ability to create their own Mouse gestures though widgets also will not behave like Windows anymore and won't be able to be minimized and some methods to force phones DPI and icon sizes will be removed as well because they are duplicate of other ways of adjusting for a specific resolution and they're sort of confusing for users some of the less used tasks which are layouts like grid informative small icons text only and thumbnails will also be removed and the Air Plasma style also won't make the cut as it's abandoned per activity power settings will also not be there anymore in plasma 6 as well as the icon view in the system settings app and plasma Styles will no longer be able to override the general icon theme all the icons in your widgets and plasma panels will all come from the main icon theme the unsplash picture of the day is also gone not because developers don't want to keep it but because of a licensing problem so basically they're removing stuff that was either confusing unmaintained or very buggy and I'm sure a lot of people were using some of these features for me personally the per activity power profiles was kind of useful but in the end if it makes the experience better for everyone less loaded with options and less confusing I think it's a good thing I reported previously on canonical's takeover of the Linux container demon project but it looks like the makers of Ubuntu don't just want to repatriate the code under their own GitHub repo they also want to keep complete control over who has access to maintain that project for example Christian Browner is a former canonical employee and an lxd developer and he has been removed as a maintainer for the project following the transfer of the code to canonical's GitHub repo Stefan Grabber the Project Lead for lxd also had their rights removed after they left canonical so yeah Ubuntu and canonical definitely just want to have complete control over that project and they won't accept anyone with maintainer rights outside of the company it's not exactly how free and open source software is supposed to work but sure it's not like we're not used to companies just not giving a crap about the principles of free software and collaboration now seriously what is up with companies and free and open source software these days sure they follow the letter of the licenses and open source but they definitely don't follow the spirits which is being trampled into the mud now after the first free and open source NVIDIA drivers for opengl landed in Mesa last week the first bits of the Vulcan driver nvk are also gearing up to be added to Mesa it still depends on the Nuvo DRM driver like the previous opengl driver so it's not completely functional until Nouveau gets support for changing the GPU clock speeds on the fly but it is still a nice big step towards the full false implementation of an Nvidia driver the nvk driver is built by people from colabora and red hat and the General open source community and they submitted a merge request for Mesa 23.3 they say it is not currently on par with the current radv driver for AMD gpus but they also say that they have a solid set of features with Vulcan 1.2 support being around the corner plus most of what's needed to support the xvk vkd3d and zinc this driver depends on a Nuvo API for the Linux kernel that isn't merged just yet but is apparently almost ready maybe for the Linux kernel 6.6 so basically I would say that at the end of the year we'll have inside of Mesa available for everyone without a third-party install a fully functioning driver that supports Vulcan and opengl for most Nvidia gpus it probably won't be on par with the performance of the proprietary driver but at least it will give you a functional system out of the box and I would say that 2024 will probably be the year where you could actually use an Nvidia GPU just as easily as an AMD GPU without even thinking of installing the proprietary driver and we have have yet more good news for Linux drivers first there's a new proposed patch that would allow to trigger CPU boosting on a per policy basis which means that just one logical core or a set of a few cores could turbo boost while the other cores would stay in a non-boosted state this would deliver good performance without boosting the whole CPU thus saving more battery life on laptops and generally being more energy efficient and on the back of the previous Intel arc 10 speed boost that I've talked about last week we have yet another optimization in Mesa 23.3 which should Grant about 10 percent more FPS in CS go compared to the drivers that already include the 10 boost I talked about last week and it gives much better scores in Vulcan benchmarks as well which should translate in better in-game performance for Arc GPU users that's a lot of good and important work on these drivers if you we can get a better battery life on all Linux laptops thanks to these adjustments to Turbo boosting and if intel gpus whether they're Arc or integrated can also deliver more performance with the same overhead and energy usage then it's just awesome okay let's finish this with the gaming news so first some good news for us Linux Gamers that usually rely on Steam blizzard games are apparently coming to steam now starting with OverWatch 2 which is arguably not an outstanding title you will still be able to use Battle.net of course if you prefer but in the future we might not have to deal with lootress or any other third-party launcher to run Diablo 4 or other blizzard titles we'll just be able to start them from Steam on the steam deck or our Linux PCS with full proton integration and no Hoops to jump through does anyone remember the good old days where you could actually buy a physical copy of a PC game and not have to rely on any sort of stupid launcher I even remember when steam was introduced and everybody hated it because it made playing Counter-Strike way harder than it should have been and speaking of launchers heroic now has a new update version 2.9 which now supports Amazon games not to be mistaken for Luna their game streaming service Amazon games is something you get with Amazon Prime that gives you free games each month and in-game content as well on top of that the heroic update adds playtime tracking for Gog games and fixes a bunch of stuff for running games from epic games and Gog and I was today years old when I learned about Amazon games I've been an Amazon Prime subscriber for a while for some of their TV shows but yeah I never even knew I could have access to some of their free games so cool cool just like our sponsors Linux PCS if you've ever bought a computer shipping with Windows out of the box and try to retrofit Linux on it to notice that yeah it doesn't work properly in every single aspect well I've got a solution click the link in the description below and buy something from tuxedo they make laptops and desktops that ship with Linux pre-installed all the components in their devices are picked specifically because they're compatible with Linux and will run super well under Linux and they have a huge range of devices that will cover every need and every price point whether you want a laptop a desktop something for work for gaming workstation they have it all they're all super customizable all the laptops are openable repairable and upgradable and they ship to most countries in the 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managing multiple machines isn't easy it's like a constant juggling act you're hopping from one computer to another managing a massive cables and having to set up and take down your workspace over and over again but it doesn't have to be this way with the good old remote desktop technology you can simplify all of this whether you're running a small business or managing a home office or even just tinkering in your home lab today I will show you how to use remote desktops to and from any OS we'll cover how to connect to a Windows PC a Mac or Linux computer from basically any other device and even how to access a VM it's all a very very simple and easy solution and speaking of easy solutions today's sponsor is on point because what they offer is a remote desktop solution this video is sponsored by Chasm workspaces the container streaming platform that lets you stream any OS desktop or app to your web browser and they've been working on implant elementing one of the most Community requested features translations now it's a developer preview for now and Chasm would like you to give it a shot and provide feedback on how well things work they will automatically use the language and the time zone of your web browser in any OS desktop terminal or app you're streaming or you can set the language and time zone manually from your profile if you prefer or if you use a VPN for example you can download that developer preview for free right now using the link in the description below and don't hesitate to let Chasm know what you think about it they're really focused on implementing Community requests right now so give them a hand now you might be wondering why do I need a remote desktop at all and perhaps you have multiple PCS that you need to access frequently or maybe you need to access a Windows or Mac program from your Linux PC you can also use this approach to access the contents of a virtual machine and while a server typically does need a graphical interface and you should not install one on your servers some people might really prefer it remote desktops can give you access to that without having to keep a keyboard mouse and display connected to your server at all times although seriously please consider using SSH and only the command line to access your server and make it do stuff using a graphical user interface just really increases the attack surface for your server and it's just not super efficient in terms of resource usage either but also if you you need to debug computers for family friends or for your company a remote desktop can simplify things considerably so how does remote desktop work essentially it mirrors the contents of one PC onto the display of another PC either through a dedicated app a web browser or the native capabilities of your operating system in this setup one of your PCS acts as the server the computer whose contents you want to access and the other is the client the computer you use to access the server and interact with it the client sends inputs to the server the server acts on it and then sends the resulting image back to the client for display and you can do virtually anything with remote desktops a part maybe from gaming because the performance will not be there and the latency might make things pretty unplayable okay so when it comes to remote desktops there are two primary protocols RDP or remote desktop protocol and VNC or virtual Network Computing RDP is proprietary and comes from Windows although there are open source implementations of it like free RDP it allows you to access the same PC from many different remote computers and although it's a Microsoft creation you can run it on Linux or Mac OS as well as Windows since it is natively implemented in Windows RDP could be your best option if your goal is mainly to remote into a Windows PC technically it also offers better compression so you should have less latency and better performance using RDP on the other hand VNC is an open source platform independent protocol that works on any operating system like RDP it lets multiple clients access the same server however it's generally less efficient than RDP as it doesn't compress things as much and on top of VNC and RDP today's sponsor creates their own sort of fork of VNC called Chasm VNC it's also open source it uses Superior compression it offers more security and it allows server access from a web browser so you won't need to install and learn a dedicated app to access your remote desktop you will also find other protocols out there like spice or x2go and others but generally the most used ones are RDP and VNC so now you know what a remote desktop is let's see how you can set one up so we're gonna start with Chasm VNC it's open source it's free of charge and you can download the server component from their GitHub page it's packaged for various Linux distributions including Alpine Linux Debian Ubuntu Fedora open Susa Kali Linux or Oracle Linux all for arm or x86 CPU it doesn't have a server component for Windows or Mac OS though so it's Linux only but you'll be able to access the remote desktop on any computer whatever the OS because you just need a web browser to do so okay so once the server component is installed on the PC you want to remote into you'll need to use the command line simply run VNC server and you'll be prompted to create a user that you will use to log in to your remote desktop then you need to add that user to the SSL cert group with this command sudo ad group your username ssl-sert you'll need to reboot for that change to be taken into account and afterwards you can just run the VNC command again and you're all set it will give you an IP address but just note the port that it's using at the end once VNC server is running you can go to your client PC you can open a web browser any web browser type the IP address of the server followed by the port number indicated when you ran the VNC server command I used it over my local network so it was my local IP address followed by a colon and the port number you will be asked to enter your login and password for the user you created and then you're in you'll get a nice sidebar with options to tailor performance frame rate compression and more and if you want to really get into the details there is a yaml all configuration file you can edit either in slash Etc Chasm VNC or you can have your own config file for your user in dot VNC if you want to remote into a Linux PC running X11 Chasm VNC is your best solution it will work with any OS for the client it's fast it's fluid it's open source I don't think you can really do better and if you want to set up various sessions for apps operating systems or anything else they have Chasm workspaces it's also open source and you can self-host it or use their servers if you prefer now Chasm VNC will only work if your server runs X11 if you absolutely want to use Weyland on the server or if you don't want to use a web browser to access the remote desktop then you can also set up on Linux a general connection using VNC or RDP if you want to remote into a Linux PC most desktop environments have settings that let you enable Remote Desktop in ground for example you go to the sharing page then remote desktop and enable remote control KDE has the krfb app that allows you to share your desktop in there you can find the address you'll use to remote into that PC and you can set the user and password you will need to use on the client although desktop environments might have dedicated apps or settings that are located somewhere else just look for remote desktop or RDP or VNC in your app menu or your settings and you'll probably find it and on the client side all you need is either an RDP or VNC client the connections app in Gnome and krdc in KDE are probably the best integrated apps orb you can use Ramina which works nicely with basically all remote desktop protocol you simply type the address you got from your desktop environment settings the username and the password and you're done in-ground for example by default it uses RDP with the address starting with ms-rd as the protocol it's pretty easy most desktop environments have this capability built in there's nothing to it apart from enabling a few toggles just make sure that the firewall isn't blocking the RDP or VNC protocol and that the ports is gonna use are not blocked as well now if you want to remote into a Windows PC your best bet is the RDP protocol which is already built into window to enable it on Windows 11 simply open the settings app click system then remote desktop and toggle it on a pop-up will ask for confirmation just click confirm and voila you're done with the server side setup for added security you can require the password of the current Windows PC user to enable remote access just click on the drop down next to the remote desktop switch toggle on the security feature and note the ports that you'll need to use do note that this only works if you're using Windows 11 Pro if you're on Windows 11 home then this feature is not accessible probably for monetary reasons of I don't really know why there are methods to enable it in a Windows 11 home but they all look pretty shady and since remote desktop can be a big security risk if anyone else could access into your PC I recommend you do not do that and if you really need remote desktop you look for an alternative solution operating system or upgrade to Windows 11 Pro now on the client side all you will need is an RDP client for Windows Mac OS IOS and Android you have Microsoft Remote Desktop app which is available as a free download and for Linux users there's Romina a free open source tool available on any distro through flat hub no matter which client you're using enter the IP address of the PC you want to connect to and the username then your server should appear in the list Connect using the password of the account currently logged into windows and just like that you can now access your windows apps from any Linux computer Mac or even your mobile device it's straightforward it's efficient and it gives you the flexibility to work from anywhere now what if you want to remote into a back well let's find out if your server is a Mac the process is quite similar first open system settings navigate to General and then to the sharing page here enable Remote Management you can choose which users can log into the mac and even allow VNC viewers to control the screen with a password which you can set up right there the system also gives you the option to decide what VNC users can do on the Mac once they're logged into it next up you will need a VNC client on the client PC that will access the Mac Ramina works great on Linux and there are plenty of options for Windows as well like VNC viewer once you have that just input the IP address and the username of your max user here for example the username is Nico which is the name of my user account on the Mac and the password is none your bit once logged in I can control my Mac right from my Linux PC however one thing to keep in mind is that performance can vary since the resolution on Max can be quite High you might find it's not as fast as you'd like now what if you want to remote into a virtual machine well some VM clients can definitely let you do that for example in virtualbox you have a remote display tab in the display settings of your VM now to make sure this works you will need to install the virtualbox extension pack which you can download for free from virtualbox's website the link is in the description then in virtualbox you can click the tools tab then the little list button and then extensions here click install then select the extension pack and you're done now you can enable remote display in the vm's display settings you need to make sure that the VM is running to be able to remote into it and then on the client PC just create a new connection with the IP address of the computer that's currently running the VM and the port that virtualbox gave you in my case 50 50. it uses RDP it will then ask you for your login and password use the credentials of your user account in the VM and you should be good to go pretty easy here as well and it gives you a lot of possibilities to run multiple operating systems and their apps on any other computer you could just have a VM server running somewhere and remote into various VMS to access the various apps that you need in my experience the only platforms with consistent performance are Chasm VNC and RDP regular VNC while functional may not always give the best results so whether you're trying to access your work PC from home to debug a family member's computer or you just want to launch an application that's on another system setting up a remote desktop isn't that difficult there are plenty of options to choose from tailored to a variety of needs it's also a great way to launch an application or access a few files that aren't available on your current device or operating system and while you can use it for video editing programs or graphic design tools running on another operating system and accessed on Linux for example don't expect to play high-end games at smooth frame rates remote desktops are not best suited for applications that require quick response times but this video is well suited to this Segway to our sponsor if you've ever bought a computer shipping with Windows out of the box and try to retrofit Linux on it to notice that yeah it doesn't work properly in every single aspect well I've got a solution click the link in the description below and buy something from tuxedo they make laptops and desktops that ship with Linux pre-install all the components in their devices are picked specifically because they're compatible with Linux and will run super well under Linux and they have a huge range of devices that will cover every need and every price point whether you want a laptop a 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hey everyone this is vacation Nick and just because I'm all sunburned and crispy doesn't mean you're not getting your usual dose of Linux and open source news so this week we have yet another nightmarish Google project which is basically trying to implement DRM but for websites we also have plasma 6 removing features compared to plasma 5.27 and we have a new windowing management system in the works for Gnome and it's sure to divide the community but spoiler alert I think it looks fantastic and we also have a bunch of Linux drivers related news and a lot more so let's dive in right after I tell you about our sponsor this video is sponsored by savings portmaster portmaster is an all-in-one tool to easily take your privacy to the next level and it's a tool I use myself on all of my Linux devices portmaster lets you automatically block old trackers and malware in every application you run on your computer not just your web browser but everything you run it's easy to use with defaults already in place that lets you just set it and forget it but if you like to configure every Rule and every app you also can portmaster is completely free and open source and also free of charge as it's funded by users that subscribe to the SPN a super powered VPN that gives you multiple identities for every connection of every application so if you want to easily improve the privacy of your system whatever the Linux distro you use or even on Windows click the link in the description below and download the portmaster for free so Google has yet another plan to try and make the web worse for everyone with their web environment Integrity feature they're basically trying to add DRM to the entire web with this thing websites could require a token to check if the computer that the web website runs on is trustworthy and if the browser section is legit and if not they could deny access to the computer and the browser entirely the stated goal is to increase Security on the web but the end result would be that websites could refuse to Grant access to specific operating systems or web browsers to entirely block any computer running Adblock pie hole or something like that or even to prevent certain extensions to work the token could also probably be used to identify people specifically and probably serve them with targeted ads so basically with this thing you could kiss your custom Android ROM goodbye your rooted Android phone goodbye some Linux distros that aren't owned by companies or even some alternative web browsers any new browser would probably not be trusted by most websites by default an alternative installation methods for browsers would probably also not be trusted only the store versions would be for Linux users maybe this means only browsers from Flat Hub or from the snap store would be allowed and would be considered unaltered or maybe no Linux distro would have a trustworthy token that websites would accept and even if most of the web decided to not implement this system if just Google starts using it on their own websites they could decide that Chrome and Chrome based browsers are the only ones trustworthy enough which would basically spell the Doom of anything else we don't know yet if this is just a side project from a Google engineer or a full standard Google wants to push but the latter is the most likely of the two fortunately as Vivaldi points out in the blog post the EU would probably flat out refuse this system as it would give companies way too much control over the whole web now at first this thing did not look too bad to me but after looking into it it just feels like a complete nightmare DRM for the web well the websites decide who can access them with what tools what operating systems or web browsers is not ethical and it's not how the web should work or has ever worked so this thing should be thought tooth and nail to make sure that it is never used by anyone now there are changes coming to gnome's window management well optional changes floating windows is For Now the default on good with some Edge tiling added to make sorting through Windows easier and virtual desktops to clean up the desktop in a future version of gnome they want to provide a new default system for window management basically each application could just declare its minimum size its maximum size and its preferred size and that's the size the window would occupy automatically resizing as more windows would be opened for example when you open a web browser it could be maximized immediately but a weather app would only occupy a small portion of the screen and as you would open more windows everything would resize or move to another desktop entirely if the display space isn't enough to accommodate it Windows could also Auto tile if that's the most efficient use of desktop space now of course don't worry manual tiling would still be a thing and you could still resize windows and keep them floating at all times but the default's new Behavior titled Mosaic would have a simple goal try to prevent windows from overlapping too much so you don't have to move Windows around all the time to get to what you're trying to do tiling zones would even be splitable by just dropping a window on top of a tiled window to create more zones and in usual gnome fashion they want to do some user research to confirm that this would work for users and they would like to work on an extension that implements some of the Mosaic principles so they can get some actual user testing it is not planned for Gnome 45 it's more like 46 or later and honestly I think it looks really pretty cool I'm sure a lot of people would disable it by default but I personally would use it if it's done well enough it's basically like Auto tiling but for floating windows and it basically means you never really have to think about where you're positioning your windows how much you're resizing them moving them around using alt tab I think it's cool it's kind of like what Apple tried to do with Stage manager but actually useful instead of being detrimental now as KDE developers talk about plasma 6 and what it will bring it will also apparently drop some features from KD 5.27 the first one is K hotkeys which is some Global shortcut system that was apparently very buggy didn't work with Wayland and used some non-standard ways of storing data and configurations which could result in data loss the code was also apparently abandoned for a while so it won't make the cut to plasma 6. it is replaced with a newer system called K Global Axel but users will lose the ability to create their own Mouse gestures though widgets also will not behave like Windows anymore and won't be able to be minimized and some methods to force phones DPI and icon sizes will be removed as well because they are duplicate of other ways of adjusting for a specific resolution and they're sort of confusing for users some of the less used tasks which are layouts like grid informative small icons text only and thumbnails will also be removed and the Air Plasma style also won't make the cut as it's abandoned per activity power settings will also not be there anymore in plasma 6 as well as the icon view in the system settings app and plasma Styles will no longer be able to override the general icon theme all the icons in your widgets and plasma panels will all come from the main icon theme the unsplash picture of the day is also gone not because developers don't want to keep it but because of a licensing problem so basically they're removing stuff that was either confusing unmaintained or very buggy and I'm sure a lot of people were using some of these features for me personally the per activity power profiles was kind of useful but in the end if it makes the experience better for everyone less loaded with options and less confusing I think it's a good thing I reported previously on canonical's takeover of the Linux container demon project but it looks like the makers of Ubuntu don't just want to repatriate the code under their own GitHub repo they also want to keep complete control over who has access to maintain that project for example Christian Browner is a former canonical employee and an lxd developer and he has been removed as a maintainer for the project following the transfer of the code to canonical's GitHub repo Stefan Grabber the Project Lead for lxd also had their rights removed after they left canonical so yeah Ubuntu and canonical definitely just want to have complete control over that project and they won't accept anyone with maintainer rights outside of the company it's not exactly how free and open source software is supposed to work but sure it's not like we're not used to companies just not giving a crap about the principles of free software and collaboration now seriously what is up with companies and free and open source software these days sure they follow the letter of the licenses and open source but they definitely don't follow the spirits which is being trampled into the mud now after the first free and open source NVIDIA drivers for opengl landed in Mesa last week the first bits of the Vulcan driver nvk are also gearing up to be added to Mesa it still depends on the Nuvo DRM driver like the previous opengl driver so it's not completely functional until Nouveau gets support for changing the GPU clock speeds on the fly but it is still a nice big step towards the full false implementation of an Nvidia driver the nvk driver is built by people from colabora and red hat and the General open source community and they submitted a merge request for Mesa 23.3 they say it is not currently on par with the current radv driver for AMD gpus but they also say that they have a solid set of features with Vulcan 1.2 support being around the corner plus most of what's needed to support the xvk vkd3d and zinc this driver depends on a Nuvo API for the Linux kernel that isn't merged just yet but is apparently almost ready maybe for the Linux kernel 6.6 so basically I would say that at the end of the year we'll have inside of Mesa available for everyone without a third-party install a fully functioning driver that supports Vulcan and opengl for most Nvidia gpus it probably won't be on par with the performance of the proprietary driver but at least it will give you a functional system out of the box and I would say that 2024 will probably be the year where you could actually use an Nvidia GPU just as easily as an AMD GPU without even thinking of installing the proprietary driver and we have have yet more good news for Linux drivers first there's a new proposed patch that would allow to trigger CPU boosting on a per policy basis which means that just one logical core or a set of a few cores could turbo boost while the other cores would stay in a non-boosted state this would deliver good performance without boosting the whole CPU thus saving more battery life on laptops and generally being more energy efficient and on the back of the previous Intel arc 10 speed boost that I've talked about last week we have yet another optimization in Mesa 23.3 which should Grant about 10 percent more FPS in CS go compared to the drivers that already include the 10 boost I talked about last week and it gives much better scores in Vulcan benchmarks as well which should translate in better in-game performance for Arc GPU users that's a lot of good and important work on these drivers if you we can get a better battery life on all Linux laptops thanks to these adjustments to Turbo boosting and if intel gpus whether they're Arc or integrated can also deliver more performance with the same overhead and energy usage then it's just awesome okay let's finish this with the gaming news so first some good news for us Linux Gamers that usually rely on Steam blizzard games are apparently coming to steam now starting with OverWatch 2 which is arguably not an outstanding title you will still be able to use Battle.net of course if you prefer but in the future we might not have to deal with lootress or any other third-party launcher to run Diablo 4 or other blizzard titles we'll just be able to start them from Steam on the steam deck or our Linux PCS with full proton integration and no Hoops to jump through does anyone remember the good old days where you could actually buy a physical copy of a PC game and not have to rely on any sort of stupid launcher I even remember when steam was introduced and everybody hated it because it made playing Counter-Strike way harder than it should have been and speaking of launchers heroic now has a new update version 2.9 which now supports Amazon games not to be mistaken for Luna their game streaming service Amazon games is something you get with Amazon Prime that gives you free games each month and in-game content as well on top of that the heroic update adds playtime tracking for Gog games and fixes a bunch of stuff for running games from epic games and Gog and I was today years old when I learned about Amazon games I've been an Amazon Prime subscriber for a while for some of their TV shows but yeah I never even knew I could have access to some of their free games so cool cool just like our sponsors Linux PCS if you've ever bought a computer shipping with Windows out of the box and try to retrofit Linux on it to notice that yeah it doesn't work properly in every single aspect well I've got a solution click the link in the description below and buy something from tuxedo they make laptops and desktops that ship with Linux pre-installed all the components in their devices are picked specifically because they're compatible with Linux and will run super well under Linux and they have a huge range of devices that will cover every need and every price point whether you want a laptop a desktop something for work for gaming workstation they have it all they're all super customizable all the laptops are openable repairable and upgradable and they ship to most countries in the 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just over a year ago I dipped my toes into the world of Mac OS giving you my brief First Impressions but as made clear by the comments I needed to dig deeper so here it is for the past 30 days I've been running an experiment a Mac OS experiment I've been using the M1 Pro MacBook Pro as my daily driver some of my recent videos were produced on this very machine so get ready as we explore the things I liked the things I didn't and the things I really really didn't like comparing it directly to my trusted companion this 16-inch laptop running Fedora 38 and let me be completely transparent this journey was not all sunshine and rainbows and I am really really glad to be back on Linux just like I'm really really glad to tell you about today's sponsor this video is sponsored by protonmail the private and secure email service based in Switzerland that protects your privacy by using end to end and zero access encryption a lot of email services like Gmail make their money by collecting all the 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whenever you want to get more storage so if you're tired of being tracked even in your inbox or if you just want to move to a secure and private email service click the link in the description below and give protonmail a shot so let's start with Mac OS right out the gate no drag and drop window tiling quickly became the biggest problem I had I I resorted to a third-party app called rectangle which sort of works but its limitations became clear very quickly for example resizing Windows when they're side by side that's not happening and the native Mac OS styling features are subpar requiring you to click the small green button and forcing you to have Windows side by side at all times plus they are full screen which isn't great either the dog disappointingly also cannot minimize apps on click I found a workaround by double clicking on the window border but then maximizing became a problem and the green button it tosses everything into full screen mode it might work on smaller screens but on the desktop or even a 16-inch laptop like the one I have it's more of a hindrance especially since it had the global menu bar even though on this laptop it could be displayed because the whole area where it's supposed to be is just blacked out for some reason still the Silver Lining is the global menu it is very well executed something I wish Linux supported better KD offers it but not every app plays nicely and if you mix and match between gnome and KDE apps some will have a menu some won't some packaging formats don't work with it and Firefox and LibreOffice also generally not doable unless you get a specific patched version now file management that's another story no cut and paste for files and folders in the file manager and this left me very confused why isn't this a thing does Apple think that I'm too dumb to cut and paste the file I am dumb but not that dumb also dragging files to other folders or even to an open app that's painfully slow why do I have to wait for this to actually do anything also click to focus is the worst I have to double click in my notes app to be able to paste or type anything in it when I have two windows side by side installing apps was a learning curve the App Store seemed to not have any of my essentials resolve Firefox OBS steam among others initially the process of downloading disk images and persuading the OS to accept new apps was irritating but with time I adapted and it's okay now of course a fully stocked and functional app store is always a better experience than hunting online and downloading dmgs like a caveman now virtual desktops on Mac OS work decently gestures are handy but gonna say does it better accessing and creating new virtual desktops felt clumsy and took more steps than necessary why do I have to open the multitasking view then put my cursor in the top part of the screen to reveal workspaces and then click the plus button on the right to create a new virtual desktop in Gnome I just swiped three fingers to the left and I automatically have a new desktop where I can open apps and make everything work managing windows and desktops generally felt like the system is designed for mono tasking instead of multitasking and it was a pain to be productive on Mac OS now a small gripe but a significant one I can't double tap and hold to drag a window or resize it I must physically click and this was a pain to adjust to however I have to command Mac OS for its font rendering it is superb especially when compared to Linux where it is not possible as far as I know to get the same smooth result Spotlight search is on par with full system search gnome and KDE the menu bar search in The Help menu is a Hidden Gem as well perfect for learning new apps and commands like look at this I just type what I want and it tells me where it is if only we had something similar oh wait Unity had that a while back before they ditched that desktop the absence of a three finger tap or click for opening or closing tabs was a letdown considering middle click works with a mouse just not with the touchpad and you also don't have the middle click to paste feature that Linux has which is insanely useful and that I missed dearly here now into privacy and Telemetry I disabled it all but given the closed Source nature of Mac OS there is no real guarantee that it's fully turned off for a deeper dive into this check out my video dedicated to privacy on desktop operating systems and if you're a customization Enthusiast Mac OS is a hard pass it's basically use it as is but that's just the software I didn't hate it as much as when I gave it a first impressions and a first lock but it definitely felt so powerful productivity like not having the ability to put two windows side by side easily or to have just one window tile to the side and another one floating or just having to maximize all windows that then go full screen hide the menu bar and if you need to drag something from the file manager into this app it's all a pain not being able to quickly create virtual desktops for my apps it was just so far and frustrating now keyboard shortcuts can help with that but honestly if your operating system needs shortcuts to be usable then it is not usable now let's talk about the Apple ecosystem now I should clarify I am not exactly the typical Apple ecosystem user while I do own an iPhone I don't use iCloud services at all my tech life revolves around my self-hosted nexcloud server it takes care of everything clouds storage contacts calendars notes photos even RSS feeds my email is self-hosted too on my own domain so I have no use for any of Apple's services so the much touted integration between the iPhone and the Mac is virtually non-existent for me sure Apple's continuity features are great they let you resume work on your Mac that you started on an iPhone but for me just didn't fit into my workflow if I'm in range of my computer I'll work on my computer and I'm not picking up my phone to finish that work afterwards and taking calls on the Mac I can see how some might appreciate it but for a guy who prefers text over unplanned calls it's pretty redundant now if you're heavily invested into Apple's ecosystem and iCloud then sure I can see the benefits but also bear in mind the Privacy implications of using iCloud services for those on the Linux side there's also a perfect equivalent KD connect and JS connect offer any similar features especially for Android users in fact they often go beyond what apple offers minus the continuity aspect of course although you can share your clipboard between your phone and computer for example so yeah I am not the target for this feature and of course that's just my opinion I'm just not the typical Apple user I'm not an Apple user usually at all about from my iPhone but if you do make use of these features then great now let's move on to the hardware because this is where this MacBook Pro sort of worked for me frankly there's very little that I can fault this MacBook Pro 4 in terms of Hardware its display is brilliant high-res color accurate and sporting a high refresh rate the downside that screen comes with super reflective glass forget using it comfortably in direct sunlight without cranking up the brightness and the infamous Notch well it was just a temporary distraction at worst I got used to it in 5 minutes and never noticed it ever again does it need to be there no is it a problem no the keyboard is a joy to type on once you get accustomed to it the lack of a numpad on such a large laptop is a disappointment I'm French I need to press the shift key and the number key to get an actual number so a numpad is just way too useful now I actually kind of enjoyed the Mac layout for a keyboard because I'm not a developer but for developers figuring out how to type a pipe or bracket can be a bit of a problem now the webcam mic and speakers are top tier this put my Linux devices to shame I can actually record something on this device without feeling like it's my first YouTube video ever despite this I still found myself gravitating back towards my slim book executive 16 running Linux time and again yes the MacBook Pro has Superior build quality but it's also very heavy it weighs 2.1 kilos it's like hearing your laptop and a steam deck at the same time and let's talk about ports the Mac mostly has USBC and Thunderbolt ports cool it's futuristic it's also not very usable for me most of what I want to plug in is USB a I need a dongle for that it sucks sure Thunderbolt charging and connectivity are cool but my usual laptop sports are a lot more practical and then there's the macbook's trackpad it's huge it's precise it is gesture friendly it is great but the lack of a satisfying physical click falls short of the tactile feedback I get from my slimbox trackpad the fake click just feels like it's vibrating which is exactly what it's doing but it doesn't feel like a click it's weird so while Apple's Hardware is impressive in the build quality speakers mic touchpad is generally an all-rounder really good at everything I still find myself preferring my slim book executive 16 because it's lighter the screen isn't as reflective I prefer the touchpad and I have a numb pad on it and of course that's subjective a lot of people won't mind the USBC Thunderbolt ports only with no usba and some people don't like numpad so that's going to be great for them and let's not forget the Beating Heart of this machine the Apple M1 Pro CPU it is certainly impressive but the fact that it's arm-based limits it when running VMS for non-arm operating systems this limitation is a huge blow to my workflow as I often need to test different distros in a VM before installing them on actual Hardware short it's doable with qmu however neither virtualbox nor parallels support arm-based VMS and although virtualbox has a beta for M1 it failed to run anything reliably for me not to mention parallels is a paid app why would I pay for something that Linux can do natively for free just based on this limitation only this M1 Mac could never be my main device even if I wanted to run a Mac to make this channel which I absolutely do not but in terms of performance this CPU is an absolute monster on geekbench it scores 2038 for single core and an impressive 12 636 for multi-core making it one of the highest scoring laptops I have ever reviewed what's more it delivers this performance whether it's plugged in or running on battery and did I mention the other Silence the fan never spun up not even once if even during video editing compared to my slim book executive 16 which got 1860 in single core and 10 868 in multi-core with the fan running at full speed and plugged in on battery you can have these scores and the battery life is absolutely fantastic I'm getting between 14 to 16 hours of light work and 6 to 8 hours of video editing that is double what I get on the executive which manages seven or eight hours of light work and about three to four hours of editing in terms of performance this thing is an absolute Powerhouse and combined with the battery life this is truly an amazing device so yeah these new Macs are insane in terms of performance in terms of build quality my own preferences still draw me towards the slim book executive 16. I prefer the keyboard I prefer the numpad I prefer the touchpad I prefer the screen and yes the performance isn't as good and the battery life then definitely isn't as good but it also weighs a lot less when I carry it around despite the excellent build quality and performance of the MacBook it falls short where it matters most to me being able to run a full Linux distro and VMS something my executive 16 does seamlessly so this Macbook will become a very expensive test device for azahi Linux updates in the future and for now it's destined to collect dust in a cardboard so yeah you can expect video coverage of azahi Linux running on this M1 Pro MacBook Pro in the future but in the meantime I'm not gonna use it I would never use Mac OS anyway the software is just subpar to everything I need to do and compared to any Linux distro basically with poor window management with frustrating click to focus an App Store that leaves much to be desired and half-baked features like Dock minimization and app maximization Mac OS just can't compete with a good Linux desktop at least for me in terms of usability in terms of coherence in terms of productivity Mac OS just does not hold up compared to any modern Linux desktop so yes the hardware is awesome but until I can run a full-blown Linux distro on this thing is just not for me but the devices from today's sponsor definitely are for you if you've ever bought a computer shipping with Windows out of the box and try to retrofit Linux on it to notice that yeah it doesn't work properly in every single aspect well I've got a solution click the link in the description below and buy something from tuxedo they make laptops and desktops that ship with Linux pre-installed all the components in their devices are picked specifically because they are compatible with Linux and will run super well under Linux and they have a huge range of devices that will cover every need and every price point whether you want a laptop a desktop something for work through gaming workstation they have it all they're all super customizable all the laptops are openable repairable and upgradable table and the shape to most countries in the world so if you want a good Linux experience the next time you purchase a computer click the link in the description instead don't buy something that supports Windows so thanks everyone for watching the video I hope you enjoyed it if you did don't hesitate to like to subscribe to turn on notifications or to write a comment and if you really enjoyed the channel there are plenty of links in the description below to support it from PayPal liberape patreon and whatever else YouTube thanks YouTube memberships you know how this works so thanks for watching and I guess you'll see me in the next one bye [Music] thank you [Music]

hey everyone this is Nick and please send news news I said news as per the news I can send your way this week we have a new law in the EU called the Cyber resilience act which might spell the Doom of a lot of Open Source projects we also have big performance boost for Intel GPU users whether they're using Arc gpus or integrated gpus and we have a bunch of repairable and ethical laptops and we also have this message from our sponsor this video is sponsored by Squarespace and most of you probably already know about it but if you don't all you have to remember is that it's your all-in-one solution to build and publish your own website even if you don't know anything about how to build a website and you don't know how to code Squarespace just lets you get started in no time you pick a template you drag and drop the various blocks you want you customize them with the various Scholars and themes and you're good to go and when you want to move forward and enrich your website with a bunch of other features you can add a video gallery an online store with online payments or even a members only area and a lot more and if you need a logo or you need a domain name Squarespace can also help you with that so if you need a new website and you don't know how to get started just click the link in the description below or head over to squarespace.com the Linux experiment and you'll get 10 off your first purchase while the EU can be pretty good at making sure big Tech doesn't overstep their bounds especially in the Privacy Department sometimes they completely miss the mark and it looks like their recent cyber resilience Act is part of the latter group of laws this set of regulations aims to make software more secure by having software developers write complete documentation and follow a process to be certified with a bunch of good practices regarding how they handle and triage bugs and how they fix their security issues for more important software like firewalls an audit by a regulated body will also be necessary to be certified and on paper this sounds pretty good companies that want to implement a specific piece of software or buy a software solution will be able to know if this thing is relatively secure and well maintained but for open source software it might be a nightmare because this new Cyber resilience act or CRA treats most open source software just like commercial proprietary code The Only Exception being if the project has a fully decentralized development model with fully unpaid volunteers as long as you have employees of any company contributing to a project it will be subject to the new regulations even if the company that employs them has nothing to do with software or the project itself the example the Apache software Foundation gives is that of an airline pilot that also writes code on their free time well every single one of their contributions would be considered a commercial contribution because they are employed by a corporate entity even though the airline has nothing to do with the code or the project this means that either open source projects have to take on a heavy costly burden of certification and audits or they have to boot any contributor that isn't an unpaid volunteer that has no other job they would also have to refuse any donation from a commercial entity as this would classify their project as commercial as well on top of that some of the obligations specified in the CRA are impossible to fulfill like the obligation to deliver a project without any known exploitable vulnerabilities it basically imposes liability on open source developers when the very nature of Open Source as defined in most licenses is that the code is provided as is without any warranty or liability and the CRA also calls to a bunch of to be defined standards which will be written by organizations that sometimes don't even allow open source organizations to be members entities that don't conform to the regulation could face fines up to 15 million euros and this thing was adopted this week it's gonna move on to the next step of voting aeu law they made a few amendments for open source but it doesn't remove the burden of certification and the classification as a commercial project whenever you have a contributor employed by any company or you're receiving money from any commercial entity so basically this might completely destroy the open source ecosystem in the EU or even make software developers that make open source code refuse to distribute desktop in the EU as well now the framework laptop 16 inch is now available for pre-orders and if you're not familiar with framework or if you're wondering why I'm even talking about it here it's because it's a project that's very close to the ideals of Open Source and free software there are laptops that you can entirely disassemble yourself that are upgradable entirely and designed to be repairable the 16-inch model is also pretty special since it will let you completely change how the keyboard works with the ability to add or remove the numpad easily or to move where the touchpad is centered or not it also has access to GPU modules you can slot in the laptop to give it some extra power the base model starts at 1579 Euros if you're willing to build it yourself or 1919 Euros if you want it pre-built it comes with either a ryzen 7 7840 HS or a 7940 HS both very powerful CPUs 16 gigs of RAM at least and 512 gigs of storage at least it ships with Windows pre-installed but framework has good Linux support as well the GPU module will cost you 450 euros for a radiant RX 7700s which should be pretty much enough for any graphical intensive task and you get the usual set of Port modules to change the i o of your laptop it really looks like a fantastic concept and the framework can actually manage to deliver newer gpus that you can actually slot in or even other alternative modules for that slot like extra battery then it could be a truly special laptop I asked them for a review unit and they said they would look at the available inventory and check if they can send me one or not so fingers crossed and speaking about being a bearable Tech it looks like Lenovo has a similar project in the works it's called the Aurora project and it's basically a laptop that could be disassembled without using a screwdriver at all the keyboard plate would be removable without screws the battery would be modular and the components upgradable basically just like the framework laptop but even easier to disassemble it's still a concept it's in the Prototype phase for now but it would be a huge step to have a big manufacturer take right to repair seriously the Aurora project would be a ThinkPad basically which will be sure to please a lot of Linux users who generally regard thinkpads as one of the best line of devices to run Linux I don't personally know how because they look terrible they're super big and they're generally not Better Built anymore than anything else but I guess the brand still has some cache looks like Lenovo also based this design on a bit of research as they found that 20 of consumers would like to have a do-it-yourself option for repairs they're looking at the components that need to be repaired the most and at the components that should be easily accessible and they are designing the laptop around this which sounds like a good way to approach things they're also looking at ways some parts that aren't used anymore could be repurposed in other devices like an unused laptop display becoming a smart screen it is always good to see big name manufacturers take right to repair seriously and working on upgradable and repairable devices not only does it create less E-Waste but it also gives you the user and the customer more control over the devices you own which is always good now the KDE team shared a bunch of features that landed in plasma 6. first there's now a keyboard shortcut to change the power profile of your device its meta plus b by default and you'll get a nice on-screen display element to show you which profile you move to the Wi-Fi applet will now prompt you to log in when using a network with a captive portal like on an airport Wi-Fi network for example dolphin Fire Light and the discs widget will now follow the user's choice of binary units whether you prefer for example kilobytes or kibi bytes that setting is still hidden for now in a config file but it will have a GUI for plasma 6. plasma will also play your sound when plugging or unplugging a USB device although if this annoys you you'll be able to disable that and plasma 6 will be able to play free desktop compatible sound themes which goes hand in hand with their goal to have a completely revamped default sound theme as well 138 bugs were also fixed over the past two weeks most of which should land in plasma 5.27 and the current version of the KD Frameworks I get the feeling that plasma 6 will not boo anyone with new features or a new look but it will definitely be the best plasma version ever because they're not rebuilding everything from the ground up they're just building up on top of 5.27 which already had received a lot of attention for bug fixes stability and just general polish now it looks like meta's latest data collection vessel isn't really working out as it turns out threads their Twitter competitor grew very fast to 49 million users but that number was already slashed by more than two after a week they now have about 24 million users and if you're thinking that's normal people just wanted to play around with the app and they decided to abandon it know that it's not it's such a huge app from a huge company should see user numbers grow all the time especially in the few weeks after a launch the number of new users should more than offset the numbers of users leaving the platform now still threads currently sits at about 22 percent of Twitter's audience in terms of daily active uses which is a big threat for the blue bird and way more than what Mastodon currently achieves unfortunately at 3.6 million daily active users engagement on threads also went down from 21 minutes per day to 6 minutes which means people spend very little time on the app compared to even Twitter where people spend 25 minutes on average threads isn't available in the EU just yet maybe it will pick up some steam once it's actually available there if that happens as it would mean metai would have to relinquish a lot of its data collection practices to access about 500 million more potential users although I seriously hope threads crashes and birds I don't necessarily think that meta joining the fediverse is a terrible thing worst case scenario we de-federate them we keep the fediverse as is and meta has its own activity perb enabled service that connects to virtually nothing and that's that but I firmly believe that social media should not be a owned by money grubbing data collecting giant corporations like meta so I do not want the next big social media success to be from them okay let's wrap this up with the gaming news first for Intel users there are good news the Linux drivers will enjoy around 10 percent more speed in the next release of Mesa for Arc users developers enabled L3 partial right merging which I have no idea what this is but they noted an 11 Improvement in CS go FPS and 5.5 in Shadow of the Tomb Ranger for Onyx benchmarked a bunch of titles and they confirmed that these new drivers will definitely give vastly better performance 10 on average and as per integrated Intel Graphics there's also a patch coming that will provide a small FPS boost in a lot of games and a big FPS boost in a handful of titles notably strange Brigade up to 10 as well although the Improvement won't be as notable in every game compared to the arc FPS boost and I always felt Arc gpus might be a good choice for Linux because Intel generally has pretty good Linux drivers that are mainly open source but also the problems people had with arc gpus on windows were that these gpus don't really have good compatibility for older versions of DirectX which doesn't matter for us because the GPU never runs DirectX it only runs Vulcan it runs DirectX translated into Vulcan so at some point I might have to buy an arc GPU and make a few performance comparisons between Windows and Linux Wine 8.13 was also released with 64-bit support added in the wine version of g-streamer the framework that plays all the music and the video in games plus there are 36 bug fixes including for League of Legends steam Office 2007 Stalker Call of prepiets Total War Shogun 2 or Star Ocean the Last Hope we also have a new version of proton 8.0-3 which fixes issues with Battle.net the EA launcher and Ubisoft connect it also brings up-to-date dxvk and vkd3d and a bunch more games are now officially playable including Minecraft Legends prop Knight gunfire reborn and more and finally we have a new beta of the steam desktop client with a cool new feature the ability to see the steam deck compatibility information in your game's Library when you turn the option on and when you hover over a game you will see the rating icon appear and it will also be visible in each games page in the information section and speaking about PCS how about I tell you about our sponsors computers tuxedo makes laptops and desktops that run with Linux out of the box which makes them an infinitely better choice than anything you might buy that is made to run Windows because when you buy a tuxedo PC you know that all the components were picked because they support Linux and if they didn't tuxedo developed drivers and Upstream them so they can work on Linux for everyone and they have a nice big range of devices that should basically satisfy every price point and every need whether you're looking for a laptop an affordable one or a super high-end workstation replacement or gaming laptop or whether you're looking for a desktop a small nug or a giant workstation Tower they have everything and everything in the middle all their devices are heavily customizable all their laptops are openable repairable and upgradable so yeah if you need a new device and you want to run Linux on it and you want to support linux's development click the link in the description below and get yourself a computer from tuxedo so thanks everyone for watching the video I hope you enjoyed it if you did don't hesitate to like to subscribe to turn on notifications to write a comment and if you didn't like the video well you can always dislike it and also tell me why in the comments down there and if you really enjoy the channel and you want to support it well there are plenty of links in the description as well just for that PayPal Libra pay patreon YouTube memberships whatever you know how this works so thanks for watching and I guess you'll see me in the next one bye [Music] foreign [Music] [Music]

hey everyone this is Nick and please send news news I said news as per the news I can send your way this week we have a new law in the EU called the Cyber resilience act which might spell the Doom of a lot of Open Source projects we also have big performance boost for Intel GPU users whether they're using Arc gpus or integrated gpus and we have a bunch of repairable and ethical laptops and we also have this message from our sponsor this video is sponsored by Squarespace and most of you probably already know about it but if you don't all you have to remember is that it's your all-in-one solution to build and publish your own website even if you don't know anything about how to build a website and you don't know how to code Squarespace just lets you get started in no time you pick a template you drag and drop the various blocks you want you customize them with the various Scholars and themes and you're good to go and when you want to move forward and enrich your website with a bunch of other features you can add a video gallery an online store with online payments or even a members only area and a lot more and if you need a logo or you need a domain name Squarespace can also help you with that so if you need a new website and you don't know how to get started just click the link in the description below or head over to squarespace.com the Linux experiment and you'll get 10 off your first purchase while the EU can be pretty good at making sure big Tech doesn't overstep their bounds especially in the Privacy Department sometimes they completely miss the mark and it looks like their recent cyber resilience Act is part of the latter group of laws this set of regulations aims to make software more secure by having software developers write complete documentation and follow a process to be certified with a bunch of good practices regarding how they handle and triage bugs and how they fix their security issues for more important software like firewalls an audit by a regulated body will also be necessary to be certified and on paper this sounds pretty good companies that want to implement a specific piece of software or buy a software solution will be able to know if this thing is relatively secure and well maintained but for open source software it might be a nightmare because this new Cyber resilience act or CRA treats most open source software just like commercial proprietary code The Only Exception being if the project has a fully decentralized development model with fully unpaid volunteers as long as you have employees of any company contributing to a project it will be subject to the new regulations even if the company that employs them has nothing to do with software or the project itself the example the Apache software Foundation gives is that of an airline pilot that also writes code on their free time well every single one of their contributions would be considered a commercial contribution because they are employed by a corporate entity even though the airline has nothing to do with the code or the project this means that either open source projects have to take on a heavy costly burden of certification and audits or they have to boot any contributor that isn't an unpaid volunteer that has no other job they would also have to refuse any donation from a commercial entity as this would classify their project as commercial as well on top of that some of the obligations specified in the CRA are impossible to fulfill like the obligation to deliver a project without any known exploitable vulnerabilities it basically imposes liability on open source developers when the very nature of Open Source as defined in most licenses is that the code is provided as is without any warranty or liability and the CRA also calls to a bunch of to be defined standards which will be written by organizations that sometimes don't even allow open source organizations to be members entities that don't conform to the regulation could face fines up to 15 million euros and this thing was adopted this week it's gonna move on to the next step of voting aeu law they made a few amendments for open source but it doesn't remove the burden of certification and the classification as a commercial project whenever you have a contributor employed by any company or you're receiving money from any commercial entity so basically this might completely destroy the open source ecosystem in the EU or even make software developers that make open source code refuse to distribute desktop in the EU as well now the framework laptop 16 inch is now available for pre-orders and if you're not familiar with framework or if you're wondering why I'm even talking about it here it's because it's a project that's very close to the ideals of Open Source and free software there are laptops that you can entirely disassemble yourself that are upgradable entirely and designed to be repairable the 16-inch model is also pretty special since it will let you completely change how the keyboard works with the ability to add or remove the numpad easily or to move where the touchpad is centered or not it also has access to GPU modules you can slot in the laptop to give it some extra power the base model starts at 1579 Euros if you're willing to build it yourself or 1919 Euros if you want it pre-built it comes with either a ryzen 7 7840 HS or a 7940 HS both very powerful CPUs 16 gigs of RAM at least and 512 gigs of storage at least it ships with Windows pre-installed but framework has good Linux support as well the GPU module will cost you 450 euros for a radiant RX 7700s which should be pretty much enough for any graphical intensive task and you get the usual set of Port modules to change the i o of your laptop it really looks like a fantastic concept and the framework can actually manage to deliver newer gpus that you can actually slot in or even other alternative modules for that slot like extra battery then it could be a truly special laptop I asked them for a review unit and they said they would look at the available inventory and check if they can send me one or not so fingers crossed and speaking about being a bearable Tech it looks like Lenovo has a similar project in the works it's called the Aurora project and it's basically a laptop that could be disassembled without using a screwdriver at all the keyboard plate would be removable without screws the battery would be modular and the components upgradable basically just like the framework laptop but even easier to disassemble it's still a concept it's in the Prototype phase for now but it would be a huge step to have a big manufacturer take right to repair seriously the Aurora project would be a ThinkPad basically which will be sure to please a lot of Linux users who generally regard thinkpads as one of the best line of devices to run Linux I don't personally know how because they look terrible they're super big and they're generally not Better Built anymore than anything else but I guess the brand still has some cache looks like Lenovo also based this design on a bit of research as they found that 20 of consumers would like to have a do-it-yourself option for repairs they're looking at the components that need to be repaired the most and at the components that should be easily accessible and they are designing the laptop around this which sounds like a good way to approach things they're also looking at ways some parts that aren't used anymore could be repurposed in other devices like an unused laptop display becoming a smart screen it is always good to see big name manufacturers take right to repair seriously and working on upgradable and repairable devices not only does it create less E-Waste but it also gives you the user and the customer more control over the devices you own which is always good now the KDE team shared a bunch of features that landed in plasma 6. first there's now a keyboard shortcut to change the power profile of your device its meta plus b by default and you'll get a nice on-screen display element to show you which profile you move to the Wi-Fi applet will now prompt you to log in when using a network with a captive portal like on an airport Wi-Fi network for example dolphin Fire Light and the discs widget will now follow the user's choice of binary units whether you prefer for example kilobytes or kibi bytes that setting is still hidden for now in a config file but it will have a GUI for plasma 6. plasma will also play your sound when plugging or unplugging a USB device although if this annoys you you'll be able to disable that and plasma 6 will be able to play free desktop compatible sound themes which goes hand in hand with their goal to have a completely revamped default sound theme as well 138 bugs were also fixed over the past two weeks most of which should land in plasma 5.27 and the current version of the KD Frameworks I get the feeling that plasma 6 will not boo anyone with new features or a new look but it will definitely be the best plasma version ever because they're not rebuilding everything from the ground up they're just building up on top of 5.27 which already had received a lot of attention for bug fixes stability and just general polish now it looks like meta's latest data collection vessel isn't really working out as it turns out threads their Twitter competitor grew very fast to 49 million users but that number was already slashed by more than two after a week they now have about 24 million users and if you're thinking that's normal people just wanted to play around with the app and they decided to abandon it know that it's not it's such a huge app from a huge company should see user numbers grow all the time especially in the few weeks after a launch the number of new users should more than offset the numbers of users leaving the platform now still threads currently sits at about 22 percent of Twitter's audience in terms of daily active uses which is a big threat for the blue bird and way more than what Mastodon currently achieves unfortunately at 3.6 million daily active users engagement on threads also went down from 21 minutes per day to 6 minutes which means people spend very little time on the app compared to even Twitter where people spend 25 minutes on average threads isn't available in the EU just yet maybe it will pick up some steam once it's actually available there if that happens as it would mean metai would have to relinquish a lot of its data collection practices to access about 500 million more potential users although I seriously hope threads crashes and birds I don't necessarily think that meta joining the fediverse is a terrible thing worst case scenario we de-federate them we keep the fediverse as is and meta has its own activity perb enabled service that connects to virtually nothing and that's that but I firmly believe that social media should not be a owned by money grubbing data collecting giant corporations like meta so I do not want the next big social media success to be from them okay let's wrap this up with the gaming news first for Intel users there are good news the Linux drivers will enjoy around 10 percent more speed in the next release of Mesa for Arc users developers enabled L3 partial right merging which I have no idea what this is but they noted an 11 Improvement in CS go FPS and 5.5 in Shadow of the Tomb Ranger for Onyx benchmarked a bunch of titles and they confirmed that these new drivers will definitely give vastly better performance 10 on average and as per integrated Intel Graphics there's also a patch coming that will provide a small FPS boost in a lot of games and a big FPS boost in a handful of titles notably strange Brigade up to 10 as well although the Improvement won't be as notable in every game compared to the arc FPS boost and I always felt Arc gpus might be a good choice for Linux because Intel generally has pretty good Linux drivers that are mainly open source but also the problems people had with arc gpus on windows were that these gpus don't really have good compatibility for older versions of DirectX which doesn't matter for us because the GPU never runs DirectX it only runs Vulcan it runs DirectX translated into Vulcan so at some point I might have to buy an arc GPU and make a few performance comparisons between Windows and Linux Wine 8.13 was also released with 64-bit support added in the wine version of g-streamer the framework that plays all the music and the video in games plus there are 36 bug fixes including for League of Legends steam Office 2007 Stalker Call of prepiets Total War Shogun 2 or Star Ocean the Last Hope we also have a new version of proton 8.0-3 which fixes issues with Battle.net the EA launcher and Ubisoft connect it also brings up-to-date dxvk and vkd3d and a bunch more games are now officially playable including Minecraft Legends prop Knight gunfire reborn and more and finally we have a new beta of the steam desktop client with a cool new feature the ability to see the steam deck compatibility information in your game's Library when you turn the option on and when you hover over a game you will see the rating icon appear and it will also be visible in each games page in the information section and speaking about PCS how about I tell you about our sponsors computers tuxedo makes laptops and desktops that run with Linux out of the box which makes them an infinitely better choice than anything you might buy that is made to run Windows because when you buy a tuxedo PC you know that all the components were picked because they support Linux and if they didn't tuxedo developed drivers and Upstream them so they can work on Linux for everyone and they have a nice big range of devices that should basically satisfy every price point and every need whether you're looking for a laptop an affordable one or a super high-end workstation replacement or gaming laptop or whether you're looking for a desktop a small nug or a giant workstation Tower they have everything and everything in the middle all their devices are heavily customizable all their laptops are openable repairable and upgradable so yeah if you need a new device and you want to run Linux on it and you want to support linux's development click the link in the description below and get yourself a computer from tuxedo so thanks everyone for watching the video I hope you enjoyed it if you did don't hesitate to like to subscribe to turn on notifications to write a comment and if you didn't like the video well you can always dislike it and also tell me why in the comments down there and if you really enjoy the channel and you want to support it well there are plenty of links in the description as well just for that PayPal Libra pay patreon YouTube memberships whatever you know how this works so thanks for watching and I guess you'll see me in the next one bye [Music] foreign [Music] [Music]

just over a year ago I dipped my toes into the world of Mac OS giving you my brief First Impressions but as made clear by the comments I needed to dig deeper so here it is for the past 30 days I've been running an experiment a Mac OS experiment I've been using the M1 Pro MacBook Pro as my daily driver some of my recent videos were produced on this very machine so get ready as we explore the things I liked the things I didn't and the things I really really didn't like comparing it directly to my trusted companion this 16-inch laptop running Fedora 38 and let me be completely transparent this journey was not all sunshine and rainbows and I am really really glad to be back on Linux just like I'm really really glad to tell you about today's sponsor this video is sponsored by protonmail the private and secure email service based in Switzerland that protects your privacy by using end to end and zero access encryption a lot of email services like Gmail make their money by collecting all the data they can about you including your emails and your inbox activity so they can Target you with ads with protonmail though your emails belong to you your inbox is clear of trackers ads spam fishing and it has all the features you would expect to manage your email your calendar and more and they also support Hardware security Keys biometric authentication sender verification and a bunch of other security features and if you want to switch it's actually very easy proton has a tool to help you switch from Gmail called easy switch it will let you import all your Gmail contacts calendars and emails to your new protonmail account it will also automatically forward all your future emails from Gmail to your proton inbox and everything will be protected with protons encryption and tracking protections Plus protonmail is free forever and gives you a VPN calendar and cloud storage at the same time as your email address so you can import everything and try that at no cost and you can upgrade whenever you want to get more storage so if you're tired of being tracked even in your inbox or if you just want to move to a secure and private email service click the link in the description below and give protonmail a shot so let's start with Mac OS right out the gate no drag and drop window tiling quickly became the biggest problem I had I I resorted to a third-party app called rectangle which sort of works but its limitations became clear very quickly for example resizing Windows when they're side by side that's not happening and the native Mac OS styling features are subpar requiring you to click the small green button and forcing you to have Windows side by side at all times plus they are full screen which isn't great either the dog disappointingly also cannot minimize apps on click I found a workaround by double clicking on the window border but then maximizing became a problem and the green button it tosses everything into full screen mode it might work on smaller screens but on the desktop or even a 16-inch laptop like the one I have it's more of a hindrance especially since it had the global menu bar even though on this laptop it could be displayed because the whole area where it's supposed to be is just blacked out for some reason still the Silver Lining is the global menu it is very well executed something I wish Linux supported better KD offers it but not every app plays nicely and if you mix and match between gnome and KDE apps some will have a menu some won't some packaging formats don't work with it and Firefox and LibreOffice also generally not doable unless you get a specific patched version now file management that's another story no cut and paste for files and folders in the file manager and this left me very confused why isn't this a thing does Apple think that I'm too dumb to cut and paste the file I am dumb but not that dumb also dragging files to other folders or even to an open app that's painfully slow why do I have to wait for this to actually do anything also click to focus is the worst I have to double click in my notes app to be able to paste or type anything in it when I have two windows side by side installing apps was a learning curve the App Store seemed to not have any of my essentials resolve Firefox OBS steam among others initially the process of downloading disk images and persuading the OS to accept new apps was irritating but with time I adapted and it's okay now of course a fully stocked and functional app store is always a better experience than hunting online and downloading dmgs like a caveman now virtual desktops on Mac OS work decently gestures are handy but gonna say does it better accessing and creating new virtual desktops felt clumsy and took more steps than necessary why do I have to open the multitasking view then put my cursor in the top part of the screen to reveal workspaces and then click the plus button on the right to create a new virtual desktop in Gnome I just swiped three fingers to the left and I automatically have a new desktop where I can open apps and make everything work managing windows and desktops generally felt like the system is designed for mono tasking instead of multitasking and it was a pain to be productive on Mac OS now a small gripe but a significant one I can't double tap and hold to drag a window or resize it I must physically click and this was a pain to adjust to however I have to command Mac OS for its font rendering it is superb especially when compared to Linux where it is not possible as far as I know to get the same smooth result Spotlight search is on par with full system search gnome and KDE the menu bar search in The Help menu is a Hidden Gem as well perfect for learning new apps and commands like look at this I just type what I want and it tells me where it is if only we had something similar oh wait Unity had that a while back before they ditched that desktop the absence of a three finger tap or click for opening or closing tabs was a letdown considering middle click works with a mouse just not with the touchpad and you also don't have the middle click to paste feature that Linux has which is insanely useful and that I missed dearly here now into privacy and Telemetry I disabled it all but given the closed Source nature of Mac OS there is no real guarantee that it's fully turned off for a deeper dive into this check out my video dedicated to privacy on desktop operating systems and if you're a customization Enthusiast Mac OS is a hard pass it's basically use it as is but that's just the software I didn't hate it as much as when I gave it a first impressions and a first lock but it definitely felt so powerful productivity like not having the ability to put two windows side by side easily or to have just one window tile to the side and another one floating or just having to maximize all windows that then go full screen hide the menu bar and if you need to drag something from the file manager into this app it's all a pain not being able to quickly create virtual desktops for my apps it was just so far and frustrating now keyboard shortcuts can help with that but honestly if your operating system needs shortcuts to be usable then it is not usable now let's talk about the Apple ecosystem now I should clarify I am not exactly the typical Apple ecosystem user while I do own an iPhone I don't use iCloud services at all my tech life revolves around my self-hosted nexcloud server it takes care of everything clouds storage contacts calendars notes photos even RSS feeds my email is self-hosted too on my own domain so I have no use for any of Apple's services so the much touted integration between the iPhone and the Mac is virtually non-existent for me sure Apple's continuity features are great they let you resume work on your Mac that you started on an iPhone but for me just didn't fit into my workflow if I'm in range of my computer I'll work on my computer and I'm not picking up my phone to finish that work afterwards and taking calls on the Mac I can see how some might appreciate it but for a guy who prefers text over unplanned calls it's pretty redundant now if you're heavily invested into Apple's ecosystem and iCloud then sure I can see the benefits but also bear in mind the Privacy implications of using iCloud services for those on the Linux side there's also a perfect equivalent KD connect and JS connect offer any similar features especially for Android users in fact they often go beyond what apple offers minus the continuity aspect of course although you can share your clipboard between your phone and computer for example so yeah I am not the target for this feature and of course that's just my opinion I'm just not the typical Apple user I'm not an Apple user usually at all about from my iPhone but if you do make use of these features then great now let's move on to the hardware because this is where this MacBook Pro sort of worked for me frankly there's very little that I can fault this MacBook Pro 4 in terms of Hardware its display is brilliant high-res color accurate and sporting a high refresh rate the downside that screen comes with super reflective glass forget using it comfortably in direct sunlight without cranking up the brightness and the infamous Notch well it was just a temporary distraction at worst I got used to it in 5 minutes and never noticed it ever again does it need to be there no is it a problem no the keyboard is a joy to type on once you get accustomed to it the lack of a numpad on such a large laptop is a disappointment I'm French I need to press the shift key and the number key to get an actual number so a numpad is just way too useful now I actually kind of enjoyed the Mac layout for a keyboard because I'm not a developer but for developers figuring out how to type a pipe or bracket can be a bit of a problem now the webcam mic and speakers are top tier this put my Linux devices to shame I can actually record something on this device without feeling like it's my first YouTube video ever despite this I still found myself gravitating back towards my slim book executive 16 running Linux time and again yes the MacBook Pro has Superior build quality but it's also very heavy it weighs 2.1 kilos it's like hearing your laptop and a steam deck at the same time and let's talk about ports the Mac mostly has USBC and Thunderbolt ports cool it's futuristic it's also not very usable for me most of what I want to plug in is USB a I need a dongle for that it sucks sure Thunderbolt charging and connectivity are cool but my usual laptop sports are a lot more practical and then there's the macbook's trackpad it's huge it's precise it is gesture friendly it is great but the lack of a satisfying physical click falls short of the tactile feedback I get from my slimbox trackpad the fake click just feels like it's vibrating which is exactly what it's doing but it doesn't feel like a click it's weird so while Apple's Hardware is impressive in the build quality speakers mic touchpad is generally an all-rounder really good at everything I still find myself preferring my slim book executive 16 because it's lighter the screen isn't as reflective I prefer the touchpad and I have a numb pad on it and of course that's subjective a lot of people won't mind the USBC Thunderbolt ports only with no usba and some people don't like numpad so that's going to be great for them and let's not forget the Beating Heart of this machine the Apple M1 Pro CPU it is certainly impressive but the fact that it's arm-based limits it when running VMS for non-arm operating systems this limitation is a huge blow to my workflow as I often need to test different distros in a VM before installing them on actual Hardware short it's doable with qmu however neither virtualbox nor parallels support arm-based VMS and although virtualbox has a beta for M1 it failed to run anything reliably for me not to mention parallels is a paid app why would I pay for something that Linux can do natively for free just based on this limitation only this M1 Mac could never be my main device even if I wanted to run a Mac to make this channel which I absolutely do not but in terms of performance this CPU is an absolute monster on geekbench it scores 2038 for single core and an impressive 12 636 for multi-core making it one of the highest scoring laptops I have ever reviewed what's more it delivers this performance whether it's plugged in or running on battery and did I mention the other Silence the fan never spun up not even once if even during video editing compared to my slim book executive 16 which got 1860 in single core and 10 868 in multi-core with the fan running at full speed and plugged in on battery you can have these scores and the battery life is absolutely fantastic I'm getting between 14 to 16 hours of light work and 6 to 8 hours of video editing that is double what I get on the executive which manages seven or eight hours of light work and about three to four hours of editing in terms of performance this thing is an absolute Powerhouse and combined with the battery life this is truly an amazing device so yeah these new Macs are insane in terms of performance in terms of build quality my own preferences still draw me towards the slim book executive 16. I prefer the keyboard I prefer the numpad I prefer the touchpad I prefer the screen and yes the performance isn't as good and the battery life then definitely isn't as good but it also weighs a lot less when I carry it around despite the excellent build quality and performance of the MacBook it falls short where it matters most to me being able to run a full Linux distro and VMS something my executive 16 does seamlessly so this Macbook will become a very expensive test device for azahi Linux updates in the future and for now it's destined to collect dust in a cardboard so yeah you can expect video coverage of azahi Linux running on this M1 Pro MacBook Pro in the future but in the meantime I'm not gonna use it I would never use Mac OS anyway the software is just subpar to everything I need to do and compared to any Linux distro basically with poor window management with frustrating click to focus an App Store that leaves much to be desired and half-baked features like Dock minimization and app maximization Mac OS just can't compete with a good Linux desktop at least for me in terms of usability in terms of coherence in terms of productivity Mac OS just does not hold up compared to any modern Linux desktop so yes the hardware is awesome but until I can run a full-blown Linux distro on this thing is just not for me but the devices from today's sponsor definitely are for you if you've ever bought a computer shipping with Windows out of the box and try to retrofit Linux on it to notice that yeah it doesn't work properly in every single aspect well I've got a solution click the link in the description below and buy something from tuxedo they make laptops and desktops that ship with Linux pre-installed all the components in their devices are picked specifically because they are compatible with Linux and will run super well under Linux and they have a huge range of devices that will cover every need and every price point whether you want a laptop a desktop something for work through gaming workstation they have it all they're all super customizable all the laptops are openable repairable and upgradable table and the shape to most countries in the world so if you want a good Linux experience the next time you purchase a computer click the link in the description instead don't buy something that supports Windows so thanks everyone for watching the video I hope you enjoyed it if you did don't hesitate to like to subscribe to turn on notifications or to write a comment and if you really enjoyed the channel there are plenty of links in the description below to support it from PayPal liberape patreon and whatever else YouTube thanks YouTube memberships you know how this works so thanks for watching and I guess you'll see me in the next one bye [Music] thank you [Music]

now don't worry I'm not giving up on Linux but as someone who very often participates in Linux conversations and as someone who's been using Linux for 17 years there are some things that really bug me about Linux in general your experience might differ and that's fine but still let's start with me about video is sponsored by tax care they offer a range of services to ensure your Linux server and workstation Fleet stay up to date secure and supported with kernel life patching extended support for end-of-life distributions and Commercial support for Alma Linux and if this range of services is something that interests you and you want to be kept up to date then you can subscribe to their newsletter they will only send you email twice a month so you won't get spammed and they offer news and insights about cyber security vulnerability management Linux and open source news so if you want to be kept in the loop about all of this click the link in the description below and subscribe to darkscares newsletter now first I'd like to talk about something that's always been a double-edged sword for Linux the community now don't get me wrong the Linux world is full of Brilliant Minds and kind-hearted individuals always willing to lend a hand and always developing a bunch of cool stuff I've been a part of this community for many years and I have met some truly incredible people however every rose has its thorns and for Linux these Thorns often take the form of people who resist any form of change AC Linux as a nice little elitist tightly knit group that should never make any concessions to user friendliness every advancement in terms of graphical apps or features is often looked as a watering down of the Linux experience now you can see this in the way they react to newbies seeking help or two developers suggesting changes or to developers refusing certain changes they would rather keep Linux as their own exclusive playground than seed evolve and become accessible to a wider audience and there's a term for this gatekeeping you'll generally recognize these people by a few phrases like you should just learn the command line or guise or bloat or some other weird stuff like that what they they don't realize or what they count on maybe is that this attitude creates barriers it can deter newcomers who might have over time become active contributors offering help or maybe even code it is an open source community and that openness should be reflected on its user base so yes the community aspect of Linux is both a blessing and a curse we need to find a way to reconcile the constant Innovation and detect savviness of Linux with more openness and being more welcoming to other people and just generally accepting that making Linux more user-friendly doesn't prevent you from using Linux in the most tech savvy or convoluted way possible let's look at another thing that's been annoying me and it will sound stupid to a lot of you but still I've gotta talk about it there was a time when each new update brought with it some big shiny feature that got us all excited it was like on unwrapping a present on your birthday we were all super excited every time a new version of a distro came out because there were so many shiny cool stuff that you were gonna play with it was awesome you would hear of a new release of Ubuntu for example and your heart would race with the anticipation of major enhancements revamps and improvements this isn't just Nostalgia speaking Linux desktops truly received constant Innovation and big changes but as Linux desktops have pretty much matured the updates while they're still significant have started to lose some of that wow factor it's kinda like we're getting socks for our birthdays like sure getting new socks is nice but it's not exactly something that will get your adrenaline pumping now this isn't necessarily A Bad Thing the fact that our desktops have matured so much is a testament to the hard work that the community has put in developing all of this the focus has shifted more towards refining what we have and towards back-end work with stuff like pipe wireland portals and the like and there's certainly a lot of value in that however it does make the system less thrilling for users who like me are excited by user interfaces and ux and generally visual changes to how we actually use our systems every day the point I'm trying to make here isn't that Linux is becoming boring or stagnant it's more a reflection on how the nature of Linux updates has changed how they have become more about refinement and less about Revolution for those of us who thrive on the latter it can sometimes leave us longing for the good old days of radical change I suppose it's a case of you can't have your cake and eat it too or in this case you can't have a super stable mature operating system and also have every new update completely turning everything on its head but we can dream right now still talking about stuff that annoy always me I just can't avoid talking about a deep-seated issue which is fragmentation in the development process now when I say fragmentation I'm not talking about the huge number of distros available this goes further than that see the Linux Community is a Melting Pot of people with a wide range of ideologies of ethics of needs and wants and their own way of how they want to use their computers and this diverse set of perspectives is one of linux's greatest strength but it can also hold us back this diversity instead of following a clear unified Direction often leads to differing paths everyone wants their idea of how Linux or an application should work to be the one everyone else works on and if no one else is working on it they'll start working on it even if there's another project that already does 99 of what they want and this is also kind of fine it's the open source where you can grab any part of the code of something you like and improve it as your own project but sometimes I wish people improved it in the same project one manifestation of this issue is redundant effort how many times have we seen different groups working on basically the exact same thing instead of combining their resources look at Mir and Wayland or flat pack and snap or even vanilla OS and blend OS the time energy and talent spent on these parallel paths could have led to faster more efficient progress if channeled towards common goals in turn this lack of concentrated effort can slow down the overall progress of Linux instead of having something like a relay race we have many people crawling next to each other trying to reach almost the same goal but one meter apart so while the diversity of Linux is great sometimes I wish people would just stop working on Parallel things that do 99 of the same stuff but in a different programming language and just pull their efforts to make something great with more people actually working on it if the Linux and open source community in general could find a way to unite their efforts we would see an insane growth and Innovation all the time it is a complex issue without a straightforward solution but acknowledging it is the first step towards creating a more cohesive more Dynamic Linux Community seriously let's stop forking projects for one single feature that we absolutely want and let's stop refusing that single feature even if we don't think it's crucial and somebody already has a merge request for it now the next thing is what I will call the 99 their status by which I mean we very often reach 99 of the feature set of an app or a system but we very rarely go all the way if you've ever seen someone saying yeah LibreOffice colic is great but it can't do this function I need eat or yeah gaming on Linux is awesome but this game doesn't work and I want to play it then you'll know what I mean even our desktop environments I would argue they are now way easier to use and far more user friendly than the Windows or Mac OS experience they're smooth they look awesome they have guise for almost everything and they use less resources and just generally are more intuitive and cohesive but they don't do HDR they don't do fractional scaling very well unless you're using KD on Weyland they don't do variable refresh rates very well either they are lacking some Administration tools they are 110 in some areas but 90 in others we make super fast progress on all fronts but we never go 100 of each feature set and this is super frustrating to see because while personally I am fine with 99 I know that the missing one percent will be used as an excuse for a lot of people to just stop using Linux or not even bother trying it and of course it is hard to actually reach 100 of the feature set of a proprietary company that has thousands of paid employees and makes millions but sometimes it feels like we'll never manage to convince people to move to Linux and to use a more privacy respecting more ethical operating system it feels like there will always be that one percent missing that is a deal breaker or at least a convenient excuse to not deal with the friction that you will inevitably face when you're learning something new now I want to talk about another aspect of Linux that is rather touch and go and it's Hardware support like sure we have plenty of cool Linux manufacturers like system 76 Star Labs tuxedo slim book purism and I'm grateful for their work but what happens when you want to stray from those manufacturers and take a walk on the Windows side of the market well that's where things can get a bit unpredictable for example you've got your external peripherals things like streaming gear or specialized controllers and while these devices will always have drivers for Windows and often for Mac OS with Linux it can be pretty Hit or Miss there can be issues with driver compatibility or outright non-functionality you might find yourself spending more time troubleshooting than you would like wrestling with the device and it just refuses to play nice with your distro of choice personally recently it's been Bluetooth controllers when I set up my steamos console on Holo ISO my dual sense 5 and my Xbox series controllers were recognized instantly on Chimera OS I could not make them work using Bluetooth even though it's the same kernel version and it's the same interface super frustrating but it doesn't stop there even when we look at newer form factors like touch screens two in ones or even something that mimics the functionality energy of a Microsoft Surface device the options available that run Linux natively are few and far between if they even exist at all you will need to buy a Windows device to install Linux on it if you want a touch screen or a tablet or a convertible and support will not be great unless you take the time to find the right kernel the right distro or to configure things yourself even something as seemingly straightforward as a fingerprint reader can become a nightmare you would think that in 2023 with biometric authentication becoming a standard this wouldn't be an issue and yet it's Hardware that is often overlooked when it comes to Linux compatibility and even if the fingerprint reader has a driver often the software to take advantage of it will just not work with plenty of false negatives so when you want to use Linux you either have to be comfortable with the offerings of the likes of system 76 tuxedo slim book and the others or you have to be willing to buy a Windows first device and try to retrofit Linux on it with all the potential headaches this might include because well there is basically no driver support for some weird exotic peripherals and you'll have to Tinker with them and this is annoying because it's yet another barrier that you have to keep in mind when you want to move to Linux your Hardware might just not work so now you've heard my Rants and Raves about Linux but of course it does not mean I think Linux is inferior actually I think it's the best OS for graphical user interfaces for user friendliness and for ethical and privacy reasons but there's still some annoyances and I think it's good to talk about them so let me know down in the comments if you share my problems with Linux or if you have others or if you disagree on some of these problems and in the meantime I'll let you know about our sponsor if you've ever bought a computer shipping with Windows out of the box and try to retrofit Linux on it to notice that yeah it doesn't work properly in every single aspect well I've got a solution click the link in the description below and buy something from tuxedo they make laptops and desktops that ship with Linux pre-installed all the components in their devices are picked specifically because they're compatible with Linux and will run super well under Linux and they have a huge range of devices that will cover every need and every price point whether you want a laptop a desktop something for work through gaming workstation they have it all they're all super customizable all the laptops are openable repairable and upgradable and they ship to most countries in the world so if you want a good Linux experience the next time you purchase a computer click the link in the description instead don't buy something that supports Windows thanks for watching the video I hope you enjoyed it if you did don't hesitate to like to subscribe to turn on notifications or to write a comment and if you didn't like the video well you can always dislike it and tell me why in the comments as well and if you really enjoy the channel and you want to support it I left plenty of links for that in the description of the video you know how this works so thanks for watching and I guess you'll see me in the next one bye [Music]

now don't worry I'm not giving up on Linux but as someone who very often participates in Linux conversations and as someone who's been using Linux for 17 years there are some things that really bug me about Linux in general your experience might differ and that's fine but still let's start with me about video is sponsored by tax care they offer a range of services to ensure your Linux server and workstation Fleet stay up to date secure and supported with kernel life patching extended support for end-of-life distributions and Commercial support for Alma Linux and if this range of services is something that interests you and you want to be kept up to date then you can subscribe to their newsletter they will only send you email twice a month so you won't get spammed and they offer news and insights about cyber security vulnerability management Linux and open source news so if you want to be kept in the loop about all of this click the link in the description below and subscribe to darkscares newsletter now first I'd like to talk about something that's always been a double-edged sword for Linux the community now don't get me wrong the Linux world is full of Brilliant Minds and kind-hearted individuals always willing to lend a hand and always developing a bunch of cool stuff I've been a part of this community for many years and I have met some truly incredible people however every rose has its thorns and for Linux these Thorns often take the form of people who resist any form of change AC Linux as a nice little elitist tightly knit group that should never make any concessions to user friendliness every advancement in terms of graphical apps or features is often looked as a watering down of the Linux experience now you can see this in the way they react to newbies seeking help or two developers suggesting changes or to developers refusing certain changes they would rather keep Linux as their own exclusive playground than seed evolve and become accessible to a wider audience and there's a term for this gatekeeping you'll generally recognize these people by a few phrases like you should just learn the command line or guise or bloat or some other weird stuff like that what they they don't realize or what they count on maybe is that this attitude creates barriers it can deter newcomers who might have over time become active contributors offering help or maybe even code it is an open source community and that openness should be reflected on its user base so yes the community aspect of Linux is both a blessing and a curse we need to find a way to reconcile the constant Innovation and detect savviness of Linux with more openness and being more welcoming to other people and just generally accepting that making Linux more user-friendly doesn't prevent you from using Linux in the most tech savvy or convoluted way possible let's look at another thing that's been annoying me and it will sound stupid to a lot of you but still I've gotta talk about it there was a time when each new update brought with it some big shiny feature that got us all excited it was like on unwrapping a present on your birthday we were all super excited every time a new version of a distro came out because there were so many shiny cool stuff that you were gonna play with it was awesome you would hear of a new release of Ubuntu for example and your heart would race with the anticipation of major enhancements revamps and improvements this isn't just Nostalgia speaking Linux desktops truly received constant Innovation and big changes but as Linux desktops have pretty much matured the updates while they're still significant have started to lose some of that wow factor it's kinda like we're getting socks for our birthdays like sure getting new socks is nice but it's not exactly something that will get your adrenaline pumping now this isn't necessarily A Bad Thing the fact that our desktops have matured so much is a testament to the hard work that the community has put in developing all of this the focus has shifted more towards refining what we have and towards back-end work with stuff like pipe wireland portals and the like and there's certainly a lot of value in that however it does make the system less thrilling for users who like me are excited by user interfaces and ux and generally visual changes to how we actually use our systems every day the point I'm trying to make here isn't that Linux is becoming boring or stagnant it's more a reflection on how the nature of Linux updates has changed how they have become more about refinement and less about Revolution for those of us who thrive on the latter it can sometimes leave us longing for the good old days of radical change I suppose it's a case of you can't have your cake and eat it too or in this case you can't have a super stable mature operating system and also have every new update completely turning everything on its head but we can dream right now still talking about stuff that annoy always me I just can't avoid talking about a deep-seated issue which is fragmentation in the development process now when I say fragmentation I'm not talking about the huge number of distros available this goes further than that see the Linux Community is a Melting Pot of people with a wide range of ideologies of ethics of needs and wants and their own way of how they want to use their computers and this diverse set of perspectives is one of linux's greatest strength but it can also hold us back this diversity instead of following a clear unified Direction often leads to differing paths everyone wants their idea of how Linux or an application should work to be the one everyone else works on and if no one else is working on it they'll start working on it even if there's another project that already does 99 of what they want and this is also kind of fine it's the open source where you can grab any part of the code of something you like and improve it as your own project but sometimes I wish people improved it in the same project one manifestation of this issue is redundant effort how many times have we seen different groups working on basically the exact same thing instead of combining their resources look at Mir and Wayland or flat pack and snap or even vanilla OS and blend OS the time energy and talent spent on these parallel paths could have led to faster more efficient progress if channeled towards common goals in turn this lack of concentrated effort can slow down the overall progress of Linux instead of having something like a relay race we have many people crawling next to each other trying to reach almost the same goal but one meter apart so while the diversity of Linux is great sometimes I wish people would just stop working on Parallel things that do 99 of the same stuff but in a different programming language and just pull their efforts to make something great with more people actually working on it if the Linux and open source community in general could find a way to unite their efforts we would see an insane growth and Innovation all the time it is a complex issue without a straightforward solution but acknowledging it is the first step towards creating a more cohesive more Dynamic Linux Community seriously let's stop forking projects for one single feature that we absolutely want and let's stop refusing that single feature even if we don't think it's crucial and somebody already has a merge request for it now the next thing is what I will call the 99 their status by which I mean we very often reach 99 of the feature set of an app or a system but we very rarely go all the way if you've ever seen someone saying yeah LibreOffice colic is great but it can't do this function I need eat or yeah gaming on Linux is awesome but this game doesn't work and I want to play it then you'll know what I mean even our desktop environments I would argue they are now way easier to use and far more user friendly than the Windows or Mac OS experience they're smooth they look awesome they have guise for almost everything and they use less resources and just generally are more intuitive and cohesive but they don't do HDR they don't do fractional scaling very well unless you're using KD on Weyland they don't do variable refresh rates very well either they are lacking some Administration tools they are 110 in some areas but 90 in others we make super fast progress on all fronts but we never go 100 of each feature set and this is super frustrating to see because while personally I am fine with 99 I know that the missing one percent will be used as an excuse for a lot of people to just stop using Linux or not even bother trying it and of course it is hard to actually reach 100 of the feature set of a proprietary company that has thousands of paid employees and makes millions but sometimes it feels like we'll never manage to convince people to move to Linux and to use a more privacy respecting more ethical operating system it feels like there will always be that one percent missing that is a deal breaker or at least a convenient excuse to not deal with the friction that you will inevitably face when you're learning something new now I want to talk about another aspect of Linux that is rather touch and go and it's Hardware support like sure we have plenty of cool Linux manufacturers like system 76 Star Labs tuxedo slim book purism and I'm grateful for their work but what happens when you want to stray from those manufacturers and take a walk on the Windows side of the market well that's where things can get a bit unpredictable for example you've got your external peripherals things like streaming gear or specialized controllers and while these devices will always have drivers for Windows and often for Mac OS with Linux it can be pretty Hit or Miss there can be issues with driver compatibility or outright non-functionality you might find yourself spending more time troubleshooting than you would like wrestling with the device and it just refuses to play nice with your distro of choice personally recently it's been Bluetooth controllers when I set up my steamos console on Holo ISO my dual sense 5 and my Xbox series controllers were recognized instantly on Chimera OS I could not make them work using Bluetooth even though it's the same kernel version and it's the same interface super frustrating but it doesn't stop there even when we look at newer form factors like touch screens two in ones or even something that mimics the functionality energy of a Microsoft Surface device the options available that run Linux natively are few and far between if they even exist at all you will need to buy a Windows device to install Linux on it if you want a touch screen or a tablet or a convertible and support will not be great unless you take the time to find the right kernel the right distro or to configure things yourself even something as seemingly straightforward as a fingerprint reader can become a nightmare you would think that in 2023 with biometric authentication becoming a standard this wouldn't be an issue and yet it's Hardware that is often overlooked when it comes to Linux compatibility and even if the fingerprint reader has a driver often the software to take advantage of it will just not work with plenty of false negatives so when you want to use Linux you either have to be comfortable with the offerings of the likes of system 76 tuxedo slim book and the others or you have to be willing to buy a Windows first device and try to retrofit Linux on it with all the potential headaches this might include because well there is basically no driver support for some weird exotic peripherals and you'll have to Tinker with them and this is annoying because it's yet another barrier that you have to keep in mind when you want to move to Linux your Hardware might just not work so now you've heard my Rants and Raves about Linux but of course it does not mean I think Linux is inferior actually I think it's the best OS for graphical user interfaces for user friendliness and for ethical and privacy reasons but there's still some annoyances and I think it's good to talk about them so let me know down in the comments if you share my problems with Linux or if you have others or if you disagree on some of these problems and in the meantime I'll let you know about our sponsor if you've ever bought a computer shipping with Windows out of the box and try to retrofit Linux on it to notice that yeah it doesn't work properly in every single aspect well I've got a solution click the link in the description below and buy something from tuxedo they make laptops and desktops that ship with Linux pre-installed all the components in their devices are picked specifically because they're compatible with Linux and will run super well under Linux and they have a huge range of devices that will cover every need and every price point whether you want a laptop a desktop something for work through gaming 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today we're exploring the latest update to Mac OS called Sonoma from widgets to predictive text web browsing improvements and a lot more it's a big update for Mac OS users but for us Linux users we've been using most of these features for quite a while now the real question is compared to our Linux desktops has Mac OS managed to elevate these features to the next level and did I manage to raise my Segway game to the next level this video is sponsored by savings portmaster portmaster is an all-in-one tool to easily take your privacy to the next level and it's a tool I use myself on all of my Linux devices portmaster lets you automatically block all trackers and malware in every application you run on your computer not just your web browser but everything you run it's easy to use with defaults already in place that lets you just set it and forget it but if you like to configure every Rule and every app you also can and portmaster is completely free and open source and also free of charge as it's funded by users that subscribe to the SPN a super powered VPN that gives you multiple identities for every connection of every application so if you want to easily improve the privacy of your system whatever the Linux distro you use or even on Windows click the link in the description below and download the portmaster for free so let's start with something visual widgets with Sonoma Apple grafted their iOS widget system onto Mac OS of course widgets are something we've enjoyed for a long while on KDE starting with plasma 4. Mac OS even used to have them before in their own little dashboard before they were removed in Catalina and even before that there were tools to display widgets on our Linux desktops like super karamba or screenlets and yes these are old which probably makes me old too but just having the feature doesn't mean it can't be done better and in some ways Apple's implementation is better getting to these widgets is just a right click away just like on KD and instead of our widget sidebar you get a widget bottom drawer after that it's a drag and drop operation with completely free placement of widgets except Apple did something pretty cool which is that these widgets can also Auto align if you want them to dragging a widget close to another one you've already placed displays a white outline that will make the new widget snap in place so everything looks tidy this is something that is very very difficult to do in KDE most widgets don't have a similar aspect ratio or size and resizing them tends to be a finicky operation on top of that apple offers multiple preset sizes for their widgets small medium and big and these can be changed on the fly with a right click on the widget itself another nice touch is that your widgets won't distract you when you have a window in the foreground since they will be becomes semi-transparent and fade away until you click on the desktop and all your windows will just slide out of the way another click will bring them right back so on paper Apple's implementation is way better than the one we have on KDE the widgets are prettier and placing them in a way that won't trigger your OCD is way easier as well except these widgets are not very functional they are not really interactive you can just click on them to open the related app that's it no note taking straight in the notes widget no clicking on a specific day in the weather widget and there's also no user contributed widget directory you either abuse the ones Apple made or you get the ones provided by your apps you can't just download a widget there's also no adding widgets to the desktop user interface either on KDE you can slot a CPU monitor on your taskbar or top bar in Sonoma that's all limited to the desktop and since Mac OS doesn't have any concept of activities just like in KDE you can't have different sets of widgets for different virtual desktops you're limited to one set that appears on all your desktops you can add widgets you have on your iPhone to your Mac though so there's that still the implementation definitely looks good but it leaves a lot of functionality on the table moving on to something less visual but probably more important accessibility features one new feature in Mac OS Sonoma is a better autocorrect and predictive text system similar to what you would experience on an iPhone autocorrect can be very annoying on a computer since by the time it learns the words you actually use you will probably have disabled it all together as it replaces normal words with others it thinks you wanted to type but the predictive text can be a game changer especially for those with disabilities you just type a few letters and then spacebar and you get the whole word on Linux we have something called I burst typing booster which does pretty much the same thing but it is hidden in the input sources settings and it's not an easy one-click toggle the way it works is also very distracting as it displays a complete pop-up with word suggestions that flickers in and out of existence with each character you type in a way it's probably better for people with disabilities because you get multiple words you can select from using the arrow keys instead of just the one apple thinks matches best displayed in line but for people who are looking for faster typing it might be way too distracting with this little pop-up so for boosting typing speeds Apple probably wins but in terms of pure accessibility ibus booster is probably better if you can manage to activate it now let's dive into the exciting realm of gaming Mac OS and Linux look that's not a match up I would take any bets on like really Mac OS has nothing on Linux here except Mac OS Sonoma brings two main improvements for gaming that might tip the balance in the future the first one is their game mode which does exactly the same thing as its Linux equivalent it gives CPU priority to the game that's currently running not that impressive then we've had that for a while well yeah but also Apple did it better because their game mode also reduces latency for Bluetooth controllers and Bluetooth headphones something that we do not have on Linux and that's been an issue for a lot of people but that doesn't matter if you can't run any games right because for now Mac OS has virtually nothing to play no apple arcade doesn't count especially if you're going to compare Mac OS to Linux like these are not the same type of games and here again apple is trying to change the status quo they have unveiled their game porting toolkit which lets developers test their games on Apple silicon Max before deciding to Port them or not and this toolkit basically converts DirectX 12 games into metal games thanks to a translation layer now you might be saying hey we've had that for a while now and you'd be right the game porting toolkit shares a lot of DNA with protons since it's based on wine and the same kind of translation dxvk does except it's a direct text to metal translation instead of DirectX to Vulcan this thing is aimed at developers but of course people already found a way to use it to run Windows games and steam for Windows on a Mac and they got pretty decent results like cyberpunk or Elden ring running at OK frame rates for a steam deck because yeah performance is no good yet and that's to be expected since it's brand new and it's running an extra translation compared to Linux it has to translate x86 games into arm on top of translating Windows calls into Mac OS calls and DirectX 12 to metal still it's important to remember that this is just a first step for developers to start porting their game if we compare it to Linux five years ago no one would have bet that so many games would run natively without anything to do so if Apple really commits to this game boarding toolkit things might be different very soon so who wins here Macos Sonoma and the game porting toolkit are massive strides in the right direction potentially pushing Mac OS gaming closer to the level of Linux it opens up the possibility of simultaneous game releases on Mac OS Linux and windows a concept that previously seemed as plausible as a Linux based gaming console oh wait shifting our Focus back to Aesthetics let's delve into screensavers and desktop wallpapers so no man lets you set some animated screensavers that represent a bunch of Landscapes cityscapes even underwater scenes and Earth views similar to those on Apple TV when you unlock your Mac this animation will seamlessly transition into your wallpaper with the animation continuing for a few seconds before it stops it looks really good and although it takes a bit of time to download even one of these animated wallpapers screen savers it's still a nice aesthetic touch that us Linux users don't have access to we do have animated wallpapers which I would argue are pretty distracting and not a great choice for productivity screen savers aren't a thing anymore on Linux you can add them back but I really don't see the point compared to just having your screen turn off now in terms of os compatibility there's an important feature in Macos Sonoma that we need to Spotlight unlike Linux which supports a broad range of devices of all ages Mac OS adopts able restrictive approach and this means that with Sonoma most Macs from 2018 and onwards will be supported but everything before that will not it's a stark cutoff that particularly excludes three popular models the 2017 MacBook Pro the 2017 MacBook Air and the 2017 iMac that means that regrettably if you own one of these models or older you'll be on the outside looking in when it comes to sonoma's features while us Linux users enjoy a complete lack of planned obsolescence this compatibility constraint in Macos Sonoma represents perfectly Apple's exclusive approach it certainly creates a divide between the users fortunate enough to experience their new features and those Left Behind even though their devices would be fully capable of enjoying set features now if you're part of the latter group the constellation is the continued functionality of your device with the previous Mac OS like my old 2011 she's greater Mac Pro that I managed to bring up to Big Sur before the Patcher stopped the working or alternatively you can also move to Linux which has a lot of advantages over Mac OS especially when Ventura goes end of life Apple will also kill support for older Apple male plugins which can be a problem because the newer model for plugins mail kit doesn't support as many features so some plugins just will not be able to make the jump at all and as we dive further into our comparison it's important to remember this specific point Linux rarely makes Hardware obsolete whether Mac OS generally has a shelf life of five to six years tops alright now buckle up because we're going to finish this journey with a tour of many new features in Sonoma that us Linux users might find eerily familiar first off let's talk about Safari now Safari can boast of profiles to separate for example your work and personal browsing they also now support web apps that can be pinned to your dock but wait doesn't that sound a little too familiar yeah a bunch of web browsers on Linux have been parading around in similar attire for quite some time enhancements that might seem exciting for Safari users are old hat for us Linux users moving along we stumbled upon presenter overlay on FaceTime Apple's homegrown video conferencing app that now let gets you well overlay yourself on top of the slides or screen that you're sharing with others it sounds like a cool and fresh feature right well here's a plot twist this already exists as presenter mode on Microsoft teams which is available on Linux unlike FaceTime so while FaceTime screen sharing might be a shiny new toy for FaceTime users It's actually an old one for the rest of the world and of course as long as the FaceTime app is stuck on Mac OS it will never see any real use in a professional contest so what's the point in essence while macro Sonoma might present these features as revolutionary the truth is we've had these on Linux for a long long while now but I guess imitation is the sincerest form of flattering right now that's not to say that there's nothing to learn from Sonoma some of these features have better implementations than the ones we've enjoyed on Linux like reduced latency in game mode Auto snapping widgets with coherent design and styles or predictive typing so both Sonoma and Linux have their strength and weaknesses but it's clear that they can both learn a lot from one another just like you can learn a lot from this segue to our sponsor if you've ever bought a computer shipping with Windows out of the box and try to retrofit Linux on it to notice that yeah it doesn't work properly in every single aspect well I've got a solution click the link in the description below and buy something from tuxedo they make laptops and desktops that ship with Linux pre-install all the components in their devices are picked specifically because they are compatible with Linux and will run super well under Linux and they have a huge range of devices that will cover every need and every price point whether you want a laptop a desktop something for work through gaming workstation they have it all they're all super customizable all the laptops are openable repairable and upgradable and they ship to most countries in the world so if you want a good Linux experience the next 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today we're exploring the latest update to Mac OS called Sonoma from widgets to predictive text web browsing improvements and a lot more it's a big update for Mac OS users but for us Linux users we've been using most of these features for quite a while now the real question is compared to our Linux desktops has Mac OS managed to elevate these features to the next level and did I manage to raise my Segway game to the next level this video is sponsored by savings portmaster portmaster is an all-in-one tool to easily take your privacy to the next level and it's a tool I use myself on all of my Linux devices portmaster lets you automatically block all trackers and malware in every application you run on your computer not just your web browser but everything you run it's easy to use with defaults already in place that lets you just set it and forget it but if you like to configure every Rule and every app you also can and portmaster is completely free and open source and also free of charge as it's funded by users that subscribe to the SPN a super powered VPN that gives you multiple identities for every connection of every application so if you want to easily improve the privacy of your system whatever the Linux distro you use or even on Windows click the link in the description below and download the portmaster for free so let's start with something visual widgets with Sonoma Apple grafted their iOS widget system onto Mac OS of course widgets are something we've enjoyed for a long while on KDE starting with plasma 4. Mac OS even used to have them before in their own little dashboard before they were removed in Catalina and even before that there were tools to display widgets on our Linux desktops like super karamba or screenlets and yes these are old which probably makes me old too but just having the feature doesn't mean it can't be done better and in some ways Apple's implementation is better getting to these widgets is just a right click away just like on KD and instead of our widget sidebar you get a widget bottom drawer after that it's a drag and drop operation with completely free placement of widgets except Apple did something pretty cool which is that these widgets can also Auto align if you want them to dragging a widget close to another one you've already placed displays a white outline that will make the new widget snap in place so everything looks tidy this is something that is very very difficult to do in KDE most widgets don't have a similar aspect ratio or size and resizing them tends to be a finicky operation on top of that apple offers multiple preset sizes for their widgets small medium and big and these can be changed on the fly with a right click on the widget itself another nice touch is that your widgets won't distract you when you have a window in the foreground since they will be becomes semi-transparent and fade away until you click on the desktop and all your windows will just slide out of the way another click will bring them right back so on paper Apple's implementation is way better than the one we have on KDE the widgets are prettier and placing them in a way that won't trigger your OCD is way easier as well except these widgets are not very functional they are not really interactive you can just click on them to open the related app that's it no note taking straight in the notes widget no clicking on a specific day in the weather widget and there's also no user contributed widget directory you either abuse the ones Apple made or you get the ones provided by your apps you can't just download a widget there's also no adding widgets to the desktop user interface either on KDE you can slot a CPU monitor on your taskbar or top bar in Sonoma that's all limited to the desktop and since Mac OS doesn't have any concept of activities just like in KDE you can't have different sets of widgets for different virtual desktops you're limited to one set that appears on all your desktops you can add widgets you have on your iPhone to your Mac though so there's that still the implementation definitely looks good but it leaves a lot of functionality on the table moving on to something less visual but probably more important accessibility features one new feature in Mac OS Sonoma is a better autocorrect and predictive text system similar to what you would experience on an iPhone autocorrect can be very annoying on a computer since by the time it learns the words you actually use you will probably have disabled it all together as it replaces normal words with others it thinks you wanted to type but the predictive text can be a game changer especially for those with disabilities you just type a few letters and then spacebar and you get the whole word on Linux we have something called I burst typing booster which does pretty much the same thing but it is hidden in the input sources settings and it's not an easy one-click toggle the way it works is also very distracting as it displays a complete pop-up with word suggestions that flickers in and out of existence with each character you type in a way it's probably better for people with disabilities because you get multiple words you can select from using the arrow keys instead of just the one apple thinks matches best displayed in line but for people who are looking for faster typing it might be way too distracting with this little pop-up so for boosting typing speeds Apple probably wins but in terms of pure accessibility ibus booster is probably better if you can manage to activate it now let's dive into the exciting realm of gaming Mac OS and Linux look that's not a match up I would take any bets on like really Mac OS has nothing on Linux here except Mac OS Sonoma brings two main improvements for gaming that might tip the balance in the future the first one is their game mode which does exactly the same thing as its Linux equivalent it gives CPU priority to the game that's currently running not that impressive then we've had that for a while well yeah but also Apple did it better because their game mode also reduces latency for Bluetooth controllers and Bluetooth headphones something that we do not have on Linux and that's been an issue for a lot of people but that doesn't matter if you can't run any games right because for now Mac OS has virtually nothing to play no apple arcade doesn't count especially if you're going to compare Mac OS to Linux like these are not the same type of games and here again apple is trying to change the status quo they have unveiled their game porting toolkit which lets developers test their games on Apple silicon Max before deciding to Port them or not and this toolkit basically converts DirectX 12 games into metal games thanks to a translation layer now you might be saying hey we've had that for a while now and you'd be right the game porting toolkit shares a lot of DNA with protons since it's based on wine and the same kind of translation dxvk does except it's a direct text to metal translation instead of DirectX to Vulcan this thing is aimed at developers but of course people already found a way to use it to run Windows games and steam for Windows on a Mac and they got pretty decent results like cyberpunk or Elden ring running at OK frame rates for a steam deck because yeah performance is no good yet and that's to be expected since it's brand new and it's running an extra translation compared to Linux it has to translate x86 games into arm on top of translating Windows calls into Mac OS calls and DirectX 12 to metal still it's important to remember that this is just a first step for developers to start porting their game if we compare it to Linux five years ago no one would have bet that so many games would run natively without anything to do so if Apple really commits to this game boarding toolkit things might be different very soon so who wins here Macos Sonoma and the game porting toolkit are massive strides in the right direction potentially pushing Mac OS gaming closer to the level of Linux it opens up the possibility of simultaneous game releases on Mac OS Linux and windows a concept that previously seemed as plausible as a Linux based gaming console oh wait shifting our Focus back to Aesthetics let's delve into screensavers and desktop wallpapers so no man lets you set some animated screensavers that represent a bunch of Landscapes cityscapes even underwater scenes and Earth views similar to those on Apple TV when you unlock your Mac this animation will seamlessly transition into your wallpaper with the animation continuing for a few seconds before it stops it looks really good and although it takes a bit of time to download even one of these animated wallpapers screen savers it's still a nice aesthetic touch that us Linux users don't have access to we do have animated wallpapers which I would argue are pretty distracting and not a great choice for productivity screen savers aren't a thing anymore on Linux you can add them back but I really don't see the point compared to just having your screen turn off now in terms of os compatibility there's an important feature in Macos Sonoma that we need to Spotlight unlike Linux which supports a broad range of devices of all ages Mac OS adopts able restrictive approach and this means that with Sonoma most Macs from 2018 and onwards will be supported but everything before that will not it's a stark cutoff that particularly excludes three popular models the 2017 MacBook Pro the 2017 MacBook Air and the 2017 iMac that means that regrettably if you own one of these models or older you'll be on the outside looking in when it comes to sonoma's features while us Linux users enjoy a complete lack of planned obsolescence this compatibility constraint in Macos Sonoma represents perfectly Apple's exclusive approach it certainly creates a divide between the users fortunate enough to experience their new features and those Left Behind even though their devices would be fully capable of enjoying set features now if you're part of the latter group the constellation is the continued functionality of your device with the previous Mac OS like my old 2011 she's greater Mac Pro that I managed to bring up to Big Sur before the Patcher stopped the working or alternatively you can also move to Linux which has a lot of advantages over Mac OS especially when Ventura goes end of life Apple will also kill support for older Apple male plugins which can be a problem because the newer model for plugins mail kit doesn't support as many features so some plugins just will not be able to make the jump at all and as we dive further into our comparison it's important to remember this specific point Linux rarely makes Hardware obsolete whether Mac OS generally has a shelf life of five to six years tops alright now buckle up because we're going to finish this journey with a tour of many new features in Sonoma that us Linux users might find eerily familiar first off let's talk about Safari now Safari can boast of profiles to separate for example your work and personal browsing they also now support web apps that can be pinned to your dock but wait doesn't that sound a little too familiar yeah a bunch of web browsers on Linux have been parading around in similar attire for quite some time enhancements that might seem exciting for Safari users are old hat for us Linux users moving along we stumbled upon presenter overlay on FaceTime Apple's homegrown video conferencing app that now let gets you well overlay yourself on top of the slides or screen that you're sharing with others it sounds like a cool and fresh feature right well here's a plot twist this already exists as presenter mode on Microsoft teams which is available on Linux unlike FaceTime so while FaceTime screen sharing might be a shiny new toy for FaceTime users It's actually an old one for the rest of the world and of course as long as the FaceTime app is stuck on Mac OS it will never see any real use in a professional contest so what's the point in essence while macro Sonoma might present these features as revolutionary the truth is we've had these on Linux for a long long while now but I guess imitation is the sincerest form of flattering right now that's not to say that there's nothing to learn from Sonoma some of these features have better implementations than the ones we've enjoyed on Linux like reduced latency in game mode Auto snapping widgets with coherent design and styles or predictive typing so both Sonoma and Linux have their strength and weaknesses but it's clear that they can both learn a lot from one another just like you can learn a lot from this segue to our sponsor if you've ever bought a computer shipping with Windows out of the box and try to retrofit Linux on it to notice that yeah it doesn't work properly in every single aspect well I've got a solution click the link in the description below and buy something from tuxedo they make laptops and desktops that ship with Linux pre-install all the components in their devices are picked specifically because they are compatible with Linux and will run super well under Linux and they have a huge range of devices that will cover every need and every price point whether you want a laptop a desktop something for work through gaming workstation they have it all they're all super customizable all the laptops are openable repairable and upgradable and they ship to most countries in the world so if you want a good Linux experience the next 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hey kids come here you want the Linux and open source news yeah don't worry I gotcha so this week things are getting worse for Red Hat as Souza announced that they would be working on their own Red Hat Enterprise Linux clone with a huge donation for funding we also have the release of Thunderbird 115 code named Supernova which is a complete redesign of the app and it's now owned by its place as my default mail and calendar client and we have Linux passing the bar of three percent market share well on the desktop as per the server we have today's sponsor this video is sponsored by lenode lenode is the only solution I use to run my own nexcloud server and my only office server as well it's a super easy solution to deploy basically anything you want in one click they have a huge Marketplace of applications you can host from next Cloud WordPress Drupal gitlab or grafana to gaming servers for Minecraft left RX CS go rust valheim and more they take care of all the configuration for you all you have to do is click the thing you want to deploy fill in a few details and your server is up and running and once everything is live it's still super easy to manage your servers to upgrade or downgrade them add some storage back them up and get help if you're stuck I've been using linode for years now and I can only recommend them if you want to give them a shot click the link in the description below and you'll get a hundred dollars of free credits to get started so Red Hats might have created a very very bad situation for themselves not only will Rocky Linux keep operating after Red Hat decided to make the source code for Rel harder to access but now Oracle and Souza are now also piling on to take on red Hat's business but what they did seem to work a little bit because all my Linux just announced that they wouldn't be one-to-one compatible anymore with Rel but that they would move to being ABI compatible which means all apps tested on a Rel version will also run the same on Alma but they won't have bug for bug compatibility they also announced they would keep contributing to Fedora and Santos as they've done before but Souza has a more important announcement they said that they will be forking Red Hat Enterprise Linux to create and maintain a rail compatible distribution with an investment of more than 10 million dollars they will provide this system side by side with their usual Souza and open Sousa offerings and they say it will help reinforce the values of Open Source software and offer more Choice without restrictions for consumers they will provide that fork to the community without any restrictions or terms and conditions and this 10 million dollar donation is 10 times what Alma Linux gets every year which means that Souza is very serious about this as per Oracle the chief corporate architect which is an ominous title if I've ever seen one and their head of development for Oracle Linux wrote a scathing blog post in which they first outline a few of the contributions that they make to the Linux community and development and they say they don't have a subscription agreement that prevents you from using their distro and all your GPL rights on top of that they dismantle the argument that was made by red hat that they need to pay their engineers and so they have to restrict access to the source code because Oracle says that apparently Red Hat had no problem paying them while staying true to the open source and free software principles up until IBM bought them and they conclude on a cheeky note telling IBM to instead pull the source for Rel from Oracle Linux as a downstream distributor so it looks like Red Hat by trying to keep the cake to themselves actually make sure that everybody else got a slice it's not just a PR disaster that they've created for themselves they're actually creating a big business risk right now now the longer weighted update to Thunderbird is finally there version 115 codenamed Supernova is a complete redesign of the venerable email program that I must say looks absolutely fantastic now as I'm recording this you can only get it as an archive with a portable executable but they've also taken ownership of the flat pack and they will publish their own updates through flat Hub soon this Rose will probably also package it themselves so what can you expect from that update well lot first it sort of gets a header bar with a unified search bar although you can still display the usual menu bar if you prefer the main toolbar will also display contact sensitive actions so depending on what you're doing you'll get different buttons and you can also customize it fully the sidebar is now more legible you have the choice between three information density modes to either use the least amount of space possible or gain legibility with more padding you get a new folder and tag sidebar in the mail client that is way clearer than the previous one you get a modernized mail view with cards instead of lines but the old view is still there you get a much better address book better keyboard navigation a revamped calendar that's a lot easier to pass than the previous one and more and I've been test driving this new version since it's released and I can safely say it's the best Thunderbird has ever been and it's now my default mail and calendar program it's just awesome and if you don't like the new look well with a few tweaks and customizations you can go back to the previous one and the previous usability so no one really should be unhappy with this one now apparently Linux on the desktop has finally reached three percent market share and while it still seems very small compared to Windows and Mac OS it is a huge milestone after about a decade stagnating at around two percent now as per what could have driven this surge some suggest the steam deck but I don't think that's it because stat counter the website that published this number uses web analytics and I'm pretty sure most people do not regularly browse the web with their steam decks this is just Linux web browsers on the desktop which makes this even more interesting because if you add in the steam deck that's three million more potential users of Linux on the desktop if you count the steam deck as a desktop which I personally wouldn't it's not its primary goal now Windows of course still maintain 68 market share and Mac OS 21 and Chrome OS is at 4.15 and judging from the slow growing curve for Linux this should not be a fluke it's probably here to stay and it will probably keep increasing as well and of course this now number is not to be taken as an absolute value or statistic what's interesting to look at is the growth and the evolution comparing the same data source every time it might also not be fully representative because you could have a lot of browsers on Linux not displaying themselves to the websites as running on Linux for some compatibility purposes so it might be more or it might even be less who knows what's interesting is how the number is evolving now next we have a Roundup of what's happening on various desktop environments and we're going to start with Cosmic the desktop system 76 is working on for pop OS we have details about how window resizing will work when using their tiling mode and they will display some nice hints on the window borders to show you where the window can be resized to and also some hands to display which Keys you can use to actually resize stuff they also showcased a few of the settings you'll get access to for wallpapers including setting wallpapers per display or rotating between multiple images they are developing their own notifications demon to let you display notifications across all screens or to prevent them from appearing on certain screens and they've implemented fractional and integral scaling into their desktop as well so that's pretty good progress on the essentials for a desktop environment and on some Cosmic specific features like the timing good to see and on The Gnome side of things they are working on a full text search algorithm for the general search feature of gnome shell that should let you look for Content inside files there's also a new library that lets app developers provide inline spell checking inside their apps there's cartridges the game manager which now lets you filter games by Source like steam bottles heroic flat pack or more parabolic which was previously named tube converter a better name in my opinion it now lets you select the audio language for the video you want to download and flare the signal client now supports receiving and playing audio messages and the message bubbles support theming with gnome ax and Corners that should land in Gnome 45 and there was no KD news this week as everyone seems to be at Academy which is their yearly conference for developers and also sometimes users so probably everyone is a bit busy being in Greece and not writing blog posts now China already had a plan to run their own Linux based operating system instead of Windows because of course as the West gets Chinese paranoia China gets Western paranoia instead hey it's a two-way street everybody hates everybody else it's great and so now China has a new option for their Linux distro in the form of open Kylie nor open chilling I'm not sure how you're supposed to pronounce that and it's a Linux distro worked on by a community of more than 4 000 developers version 1.0 is now out and it's ready to be used by virtually everyone in China or outside of China interestingly it has an English version for its installer and it looks pretty much like a mix between deep in and Windows 11. visually it looks really good actually it uses the UK UI desktop something I have never tried but looks pretty nice they ship Firefox and WPS office by default and they have Android app support as well it supports risk 5 x86 and arm and it looks like it has a tablet interface as well for people who will run it on this form factor and what what's interesting about it is that it's apparently built from scratch to ensure independence from any other distro coming from another country and it's unclear if this will become the official Linux distro for the whole of China their government and everything else or if they just want to have multiple offerings that come from China and that compete with each other what's clear is that they don't want to run Windows and I can't really blame them although their reasons for not wanting windows are probably not the same as mine now Google was hit by a lawsuit this week for allegedly collecting data from millions of users without any form of consent and violating copyright in the process to train their AI models this suit is a class action in the US and targets Google alphabet and deepmind which is Google's AI focused subsidiary and it's brought by the same Law Firm that already brought a suit against open AI for similar practices they say that Google has been stealing everything ever created and shared on the Internet by hundreds of millions of Americans and that they're training their Bard chatbot with it of course Google refuted the claim stating that they use data from public sources like information published to the open web which basically means everything ever written recorded or drawn or whatever everything is public if you don't care about the license that's attached to the content in the meantime Google's privacy policy explicitly states that Google can can use any publicly accessible information to train their AI basically confirming what the suit alleges if Google's definition of public is wider than what would be adaptable the law firm said that Google needs to understand that publicly available doesn't mean free to use for any purpose which brings us back to the root of all AI related lawsuits is training an AI model a breach of copyright or of the various licenses under which content is published and until one of these lawsuits gets to its end and has a ruling we won't know I personally think that yes just because it's publicly available doesn't mean that you have a right to use it for any purpose you have to use the license or the copyright rights attached to a specific form of content but I am not a judge so I'm not sure what I'm talking about here exactly and even if a lawsuit is actually judged upon in the US it doesn't mean that it will stop these lawsuits happening in other parts of the world okay now let's finish this with the gaming news first we have the release of wine 8.12 which brings the latest patches to support Weyland natively although it still won't be usable to run a game with plus some improvements to wind d3d the DirectX implementation native to Wine there are also 31 bug fixes including for Starcraft 2 XL 2016 and a bunch of Windows apps AMD open source their Fidelity FX SDK this toolkit lets developers Implement stuff like blur depth of field variable shading as well as fsr1 and 2 in their games so it's always nice to have it completely open source they apparently provide extensive documentation and complete pre-built solutions to help developers Implement them they say most effects in the SDK can now be implemented using less than 20 lines of code which should make this thing a lot more appealing to devs and as always props to AMD for making most of their stuff open source like if you're a Linux user AMD is where you should buy your stuff of probably and interestingly meta yes meta as in Facebook released an open source Graphics Library under the MIT license it's called igl for intermediate Graphics library and the goal is to have some kind of middleman layer that game developers can use in their games and that then connects to multiple Graphics API the system might have access to like Vulcan opengl webgl or metal it's cross-platform for Android iOS Linux Mac OS and windows and basically it would let developers Implement just that library and let it do the heavy lifting to work on any platform depending on what's available there and this sounds interesting of course as with all middleware there's gotta be some kind of performance hit compared to using the graphics API directly and it also might not support every single feature that the other Graphics API support so maybe game developers will not yet want to use this kind of stuff also it's from Facebook so and also it doesn't fix the major problem from supporting multiple platforms which is actually supporting your game on multiple platforms the port is not necessarily the hardest thing to do it's supporting all the platforms and their users and their bug reports afterwards that is kinda tricky what is not tricky though is using Linux on our sponsor's computers because tuxedo makes laptops and desktops that run Linux out of the box they specifically pick the hardware that they ship so that it supports Linux and if it doesn't they actually write the drivers for it and fix stuff Upstream so everyone can benefit from that and Tuxedo has a wide range of devices that should fit every price point and every need whether you need a small laptop or a giant desktop replacement or a desktop Tower workstation something for gaming they have it all all their devices have a lot of customization options for the specs and the hardware but also for your own logo on the lid of your laptop or your own keyboard layout on the keys are your laptop and of course all their laptops are openable upgradable and repairable so if you need a new computer and you plan to run Linux on it and you want to support linux's development and Hardware support stop buying devices that only support Windows buy something from tuxedo by clicking the link in the description below okay thanks for watching the video I hope you enjoyed it as always if you did you can like subscribe turn on notifications write a comment whatever and if you didn't like the video you can always click that thumbs down button and let me know in the 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hey kids come here you want the Linux and open source news yeah don't worry I gotcha so this week things are getting worse for Red Hat as Souza announced that they would be working on their own Red Hat Enterprise Linux clone with a huge donation for funding we also have the release of Thunderbird 115 code named Supernova which is a complete redesign of the app and it's now owned by its place as my default mail and calendar client and we have Linux passing the bar of three percent market share well on the desktop as per the server we have today's sponsor this video is sponsored by lenode lenode is the only solution I use to run my own nexcloud server and my only office server as well it's a super easy solution to deploy basically anything you want in one click they have a huge Marketplace of applications you can host from next Cloud WordPress Drupal gitlab or grafana to gaming servers for Minecraft left RX CS go rust valheim and more they take care of all the configuration for you all 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but they won't have bug for bug compatibility they also announced they would keep contributing to Fedora and Santos as they've done before but Souza has a more important announcement they said that they will be forking Red Hat Enterprise Linux to create and maintain a rail compatible distribution with an investment of more than 10 million dollars they will provide this system side by side with their usual Souza and open Sousa offerings and they say it will help reinforce the values of Open Source software and offer more Choice without restrictions for consumers they will provide that fork to the community without any restrictions or terms and conditions and this 10 million dollar donation is 10 times what Alma Linux gets every year which means that Souza is very serious about this as per Oracle the chief corporate architect which is an ominous title if I've ever seen one and their head of development for Oracle Linux wrote a scathing blog post in which they first outline a few of the contributions that they make to the Linux community and development and they say they don't have a subscription agreement that prevents you from using their distro and all your GPL rights on top of that they dismantle the argument that was made by red hat that they need to pay their engineers and so they have to restrict access to the source code because Oracle says that apparently Red Hat had no problem paying them while staying true to the open source and free software principles up until IBM bought them and they conclude on a cheeky note telling IBM to instead pull the source for Rel from Oracle Linux as a downstream distributor so it looks like Red Hat by trying to keep the cake to themselves actually make sure that everybody else got a slice it's not just a PR disaster that they've created for themselves they're actually creating a big business risk right now now the longer weighted update to Thunderbird is finally there version 115 codenamed Supernova is a complete redesign of the venerable email program that I must say looks absolutely fantastic now as I'm recording this you can only get it as an archive with a portable executable but they've also taken ownership of the flat pack and they will publish their own updates through flat Hub soon this Rose will probably also package it themselves so what can you expect from that update well lot first it sort of gets a header bar with a unified search bar although you can still display the usual menu bar if you prefer the main toolbar will also display contact sensitive actions so depending on what you're doing you'll get different buttons and you can also customize it fully the sidebar is now more legible you have the choice between three information density modes to either use the least amount of space possible or gain legibility with more padding you get a new folder and tag sidebar in the mail client that is way clearer than the previous one you get a modernized mail view with cards instead of lines but the old view is still there you get a much better address book better keyboard navigation a revamped calendar that's a lot easier to pass than the previous one and more and I've been test driving this new version since it's released and I can safely say it's the best Thunderbird has ever been and it's now my default mail and calendar program it's just awesome and if you don't like the new look well with a few tweaks and customizations you can go back to the previous one and the previous usability so no one really should be unhappy with this one now apparently Linux on the desktop has finally reached three percent market share and while it still seems very small compared to Windows and Mac OS it is a huge milestone after about a decade stagnating at around two percent now as per what could have driven this surge some suggest the steam deck but I don't think that's it because stat counter the website that published this number uses web analytics and I'm pretty sure most people do not regularly browse the web with their steam decks this is just Linux web browsers on the desktop which makes this even more interesting because if you add in the steam deck that's three million more potential users of Linux on the desktop if you count the steam deck as a desktop which I personally wouldn't it's not its primary goal now Windows of course still maintain 68 market share and Mac OS 21 and Chrome OS is at 4.15 and judging from the slow growing curve for Linux this should not be a fluke it's probably here to stay and it will probably keep increasing as well and of course this now number is not to be taken as an absolute value or statistic what's interesting to look at is the growth and the evolution comparing the same data source every time it might also not be fully representative because you could have a lot of browsers on Linux not displaying themselves to the websites as running on Linux for some compatibility purposes so it might be more or it might even be less who knows what's interesting is how the number is evolving now next we have a Roundup of what's happening on various desktop environments and we're going to start with Cosmic the desktop system 76 is working on for pop OS we have details about how window resizing will work when using their tiling mode and they will display some nice hints on the window borders to show you where the window can be resized to and also some hands to display which Keys you can use to actually resize stuff they also showcased a few of the settings you'll get access to for wallpapers including setting wallpapers per display or rotating between multiple images they are developing their own notifications demon to let you display notifications across all screens or to prevent them from appearing on certain screens and they've implemented fractional and integral scaling into their desktop as well so that's pretty good progress on the essentials for a desktop environment and on some Cosmic specific features like the timing good to see and on The Gnome side of things they are working on a full text search algorithm for the general search feature of gnome shell that should let you look for Content inside files there's also a new library that lets app developers provide inline spell checking inside their apps there's cartridges the game manager which now lets you filter games by Source like steam bottles heroic flat pack or more parabolic which was previously named tube converter a better name in my opinion it now lets you select the audio language for the video you want to download and flare the signal client now supports receiving and playing audio messages and the message bubbles support theming with gnome ax and Corners that should land in Gnome 45 and there was no KD news this week as everyone seems to be at Academy which is their yearly conference for developers and also sometimes users so probably everyone is a bit busy being in Greece and not writing blog posts now China already had a plan to run their own Linux based operating system instead of Windows because of course as the West gets Chinese paranoia China gets Western paranoia instead hey it's a two-way street everybody hates everybody else it's great and so now China has a new option for their Linux distro in the form of open Kylie nor open chilling I'm not sure how you're supposed to pronounce that and it's a Linux distro worked on by a community of more than 4 000 developers version 1.0 is now out and it's ready to be used by virtually everyone in China or outside of China interestingly it has an English version for its installer and it looks pretty much like a mix between deep in and Windows 11. visually it looks really good actually it uses the UK UI desktop something I have never tried but looks pretty nice they ship Firefox and WPS office by default and they have Android app support as well it supports risk 5 x86 and arm and it looks like it has a tablet interface as well for people who will run it on this form factor and what what's interesting about it is that it's apparently built from scratch to ensure independence from any other distro coming from another country and it's unclear if this will become the official Linux distro for the whole of China their government and everything else or if they just want to have multiple offerings that come from China and that compete with each other what's clear is that they don't want to run Windows and I can't really blame them although their reasons for not wanting windows are probably not the same as mine now Google was hit by a lawsuit this week for allegedly collecting data from millions of users without any form of consent and violating copyright in the process to train their AI models this suit is a class action in the US and targets Google alphabet and deepmind which is Google's AI focused subsidiary and it's brought by the same Law Firm that already brought a suit against open AI for similar practices they say that Google has been stealing everything ever created and shared on the Internet by hundreds of millions of Americans and that they're training their Bard chatbot with it of course Google refuted the claim stating that they use data from public sources like information published to the open web which basically means everything ever written recorded or drawn or whatever everything is public if you don't care about the license that's attached to the content in the meantime Google's privacy policy explicitly states that Google can can use any publicly accessible information to train their AI basically confirming what the suit alleges if Google's definition of public is wider than what would be adaptable the law firm said that Google needs to understand that publicly available doesn't mean free to use for any purpose which brings us back to the root of all AI related lawsuits is training an AI model a breach of copyright or of the various licenses under which content is published and until one of these lawsuits gets to its end and has a ruling we won't know I personally think that yes just because it's publicly available doesn't mean that you have a right to use it for any purpose you have to use the license or the copyright rights attached to a specific form of content but I am not a judge so I'm not sure what I'm talking about here exactly and even if a lawsuit is actually judged upon in the US it doesn't mean that it will stop these lawsuits happening in other parts of the world okay now let's finish this with the gaming news first we have the release of wine 8.12 which brings the latest patches to support Weyland natively although it still won't be usable to run a game with plus some improvements to wind d3d the DirectX implementation native to Wine there are also 31 bug fixes including for Starcraft 2 XL 2016 and a bunch of Windows apps AMD open source their Fidelity FX SDK this toolkit lets developers Implement stuff like blur depth of field variable shading as well as fsr1 and 2 in their games so it's always nice to have it completely open source they apparently provide extensive documentation and complete pre-built solutions to help developers Implement them they say most effects in the SDK can now be implemented using less than 20 lines of code which should make this thing a lot more appealing to devs and as always props to AMD for making most of their stuff open source like if you're a Linux user AMD is where you should buy your stuff of probably and interestingly meta yes meta as in Facebook released an open source Graphics Library under the MIT license it's called igl for intermediate Graphics library and the goal is to have some kind of middleman layer that game developers can use in their games and that then connects to multiple Graphics API the system might have access to like Vulcan opengl webgl or metal it's cross-platform for Android iOS Linux Mac OS and windows and basically it would let developers Implement just that library and let it do the heavy lifting to work on any platform depending on what's available there and this sounds interesting of course as with all middleware there's gotta be some kind of performance hit compared to using the graphics API directly and it also might not support every single feature that the other Graphics API support so maybe game developers will not yet want to use this kind of stuff also it's from Facebook so and also it doesn't fix the major problem from supporting multiple platforms which is actually supporting your game on multiple platforms the port is not necessarily the hardest thing to do it's supporting all the platforms and their users and their bug reports afterwards that is kinda tricky what is not tricky though is using Linux on our sponsor's computers because tuxedo makes laptops and desktops that run Linux out of the box they specifically pick the hardware that they ship so that it supports Linux and if it doesn't they actually write the drivers for it and fix stuff Upstream so everyone can benefit from that and Tuxedo has a wide range of devices that should fit every price point and every need whether you need a small laptop or a giant desktop replacement or a desktop Tower workstation something for gaming they have it all all their devices have a lot of customization options for the specs and the hardware but also for your own logo on the lid of your laptop or your own keyboard layout on the keys are your laptop and of course all their laptops are openable upgradable and repairable so if you need a new computer and you plan to run Linux on it and you want to support linux's development and Hardware support stop buying devices that only support Windows buy something from tuxedo by clicking the link in the description below okay thanks for watching the video I hope you enjoyed it as always if you did you can like subscribe turn on notifications write a comment whatever and if you didn't like the video you can always click that thumbs down button and let me know in the 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I've covered the most well-known Linux Hardware manufacturers whether they're tuxedo slim book system 76 I reviewed a few devices from each but there's another one that I had never heard about and they make No Nonsense robust laptops with core boot easy to buy spare parts for seven years three years of warranty and they make very strong claims about their service so I got one of their laptops to review so we're gonna look at the company what the promise is how well this laptop is built as an example of what they can make and also how well I can transition to this Segway to our sponsor this video is sponsored by Squarespace and you probably have heard about them by now but if you haven't just know that there you're all in one solution to build your own website however complex or simple you want it to be you can completely customize the website to look and feel and have the features that you want you have a big selection of templates and then you can rearrange them by just dragging and 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without your knowledge and they say they even ship core boot if you decide to go for a Windows and Linux dual boot which is nice because score boots can be a pain to set up for dual boots now they offer three years of warranty except the battery which is only one year and the guarantee spare parts availability for your device up to seven years after your purchase they say warranty repairs are completed within 5 days after receiving the device and they do accept returns even though these are custom made devices and they would not be obligated to they will keep three percent of the devices cost though which sounds reasonable and of course I can't test every single one of these claims because I only got a review device I'm not a customer and the review device is working really well I did not have to send it over but their website does display all these guarantees and a strong list of spare parts for every single one of their laptops which you can order immediately online they also say they offer free shipping for for any order about 500 euros all across the globe except in countries where it's apparently impossible like India French Polynesia or New Caledonia they also pay for import costs so you basically just pay for the laptop and nothing else no hidden costs and in terms of devices their laptops do not have marketing names like most other manufacturers they have series The NJ series seems to be the entry-level Ultrabook with integrated gpus and Optical disk readers yeah you heard me right they actually ship laptops with a DVD drive in them and there are a lot of customization options more than I have ever seen from any other manufacturer so let's take a look at that so of course you can change the specs with the CPU RAM storage or the GPU and applicable but you can also add your own logo on the lid of the laptop you can change the boot logo if you want my review unit apparently got my Channel's logo you can engraved the Palm rest with whatever you want and pick the font you can pick between Windows and Linux with Ubuntu mint cubes OS pop OS Ubuntu Ubuntu Fedora Elementary OS or even something else that you can specify and you can even ask them to pre-configure certain options inside of the OS that they pre-install they can set up your user account already they can create separate partitions if you prefer they can turn on disk encryption give you a USB drive to reinstall pick a specific default browser for you you can choose to use your own keyboard layout in ANSI or ISO you can change the look of the super key with a custom logo you can change keyboard illumination colors you can ask to completely remove the mic and webcam basically all aspects of the device that could be changed you can change and some people will not care about that they'll just want a device that works right there and then as is but for people who really like to completely tailor the entire experience with their hardware and their software it's great and now you might be thinking this sounds eerily similar to what the framework laptop is trying to do so how does Nova custom compare to framework so I never got a review unit for the framework laptop but I can still compare the specs the prices and the methodology both companies seem to aim at the same Target people who want to repair upgrade and extend the life of their laptops and framework goes further since you can even replace the entire motherboard and keep the whole chassis keyboard panel webcam and ports they don't have as many models and sizes though and until the 16-inch model releases you're not getting any dedicated GPU options and you're limited to 13 inches I'd say Nova custom is more about customization and making sure that you get the exact device that you want and that you'll be able to keep it working upgraded or repair it as time goes on where framework really wants to go all in on the repairability and upgradability quality of the device without offering too many models but making sure that you can keep the parts that you don't need to change in terms of price range framework will be a little bit more expensive than Nova custom for the same configurations but they do have better displays and newer CPU options plus ryzen options that Nova custom doesn't currently offer on the other hand Nova custom has more customization options for your devices your keyboard the pre-installed operating systems they use open source firmware and core boot they officially support Linux and you will get to have more ports at the same time on the device since the current framework 13 is limited to four ports at one given moment well five if you count the audio jack so I'd say they both have their advantages and if you enjoy the approach that framework has I'd say Nova custom can be a very good choice if the framework laptop just doesn't fit your needs whether it's keyboard layouts display sizes configuration options Nova custom will let you change those things but if all this customization is applied to a mediocre device then it kind of doesn't matter so let's look at the review unit that they sent me so this one is the ns-51 series so it's basically their mid-range laptop the bottom is aluminum the rest looks like the same magnesium alloy used by slim book or tuxedo and just like these manufacturers this is a clavo or tongfang design that they customize to your needs apart from STAR labs and purism all Linux manufacturers use odms to provide the base chassis for their laptops in terms of build quality it feels very rigid the hinge is super solid maybe too much since you can't open it with one hand which before you ask what the big deal is it's for accessibility if you only have one hand you can't open this easily the whole thing is pretty heavy 1.7 kilos and it's quite sturdy although it has the same give in the middle of the keyboard as a lot of laptops low end or high-end and I'm not a huge fan of the look of this device and I think it's due to the keyboard the dual tone look and the font they use but generally the form factor I'm not in love with it now apart from looks which is very subjective the only real issue I can see is the position of the power button on the right next to a USB port so you're very likely to press it it unintentionally when you're trying to insert a USB drive and of course you can open the laptop to replace the battery the SSD and the RAM and all the spare parts are accessible for up to 7 years after your purchase and they will give you a complete service manual with all the schematics the disassembly guide and procedures to replace any component you want and it's really nice to see that it's all open and transparent you immediately know what you can or can't do with your Hardware it's great but what's inside this thing though so this specific model came with a core i7 1260p which is the highest option you can get with that model it came with 16 gigs of RAM 500 gigs of SSD and Linux Mint pre-installed although it was mint 21 not 21.1 for some reason the base CPU you can get this model with is a 1240p which is slightly slower than the 1260 4 gigs of RAM by default and 250 gigs of SSD as well with that you get Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5.2 you also get a 1080p panel at 16x9 and all of their laptops are 16x9 unfortunately there are no 16 by 10 options and that base model with the 1240p Intel CPU and 4 gigs of RAM will cost 1100 Euros v80 included which is a bit steep for 4 gigs of RAM I mean at least 8 or 16 would justify the cost but for 4 gigs 1100 Euros feels a bit much now in terms of IO on the right you get gigabit Ethernet the ill-placed power button One USB 2 port a Micro SD card reader and on the right you have your Barrel charger an HDMI port a USB 3.0 port and one Thunderbolt 4 and one type c 3.1 Gen 2 port and you can charge the laptop using USBC and it's not an amazing selection of ports on this specific device either like MicroSD it's not super useful and USB 2 why now this laptop came with core boot as all Nova custom devices do with dasharo firmware so you know your boot experience is completely open source and safe in terms of performance the CPU gets a more than honorable 2498 in single core on geekbench pretty high and 7450 in multi-core the 1260p might be a laptop chip but it's still a 12 core i7 and it definitely delivers pretty great performance for day-to-day tasks in terms of gaming of course that's not the purpose of this device but I still ran the shadow of the Tomb Raider Benchmark and at 720p with all the details turned to the minimum it only reaches 25 to 30 FPS important to note this is on the pre-installed Linux Mint 21 not 21.1 or 21.2 it's a pretty old distro with a pretty old base and I am pretty sure that the performance of the CPU 10 of the Intel XC Graphics would be higher with something that has a newer kernel as per battery life this chip is relatively power efficient and since the display is 1080p 60 you will not be wasting much energy either so it lasts for about 7 hours at Mid brightness Wi-Fi on watching YouTube videos in a loop that is definitely enough for a full day of real work as in not watching YouTube videos although if you know of a job where you only watch YouTube videos let me know I want to sign up now let's look at the various things this laptop comes with the display is 15.6 inches 1080p 16x9 300 nits of brightness it has good viewing angles good color accuracy it covers 98 of srgb it's a solid panel it has an anti-glare coating it's nothing special but it gets the job done as per input what I don't really like how the keyboard looks it does feel pretty good to type on the keys have good travel they bounce back well it doesn't feel mushy for a membrane keyboard and it sounds pretty good it's a good keyboard the touchpad is decent it doesn't feel like glass but it's smooth enough the size is okay and it feels precise it did wobble a little bit and you can feel that when just using tap to click now the webcam is the usual potato quality Fair it's 720p it's grainy it has poor low light performance and it doesn't really do any form of processing to make the image better it's the usual the microphone is the same it will be suitable for short video conferences but it makes you sound distant and there is virtually no range on the audio it sounds compressed a lot if you spend your days on video calls you will need an external microphone so yeah you won't be recording your podcast on the history of wine and cheese pairings on this thing although you if you want somebody to talk about this I'm here and finally the speakers they're your average fare [Music] you can definitely watch a video a movie a TV show on it or even listen to music but it won't make your neighbors knock on your door the sound is average not too loud not too much bass but it doesn't Peak or make the chassis vibrate now this specific laptop I would not have bought for myself I favor bigger models a little bit higher end and I need a dedicated GPU for my work but this specific laptop doesn't matter in the end it's just one example of what Nova custom does or can do and it's a fine example it works as intended what matters here is the company and the purpose they push things even further than most Linux manufacturers with way more configuration options and customization from the engraving the keyboard layout the pre-installed options and features you decide exactly what your laptop looks like and then there's the repairability with the ability to upgrade your device to buy spare parts for up to 7 years to open it and modify the service manual the three-year of warranty their score will pre-instone there's the fact they run on renewable energy only at their headquarters there's the included shipping and import Duty so no hidden costs so Nova custom looks like a very ethical company that just wants their users and customers to actually own the hardware that they bought in every single possible way if that's appealing to you then you're probably ready to pay the premium because their devices are not cheap and if that's not something you're looking for then there are probably cheaper alternatives that will fit your needs as well so thanks everyone for watching the video I hope you enjoyed it if you did don't hesitate to like to subscribe to turn on notifications and to write a comment and if you didn't like the video well there's that thumbs down button as well and you can tell me why in the comments at the same time and if you really enjoy the channel and you want to support it there are plenty of links in the description to let you do just that from liberape PayPal patreon YouTube memberships YouTube thanks you know how this works so all the links are down there so thanks for watching and I guess you'll see me in the next bye [Music] foreign [Music] [Music]

since the rise of Google the internet has been ad driven most big websites and platforms make their money through ads and it even spawned a new generation of jobs like mine like content creators and influencers or whatever else you want to call them but this ad-based model is starting to crumble as companies struggle to be profitable investor money dries up and companies try to find ways to make money and make the internet worse in the process so let's look at why ads don't work anymore at a bunch of examples and add a few things that could happen once the ad-based internet inevitably dies off and speaking of ads I know it's ironic but here is one for our sponsor this video is sponsored by tax care and they have a wide range of services to help you ensure that your Linux server or workstation Fleet is easy to manage always up to date and secure and today they are letting you download a free white paper to give you a few tool tools to deal with a ransomware attack you'll learn how to assess the attack when you notice it and the first steps you should take who you should communicate with how to plan your response and execute it but also a few things you can do to ensure your employees are trained and able to deal with ransomware attacks plus various backup strategies you can put in place as well as how to stay on top of patches to avoid vulnerabilities so if you want to learn how to best approach this kind of problematic situation click the link in the description below and download the free white paper so the ad based internet model that's probably the only way you ever experience the internet chances are some of you weren't born when Google appeared in 1998 and while ads on the internet existed before Google they're really the ones we have to thank for the internet as it is today basically they've shown that with enough scale it is possible to offer you content for free as long as ads are displayed Aid to generate revenue for you and yes content was basically always free on the internet but after Google arrived and showed that ads could work then basically all internet content became free with ads and it was cool for a time it meant that with enough followers viewers readers Watchers or whatever else you could make a living just working and talking about the stuff that you're passionate about but as always where money is involved people started getting greedy and so now you've got websites completely filled with ads that are completely unusable you got three or four ads before a single video plays it's become pretty much a mess and it made the internet really worse as more and more ads were shoved in people's faces they other ditched the offending websites or they started using Adblock and this limits the ad revenue and so websites decided to add more ads or to write their content in a way that would let them display more ads stuff like a web page Auto refreshing all the time or an article being split into 15 pages which only needed to be won or outrageously clickbaity titles that just mean nothing and have no relation to the content but you don't care the user clicked on it they viewed the ads and you made your money basically truly horrible stuff was born from this and it made the internet worse for everyone now to compound that ads started paying less and less for the platforms that distribute them and for the websites that display them most of the display formats like these little ad banners most of them started being completely ignored no one clicks them and they don't generate any Revenue plus with most stringent privacy laws it's become less and less possible to collect and aggregate data so ads Target users less effectively and so have worse click and conversion rates and so they are sold for less money and this means that as time goes on you get less and less money from the same number of views on your website your podcast or your video and this means that the ad model is less and less valuable unless you're absolutely huge and even then it's not always working let's take Twitter for example it's a huge platform one of the biggest social networks out there and their revenue has always been 99 ads it has existed for more than 10 years and it has never made any money it actually loses Millions every year with a user base of more than 400 million users so even at that scale ads are not a viable way to sustain a full company and keep in mind that Twitter is mostly text it's not heavy stuff there are some photos and videos but it's mostly text it's not super space intensive and of course the company might have been mismanaged it might even be more mismanaged right now but the fact is the ad based model doesn't work for even a company as big as Twitter and all the changes Elon Musk is making to Twitter like firing most of the workforce charging for the API limiting the number of tweets you can see per day refuse using to pay for their offices or their servers it's all to try and turn a profit Twitter blue is here to nickel and dime users in the hopes of actually making money for Twitter well one could argue that only an absolute idiot would think that these changes would actually help Twitter turn a profit but you could also think that maybe it's done on purpose to kill Twitter so Elon Musk doesn't have to pay the investors back so the experience of Twitter is now 10 times worse than it was with limits less moderation and more hate more disinformation since you can't tell who is the real account or a fake account it's all terrible now let's look at reddit reddit has about 430 million monthly active users it's about as popular as Twitter and Reddit isn't profitable either they are kept afloat by raising money from investors their main business model if we can call it that is ads on the site and a premium subscription to remove said ads plus a bunch of useless BS to not look too much like you're actually paying for a good experience on the site and all the moves that Reddit has made regarding charging for access to their API are just there to inflate the profits or actually start making profits because you can't depend on investor money anymore and if you can't stay alive with investor money then you have to actually find a business model that works and so already charges for their API now in the hopes that the content on the platform is valuable enough that people creating AI models would pay for it and in the process they are making the whole site crappier for everyone so not only did Reddit make their own website worse for Everyone by killing off third-party clients and not having great moderation tools that were provided and killing off moderation Bots but they also made the whole internet worse because now when you do a search online on Google or whatever else chances are you're still getting very high up results for Reddit but when you click on them the subreddit is private and you can't read anything so your searches are now actively terrible thanks to what Reddit did and we can also look at YouTube YouTube is huge it's the biggest video platform at least for the Western World maybe some Chinese websites are bigger and it's hard to know if YouTube is profitable or not the consensus seems to be that yes it is but the actions of YouTube seem to indicate that maybe it's not that profitable for example YouTube seems to be planning moves against Adblock since YouTube's revenue is mostly ads and a bit of premium and channel memberships they want to make sure people are watching the ads and so they're testing a pop-up that will tell you you have three videos left to watch until you need to either disable your ad blocker or subscribe to premium if you don't you cannot watch videos anymore and that's not something you do when you're rolling around in cash if profits were high enough Adblock would be a small issue that they would never need to tackle now you YouTube is also taking steps against third-party front-ends like nvidious which received a cease and desist which probably can't lead to anything as the website doesn't use the YouTube API but who knows again not something you do when you're Ultra profitable so YouTube is probably not really in trouble but their profits are probably not high enough for alphabet and investors because they wouldn't do these kind of petty stuff if they were actually having a huge profit growth and this will make YouTube worse for everyone because once YouTube doesn't need to care about Adblock there's nothing preventing them from putting 10 ads before a video or making all the ads unskippable where else are you going to go for your video fix well let's look at that because I don't think alternative platforms will save the internet I use a lot of alternative platforms I never use Twitter anymore I use Mastodon my podcasts are distributed on my own castopod website my videos are all on peer I don't use Instagram I use pixel fed I love these platforms the ethics the philosophy the ease of use the concept it's great but they will probably never replace giant proprietary platforms for one simple reason they don't have a business model for people who create the content as a user you probably don't care about that and the person running the instance of set platform maybe is ready to fund it out of pocket or manage to have enough donations to pay for the hosting but the people creating the content on these platforms the videos the podcasts the Articles they're not making money from them at best some people will donate and I can confirm I have some patreon signups from peer tube and some PayPal donations from Pure tube as well but as much as I appreciate all the support this is not nearly enough to allow me to just make a living off of donations if I had to only rely on donations I simply would have to stop making videos I would have to go and get a regular job to pay my bills and while I would probably still try and make a few videos it would maybe be two or three per month at most compared to three per week now ads and sponsors are what allow me to pay the bills as a content creator and for most other content creators it's the same thing if alternative platforms don't have also an alternative business model for creators chances are they are never gonna use them and so while I love pure tube and I plan to keep supporting it financially and with my content for the foreseeable future well it's still hurting me financially to be in there if we imagine that YouTube died tomorrow and no ad based competitor replaced it most creators that make a living on YouTube would stop creating stuff probably most of the smaller creators the biggest ones would have to scale back LTT would not be able to hire a hundred people to make three videos per day without ads and sponsors some creators would move to Alternative platforms maybe peer tube maybe Odyssey and maybe they would manage to get get enough donations to keep doing that as a living and speaking of Odyssey no they don't have a business model either being paid in Monopoly money through their crypto token that loses value every single day is not a suitable replacement for having a stable Revenue Source anyway most people would just stop creating content as a job some might continue as a hobby but the net result would be you would have way less choice in terms of what you listen to watch or read and so as ad based models start to slowly die off I think we can expect one out of these three solutions first the big platforms survive as is with the ads you can still have ads on your own website but the platforms will start keeping more and more of the ad revenue and it will mean less people can actually create content for a living more ads will also be shown and the decline of these websites will be long and painful until someone else comes in with a better business model for themselves and for the creators and this is where we're heading for now this is exactly what platforms are currently doing they're shoving more and more ads to try and compensate the price of ads falling people get more sick of them they block them more or they stop watching and so you need to add more ads and more ads and more ads it's where we're heading right now the second option would be that the big platforms and websites evolve to another model for example payrolling everything behind the paid subscription like YouTube premium this is the paid internet that most newspapers are trying to bring to life and that doesn't seem to work all that well I think some platform might adopt that in the future but only either the biggest with the most content like for example YouTube all the nichest ones the ones that really appeal to a certain fragmentary audience that doesn't have a lot of choice I could see myself paying two to five dollars a month for a website I read all the time but I couldn't see myself paying even one dollar a month for something like Tick Tock which has basically zero quality it's a fun destruction but you would not pay pay for it if you didn't have ads so this solution would probably kill off a huge portion of the internet but honestly it's probably the portion we could do without the most and the third option the big platforms and the internets as a whole can't find a new model to replace ad-based ones and big platforms and big websites just simply die off and content creation would then become a hobby mostly some creators could still make a living through donations but most people wouldn't and this would probably be the best outcome for the internet as a whole and I'm saying that as a content creator that would definitely lose my content creating job because it would mean that all the sorry clickbait disinformation badly written articles and crappy stuff would just die off because there's no incentive to make it if you can't make a quick Buck off of it I would probably not get enough donations to be able to keep doing this as a job honestly if ad based models were to die off tomorrow I would not get enough money to keep working but I would still make a few videos here and there and I still think it would be great so that people realize that yes all the content that you watch or read online is a lot of work and so paying for it is absolutely normal ad-based models gave people the impression that everything was free but it was never free the content was paid for by advertisers in exchange for users eyeballs and time and personal information and if people are not willing to pay with that form of currency anymore then they're gonna have to pay with real currency if they still want to have access to the same information so I think it's clear that these ad-based models are just crumbling slowly they just cannot keep up with the growth that investors want to see and they basically can't sustain every website unless the scale is absolutely enormous from the size of Google or or YouTube or stuff like that it might take five years it might take 10 years but what's clear is that until we found another solution the internet is gonna keep getting worse and worse over time as more ads get shoved to compensate the fact that ads don't work anymore and in the meantime I still have to pay the bill so here is a sponsor segment for a company that makes computers that run Linux out of the box they're called tuxedo and they are based in Germany but they ship to most countries in the world and they do exactly what I said they have laptops and desktops of all sizes all shapes all configurations all price points and they all run Linux out of the box you can slap your own distro on them or you can just select from one of the pre-installed options that they have and all the hardware is perfectly compatible with Linux you can customize them a lot with all the specs you can have your own logo your own keyboard layout if you want and all their laptops are openable repairable and upgradable so if you need a new computer stop looking at PCS that only support Windows click the link in the description below and buy something from tuxedo they're really really good so thanks everyone for watching the video I hope you enjoyed it if you did don't hesitate to like to subscribe to turn on notification or to write a comment and if you didn't like the video well you can always dislike it and tell me why but I really don't see why and if you really enjoyed the channel and you want it to survive after the ad based internet dies off and I can't make any money there are plenty of links to donate something in the description below Libra PayPal patreon YouTube thanks YouTube memberships you know how all of this works so thanks for watching and I guess you'll see me in the next one bye foreign [Music] [Music]

since the rise of Google the internet has been ad driven most big websites and platforms make their money through ads and it even spawned a new generation of jobs like mine like content creators and influencers or whatever else you want to call them but this ad-based model is starting to crumble as companies struggle to be profitable investor money dries up and companies try to find ways to make money and make the internet worse in the process so let's look at why ads don't work anymore at a bunch of examples and add a few things that could happen once the ad-based internet inevitably dies off and speaking of ads I know it's ironic but here is one for our sponsor this video is sponsored by tax care and they have a wide range of services to help you ensure that your Linux server or workstation Fleet is easy to manage always up to date and secure and today they are letting you download a free white paper to give you a few tool tools to deal with a ransomware attack you'll learn how to assess the attack when you notice it and the first steps you should take who you should communicate with how to plan your response and execute it but also a few things you can do to ensure your employees are trained and able to deal with ransomware attacks plus various backup strategies you can put in place as well as how to stay on top of patches to avoid vulnerabilities so if you want to learn how to best approach this kind of problematic situation click the link in the description below and download the free white paper so the ad based internet model that's probably the only way you ever experience the internet chances are some of you weren't born when Google appeared in 1998 and while ads on the internet existed before Google they're really the ones we have to thank for the internet as it is today basically they've shown that with enough scale it is possible to offer you content for free as long as ads are displayed Aid to generate revenue for you and yes content was basically always free on the internet but after Google arrived and showed that ads could work then basically all internet content became free with ads and it was cool for a time it meant that with enough followers viewers readers Watchers or whatever else you could make a living just working and talking about the stuff that you're passionate about but as always where money is involved people started getting greedy and so now you've got websites completely filled with ads that are completely unusable you got three or four ads before a single video plays it's become pretty much a mess and it made the internet really worse as more and more ads were shoved in people's faces they other ditched the offending websites or they started using Adblock and this limits the ad revenue and so websites decided to add more ads or to write their content in a way that would let them display more ads stuff like a web page Auto refreshing all the time or an article being split into 15 pages which only needed to be won or outrageously clickbaity titles that just mean nothing and have no relation to the content but you don't care the user clicked on it they viewed the ads and you made your money basically truly horrible stuff was born from this and it made the internet worse for everyone now to compound that ads started paying less and less for the platforms that distribute them and for the websites that display them most of the display formats like these little ad banners most of them started being completely ignored no one clicks them and they don't generate any Revenue plus with most stringent privacy laws it's become less and less possible to collect and aggregate data so ads Target users less effectively and so have worse click and conversion rates and so they are sold for less money and this means that as time goes on you get less and less money from the same number of views on your website your podcast or your video and this means that the ad model is less and less valuable unless you're absolutely huge and even then it's not always working let's take Twitter for example it's a huge platform one of the biggest social networks out there and their revenue has always been 99 ads it has existed for more than 10 years and it has never made any money it actually loses Millions every year with a user base of more than 400 million users so even at that scale ads are not a viable way to sustain a full company and keep in mind that Twitter is mostly text it's not heavy stuff there are some photos and videos but it's mostly text it's not super space intensive and of course the company might have been mismanaged it might even be more mismanaged right now but the fact is the ad based model doesn't work for even a company as big as Twitter and all the changes Elon Musk is making to Twitter like firing most of the workforce charging for the API limiting the number of tweets you can see per day refuse using to pay for their offices or their servers it's all to try and turn a profit Twitter blue is here to nickel and dime users in the hopes of actually making money for Twitter well one could argue that only an absolute idiot would think that these changes would actually help Twitter turn a profit but you could also think that maybe it's done on purpose to kill Twitter so Elon Musk doesn't have to pay the investors back so the experience of Twitter is now 10 times worse than it was with limits less moderation and more hate more disinformation since you can't tell who is the real account or a fake account it's all terrible now let's look at reddit reddit has about 430 million monthly active users it's about as popular as Twitter and Reddit isn't profitable either they are kept afloat by raising money from investors their main business model if we can call it that is ads on the site and a premium subscription to remove said ads plus a bunch of useless BS to not look too much like you're actually paying for a good experience on the site and all the moves that Reddit has made regarding charging for access to their API are just there to inflate the profits or actually start making profits because you can't depend on investor money anymore and if you can't stay alive with investor money then you have to actually find a business model that works and so already charges for their API now in the hopes that the content on the platform is valuable enough that people creating AI models would pay for it and in the process they are making the whole site crappier for everyone so not only did Reddit make their own website worse for Everyone by killing off third-party clients and not having great moderation tools that were provided and killing off moderation Bots but they also made the whole internet worse because now when you do a search online on Google or whatever else chances are you're still getting very high up results for Reddit but when you click on them the subreddit is private and you can't read anything so your searches are now actively terrible thanks to what Reddit did and we can also look at YouTube YouTube is huge it's the biggest video platform at least for the Western World maybe some Chinese websites are bigger and it's hard to know if YouTube is profitable or not the consensus seems to be that yes it is but the actions of YouTube seem to indicate that maybe it's not that profitable for example YouTube seems to be planning moves against Adblock since YouTube's revenue is mostly ads and a bit of premium and channel memberships they want to make sure people are watching the ads and so they're testing a pop-up that will tell you you have three videos left to watch until you need to either disable your ad blocker or subscribe to premium if you don't you cannot watch videos anymore and that's not something you do when you're rolling around in cash if profits were high enough Adblock would be a small issue that they would never need to tackle now you YouTube is also taking steps against third-party front-ends like nvidious which received a cease and desist which probably can't lead to anything as the website doesn't use the YouTube API but who knows again not something you do when you're Ultra profitable so YouTube is probably not really in trouble but their profits are probably not high enough for alphabet and investors because they wouldn't do these kind of petty stuff if they were actually having a huge profit growth and this will make YouTube worse for everyone because once YouTube doesn't need to care about Adblock there's nothing preventing them from putting 10 ads before a video or making all the ads unskippable where else are you going to go for your video fix well let's look at that because I don't think alternative platforms will save the internet I use a lot of alternative platforms I never use Twitter anymore I use Mastodon my podcasts are distributed on my own castopod website my videos are all on peer I don't use Instagram I use pixel fed I love these platforms the ethics the philosophy the ease of use the concept it's great but they will probably never replace giant proprietary platforms for one simple reason they don't have a business model for people who create the content as a user you probably don't care about that and the person running the instance of set platform maybe is ready to fund it out of pocket or manage to have enough donations to pay for the hosting but the people creating the content on these platforms the videos the podcasts the Articles they're not making money from them at best some people will donate and I can confirm I have some patreon signups from peer tube and some PayPal donations from Pure tube as well but as much as I appreciate all the support this is not nearly enough to allow me to just make a living off of donations if I had to only rely on donations I simply would have to stop making videos I would have to go and get a regular job to pay my bills and while I would probably still try and make a few videos it would maybe be two or three per month at most compared to three per week now ads and sponsors are what allow me to pay the bills as a content creator and for most other content creators it's the same thing if alternative platforms don't have also an alternative business model for creators chances are they are never gonna use them and so while I love pure tube and I plan to keep supporting it financially and with my content for the foreseeable future well it's still hurting me financially to be in there if we imagine that YouTube died tomorrow and no ad based competitor replaced it most creators that make a living on YouTube would stop creating stuff probably most of the smaller creators the biggest ones would have to scale back LTT would not be able to hire a hundred people to make three videos per day without ads and sponsors some creators would move to Alternative platforms maybe peer tube maybe Odyssey and maybe they would manage to get get enough donations to keep doing that as a living and speaking of Odyssey no they don't have a business model either being paid in Monopoly money through their crypto token that loses value every single day is not a suitable replacement for having a stable Revenue Source anyway most people would just stop creating content as a job some might continue as a hobby but the net result would be you would have way less choice in terms of what you listen to watch or read and so as ad based models start to slowly die off I think we can expect one out of these three solutions first the big platforms survive as is with the ads you can still have ads on your own website but the platforms will start keeping more and more of the ad revenue and it will mean less people can actually create content for a living more ads will also be shown and the decline of these websites will be long and painful until someone else comes in with a better business model for themselves and for the creators and this is where we're heading for now this is exactly what platforms are currently doing they're shoving more and more ads to try and compensate the price of ads falling people get more sick of them they block them more or they stop watching and so you need to add more ads and more ads and more ads it's where we're heading right now the second option would be that the big platforms and websites evolve to another model for example payrolling everything behind the paid subscription like YouTube premium this is the paid internet that most newspapers are trying to bring to life and that doesn't seem to work all that well I think some platform might adopt that in the future but only either the biggest with the most content like for example YouTube all the nichest ones the ones that really appeal to a certain fragmentary audience that doesn't have a lot of choice I could see myself paying two to five dollars a month for a website I read all the time but I couldn't see myself paying even one dollar a month for something like Tick Tock which has basically zero quality it's a fun destruction but you would not pay pay for it if you didn't have ads so this solution would probably kill off a huge portion of the internet but honestly it's probably the portion we could do without the most and the third option the big platforms and the internets as a whole can't find a new model to replace ad-based ones and big platforms and big websites just simply die off and content creation would then become a hobby mostly some creators could still make a living through donations but most people wouldn't and this would probably be the best outcome for the internet as a whole and I'm saying that as a content creator that would definitely lose my content creating job because it would mean that all the sorry clickbait disinformation badly written articles and crappy stuff would just die off because there's no incentive to make it if you can't make a quick Buck off of it I would probably not get enough donations to be able to keep doing this as a job honestly if ad based models were to die off tomorrow I would not get enough money to keep working but I would still make a few videos here and there and I still think it would be great so that people realize that yes all the content that you watch or read online is a lot of work and so paying for it is absolutely normal ad-based models gave people the impression that everything was free but it was never free the content was paid for by advertisers in exchange for users eyeballs and time and personal information and if people are not willing to pay with that form of currency anymore then they're gonna have to pay with real currency if they still want to have access to the same information so I think it's clear that these ad-based models are just crumbling slowly they just cannot keep up with the growth that investors want to see and they basically can't sustain every website unless the scale is absolutely enormous from the size of Google or or YouTube or stuff like that it might take five years it might take 10 years but what's clear is that until we found another solution the internet is gonna keep getting worse and worse over time as more ads get shoved to compensate the fact that ads don't work anymore and in the meantime I still have to pay the bill so here is a sponsor segment for a company that makes computers that run Linux out of the box they're called tuxedo and they are based in Germany but they ship to most countries in the world and they do exactly what I said they have laptops and desktops of all sizes all shapes all configurations all price points and they all run Linux out of the box you can slap your own distro on them or you can just select from one of the pre-installed options that they have and all the hardware is perfectly compatible with Linux you can customize them a lot with all the specs you can have your own logo your own keyboard layout if you want and all their laptops are openable repairable and upgradable so if you need a new computer stop looking at PCS that only support Windows click the link in the description below and buy something from tuxedo they're really really good so thanks everyone for watching the video I hope you enjoyed it if you did don't hesitate to like to subscribe to turn on notification or to write a comment and if you didn't like the video well you can always dislike it and tell me why but I really don't see why and if you really enjoyed the channel and you want it to survive after the ad based internet dies off and I can't make any money there are plenty of links to donate something in the description below Libra PayPal patreon YouTube thanks YouTube memberships you know how all of this works so thanks for watching and I guess you'll see me in the next one bye foreign [Music] [Music]

I've covered the most well-known Linux Hardware manufacturers whether they're tuxedo slim book system 76 I reviewed a few devices from each but there's another one that I had never heard about and they make No Nonsense robust laptops with core boot easy to buy spare parts for seven years three years of warranty and they make very strong claims about their service so I got one of their laptops to review so we're gonna look at the company what the promise is how well this laptop is built as an example of what they can make and also how well I can transition to this Segway to our sponsor this video is sponsored by Squarespace and you probably have heard about them by now but if you haven't just know that there you're all in one solution to build your own website however complex or simple you want it to be you can completely customize the website to look and feel and have the features that you want you have a big selection of templates and then you can rearrange them by just dragging and dropping blocks into place you can change the general colors you can add new pages and you have a big library of modules like a complete online shop with online payment or a members only area video gallery you can even pick your own domain name and book it from Squarespace and they even have a module to design your own logo so if you need a website but you don't really know how to get started or you don't have the time or the technical skills just head over to squarespace.com the Linux experiment or click the link in the description below and you'll get 10 of your first purchase so let's begin with the company itself which is called Nova custom they are from the Netherlands and they are specialized in laptops you will not find Desktop PCS in there they put the focus on customization of your laptop to your exact specifications they ship Linux out of the box but you can also put Windows in there if you want and they use core boot to ensure there is no proprietary code running at startup without your knowledge and they say they even ship core boot if you decide to go for a Windows and Linux dual boot which is nice because score boots can be a pain to set up for dual boots now they offer three years of warranty except the battery which is only one year and the guarantee spare parts availability for your device up to seven years after your purchase they say warranty repairs are completed within 5 days after receiving the device and they do accept returns even though these are custom made devices and they would not be obligated to they will keep three percent of the devices cost though which sounds reasonable and of course I can't test every single one of these claims because I only got a review device I'm not a customer and the review device is working really well I did not have to send it over but their website does display all these guarantees and a strong list of spare parts for every single one of their laptops which you can order immediately online they also say they offer free shipping for for any order about 500 euros all across the globe except in countries where it's apparently impossible like India French Polynesia or New Caledonia they also pay for import costs so you basically just pay for the laptop and nothing else no hidden costs and in terms of devices their laptops do not have marketing names like most other manufacturers they have series The NJ series seems to be the entry-level Ultrabook with integrated gpus and Optical disk readers yeah you heard me right they actually ship laptops with a DVD drive in them and there are a lot of customization options more than I have ever seen from any other manufacturer so let's take a look at that so of course you can change the specs with the CPU RAM storage or the GPU and applicable but you can also add your own logo on the lid of the laptop you can change the boot logo if you want my review unit apparently got my Channel's logo you can engraved the Palm rest with whatever you want and pick the font you can pick between Windows and Linux with Ubuntu mint cubes OS pop OS Ubuntu Ubuntu Fedora Elementary OS or even something else that you can specify and you can even ask them to pre-configure certain options inside of the OS that they pre-install they can set up your user account already they can create separate partitions if you prefer they can turn on disk encryption give you a USB drive to reinstall pick a specific default browser for you you can choose to use your own keyboard layout in ANSI or ISO you can change the look of the super key with a custom logo you can change keyboard illumination colors you can ask to completely remove the mic and webcam basically all aspects of the device that could be changed you can change and some people will not care about that they'll just want a device that works right there and then as is but for people who really like to completely tailor the entire experience with their hardware and their software it's great and now you might be thinking this sounds eerily similar to what the framework laptop is trying to do so how does Nova custom compare to framework so I never got a review unit for the framework laptop but I can still compare the specs the prices and the methodology both companies seem to aim at the same Target people who want to repair upgrade and extend the life of their laptops and framework goes further since you can even replace the entire motherboard and keep the whole chassis keyboard panel webcam and ports they don't have as many models and sizes though and until the 16-inch model releases you're not getting any dedicated GPU options and you're limited to 13 inches I'd say Nova custom is more about customization and making sure that you get the exact device that you want and that you'll be able to keep it working upgraded or repair it as time goes on where framework really wants to go all in on the repairability and upgradability quality of the device without offering too many models but making sure that you can keep the parts that you don't need to change in terms of price range framework will be a little bit more expensive than Nova custom for the same configurations but they do have better displays and newer CPU options plus ryzen options that Nova custom doesn't currently offer on the other hand Nova custom has more customization options for your devices your keyboard the pre-installed operating systems they use open source firmware and core boot they officially support Linux and you will get to have more ports at the same time on the device since the current framework 13 is limited to four ports at one given moment well five if you count the audio jack so I'd say they both have their advantages and if you enjoy the approach that framework has I'd say Nova custom can be a very good choice if the framework laptop just doesn't fit your needs whether it's keyboard layouts display sizes configuration options Nova custom will let you change those things but if all this customization is applied to a mediocre device then it kind of doesn't matter so let's look at the review unit that they sent me so this one is the ns-51 series so it's basically their mid-range laptop the bottom is aluminum the rest looks like the same magnesium alloy used by slim book or tuxedo and just like these manufacturers this is a clavo or tongfang design that they customize to your needs apart from STAR labs and purism all Linux manufacturers use odms to provide the base chassis for their laptops in terms of build quality it feels very rigid the hinge is super solid maybe too much since you can't open it with one hand which before you ask what the big deal is it's for accessibility if you only have one hand you can't open this easily the whole thing is pretty heavy 1.7 kilos and it's quite sturdy although it has the same give in the middle of the keyboard as a lot of laptops low end or high-end and I'm not a huge fan of the look of this device and I think it's due to the keyboard the dual tone look and the font they use but generally the form factor I'm not in love with it now apart from looks which is very subjective the only real issue I can see is the position of the power button on the right next to a USB port so you're very likely to press it it unintentionally when you're trying to insert a USB drive and of course you can open the laptop to replace the battery the SSD and the RAM and all the spare parts are accessible for up to 7 years after your purchase and they will give you a complete service manual with all the schematics the disassembly guide and procedures to replace any component you want and it's really nice to see that it's all open and transparent you immediately know what you can or can't do with your Hardware it's great but what's inside this thing though so this specific model came with a core i7 1260p which is the highest option you can get with that model it came with 16 gigs of RAM 500 gigs of SSD and Linux Mint pre-installed although it was mint 21 not 21.1 for some reason the base CPU you can get this model with is a 1240p which is slightly slower than the 1260 4 gigs of RAM by default and 250 gigs of SSD as well with that you get Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5.2 you also get a 1080p panel at 16x9 and all of their laptops are 16x9 unfortunately there are no 16 by 10 options and that base model with the 1240p Intel CPU and 4 gigs of RAM will cost 1100 Euros v80 included which is a bit steep for 4 gigs of RAM I mean at least 8 or 16 would justify the cost but for 4 gigs 1100 Euros feels a bit much now in terms of IO on the right you get gigabit Ethernet the ill-placed power button One USB 2 port a Micro SD card reader and on the right you have your Barrel charger an HDMI port a USB 3.0 port and one Thunderbolt 4 and one type c 3.1 Gen 2 port and you can charge the laptop using USBC and it's not an amazing selection of ports on this specific device either like MicroSD it's not super useful and USB 2 why now this laptop came with core boot as all Nova custom devices do with dasharo firmware so you know your boot experience is completely open source and safe in terms of performance the CPU gets a more than honorable 2498 in single core on geekbench pretty high and 7450 in multi-core the 1260p might be a laptop chip but it's still a 12 core i7 and it definitely delivers pretty great performance for day-to-day tasks in terms of gaming of course that's not the purpose of this device but I still ran the shadow of the Tomb Raider Benchmark and at 720p with all the details turned to the minimum it only reaches 25 to 30 FPS important to note this is on the pre-installed Linux Mint 21 not 21.1 or 21.2 it's a pretty old distro with a pretty old base and I am pretty sure that the performance of the CPU 10 of the Intel XC Graphics would be higher with something that has a newer kernel as per battery life this chip is relatively power efficient and since the display is 1080p 60 you will not be wasting much energy either so it lasts for about 7 hours at Mid brightness Wi-Fi on watching YouTube videos in a loop that is definitely enough for a full day of real work as in not watching YouTube videos although if you know of a job where you only watch YouTube videos let me know I want to sign up now let's look at the various things this laptop comes with the display is 15.6 inches 1080p 16x9 300 nits of brightness it has good viewing angles good color accuracy it covers 98 of srgb it's a solid panel it has an anti-glare coating it's nothing special but it gets the job done as per input what I don't really like how the keyboard looks it does feel pretty good to type on the keys have good travel they bounce back well it doesn't feel mushy for a membrane keyboard and it sounds pretty good it's a good keyboard the touchpad is decent it doesn't feel like glass but it's smooth enough the size is okay and it feels precise it did wobble a little bit and you can feel that when just using tap to click now the webcam is the usual potato quality Fair it's 720p it's grainy it has poor low light performance and it doesn't really do any form of processing to make the image better it's the usual the microphone is the same it will be suitable for short video conferences but it makes you sound distant and there is virtually no range on the audio it sounds compressed a lot if you spend your days on video calls you will need an external microphone so yeah you won't be recording your podcast on the history of wine and cheese pairings on this thing although you if you want somebody to talk about this I'm here and finally the speakers they're your average fare [Music] you can definitely watch a video a movie a TV show on it or even listen to music but it won't make your neighbors knock on your door the sound is average not too loud not too much bass but it doesn't Peak or make the chassis vibrate now this specific laptop I would not have bought for myself I favor bigger models a little bit higher end and I need a dedicated GPU for my work but this specific laptop doesn't matter in the end it's just one example of what Nova custom does or can do and it's a fine example it works as intended what matters here is the company and the purpose they push things even further than most Linux manufacturers with way more configuration options and customization from the engraving the keyboard layout the pre-installed options and features you decide exactly what your laptop looks like and then there's the repairability with the ability to upgrade your device to buy spare parts for up to 7 years to open it and modify the service manual the three-year of warranty their score will pre-instone there's the fact they run on renewable energy only at their headquarters there's the included shipping and import Duty so no hidden costs so Nova custom looks like a very ethical company that just wants their users and customers to actually own the hardware that they bought in every single possible way if that's appealing to you then you're probably ready to pay the premium because their devices are not cheap and if that's not something you're looking for then there are probably cheaper alternatives that will fit your needs as well so thanks everyone for watching the video I hope you enjoyed it if you did don't hesitate to like to subscribe to turn on notifications and to write a comment and if you didn't like the video well there's that thumbs down button as well and you can tell me why in the comments at the same time and if you really enjoy the channel and you want to support it there are plenty of links in the description to let you do just that from liberape PayPal patreon YouTube memberships YouTube thanks you know how this works so all the links are down there so thanks for watching and I guess you'll see me in the next bye [Music] foreign [Music] [Music]

hey everyone this is Nick and your quest for the Linux and open source news comes to an end for this week at least you can return next week for more so this week we have Ubuntu working on a new graphical App Store that will drop their package support or at least make them into a second class citizen we have the gnome 45 Alpha out in the wild and we have Fedora 40 planning to add Telemetry and we have more Ubuntu related Shenanigans we have a new version for Solas and budgie 11 will drop X11 support just like I'm dropping this sponsor segue in your lap just do with it as you please this video is sponsored by savings portmaster portmaster is an all-in-one tool to easily take your privacy to the next level and it's a tool I use myself on all of my Linux devices portmaster lets you automatically block all trackers and malware in every application you run on your computer not just your web brow but everything you run it's easy to use with defaults already in place that lets you just set it and forget it but if you like to configure every Rule and every app you also can portmaster is completely free and open source and also free of charge as it's funded by users that subscribe to the SPN a super powered VPN that gives you multiple identities for every connection of every application so if you want to easily improve the privacy of your system whatever the Linux distro you use or even on Windows click the link in the description below and download the portmaster for free so it looks like Ubuntu 223.10 is getting a revamped App Store it started as a community Project based on flutter and it's now been made official and will be the default app store in October unless something goes wrong but this change will also be accompanied by another apparently this new app store will put snaps first and foremost ubuntu's director of engineering that this new app will be snap first designed around the metadata exposed by snap packages that the packages might not have so if the app is available as a Dev and a snap only the snap version will be offered they also said that presenting dabs and snaps as two options for the same app was the non-goal whatever that means as it's confusing and it restricts design choices and so Dev support will land later in the app and this statement is very weird as the community based app store already supports their packages without any extra work and it lets users select between snaps or dabs so presumably They removed this feature from the community developed App Store that they are basing their work on and it's unclear if they are going to remove support for all their packages or if it's only apps that already have a snap package that will not have the dev version graphically installable now the new app store will also move away from the 5 star rating system instead adopting the plus one minus 1 system that steam uses for example you can already try this new app store by using the edge channel for the store app but this will probably annoy a lot of people and turn them away from Ubuntu as snap hasn't been the most popular packaging format this is inevitable though as I said in a previous video most distributions or at least the big ones will move away from packages to move to Flat pack or snaps because packaging as devs and RPMs just wastes a lot of their valuable time ground 45 is now available as an alpha it looks like a relatively small update this time around changes include a better gnome Settings app with the ability to use the Escape key to close dialogues better accessibility better search and improved support for right to left languages some people seem to say that this release will also include accent colors or color schemes but I could not find the choice of that in the release notes and I am not compiling gnome from Source just to check now the file manager also gets better performance when searching for files and folders the grid and list views were also improved and you can now change the default columns in list view as well gnome web gets a tab overview that lets you preview all open tabs at once Firefox sync support is improved and saving passwords should be more reliable Phenom software will display when updates include security fixes and you can now clear an app's data when you uninstall it it will also let you know when a flat pack app that you have installed reaches end of life the new image viewer Loop is also there and lets you use your touchscreen or touchpad gestures to zoom in and out and to navigate between images the get it text editor received an update as well with a few improvements and a calculator app gnome Maps gnome Builder and the settings got a lot of various tweaks and more user facing options it looks like a spit and polish release few minor tweaks here and there and not that many big changes unless of course accent colors are included but yeah as I said I couldn't find a trace of that yet there's a new proposal for Fedora to add a Telemetry tool in Fedora 40. so now this year but in April 2024 The Proposal states that they would like to enable what they call limited data collection of anonymous Fedora workstation usage metrics they want this data to be controlled by the community and they also want to ensure that this doesn't infringe on user privacy they clearly stated that they only want aggregate data not individual user data the plan is to use something called azafia which is an open source Telemetry tool built by endless OS specifically to be able to gather Anonymous data without any personal information this tool seems to pull the data from multiple systems onto a single ID so it doesn't really let a single user would be identified this tool will have a dedicated page in the initial setup of Fedora and the data will be collected automatically but the user will have to accept to send it to Fedora before anything leaves their computer and it will be possible to disable the collection as well in the settings and in that regard it looks very similar to what KDE did with their user feedback settings page it's perfectly okay this way the stated goal is to analyze whether Fedora workstation is living up to Red Hat's goal of it being the best developer platform for cloud software they want to know the Ides people use what containers people create with toolbox and also use that data to better focus the design of Fedora and gnome software gnome settings and more it's just a proposal for now so it could be rejected by the Fedora Community but honestly it looks ethical like it's opt-in by default to send any of that data the tool they use is open source I don't see any issues canonical created lxd the Linux container demon but it had been living under the umbrella of the Linux containers Community for a while now and canonical is now taking control of the project back for themselves lxd is an open source container management tool that lets you control configure and generally just manage containers and canonical said that while they do take control back of the tool this will remain distro independent and it won't be limited to a snapped package although they insist that snap is the easiest way to install this thing on Linux all the code is now on canonical's GitHub and the website is now part of ubuntu's website as well and the community forum is being diverted to ubuntu's discourse website the Linux containers team say that they respect the decision but that they regret it canonical is also apparently developing a GUI for the project and they plan to invest in it in the future I am not sure how well this will go down with the Blitz containers Community because well it might just look like another Corporal shenanigan where they try to retain control of crucial projects for them I just don't know from the outside it doesn't look too bad but who knows what they're gonna do in the future now still on Ubuntu they seem to want to get rid of the minimal install option in their installer but don't panic it seems that the plan is to offer a minimal install by default with the ability to choose the apps that you want to add to that minimal install which is in my opinion a better way of doing things it's less confusing and there's more choice for users it looks like the iso wouldn't necessarily include all these applications and you would download them at install something that isn't necessarily all that great as not everyone has a solid fast and unlimited connection you could download a large ISO once and then use it to install on multiple computers or pass it around for your friends and family but if you have to download the apps every time you do the install then you you're technically using more data in the end of course it is just a proposal for now and Ubuntu is asking the community for some feedback if only to decide which apps would come part of the minimal install and which apps would be left up to the user they also say they would like to offer app bundles or the possibility for users to bring their own app list so they can install exactly what they want I personally think that this is a very very clever approach like let people pick the apps that they want instead of either having no apps at all in the minimal install or having all the apps including the ones you don't need like there's a middle ground here where the user can pick their stuff it's good Solas got a new release finally resurrecting after half a year of troubles Solas 4.4 comes two years after the previous release and it brings a more up-to-date base and an update to budgie as well which now supports the gnome 43 stack on top of which it is built they've replaced the Nautilus file manager for Nemo since it fits the aesthetic of the desktop better and they improved a few things here and there but nothing major you can also get Solas with gnome 43 or plasma 5.27 there is no gnome 44 here unfortunately since gnome 44 changed a few things to get ready to ditch X11 and that impacted desktops that built on top of it mate will also be dropped after solos 4.4 as they feel it doesn't keep up fast enough with the rest of the Linux stack especially while on support So after solos 4.4 there won't be any install media with mate but xfce will take its place and as per Weiland support it looks like it will be a big Focus for budgie 11. they will build their own compositor called Magpie using WL Roots as a base they also state that budgie 11 will not support X11 at all but G10 will still be here for a while as budgie 11 isn't close to being ready and and it will also get well on support with a soft Fork of mutter from gnome 43 so it's all good news Solas gets an update it's not dead anymore and budgie also has a road map for where it want to go in the future and if you're worried about them dropping X11 support I'm pretty sure budgie 11 is two to three years away and in that time frame I would say most distros will actually have dropped X11 altogether okay now let's finish this with the gaming news first we have a new beta for steam which improves compatibility with window managers on Linux like openbox and it should fix issues with menus not being clickable in the desktop client when using such window managers there's also a fix that should prevent crashes on Nvidia gpus at the cost of some window flickering which will then not be present anymore on Intel and AMD gpus and it also looks like the steam deck is gaining control of the Linux gaming scene with 40 percent of steam users Now using steamos far above Arch at 8.3 percent or Ubuntu at 7.8 of course Windows is still almost 97 of the steam market share but Linux is now gaining on Mac OS with 1.44 versus 1.79 for Apple's operating system and Linux Gamers overwhelmingly prefer AMD Hardware where AMD CPUs represents 67 of the installed base for Steam on Linux a big contrast compared to the situation on Windows where steam users favor Intel at 67 and this is probably also due to the steam deck it uses an AMD Apu and it's 40 of the steam base for Linux Gamers so AMD is bound to be over represented here unlike our sponsor which is underrepresented well apart from on my channel if you're looking for a new computer to buy and you want to run Linux and you don't want to check what works what doesn't what components you might have to swap stop looking click the link in in the description below and buy yourself a tuxedo PC they make laptops and desktops from all sizes all form factors all prices they have something for everyone and they all ship with Linux out of the box buying a tuxedo PC contributes to the development of Linux drivers and to Hardware support and you can just install whatever distro you want on them or pick from one of the pre-installed ones that they offer all their devices are very customizable from the hardware to the keyboard layout to your own logo on your laptop if you want and all the laptops are openable repairable and upgradable so if you need a new computer and you plan to run Linux on it and you want to support linux's development click the link in the description below and buy yourself a tuxedo PC they're really really good so thanks everyone for watching this video I hope you enjoyed it if you did don't hesitate to like to subscribe to turn on notifications or to write a comment and if you didn't like the video I don't see why but you can always click that thumbs down button and leave me a comment as well and if you really enjoy the channel well there are plenty of links in the description below to support it from liberape patreon PayPal YouTube things YouTube memberships you know how all of this works so thanks for watching and I guess you'll see me in the next one bye foreign [Music] [Music]

hey everyone this is Nick and your quest for the Linux and open source news comes to an end for this week at least you can return next week for more so this week we have Ubuntu working on a new graphical App Store that will drop their package support or at least make them into a second class citizen we have the gnome 45 Alpha out in the wild and we have Fedora 40 planning to add Telemetry and we have more Ubuntu related Shenanigans we have a new version for Solas and budgie 11 will drop X11 support just like I'm dropping this sponsor segue in your lap just do with it as you please this video is sponsored by savings portmaster portmaster is an all-in-one tool to easily take your privacy to the next level and it's a tool I use myself on all of my Linux devices portmaster lets you automatically block all trackers and malware in every application you run on your computer not just your web brow but everything you run it's easy to use with defaults already in place that lets you just set it and forget it but if you like to configure every Rule and every app you also can portmaster is completely free and open source and also free of charge as it's funded by users that subscribe to the SPN a super powered VPN that gives you multiple identities for every connection of every application so if you want to easily improve the privacy of your system whatever the Linux distro you use or even on Windows click the link in the description below and download the portmaster for free so it looks like Ubuntu 223.10 is getting a revamped App Store it started as a community Project based on flutter and it's now been made official and will be the default app store in October unless something goes wrong but this change will also be accompanied by another apparently this new app store will put snaps first and foremost ubuntu's director of engineering that this new app will be snap first designed around the metadata exposed by snap packages that the packages might not have so if the app is available as a Dev and a snap only the snap version will be offered they also said that presenting dabs and snaps as two options for the same app was the non-goal whatever that means as it's confusing and it restricts design choices and so Dev support will land later in the app and this statement is very weird as the community based app store already supports their packages without any extra work and it lets users select between snaps or dabs so presumably They removed this feature from the community developed App Store that they are basing their work on and it's unclear if they are going to remove support for all their packages or if it's only apps that already have a snap package that will not have the dev version graphically installable now the new app store will also move away from the 5 star rating system instead adopting the plus one minus 1 system that steam uses for example you can already try this new app store by using the edge channel for the store app but this will probably annoy a lot of people and turn them away from Ubuntu as snap hasn't been the most popular packaging format this is inevitable though as I said in a previous video most distributions or at least the big ones will move away from packages to move to Flat pack or snaps because packaging as devs and RPMs just wastes a lot of their valuable time ground 45 is now available as an alpha it looks like a relatively small update this time around changes include a better gnome Settings app with the ability to use the Escape key to close dialogues better accessibility better search and improved support for right to left languages some people seem to say that this release will also include accent colors or color schemes but I could not find the choice of that in the release notes and I am not compiling gnome from Source just to check now the file manager also gets better performance when searching for files and folders the grid and list views were also improved and you can now change the default columns in list view as well gnome web gets a tab overview that lets you preview all open tabs at once Firefox sync support is improved and saving passwords should be more reliable Phenom software will display when updates include security fixes and you can now clear an app's data when you uninstall it it will also let you know when a flat pack app that you have installed reaches end of life the new image viewer Loop is also there and lets you use your touchscreen or touchpad gestures to zoom in and out and to navigate between images the get it text editor received an update as well with a few improvements and a calculator app gnome Maps gnome Builder and the settings got a lot of various tweaks and more user facing options it looks like a spit and polish release few minor tweaks here and there and not that many big changes unless of course accent colors are included but yeah as I said I couldn't find a trace of that yet there's a new proposal for Fedora to add a Telemetry tool in Fedora 40. so now this year but in April 2024 The Proposal states that they would like to enable what they call limited data collection of anonymous Fedora workstation usage metrics they want this data to be controlled by the community and they also want to ensure that this doesn't infringe on user privacy they clearly stated that they only want aggregate data not individual user data the plan is to use something called azafia which is an open source Telemetry tool built by endless OS specifically to be able to gather Anonymous data without any personal information this tool seems to pull the data from multiple systems onto a single ID so it doesn't really let a single user would be identified this tool will have a dedicated page in the initial setup of Fedora and the data will be collected automatically but the user will have to accept to send it to Fedora before anything leaves their computer and it will be possible to disable the collection as well in the settings and in that regard it looks very similar to what KDE did with their user feedback settings page it's perfectly okay this way the stated goal is to analyze whether Fedora workstation is living up to Red Hat's goal of it being the best developer platform for cloud software they want to know the Ides people use what containers people create with toolbox and also use that data to better focus the design of Fedora and gnome software gnome settings and more it's just a proposal for now so it could be rejected by the Fedora Community but honestly it looks ethical like it's opt-in by default to send any of that data the tool they use is open source I don't see any issues canonical created lxd the Linux container demon but it had been living under the umbrella of the Linux containers Community for a while now and canonical is now taking control of the project back for themselves lxd is an open source container management tool that lets you control configure and generally just manage containers and canonical said that while they do take control back of the tool this will remain distro independent and it won't be limited to a snapped package although they insist that snap is the easiest way to install this thing on Linux all the code is now on canonical's GitHub and the website is now part of ubuntu's website as well and the community forum is being diverted to ubuntu's discourse website the Linux containers team say that they respect the decision but that they regret it canonical is also apparently developing a GUI for the project and they plan to invest in it in the future I am not sure how well this will go down with the Blitz containers Community because well it might just look like another Corporal shenanigan where they try to retain control of crucial projects for them I just don't know from the outside it doesn't look too bad but who knows what they're gonna do in the future now still on Ubuntu they seem to want to get rid of the minimal install option in their installer but don't panic it seems that the plan is to offer a minimal install by default with the ability to choose the apps that you want to add to that minimal install which is in my opinion a better way of doing things it's less confusing and there's more choice for users it looks like the iso wouldn't necessarily include all these applications and you would download them at install something that isn't necessarily all that great as not everyone has a solid fast and unlimited connection you could download a large ISO once and then use it to install on multiple computers or pass it around for your friends and family but if you have to download the apps every time you do the install then you you're technically using more data in the end of course it is just a proposal for now and Ubuntu is asking the community for some feedback if only to decide which apps would come part of the minimal install and which apps would be left up to the user they also say they would like to offer app bundles or the possibility for users to bring their own app list so they can install exactly what they want I personally think that this is a very very clever approach like let people pick the apps that they want instead of either having no apps at all in the minimal install or having all the apps including the ones you don't need like there's a middle ground here where the user can pick their stuff it's good Solas got a new release finally resurrecting after half a year of troubles Solas 4.4 comes two years after the previous release and it brings a more up-to-date base and an update to budgie as well which now supports the gnome 43 stack on top of which it is built they've replaced the Nautilus file manager for Nemo since it fits the aesthetic of the desktop better and they improved a few things here and there but nothing major you can also get Solas with gnome 43 or plasma 5.27 there is no gnome 44 here unfortunately since gnome 44 changed a few things to get ready to ditch X11 and that impacted desktops that built on top of it mate will also be dropped after solos 4.4 as they feel it doesn't keep up fast enough with the rest of the Linux stack especially while on support So after solos 4.4 there won't be any install media with mate but xfce will take its place and as per Weiland support it looks like it will be a big Focus for budgie 11. they will build their own compositor called Magpie using WL Roots as a base they also state that budgie 11 will not support X11 at all but G10 will still be here for a while as budgie 11 isn't close to being ready and and it will also get well on support with a soft Fork of mutter from gnome 43 so it's all good news Solas gets an update it's not dead anymore and budgie also has a road map for where it want to go in the future and if you're worried about them dropping X11 support I'm pretty sure budgie 11 is two to three years away and in that time frame I would say most distros will actually have dropped X11 altogether okay now let's finish this with the gaming news first we have a new beta for steam which improves compatibility with window managers on Linux like openbox and it should fix issues with menus not being clickable in the desktop client when using such window managers there's also a fix that should prevent crashes on Nvidia gpus at the cost of some window flickering which will then not be present anymore on Intel and AMD gpus and it also looks like the steam deck is gaining control of the Linux gaming scene with 40 percent of steam users Now using steamos far above Arch at 8.3 percent or Ubuntu at 7.8 of course Windows is still almost 97 of the steam market share but Linux is now gaining on Mac OS with 1.44 versus 1.79 for Apple's operating system and Linux Gamers overwhelmingly prefer AMD Hardware where AMD CPUs represents 67 of the installed base for Steam on Linux a big contrast compared to the situation on Windows where steam users favor Intel at 67 and this is probably also due to the steam deck it uses an AMD Apu and it's 40 of the steam base for Linux Gamers so AMD is bound to be over represented here unlike our sponsor which is underrepresented well apart from on my channel if you're looking for a new computer to buy and you want to run Linux and you don't want to check what works what doesn't what components you might have to swap stop looking click the link in in the description below and buy yourself a tuxedo PC they make laptops and desktops from all sizes all form factors all prices they have something for everyone and they all ship with Linux out of the box buying a tuxedo PC contributes to the development of Linux drivers and to Hardware support and you can just install whatever distro you want on them or pick from one of the pre-installed ones that they offer all their devices are very customizable from the hardware to the keyboard layout to your own logo on your laptop if you want and all the laptops are openable repairable and upgradable so if you need a new computer and you plan to run Linux on it and you want to support linux's development click the link in the description below and buy yourself a tuxedo PC they're really really good so thanks everyone for watching this video I hope you enjoyed it if you did don't hesitate to like to subscribe to turn on notifications or to write a comment and if you didn't like the video I don't see why but you can always click that thumbs down button and leave me a comment as well and if you really enjoy the channel well there are plenty of links in the description below to support it from liberape patreon PayPal YouTube things YouTube memberships you know how all of this works so thanks for watching and I guess you'll see me in the next one bye foreign [Music] [Music]

so we all have our opinions on Linux distributions we might think there are too many we might think it's good to have a good selection to fill every Niche but the real question we should be asking is probably is that Linux distribution model even working so today I'm going to give you my thoughts and opinions on this thing like is this Linux distro model where this road packages everything from the kernel to the graphical ads is this working what are the problems and why are most major distros slowly moving away from that current model but I'm not moving away from this Segway to our sponsor this video is sponsored by Chasm workspaces the container streaming platform that lets you stream any OS desktop or app to your web browser and they've been working on implementing one of the most Community requested features translations now it's a developer preview for now and Chasm would like you to give it a shot and provide feedback on how well things were work they will automatically use the language and the time zone of your web browser in any OS desktop terminal or app you're streaming or you can set the language and time zone manually from your profile if you prefer or if you use a VPN for example you can download that developer preview for free right now using the link in the description below and don't hesitate to let Chasm know what you think about it they're really focused on implementing Community requests right now so give them a hand so what's the Linux distro model exactly well since dnf and apt were developed it always has worked in kind of the same way the distro grabs all the software that they want their users to have access to and they package it themselves from the kernel to the graphical apps and then they host these packages onto online repos where users can download them and they use these packages to build the base that they'll ship to every single one of their users so the distro packages the software no not the developer themselves this means that the distro controls the specific version of the software or the app that they provide to their users which has the benefits of generally providing a more stable experience because the distro only has to test for these specific versions on the other hand for users it kinda sucks because generally unless your distro is a rolling release you're not getting any feature updates for your apps you're not getting many updates at all because the distro wants to pin these specific versions to make sure that things work well so you only get critical security fixes but very rarely do you get feature updates so the distro has a decent amount of control over what you can use but you as the user you don't and the app developer also has no control over which version of their software their users are running and this model is broken yeah I said it now you can say that you're angry down there in the comments on the surface for users it looks like it works you get a relatively stable and well-tested system and you get big online repos with a lot of applications that should cover every single one of your needs and you might not care or want newer version of your apps or your libraries although why you would not want the latest stable version of an app for example is beyond me like it's a stable version you should want the new features still anyway this model is really broken when you peek behind the curtain these repos contain thousands of orphaned packages which are not maintained and will never get any update ever again there are plenty of old applications that can't be packaged or included in the repos at all because they depend on all the version of libraries that you would not be able to install on the distro because they would break your system or conflict with a newer version you get the duplicated work of maintainers packaging the same app multiple times for multiple supported versions of the same distros and let's not forget the enormous amount of storage and bandwidth that having all these duplicated repos between this road use for no effective benefit for most users so behind the scenes it's messy and it's really not efficient and guess what distributions know it that's why they are slowly moving away from this model partially at least and you know where I'm driving at flat pack snaps and app images and it's okay to not like these formats right now because they're not perfect they don't fit 100 of use cases but they are undeniably more efficient for distributions and distributions are moving towards these formats and it's not for nefarious reasons it's not to spice their users or to force a specific technology for business purposes or even to try and kill customization it's just because packaging with these formats saves them a lot of time to do better things when Ubuntu moves Firefox or chromium from a dab to a snap it's not to annoy you it's not an anti-competitive move or whatever it's because it's a good thing for them it saves them a lot of time instead of having one or multiple people repackaging Firefox and chromium for four different supported versions 20.04 22.04 23.04 and 22.10 you're wasting a lot of time doing that every single Small Change in Firefox or chromium you have to rebuild the package retest it against all the different versions of apis kernels and libraries that these four versions of Ubuntu ship with it's a mess and to put it simply it's a waste of time to spend so much time on repackaging the same app when you could have just packaged it once and you would have given everyone the exact same experience as with the previous package except it's not exactly the same experience is it because a snap package or a flat pack might have some Edge use cases that don't work when they worked with the regular Dev package for example the Firefox or chromium snaps or flat packs don't support Native Messaging which means that some third-party password managers will not work with the snap package or with the flat pack but this is just a software bug or lack in the current implementation it doesn't mean that these packaging formats will never support this all it means is that maybe the transition to this packaging format was made too soon for this specific use case now does that specific use case justify to keep working on the base package and wasting valuable volunteer or developer time no it doesn't and it's the same thing when Red Hat drops the RPM package for LibreOffice in favor of the flat pack because not having to package this app will free valuable time so they can work on HDR color management and Weyland support and maybe hopefully redistribute shooting their sources publicly again who knows one can dream now personally I would encourage them to even drop more packages in favor of flat pack if it means that they have more time to work on important stuff that the Linux desktop needs or where we'll lag behind other operating systems it's a matter of how you use your resources if the app developer already does the packaging work for a flat pack or a snap why waste valuable volunteer time repackaging that app when this person could also do something else instead and of course it's not a one-to-one transition some people who are packaging now if they stop packaging wouldn't necessarily start working on low level features but a lot of them could and I don't have a problem with this row maintainers and packages like we will always need those base packages for the kernel the underlying libraries the drivers and a lot of stuff I just think that for graphical apps this is needless and thankless and wasted work and there's also the benefit from the app developer because if everybody moves to the One Snap or one flat package that the app developer creates and maintains themselves it means that everyone uses the exact same version with the exact same libraries that are called by that application which means that bug reports are way easier to triage and to reproduce and to fix because you don't have to guess which distro ships what who maintains the package if it's a bug in the package or your own app it's easier which frees up time for actually making apps better instead of having to wait and elucidate where the problem comes from and if you look at other operating systems it becomes clear that this is the way to go for applications on Windows Microsoft doesn't package third-party apps to put them on their store on Mac OS app developers themselves publish to the Mac App Store same on IOS and Android none of these companies would ever package the software from third-party developers because it makes no sense to waste resources doing that the job of an operating system is to give you the user a base onto which you can run apps and maybe a centralized way of Distributing these applications and for developers it's to give them a platform on which they can develop apps but those apps don't have to be packaged by the operating system that's not its job so why did Linux distribution start packaging applications instead of their developers well it's not because it was more efficient or a better system let me assure you it's because there were so many different packaging formats and distros that no app developer could ever support every distro so each developer picked the one or two or three districts that they actually could physically spend the time to support and the rest of the distros did not have access to this app so they started packaging these applications themselves because if they didn't they did not have some very popular apps but nowadays we do have those Universal packaging formats that let app developers package once and distribute everywhere which means that right now packaging graphical apps for a specific distro is wasted time because you already have that package that exists so you're just duplicating work for no benefit whatsoever apart from a few Niche use cases and yes these packaging formats are not perfect they lack certain features they lack certain Integrations with the desktop they are not finished but that's normal they're still currently under heavy development which means that they're not going to be stuck at the version or the capabilities they have right now they will improve over time and they these Universal packaging formats also have advantages over the regular devs or RPMs like for example way better security thanks to the sandbox or not requiring routes to be installed through the package manager but let's be honest the real advantages of these packaging formats are not specifically for the users there are some advantages for the users but the main advantages are for app developers and for distributions these Universal packaging formats finally bring Linux into the normal era of computing that everybody else does exactly in the same way because you have one package distributed for the same OS and sorry but the argument that each distro is its own OS is bullcrap the OS is gnu Linux the similarities between all distros are way more important in terms of what software they use than the differences between them the only difference between major distros is the versions of the package they ship to default apps the desktop experience and and the packaging format which should be completely irrelevant for graphical applications so basically we're now at a Crossroads where users and distros will pick between two paths do you want to support these new packaging formats that yes don't fit a hundred percent of all use cases but fix so many other problems and liberate so much work to actually improve the Linux desktop or do you prefer to keep the current Linux distro model and use packages and just have to deal with all that extra work but 100 of all use cases work currently right now I know what I personally want to choose and it's not these old dab and RPM packages for graphical apps and presumably if you use a mainstream large distro like Ubuntu or Fedora you will not get that choice you will have bit by bit all your default apps replaced by flat Hub and at some point some big apps will no longer be packaged as soon as devs or as RPMs snaps flat packs up images or just undeniably more efficient in terms of Dev time in terms of control for the app developer and in terms of time invested by the distro and the problems in their current implementations which is the small cases that they don't currently support they can be fixed the structural problems with huge repos full of apps that no one maintains is not fixable it's a structural time problem but of course if you do not like these new packaging formats I'm pretty sure you will never be completely forced to use them there will always be a Linux distribution that doesn't use either flat pack Snap app images on none of the three and will stick to their own packages just know that at some point sticking to these when everyone else has moved on will mean that you probably will never get a single one of your bugs fixed because the developer will not waste time working on an unofficial unsupported version of their application but fortunately this sponsor Segway is a hundred percent of official if you if you've ever bought a computer shipping with Windows out of the box and try to retrofit Linux on it to notice that yeah it doesn't work properly in every single aspect well I've got a solution click the link in the description below and buy something from tuxedo they make laptops and desktops that ship with Linux pre-install all the components in their devices are picked specifically because they are compatible with Linux and will run super well under Linux and they have a huge range of devices that will cover every need and every price point whether you want a laptop a desktop something for work for gaming workstation they have it all they're all super customizable all the laptops are openable repairable and upgradable and they ship to most countries in the world so if you want a good Linux experience the next time you purchase a computer click the link in the description instead don't buy something that supports Windows so thanks everyone for watching the video I hope you enjoyed it if you did don't hesitate to like to subscribe to turn on notifications to write a comment and if you didn't like it well you can always dislike it and tell me why in the comments as well and if you really enjoyed the channel there are plenty of links in the description below as well for PayPal Libra pay patreon YouTube thanks YouTube memberships you know the drill so thanks for watching and I guess you'll see me in the next one bye [Music] thank you [Music] [Music]

so we all have our opinions on Linux distributions we might think there are too many we might think it's good to have a good selection to fill every Niche but the real question we should be asking is probably is that Linux distribution model even working so today I'm going to give you my thoughts and opinions on this thing like is this Linux distro model where this road packages everything from the kernel to the graphical ads is this working what are the problems and why are most major distros slowly moving away from that current model but I'm not moving away from this Segway to our sponsor this video is sponsored by Chasm workspaces the container streaming platform that lets you stream any OS desktop or app to your web browser and they've been working on implementing one of the most Community requested features translations now it's a developer preview for now and Chasm would like you to give it a shot and provide feedback on how well things were work they will automatically use the language and the time zone of your web browser in any OS desktop terminal or app you're streaming or you can set the language and time zone manually from your profile if you prefer or if you use a VPN for example you can download that developer preview for free right now using the link in the description below and don't hesitate to let Chasm know what you think about it they're really focused on implementing Community requests right now so give them a hand so what's the Linux distro model exactly well since dnf and apt were developed it always has worked in kind of the same way the distro grabs all the software that they want their users to have access to and they package it themselves from the kernel to the graphical apps and then they host these packages onto online repos where users can download them and they use these packages to build the base that they'll ship to every single one of their users so the distro packages the software no not the developer themselves this means that the distro controls the specific version of the software or the app that they provide to their users which has the benefits of generally providing a more stable experience because the distro only has to test for these specific versions on the other hand for users it kinda sucks because generally unless your distro is a rolling release you're not getting any feature updates for your apps you're not getting many updates at all because the distro wants to pin these specific versions to make sure that things work well so you only get critical security fixes but very rarely do you get feature updates so the distro has a decent amount of control over what you can use but you as the user you don't and the app developer also has no control over which version of their software their users are running and this model is broken yeah I said it now you can say that you're angry down there in the comments on the surface for users it looks like it works you get a relatively stable and well-tested system and you get big online repos with a lot of applications that should cover every single one of your needs and you might not care or want newer version of your apps or your libraries although why you would not want the latest stable version of an app for example is beyond me like it's a stable version you should want the new features still anyway this model is really broken when you peek behind the curtain these repos contain thousands of orphaned packages which are not maintained and will never get any update ever again there are plenty of old applications that can't be packaged or included in the repos at all because they depend on all the version of libraries that you would not be able to install on the distro because they would break your system or conflict with a newer version you get the duplicated work of maintainers packaging the same app multiple times for multiple supported versions of the same distros and let's not forget the enormous amount of storage and bandwidth that having all these duplicated repos between this road use for no effective benefit for most users so behind the scenes it's messy and it's really not efficient and guess what distributions know it that's why they are slowly moving away from this model partially at least and you know where I'm driving at flat pack snaps and app images and it's okay to not like these formats right now because they're not perfect they don't fit 100 of use cases but they are undeniably more efficient for distributions and distributions are moving towards these formats and it's not for nefarious reasons it's not to spice their users or to force a specific technology for business purposes or even to try and kill customization it's just because packaging with these formats saves them a lot of time to do better things when Ubuntu moves Firefox or chromium from a dab to a snap it's not to annoy you it's not an anti-competitive move or whatever it's because it's a good thing for them it saves them a lot of time instead of having one or multiple people repackaging Firefox and chromium for four different supported versions 20.04 22.04 23.04 and 22.10 you're wasting a lot of time doing that every single Small Change in Firefox or chromium you have to rebuild the package retest it against all the different versions of apis kernels and libraries that these four versions of Ubuntu ship with it's a mess and to put it simply it's a waste of time to spend so much time on repackaging the same app when you could have just packaged it once and you would have given everyone the exact same experience as with the previous package except it's not exactly the same experience is it because a snap package or a flat pack might have some Edge use cases that don't work when they worked with the regular Dev package for example the Firefox or chromium snaps or flat packs don't support Native Messaging which means that some third-party password managers will not work with the snap package or with the flat pack but this is just a software bug or lack in the current implementation it doesn't mean that these packaging formats will never support this all it means is that maybe the transition to this packaging format was made too soon for this specific use case now does that specific use case justify to keep working on the base package and wasting valuable volunteer or developer time no it doesn't and it's the same thing when Red Hat drops the RPM package for LibreOffice in favor of the flat pack because not having to package this app will free valuable time so they can work on HDR color management and Weyland support and maybe hopefully redistribute shooting their sources publicly again who knows one can dream now personally I would encourage them to even drop more packages in favor of flat pack if it means that they have more time to work on important stuff that the Linux desktop needs or where we'll lag behind other operating systems it's a matter of how you use your resources if the app developer already does the packaging work for a flat pack or a snap why waste valuable volunteer time repackaging that app when this person could also do something else instead and of course it's not a one-to-one transition some people who are packaging now if they stop packaging wouldn't necessarily start working on low level features but a lot of them could and I don't have a problem with this row maintainers and packages like we will always need those base packages for the kernel the underlying libraries the drivers and a lot of stuff I just think that for graphical apps this is needless and thankless and wasted work and there's also the benefit from the app developer because if everybody moves to the One Snap or one flat package that the app developer creates and maintains themselves it means that everyone uses the exact same version with the exact same libraries that are called by that application which means that bug reports are way easier to triage and to reproduce and to fix because you don't have to guess which distro ships what who maintains the package if it's a bug in the package or your own app it's easier which frees up time for actually making apps better instead of having to wait and elucidate where the problem comes from and if you look at other operating systems it becomes clear that this is the way to go for applications on Windows Microsoft doesn't package third-party apps to put them on their store on Mac OS app developers themselves publish to the Mac App Store same on IOS and Android none of these companies would ever package the software from third-party developers because it makes no sense to waste resources doing that the job of an operating system is to give you the user a base onto which you can run apps and maybe a centralized way of Distributing these applications and for developers it's to give them a platform on which they can develop apps but those apps don't have to be packaged by the operating system that's not its job so why did Linux distribution start packaging applications instead of their developers well it's not because it was more efficient or a better system let me assure you it's because there were so many different packaging formats and distros that no app developer could ever support every distro so each developer picked the one or two or three districts that they actually could physically spend the time to support and the rest of the distros did not have access to this app so they started packaging these applications themselves because if they didn't they did not have some very popular apps but nowadays we do have those Universal packaging formats that let app developers package once and distribute everywhere which means that right now packaging graphical apps for a specific distro is wasted time because you already have that package that exists so you're just duplicating work for no benefit whatsoever apart from a few Niche use cases and yes these packaging formats are not perfect they lack certain features they lack certain Integrations with the desktop they are not finished but that's normal they're still currently under heavy development which means that they're not going to be stuck at the version or the capabilities they have right now they will improve over time and they these Universal packaging formats also have advantages over the regular devs or RPMs like for example way better security thanks to the sandbox or not requiring routes to be installed through the package manager but let's be honest the real advantages of these packaging formats are not specifically for the users there are some advantages for the users but the main advantages are for app developers and for distributions these Universal packaging formats finally bring Linux into the normal era of computing that everybody else does exactly in the same way because you have one package distributed for the same OS and sorry but the argument that each distro is its own OS is bullcrap the OS is gnu Linux the similarities between all distros are way more important in terms of what software they use than the differences between them the only difference between major distros is the versions of the package they ship to default apps the desktop experience and and the packaging format which should be completely irrelevant for graphical applications so basically we're now at a Crossroads where users and distros will pick between two paths do you want to support these new packaging formats that yes don't fit a hundred percent of all use cases but fix so many other problems and liberate so much work to actually improve the Linux desktop or do you prefer to keep the current Linux distro model and use packages and just have to deal with all that extra work but 100 of all use cases work currently right now I know what I personally want to choose and it's not these old dab and RPM packages for graphical apps and presumably if you use a mainstream large distro like Ubuntu or Fedora you will not get that choice you will have bit by bit all your default apps replaced by flat Hub and at some point some big apps will no longer be packaged as soon as devs or as RPMs snaps flat packs up images or just undeniably more efficient in terms of Dev time in terms of control for the app developer and in terms of time invested by the distro and the problems in their current implementations which is the small cases that they don't currently support they can be fixed the structural problems with huge repos full of apps that no one maintains is not fixable it's a structural time problem but of course if you do not like these new packaging formats I'm pretty sure you will never be completely forced to use them there will always be a Linux distribution that doesn't use either flat pack Snap app images on none of the three and will stick to their own packages just know that at some point sticking to these when everyone else has moved on will mean that you probably will never get a single one of your bugs fixed because the developer will not waste time working on an unofficial unsupported version of their application but fortunately this sponsor Segway is a hundred percent of official if you if you've ever bought a computer shipping with Windows out of the box and try to retrofit Linux on it to notice that yeah it doesn't work properly in every single aspect well I've got a solution click the link in the description below and buy something from tuxedo they make laptops and desktops that ship with Linux pre-install all the components in their devices are picked specifically because they are compatible with Linux and will run super well under Linux and they have a huge range of devices that will cover every need and every price point whether you want a laptop a desktop something for work for gaming workstation they have it all they're all super customizable all the laptops are openable repairable and upgradable and they ship to most countries in the world so if you want a good Linux experience the next time you purchase a computer click the link in the description instead don't buy something that supports Windows so thanks everyone for watching the video I hope you enjoyed it if you did don't hesitate to like to subscribe to turn on notifications to write a comment and if you didn't like it well you can always dislike it and tell me why in the comments as well and if you really enjoyed the channel there are plenty of links in the description below as well for PayPal Libra pay patreon YouTube thanks YouTube memberships you know the drill so thanks for watching and I guess you'll see me in the next one bye [Music] thank you [Music] [Music]

Linux Mint 21.2 is a bonus the beta dropped last week and I've been using it since then which means that the final release should happen really soon and even though it's a minor number upgrade it still contains a lot of important changes for mint users from a theme revamp to touchpad and touchscreen gestures and big updates for xfc users as well but it misses the mark on a few things so let's look at everything that's changed and let's look at our sponsor this video is sponsored by Chasm workspaces the container streaming platform that lets you stream any OS desktop or app to your web browser and they've been working on implementing one of the most Community requested features translations now it's a developer preview for now and Chasm would like you to give it a shot and provide feedback on how well things work they will automatically use the language and the time zone of your web browser in in any OS desktop terminal or app you're streaming or you can set the language and time zone manually from your profile if you prefer or if you use a VPN for example you can download that developer preview for free right now using the link in the description below and don't hesitate to let Chasm know what you think about it they're really focused on implementing Community requests right now so give them a hand okay let's begin with one of the major changes to the cinnamon desktop gestures and if you got used to the super smooth one-to-one gestures of gnome or Plasma on Weyland or even Elementary OS on X11 you will be disappointed here mint still uses X11 and their gestures act like keyboard shortcuts you perform the gesture on the touchpad and once your fingers have moved enough the animation happens all at once it's just not as pleasant or smooth as one-to-one gestures where everything moves with your fingers making it easier to understand where things are going and to cancel the gesture as well and it's not that it's impossible to have one-to-one gestures on X11 Elementary OS has them pop OS also has some but it takes more work to integrate them in the window manager and mint didn't do that and yes I am picky about these gestures but keyboard shortcut like gestures are just not as good you can't preview what's happening or what's behind the gesture they just happen all at once they can be really janky and really stuttery at times and you cannot even cancel them Midway they're just not as good they are better than not having gestures but they're not as good now these gestures are disabled by default you will be able to enable them in the new settings panel they are very configurable though contrary to gnome or KDE you can choose what to do for three or four finger swipes up down left or right and the list of options is very long from managing Windows tiling showing the desktop or managing audio playback and if that's not enough you can even choose to run a command of your choice there are also options for two three or four finger pinching although none of these options offer the ability to zoom in or out you can even configure the thresholds before the gestures are triggered separately for swipes and for pinches and look it's the best most configurable implementation of non one-to-one gestures I've ever seen it's not bad it's good that mint gets gestures but they are really not great if you compare them with what every other major desktop environment has now mint 21.2 also changes a few things in terms of how the distro looks or how it can look first instead of the Endless list of selectable themes in the dark and light variants and all their color variants you now get Styles the style defines the theme you're using for example mint y advice or the older mint X for each style you can pick a mixed mode where apps can be light or dark at the same time a dark mode where every app that supports the dark mode preference will use it and the light mode that support for the dark mode preference is now included thanks to the xdg desktop portal which means the preference will also apply to flatback apps or libid Vita apps installed through packages and on top of that you have a choice of accent colors if the theme supports it for example there are no accent colors for the advaita theme or the high contrast thing it is a much improved way to switch the look and feel of your desktop on the Fly easily and developers will be able to create styles that can be integrated there which is also very cool now if you prefer to mix and match various themes and colors you still have advanced settings that will also let you change your icon and cursor theme folder icons are no longer the same color as what Windows uses they will now use your accent colors instead which is much better in my opinion you can still set that color individually in the advanced settings if you want and there's also a new yaru inspired color theme for folders if you want it and while we're on accent colors you will also see them on every tooltip they will all use that color and they are now unified between gtk2 gtk3 and cinnamon apps and you will also get the accent color on notifications although it's just a stripe of color there it is a small refinement of the big look changes that they brought in 21.1 but it's still a welcome change it makes the whole desktop feel more personal by reusing your accent color everywhere it just looks better now other small visual changes include replacing the monochrome icons with symbolic icons and apps that do not support these will now use the advata theme by default and we're talking the old advice icon theme which is a Surefire way to make developers update their apps to support symbolic icons because that old theme does not look good the window title bar buttons are also better aligned although it's really subtle and I would expect no one would notice I wouldn't have if they hadn't mentioned it in the release notes and if I hadn't compare 21.1 with 21.2 now on the desktop side of things the login screen received a lot of improvements with support from multiple keyboard layouts that you can switch between and support for tab to click as well the on-screen keyboard is usable there and you can also configure the layout for it and you can now more easily navigate this login screen using the keyboard and the arrow keys the login screen now supports Waylon sessions although none of the desktop's mint provides supports that just yet and yes this is still an issue neither cinnamon mate or xfc the three officially supported editions of mint support Wayland so that added violin support is just if you want to use mint but with a KD desktop for example that you would install from the Ubuntu 222.04 repo so old KDE who would do that now once you're logged into cinnamon you can now resize the main menu by dragging its corner or its Edge and you can now disable notifications for connected devices that have a low battery level as per the apps the file manager Nemo now generates thumbnails using multi-threading which means it should be way faster at displaying the contents of your image folders the software manager got a small UI refresh with the search field in line with a header bar with the hamburger menu moving up there as well there are also big banners for the software that's currently holding the spotlight in the main software installer and featured apps are now located before the list of categories instead of these being the first thing visible these featured apps can now include flat pack apps as well not just packages and the scoring system was made more legible with just a note written next to a star icon instead of seeing the complete row of 5 Stars each time these are all minor changes but they make the app look a bit more modern I would say it's now on par with gnome software or discover now the app pages also got a small redesign with buttons in the header to install and to show the install isolation Source now the image viewer and photo library manager picks got a lot of changes mostly due to its rebase on a new version of G thump it now uses a header bar and buttons instead of the older menu bar but it also gets much better performance support for new file formats like avif heif and jxl plus improved Zoom controls support for bigger thumbnail sizes support for color profiles a Color Picker New Image tools to edit your pictures and customizable keyboard shortcuts it is a huge update and pigs might very well be the most complete photo library manager on Linux after digicam of course and finally warpinator the PC to PC file transfer program was reviewed by the open Suza team and some security issues were discovered and fixed so now files cannot be written outside of the directory that you picked in warp in 8 enter and you will need to set up a security code if you want that app to remain open in the background finally smaller changes include complete support for heif and avif file formats throughout the OS the document reader is now able to open Adobe Illustrator files the older mint y Legacy theme was renamed to Mint l and a floating Graphics rendering to a dedicated Nvidia GPU is handled by the correct libraries to run in hybrid graphics mode it's nothing too revolutionary in terms of the apps their features or the desktop but cinnamon is already one of the most complete desktop environments and mint ships it in its most complete form as well so it's not like it was needing a lot more stuff now all Linux Mint editions are still based on Ubuntu 222.04 and they are all LTS supported until 2027. the next base change will be when Ubuntu 24.04 releases which means that in the meantime you get the Linux kernel 5.15 and older Mesa and NVIDIA drivers you can always install manually the hardware enablement stack which is in the repos but this will not take you to the same level of newness as a recent Fedora for example mint was never meant for the latest and greatest Hardware if you have like a very recent GPU or a latest CPU from Intel or AMD meant is never going to be your best choice to take advantage of all this Hardware for the xfce variant you get the same improvements to the login screen the apps and the software manager plus the new colored folder icons tooltips notifications the symbolic icon changes but you're not getting the Styles manager and selector and you're not getting the touchpad gestures either now still you do get xfce 4.18 which is a solid update over 4.16 that mint used in the previous release so first you're getting a graphical keyboard shortcut editor inside of thunar the terminal and the text editor the search menu in the settings will also always be shown and the display settings give you the ability to decide what to do when a new external monitor is connected like automatically mirroring or extending or asking you what you want to do about it when selecting a theme you can also automatically use the matching Window Manager theme if one is available on the system but what xfce 4.18 broad is mostly improvements to the file manager lot of improvements so thunar got the ability to display the number of files in the directory in the list view you can also add a file creation date column and you can configure visible columns with a simple right click on any header the file manager also got an image preview pane in the bottom left under the favorites list or as a separate panel on the right of the main view it also supports undo and redo finally with a notification being shown when you use these actions you can also highlight files by setting either the background or the file name to a different color to make files and folders easier to identify the toolbar of thunar is also configurable with the ability to enable or disable icons and to move them around finally through now supports split view recursive file search recently used files and a new default application dialog when you right click a file and select open with you can also enrich the context menu with custom actions with a graphical editor for these 4.18 is a huge xfce update that mint users will probably be very happy to get their hands on especially if they felt the file manager was a bit limited because now it's basically as powerful as dolphin but it looks way more simple now as per mate there's nothing to report it gets the same new stuff as xfc and cinnamon but not the gestures and not the style manager and it still uses matte 1.26 same same as the previous Linux Mint release so mint 21.2 is a solid update to the distro it's a refinement not a revolution it looks a bit better now less like Windows if I'm honest it gains a few cool features and its ABS got better notably the software manager and the image viewer and photo library manager unfortunately mint 21.2 still isn't the release where mint enters the modern Linux World wylon support is still nowhere to be seen and while a lot of people will not care the sooner main starts working on it the better the transition will be for everyone when it becomes necessary and let's be blunt mint will not Escape Waylon There Is No Escape they base their work on gtk and mutter and these things at some point will stop supporting X11 so unless mint wants to stay on very outdated releases for the next 10 or 12 years they're gonna have to move to Weyland and so the sooner they start implementing Weyland support in cinnamon and all their tools and the modifications and the patch sets that they apply on top of gnome and gnome applications the better the transition will go for everyone using mint in the future and mint also missed the mark on gestures it's good that they're there but they're really not great compared to what you can experience on gnome or on KDE still if you like mint and if you use it then this update is mandatory it makes everything better there's nothing here that will downgrade your experience and if you didn't like mint before there's nothing here that will satisfy you unlike this segue to our sponsor 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Linux Mint 21.2 is a bonus the beta dropped last week and I've been using it since then which means that the final release should happen really soon and even though it's a minor number upgrade it still contains a lot of important changes for mint users from a theme revamp to touchpad and touchscreen gestures and big updates for xfc users as well but it misses the mark on a few things so let's look at everything that's changed and let's look at our sponsor this video is sponsored by Chasm workspaces the container streaming platform that lets you stream any OS desktop or app to your web browser and they've been working on implementing one of the most Community requested features translations now it's a developer preview for now and Chasm would like you to give it a shot and provide feedback on how well things work they will automatically use the language and the time zone of your web browser in in any OS desktop terminal or app you're streaming or you can set the language and time zone manually from your profile if you prefer or if you use a VPN for example you can download that developer preview for free right now using the link in the description below and don't hesitate to let Chasm know what you think about it they're really focused on implementing Community requests right now so give them a hand okay let's begin with one of the major changes to the cinnamon desktop gestures and if you got used to the super smooth one-to-one gestures of gnome or Plasma on Weyland or even Elementary OS on X11 you will be disappointed here mint still uses X11 and their gestures act like keyboard shortcuts you perform the gesture on the touchpad and once your fingers have moved enough the animation happens all at once it's just not as pleasant or smooth as one-to-one gestures where everything moves with your fingers making it easier to understand where things are going and to cancel the gesture as well and it's not that it's impossible to have one-to-one gestures on X11 Elementary OS has them pop OS also has some but it takes more work to integrate them in the window manager and mint didn't do that and yes I am picky about these gestures but keyboard shortcut like gestures are just not as good you can't preview what's happening or what's behind the gesture they just happen all at once they can be really janky and really stuttery at times and you cannot even cancel them Midway they're just not as good they are better than not having gestures but they're not as good now these gestures are disabled by default you will be able to enable them in the new settings panel they are very configurable though contrary to gnome or KDE you can choose what to do for three or four finger swipes up down left or right and the list of options is very long from managing Windows tiling showing the desktop or managing audio playback and if that's not enough you can even choose to run a command of your choice there are also options for two three or four finger pinching although none of these options offer the ability to zoom in or out you can even configure the thresholds before the gestures are triggered separately for swipes and for pinches and look it's the best most configurable implementation of non one-to-one gestures I've ever seen it's not bad it's good that mint gets gestures but they are really not great if you compare them with what every other major desktop environment has now mint 21.2 also changes a few things in terms of how the distro looks or how it can look first instead of the Endless list of selectable themes in the dark and light variants and all their color variants you now get Styles the style defines the theme you're using for example mint y advice or the older mint X for each style you can pick a mixed mode where apps can be light or dark at the same time a dark mode where every app that supports the dark mode preference will use it and the light mode that support for the dark mode preference is now included thanks to the xdg desktop portal which means the preference will also apply to flatback apps or libid Vita apps installed through packages and on top of that you have a choice of accent colors if the theme supports it for example there are no accent colors for the advaita theme or the high contrast thing it is a much improved way to switch the look and feel of your desktop on the Fly easily and developers will be able to create styles that can be integrated there which is also very cool now if you prefer to mix and match various themes and colors you still have advanced settings that will also let you change your icon and cursor theme folder icons are no longer the same color as what Windows uses they will now use your accent colors instead which is much better in my opinion you can still set that color individually in the advanced settings if you want and there's also a new yaru inspired color theme for folders if you want it and while we're on accent colors you will also see them on every tooltip they will all use that color and they are now unified between gtk2 gtk3 and cinnamon apps and you will also get the accent color on notifications although it's just a stripe of color there it is a small refinement of the big look changes that they brought in 21.1 but it's still a welcome change it makes the whole desktop feel more personal by reusing your accent color everywhere it just looks better now other small visual changes include replacing the monochrome icons with symbolic icons and apps that do not support these will now use the advata theme by default and we're talking the old advice icon theme which is a Surefire way to make developers update their apps to support symbolic icons because that old theme does not look good the window title bar buttons are also better aligned although it's really subtle and I would expect no one would notice I wouldn't have if they hadn't mentioned it in the release notes and if I hadn't compare 21.1 with 21.2 now on the desktop side of things the login screen received a lot of improvements with support from multiple keyboard layouts that you can switch between and support for tab to click as well the on-screen keyboard is usable there and you can also configure the layout for it and you can now more easily navigate this login screen using the keyboard and the arrow keys the login screen now supports Waylon sessions although none of the desktop's mint provides supports that just yet and yes this is still an issue neither cinnamon mate or xfc the three officially supported editions of mint support Wayland so that added violin support is just if you want to use mint but with a KD desktop for example that you would install from the Ubuntu 222.04 repo so old KDE who would do that now once you're logged into cinnamon you can now resize the main menu by dragging its corner or its Edge and you can now disable notifications for connected devices that have a low battery level as per the apps the file manager Nemo now generates thumbnails using multi-threading which means it should be way faster at displaying the contents of your image folders the software manager got a small UI refresh with the search field in line with a header bar with the hamburger menu moving up there as well there are also big banners for the software that's currently holding the spotlight in the main software installer and featured apps are now located before the list of categories instead of these being the first thing visible these featured apps can now include flat pack apps as well not just packages and the scoring system was made more legible with just a note written next to a star icon instead of seeing the complete row of 5 Stars each time these are all minor changes but they make the app look a bit more modern I would say it's now on par with gnome software or discover now the app pages also got a small redesign with buttons in the header to install and to show the install isolation Source now the image viewer and photo library manager picks got a lot of changes mostly due to its rebase on a new version of G thump it now uses a header bar and buttons instead of the older menu bar but it also gets much better performance support for new file formats like avif heif and jxl plus improved Zoom controls support for bigger thumbnail sizes support for color profiles a Color Picker New Image tools to edit your pictures and customizable keyboard shortcuts it is a huge update and pigs might very well be the most complete photo library manager on Linux after digicam of course and finally warpinator the PC to PC file transfer program was reviewed by the open Suza team and some security issues were discovered and fixed so now files cannot be written outside of the directory that you picked in warp in 8 enter and you will need to set up a security code if you want that app to remain open in the background finally smaller changes include complete support for heif and avif file formats throughout the OS the document reader is now able to open Adobe Illustrator files the older mint y Legacy theme was renamed to Mint l and a floating Graphics rendering to a dedicated Nvidia GPU is handled by the correct libraries to run in hybrid graphics mode it's nothing too revolutionary in terms of the apps their features or the desktop but cinnamon is already one of the most complete desktop environments and mint ships it in its most complete form as well so it's not like it was needing a lot more stuff now all Linux Mint editions are still based on Ubuntu 222.04 and they are all LTS supported until 2027. the next base change will be when Ubuntu 24.04 releases which means that in the meantime you get the Linux kernel 5.15 and older Mesa and NVIDIA drivers you can always install manually the hardware enablement stack which is in the repos but this will not take you to the same level of newness as a recent Fedora for example mint was never meant for the latest and greatest Hardware if you have like a very recent GPU or a latest CPU from Intel or AMD meant is never going to be your best choice to take advantage of all this Hardware for the xfce variant you get the same improvements to the login screen the apps and the software manager plus the new colored folder icons tooltips notifications the symbolic icon changes but you're not getting the Styles manager and selector and you're not getting the touchpad gestures either now still you do get xfce 4.18 which is a solid update over 4.16 that mint used in the previous release so first you're getting a graphical keyboard shortcut editor inside of thunar the terminal and the text editor the search menu in the settings will also always be shown and the display settings give you the ability to decide what to do when a new external monitor is connected like automatically mirroring or extending or asking you what you want to do about it when selecting a theme you can also automatically use the matching Window Manager theme if one is available on the system but what xfce 4.18 broad is mostly improvements to the file manager lot of improvements so thunar got the ability to display the number of files in the directory in the list view you can also add a file creation date column and you can configure visible columns with a simple right click on any header the file manager also got an image preview pane in the bottom left under the favorites list or as a separate panel on the right of the main view it also supports undo and redo finally with a notification being shown when you use these actions you can also highlight files by setting either the background or the file name to a different color to make files and folders easier to identify the toolbar of thunar is also configurable with the ability to enable or disable icons and to move them around finally through now supports split view recursive file search recently used files and a new default application dialog when you right click a file and select open with you can also enrich the context menu with custom actions with a graphical editor for these 4.18 is a huge xfce update that mint users will probably be very happy to get their hands on especially if they felt the file manager was a bit limited because now it's basically as powerful as dolphin but it looks way more simple now as per mate there's nothing to report it gets the same new stuff as xfc and cinnamon but not the gestures and not the style manager and it still uses matte 1.26 same same as the previous Linux Mint release so mint 21.2 is a solid update to the distro it's a refinement not a revolution it looks a bit better now less like Windows if I'm honest it gains a few cool features and its ABS got better notably the software manager and the image viewer and photo library manager unfortunately mint 21.2 still isn't the release where mint enters the modern Linux World wylon support is still nowhere to be seen and while a lot of people will not care the sooner main starts working on it the better the transition will be for everyone when it becomes necessary and let's be blunt mint will not Escape Waylon There Is No Escape they base their work on gtk and mutter and these things at some point will stop supporting X11 so unless mint wants to stay on very outdated releases for the next 10 or 12 years they're gonna have to move to Weyland and so the sooner they start implementing Weyland support in cinnamon and all their tools and the modifications and the patch sets that they apply on top of gnome and gnome applications the better the transition will go for everyone using mint in the future and mint also missed the mark on gestures it's good that they're there but they're really not great compared to what you can experience on gnome or on KDE still if you like mint and if you use it then this update is mandatory it makes everything better there's nothing here that will downgrade your experience and if you didn't like mint before there's nothing here that will satisfy you unlike this segue to our sponsor which will absolutely satisfy you if your Linux user and you're looking for a new computer whether it's a desktop or laptop stop looking at devices that were made to only support Windows buy something from tuxedo from the link in the description below they make laptops and desktops that run Linux out of the box box this means that all the components inside are picked because they are compatible with Linux they have a big range of devices that should cover basically all of your needs and all of your price points they are small Ultrabooks small really affordable nox and very powerful workstations and gaming laptops and everything in between every device has a lot of configuration options for the CPU the SSD the ram the GPU whatever else you want to change in it you can you can even have your own custom logo engraved on the lid of your laptop or your own custom keyboard layout engraved on the keys of your keyboard and if you're going for a laptop know that all their laptops are openable repairable and upgradable including the ram the SSD and the battery and sometimes even the wireless card so if you need a new computer don't buy a Windows PC buy a tuxedo PC using the link in the description below so thanks everyone for watching the video I hope you enjoyed it if you did don't hesitate to like to subscribe to turn on notifications to write a comment and if you didn't like it well there's always that thumbs down button and the comment section to tell me why you thought I sucked and if you really enjoyed the video and you want to support the channel well there are plenty of links in the description as well for Libra pay patreon PayPal YouTube things YouTube memberships you know how all of this works so thanks for watching and I guess you'll see me in the next one bye foreign [Music] [Music]

hey everyone this is Nick and this is going to be a special reaction video not as edited as usual about what red hat is currently doing I I've been back and forthing a lot in my mind about this issue at first I thought it was outrageous and I said so in my news podcast then I mellowed a little bit and I thought you know what maybe I can understand their reasons but now after thinking on it a lot I think what red hat is doing is going to hurt Linux in its entirety not just Red Hat not just Red Hat clones but the whole of Linux the desktop the server the Enterprise the hobby is the community the code everything will suffer from what they're doing right now so let me explain to you why I think that so to go over quickly what red hat did basically what they announced was that access to the code of red hat Enterprise Linux would be restricted to people with a developer account on red Hat's platform or to paying cost customers of red hat and some of you might think that it's okay like everybody can still access the code right yeah but when you create one of these accounts or you become a red hat subscriber you basically accept to some terms and conditions that mean that with this code that you get access to you can't redistribute it you can't re-tweak it and you can't just create any product that is not red hat basically the only rights you have are to look at the code and use it to recompile Red Hat yourself so this is obviously not in the spirit of Open Source like it might even legally conflict with the GPL I'm no lawyer I don't know someone will have to look into that there might be an issue here but yeah it might even be contrary to the gpn Now red hat is a company a company's goal has always been profit they're not a non-profit they're a company but what people expect for companies that are exclusive exclusively in the Linux and open source sphere is that they would be ethical companies we don't have a problem with you making money we have a problem with how you make your money if we feel like you sold your soul that you sold your community out or if you start doing weird stuff that we don't really understand or don't really like then we start taking issue with the fact that you're a company so companies aren't bad but companies are bad if they act unethically and this move by Red Hat is definitely unethical first if only because they kind of lied when they announced this move they said yeah it's too hard to maintain multiple repos for Centos stream and for Red Hat it's too much overhead we don't want to do it after about a week where people got really mad and started theorizing that maybe it was IBM forcing them or maybe they just wanted to kill Alma Linux Rocky Linux Oracle Linux then they basically wrote another blog post saying you know what yeah you're right we want to kill these three loaders because that's basically what they're saying they're saying all those clones of red hat are just benefiting from all our work without doing anything else for the community they don't contribute they don't reverse any code we don't like them we want them dead so we're gonna make it impossible for them to keep doing what they do and the issue is first Red Hat itself bases all of its Distribution on the work of others other people built Red Hat they just take that software and compile it sure they contribute a lot probably more than any other purely Linux focused company in the world they contribute to gnome to systemd to Linux kernel to a lot of things they really do but is there a level of contribution at which you're allowed to just grab the code without like hey you know what I'm gonna reuse the Linux kernel all the code and sell it is there a level of contribution with which you're allowed to do that and under which you're not allowed which would exclude Oracle Rocky Linux and Alma that's not the spirit of Open Source the spirit is the code is there for everyone to see and use no matter the legalese and the licenses the spirit is here is the source code so that everyone can benefit from it and red hat is actively trying to limit that and the second weird thing is that what they're doing is not going to prevent their competitors or red hat clones to exist Alma and Rocky and probably already Oracle said that this doesn't really impede them in any way it's going to give them a little bit more work to go fetch the patches they need from the Cento stream repos instead of just rebuilding straight from the red hat repos but it's not the end of the world so basically what red hat did is that they thought a bully was stealing their lunch and instead of not bringing any lunch or telling someone or discussing with the bully they just decided to spit in the sandwich the bully's gonna eat it anywhere they don't know they don't care okay so that's what red hat did it and the second thing is it's really hurting their image right now the Linux Community really does not like this move has made it public everyone's criticizing them and all the fears that maybe the fact that they were going to be bored that they were bought by IBM were Justified these fears were Justified because yes they're turning into a regular capitalistic company that doesn't care about open source or the community they just care about money that that's what it looks like I'm not saying that's what they did but that's what it looks like and with the community turning their backs on red hat you can be sure that most hobbyist projects will not use either Red Hat Enterprise Linux or any of their derivatives because now you're not sure if they're going to keep existing if they are the target of red hat to try and destroy or block or stop because they feel it's unfair that they exist then why would you start using them now so probably everything around red hat is gonna lose a little bit of business bit by bit slowly these and slowly and people who are obvious will start moving to community-run districts like Debian for example and once you've learned that on your free time chances are you're going to bring that to the company where you work as well if you're in the position to do so and so red hat is gonna hurt their business by degrading their Public Image there is no doubt about it they're gonna hurt their business and the real issue is red hat is a major contributor to Linux they employ a lot of people that work on Linux and open source software and if red Hat's business goes let's not say crashing but reduces we've seen that they've already laid off some people when they were making profits so if they start having less and less profit they're gonna lay off more and more people and this means that the contributions to everything that is non-essential for Red Hat these people will get the sack them not gonna have work anymore and so Linux in general will lose contributions so red hat stop acting like a capitalist company you work in a very specific ecosystem I'm sure you know that the Linux and open source ecosystem is interwoven you can't break the community you can't break the code you can't break the licenses you can't break the Enterprise part of things you can't break the hobbyist part of thing all of them need to work together you just broke the community part and maybe the license part without these two links the whole thing crumbles you need to maintain the ecosystem complete it's a very delicate balance and you just broke it take a step back reverse that policy your image will suffer anyway even if you go back but at least people will keep recommending you and trying to defend you right now you're in an untenable position you should not have made that move and you're just hurting the whole Linux ecosystem and tile [Music] foreign [Music] [Music]

hey everyone this is Nick and this is my fourth video this week so forgive me if I look tired so this week we have the Linux kernel version 6.4 with big improvements for AMD CPUs in terms of power management and performance we have some more details about the free and open source driver for NVIDIA gpus called nvk and we have some interesting gnome developments to make gaming on Weyland way smoother plus we have some more Red Hat related drama we have some interesting gaming related news and we have this segue to our sponsor this video is sponsored by lenode lenode is the only solution I use to run my own nexcloud server and my only office server as well it's a super easy solution to deploy basically anything you want in one click they have a huge Marketplace of applications you can host from next Cloud WordPress Drupal gitlab or grafana to gaming servers for Minecraft RX CS go rust valheim and more they take care of all the configuration for you all you have to do is click the thing 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decides everything or the CPU decides everything which obviously didn't make use of all the available info to reach a good balance between performance and power usage there is also now support for M2 chips from Apple at least in some Bare Bones initial form the support is similar to M1 so not every part of the chipset Works especially display output for the M2 Mac Mini and it doesn't include support for Mac laptops and their internal peripherals either it's just the CPU and GPU combo so yeah if you want Linux on Apple silicon Max you still need azahi Linux another big feature is improved sensor monitoring for 100 Asus motherboards for their Intel or AMD variants this means all temperature sensors should work better and Report more accurate information file system formats got a few improvements as well especially X4 and TFS and better fs and their support for a few more Intel related features as well and it really feels like AMD is the hardware manufacturer to go to if you're using Linux if only because their driver support always gets better and the same peripherals you own keep getting more performance and more stability and better support as time goes on in a much wider capacity than other Hardware manufacturers do now we also have news from nvk the fully open source Vulcan driver for NVIDIA gpus that aims to be included in Mesa alongside Intel or AMD drivers it's been under active development for nine months and it's now gained support for older Nvidia gpus as well from the Maxwell and the capital series on top of that the driver now supports geometry tessellation and transform feedback as well as dxvk with which colabora actually managed to get some games running like Hollow Knight and F1 2017 support for various Vulcan extensions also improved and they're aiming to support the Vulcan spec up to version 1.3 in the very near future now there is no time frame yet for when a usable stable version of nvk would be available and part of Mesa and they will also need a specific kernel API for it to work correctly and it's very interesting because it means that in a few years at most will actually have a native fully functional Nvidia driver that can actually do more than just driver display like what Nuvo does it's basically all it's good for these days driving a display or playing a video but you can't game on it you can't really do any compute tasks on it this new driver feels like it's going to be able to do that and you'll still keep the proprietary Nvidia driver for a few use cases for professional work for opencl or Cuda probably but for most people the nvk driver will probably be enough to do anything at high performance Magnum is getting some pretty awesome optimizations for gaming specifically on Wayland some code has been merged in mutter The Gnome compositor to no longer block a specific method that was used to query for GPU timestamps since they don't need to do that anymore this method doesn't need to be cold again and again and so stutters and missed frames should be reduced or could vanish entirely and frame pacing should thus be much better this chain also makes variable refresh rate smoother on AMD gpus and it simplifies the whole code by about 200 lines which is always nice and it should make gaming on Weyland a lot smoother than it is which is an important thing to move people to it and of course until proton and wine aren't Weyland native and still need eggs Weyland to run any sort of game you won't get the best performance possible but it's still a very nice tape to make sure that when wine on Weyland finally lands at least gnome will be there and will support it correctly on top of that the gnome team made progress on their libraries and apps with libid vita gaining a bug button that lets you move back multiple steps in a stack tube converter was renamed parabolic and it's still the same video downloading app with a bunch of nice features I plan the to-do list and project management app gained the chart of the time you spent on various projects it's now more adaptive and works well on phones and you can now prevent it from running in the background displays also gained a debus interface which now exposes the list of devices you can cast your screen to the goal is to make gnome displays into a backhand that other projects could use more easily and it could then be integrated in any app portal or in the gnome shell itself so yeah it's a smaller week than usual but progress on gnome apps has been so fast in the past year or so that you can't really be mad about this now the KDE devs keep hacking away at plasma 6 and they have overhauled the plasma 6 info page with steps to use it and to test it plus they have a few lists of bugs that people can look at to get started and speed up development k-runner will have a new autocomplete behavior in plasma 6 as well that fills in what you're typing automatically and lets you accept the suggestion by hitting the right arrow key or the Tab Key the keyboard indicator will also Now display the state of caps lock and numblock and the volume icon will now change color when you raise volume above 100 smaller improvements that will come to plasma 5.27 and the current apps include a fix for Gwen view no longer crashing when opening dot nef image files a big performance fix for the Weyland session on Intel gpus the system monitor gating support again for NVIDIA devices using the 535 NVIDIA drivers and panels Auto hiding will no longer have a visual glitch when using a dark theme and they also fix 68 bugs of all kinds this week so it's a smaller week on the KD side as well but I guess we're nearing the time period where people actually go on vacation did I mention that being a YouTuber makes me completely forget when the vacations are actually supposed to take place now you might be familiar with the recent drama surrounding red hat and their approach to free software with the recent move to make it more difficult to rebuild a one-to-one version of red hat Enterprise Linux I made my own position on this very clear in a dedicated video but now the software Freedom Conservancy a way more credible Source than myself also did their non-profits centered around making sure technology is done ethically and that defends right to repair and free software generally their work is around making sure that the GPL isn't violated they published an exhaustive analysis of the recent move and various other moves red hat did pre and post IBM acquisition they point out Red Hat previously violated the GPL twice and that they have a history of skirting around the rights the GPL should grant their users and the free software conservancy's position seems to be that red hat spends their time in a territory that can only be described as Pro probably doesn't violate the GPL they qualify their business model and Licensing terms for customers as murky and they feel that they're playing on the fact that most consumers wouldn't really know or understand the GPL well enough to notice and report a violation they also say that the recent move isn't necessarily a violation of the GPL but that it compounds with past Behavior to make Red Hats compliance with the GPL really difficult to assess especially since they will terminate a customer's contract if they decide to make use of certain GPL rights in short the sfc's position seems to be pretty much the same as the one I have which is sure Red Hat might not violate the GPL directly and they're following the word of the GPL but they're definitely not following the spirit and the ethical philosophy of the free software movement now as Fedora keeps working on their revamped Anaconda installer it looks like it might land in Fedora 39. this new version is based on web Technologies and is actually named Anaconda web UI and the proposal was made to make it the default in Fedora 39 so in October this new installer isn't complete just yet so it would be limited to Fedora workstation and not the other editions and Spins because workstation being the default it's the use case that has been worked on the most Anaconda web UI uses react.js and the cockpit framework and the end goal is to have the exact same feature set as the current Anaconda without sucking like the current Anaconda which is a UI and ux Nightmare of course it is just a proposal for now and it might be rejected as it could be a little too soon for such a move depending on how well development has progressed I guess the Fedora 39 Beta will be the judge of that and they can always fall back to the previous working installer if the new one doesn't cut it yet judging from screenshots it looks pretty nice and easy to understand and seeing as Ubuntu took basically two or three years to make their own new revamped installer if Fedora can deliver theirs in less than a year then people are going to start to wonder what canonical is actually doing and let's finish this with the gaming news and there's a lot to discuss here first the AMD driver for gpus which is called radv gain support for a feature called fragment Shader interlock and while I have no idea what this does it looks like it's used by dxvk vkd3d and a lot of emulators like ryugen X Zinnia the Xbox 360 Emulator and a lot more including some specific games like opaque tail Requiem so basically as I understand it it should make Linux gaming using AMD gpus better still on the topic of Graphics valve hired another graphic driver developer Alisa rosenzweig who works on reverse engineering the Apple silicon GPU driver and also worked on pan Frost the arm Mali GPU driver she joins valve's team to work on Linux Graphics drivers proton game scope and other critical valve projects for the steam deck and their gaming Vision which might indicate that that I thought they are going to start working on new hardware projects to work on new drivers to support that or on a specific new revision of the steam deck or just that they want more hands on deck to work on the current steam deck but that seems very unlikely since this architecture is pretty well mastered these days I don't think they would need another full-time position to improve the drivers for this device specifically and as per weyland's support on wine we have the next part of that work being merged into wine this latest batch of code should give all the bare minimum feature sets to display the contents of a window using a software renderer implying that graphical acceleration isn't there yet these windows can't be interacted with just yet so it's really just being able to display something still the work is moving along nicely and it should land in wine 8.12 and I've been trying to Game On Weyland on my main editing rig for the past few weeks and I can say that the performance difference is really not noticeable but you do notice a lot of issues with frame pacing like the FPS isn't as smooth as on X11 on the other hand this sponsor Segway is as 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hey everyone this is Nick and this is my fourth video this week so forgive me if I look tired so this week we have the Linux kernel version 6.4 with big improvements for AMD CPUs in terms of power management and performance we have some more details about the free and open source driver for NVIDIA gpus called nvk and we have some interesting gnome developments to make gaming on Weyland way smoother plus we have some more Red Hat related drama we have some interesting gaming related news and we have this segue to our sponsor this video is sponsored by lenode lenode is the only solution I use to run my own nexcloud server and my only office server as well it's a super easy solution to deploy basically anything you want in one click they have a huge Marketplace of applications you can host from next Cloud WordPress Drupal gitlab or grafana to gaming servers for Minecraft RX CS go rust valheim and more they take care of all the configuration for you all you have to do is click the thing 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decides everything or the CPU decides everything which obviously didn't make use of all the available info to reach a good balance between performance and power usage there is also now support for M2 chips from Apple at least in some Bare Bones initial form the support is similar to M1 so not every part of the chipset Works especially display output for the M2 Mac Mini and it doesn't include support for Mac laptops and their internal peripherals either it's just the CPU and GPU combo so yeah if you want Linux on Apple silicon Max you still need azahi Linux another big feature is improved sensor monitoring for 100 Asus motherboards for their Intel or AMD variants this means all temperature sensors should work better and Report more accurate information file system formats got a few improvements as well especially X4 and TFS and better fs and their support for a few more Intel related features as well and it really feels like AMD is the hardware manufacturer to go to if you're using Linux if only because their driver support always gets better and the same peripherals you own keep getting more performance and more stability and better support as time goes on in a much wider capacity than other Hardware manufacturers do now we also have news from nvk the fully open source Vulcan driver for NVIDIA gpus that aims to be included in Mesa alongside Intel or AMD drivers it's been under active development for nine months and it's now gained support for older Nvidia gpus as well from the Maxwell and the capital series on top of that the driver now supports geometry tessellation and transform feedback as well as dxvk with which colabora actually managed to get some games running like Hollow Knight and F1 2017 support for various Vulcan extensions also improved and they're aiming to support the Vulcan spec up to version 1.3 in the very near future now there is no time frame yet for when a usable stable version of nvk would be available and part of Mesa and they will also need a specific kernel API for it to work correctly and it's very interesting because it means that in a few years at most will actually have a native fully functional Nvidia driver that can actually do more than just driver display like what Nuvo does it's basically all it's good for these days driving a display or playing a video but you can't game on it you can't really do any compute tasks on it this new driver feels like it's going to be able to do that and you'll still keep the proprietary Nvidia driver for a few use cases for professional work for opencl or Cuda probably but for most people the nvk driver will probably be enough to do anything at high performance Magnum is getting some pretty awesome optimizations for gaming specifically on Wayland some code has been merged in mutter The Gnome compositor to no longer block a specific method that was used to query for GPU timestamps since they don't need to do that anymore this method doesn't need to be cold again and again and so stutters and missed frames should be reduced or could vanish entirely and frame pacing should thus be much better this chain also makes variable refresh rate smoother on AMD gpus and it simplifies the whole code by about 200 lines which is always nice and it should make gaming on Weyland a lot smoother than it is which is an important thing to move people to it and of course until proton and wine aren't Weyland native and still need eggs Weyland to run any sort of game you won't get the best performance possible but it's still a very nice tape to make sure that when wine on Weyland finally lands at least gnome will be there and will support it correctly on top of that the gnome team made progress on their libraries and apps with libid vita gaining a bug button that lets you move back multiple steps in a stack tube converter was renamed parabolic and it's still the same video downloading app with a bunch of nice features I plan the to-do list and project management app gained the chart of the time you spent on various projects it's now more adaptive and works well on phones and you can now prevent it from running in the background displays also gained a debus interface which now exposes the list of devices you can cast your screen to the goal is to make gnome displays into a backhand that other projects could use more easily and it could then be integrated in any app portal or in the gnome shell itself so yeah it's a smaller week than usual but progress on gnome apps has been so fast in the past year or so that you can't really be mad about this now the KDE devs keep hacking away at plasma 6 and they have overhauled the plasma 6 info page with steps to use it and to test it plus they have a few lists of bugs that people can look at to get started and speed up development k-runner will have a new autocomplete behavior in plasma 6 as well that fills in what you're typing automatically and lets you accept the suggestion by hitting the right arrow key or the Tab Key the keyboard indicator will also Now display the state of caps lock and numblock and the volume icon will now change color when you raise volume above 100 smaller improvements that will come to plasma 5.27 and the current apps include a fix for Gwen view no longer crashing when opening dot nef image files a big performance fix for the Weyland session on Intel gpus the system monitor gating support again for NVIDIA devices using the 535 NVIDIA drivers and panels Auto hiding will no longer have a visual glitch when using a dark theme and they also fix 68 bugs of all kinds this week so it's a smaller week on the KD side as well but I guess we're nearing the time period where people actually go on vacation did I mention that being a YouTuber makes me completely forget when the vacations are actually supposed to take place now you might be familiar with the recent drama surrounding red hat and their approach to free software with the recent move to make it more difficult to rebuild a one-to-one version of red hat Enterprise Linux I made my own position on this very clear in a dedicated video but now the software Freedom Conservancy a way more credible Source than myself also did their non-profits centered around making sure technology is done ethically and that defends right to repair and free software generally their work is around making sure that the GPL isn't violated they published an exhaustive analysis of the recent move and various other moves red hat did pre and post IBM acquisition they point out Red Hat previously violated the GPL twice and that they have a history of skirting around the rights the GPL should grant their users and the free software conservancy's position seems to be that red hat spends their time in a territory that can only be described as Pro probably doesn't violate the GPL they qualify their business model and Licensing terms for customers as murky and they feel that they're playing on the fact that most consumers wouldn't really know or understand the GPL well enough to notice and report a violation they also say that the recent move isn't necessarily a violation of the GPL but that it compounds with past Behavior to make Red Hats compliance with the GPL really difficult to assess especially since they will terminate a customer's contract if they decide to make use of certain GPL rights in short the sfc's position seems to be pretty much the same as the one I have which is sure Red Hat might not violate the GPL directly and they're following the word of the GPL but they're definitely not following the spirit and the ethical philosophy of the free software movement now as Fedora keeps working on their revamped Anaconda installer it looks like it might land in Fedora 39. this new version is based on web Technologies and is actually named Anaconda web UI and the proposal was made to make it the default in Fedora 39 so in October this new installer isn't complete just yet so it would be limited to Fedora workstation and not the other editions and Spins because workstation being the default it's the use case that has been worked on the most Anaconda web UI uses react.js and the cockpit framework and the end goal is to have the exact same feature set as the current Anaconda without sucking like the current Anaconda which is a UI and ux Nightmare of course it is just a proposal for now and it might be rejected as it could be a little too soon for such a move depending on how well development has progressed I guess the Fedora 39 Beta will be the judge of that and they can always fall back to the previous working installer if the new one doesn't cut it yet judging from screenshots it looks pretty nice and easy to understand and seeing as Ubuntu took basically two or three years to make their own new revamped installer if Fedora can deliver theirs in less than a year then people are going to start to wonder what canonical is actually doing and let's finish this with the gaming news and there's a lot to discuss here first the AMD driver for gpus which is called radv gain support for a feature called fragment Shader interlock and while I have no idea what this does it looks like it's used by dxvk vkd3d and a lot of emulators like ryugen X Zinnia the Xbox 360 Emulator and a lot more including some specific games like opaque tail Requiem so basically as I understand it it should make Linux gaming using AMD gpus better still on the topic of Graphics valve hired another graphic driver developer Alisa rosenzweig who works on reverse engineering the Apple silicon GPU driver and also worked on pan Frost the arm Mali GPU driver she joins valve's team to work on Linux Graphics drivers proton game scope and other critical valve projects for the steam deck and their gaming Vision which might indicate that that I thought they are going to start working on new hardware projects to work on new drivers to support that or on a specific new revision of the steam deck or just that they want more hands on deck to work on the current steam deck but that seems very unlikely since this architecture is pretty well mastered these days I don't think they would need another full-time position to improve the drivers for this device specifically and as per weyland's support on wine we have the next part of that work being merged into wine this latest batch of code should give all the bare minimum feature sets to display the contents of a window using a software renderer implying that graphical acceleration isn't there yet these windows can't be interacted with just yet so it's really just being able to display something still the work is moving along nicely and it should land in wine 8.12 and I've been trying to Game On Weyland on my main editing rig for the past few weeks and I can say that the performance difference is really not noticeable but you do notice a lot of issues with frame pacing like the FPS isn't as smooth as on X11 on the other hand this sponsor Segway is as smooth as ever if you're a Linux user and you plan to replace your computer stop looking at devices that only support Windows officially by something that actually supports Linux from today's sponsor tuxedo they have a big range of devices that will cover every need and every price point whether you need a laptop a desktop a gaming device just an Ultrabook anything all devices are very customizable you can really spec them to your liking they have multiple colors you can have your own logo on the lid your own keyboard layout if you prefer and while they're based in Germany they do ship to a lot of countries in the world all their laptops are also openable repairable and upgradable they offer a decent selection of Ubuntu base distributions that you can pre-install or you can just slap your own Distribution on it and things will run perfectly so if you need to replace your computer and you plan to run Linux on it don't buy your Windows PC buy a Linux PC from tuxedo so thanks everyone for watching the video I hope you enjoyed it if you did don't hesitate to like to subscribe to turn on notifications or to write a comment and if you didn't like the video there's always that thumbs down button which you can click and let me know why in the comments as well and if you really enjoyed the channel well there are plenty of ways to support it down there in the description there's liberape PayPal patreon YouTube memberships YouTube things whatever you know how this works so thanks everyone for watching and I guess you'll see me in the next one bye [Music] thank you [Music] [Music] foreign

hey everyone this is Nick and this is going to be a special reaction video not as edited as usual about what red hat is currently doing I I've been back and forthing a lot in my mind about this issue at first I thought it was outrageous and I said so in my news podcast then I mellowed a little bit and I thought you know what maybe I can understand their reasons but now after thinking on it a lot I think what red hat is doing is going to hurt Linux in its entirety not just Red Hat not just Red Hat clones but the whole of Linux the desktop the server the Enterprise the hobby is the community the code everything will suffer from what they're doing right now so let me explain to you why I think that so to go over quickly what red hat did basically what they announced was that access to the code of red hat Enterprise Linux would be restricted to people with a developer account on red Hat's platform or to paying cost customers of red hat and some of you might think that it's okay like everybody can still access the code right yeah but when you create one of these accounts or you become a red hat subscriber you basically accept to some terms and conditions that mean that with this code that you get access to you can't redistribute it you can't re-tweak it and you can't just create any product that is not red hat basically the only rights you have are to look at the code and use it to recompile Red Hat yourself so this is obviously not in the spirit of Open Source like it might even legally conflict with the GPL I'm no lawyer I don't know someone will have to look into that there might be an issue here but yeah it might even be contrary to the gpn Now red hat is a company a company's goal has always been profit they're not a non-profit they're a company but what people expect for companies that are exclusive exclusively in the Linux and open source sphere is that they would be ethical companies we don't have a problem with you making money we have a problem with how you make your money if we feel like you sold your soul that you sold your community out or if you start doing weird stuff that we don't really understand or don't really like then we start taking issue with the fact that you're a company so companies aren't bad but companies are bad if they act unethically and this move by Red Hat is definitely unethical first if only because they kind of lied when they announced this move they said yeah it's too hard to maintain multiple repos for Centos stream and for Red Hat it's too much overhead we don't want to do it after about a week where people got really mad and started theorizing that maybe it was IBM forcing them or maybe they just wanted to kill Alma Linux Rocky Linux Oracle Linux then they basically wrote another blog post saying you know what yeah you're right we want to kill these three loaders because that's basically what they're saying they're saying all those clones of red hat are just benefiting from all our work without doing anything else for the community they don't contribute they don't reverse any code we don't like them we want them dead so we're gonna make it impossible for them to keep doing what they do and the issue is first Red Hat itself bases all of its Distribution on the work of others other people built Red Hat they just take that software and compile it sure they contribute a lot probably more than any other purely Linux focused company in the world they contribute to gnome to systemd to Linux kernel to a lot of things they really do but is there a level of contribution at which you're allowed to just grab the code without like hey you know what I'm gonna reuse the Linux kernel all the code and sell it is there a level of contribution with which you're allowed to do that and under which you're not allowed which would exclude Oracle Rocky Linux and Alma that's not the spirit of Open Source the spirit is the code is there for everyone to see and use no matter the legalese and the licenses the spirit is here is the source code so that everyone can benefit from it and red hat is actively trying to limit that and the second weird thing is that what they're doing is not going to prevent their competitors or red hat clones to exist Alma and Rocky and probably already Oracle said that this doesn't really impede them in any way it's going to give them a little bit more work to go fetch the patches they need from the Cento stream repos instead of just rebuilding straight from the red hat repos but it's not the end of the world so basically what red hat did is that they thought a bully was stealing their lunch and instead of not bringing any lunch or telling someone or discussing with the bully they just decided to spit in the sandwich the bully's gonna eat it anywhere they don't know they don't care okay so that's what red hat did it and the second thing is it's really hurting their image right now the Linux Community really does not like this move has made it public everyone's criticizing them and all the fears that maybe the fact that they were going to be bored that they were bought by IBM were Justified these fears were Justified because yes they're turning into a regular capitalistic company that doesn't care about open source or the community they just care about money that that's what it looks like I'm not saying that's what they did but that's what it looks like and with the community turning their backs on red hat you can be sure that most hobbyist projects will not use either Red Hat Enterprise Linux or any of their derivatives because now you're not sure if they're going to keep existing if they are the target of red hat to try and destroy or block or stop because they feel it's unfair that they exist then why would you start using them now so probably everything around red hat is gonna lose a little bit of business bit by bit slowly these and slowly and people who are obvious will start moving to community-run districts like Debian for example and once you've learned that on your free time chances are you're going to bring that to the company where you work as well if you're in the position to do so and so red hat is gonna hurt their business by degrading their Public Image there is no doubt about it they're gonna hurt their business and the real issue is red hat is a major contributor to Linux they employ a lot of people that work on Linux and open source software and if red Hat's business goes let's not say crashing but reduces we've seen that they've already laid off some people when they were making profits so if they start having less and less profit they're gonna lay off more and more people and this means that the contributions to everything that is non-essential for Red Hat these people will get the sack them not gonna have work anymore and so Linux in general will lose contributions so red hat stop acting like a capitalist company you work in a very specific ecosystem I'm sure you know that the Linux and open source ecosystem is interwoven you can't break the community you can't break the code you can't break the licenses you can't break the Enterprise part of things you can't break the hobbyist part of thing all of them need to work together you just broke the community part and maybe the license part without these two links the whole thing crumbles you need to maintain the ecosystem complete it's a very delicate balance and you just broke it take a step back reverse that policy your image will suffer anyway even if you go back but at least people will keep recommending you and trying to defend you right now you're in an untenable position you should not have made that move and you're just hurting the whole Linux ecosystem and tile [Music] foreign [Music] [Music]

since valve released the steam deck I've been craving the same exact experience but plugged into a TV with way better performance to play games at higher resolutions and higher frame rates and finally I got it this thing plays Everything either at 4K or at 1440p upscale to 4K at high details at a smooth 60 FPS with a controller from the comfort of my couch it's awesome it's powerful and it's definitely not worth it compared to a normal gaming console so let's look at what I picked at the issues at the thing it does well and at why I decided to do this and also other sponsor this video is sponsored by savings portmaster portmaster is an all-in-one tool to easily take your privacy to the next level and it's a tool I use myself on all of my Linux devices portmaster relies you automatically block all trackers and malware in every application you run on your computer not just your web browser but everything you run it's easy to use with defaults already in place that lets you just set it and forget it but if you like to configure every Rule and every app you also can portmaster is completely free and open source and also free of charge as it's funded by users that subscribe to the SPN a super powered VPN that gives you multiple identities for every connection of every application so if you want to easily improve the privacy of your system whatever the Linux distro you use or even on Windows click the link in the description below and download the portmaster for free okay so what I needed or what I wanted to be more precise was the following I wanted to play my games on my couch on my 4K TV I work all day in my office and at the end of the day I do not want to play games sitting at this same desk on a mouse and keyboard I play with a controller which I find better for most titles apart from strategy games or competitive FPS which I never play anyway because I don't like this genre I do not like multiplayer and I generally suck at it as well second I wanted to run Steam OS the exact same OS as the steam Deck with all the performance tweaks to reduce overhead the built-in FSR upscaling the plugins of decky loader and the smooth excellent controller friendly experience and in terms of performance it needed to match or exceed my PS5 so these are very specific prerequisites and you might not agree with them and that's okay if you think they're done they're my own subjective wants and needs and okay I will say it outright what I ended up with is not console sized this is a PC it's a relatively small PC but it's still a big PC even compared to the enormous PS5 and sure I could have found a mini ITX case and build my PC from that but it's honestly such a pain to slot everything in and the cooling Headroom is so small that you're probably going to leave performance on the table and upgradability might be limited because you just don't have that much space to put a bigger anything in so I went for a Micro ATX which means that yes it does not look like a console but it was easy to install the GPU it has ample room for cooling and it sort of fits in my TV cabinet so who cares so yeah it's a console in its use case not in its form factor it's still better looking than a PS5 which is the ugliest console I've ever seen in my life and it's a pre-built and I know boo cut off my head or whatever else but honestly hear me out I know how to build PCS I just find that extremely tedious and boring I know some people love doing it but for me it's just not worth it it's not an experience I enjoy and since I bought this thing with my company I also saved a lot of money since I didn't pay v80 so I went for a tuxedo Cube because out of all the Linux manufacturers I wanted to support they were the only ones in a decent price range with a relatively small form factor and Tuxedo did not sponsor the video they did not send me this PC for free they did not give me a discount I paid for it info so let's see what's inside so here I have an Intel Core i7 12700 because 13's gen gains are limited and they're also more expensive ryzen options were also more expensive here I have 32 gigs of 3200 megahertz ddr4 Ram I have one terabyte pcie 4 SSD with a 750 watt Ultra silent modular power supply and a Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth card for the GPU I didn't get it from tuxedo directly because this PC capped out at a radiant 6600 which felt a tiny bit too weak for my needs Nvidia options were better but as I mentioned Nvidia and steamos are not friends so I really wanted to go team red this time so in the end this Cube came at a bit more than a thousand Euros and I bought a Radeon 6650 XT online which cost me 300 Euros the total cost is a bit less than 1400 which isn't cheap by any means especially compared to a regular gaming console the PC was pretty well cable managed out of the box and installing the GPU was not super easy with the limited space but it also wasn't too difficult I only had to unscrew the power supply from the case to be able to plug it in and then it was time to install the operating system so steamos is so I went with Holo ISO which is basically exactly like what steamos will be when it will be released and I know someone will ask why didn't I just go with any distro with steam in Big Picture Mode so I'm going to answer that right now Big Picture Mode doesn't give you game scope the compositor which comes with the frame rate limiter the performance metrics with mango heart the native upscaling of any game or the option for half rate shading which in some games reduces the GPU load and thus power consumption and thus the noise of the PC Big Picture Mode also does not give you access to decky loader which is a fantastic plugin system for steam deck that works on Holo ISO as well with it I improved how the interface looks I added game music and proton DB badges on game pages so no Big Picture Mode on any Linux this row would just not have been suitable now Holo ISO is non-official but it builds on all the public sources that valve released with the steam deck and it's the exact experience I wanted so I downloaded it I created the live USB and I installed it with the built-in installer just like any other Linux distro but after that the problem started first the default kernel they pick doesn't work with a lot of Hardware it's the kernel meant for the steam deck and it lacks support for a bunch of things so I had no Wi-Fi and no bluetooth support fortunately they also ship with the Holo ISO kernel which is more Mainline and does support a lot more things you can select it during boot with grub except that's not practical at all because even if you select it once it does not become the default and Bluetooth controllers don't work in grub so I couldn't even just select it every time I reboot I had to find a way to make it the default so I turned to the controversial grub customizer that's a graphical app that lets you tweak your GRUB boot options and I say it's controversial because a lot of people say it breaks their bootloader and even installing this thing was not simple because Holo ISO like Steam OS is based on Arch but they don't really ship a correct Pac-Man config with the correct repos so I had to manually edit the Pacman config to add the necessary repos to it and then run a full system update followed by the install of grab customizer and even then it didn't work it could not open the grub config file that's because that file is pre-configured with conditions to boot with specific options on specific devices so I just commented all these conditions and then grab customizer managed to open the file and I could finally he said the Holo ISO kernel as the default boot option and now I have a fully functional system every time I boot I can just press the power button and it boots inside of steamos it's connected to everything the Bluetooth controller works it's awesome except all games ran at 720p maximum I could not change that resolution in game at all it was 720p of course a simple web search gave me the answer it's because team OS is meant for the steam deck and it defaults to 720p but you can change all that in the game's properties to select the max resolution you will allow 4K in my case now in the meantime before I found this solution I decided maybe steamos was not working so I tried Chimera OS but this didn't even connect to my Bluetooth controllers either a dual sense 5 or an Xbox series X controller which both have always worked out of the box immediately on any other distro so after one hour trying to solve that I went back to Hollow ISO and never look back okay so now that I can set the resolution I can play but the performance horrible I could not manage 1080p be 60 in Spider-Man at medium details Jedi Fallen order had to run at 768 p on medium to even get close to 60 FPS it was a mess and this system should have been able to give me a lot more than this now after a few hours of looking online I found a solution turns out some AMD cards on Linux run in low power mode by default and don't move to full power when you need them to the fix was to change that mode manually in a config file to put the card into 3d full screen mode since this did not persist after a reboot I wrote a little script to perform the change and created a system D service to Auto started so not really a plug and play console experience I had to Tinker quite a lot but that's okay Hollow ISO is not official there is no official version of steamos to turn any PC into a gaming console so it was okay it was not easy but but it was not super difficult compared to a lot of other things I had to do on Linux since 2006. now in terms of updates you get the exact same updates as the steam deck for the steam desktop client for the steam interface for proton you get them in the same time frame the mechanism is absolutely identical but compared to a console it's not as practical I cannot turn the PC on by turning the controller on and when the PC goes to sleep I can't resume it with the controller I have to go press the button it's not exactly difficult and it makes me move my fat ass which I guess is not a bad thing either but how's the performance then well I can play virtually everything at least at 1440p at Max settings at a smooth 60 FPS I've completed a full playthrough of Spider-Man also running at 1440p high settings upscale to 4K through in-game FSR I've played about 13 hours of cyber bank at Max details 1440p upscaled to 4K through the in-game FSR with sharpness turned to the mat and both these games maintain 60 FPS no problems even in cyberpunk when driving around in the city I played about a third of Red Dead Redemption 2 also running at 1440p high settings upscaled to 4K through Holo ISO at a smooth 60fps as well I finished stray on this thing same story I played The Devil in Me In co-op with my girlfriend same performance Horizon zero down same performance if I push native 4K and high settings on recent AAA releases I can get to 60 FPS and sometimes even maintain it but there are some drops depending on the game for example Spider-Man holds 60 FPS pretty well at 4K High except in the busiest areas of the city but Red Dead Redemption 2 is more than 50 FPS XP variants at that resolution and detail level a lot of games can actually run at 4K 60 very very well but they do tend to make the PC hotter and noisier it's not a big issue because I play with a sound bar under my TV and the sound of the game generally completely overloads the sound of the PC I generally do not hear it except in very quiet moments but I do prefer running at 1440p 60 just to make sure that the sound stays as low as possible I don't hear the fans as much and so this make this thing a better performer than my PS5 because PS5 rarely runs AAA games at 4K 60. generally if you want 4K High details you're using quality mode and so you're running at 30 FPS not 60. the performance mode on PS5 generally runs games at 1440p and either medium or high details but of course my PS5 cost me half the price price of that PC with two games included it emits half the noise and it's half the size so is it worth it no all games I play on this PC I could have played on the PS5 at 60 FPS as well maybe the details wouldn't be as high but it wouldn't have made a huge difference and cost wise it's very expensive for a marginal visual Improvement especially when you consider the PC is huge and noisier than the PS5 and yet I love it and I'm gonna play every single game I can on this PC instead of on the PS5 because it runs Linux and I love Linux the PS5 runs something closed Source based on BSD and I don't care about BSD as much as I care about Linux it also works with an Xbox controller which I prefer to the Dual sense 5 which still gives me cramps after 2 hours and still uses the nonsensical symmetrical stick placement also my games library is mostly on Steam these days I have games going all the way back to CS 1.6 and Half-Life 2 and they mostly all run on Linux now I can also start a playthrough on my TV and then pick up my steam deck make sure my saves are synced and go play on that outside or in bed or on holidays and if I'm honest that's the biggest draw it creates an ecosystem you get a handheld and you get a console and they play the same games with the same saves the same interface the same friends list the same achievements and the same compatibility so no it's not worth it compared to a PS5 or an Xbox series X at least financially but the experience and the integration with this theme deck is awesome and I cannot see myself playing on anything else from now on so thanks everyone for watching the video I hope you enjoyed it if you did don't hesitate to like to subscribe to turn on notifications to write a comment and if you didn't like it there's always that thumbs down button and you can tell me why in the comments as well and if you really enjoyed the video you can support the channel there are plenty of 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since valve released the steam deck I've been craving the same exact experience but plugged into a TV with way better performance to play games at higher resolutions and higher frame rates and finally I got it this thing plays Everything either at 4K or at 1440p upscale to 4K at high details at a smooth 60 FPS with a controller from the comfort of my couch it's awesome it's powerful and it's definitely not worth it compared to a normal gaming console so let's look at what I picked at the issues at the thing it does well and at why I decided to do this and also other sponsor this video is sponsored by savings portmaster portmaster is an all-in-one tool to easily take your privacy to the next level and it's a tool I use myself on all of my Linux devices portmaster relies you automatically block all trackers and malware in every application you run on your computer not just your web browser but everything you run it's easy to use with defaults already in place that lets you just set it and forget it but if you like to configure every Rule and every app you also can portmaster is completely free and open source and also free of charge as it's funded by users that subscribe to the SPN a super powered VPN that gives you multiple identities for every connection of every application so if you want to easily improve the privacy of your system whatever the Linux distro you use or even on Windows click the link in the description below and download the portmaster for free okay so what I needed or what I wanted to be more precise was the following I wanted to play my games on my couch on my 4K TV I work all day in my office and at the end of the day I do not want to play games sitting at this same desk on a mouse and keyboard I play with a controller which I find better for most titles apart from strategy games or competitive FPS which I never play anyway because I don't like this genre I do not like multiplayer and I generally suck at it as well second I wanted to run Steam OS the exact same OS as the steam Deck with all the performance tweaks to reduce overhead the built-in FSR upscaling the plugins of decky loader and the smooth excellent controller friendly experience and in terms of performance it needed to match or exceed my PS5 so these are very specific prerequisites and you might not agree with them and that's okay if you think they're done they're my own subjective wants and needs and okay I will say it outright what I ended up with is not console sized this is a PC it's a relatively small PC but it's still a big PC even compared to the enormous PS5 and sure I could have found a mini ITX case and build my PC from that but it's honestly such a pain to slot everything in and the cooling Headroom is so small that you're probably going to leave performance on the table and upgradability might be limited because you just don't have that much space to put a bigger anything in so I went for a Micro ATX which means that yes it does not look like a console but it was easy to install the GPU it has ample room for cooling and it sort of fits in my TV cabinet so who cares so yeah it's a console in its use case not in its form factor it's still better looking than a PS5 which is the ugliest console I've ever seen in my life and it's a pre-built and I know boo cut off my head or whatever else but honestly hear me out I know how to build PCS I just find that extremely tedious and boring I know some people love doing it but for me it's just not worth it it's not an experience I enjoy and since I bought this thing with my company I also saved a lot of money since I didn't pay v80 so I went for a tuxedo Cube because out of all the Linux manufacturers I wanted to support they were the only ones in a decent price range with a relatively small form factor and Tuxedo did not sponsor the video they did not send me this PC for free they did not give me a discount I paid for it info so let's see what's inside so here I have an Intel Core i7 12700 because 13's gen gains are limited and they're also more expensive ryzen options were also more expensive here I have 32 gigs of 3200 megahertz ddr4 Ram I have one terabyte pcie 4 SSD with a 750 watt Ultra silent modular power supply and a Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth card for the GPU I didn't get it from tuxedo directly because this PC capped out at a radiant 6600 which felt a tiny bit too weak for my needs Nvidia options were better but as I mentioned Nvidia and steamos are not friends so I really wanted to go team red this time so in the end this Cube came at a bit more than a thousand Euros and I bought a Radeon 6650 XT online which cost me 300 Euros the total cost is a bit less than 1400 which isn't cheap by any means especially compared to a regular gaming console the PC was pretty well cable managed out of the box and installing the GPU was not super easy with the limited space but it also wasn't too difficult I only had to unscrew the power supply from the case to be able to plug it in and then it was time to install the operating system so steamos is so I went with Holo ISO which is basically exactly like what steamos will be when it will be released and I know someone will ask why didn't I just go with any distro with steam in Big Picture Mode so I'm going to answer that right now Big Picture Mode doesn't give you game scope the compositor which comes with the frame rate limiter the performance metrics with mango heart the native upscaling of any game or the option for half rate shading which in some games reduces the GPU load and thus power consumption and thus the noise of the PC Big Picture Mode also does not give you access to decky loader which is a fantastic plugin system for steam deck that works on Holo ISO as well with it I improved how the interface looks I added game music and proton DB badges on game pages so no Big Picture Mode on any Linux this row would just not have been suitable now Holo ISO is non-official but it builds on all the public sources that valve released with the steam deck and it's the exact experience I wanted so I downloaded it I created the live USB and I installed it with the built-in installer just like any other Linux distro but after that the problem started first the default kernel they pick doesn't work with a lot of Hardware it's the kernel meant for the steam deck and it lacks support for a bunch of things so I had no Wi-Fi and no bluetooth support fortunately they also ship with the Holo ISO kernel which is more Mainline and does support a lot more things you can select it during boot with grub except that's not practical at all because even if you select it once it does not become the default and Bluetooth controllers don't work in grub so I couldn't even just select it every time I reboot I had to find a way to make it the default so I turned to the controversial grub customizer that's a graphical app that lets you tweak your GRUB boot options and I say it's controversial because a lot of people say it breaks their bootloader and even installing this thing was not simple because Holo ISO like Steam OS is based on Arch but they don't really ship a correct Pac-Man config with the correct repos so I had to manually edit the Pacman config to add the necessary repos to it and then run a full system update followed by the install of grab customizer and even then it didn't work it could not open the grub config file that's because that file is pre-configured with conditions to boot with specific options on specific devices so I just commented all these conditions and then grab customizer managed to open the file and I could finally he said the Holo ISO kernel as the default boot option and now I have a fully functional system every time I boot I can just press the power button and it boots inside of steamos it's connected to everything the Bluetooth controller works it's awesome except all games ran at 720p maximum I could not change that resolution in game at all it was 720p of course a simple web search gave me the answer it's because team OS is meant for the steam deck and it defaults to 720p but you can change all that in the game's properties to select the max resolution you will allow 4K in my case now in the meantime before I found this solution I decided maybe steamos was not working so I tried Chimera OS but this didn't even connect to my Bluetooth controllers either a dual sense 5 or an Xbox series X controller which both have always worked out of the box immediately on any other distro so after one hour trying to solve that I went back to Hollow ISO and never look back okay so now that I can set the resolution I can play but the performance horrible I could not manage 1080p be 60 in Spider-Man at medium details Jedi Fallen order had to run at 768 p on medium to even get close to 60 FPS it was a mess and this system should have been able to give me a lot more than this now after a few hours of looking online I found a solution turns out some AMD cards on Linux run in low power mode by default and don't move to full power when you need them to the fix was to change that mode manually in a config file to put the card into 3d full screen mode since this did not persist after a reboot I wrote a little script to perform the change and created a system D service to Auto started so not really a plug and play console experience I had to Tinker quite a lot but that's okay Hollow ISO is not official there is no official version of steamos to turn any PC into a gaming console so it was okay it was not easy but but it was not super difficult compared to a lot of other things I had to do on Linux since 2006. now in terms of updates you get the exact same updates as the steam deck for the steam desktop client for the steam interface for proton you get them in the same time frame the mechanism is absolutely identical but compared to a console it's not as practical I cannot turn the PC on by turning the controller on and when the PC goes to sleep I can't resume it with the controller I have to go press the button it's not exactly difficult and it makes me move my fat ass which I guess is not a bad thing either but how's the performance then well I can play virtually everything at least at 1440p at Max settings at a smooth 60 FPS I've completed a full playthrough of Spider-Man also running at 1440p high settings upscale to 4K through in-game FSR I've played about 13 hours of cyber bank at Max details 1440p upscaled to 4K through the in-game FSR with sharpness turned to the mat and both these games maintain 60 FPS no problems even in cyberpunk when driving around in the city I played about a third of Red Dead Redemption 2 also running at 1440p high settings upscaled to 4K through Holo ISO at a smooth 60fps as well I finished stray on this thing same story I played The Devil in Me In co-op with my girlfriend same performance Horizon zero down same performance if I push native 4K and high settings on recent AAA releases I can get to 60 FPS and sometimes even maintain it but there are some drops depending on the game for example Spider-Man holds 60 FPS pretty well at 4K High except in the busiest areas of the city but Red Dead Redemption 2 is more than 50 FPS XP variants at that resolution and detail level a lot of games can actually run at 4K 60 very very well but they do tend to make the PC hotter and noisier it's not a big issue because I play with a sound bar under my TV and the sound of the game generally completely overloads the sound of the PC I generally do not hear it except in very quiet moments but I do prefer running at 1440p 60 just to make sure that the sound stays as low as possible I don't hear the fans as much and so this make this thing a better performer than my PS5 because PS5 rarely runs AAA games at 4K 60. generally if you want 4K High details you're using quality mode and so you're running at 30 FPS not 60. the performance mode on PS5 generally runs games at 1440p and either medium or high details but of course my PS5 cost me half the price price of that PC with two games included it emits half the noise and it's half the size so is it worth it no all games I play on this PC I could have played on the PS5 at 60 FPS as well maybe the details wouldn't be as high but it wouldn't have made a huge difference and cost wise it's very expensive for a marginal visual Improvement especially when you consider the PC is huge and noisier than the PS5 and yet I love it and I'm gonna play every single game I can on this PC instead of on the PS5 because it runs Linux and I love Linux the PS5 runs something closed Source based on BSD and I don't care about BSD as much as I care about Linux it also works with an Xbox controller which I prefer to the Dual sense 5 which still gives me cramps after 2 hours and still uses the nonsensical symmetrical stick placement also my games library is mostly on Steam these days I have games going all the way back to CS 1.6 and Half-Life 2 and they mostly all run on Linux now I can also start a playthrough on my TV and then pick up my steam deck make sure my saves are synced and go play on that outside or in bed or on holidays and if I'm honest that's the biggest draw it creates an ecosystem you get a handheld and you get a console and they play the same games with the same saves the same interface the same friends list the same achievements and the same compatibility so no it's not worth it compared to a PS5 or an Xbox series X at least financially but the experience and the integration with this theme deck is awesome and I cannot see myself playing on anything else from now on so thanks everyone for watching the video I hope you enjoyed it if you did don't hesitate to like to subscribe to turn on notifications to write a comment and if you didn't like it there's always that thumbs down button and you can tell me why in the comments as well and if you really enjoyed the video you can support the channel there are plenty of links in the description below for Libra pay PayPal patreon YouTube memberships whatever else you know how this works so thanks for watching and I guess you'll see me in the next one bye foreign [Music] foreign

hey everyone this is Nick and welcome back to your weekly recap of the Linux and open source news so this week we have red hat restricting access to the code source of red hat Enterprise Linux we have a big progress report on plasma 6 and we have the first beta for Linux Mint 21.2 which despite its small number bump is actually a big big release so let's get started with all of this and with this Segway to our sponsor this video is sponsored by tax scale the company that helps make your Linux server and workstation fleets more secure and as you might know Ubuntu 18.04 is now end of life which means you're not going to get any security fixes or patches for the system or anything in its repos and if you still run 18.04 on your servers or workstations you will have to prepare a transition to a newer version which as we all know can be time consuming and requires a bit of planning in the meantime tax care cam lets you keep your 18.04 machines and make sure that you're still protected thanks to their extended life cycle support or Els with that you get five more years of security patches for the system and a ton of packages 24 7 support and live patching for the kernel to ensure you're safe without ever rebooting so if you want to keep your 18.04 devices for a bit longer while you plan your transition click the link in the description below and get started with duck scares Els services so red hat is catching a lot of flack with their latest move they have decided to make Cento a stream the only repository that's publicly accessible for Red Hat Enterprise Linux related source code this means that the source code for Rel is now only accessible to paid customers of red hat through their customer portal this customer portal comes with terms and conditions that prevent you from redistributing the software or from using it to build another non-red hat product and this will impact distros that aim to be one-to-one compatible with red hat like Alma Linux and Rocky Linux although both of them put out statements saying that they were confident they could keep doing what they do by picking specific Patches from the Centos stream repos but that it might make their work harder in the process if they want to ensure a fully perfect one-to-one binary compatibility of course one might wonder why red hat is doing this and the main Theory here is that the rise of Alma Linux and Rocky Linux after they moved to the Centos stream model took a bit out of red Hat's paid business and they are now trying to counter that by making it more difficult for these distros to operate one could also point to IBM the owner of Red Hat forcing them to protect their paid Revenue I personally have no idea if any of this is true it might just be a simple move to have less code repositories to manage clean up keep up to date and where issues are logged and have to be addressed I don't know and this should not be illegal because the GPL doesn't prevent you from locking your source code to your paid customers only but this is definitely not in the spirit of Open Source red hat is building their Distribution on the back of countless completely available open source projects and them locking that code behind what is virtually your paywall is generally not really well perceived now there are a lot of things to talk about in the KDE world this week first with a progress report on plasma 6. currently it compiles it is what they call livable as in you can use it even though it's not entirely stable or bug free and some of the planned features and changes are already implemented but not all all of them and also there's a solid pass of testing and Bug fixing left to do obviously now the next steps are to merge some code with kirigami which is the more recent interface building framework for KDE apps this will help de-duplicate things and they can start using kirigami everywhere and so they can have less bugs because with less code to look at you're less likely to encounter big problems developers are also working on having more legible settings Pages where the various configuration modules that are loaded in the main settings app can declare the components they need that are then drawn by the system settings app itself so some buttons will now move to the header of the settings page instead of having double stacks of buttons at the bottom another change is to sddm the login screen that KD uses it got a new release the first in two and a half years and the project is being brought under the KDE umbrella and it will use KDE Technologies other things in include improved graphics performance when using hybrid graphics with a dedicated Nvidia GPU and there's some work going on to deliver what they call a massive performance Improvement for Intel GPU users although we'll have to wait for next week to know exactly what this entails cute scaling will also be used for X11 as well as in Weyland in plasma 6. although that will not work on mixed DPI multi-monitor setups as X11 just doesn't support this use case at all and in terms of UI changes and features The Welcome Center will now cater to distributions and will let them add a special page to launch the distros installer in the live environment the web browser widget will also show its website's fav icon in the panel by default dolphin will let you open the partition manager from the context menu of the places sidebar and dolphin will also hide temporary and backup files unless you actively choose to display them unfortunately there's still no no exact release schedule but the likeliest estimate seems to be the middle of November although that date is not official and all of this cool stuff really makes me want to switch to KDE again I cannot wait to get my hands on plasma 6. now the first beta for Linux Mint 21.2 is now out in its cinnamon xfc and mate variants as usual mint Debian Edition will as always follow in a bit it's generally not released at the same time as the main mint editions the feature list is pretty long with a better login screen that now supports multiple keyboard layouts plus tap to click on touchpads and a configurable layout for the on-screen keyboard means a software manager app now includes flat packs in the recommended apps and it got a UI refresh with a header bar and a more legible scoring system the Pix image viewer was rebased on a newer version of G thump with better performance more file formats being support better Zoom controls bigger thumbnail options a Color Picker and a lot more in the visual Department the folder icons now use your accent color instead of a colored stripe tooltips and notifications now use that accent color as well title bar buttons are better aligned and symbolic icons in the menus are now more legible mint also now has Styles which let you change the theme of the desktop faster with accent color support and you still get access to full theme customization if you prefer mint also supports desktop portals to support dark mode as a global setting gestures were added for touchscreens and touchpads and tablets and they can be configured in the settings and there are a lot of smaller improvements all around I've been using mint 21.2 since the beta was released and I have a bunch of thoughts about it which I'll publish in a video next week of course there's also stuff happening for Gnome this week with the text editor Now using libid Vitas toolbar view component to be more adaptive the Calendar app now also uses libadviter widgets in the edit calendar page and in the main app itself in its dialogues so it should look more coherent with other gloam apps and it should fit properly on mobile devices as well gnome web now uses the advaita tab overview and some new leave advita widgets as well and it looks pretty damn good these days genome discs one of the last core gnome apps do not have moved to gtk4 is looking for help to complete the port and the UI refresh and gnome workbench The Sandbox app to play around with gnome and libertar components now supports way more elements you can test and build list the to-do list app has a new release with animations settings for backing up your data and some UI improvements tube converter got some user documentation in the new help menu and it will automatically select your downloads folder as the default if you didn't set one yourself first the mobile shell using gnome Technologies can now run on the pine Tab 2 I plan which is another to-do list and project management app now has a new project create window it lets you drop tasks on each other to turn them into sub tasks and it has some UI improvements as well dinaro the personal finance manager can now import existing data when setting up a new account and there's a new gnome extension called Peak top bar on full screen which as its name implies lets you show the top bar by placing your mouse on the top edge of the screen when something is running full screen and as always it's really cool to see those gnome apps finishing their porting work to libid Vita and generally getting more adaptive and responsive so we're getting closer and closer to a full Suite of apps for Linux smartphones now in order to make open source software work better together Thunderbird has asked their Community to give them a few ideas on how to better integrate their email client with Library office to build some sort of well-integrated productivity Suite on Linux the top 5 ideas are to integrate a Thunderbird launcher icon in delivery of his dashboard to let users link documents to calendar events or tasks to have the ability to create calendar events and tasks straight from LibreOffice plus a simpler workflow to export a document to PDF and send it via email with Thunderbird straight from LibreOffice they also want to unify the keyboard shortcuts to style text and they want to add the ability to insert a Thunderbird contact into a library Office document by simply mentioning them now Thunderbird set up a meta issue to track these changes and these Integrations and now we just have to wait for these cool features to be picked up by people who are interested in them either from the Thunderbird or the liberty of his Dev Community or from entirely new contributors of course for now these are just ideas on the page but both projects have expressed their interest in working together to form a well-integrated productivity Suite on Linux which is really really cool okay and let's finish this with the gaming news if you're a fan of old school Diablo you might enjoy Devolution x a way to run Diablo 1 and its Hellfire extension on current systems it's an open source engine that lets you play these games it just got a new release with floating damage numbers an option to Auto pick up oils Quest item drops being based on the game's difficulty making all quests available in multiplayer giving access to PvP Arenas and some upgraded graphics and and lighting of course the engine also already supported gamepads multiplayer High FPS custom resolutions or custom aspect ratios and it looks like a cool way to play the original Diablo much like open Morrowind is a better way to play Morrowind than just using the native engine and a long list of emulation related tools on Steam deck gets even bigger with retro deck which got a new beta version 0.7.0 B for beta they now have a new controller layout to unify hotkeys for all emulators modding is made easier with a new folder layout it integrates with emulation station to get an easy UI it ships with the latest retro Arch emulation course and the latest Standalone emulators it also adds Wii U support from CMU and experimental support for multiple users and it looks like a pretty simple and cool way to set up your emulation station on your steam deck or any other steamos or Holo ISO device and speaking of devices how about I tell you about our sponsor tuxedo they make laptops and desktops that run with Linux out of the box and this is 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today most web browsers use the exact same base chromium apart from two Safari and Firefox but that doesn't mean that all web browsers are equal or the same especially when it comes to privacy they all have vastly different tracker blocking features they don't all resist fingerprinting and depending on the company that makes them they can collect no data at all or a lot of it so today we'll look at all the major web browsers and we'll try to find the best options to stay private online and speaking about privacy how about I tell you about our sponsor this video is sponsored by protonmail the private and secure email service based in Switzerland and they are designed to protect your privacy by using end-to-end encryption and all other protections that you'd expect to keep your inbox safe like for example email aliases and if you don't know where these are they're basically like secret identities for example thanks to Proto on males hide my email aliases you could create an alias to subscribe to a newsletter the minute they start bombarding you with unwanted emails you simply disable the Alias and they won't reach you anymore same thing if you're selling something online instead of giving your real email address give them the Alias when your object is sold remove that Alias and no one will be able to bother you you could also use aliases to sign up for an online account if it ever suffers a data breach you can disable that Alias and your true email address won't be compromised so head over to the link in the description to create your free protonmail account and you'll also get a free VPN a free calendar and a free secure cloud storage space and you can always upgrade to proton unlimited if you want more features more storage or unlimited email aliases so here we'll focus on three main areas first how they protect you from trackers either from ads from cookies from scripts or social media login buttons second what data the browser collects with or without using an account to sync your browser data and finally fingerprinting which is a method websites can use to track you anyway by using your user agent some data about your OS your web browser your location time zone installed apps and extensions Hardware details and more combining all of this it becomes pretty easy to know that it's actually your unique device visiting a website and to link browsing data to that to build a profile it's pretty hard to resist this because while you can reduce the amount of information a website gets the best way to fight it completely is to disable JavaScript which makes most websites unusable and this also means that the less users your web browser has the easiest it is websites to fingerprint you because you're not one of the millions of chrome users on a MacBook Pro you're the one gnome web user on Rockstar OS running on a 10 year old ThinkPad so Chrome is the most used browser in the world on mobile and on desktop it's ubiquitous but for privacy it's definitely not one of the best choices which shouldn't be surprising as Google's entire business model is based on you giving them the biggest amount of data possible and yes it's ironic to say that in a YouTube video but talking about privacy on a platform where everyone's system is already so hardened they can't even click their Mouse is not going to do any good to anyone so Chrome out of the box doesn't have an ad blocker or a Tracker blocker enabled to use that browser to the fullest you will also need to use a Google account and thus everything you do in your browser will be collected unless you specifically disable it by default Chrome collects a user ID and a device ID plus location data browsing history Telemetry and even financial information and that data is linked to the rest of the data Google already has as about you although it's important to point out that if you don't use a Google account to sync your stuff then this data stays stored locally now you can disable a lot of things in your Google account and the web browser settings but you will need to download extensions to block the most invasive trackers and to limit fingerprinting Chrome is also not open source so you have to trust Google that they don't actually collect some stuff that they don't tell you about and seeing that they're very regularly find enormous amounts of money for doing exactly that I personally would not trust them very much now on privacytests.org we can also see that Chrome has pretty weak fingerprinting resistance since it lets website consult the various properties of how you display them they also don't block the major tracking scripts or pixels by default or advertising cookies either so Chrome is very obviously and earned surprisingly not a good choice for being private like you can disable a lot of stuff and you can install extensions to block the major trackers but if you use a Google account to sync your data then you're basically forfeiting any privacy now Firefox has a good reputation for privacy but it's not the best choice either by default it doesn't collect anything apart from some Telemetry data including how many tabs you have open how many windows how many web pages you visit the number and type of extensions the duration of your browsing sessions and some technical data on your OS the version of your browser the language and your IP address in their server logs okay so they do collect a lot of data but it's all anonymized and you can disable all of it in the settings but still it's on by default which really sucks if you use a Firefox account to sync your data between devices they will also get your email address and your age in terms of protections Firefox doesn't block tracking scripts or pixels but it does block social media trackers cross-site cookies crypto Miners and all tracking when you're in incognito mode Firefox is open source so you can be reasonably sure that it doesn't collect more than what it tells you they do say they block fingerprinting but as shown in the privacytest.org charts it falls short at least in terms of denying the website access to the screen properties of your device which are used by many websites to try and recognize you so you'll need to install extensions like for example u-block origin to block ads and trackers and you'll also need to dig deep into the about config page to disable more stuff related to fingerprinting now if you like Firefox but you don't want the Telemetry and you want improved fingerprinting and tracking protection then there's Libra wolf it blocks the same things as Firefox but doesn't send data to anyone it replaces Google by a more private search engine it includes ublock origin by default and it's also hardened against tracking URLs it is a very good browser that all privacy-minded Firefox users should probably move to and yes that includes myself but let's move on to something that clearly focuses on privacy Brave they offer a lot of what you would be able to do in another browser with extensions but it does so out of the box they call these shields and they block ads trackers fingerprinters and cross-site cookies by default they also Auto redirect Google's amp pages to the real website and they redirect tracking URLs so you're not even visiting the tracking domain at all Brave also blocks LinkedIn embedded posts and has options to block Facebook logins or embedded tweets which also track you even if you never click on them or visit Twitter or Facebook but these aren't blocked by default and I don't know why because they are clearly not an integral part of the content like if the article you're reading is based exclusively on an embedded tweet then it's probably not worth reading now Brave does send daily usage data data to the apparent company but it's all anonymized you can disable that in the settings as well so same deal as with Firefox Brave also uses Tor to hide your IP address when using private browsing and they also use their own search engine by default instead of using Google like most other web browsers so even your searches online will be private as Brave search doesn't collect any personal data or IP addresses Brave search does have ads though hey since no one wants to pay for a web browser you do have to make money in some kind of way at some point Brave blocks tracking scripts pixels cookies and prevents websites from accessing your screen's properties so it's also relatively resistant to fingerprinting on privacytest.org it's one of the best at least relative to the test that they run and sure you can replicate most if not all of what Brave does on other browsers but with brave it's here by default the only thing that I personally don't like about Brave is their involved movement in the crypto world but that's subjective and that will be up to you now the ultimate private browser is probably Tor Browser but it won't be for everyone Tor is a network of relays through which your traffic passes randomly before reaching the website you're trying to access your request is encrypted multiple times and each relate decrypts one layer of the URL before passing it to the next the first relay does get your IP address but no other information and the other relays after that don't know anything about you at all it's basically like a VPN but you're routing your information through multiple servers so none of the relays has all the information about your request all at once where with a VPN they do Tor Browser blocks everything that the website might want to learn about you so there's no tracking at all and no fingerprinting but ads aren't blocked and extensions designed to block them might not work properly it's based on Firefox so it could install any Firefox extension but the Tor project recommends against it tall browser by default doesn't store any browsing history and cookies are deleted at the end of the session since the traffic passes through three relays it's also a lot slower than browsing with a more mainstream browser Tor virtually hides everything about you your location or your device but you have to sacrifice some convenience which is generally the case when you want to stay private it's a trade-off between convenient something super easy but you're tracked everywhere or something where you have to jump through hoops but your data isn't being sold to anyone I personally like Hoops now just for a laugh we'll talk about Microsoft Edge Edge is based on chromium the base for Chrome but they remove everything Google related from it to mostly replace it with Microsoft related things like a Microsoft account Edge by default has an opt out for Telemetry it will block trackers from some third party sites and some air trackers as well it also collects required diagnostic data that you cannot opt out of if you use a Microsoft account you will also give them a bunch of data in the process including device information usage data browsing activity bookmarks and More in its default configuration Edge is exactly like Chrome but it does block more major tracking cookies including all of Google's well why would you give your main competitor any data right they don't block The Trackers from Bing ads though you can disable everything here except for the required Telemetry so in the end Edge is no better or worse than Chrome it's basically the same but you're giving your data to Microsoft instead of Google Now Opera is yet another chromium based browser which gets the worst results on privacytests.org it has a unique fingerprint it doesn't block tracking scripts or tracking pixels any doesn't resist fingerprinting really well it also doesn't remove tracking parameters and it doesn't block the major tracking cookies it doesn't send do not track signals by default either their privacy policy also states that they might share personal data with third parties which can be worrying as Opera has been bought by your Chinese Consortium in 2016 which by Chinese law will be required to provide all collected data to the Chinese government so you might not be comfortable with that even though we don't know if Opera sends them this data or not in shorts do not use Opera if you care about privacy you don't know what kind of data it collects or who they send it to it's not open source so you cannot check and it doesn't have adequate protections from tracking out of the box Vivaldi is also a chromium-based browser with a proprietary user interface on top of the main open source components at first start it will ask you what you want to block and since we're talking about privacy here I will assume everyone here will click the block trackers and ads setting with that setting turned on Vivaldi will resist fingerprinting it will block tracking scripts and pixels and tracking cookies as well but it won't remove tracking parameters from URLs it's not perfect it's better than Firefox or Chrome or Edge but it's not as good as Brave in that regard Vivaldi doesn't collect any data any browsing history or anything else even if you use a Vivaldi account because everything is encrypted in there Vivaldi isn't fully open source though so you will have to trust them on that their business model is built on search engines paying them to appear in the browser and bookmarks being added to your speed dial but not on data collection so it should be reasonably safe here Vivaldi is a good choice for privacy if you trust them since they are not fully open source it's on you to decide if you trust the company or not so what should you choose here well it depends on your browser usage for normal browsing that's fluid fast and lets you retain login information across browsing sessions I would say Brave and Vivaldi are your best options they don't collect any data they block most Strikers and are pretty good at resisting fingerprinting of course most other browsers can be raised to that same level of protection but Brave and Vivaldi do that out of the box if you want the absolute best protection available then go with store browser coupled with a VPN you trust ideally a self-hosted one it's not bulletproof nothing is but you will definitely be safe from tracking since websites have no idea where you really are what device you're using and these browsers don't collect any form of telemetry and they have pretty good cookie isolation too as always with privacy it's a matter of trust and a trade-off between convenience and privacy today's sponsor though comes with no trade-offs if you're a linear user and your computer is due for replacement stop buying devices that were made to run Windows and try to retrofit Linux on top of it by something that was made to support Linux from tuxedo they have a big range of devices that cover basically every need and every price point from small Ultrabooks to Giant workstations or gaming laptops they have a ton of stuff and plenty of configuration option for every single one of their devices all the 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hey everyone this is Nick and I'm running out of ideas for what to say in these intros so let's just get on with the Linux and open source new first next cloudhub 5 was released and it's a major update that will give Google and iCloud a run for their money we also have more details about system 76's Cosmic desktop environment especially in the tiling department and we have plans to shape up a gnome mobile OS with a complete roadmap that might finally make it possible to use a real Linux distro on our smartphone just like this segue to our sponsor makes it possible for you to get started with your own server this video is sponsored by lenode lenode is the only solution I use to run my own nexcloud server and my only office server as well it's a super easy solution to deploy basically anything you want in one click they have a huge Marketplace of applications you can host from nexcloud WordPress droop called gitlab or grafana to gaming servers for Minecraft Arc CS go rust valheim and 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make them way better to use than just pure markdown in next Cloud chat you can see who is typing currently you can add icons to your group chats mention a group in the chat as well and you can get instant message translations you can also now replace your video chat background with a predefined image or blur your current background and you can add call reactions with Emojis for people who want to use that and calls can automatically be transcribed it's also possible to create a nextcloud talk room with each calendar appointment you make in next cloud and you can also let people book a meeting with you directly from a link in terms of file management tagging was improved as well and you can use these tags to build automations like posting a chat message when a file changes converting files with a specific tag into a PDF or more limiting access to certain tags to a specific group of users tables the data management app now has better filtering better search and better sorting and Rich Text fields for comments on various rows of data you input you can also import CSV and XLS files or fill in your tables through an API and finally next Cloud office now gets the ability to mention other people in a document and it gets some quick templates and now any next Cloud user can create their own contact groups called circles it's also now easier to link to various next Cloud resources from other nexcloud apps or Pages using the smart picker introduced in the previous version and there are a lot of smaller improvements like Microsoft teams integration or notion integration and seriously if your privacy minded give a shot to nextcloud it is a perfect replacement for the Google ecosystem or Apple's ecosystem now system 76 shared more information about their Cosmic desktop notably in the tiling Department it looks like the new auto tiling will simplify things a bit compared to what we currently have on Cosmic the current system lets you toggle Auto tiling and then also has an adjustment mode to let you arrange or resize tiled windows but in the future Cosmic desktop this mode will be removed as you will just be able to use shift super and the arrow keys to rearrange your windows to group them to stack them and you'll be able to use super plus an arrow key to Simply select the window you want to interact with and to make sure that everything stays legible they've added outlines and simple animations to convey where the window will be going and what it will replace now this should make using the keyboard to get a desired layout way more efficient and easier to understand and they already published a list of the keyboard shortcuts that you will be able to use now for Mouse users there will also be improvements as stacked window groups will now have a small icon that lets you drag the whole group at the same time the selected Tab in a group will also be way easier to identify with a highlight color the traditional neon Scion blue that pop OS uses and these look like very cool changes I can't wait to get an alpha or a beta to get my hands on and see how it works I am worried about how other applications will integrate and look inside of cosmic but I guess we'll have to wait to find out there was a Linux mobile hack Fest in Berlin last week focused on improving gnome mobile they defined a complete road map for that listing the issues and the work that is still necessary for the app platform The Gnome mobile shell the portals and all the necessary apps that are still not mobile friendly or not available at all on a mobile Linux distro like Geary your banking apps an app for YouTube or a note and to do app that can sync they also talked about image based operating systems which definitely make a lot of sense for a mobile OS to ensure the base is as secure and as solid as possible and they looked at what could be their main distribution to Kickstart development there doesn't seem to be an obvious choice right now as no mobile distro seems to have the most up-to-date drivers which are crucial for phone Hardware support on Linux and also system D at the same time which they plan to use for encryption and a lot of other features now they also talked about about extending the mpris protocol that lays the system control audio playback for apps to let applications tell the system which buttons they need and what to display in the system interface something that could also be very helpful for desktop Linux and it's really nice to see that there's still interest for a Linux Mobile smartphone not sure we're still a long ways away but yeah there's still development interest to make that happen which is cool and also they are taking into consideration that for a lot of people the smartphone is an extension of what you're doing on your desktop or your laptop and so they are planning for that with applications that can actually sync now in The Gnome desktop world we have Nautilus adopting the most recent libid Vita widgets and work being done on improving search which will now keep your grid view if that's what you prefer libid Vita deprecated a few other components now that they have better Replacements including the leaflet view that handled Pages inside of application and they also revamped the default apps panel in genome settings with a new advice widget list although it looks kind of worse to me because it seems to have lost all the app icons which were really helpful to pick the default app that you wanted now in terms of app updates this is a huge week eyedropper the Color Picker got a new beta with better visual feedback and that lets you search through colors from the activity overview in Gnome ear tag the audio file tag editor now lets you rename files using your pattern and it can identify files using acoust ID design which is a 2d CAD program now supports line types like dotted lines dashed lines and more and it can now export to various dxf versions for better compatibility with other programs I plan the task manager got a new version as well with a new design for task rows showing one full week per calendar page letting you pick a due date more easily with the options for picking today or no date right on top of the date picker and the ability to auto start in the background to handle reminders that you set up for your tasks there's also a new app called footage which lets you quickly resize mute flip rotate trim and crop a video and Export it in another format it's already available on flat Hub and there's also wildcard a new Simple app to practice regular expressions and see the results of that expression with some boilerplate text on top of that there are updates to telegrant the telegram client now called paper plane to graphs the data plotting and manipulation app to gradient the libid Vita theming manager to the narrow the personal finance manager and to a lot of other apps and development tools like really this was a huge week for Gnome applications it's insane how this app ecosystem is progressing and getting better and better since libid Vitae was introduced always impressive to me now in the KDE world we can look forward to a much better digital signing experience on ocular and I'm talking about signing with a digital certificate not stamping a PNG signature on top of a document now this signature workflow got more fields that you can complete to add some metadata to your signature or you can even add a background image the digitally signed option will also be visible directly in the main hamburger menu of ocular dolphin gained the ability to perform a double click on the tab to duplicate it all dialogues in the system monitor were ported to kirigami so they will look better and should resize more nicely plasma 6 is also moving forwards nicely and the widgets API is being refactored to modernize it and be less error prone for new widget developers and since widgets would have to be ported to q6 anyway for plasma 6 it was a good time to work on that API now if you want to follow the development of plasma 6 there's also a new Wiki page that shows all the current issues and notable changes in plasma 6. and obviously the plasma world is far less active on the surface these days as the glom world because all efforts are focused on plasma 6 and porting apps and components to q6 or to make them work on plasma 6 and I can't wait to get my hands on a stable version to start testing it and let's finish this with the gaming news now the big biggest one this week is probably the new steam update with its big redesign a lot of the code for the desktop steam client is now shared with the code used on the steam deck and the new Big Picture Mode so things should move faster on that front and this redesign also comes with a revamped navigation header revamped dialogues menus and fonts to look a bit more modern and also more in line with the UI of the deck notifications are much improved as well and the in-game overlay has been completely rebuilt with separated windows for viewing achievements a web browser and a new per game notes window that syncs with your account you can also pin any of these elements that will then stay visible on top of the game while you play and if you use a controller the steam deck configurator is also part of the overlay now so you can remap your buttons easily on top of that the desktop client is now Hardware accelerated on Linux and on Mac OS which will make it far more responsive you you can turn that on in the settings in the interface tab if it's not on by default and I've been using this new redesign for a while now since they released it in beta probably like a month ago and it's been awesome the hardware acceleration really makes it a breeze to use it Scrolls faster it's smoother it's just way better even on the Nvidia GPU now on top of that for Linux specifically the latest beta for the desktop client of steam brings much improved scaling they now have support for an environment variable to force a specific scaling Factor when you're launching steam something that was solely lacking on our desktops and it also makes removing non-steam games from Steam much cleaner as it will remove Shader cache files and compatibility data that was previously left in place and finally for AMD GPU users there are good news with Mesa 23.2 Ray tracing will be enabled for these gpus by default it was only doable ball manually for certain titles previously but now it should support any game that has the option for Ray tracing which is nice although performance is apparently really not great compared to what you would have on Windows but they know about it and they're working on it and that's yet another barrier that's being lifted for people who want to make the move from Windows to Linux and that also want to game and for people who want to move to Linux there's no better option than our sponsor if you're looking for a new computer to run Linux on stop buying devices that were only made to support 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today most web browsers use the exact same base chromium apart from two Safari and Firefox but that doesn't mean that all web browsers are equal or the same especially when it comes to privacy they all have vastly different tracker blocking features they don't all resist fingerprinting and depending on the company that makes them they can collect no data at all or a lot of it so today we'll look at all the major web browsers and we'll try to find the best options to stay private online and speaking about privacy how about I tell you about our sponsor this video is sponsored by protonmail the private and secure email service based in Switzerland and they are designed to protect your privacy by using end-to-end encryption and all other protections that you'd expect to keep your inbox safe like for example email aliases and if you don't know where these are they're basically like secret identities for example thanks to Proto on males hide my email aliases you could create an alias to subscribe to a newsletter the minute they start bombarding you with unwanted emails you simply disable the Alias and they won't reach you anymore same thing if you're selling something online instead of giving your real email address give them the Alias when your object is sold remove that Alias and no one will be able to bother you you could also use aliases to sign up for an online account if it ever suffers a data breach you can disable that Alias and your true email address won't be compromised so head over to the link in the description to create your free protonmail account and you'll also get a free VPN a free calendar and a free secure cloud storage space and you can always upgrade to proton unlimited if you want more features more storage or unlimited email aliases so here we'll focus on three main areas first how they protect you from trackers either from ads from cookies from scripts or social media login buttons second what data the browser collects with or without using an account to sync your browser data and finally fingerprinting which is a method websites can use to track you anyway by using your user agent some data about your OS your web browser your location time zone installed apps and extensions Hardware details and more combining all of this it becomes pretty easy to know that it's actually your unique device visiting a website and to link browsing data to that to build a profile it's pretty hard to resist this because while you can reduce the amount of information a website gets the best way to fight it completely is to disable JavaScript which makes most websites unusable and this also means that the less users your web browser has the easiest it is websites to fingerprint you because you're not one of the millions of chrome users on a MacBook Pro you're the one gnome web user on Rockstar OS running on a 10 year old ThinkPad so Chrome is the most used browser in the world on mobile and on desktop it's ubiquitous but for privacy it's definitely not one of the best choices which shouldn't be surprising as Google's entire business model is based on you giving them the biggest amount of data possible and yes it's ironic to say that in a YouTube video but talking about privacy on a platform where everyone's system is already so hardened they can't even click their Mouse is not going to do any good to anyone so Chrome out of the box doesn't have an ad blocker or a Tracker blocker enabled to use that browser to the fullest you will also need to use a Google account and thus everything you do in your browser will be collected unless you specifically disable it by default Chrome collects a user ID and a device ID plus location data browsing history Telemetry and even financial information and that data is linked to the rest of the data Google already has as about you although it's important to point out that if you don't use a Google account to sync your stuff then this data stays stored locally now you can disable a lot of things in your Google account and the web browser settings but you will need to download extensions to block the most invasive trackers and to limit fingerprinting Chrome is also not open source so you have to trust Google that they don't actually collect some stuff that they don't tell you about and seeing that they're very regularly find enormous amounts of money for doing exactly that I personally would not trust them very much now on privacytests.org we can also see that Chrome has pretty weak fingerprinting resistance since it lets website consult the various properties of how you display them they also don't block the major tracking scripts or pixels by default or advertising cookies either so Chrome is very obviously and earned surprisingly not a good choice for being private like you can disable a lot of stuff and you can install extensions to block the major trackers but if you use a Google account to sync your data then you're basically forfeiting any privacy now Firefox has a good reputation for privacy but it's not the best choice either by default it doesn't collect anything apart from some Telemetry data including how many tabs you have open how many windows how many web pages you visit the number and type of extensions the duration of your browsing sessions and some technical data on your OS the version of your browser the language and your IP address in their server logs okay so they do collect a lot of data but it's all anonymized and you can disable all of it in the settings but still it's on by default which really sucks if you use a Firefox account to sync your data between devices they will also get your email address and your age in terms of protections Firefox doesn't block tracking scripts or pixels but it does block social media trackers cross-site cookies crypto Miners and all tracking when you're in incognito mode Firefox is open source so you can be reasonably sure that it doesn't collect more than what it tells you they do say they block fingerprinting but as shown in the privacytest.org charts it falls short at least in terms of denying the website access to the screen properties of your device which are used by many websites to try and recognize you so you'll need to install extensions like for example u-block origin to block ads and trackers and you'll also need to dig deep into the about config page to disable more stuff related to fingerprinting now if you like Firefox but you don't want the Telemetry and you want improved fingerprinting and tracking protection then there's Libra wolf it blocks the same things as Firefox but doesn't send data to anyone it replaces Google by a more private search engine it includes ublock origin by default and it's also hardened against tracking URLs it is a very good browser that all privacy-minded Firefox users should probably move to and yes that includes myself but let's move on to something that clearly focuses on privacy Brave they offer a lot of what you would be able to do in another browser with extensions but it does so out of the box they call these shields and they block ads trackers fingerprinters and cross-site cookies by default they also Auto redirect Google's amp pages to the real website and they redirect tracking URLs so you're not even visiting the tracking domain at all Brave also blocks LinkedIn embedded posts and has options to block Facebook logins or embedded tweets which also track you even if you never click on them or visit Twitter or Facebook but these aren't blocked by default and I don't know why because they are clearly not an integral part of the content like if the article you're reading is based exclusively on an embedded tweet then it's probably not worth reading now Brave does send daily usage data data to the apparent company but it's all anonymized you can disable that in the settings as well so same deal as with Firefox Brave also uses Tor to hide your IP address when using private browsing and they also use their own search engine by default instead of using Google like most other web browsers so even your searches online will be private as Brave search doesn't collect any personal data or IP addresses Brave search does have ads though hey since no one wants to pay for a web browser you do have to make money in some kind of way at some point Brave blocks tracking scripts pixels cookies and prevents websites from accessing your screen's properties so it's also relatively resistant to fingerprinting on privacytest.org it's one of the best at least relative to the test that they run and sure you can replicate most if not all of what Brave does on other browsers but with brave it's here by default the only thing that I personally don't like about Brave is their involved movement in the crypto world but that's subjective and that will be up to you now the ultimate private browser is probably Tor Browser but it won't be for everyone Tor is a network of relays through which your traffic passes randomly before reaching the website you're trying to access your request is encrypted multiple times and each relate decrypts one layer of the URL before passing it to the next the first relay does get your IP address but no other information and the other relays after that don't know anything about you at all it's basically like a VPN but you're routing your information through multiple servers so none of the relays has all the information about your request all at once where with a VPN they do Tor Browser blocks everything that the website might want to learn about you so there's no tracking at all and no fingerprinting but ads aren't blocked and extensions designed to block them might not work properly it's based on Firefox so it could install any Firefox extension but the Tor project recommends against it tall browser by default doesn't store any browsing history and cookies are deleted at the end of the session since the traffic passes through three relays it's also a lot slower than browsing with a more mainstream browser Tor virtually hides everything about you your location or your device but you have to sacrifice some convenience which is generally the case when you want to stay private it's a trade-off between convenient something super easy but you're tracked everywhere or something where you have to jump through hoops but your data isn't being sold to anyone I personally like Hoops now just for a laugh we'll talk about Microsoft Edge Edge is based on chromium the base for Chrome but they remove everything Google related from it to mostly replace it with Microsoft related things like a Microsoft account Edge by default has an opt out for Telemetry it will block trackers from some third party sites and some air trackers as well it also collects required diagnostic data that you cannot opt out of if you use a Microsoft account you will also give them a bunch of data in the process including device information usage data browsing activity bookmarks and More in its default configuration Edge is exactly like Chrome but it does block more major tracking cookies including all of Google's well why would you give your main competitor any data right they don't block The Trackers from Bing ads though you can disable everything here except for the required Telemetry so in the end Edge is no better or worse than Chrome it's basically the same but you're giving your data to Microsoft instead of Google Now Opera is yet another chromium based browser which gets the worst results on privacytests.org it has a unique fingerprint it doesn't block tracking scripts or tracking pixels any doesn't resist fingerprinting really well it also doesn't remove tracking parameters and it doesn't block the major tracking cookies it doesn't send do not track signals by default either their privacy policy also states that they might share personal data with third parties which can be worrying as Opera has been bought by your Chinese Consortium in 2016 which by Chinese law will be required to provide all collected data to the Chinese government so you might not be comfortable with that even though we don't know if Opera sends them this data or not in shorts do not use Opera if you care about privacy you don't know what kind of data it collects or who they send it to it's not open source so you cannot check and it doesn't have adequate protections from tracking out of the box Vivaldi is also a chromium-based browser with a proprietary user interface on top of the main open source components at first start it will ask you what you want to block and since we're talking about privacy here I will assume everyone here will click the block trackers and ads setting with that setting turned on Vivaldi will resist fingerprinting it will block tracking scripts and pixels and tracking cookies as well but it won't remove tracking parameters from URLs it's not perfect it's better than Firefox or Chrome or Edge but it's not as good as Brave in that regard Vivaldi doesn't collect any data any browsing history or anything else even if you use a Vivaldi account because everything is encrypted in there Vivaldi isn't fully open source though so you will have to trust them on that their business model is built on search engines paying them to appear in the browser and bookmarks being added to your speed dial but not on data collection so it should be reasonably safe here Vivaldi is a good choice for privacy if you trust them since they are not fully open source it's on you to decide if you trust the company or not so what should you choose here well it depends on your browser usage for normal browsing that's fluid fast and lets you retain login information across browsing sessions I would say Brave and Vivaldi are your best options they don't collect any data they block most Strikers and are pretty good at resisting fingerprinting of course most other browsers can be raised to that same level of protection but Brave and Vivaldi do that out of the box if you want the absolute best protection available then go with store browser coupled with a VPN you trust ideally a self-hosted one it's not bulletproof nothing is but you will definitely be safe from tracking since websites have no idea where you really are what device you're using and these browsers don't collect any form of telemetry and they have pretty good cookie isolation too as always with privacy it's a matter of trust and a trade-off between convenience and privacy today's sponsor though comes with no trade-offs if you're a linear user and your computer is due for replacement stop buying devices that were made to run Windows and try to retrofit Linux on top of it by something that was made to support Linux from tuxedo they have a big range of devices that cover basically every need and every price point from small Ultrabooks to Giant workstations or gaming laptops they have a ton of stuff and plenty of configuration option for every single one of their devices all the laptops are openable repairable and upgradable and they're based in Germany but they ship to most countries in the world and while they only offer a selection of distros that can come pre-installed on their laptops you can also just install any distro you want because the hardware has been picked specifically because it works well with Linux so if you need a new computer and you plan to run Linux on it stop buying Windows devices click the link in the description below and get yourself a tuxedo PC so thanks everyone for watching the video I hope you enjoyed it if you did don't hesitate to like to subscribe to turn on notifications or to write a comment and if you didn't like the video well you can always dislike it and tell me why in the comments as well and if you really enjoyed the channel and you want to help me make more of these videos I left plenty of links to support it in the description you know the drip so thanks everyone for watching and I guess you'll see me in the next one 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hey everyone this is Nick and welcome back to your weekly recap of the Linux and open source news so this week we have red hat restricting access to the code source of red hat Enterprise Linux we have a big progress report on plasma 6 and we have the first beta for Linux Mint 21.2 which despite its small number bump is actually a big big release so let's get started with all of this and with this Segway to our sponsor this video is sponsored by tax scale the company that helps make your Linux server and workstation fleets more secure and as you might know Ubuntu 18.04 is now end of life which means you're not going to get any security fixes or patches for the system or anything in its repos and if you still run 18.04 on your servers or workstations you will have to prepare a transition to a newer version which as we all know can be time consuming and requires a bit of planning in the meantime tax care cam lets you keep your 18.04 machines and make sure that you're still protected thanks to their extended life cycle support or Els with that you get five more years of security patches for the system and a ton of packages 24 7 support and live patching for the kernel to ensure you're safe without ever rebooting so if you want to keep your 18.04 devices for a bit longer while you plan your transition click the link in the description below and get started with duck scares Els services so red hat is catching a lot of flack with their latest move they have decided to make Cento a stream the only repository that's publicly accessible for Red Hat Enterprise Linux related source code this means that the source code for Rel is now only accessible to paid customers of red hat through their customer portal this customer portal comes with terms and conditions that prevent you from redistributing the software or from using it to build another non-red hat product and this will impact distros that aim to be one-to-one compatible with red hat like Alma Linux and Rocky Linux although both of them put out statements saying that they were confident they could keep doing what they do by picking specific Patches from the Centos stream repos but that it might make their work harder in the process if they want to ensure a fully perfect one-to-one binary compatibility of course one might wonder why red hat is doing this and the main Theory here is that the rise of Alma Linux and Rocky Linux after they moved to the Centos stream model took a bit out of red Hat's paid business and they are now trying to counter that by making it more difficult for these distros to operate one could also point to IBM the owner of Red Hat forcing them to protect their paid Revenue I personally have no idea if any of this is true it might just be a simple move to have less code repositories to manage clean up keep up to date and where issues are logged and have to be addressed I don't know and this should not be illegal because the GPL doesn't prevent you from locking your source code to your paid customers only but this is definitely not in the spirit of Open Source red hat is building their Distribution on the back of countless completely available open source projects and them locking that code behind what is virtually your paywall is generally not really well perceived now there are a lot of things to talk about in the KDE world this week first with a progress report on plasma 6. currently it compiles it is what they call livable as in you can use it even though it's not entirely stable or bug free and some of the planned features and changes are already implemented but not all all of them and also there's a solid pass of testing and Bug fixing left to do obviously now the next steps are to merge some code with kirigami which is the more recent interface building framework for KDE apps this will help de-duplicate things and they can start using kirigami everywhere and so they can have less bugs because with less code to look at you're less likely to encounter big problems developers are also working on having more legible settings Pages where the various configuration modules that are loaded in the main settings app can declare the components they need that are then drawn by the system settings app itself so some buttons will now move to the header of the settings page instead of having double stacks of buttons at the bottom another change is to sddm the login screen that KD uses it got a new release the first in two and a half years and the project is being brought under the KDE umbrella and it will use KDE Technologies other things in include improved graphics performance when using hybrid graphics with a dedicated Nvidia GPU and there's some work going on to deliver what they call a massive performance Improvement for Intel GPU users although we'll have to wait for next week to know exactly what this entails cute scaling will also be used for X11 as well as in Weyland in plasma 6. although that will not work on mixed DPI multi-monitor setups as X11 just doesn't support this use case at all and in terms of UI changes and features The Welcome Center will now cater to distributions and will let them add a special page to launch the distros installer in the live environment the web browser widget will also show its website's fav icon in the panel by default dolphin will let you open the partition manager from the context menu of the places sidebar and dolphin will also hide temporary and backup files unless you actively choose to display them unfortunately there's still no no exact release schedule but the likeliest estimate seems to be the middle of November although that date is not official and all of this cool stuff really makes me want to switch to KDE again I cannot wait to get my hands on plasma 6. now the first beta for Linux Mint 21.2 is now out in its cinnamon xfc and mate variants as usual mint Debian Edition will as always follow in a bit it's generally not released at the same time as the main mint editions the feature list is pretty long with a better login screen that now supports multiple keyboard layouts plus tap to click on touchpads and a configurable layout for the on-screen keyboard means a software manager app now includes flat packs in the recommended apps and it got a UI refresh with a header bar and a more legible scoring system the Pix image viewer was rebased on a newer version of G thump with better performance more file formats being support better Zoom controls bigger thumbnail options a Color Picker and a lot more in the visual Department the folder icons now use your accent color instead of a colored stripe tooltips and notifications now use that accent color as well title bar buttons are better aligned and symbolic icons in the menus are now more legible mint also now has Styles which let you change the theme of the desktop faster with accent color support and you still get access to full theme customization if you prefer mint also supports desktop portals to support dark mode as a global setting gestures were added for touchscreens and touchpads and tablets and they can be configured in the settings and there are a lot of smaller improvements all around I've been using mint 21.2 since the beta was released and I have a bunch of thoughts about it which I'll publish in a video next week of course there's also stuff happening for Gnome this week with the text editor Now using libid Vitas toolbar view component to be more adaptive the Calendar app now also uses libadviter widgets in the edit calendar page and in the main app itself in its dialogues so it should look more coherent with other gloam apps and it should fit properly on mobile devices as well gnome web now uses the advaita tab overview and some new leave advita widgets as well and it looks pretty damn good these days genome discs one of the last core gnome apps do not have moved to gtk4 is looking for help to complete the port and the UI refresh and gnome workbench The Sandbox app to play around with gnome and libertar components now supports way more elements you can test and build list the to-do list app has a new release with animations settings for backing up your data and some UI improvements tube converter got some user documentation in the new help menu and it will automatically select your downloads folder as the default if you didn't set one yourself first the mobile shell using gnome Technologies can now run on the pine Tab 2 I plan which is another to-do list and project management app now has a new project create window it lets you drop tasks on each other to turn them into sub tasks and it has some UI improvements as well dinaro the personal finance manager can now import existing data when setting up a new account and there's a new gnome extension called Peak top bar on full screen which as its name implies lets you show the top bar by placing your mouse on the top edge of the screen when something is running full screen and as always it's really cool to see those gnome apps finishing their porting work to libid Vita and generally getting more adaptive and responsive so we're getting closer and closer to a full Suite of apps for Linux smartphones now in order to make open source software work better together Thunderbird has asked their Community to give them a few ideas on how to better integrate their email client with Library office to build some sort of well-integrated productivity Suite on Linux the top 5 ideas are to integrate a Thunderbird launcher icon in delivery of his dashboard to let users link documents to calendar events or tasks to have the ability to create calendar events and tasks straight from LibreOffice plus a simpler workflow to export a document to PDF and send it via email with Thunderbird straight from LibreOffice they also want to unify the keyboard shortcuts to style text and they want to add the ability to insert a Thunderbird contact into a library Office document by simply mentioning them now Thunderbird set up a meta issue to track these changes and these Integrations and now we just have to wait for these cool features to be picked up by people who are interested in them either from the Thunderbird or the liberty of his Dev Community or from entirely new contributors of course for now these are just ideas on the page but both projects have expressed their interest in working together to form a well-integrated productivity Suite on Linux which is really really cool okay and let's finish this with the gaming news if you're a fan of old school Diablo you might enjoy Devolution x a way to run Diablo 1 and its Hellfire extension on current systems it's an open source engine that lets you play these games it just got a new release with floating damage numbers an option to Auto pick up oils Quest item drops being based on the game's difficulty making all quests available in multiplayer giving access to PvP Arenas and some upgraded graphics and and lighting of course the engine also already supported gamepads multiplayer High FPS custom resolutions or custom aspect ratios and it looks like a cool way to play the original Diablo much like open Morrowind is a better way to play Morrowind than just using the native engine and a long list of emulation related tools on Steam deck gets even bigger with retro deck which got a new beta version 0.7.0 B for beta they now have a new controller layout to unify hotkeys for all emulators modding is made easier with a new folder layout it integrates with emulation station to get an easy UI it ships with the latest retro Arch emulation course and the latest Standalone emulators it also adds Wii U support from CMU and experimental support for multiple users and it looks like a pretty simple and cool way to set up your emulation station on your steam deck or any other steamos or Holo ISO device and speaking of devices how about I tell you about our sponsor tuxedo they make laptops and desktops that run with Linux out of the box and this is important because it means that the hardware is totally Linux compatible contrary to something you might buy with Windows slapped on it where you can't be 100 sure that everything inside this laptop will be correctly supported and will run well tuxedo has a long list of devices from the smallest Ultrabooks to the biggest gaming Towers or workstations gaming laptops all form factors all sizes they have everything and all devices are super configurable all the laptops are openable repairable and upgradable and you can even have your own custom logo or keyboard layout engraved on the keys or on the lid of your laptop so if you need a new computer and you plan to run Linux on it stop buying devices that only support Windows officially buy something that supports Linux you can just click the link in the description to browse their devices so thanks everyone for watching the video I hope you enjoyed it if you did don't hesitate to like to subscribe to turn on notifications or to write a 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hey everyone this is Nick and today we're taking a look at tuxedo OS the Linux distro made by you guessed it tuxedo but that can not only run on their own devices but on any other computer as well so we'll look at what's different about it what it does well what it does less well and also at the Stellaris 16 the newest entry in the gaming and workstation laptops from tuxedo and the advantages of running tuxedo OS on a tuxedo PC and also we'll look at today's sponsor this video is sponsored by Squarespace and if you need a website but you don't know how to get started or you don't have any technical knowledge then Squarespace will be your go-to platform they have pre-made templates for every kind of website and you can completely customize these by just adding or removing blocks and reordering them on the page graphically you can change the phones the colors the visuals everything and when you want to start adding features to your website Squarespace has a collection of modules that are just as easy to use you can get a complete shop with online payments a members only area a video gallery and more and to make sure people can actually access your website Squarespace can also help you book your domain name so head over to squarespace.com the Linux experiment or just click the link in the description below and you'll get 10 off your first purchase okay so what is tuxedo OS exactly it's the semi-rolling release Linux distro that tuxedo makes and pre-installs by default on their line of laptops and desktops so you would think you can't get it for your own computer right well no just like pop Os from system 76 you can download tuxedo OS and install it on any computer you want but why exactly would you want to well tuxedo OS isn't just kubuntu on which it's Loosely based it does a lot more than that it comes with KDE plasma sure but it fixes a lot of issues people might have with Ubuntu the tuxedo gets rid of snaps they have their own repos for additional drivers and apps they have a hybrid rolling release model for the desktop the apps and the drivers and they have their own custom kernel with better Hardware support and a few very useful utilities and on top of that they have a web-based restoration system that lets you fully format and reinstall your PC straight from the boot menu so let's dive deeper into all of this so tuxedo has their own repos these notably contain their custom kernel which deviates from Mainline Linux and from the default Ubuntu kernel in a number of ways first it fixes issues with external Thunderbolt controllers and boot delays linked to that they also enable the Legacy panel self refresh feature or PSR which lets your GPU go to sleep for very small periods of time while the display doesn't have anything to refresh the latest version version 2 of PSR that's currently in the mainline kernel can be quite buggy so they enable the first version when it works better to save battery power they also add fixers for external displays flickering when connected to an Intel XC graphics and they also add fixers for real Tech audio devices that can produce a very audible pop sound when using headphones so this is a short list of changes but basically what you need to know is that the tuxedo kernel has fixes and better Hardware support than the mainline Linux kernel or the Ubuntu kernel and all that changes are mainlined into the main Linux kernel as well the tuxedo OS repos include a lot more than that though in there they ship more up-to-date drivers than what Ubuntu includes like the MD GPU or Mesa drivers they have firmware for their own devices they have packages for web browsers that Ubuntu only provides as snaps and for a few up-to-date apps that aren't in the Ubuntu repos or are outdated like any desk the heroic games launcher virtualbox ventoy and more it's very similar to pop OS in that regard they are Loosely based on Ubuntu but they do have way more more up-to-date kernel versions driver versions and a bunch of apps that are not in the Ubuntu repos for some reason now tuxedo OS isn't completely a rolling Rollies but it has a hybrid approach to this while the base system and base packages are from Ubuntu they ship drivers a Linux kernel and the KD plasma desktop on a rolling release model which means you're always getting the latest version of your KDE apps and desktop and a recent kernel version and its Associated drivers and this also means you never have to do giant upgrades every six months your system is always kept up to date of course updates are only pushed once they've been tested so you won't be getting them day one but you'll be getting them faster than on kubuntu for example and they will still have some testing done so you can be sure that everything works reliably and since tuxedo ships this operating system on their own devices you can be relatively sure that it's not completely broken and that it works relatively well they're not shipping a half broken mess to their paying customers tuxedo OS also embarks The Tuxedo control center it's an open source graphical app that lets you set your power profile between a few presets like extreme power save high performance quiet and more but you can also create your own with control over the display brightness the minimum fan speed and the fan profile so it can be as quiet or as loud as you need it to be and you can set the CPU power limits and disable CPU logical cores and Define their minimum and maximum frequency it's a really powerful tool to fine-tune a balanced power profile that's the best compromise between the performance you need and the battery life or you can just crank everything up to the max for the loudest and fastest gaming experience for example The Tuxedo control center also lets you set your encryption password if you encrypt your drive and it lets you set a shutdown timer you can also change the battery charging up to improve the battery's lifespan by charging it slower or never charging it up to the max you can also right click the tray icon for quick access to power profiles or to switch from the integrated GPU to the dedicated one you can even get the tuxedo control center on other distros through tuxedo's repos but they only have them for Ubuntu base distros or open Souza so you might want to use that of course I would be very very surprised if this was not already in the Aur in the Gen 2 package manager or even in a fedora copper repo now on top of that tuxedo OS makes a few tweaks first they enable OS prober something that lets your system detect other operating systems if you dual boot second in these boot options you'll find a web Fai option which is stored for web fully automated installation what it will do is grab an ISO of tuxedo as format your drive install a fresh system so you can reformat and reinstall your entire system if need be of course if you prefer a live system you can also just download a tuxedo OS ISO and Flash it to a USB drive finally tuxedo OS changes a few appearance things in plasma which I will say I'm not a fan of the default color scheme uses a Salomon tone that just doesn't look too good to me and the folder icons they use are all gray with the same accent color which again I don't really like it's super minor and super subjective and it's also super easy to change in plasma settings they also pre-install more stuff than kubuntu like virtualbox stylex the next Cloud syncing app the muon graphical package manager or k torrent but everything is of course really removable after installing but that won't stop people from calling that bloat because apparently everything other than the Linux kernel in the distro is so is tuxedo OS any good well yeah basically tuxedo OS gives you the best KDE plasma distro if you're not looking for the absolute bleeding edge all the absolute best stability they apply very minimal changes to the desktop it's extremely close to vanilla and you get the latest and greatest stuff from the KDE developers plus a very up-to-date base for drivers and the kernel which means it's always a better choice for recent Hardware than KD neon or kubuntu and since they test things a lot it's also really stable I never encountered any crashes or problems or issues it just works and also they de-ubuntify the distribution which if you're not a fan of snaps for example might be a good point now that's tuxedo OS on the non-tuxedo PC but if you run it on one of their computers you get a few nice bonuses so we're gonna look at their Stellaris 15 which is their high-end Mobile gaming or mobile workstation laptop the star 16 is the latest entry in the Stellaris line I already reviewed the 15 inch and the 17 inch model and they are really solid powerful portable workstations and gaming laptops as a matter of fact I own a Stellaris 15 laptop and it's currently the only gaming device that my girlfriend uses the 16-inch model comes with a 16 by 10 2560 by 1600 panel that has very Vivid colors 350 nits of brightness and perfect viewing angles it can also refresh at 240 hertz you also get a Core I9 3900hx which is a 16 core 32 thread CPU that can go up to 5.4 gigahertz in geekbench this thing gets 2951 in single core and 14933 in multi-core which is extremely high it destroys everything else I ever reviewed in single core and in multi-core it even beats an M2 Ultra in single core performance which is something because those CPUs are supposed to be like the best in single core performance it's better than any of my gaming rigs you can pair that with an RTX 4060 or up to a 40 90 which of course are perfectly supported under tuxedo OS my review unit has the RTX 4060 and testing that laptop in cyberpunk I got 49 FPS at ultra settings at the native resolution which is really solid at high settings and the native resolution it reaches 59 FPS Ram options go from 16 gigs or 4 800 megahertz ddr5 to 64 gigs of 50 600 megahertz ddr5 and for storage you can get up to two four terabytes pcie 4 ssds it comes in black only but with the usual slew of keyboard options or your own custom keyboard layout you also get Wi-Fi 6E and Bluetooth 5.3 the laptop itself is super solid and while it's pretty thick at 2.6 centimeters it's necessary to accommodate the cooling it weighs 2.5 kilos and as with all tuxedo laptops you can open it up and replace the battery the RAM and the SSD yourself in terms of ports you get two usba 3.2 Gen 2 One USB a 3.2 gen 1 a full size SD card slot a headphone jack plus a barrel charger in the back the ports for the Aquarius cooling system an HDMI 2.1 Port 2.5 gigs ethernet and Thunderbolt 4 that runs through the dedicated GPU a very very solid Port selection a second Thunderbolt would have been nice but I can't complain the keyboard is really excellent with good key travel and a quiet sound with a soft bump since it's a membrane keyboard there's a numpad as well and full size arrow keys you can also get it with a mechanical keyboard the same that I reviewed in the Stellaris 17. it's amazing to type on but a lot noisier and if you work in an open space your colleagues will definitely staple your forehead to your desk or another body part if you're lucky and unlucky if you're unlucky I mean the touchpad isn't glass but it's very smooth even though it's really small for this form factor I'm pretty much spoiled with my executive 16's giant smooth glass touchpad that is literally the best I ever used recent MacBooks included still this one is not bad it feels solid The Click is nice the speakers are decent with a good amount of bass but they'll start saturating at max volume foreign firing so if you place the laptop on the soft surface you will muffle them easily and the mic and webcam are potato quality as is unfortunately too often the case the mic will pick up on fan noise and everything else around and the webcam while it's 1080P and it's fluid and responsive it will produce a pretty bad image if you're standing in front of a light source or you don't have enough light it's not horrible but it's really not great either as per battery life you get a 99 watt hour battery which is the largest you can get if you want your laptop to get in a plane one day on the power save mode using the integrated GPU it lasted for 7 hours with YouTube videos playing in the loop over Wi-Fi in Firefox with the display at 240 hertz using the dedicated GPU instead it lasted for about 4 hours of course at 60hz you can expect way better battery life all in all it's a really solid workstation and game laptop it will cost you 2080 Euros for the base model with the RDX 4060 16 gigs of RAM and a 500 gigs SSD I think that price is decent for the hardware and the Very solid build quality the good enough screen the good enough speakers the good keyboard the good trackpad is just a good package all around but also on a tuxedo computer you get a few cool things on top of the default tuxedo experience first The Tuxedo control center gets better you often will get a dedicated button to open it especially in the Stellaris line of laptops but you also get more features you can control the color and brightness of the keyboard backlight you can also control the webcam and its resolution frame rate brightness contrast exposure dynamic range and color balance but what's more interesting is Tonto which seems to mean leprechaun in Swedish although tuxedo is German but I guess saying Vista mention was not as user-friendly tomta is a driver configuration service for tuxedo devices it automatically recognizes the model you're using and it checks for the drivers and packages that will give you the best experience on this specific model in the control center though you can disable some of these changes if you prefer using the mainline drivers or not having certain configurations enabled on the Stellaris 16 for example I get fixes for CPU power for Intel 13's gen CPUs I get improved drivers for the ethernet controller I get the NVIDIA drivers the newer Mesa drivers from the integrated Intel graphics and more and you can install tomta on other distributions as well although it will need to recognize your device as a model that tuxedo sells so it won't work on every single computer in the control center you also get support for the Aquarius external water cooling solution that I already reviewed with the Stellaris 17 laptop I left a link to that in the video's description so tuxedo OS is a wonderful Choice whether you want to use a tuxedo laptop or desktop or any other computer it gives you a semi-rolling release with KD plasma its apps better drivers a better kernel so if you use newer Hardware it's an obvious choice compared to kubuntu or 2kd neon and of course if you use it on a tuxedo PC you also get a few nice advantages especially tomta for automatic drivers configuration it's really really nice so that will do for this video thank you all for watching it if you enjoyed it don't hesitate to like to 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hey everyone this is Nick and today we're taking a look at tuxedo OS the Linux distro made by you guessed it tuxedo but that can not only run on their own devices but on any other computer as well so we'll look at what's different about it what it does well what it does less well and also at the Stellaris 16 the newest entry in the gaming and workstation laptops from tuxedo and the advantages of running tuxedo OS on a tuxedo PC and also we'll look at today's sponsor this video is sponsored by Squarespace and if you need a website but you don't know how to get started or you don't have any technical knowledge then Squarespace will be your go-to platform they have pre-made templates for every kind of website and you can completely customize these by just adding or removing blocks and reordering them on the page graphically you can change the phones the colors the visuals everything and when you want to start adding features to your website Squarespace has a collection of modules that are just as easy to use you can get a complete shop with online payments a members only area a video gallery and more and to make sure people can actually access your website Squarespace can also help you book your domain name so head over to squarespace.com the Linux experiment or just click the link in the description below and you'll get 10 off your first purchase okay so what is tuxedo OS exactly it's the semi-rolling release Linux distro that tuxedo makes and pre-installs by default on their line of laptops and desktops so you would think you can't get it for your own computer right well no just like pop Os from system 76 you can download tuxedo OS and install it on any computer you want but why exactly would you want to well tuxedo OS isn't just kubuntu on which it's Loosely based it does a lot more than that it comes with KDE plasma sure but it fixes a lot of issues people might have with Ubuntu the tuxedo gets rid of snaps they have their own repos for additional drivers and apps they have a hybrid rolling release model for the desktop the apps and the drivers and they have their own custom kernel with better Hardware support and a few very useful utilities and on top of that they have a web-based restoration system that lets you fully format and reinstall your PC straight from the boot menu so let's dive deeper into all of this so tuxedo has their own repos these notably contain their custom kernel which deviates from Mainline Linux and from the default Ubuntu kernel in a number of ways first it fixes issues with external Thunderbolt controllers and boot delays linked to that they also enable the Legacy panel self refresh feature or PSR which lets your GPU go to sleep for very small periods of time while the display doesn't have anything to refresh the latest version version 2 of PSR that's currently in the mainline kernel can be quite buggy so they enable the first version when it works better to save battery power they also add fixers for external displays flickering when connected to an Intel XC graphics and they also add fixers for real Tech audio devices that can produce a very audible pop sound when using headphones so this is a short list of changes but basically what you need to know is that the tuxedo kernel has fixes and better Hardware support than the mainline Linux kernel or the Ubuntu kernel and all that changes are mainlined into the main Linux kernel as well the tuxedo OS repos include a lot more than that though in there they ship more up-to-date drivers than what Ubuntu includes like the MD GPU or Mesa drivers they have firmware for their own devices they have packages for web browsers that Ubuntu only provides as snaps and for a few up-to-date apps that aren't in the Ubuntu repos or are outdated like any desk the heroic games launcher virtualbox ventoy and more it's very similar to pop OS in that regard they are Loosely based on Ubuntu but they do have way more more up-to-date kernel versions driver versions and a bunch of apps that are not in the Ubuntu repos for some reason now tuxedo OS isn't completely a rolling Rollies but it has a hybrid approach to this while the base system and base packages are from Ubuntu they ship drivers a Linux kernel and the KD plasma desktop on a rolling release model which means you're always getting the latest version of your KDE apps and desktop and a recent kernel version and its Associated drivers and this also means you never have to do giant upgrades every six months your system is always kept up to date of course updates are only pushed once they've been tested so you won't be getting them day one but you'll be getting them faster than on kubuntu for example and they will still have some testing done so you can be sure that everything works reliably and since tuxedo ships this operating system on their own devices you can be relatively sure that it's not completely broken and that it works relatively well they're not shipping a half broken mess to their paying customers tuxedo OS also embarks The Tuxedo control center it's an open source graphical app that lets you set your power profile between a few presets like extreme power save high performance quiet and more but you can also create your own with control over the display brightness the minimum fan speed and the fan profile so it can be as quiet or as loud as you need it to be and you can set the CPU power limits and disable CPU logical cores and Define their minimum and maximum frequency it's a really powerful tool to fine-tune a balanced power profile that's the best compromise between the performance you need and the battery life or you can just crank everything up to the max for the loudest and fastest gaming experience for example The Tuxedo control center also lets you set your encryption password if you encrypt your drive and it lets you set a shutdown timer you can also change the battery charging up to improve the battery's lifespan by charging it slower or never charging it up to the max you can also right click the tray icon for quick access to power profiles or to switch from the integrated GPU to the dedicated one you can even get the tuxedo control center on other distros through tuxedo's repos but they only have them for Ubuntu base distros or open Souza so you might want to use that of course I would be very very surprised if this was not already in the Aur in the Gen 2 package manager or even in a fedora copper repo now on top of that tuxedo OS makes a few tweaks first they enable OS prober something that lets your system detect other operating systems if you dual boot second in these boot options you'll find a web Fai option which is stored for web fully automated installation what it will do is grab an ISO of tuxedo as format your drive install a fresh system so you can reformat and reinstall your entire system if need be of course if you prefer a live system you can also just download a tuxedo OS ISO and Flash it to a USB drive finally tuxedo OS changes a few appearance things in plasma which I will say I'm not a fan of the default color scheme uses a Salomon tone that just doesn't look too good to me and the folder icons they use are all gray with the same accent color which again I don't really like it's super minor and super subjective and it's also super easy to change in plasma settings they also pre-install more stuff than kubuntu like virtualbox stylex the next Cloud syncing app the muon graphical package manager or k torrent but everything is of course really removable after installing but that won't stop people from calling that bloat because apparently everything other than the Linux kernel in the distro is so is tuxedo OS any good well yeah basically tuxedo OS gives you the best KDE plasma distro if you're not looking for the absolute bleeding edge all the absolute best stability they apply very minimal changes to the desktop it's extremely close to vanilla and you get the latest and greatest stuff from the KDE developers plus a very up-to-date base for drivers and the kernel which means it's always a better choice for recent Hardware than KD neon or kubuntu and since they test things a lot it's also really stable I never encountered any crashes or problems or issues it just works and also they de-ubuntify the distribution which if you're not a fan of snaps for example might be a good point now that's tuxedo OS on the non-tuxedo PC but if you run it on one of their computers you get a few nice bonuses so we're gonna look at their Stellaris 15 which is their high-end Mobile gaming or mobile workstation laptop the star 16 is the latest entry in the Stellaris line I already reviewed the 15 inch and the 17 inch model and they are really solid powerful portable workstations and gaming laptops as a matter of fact I own a Stellaris 15 laptop and it's currently the only gaming device that my girlfriend uses the 16-inch model comes with a 16 by 10 2560 by 1600 panel that has very Vivid colors 350 nits of brightness and perfect viewing angles it can also refresh at 240 hertz you also get a Core I9 3900hx which is a 16 core 32 thread CPU that can go up to 5.4 gigahertz in geekbench this thing gets 2951 in single core and 14933 in multi-core which is extremely high it destroys everything else I ever reviewed in single core and in multi-core it even beats an M2 Ultra in single core performance which is something because those CPUs are supposed to be like the best in single core performance it's better than any of my gaming rigs you can pair that with an RTX 4060 or up to a 40 90 which of course are perfectly supported under tuxedo OS my review unit has the RTX 4060 and testing that laptop in cyberpunk I got 49 FPS at ultra settings at the native resolution which is really solid at high settings and the native resolution it reaches 59 FPS Ram options go from 16 gigs or 4 800 megahertz ddr5 to 64 gigs of 50 600 megahertz ddr5 and for storage you can get up to two four terabytes pcie 4 ssds it comes in black only but with the usual slew of keyboard options or your own custom keyboard layout you also get Wi-Fi 6E and Bluetooth 5.3 the laptop itself is super solid and while it's pretty thick at 2.6 centimeters it's necessary to accommodate the cooling it weighs 2.5 kilos and as with all tuxedo laptops you can open it up and replace the battery the RAM and the SSD yourself in terms of ports you get two usba 3.2 Gen 2 One USB a 3.2 gen 1 a full size SD card slot a headphone jack plus a barrel charger in the back the ports for the Aquarius cooling system an HDMI 2.1 Port 2.5 gigs ethernet and Thunderbolt 4 that runs through the dedicated GPU a very very solid Port selection a second Thunderbolt would have been nice but I can't complain the keyboard is really excellent with good key travel and a quiet sound with a soft bump since it's a membrane keyboard there's a numpad as well and full size arrow keys you can also get it with a mechanical keyboard the same that I reviewed in the Stellaris 17. it's amazing to type on but a lot noisier and if you work in an open space your colleagues will definitely staple your forehead to your desk or another body part if you're lucky and unlucky if you're unlucky I mean the touchpad isn't glass but it's very smooth even though it's really small for this form factor I'm pretty much spoiled with my executive 16's giant smooth glass touchpad that is literally the best I ever used recent MacBooks included still this one is not bad it feels solid The Click is nice the speakers are decent with a good amount of bass but they'll start saturating at max volume foreign firing so if you place the laptop on the soft surface you will muffle them easily and the mic and webcam are potato quality as is unfortunately too often the case the mic will pick up on fan noise and everything else around and the webcam while it's 1080P and it's fluid and responsive it will produce a pretty bad image if you're standing in front of a light source or you don't have enough light it's not horrible but it's really not great either as per battery life you get a 99 watt hour battery which is the largest you can get if you want your laptop to get in a plane one day on the power save mode using the integrated GPU it lasted for 7 hours with YouTube videos playing in the loop over Wi-Fi in Firefox with the display at 240 hertz using the dedicated GPU instead it lasted for about 4 hours of course at 60hz you can expect way better battery life all in all it's a really solid workstation and game laptop it will cost you 2080 Euros for the base model with the RDX 4060 16 gigs of RAM and a 500 gigs SSD I think that price is decent for the hardware and the Very solid build quality the good enough screen the good enough speakers the good keyboard the good trackpad is just a good package all around but also on a tuxedo computer you get a few cool things on top of the default tuxedo experience first The Tuxedo control center gets better you often will get a dedicated button to open it especially in the Stellaris line of laptops but you also get more features you can control the color and brightness of the keyboard backlight you can also control the webcam and its resolution frame rate brightness contrast exposure dynamic range and color balance but what's more interesting is Tonto which seems to mean leprechaun in Swedish although tuxedo is German but I guess saying Vista mention was not as user-friendly tomta is a driver configuration service for tuxedo devices it automatically recognizes the model you're using and it checks for the drivers and packages that will give you the best experience on this specific model in the control center though you can disable some of these changes if you prefer using the mainline drivers or not having certain configurations enabled on the Stellaris 16 for example I get fixes for CPU power for Intel 13's gen CPUs I get improved drivers for the ethernet controller I get the NVIDIA drivers the newer Mesa drivers from the integrated Intel graphics and more and you can install tomta on other distributions as well although it will need to recognize your device as a model that tuxedo sells so it won't work on every single computer in the control center you also get support for the Aquarius external water cooling solution that I already reviewed with the Stellaris 17 laptop I left a link to that in the video's description so tuxedo OS is a wonderful Choice whether you want to use a tuxedo laptop or desktop or any other computer it gives you a semi-rolling release with KD plasma its apps better drivers a better kernel so if you use newer Hardware it's an obvious choice compared to kubuntu or 2kd neon and of course if you use it on a tuxedo PC you also get a few nice advantages especially tomta for automatic drivers configuration it's really really nice so that will do for this video thank you all for watching it if you enjoyed it don't hesitate to like to 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hey everyone this is Nick and I'm running out of ideas for what to say in these intros so let's just get on with the Linux and open source new first next cloudhub 5 was released and it's a major update that will give Google and iCloud a run for their money we also have more details about system 76's Cosmic desktop environment especially in the tiling department and we have plans to shape up a gnome mobile OS with a complete roadmap that might finally make it possible to use a real Linux distro on our smartphone just like this segue to our sponsor makes it possible for you to get started with your own server this video is sponsored by lenode lenode is the only solution I use to run my own nexcloud server and my only office server as well it's a super easy solution to deploy basically anything you want in one click they have a huge Marketplace of applications you can host from nexcloud WordPress droop called gitlab or grafana to gaming servers for Minecraft Arc CS go rust valheim and 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make them way better to use than just pure markdown in next Cloud chat you can see who is typing currently you can add icons to your group chats mention a group in the chat as well and you can get instant message translations you can also now replace your video chat background with a predefined image or blur your current background and you can add call reactions with Emojis for people who want to use that and calls can automatically be transcribed it's also possible to create a nextcloud talk room with each calendar appointment you make in next cloud and you can also let people book a meeting with you directly from a link in terms of file management tagging was improved as well and you can use these tags to build automations like posting a chat message when a file changes converting files with a specific tag into a PDF or more limiting access to certain tags to a specific group of users tables the data management app now has better filtering better search and better sorting and Rich Text fields for comments on various rows of data you input you can also import CSV and XLS files or fill in your tables through an API and finally next Cloud office now gets the ability to mention other people in a document and it gets some quick templates and now any next Cloud user can create their own contact groups called circles it's also now easier to link to various next Cloud resources from other nexcloud apps or Pages using the smart picker introduced in the previous version and there are a lot of smaller improvements like Microsoft teams integration or notion integration and seriously if your privacy minded give a shot to nextcloud it is a perfect replacement for the Google ecosystem or Apple's ecosystem now system 76 shared more information about their Cosmic desktop notably in the tiling Department it looks like the new auto tiling will simplify things a bit compared to what we currently have on Cosmic the current system lets you toggle Auto tiling and then also has an adjustment mode to let you arrange or resize tiled windows but in the future Cosmic desktop this mode will be removed as you will just be able to use shift super and the arrow keys to rearrange your windows to group them to stack them and you'll be able to use super plus an arrow key to Simply select the window you want to interact with and to make sure that everything stays legible they've added outlines and simple animations to convey where the window will be going and what it will replace now this should make using the keyboard to get a desired layout way more efficient and easier to understand and they already published a list of the keyboard shortcuts that you will be able to use now for Mouse users there will also be improvements as stacked window groups will now have a small icon that lets you drag the whole group at the same time the selected Tab in a group will also be way easier to identify with a highlight color the traditional neon Scion blue that pop OS uses and these look like very cool changes I can't wait to get an alpha or a beta to get my hands on and see how it works I am worried about how other applications will integrate and look inside of cosmic but I guess we'll have to wait to find out there was a Linux mobile hack Fest in Berlin last week focused on improving gnome mobile they defined a complete road map for that listing the issues and the work that is still necessary for the app platform The Gnome mobile shell the portals and all the necessary apps that are still not mobile friendly or not available at all on a mobile Linux distro like Geary your banking apps an app for YouTube or a note and to do app that can sync they also talked about image based operating systems which definitely make a lot of sense for a mobile OS to ensure the base is as secure and as solid as possible and they looked at what could be their main distribution to Kickstart development there doesn't seem to be an obvious choice right now as no mobile distro seems to have the most up-to-date drivers which are crucial for phone Hardware support on Linux and also system D at the same time which they plan to use for encryption and a lot of other features now they also talked about about extending the mpris protocol that lays the system control audio playback for apps to let applications tell the system which buttons they need and what to display in the system interface something that could also be very helpful for desktop Linux and it's really nice to see that there's still interest for a Linux Mobile smartphone not sure we're still a long ways away but yeah there's still development interest to make that happen which is cool and also they are taking into consideration that for a lot of people the smartphone is an extension of what you're doing on your desktop or your laptop and so they are planning for that with applications that can actually sync now in The Gnome desktop world we have Nautilus adopting the most recent libid Vita widgets and work being done on improving search which will now keep your grid view if that's what you prefer libid Vita deprecated a few other components now that they have better Replacements including the leaflet view that handled Pages inside of application and they also revamped the default apps panel in genome settings with a new advice widget list although it looks kind of worse to me because it seems to have lost all the app icons which were really helpful to pick the default app that you wanted now in terms of app updates this is a huge week eyedropper the Color Picker got a new beta with better visual feedback and that lets you search through colors from the activity overview in Gnome ear tag the audio file tag editor now lets you rename files using your pattern and it can identify files using acoust ID design which is a 2d CAD program now supports line types like dotted lines dashed lines and more and it can now export to various dxf versions for better compatibility with other programs I plan the task manager got a new version as well with a new design for task rows showing one full week per calendar page letting you pick a due date more easily with the options for picking today or no date right on top of the date picker and the ability to auto start in the background to handle reminders that you set up for your tasks there's also a new app called footage which lets you quickly resize mute flip rotate trim and crop a video and Export it in another format it's already available on flat Hub and there's also wildcard a new Simple app to practice regular expressions and see the results of that expression with some boilerplate text on top of that there are updates to telegrant the telegram client now called paper plane to graphs the data plotting and manipulation app to gradient the libid Vita theming manager to the narrow the personal finance manager and to a lot of other apps and development tools like really this was a huge week for Gnome applications it's insane how this app ecosystem is progressing and getting better and better since libid Vitae was introduced always impressive to me now in the KDE world we can look forward to a much better digital signing experience on ocular and I'm talking about signing with a digital certificate not stamping a PNG signature on top of a document now this signature workflow got more fields that you can complete to add some metadata to your signature or you can even add a background image the digitally signed option will also be visible directly in the main hamburger menu of ocular dolphin gained the ability to perform a double click on the tab to duplicate it all dialogues in the system monitor were ported to kirigami so they will look better and should resize more nicely plasma 6 is also moving forwards nicely and the widgets API is being refactored to modernize it and be less error prone for new widget developers and since widgets would have to be ported to q6 anyway for plasma 6 it was a good time to work on that API now if you want to follow the development of plasma 6 there's also a new Wiki page that shows all the current issues and notable changes in plasma 6. and obviously the plasma world is far less active on the surface these days as the glom world because all efforts are focused on plasma 6 and porting apps and components to q6 or to make them work on plasma 6 and I can't wait to get my hands on a stable version to start testing it and let's finish this with the gaming news now the big biggest one this week is probably the new steam update with its big redesign a lot of the code for the desktop steam client is now shared with the code used on the steam deck and the new Big Picture Mode so things should move faster on that front and this redesign also comes with a revamped navigation header revamped dialogues menus and fonts to look a bit more modern and also more in line with the UI of the deck notifications are much improved as well and the in-game overlay has been completely rebuilt with separated windows for viewing achievements a web browser and a new per game notes window that syncs with your account you can also pin any of these elements that will then stay visible on top of the game while you play and if you use a controller the steam deck configurator is also part of the overlay now so you can remap your buttons easily on top of that the desktop client is now Hardware accelerated on Linux and on Mac OS which will make it far more responsive you you can turn that on in the settings in the interface tab if it's not on by default and I've been using this new redesign for a while now since they released it in beta probably like a month ago and it's been awesome the hardware acceleration really makes it a breeze to use it Scrolls faster it's smoother it's just way better even on the Nvidia GPU now on top of that for Linux specifically the latest beta for the desktop client of steam brings much improved scaling they now have support for an environment variable to force a specific scaling Factor when you're launching steam something that was solely lacking on our desktops and it also makes removing non-steam games from Steam much cleaner as it will remove Shader cache files and compatibility data that was previously left in place and finally for AMD GPU users there are good news with Mesa 23.2 Ray tracing will be enabled for these gpus by default it was only doable ball manually for certain titles previously but now it should support any game that has the option for Ray tracing which is nice although performance is apparently really not great compared to what you would have on Windows but they know about it and they're working on it and that's yet another barrier that's being lifted for people who want to make the move from Windows to Linux and that also want to game and for people who want to move to Linux there's no better option than our sponsor if you're looking for a new computer to run Linux on stop buying devices that were only made to support 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if you have read any comment section on anything vaguely Linux related recently you probably have heard about NYX OS seriously NYX OS is the new Arch when it comes to telling people that you use it and I will admit I was very skeptical about Nix OS it just looked needlessly complex and I couldn't see what the benefits were but after trying it out learning the basics of how it works I am jumping on the next train so let's see what it is how it works how to get started what you'd want to use it and also how to get started with a better remote desktop tool thanks to our sponsor this video is sponsored by Chasm workspaces a fantastic tool to stream operating systems desktops and apps straight to your browser they just released version 1.13 which adds a workspace registry for installing and sharing open source container based images including the Linux server.io collection of web desktops that are now streamed using Chasm VNC additional updates include enhanced Mobile support with Progressive web apps and you can now stop or pause workspaces to restore them later the chasm workspaces Community Edition can be self-hosted but they also have a cloud service if you prefer so to learn more about Chasm workspaces click the link in the description so let's begin with the obvious question what is NYX OS and why should you care NYX OS is a Linux distribution of course and though for some reason I thought it was relatively new it turns out it's actually older than Ubuntu since it started in 2003. it's a fixed release distro with two releases per year but there's also a rolling variant if you prefer by moving to the unstable Channel we'll see how to do that later in the video what NYX os does differently though is that your system when setup is completely and entirely reproducible everything you use is defined in a configuration file that is used to build your system all the services packages options partition layout Hardware everything is in this config file well apart from your user files documents configs and stuff like that you still have to back these up by yourself still it means that if you backup just that file and use it to reinstall your computer or even install nexo OS on another computer you will get the exact same operating system with every user service package and app installed and configured as you like again apart from your personal user documents and Dot files and now you're probably thinking cool beans Nick okay maybe not no one says that you're probably thinking what the hell is this guy talking about this looks weird and complicated and yeah NYX OS is not for Linux beginners at all it's a command line required sort of distro but in short the benefits are really amazing first your system is insanely stable as you can always roll back to a previous configuration or even a previous version of a package or an app second your system can be replicated as is with just one simple file that yes will take you a bit of time to configure exactly how you like and if you're a developer your eyes might be sparkling right now because yes that's one file to replicate your entire development environment and third you can never get into dependency hell packages all declare exactly which versions of each Library they need and these versions are all installed side by side and kept not erased by newer versions which means that if a program needs a newer version of gtk it won't replace your whole main gtk installation and break everything else in the process it will install this new version alongside the older ones that you actually need for other programs nixos is very very hard to break you would really have to do it on purpose and so the use case is I want a system that I'm able to replicate on the same computer when I reinstall or in an entirely other computer with different hardware and I want the best most stable package manager I can find and I'm okay with using the command line and editing text files okay so let's see how you can install NYX OS the process is pretty much identical to what you know you download an ISO they have a gnome one and a plasma one although you can also install other desktops or no desktop at all you burn your live USB as usual and you boot from it normally you get the classic calamares installer and a screen to pick the desktop environment you want to use I went with plasma for a change you can also pick if you want to use non-free software by default it won't and you're done you have a usable system with a graphical desktop it uses X11 by default but there's a Wayland session if you prefer now it's time to configure your system to make it do what you actually want to do and save everything in case you need to reinstall or you want to duplicate that system onto another computer now the basic install will give you everything you need but you might want to go into more detail and to do that there's the main configuration file in slash Etc NYX OS called configuration dot next this file uses its own specific syntax that is entirely functional it describes everything the system uses and with which options from the hardware the bootloader the services the packages the apps the users everything and this config file is then used to build the system that you use every time you make a modification to this file you rebuild the system based on this and the system automatically installs everything you need for that configuration to work which also means that if you give that config file to someone else they'll get the exact same operating system as what you're using by default after my graphical install that file is relatively simple first it includes the results of the hardware scan nexos performs at install to make sure that all the hardware is detected and handled properly then the bootloader options are set with systemd and EFI followed by the hostname enabling network manager the time zone the locals X11 the login manager and the desktop environment comment the various services and my user and its applications and this file is super basic it works for a base system but you can do a lot more with the Nix syntax if I wanted to add something else for example I would like to run a few VMS using virtualbox I could just add the line virtualization.virtualbox.host.enable equals true and I would also like to have G parted part of my main system build so in the config file where my user is defined I'll just add G parted to the list of packages now to make sure that this config is actually applied I can just run a command Nix OS Dash rebuild switch and my configuration will be parsed and the system will rebuild itself using everything in this file it will then enable this new configuration for the currently booted system and make that the boot default and now if I open my menu in KDE I can find G parted and virtualbox both installed and ready to use did you notice how I didn't need to use a graphical app store or a command line package manager that's because since I declared that I wanted this on my system when I rebuilt my system Nix OS automatically fetched those packages and all their dependencies so everything would work well now if I reboot my system I also now have two entries in my bootloader the previous configuration and the new one with my g-potted package and virtualbox these entries are called Generations this means I can always reboot to my previous working configuration if I messed something up which is a very nice safety net and that's the basics of Nyx OS with one single file you declare everything you need the system is built using that configuration to install and configure everything according to what you specified and that config file will always create the exact same system for any user on any device now of course you will have to learn this syntax and the various Services packages and configs you can set in there and it's a lot more powerful than just enabling or disabling things I can add conditions or abstractions to make my file truly portable for other PCS that might not have the same Hardware and don't worry if you mess up the syntax when you run the Nyx OS rebuild command you'll get warnings and errors that tell you what doesn't work and the config won't be built and if you're still worried you can also just make that configuration work for right now but not make it the new boot default which means that if anything breaks you can just reboot and you'll reboot onto the working system of course all of this requires root access to edit the main config of the system but if you don't have root access or if you don't want to add programs to your main reproducible config but you just want to test them out for now you can also install packages as a regular user using the next package manager or you can add flat pack to your config file or run app Images but installing programs will mainly be done using the next package manager which means it's time to learn how to use it learning montage foreign [Music] seconds thanks to the super exhaustive manual that is included in the distribution all that you can find online the next package manager works on any Linux distro but also on Mac OS WSL and more it's pretty easy to use if I want to install for example OBS I will just type Nix Dash on dash IA nyxos.obs Studio the dash I is the argument to install and the capital A is to tell the package manager to install using the specific name of the package instead of looking through the whole repo which is way slower if I want to remove the package I can use Nix Dash on dash e OBS studio and it will be removed note that installing packages with the next package manager doesn't add them to your config file so if you want these packages to be part of your main config your reproducible system you need to add them in the config file instead either for your user or for the whole system and that's about it for the basics of the Nyx package manager next doesn't have a snap D package just yet so there's no snap support oh no what are we going to oh wait you said snaps no that's fine no one cares and as per what is available the next package repos has 80 000 packages which is almost as much as the Aur so chances are you will find anything and everything you need in there okay now let's see how to update the system and all its packages nexos works with channels by default you'll use the stable Channel with tested packages that get security updates only and major feature updates when there's a new release of Nyx OS every 6 months to update you can just run the command sudo Nick's Dash Channel dash dash update this will pool all the latest package versions from the channel your system uses then you run the Nyx Dash rebuild switch dash dash upgrade command and your system will grab every new version of every package and rebuild the system based on your configuration file and this sounds like it should take a lot of time but it doesn't like rebuilding your system after changing your config generally takes like 10 seconds important to note the new version of a package is installed alongside the old one the new versions are the ones that will be used thanks to a simple symbolic link system that always points to the newest version of a package so in your menu you will only see the latest version of an app but this has to use a lot of disk space over time right so fortunately you can clean that up you can run a command to clean up the old Generations the old system builds that you have that you're not using anymore and then run another command to delete all the older versions of packages that have been linked to this version but that you're not using anymore Nix OS isn't a bleeding edge distro so by default on the stable Channel you don't get the latest and greatest packages to get newer packages add the risk of having a less cable system you can switch to the stable Channel they are the latest tested updates and they will also get you access to packages that aren't yet in the stable repos like for example DaVinci Resolve but that's just the tip of the iceberg NYX also has flakes that let you basically provide an entirely configured project that you can download and reproduce on your system it has home manager to create a NYX config file just for your slash home directory and there are tons of options for the next package manager and the Nix configuration file to really tailor everything to your needs so who should use NYX OS then well for developers it's a god-tier distro you can just completely fine tune your config file to have the perfect development environment and then just give that file to all the other developers in your company that will then have the exact same development environment completely set up for workstations you can deploy the exact same system to all your users for someone who just wants a super solid system that can always roll back and that is completely free of dependency hell nixos is also the perfect choice and if you Tinker a lot with your distro your services all the systems you use and you run Nix OS lets you grab that exact configuration and never lose it as long as you back up your one config file next OS is an amazing distribution but not for beginners if you come from the everything is graphical world then you're gonna have a rough time you're gonna need to learn the Syntax for the config file to make the most out of this distribution and you're also going to have to learn how to use the package manager through the command line it's not like it's super difficult but it's still a big barrier If You're Expecting everything to have a graphical app so NYX OS is now the top Contender to replace Fedora 38 on my editing desktop because it will let me completely roll back to a usable system I do not have time to debug anything when I need to edit a video and also I can just save all my programs DaVinci Resolve the NVIDIA drivers everything to the config file so I know that everything will 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if you have read any comment section on anything vaguely Linux related recently you probably have heard about NYX OS seriously NYX OS is the new Arch when it comes to telling people that you use it and I will admit I was very skeptical about Nix OS it just looked needlessly complex and I couldn't see what the benefits were but after trying it out learning the basics of how it works I am jumping on the next train so let's see what it is how it works how to get started what you'd want to use it and also how to get started with a better remote desktop tool thanks to our sponsor this video is sponsored by Chasm workspaces a fantastic tool to stream operating systems desktops and apps straight to your browser they just released version 1.13 which adds a workspace registry for installing and sharing open source container based images including the Linux server.io collection of web desktops that are now streamed using Chasm VNC additional updates include enhanced Mobile support with Progressive web apps and you can now stop or pause workspaces to restore them later the chasm workspaces Community Edition can be self-hosted but they also have a cloud service if you prefer so to learn more about Chasm workspaces click the link in the description so let's begin with the obvious question what is NYX OS and why should you care NYX OS is a Linux distribution of course and though for some reason I thought it was relatively new it turns out it's actually older than Ubuntu since it started in 2003. it's a fixed release distro with two releases per year but there's also a rolling variant if you prefer by moving to the unstable Channel we'll see how to do that later in the video what NYX os does differently though is that your system when setup is completely and entirely reproducible everything you use is defined in a configuration file that is used to build your system all the services packages options partition layout Hardware everything is in this config file well apart from your user files documents configs and stuff like that you still have to back these up by yourself still it means that if you backup just that file and use it to reinstall your computer or even install nexo OS on another computer you will get the exact same operating system with every user service package and app installed and configured as you like again apart from your personal user documents and Dot files and now you're probably thinking cool beans Nick okay maybe not no one says that you're probably thinking what the hell is this guy talking about this looks weird and complicated and yeah NYX OS is not for Linux beginners at all it's a command line required sort of distro but in short the benefits are really amazing first your system is insanely stable as you can always roll back to a previous configuration or even a previous version of a package or an app second your system can be replicated as is with just one simple file that yes will take you a bit of time to configure exactly how you like and if you're a developer your eyes might be sparkling right now because yes that's one file to replicate your entire development environment and third you can never get into dependency hell packages all declare exactly which versions of each Library they need and these versions are all installed side by side and kept not erased by newer versions which means that if a program needs a newer version of gtk it won't replace your whole main gtk installation and break everything else in the process it will install this new version alongside the older ones that you actually need for other programs nixos is very very hard to break you would really have to do it on purpose and so the use case is I want a system that I'm able to replicate on the same computer when I reinstall or in an entirely other computer with different hardware and I want the best most stable package manager I can find and I'm okay with using the command line and editing text files okay so let's see how you can install NYX OS the process is pretty much identical to what you know you download an ISO they have a gnome one and a plasma one although you can also install other desktops or no desktop at all you burn your live USB as usual and you boot from it normally you get the classic calamares installer and a screen to pick the desktop environment you want to use I went with plasma for a change you can also pick if you want to use non-free software by default it won't and you're done you have a usable system with a graphical desktop it uses X11 by default but there's a Wayland session if you prefer now it's time to configure your system to make it do what you actually want to do and save everything in case you need to reinstall or you want to duplicate that system onto another computer now the basic install will give you everything you need but you might want to go into more detail and to do that there's the main configuration file in slash Etc NYX OS called configuration dot next this file uses its own specific syntax that is entirely functional it describes everything the system uses and with which options from the hardware the bootloader the services the packages the apps the users everything and this config file is then used to build the system that you use every time you make a modification to this file you rebuild the system based on this and the system automatically installs everything you need for that configuration to work which also means that if you give that config file to someone else they'll get the exact same operating system as what you're using by default after my graphical install that file is relatively simple first it includes the results of the hardware scan nexos performs at install to make sure that all the hardware is detected and handled properly then the bootloader options are set with systemd and EFI followed by the hostname enabling network manager the time zone the locals X11 the login manager and the desktop environment comment the various services and my user and its applications and this file is super basic it works for a base system but you can do a lot more with the Nix syntax if I wanted to add something else for example I would like to run a few VMS using virtualbox I could just add the line virtualization.virtualbox.host.enable equals true and I would also like to have G parted part of my main system build so in the config file where my user is defined I'll just add G parted to the list of packages now to make sure that this config is actually applied I can just run a command Nix OS Dash rebuild switch and my configuration will be parsed and the system will rebuild itself using everything in this file it will then enable this new configuration for the currently booted system and make that the boot default and now if I open my menu in KDE I can find G parted and virtualbox both installed and ready to use did you notice how I didn't need to use a graphical app store or a command line package manager that's because since I declared that I wanted this on my system when I rebuilt my system Nix OS automatically fetched those packages and all their dependencies so everything would work well now if I reboot my system I also now have two entries in my bootloader the previous configuration and the new one with my g-potted package and virtualbox these entries are called Generations this means I can always reboot to my previous working configuration if I messed something up which is a very nice safety net and that's the basics of Nyx OS with one single file you declare everything you need the system is built using that configuration to install and configure everything according to what you specified and that config file will always create the exact same system for any user on any device now of course you will have to learn this syntax and the various Services packages and configs you can set in there and it's a lot more powerful than just enabling or disabling things I can add conditions or abstractions to make my file truly portable for other PCS that might not have the same Hardware and don't worry if you mess up the syntax when you run the Nyx OS rebuild command you'll get warnings and errors that tell you what doesn't work and the config won't be built and if you're still worried you can also just make that configuration work for right now but not make it the new boot default which means that if anything breaks you can just reboot and you'll reboot onto the working system of course all of this requires root access to edit the main config of the system but if you don't have root access or if you don't want to add programs to your main reproducible config but you just want to test them out for now you can also install packages as a regular user using the next package manager or you can add flat pack to your config file or run app Images but installing programs will mainly be done using the next package manager which means it's time to learn how to use it learning montage foreign [Music] seconds thanks to the super exhaustive manual that is included in the distribution all that you can find online the next package manager works on any Linux distro but also on Mac OS WSL and more it's pretty easy to use if I want to install for example OBS I will just type Nix Dash on dash IA nyxos.obs Studio the dash I is the argument to install and the capital A is to tell the package manager to install using the specific name of the package instead of looking through the whole repo which is way slower if I want to remove the package I can use Nix Dash on dash e OBS studio and it will be removed note that installing packages with the next package manager doesn't add them to your config file so if you want these packages to be part of your main config your reproducible system you need to add them in the config file instead either for your user or for the whole system and that's about it for the basics of the Nyx package manager next doesn't have a snap D package just yet so there's no snap support oh no what are we going to oh wait you said snaps no that's fine no one cares and as per what is available the next package repos has 80 000 packages which is almost as much as the Aur so chances are you will find anything and everything you need in there okay now let's see how to update the system and all its packages nexos works with channels by default you'll use the stable Channel with tested packages that get security updates only and major feature updates when there's a new release of Nyx OS every 6 months to update you can just run the command sudo Nick's Dash Channel dash dash update this will pool all the latest package versions from the channel your system uses then you run the Nyx Dash rebuild switch dash dash upgrade command and your system will grab every new version of every package and rebuild the system based on your configuration file and this sounds like it should take a lot of time but it doesn't like rebuilding your system after changing your config generally takes like 10 seconds important to note the new version of a package is installed alongside the old one the new versions are the ones that will be used thanks to a simple symbolic link system that always points to the newest version of a package so in your menu you will only see the latest version of an app but this has to use a lot of disk space over time right so fortunately you can clean that up you can run a command to clean up the old Generations the old system builds that you have that you're not using anymore and then run another command to delete all the older versions of packages that have been linked to this version but that you're not using anymore Nix OS isn't a bleeding edge distro so by default on the stable Channel you don't get the latest and greatest packages to get newer packages add the risk of having a less cable system you can switch to the stable Channel they are the latest tested updates and they will also get you access to packages that aren't yet in the stable repos like for example DaVinci Resolve but that's just the tip of the iceberg NYX also has flakes that let you basically provide an entirely configured project that you can download and reproduce on your system it has home manager to create a NYX config file just for your slash home directory and there are tons of options for the next package manager and the Nix configuration file to really tailor everything to your needs so who should use NYX OS then well for developers it's a god-tier distro you can just completely fine tune your config file to have the perfect development environment and then just give that file to all the other developers in your company that will then have the exact same development environment completely set up for workstations you can deploy the exact same system to all your users for someone who just wants a super solid system that can always roll back and that is completely free of dependency hell nixos is also the perfect choice and if you Tinker a lot with your distro your services all the systems you use and you run Nix OS lets you grab that exact configuration and never lose it as long as you back up your one config file next OS is an amazing distribution but not for beginners if you come from the everything is graphical world then you're gonna have a rough time you're gonna need to learn the Syntax for the config file to make the most out of this distribution and you're also going to have to learn how to use the package manager through the command line it's not like it's super difficult but it's still a big barrier If You're Expecting everything to have a graphical app so NYX OS is now the top Contender to replace Fedora 38 on my editing desktop because it will let me completely roll back to a usable system I do not have time to debug anything when I need to edit a video and also I can just save all my programs DaVinci Resolve the NVIDIA drivers everything to the config file so I know that everything will work in the event of a reinstall or if I move to a new editing rig and if you need to move to another computer fortunately there's our sponsor tuxedo makes laptops and desktops that run Linux out of the box all the hardware has been picked specifically to be compatible with Linux you can buy their devices with a variety of popular distros pre-installed or you can just install your own and know that it will work perfectly they have a big range of devices from the smallest most affordable Ultrabooks to a giant workstation a gaming tower a gaming laptop and everything in between every device has a lot of configuration options and a lot of customization options as well with your own logo or your own keyboard layout now they are based in Germany but they ship to most countries in the world and also all their laptops are openable repairable and upgradable including the ram the SSD the battery and even sometimes the wireless car so if you plan to replace your current PC and and you want to 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Linux still has this weird reputation of requiring the command line to do a lot of things and this is factually wrong whether you use gnome or KDE or another desktop environment you have everything you need graphically at least if you're a regular user and everything goes smoothly but as long as you start going into system administration Advanced configuration or debugging you start to notice that maybe you do need the command line after all so today we're going to look into the graphical gap between Windows and Linux what we're still missing what you need a third-party tool to do and what we could do better than Windows and at this segue to our sponsor this video is sponsored by savings portmaster portmaster is an all-in-one tool to easily take your privacy to the next level and it's a tool I use myself on all of my Linux devices portmaster lets you automatically block all trackers and mail where in every application you run on your computer not just your web browser but everything you run it's easy to use with defaults already in place that lets you just set it and forget it but if you like to configure every Rule and every app you also can portmaster is completely free and open source and also free of charge as it's funded by users that subscribe to the SPN a super powered VPN that gives you multiple identities for every connection of every application so if you want to easily improve the privacy of your system whatever the Linux distro you use or even on Windows click the link in the description below and download the portmaster for free the first thing Windows users might be used to is the device manager this thing basically lets you see all the components on your PC and the devices plugged into it it lets you check for drivers fix various problems set some options and view some logs related to your devices and it's generally a very useful tool to identify a problem with any of your Hardware which is very handy on Windows because you know it's windows on Linux this thing has no equivalent we do have a third-party app called hard info but it just lets you view the peripherals and devices and get some details but it's not an actionable application there's no disabling your device no options no logs in KDE you have the same thing with the info center provided as part of your desktop but you can also just view devices you don't have access to any configuration or action and the output is not formatted in a very legible way and that's a shame because there is a lot of stuff that we could do to make it easier for users to identify a hardware issue which would also make the life of people answering their questions in forums a lot easier now first you could link that tool with driver support right click on your Nvidia pu select drivers and launch the install of the best driver possible for that GPU you could also have access to various logs to show if the device was detected properly if the driver has been loaded you could access a few options for example for an AMD GPU I personally had to figure out that I needed to put my Radeon RX 6650xt in 3d full screen mode instead of the low power mode that it defaulted to I had to look online for hours to find how to do it having a graphical setting immediately visible in a device manager would have made this a lot easier I had to look for the solution find it edit the config file manually create a script to automate that setting at each reboot and then launch that script creating a systemd service not exactly user friendly for something that you should be able to configure in one click in a graphical interface it could also help tailor bluetooth settings for specific peripherals like disabling suspend for a keyboard or reducing the latency for a Bluetooth controller you can do all of that using the command line and editing config files that behave differently depending on the distro which sucks to be frank device manager is a very useful tool on Windows and I really wish we had that on Linux it would make life much easier now Linux runs services in the background for printing Bluetooth Network virtualization the graphical server or compositor and a lot more things generally managed by System D on most distros and now you can insert your ooh system D comment down below and almost no Linux desktop has a graphical user interface to manage these Services turn them on or off enable one at startup or not or view logs related to this service on gnome you have an extension called systemd manager which lets you start and stop services at will but no way to configure them or select options or enable auto start you also have check service and N cursors terminal app that is pretty cryptic if you're used to graphical programs on KDE you have a Services page in the settings but you can basically just start and stop them no other action is available as far as I know only opensooza has a decent services manager that is baked into just their configure duration tool and brace yourself because this is going to be a recurring theme throughout the video now this opens to that tool lets you view logs for all services view the details to know what they do select when they start or not and even select if you want to boot your device in a graphical mode or not on Windows the services app might look like it's 20 years old which it probably is but it lets you start and stop Services select if you want to start them manually or at boot or completely disable them and it lets you set policies for various Services failures like restarting the computer restarting the service or opening another program this is something our graphical desktops all need a lot of people will never care about it but for people who do having a graphical app is way easier than figuring out how systemctl and each service Works another thing that is not entirely available in our desktop environments is a a graphical tool to configure the firewall and general system security KDE has a config module in their settings so that's handled it's easy enough to use and create rules enable or disable the firewall it just works and yet again open Souza has a firewall config tool in yazt which works really well although as all yazt modules this isn't really a looker which for a tool like this doesn't really matter so I'll stop nitpicking for Gnome there are third-party tools you can install depending on the firewall the distro uses like firewall config for firewall D but these are rarely provided by default which is a shame because if you ship your distro with a firewall enabled you probably should also have a graphical app to configure it and of course installing a third-party app when you need it is not very difficult but gnome should definitely have a config page for the firewall that follows their own guidelines and interface it's better Linux desktops all also don't have an equivalent to the Windows security center with a quick rundown of what is enabled disabled and potential threads to your system of course an antivirus doesn't make much sense for most Linux users unless you regularly send files you got of the internet to your friends on Windows now gnome has the basics of such an implementation with their device security page with a list of things that might or might not be secure on your device but they are not actionable you can't really do anything from there apart from sadly realizing that your PC is just not secure look at that sad score zero and that's not even better on any of my other computers anyway here we could add some information depending on certain libraries apps and kernels we use if vulnerabilities have been detected and aren't patched yet we could have access to the firewall settings maybe even see background apps on X11 that could capture every keystroke apps that have permissions that feel incorrect maybe even have a status of your dependencies from your package manager and a one-click button to try and repair them if they're broken and we could even implement the constant notifications that Windows security Center always pops up on your desktop oh wait no we we really don't need that no one Implement that put the keyboard Down Kevin and then we have backups a lot of distros ship with a third-party Backup Tool like deja dub or time shift but first they generally only ship one or the other and both have different purposes one is for your slash home files the other is for your system itself we sort of need a complete solution that works ideally for both and their third-party tools which means system integration is minimal what I think we need is to right click on a file in the file manager and have a versions menu item that automatically shows all the backed up versions of that file and lets me view them in real time with the right app and select the one I want to restore what I would like is a system settings option native to the desktop environment that lets me configure a backup and restore from there even Windows has that but it's pretty clunky though so maybe we should take inspiration from time machine from Mac OS instead this would be insanely useful we do have third-party Solutions but they're really not that fantastic right now okay now let's talk about the registry yeah I'm going there the Windows registry is a horrible horrible thing it's illegible it's super messy modifications can result in a horrendously broken system and generally it's better left alone so why talk about it well because while the implementation of the registry in Windows is really really bad it does surface a lot of options for applications and the system and not all Linux desktops have an equivalent gnome has deconf which has a lot of various settings you can week I even made a dedicated video about a few of them the link is in the description KDE doesn't have that you get a lot of settings graphically in the system settings but you also can't change everything in there and so additional changes have to be made in the text config files themselves especially for system related settings and that's where open Souza comes in again yes has a bunch of additional configurations available graphically from fonts to the display manager the window manager Advanced network configuration managing file systems it has a bunch of options that are usually pretty tough to find and not just options for the desktop itself but options for the whole system a graphical tool for this native to the desktop environment would probably be very appreciated by systems administrators that need to deploy the exact same configuration on all workstations which takes us back to the command line and look it's awesome it's fast it's powerful you can get the output of a program and pass it to another to really find what you're looking for it's the most powerful way to interact with your system but you need to know the commands setting the options for a device like a GPU you need to know there's a config file for that and where it is you want to change the options for a systemd service you need to find the command to interact with it then find the service name then find the possible options if you don't know the command or the location of the file you will need to look online when having a graphical user interface would let you just look it up in your computer by yourself and I would argue would also teach you way more about the system you're using than relying on copy pasting your command line you found in a forum and even for seasoned systems administrator what they know is generally only applicable to one distro it might be completely different in another so yeah there's still a graphic typical gap between Windows and Linux and ironically this Gap isn't really visible for the regular user because it's more a problem for advanced users and system administrators and you might argue these people would just use the command line because they know how to use the command line because they had to learn how to use it because they had no choice there was no other way to do what they wanted to do I think it's important to have graphical tools for all of this for everyone and I think it's important that I tell you about our sponsor if you've already been confronted with hardware issues on Linux you might be dreading your next computer purchase you don't know if everything is going to work well I have the solution click the link in the description below and buy a device from tuxedo they make laptops and desktops that ship with Linux out of the box all the components are picked specifically to work really well with Linux they have a huge range of devices that will suit every need and every price point from the smallest most affordable laptop to the highest tower workstation or something for gaming they have it all all the devices are super configurable before the purchase you can even customize them with your own logo or your own keyboard layout and all their laptops are openable upgradeable 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Debian 12 Bookworm will be released in a few days and Debian stable is generally more associated with servers than with Linux desktops after all it does use a lot of older packages applications and desktop environments but in the current Linux World an older base can actually be an advantage and isn't as limiting as it once was which means Debian 12 can actually be a very good solution for your Linux desktop so let's look at everything new in Debian 12 at a bunch of reasons why you might want to give it a shot on your desktop and at this Segway to our sponsor this video is sponsored by tax care they offer a range of services to ensure your Linux server and workstation Fleet stay up to date secure and supported with kernel life patching extended support for end-of-life distributions and Commercial support for Alma Linux and if this range of services is something that interests you and you want to be kept up to date then you can subscribe to their newsletter they will only send you email twice a month so you won't get spammed and they offer news and insights about cyber security vulnerability management Linux and open source new so if you want to be kept in the loop about all of this click the link in the description below and subscribe to darkscares newsletter so let's begin with a very quick rundown of Debian 12. so Debian 11 was released in August 2021 so about two years ago Debian 12 is the latest update to Debian stable and it will release at the end of this week and it's still one of if not the most stable Linux distribution you can find and it's tested to Perfection it will get three years of support plus two extra years of LTS support which is handled by volunteers and not by the Debian security team so it's basically like an Ubuntu LTS except it's way less opinionated which can be a good or bad thing depending on your stance on snaps Ubuntu and canonical in general wait did I just compare Debian to Ubuntu I might get assassinated for this if I die all my stuff goes to my girlfriend's cat so to begin with Debian 12 moves away from its pure free and open source routes they used to ship a completely fast install experience without any non-free firmware or drivers included which meant that for a lot of people installing Debian could be your pain as your Wi-Fi and Bluetooth card and your GPU might not work at all out of the box and your CPU might not be used to the fullest Debian 12 takes a more pragmatic stance and now enables the non-free firmware repo by default if Debian detects you will need it on your computer this obviously makes installing Debian way easier with Hardware support on par with any other distro and before you start screaming that Debian betrayed the free and open source Community just know that you can disable all that with a command line argument add boot you're not forced to use non-free software although if you don't want to waste your PC's potential you probably will want to leave that enabled Debian 12 actually splits non-free software into two different repos non-free which is for packages and apps that don't conform to deviant's guidelines on free and open source software and non-3 firmware which is the same thing but specifically for drivers and firmware and this in itself makes Debian 12 way more suitable for a desktop because it basically removes a lot of the Hoops that users had to jump through to actually get a fully working computer the installer is still the same old thing which doesn't look modern with its old buttons and font rendering and its weird colors it's basically Windows 98 style but it's pretty powerful with easy separate slash home partition options and the ability to pick whatever desktop environment you want and some more advanced features it is not super user friendly but it's not horrible either it's very legible and easy to understand it just looks old which still might scare some people it now Debian isn't generally known for shipping the very latest and greatest desktop environment but Debian 12 isn't far off you get a choice between KDE plasma gnome cinnamon xfce mate lxde lxq or even a gnome flashback session which is modern gnome that sort of looks like gnome 2. for plasma users you get the very latest KD 5.27 with all its bug fixes and updates which means you're not missing out on any Wayland support you get the new welcome tour to help you set up some KD hidden features you get the improved Discover app store a much better K Runner search more calendars being supported and the full overhaul of multi-moditor support and the new tiling mode and since plasma 6 will probably not release for another 6 months you can be secure in knowing that you're using the latest and greatest and will be for a while and now is the mandatory self-promotion if you want to know everything new about KDE 5.27 my video is in the link in the description below now if you were using Debian 11 you were using KDE 5.20 so you're jumping a full seven versions ahead which means your experience will be drastically better whatever your use case is if you're a gnome user you will get gnome 43 which is not the latest but gnome 44 wasn't a huge update by any means the only things you'll be missing out on are the backgrounds apps feature which for now doesn't really provide any crucial functionality the expandable Tree View in the file manager the image thumbnails in the file picker and a slight Improvement to the Quick Settings notably for Bluetooth it is not a huge deal gnome 43 is still relevant and absolutely usable I still use it on my desktop with Fedora 37 because migrating to Federal 38 would create some issue use with DaVinci Resolve so yeah it's not a bad desktop and you can still keep using it and if you want to know everything new in Gnome 43 or what you'll be missing out on from gnome 44 I left a link to both of my videos on these versions in the description as well now if you were using Debian 11 you were on gnome 3.38 which means you'll get a whole four new versions worth of features support performance improvements and basically you will migrate from gtk3 to gtk4 it means you can now reliably use Wyland if you want and your apps and desktop are going to be a hell of a lot smoother and more responsive now Debian 12 also brings cinnamon 5.6 and xfc 4.18 which are both the latest cinnamon 5.8 will be released with mint 21.2 in a few weeks but cinnamon doesn't generally add that many huge new features so you can rest comfortably knowing your experiences definitely up to date enough as per Xbox fce the next version 4.20 nice that version is still in early development and won't come out until 2024 so here again you're not missing out on anything which means that the desktop experience on Debian 12 is still absolutely relevant sure you will not be getting all the updates coming up for the next years until Debian 13 releases but I'd say that in 2023 that's not as big of a problem as it once was Linux desktop environments are very mature we're not in the same position as even a year ago where you absolutely needed the latest update because stuff was buggy or incomplete nowadays updates are more refinement than crucial improvements so being stuck on a desktop environment for a year or two isn't as much of a problem in 2023 as it once was and I know I previously said that pop OS 22.04 was getting too old to be suitable to be my desktop so your prop probably preparing a mean comment saying that I'm a Debian paid shell man I wish I had that Debian money but the truth is I'm not the average user I look at things for a living and I just can't get stuck on a year old desktop a lot of people don't have that problem and at that point Debbie and 12 will have a newer desktop than pop OS yeah when you're behind debian's table for your desktop environment you're not exactly current so in the end Debian 12 is a solid choice for a desktop especially if you're not always running after the latest thing and this comes with the benefit of Rock Solid stability because these desktop versions have been tested and fixed over the course of months which means that you're very unlikely to encounter a desktop breaking bug and of course Debian 12 also updates virtually every single package and app they ship you get the LT kernel version 6.1 and you get the Mesa drivers 22.3 and the NVIDIA drivers 525 this is all enough to run on any computer old or new although you will be missing out on a few performance improvements in the AMD and NVIDIA drivers the default apps also got a version bump but then not all up to their latest versions LibreOffice for example is only at version 7.4 and Firefox is version 102 ESR which is the stable extended support version of Firefox but this isn't really an issue anymore either because you can install flat packs snaps or app images on Debian 12 which actually ships an up-to-date version of flat pack contrary to Debian 11 which had a very old version which meant that some apps would not run all that well this means that if you do need the very latest version of an app you can install it without compromising your system or having to add a weird repo that will call dependency hell on your system and all the underlying packages also received updates like systemd openssh Python 3 GCC and generally all the stuff you would need to develop anything or to run a server only in our 67 percent of packages were updated from Debian 11. and the repos now include 11 000 new packages as well for a total of more than 64 000 which means chances are you will find anything you need in the Debian repos other recent enough version that you won't face any issue and with that stable base plus the giant repos and flat pack app images or snap support you'll be able to install virtually anything you want which makes Debian 12 a pretty solid choice of course Debian 12 is not a desktop for everyone if your use case is I like using the very latest thing then obviously it is not for you use something like Arch Gen 2 or even the latest non-lts release of Ubuntu or even Fedora now for me personally Debian 12 will not be suitable for my desktop because I like to and I sort of need to use the very latest desktop environment unless you want me to make videos about year old desktops if you want them most beginner friendly distro while Debian isn't a bad choice seeing as it will be super stable and you now have easier support for a lot more Hardware out of the box it's also not the easiest the installer looks pretty old and isn't as intuitive as other options and you will still need to enable a few things manually like flat Hub flat back potential NVIDIA drivers and the like something like Ubuntu or mint will probably be a better choice for a complete Linux beginner and they will also be pretty stable although not as stable as Debian 12. and of course if you want to game on Linux Debian will also not be your first choice while you can install Steam easily if you enable the known through your repo you will not have the latest drivers and kernel which generally include important performance improvements and better Vulcan support which is the backbone of Linux gaming Debian isn't entirely unsuitable for gaming but but it's also not your best choice there's a reason why steamos uses Arch as a base Linux gaming is a very fast evolving space and it means that with each small updates you can get major performance improvements and major compatibility improvements as well so in the past I would never have recommended Debian stable as a desktop for most users it was too old too outdated the older apps in its repos were just not a good experience and flatback was not super well supported all the desktop environments were also lackluster as each new release brought some crucial improvements that you really could not do without but nowadays I'd say Debian stable is a strong choice for your desktop with the maturity of formats like flat packs snaps or app Images you don't have to care about what versions of apps are in your repos if you need something newer you can get it without adding a third-party repo that will mess up your system's dependencies and shared libraries and desktop environments on Linux are now very mature which means using a 6 month to two year old desktop isn't necessarily a deal breaker anymore and of course Debian stable is not for everyone if you're a 10 anchor and Enthusiast a hobbyist or a gamer it probably will not be your first choice but for anyone who wants a workstation that works reliably day after day without any breakage without any weird stuff going wrong after reboot even though you did nothing Debian stable is the absolute best choice you can make in terms of combining stability software availability and now Hardware support nothing comes close and nothing comes close to this Segway to our sponsor if you're tired of tinkering with your computers laptops or desktops because they were never made to run Linux they were made to run 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hey everyone this is Nick and welcome to your Weekly News recap of what happened in the Linux and open source world so in this one we have a concerning situation in France where it looks like that just using encryption and privacy respecting tool and Linux can lead you to be arrested we have Windows actually losing users and market share and we have some nice updates to core Boot and firmware courtesy of system 76 so let's dive in right after this refreshing plunge into this Segway to our sponsor this video is sponsored by Squarespace and if you want to build your own website but you don't really know where to start and you don't have the technical skills to do it all yourself then Squarespace is your best option it's basically your all-in-one platform to start your website you can design it with their huge template libraries you can tailor it to your needs thanks to all the customization options the color others the various blocks you can place however you want and you can make it as 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Droid store and all of this was judged suspicious by the dgsi and this seems to be the only known grounds on which these people have been arrested they've been asked over and over what they did that necessitated search protections and encryption and if that was to hide illicit activities the instruction judge even seems to think that this is bad since they use terms like they admitted to using tails and Tor and they categorize these applications and tools as allowing access to illicit websites even though it hasn't been proven in any capacity that these seven people did access illicit websites they also seemed to assume that these people were sort of hackers because they were skilled enough to turn on full disk encryption which as we all know is a one-click operation on any Linux distro install it's hardly a mark of being highly skilled they've also been judged suspicious for trying to teach their family how to use the same tools and protections and the judge and authorities continue to demonstrate a complete lack of technical knowledge mistaking Tor for Tales thinking you need public Wi-Fi to you store or thinking tails is an encryption tool now until the trial goes through we won't know if they actually did anything specific but the prosecution admitted that for now they failed to come up with any sort of specific harmful activity that these people could have done so their only crime right now is having used privacy respecting software which what the hell France now Windows 11 is not very popular the latest data shows it's actually losing users dropping from 22.95 of Windows users to 21.11 almost a full two percent drop as people seem to move back to Windows 10 which still holds almost 72 percent of the windows market share almost two years after Windows 11 was released and Windows 7 and 8 combined amount to 4.7 percent and when your latest and greatest version isn't used by even half of your total users you need to worry especially since Microsoft announced that Windows 10 won't be getting any new features so you would expect people to start moving to the latest version but since Windows 11 is basically spyware as demonstrated in my dedicated video on data collection and since it doesn't respect user preferences for web browsers that updates our wacky he and regularly cause problems that a Microsoft account is being forced down your throat and that the start menu actually regressed it's not super surprising that people are not motivated to move to it and then there's also the very strict Hardware requirements which can be bypassed but that might not last for too long either so yeah people don't want to use Windows 11 apparently and of course a sizable portion of the people still on Windows 10 are probably companies that always take a long while to actually move to a newer version but Windows 11 should not be losing users at best or worst it should be stagnating and this is a very good opportunity for Linux because if people don't want to move to Windows 11 and at some point they won't be able to stay on Windows 10 then maybe they'll move to Linux system 76 announced some interesting changes to their open source firmware that they use on their Linux devices first they re-disabled the Intel management engine which is a microcontroller that runs its own proprietary micro OS to handle some security features since the code of that micro OS isn't open source system 76 chose to disable it after it had to be re-enabled earlier due to a bug in core boot they also added a new firmware setup menu to let you enable or disable secure boot which is needed to install Windows 11 and dual boot on your computer for now it's only for 12th gen Intel CPUs but they will add it to previous gens as well they're also working on pop OS to enable the use of custom secure boot keys and support for tpm2 the firmware also now allows 13th gen Intel CPUs to draw as much as 55 watts of power when it was previously limited to 28 Watts this means powerful CPUs should run drastically better and give you way more performance but it shouldn't affect battery life too much unless your use case is super CPU taxing like gaming or video editing their firmware also now supports Nvidia Dynamic boost to share power between the CPU and an Nvidia GPU providing 25 watts of additional power to the system that needs it the most so you can expect better performance when gaming for example and that's pretty great stuff because with just a software update you get better performance more features improved reliability and of course system 76 tried to Upstream as much of that work as possible into core boot which is nice Debian 12 was released today or will be in a few hours I'm recording this on Saturday morning so maybe they moved it but technically it should release today Debian 12 is the latest stable release of this venerable distro and of course I already made a dedicated video about it to show how in the current Linux landscape it makes perfect sense as a desktop the highlights include an update from gnome 3.38 to gnome 43 from KD 5.20 to 5.27 plus 11 000 new packages the LTS kernel version 6.1 and 67 of all packages in the repos being updated if you prefer cinnamon matte tape lxd lxq or xfce they also have the latest releases available to install now they also added non-free firmware by default it's not officially part of Debian so this row remains completely fast but if the installer detects that you need this firmware for your peripherals to work it will automatically enable the non-free firmware repo and install everything it needs unless you tell it not to now I thought Debian 12 was pretty cool and although it's still a bit too old for my own personal needs I think it's definitely the best choice if you want the most stable and well-tested distro you can get your hands on and with flat pack snaps or app images you can actually get the latest versions of all the apps you need without compromising the stability of the system so check out my dedicated video in the link in the description below if you want to know more about Debian 12. now I talked about vanilla OS recently which is an immutable distro that uses containers to give you access to virtually your hundred percent of all the available software on Linux and in the same space we now have blend OS 3 at least it's beta and boy does it go further in the immutable distro world first all system updates now rely on the installation isos when a new ISO would be available for you to make a fresh install your already installed system will detect it and use that ISO to perform the update instead of applying package updates to the system Itself by downloading packages from a repo or by using two partitions one for the update and one for the current system like what vanilla OS and if that sounds like it would download a lot of useless data know that they also use z-sync to only download what has changed so it should be fine on top of that blend os3 now lets you overlay packages on top of the immutable base but they install them to a specific layer that can be completely dropped all packages installed can be completely removed with just one command line thanks to a new tool called akshara that can also handle drivers apparently blend OS can install packages from a lot of distributions including Arch Alma Linux Crystal Linux Debian Fedora Kali Linux or Ubuntu and more and they even wrote a new tool called assemble that lets you build packages and images of blend OS if you want to build a remix of that distro without having to handle your own repository so blando S3 looks super interesting with a similar approach to vanilla OS but with a very different execution so I'll definitely take a look at it once blender S3 is completely out okay now here is a collection of a few smaller news items so first canonical introduced the ability to Stage the release of a snap update as in you can deploy that update slowly to a small group of users first that you then slowly expand to cover all your users it basically lets you test how well an update works and if after a few days you're not seeing a ton of bug reports you can expand the group of users that have access to that update it's a very interesting feature and pretty important for deploying software to hundreds or thousands of tens of thousands of users and I wish flat Hub started working on that as well now still on Ubuntu 23.10 will add support for quarter screen window tiling on top of the current styling features that they get from gnome they already had planned to add the tiling assistant extension to Ubuntu 223.04 but it just didn't make the cut and now it looks like it's confirmed for 23.10 Ubuntu developers also said that they would like to work with Upstream ground to add this in the desktop environment itself in the future now I personally do not have a use case for quarter tiling it makes windows too small for me to actually be usable but I know a lot of people like that so yeah if they can implement it it won't hurt me but it will help a lot of other people and for Gnome extension developers can now add a donate button to their extensions for now only on the extensions.gnome.org website but I would be surprised if this wasn't added in other apps like extension manager soon the supported options include buy me a coffee Kofi patreon GitHub and PayPal and it's always a nice thing to have a way to reward a developer for something you like especially with gnome extensions which can make or break your workflow and the first beta for the Supernova release of Thunderbird is now out with a bunch of new features design changes and Improvement I don't think everything they announced for the final Supernova release is baked in just yet like the new folder pane in the email view wasn't there for me or not enabled by default at least but it's a good way to start giving a shot to the new UI if you've been following what they've been working on I'll spend a little bit more time with that beta to see where they went what's still left to fix and if I like it and let's finish this with the gaming news there's a new update to proton experimental which is the default version of protons team users for all non-officially supported steam play titles and this new version now finally supports the latest Masterpiece no not Diablo 4 the Lord of the Rings Golem of course now it also fixes issues in Call of Duty 2 Secret of Mana and Ubisoft connect and it also fixes the menus in halo the Master Chief collection and also it's not a hundred percent Linux related but Apple announced at their latest keynote that they were working on a game porting toolkit for developers to bring games to the mac and it looks like it's using wine and vkd3d plus molten VK which translates Vulcan instructions into metal instructions metal being the only graphics API Apple wants to support for some reason now it's apparently not as mature as proton for Linux since it requires per game bug fixes in molten VK and performance will probably be a lot worse since it has to run an x86 binary translated for arm which then sends DirectX instructions that are translated into Vulcan instructions which are then translated into metal instructions and of course with so many translation steps it's bound to have a lot more bugs there are so many more points of failure than with proton on Linux but it's still kind of fun to see that wine which started as a small project 30 years ago to try and run Windows programs on Linux is now actively being used in a very successful commercial product the steam deck but also by Apple a company who traditionally never gave a crap about gaming now what you should give a crap about is the Segway to our sponsor if you were wondering what is the best PC or laptop to run Linux on stop wondering just click the link in the description below and head over to tuxedo's website they make laptops and desktops that run Linux out of the box all the 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Debian 12 Bookworm will be released in a few days and Debian stable is generally more associated with servers than with Linux desktops after all it does use a lot of older packages applications and desktop environments but in the current Linux World an older base can actually be an advantage and isn't as limiting as it once was which means Debian 12 can actually be a very good solution for your Linux desktop so let's look at everything new in Debian 12 at a bunch of reasons why you might want to give it a shot on your desktop and at this Segway to our sponsor this video is sponsored by tax care they offer a range of services to ensure your Linux server and workstation Fleet stay up to date secure and supported with kernel life patching extended support for end-of-life distributions and Commercial support for Alma Linux and if this range of services is something that interests you and you want to be kept up to date then you can subscribe to their newsletter they will only send you email twice a month so you won't get spammed and they offer news and insights about cyber security vulnerability management Linux and open source new so if you want to be kept in the loop about all of this click the link in the description below and subscribe to darkscares newsletter so let's begin with a very quick rundown of Debian 12. so Debian 11 was released in August 2021 so about two years ago Debian 12 is the latest update to Debian stable and it will release at the end of this week and it's still one of if not the most stable Linux distribution you can find and it's tested to Perfection it will get three years of support plus two extra years of LTS support which is handled by volunteers and not by the Debian security team so it's basically like an Ubuntu LTS except it's way less opinionated which can be a good or bad thing depending on your stance on snaps Ubuntu and canonical in general wait did I just compare Debian to Ubuntu I might get assassinated for this if I die all my stuff goes to my girlfriend's cat so to begin with Debian 12 moves away from its pure free and open source routes they used to ship a completely fast install experience without any non-free firmware or drivers included which meant that for a lot of people installing Debian could be your pain as your Wi-Fi and Bluetooth card and your GPU might not work at all out of the box and your CPU might not be used to the fullest Debian 12 takes a more pragmatic stance and now enables the non-free firmware repo by default if Debian detects you will need it on your computer this obviously makes installing Debian way easier with Hardware support on par with any other distro and before you start screaming that Debian betrayed the free and open source Community just know that you can disable all that with a command line argument add boot you're not forced to use non-free software although if you don't want to waste your PC's potential you probably will want to leave that enabled Debian 12 actually splits non-free software into two different repos non-free which is for packages and apps that don't conform to deviant's guidelines on free and open source software and non-3 firmware which is the same thing but specifically for drivers and firmware and this in itself makes Debian 12 way more suitable for a desktop because it basically removes a lot of the Hoops that users had to jump through to actually get a fully working computer the installer is still the same old thing which doesn't look modern with its old buttons and font rendering and its weird colors it's basically Windows 98 style but it's pretty powerful with easy separate slash home partition options and the ability to pick whatever desktop environment you want and some more advanced features it is not super user friendly but it's not horrible either it's very legible and easy to understand it just looks old which still might scare some people it now Debian isn't generally known for shipping the very latest and greatest desktop environment but Debian 12 isn't far off you get a choice between KDE plasma gnome cinnamon xfce mate lxde lxq or even a gnome flashback session which is modern gnome that sort of looks like gnome 2. for plasma users you get the very latest KD 5.27 with all its bug fixes and updates which means you're not missing out on any Wayland support you get the new welcome tour to help you set up some KD hidden features you get the improved Discover app store a much better K Runner search more calendars being supported and the full overhaul of multi-moditor support and the new tiling mode and since plasma 6 will probably not release for another 6 months you can be secure in knowing that you're using the latest and greatest and will be for a while and now is the mandatory self-promotion if you want to know everything new about KDE 5.27 my video is in the link in the description below now if you were using Debian 11 you were using KDE 5.20 so you're jumping a full seven versions ahead which means your experience will be drastically better whatever your use case is if you're a gnome user you will get gnome 43 which is not the latest but gnome 44 wasn't a huge update by any means the only things you'll be missing out on are the backgrounds apps feature which for now doesn't really provide any crucial functionality the expandable Tree View in the file manager the image thumbnails in the file picker and a slight Improvement to the Quick Settings notably for Bluetooth it is not a huge deal gnome 43 is still relevant and absolutely usable I still use it on my desktop with Fedora 37 because migrating to Federal 38 would create some issue use with DaVinci Resolve so yeah it's not a bad desktop and you can still keep using it and if you want to know everything new in Gnome 43 or what you'll be missing out on from gnome 44 I left a link to both of my videos on these versions in the description as well now if you were using Debian 11 you were on gnome 3.38 which means you'll get a whole four new versions worth of features support performance improvements and basically you will migrate from gtk3 to gtk4 it means you can now reliably use Wyland if you want and your apps and desktop are going to be a hell of a lot smoother and more responsive now Debian 12 also brings cinnamon 5.6 and xfc 4.18 which are both the latest cinnamon 5.8 will be released with mint 21.2 in a few weeks but cinnamon doesn't generally add that many huge new features so you can rest comfortably knowing your experiences definitely up to date enough as per Xbox fce the next version 4.20 nice that version is still in early development and won't come out until 2024 so here again you're not missing out on anything which means that the desktop experience on Debian 12 is still absolutely relevant sure you will not be getting all the updates coming up for the next years until Debian 13 releases but I'd say that in 2023 that's not as big of a problem as it once was Linux desktop environments are very mature we're not in the same position as even a year ago where you absolutely needed the latest update because stuff was buggy or incomplete nowadays updates are more refinement than crucial improvements so being stuck on a desktop environment for a year or two isn't as much of a problem in 2023 as it once was and I know I previously said that pop OS 22.04 was getting too old to be suitable to be my desktop so your prop probably preparing a mean comment saying that I'm a Debian paid shell man I wish I had that Debian money but the truth is I'm not the average user I look at things for a living and I just can't get stuck on a year old desktop a lot of people don't have that problem and at that point Debbie and 12 will have a newer desktop than pop OS yeah when you're behind debian's table for your desktop environment you're not exactly current so in the end Debian 12 is a solid choice for a desktop especially if you're not always running after the latest thing and this comes with the benefit of Rock Solid stability because these desktop versions have been tested and fixed over the course of months which means that you're very unlikely to encounter a desktop breaking bug and of course Debian 12 also updates virtually every single package and app they ship you get the LT kernel version 6.1 and you get the Mesa drivers 22.3 and the NVIDIA drivers 525 this is all enough to run on any computer old or new although you will be missing out on a few performance improvements in the AMD and NVIDIA drivers the default apps also got a version bump but then not all up to their latest versions LibreOffice for example is only at version 7.4 and Firefox is version 102 ESR which is the stable extended support version of Firefox but this isn't really an issue anymore either because you can install flat packs snaps or app images on Debian 12 which actually ships an up-to-date version of flat pack contrary to Debian 11 which had a very old version which meant that some apps would not run all that well this means that if you do need the very latest version of an app you can install it without compromising your system or having to add a weird repo that will call dependency hell on your system and all the underlying packages also received updates like systemd openssh Python 3 GCC and generally all the stuff you would need to develop anything or to run a server only in our 67 percent of packages were updated from Debian 11. and the repos now include 11 000 new packages as well for a total of more than 64 000 which means chances are you will find anything you need in the Debian repos other recent enough version that you won't face any issue and with that stable base plus the giant repos and flat pack app images or snap support you'll be able to install virtually anything you want which makes Debian 12 a pretty solid choice of course Debian 12 is not a desktop for everyone if your use case is I like using the very latest thing then obviously it is not for you use something like Arch Gen 2 or even the latest non-lts release of Ubuntu or even Fedora now for me personally Debian 12 will not be suitable for my desktop because I like to and I sort of need to use the very latest desktop environment unless you want me to make videos about year old desktops if you want them most beginner friendly distro while Debian isn't a bad choice seeing as it will be super stable and you now have easier support for a lot more Hardware out of the box it's also not the easiest the installer looks pretty old and isn't as intuitive as other options and you will still need to enable a few things manually like flat Hub flat back potential NVIDIA drivers and the like something like Ubuntu or mint will probably be a better choice for a complete Linux beginner and they will also be pretty stable although not as stable as Debian 12. and of course if you want to game on Linux Debian will also not be your first choice while you can install Steam easily if you enable the known through your repo you will not have the latest drivers and kernel which generally include important performance improvements and better Vulcan support which is the backbone of Linux gaming Debian isn't entirely unsuitable for gaming but but it's also not your best choice there's a reason why steamos uses Arch as a base Linux gaming is a very fast evolving space and it means that with each small updates you can get major performance improvements and major compatibility improvements as well so in the past I would never have recommended Debian stable as a desktop for most users it was too old too outdated the older apps in its repos were just not a good experience and flatback was not super well supported all the desktop environments were also lackluster as each new release brought some crucial improvements that you really could not do without but nowadays I'd say Debian stable is a strong choice for your desktop with the maturity of formats like flat packs snaps or app Images you don't have to care about what versions of apps are in your repos if you need something newer you can get it without adding a third-party repo that will mess up your system's dependencies and shared libraries and desktop environments on Linux are now very mature which means using a 6 month to two year old desktop isn't necessarily a deal breaker anymore and of course Debian stable is not for everyone if you're a 10 anchor and Enthusiast a hobbyist or a gamer it probably will not be your first choice but for anyone who wants a workstation that works reliably day after day without any breakage without any weird stuff going wrong after reboot even though you did nothing Debian stable is the absolute best choice you can make in terms of combining stability software availability and now Hardware support nothing comes close and nothing comes close to this Segway to our sponsor if you're tired of tinkering with your computers laptops or desktops because they were never made to run Linux they were made to run 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hey everyone this is Nick and welcome to your Weekly News recap of what happened in the Linux and open source world so in this one we have a concerning situation in France where it looks like that just using encryption and privacy respecting tool and Linux can lead you to be arrested we have Windows actually losing users and market share and we have some nice updates to core Boot and firmware courtesy of system 76 so let's dive in right after this refreshing plunge into this Segway to our sponsor this video is sponsored by Squarespace and if you want to build your own website but you don't really know where to start and you don't have the technical skills to do it all yourself then Squarespace is your best option it's basically your all-in-one platform to start your website you can design it with their huge template libraries you can tailor it to your needs thanks to all the customization options the color others the various blocks you can place however you want and you can make it as 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Droid store and all of this was judged suspicious by the dgsi and this seems to be the only known grounds on which these people have been arrested they've been asked over and over what they did that necessitated search protections and encryption and if that was to hide illicit activities the instruction judge even seems to think that this is bad since they use terms like they admitted to using tails and Tor and they categorize these applications and tools as allowing access to illicit websites even though it hasn't been proven in any capacity that these seven people did access illicit websites they also seemed to assume that these people were sort of hackers because they were skilled enough to turn on full disk encryption which as we all know is a one-click operation on any Linux distro install it's hardly a mark of being highly skilled they've also been judged suspicious for trying to teach their family how to use the same tools and protections and the judge and authorities continue to demonstrate a complete lack of technical knowledge mistaking Tor for Tales thinking you need public Wi-Fi to you store or thinking tails is an encryption tool now until the trial goes through we won't know if they actually did anything specific but the prosecution admitted that for now they failed to come up with any sort of specific harmful activity that these people could have done so their only crime right now is having used privacy respecting software which what the hell France now Windows 11 is not very popular the latest data shows it's actually losing users dropping from 22.95 of Windows users to 21.11 almost a full two percent drop as people seem to move back to Windows 10 which still holds almost 72 percent of the windows market share almost two years after Windows 11 was released and Windows 7 and 8 combined amount to 4.7 percent and when your latest and greatest version isn't used by even half of your total users you need to worry especially since Microsoft announced that Windows 10 won't be getting any new features so you would expect people to start moving to the latest version but since Windows 11 is basically spyware as demonstrated in my dedicated video on data collection and since it doesn't respect user preferences for web browsers that updates our wacky he and regularly cause problems that a Microsoft account is being forced down your throat and that the start menu actually regressed it's not super surprising that people are not motivated to move to it and then there's also the very strict Hardware requirements which can be bypassed but that might not last for too long either so yeah people don't want to use Windows 11 apparently and of course a sizable portion of the people still on Windows 10 are probably companies that always take a long while to actually move to a newer version but Windows 11 should not be losing users at best or worst it should be stagnating and this is a very good opportunity for Linux because if people don't want to move to Windows 11 and at some point they won't be able to stay on Windows 10 then maybe they'll move to Linux system 76 announced some interesting changes to their open source firmware that they use on their Linux devices first they re-disabled the Intel management engine which is a microcontroller that runs its own proprietary micro OS to handle some security features since the code of that micro OS isn't open source system 76 chose to disable it after it had to be re-enabled earlier due to a bug in core boot they also added a new firmware setup menu to let you enable or disable secure boot which is needed to install Windows 11 and dual boot on your computer for now it's only for 12th gen Intel CPUs but they will add it to previous gens as well they're also working on pop OS to enable the use of custom secure boot keys and support for tpm2 the firmware also now allows 13th gen Intel CPUs to draw as much as 55 watts of power when it was previously limited to 28 Watts this means powerful CPUs should run drastically better and give you way more performance but it shouldn't affect battery life too much unless your use case is super CPU taxing like gaming or video editing their firmware also now supports Nvidia Dynamic boost to share power between the CPU and an Nvidia GPU providing 25 watts of additional power to the system that needs it the most so you can expect better performance when gaming for example and that's pretty great stuff because with just a software update you get better performance more features improved reliability and of course system 76 tried to Upstream as much of that work as possible into core boot which is nice Debian 12 was released today or will be in a few hours I'm recording this on Saturday morning so maybe they moved it but technically it should release today Debian 12 is the latest stable release of this venerable distro and of course I already made a dedicated video about it to show how in the current Linux landscape it makes perfect sense as a desktop the highlights include an update from gnome 3.38 to gnome 43 from KD 5.20 to 5.27 plus 11 000 new packages the LTS kernel version 6.1 and 67 of all packages in the repos being updated if you prefer cinnamon matte tape lxd lxq or xfce they also have the latest releases available to install now they also added non-free firmware by default it's not officially part of Debian so this row remains completely fast but if the installer detects that you need this firmware for your peripherals to work it will automatically enable the non-free firmware repo and install everything it needs unless you tell it not to now I thought Debian 12 was pretty cool and although it's still a bit too old for my own personal needs I think it's definitely the best choice if you want the most stable and well-tested distro you can get your hands on and with flat pack snaps or app images you can actually get the latest versions of all the apps you need without compromising the stability of the system so check out my dedicated video in the link in the description below if you want to know more about Debian 12. now I talked about vanilla OS recently which is an immutable distro that uses containers to give you access to virtually your hundred percent of all the available software on Linux and in the same space we now have blend OS 3 at least it's beta and boy does it go further in the immutable distro world first all system updates now rely on the installation isos when a new ISO would be available for you to make a fresh install your already installed system will detect it and use that ISO to perform the update instead of applying package updates to the system Itself by downloading packages from a repo or by using two partitions one for the update and one for the current system like what vanilla OS and if that sounds like it would download a lot of useless data know that they also use z-sync to only download what has changed so it should be fine on top of that blend os3 now lets you overlay packages on top of the immutable base but they install them to a specific layer that can be completely dropped all packages installed can be completely removed with just one command line thanks to a new tool called akshara that can also handle drivers apparently blend OS can install packages from a lot of distributions including Arch Alma Linux Crystal Linux Debian Fedora Kali Linux or Ubuntu and more and they even wrote a new tool called assemble that lets you build packages and images of blend OS if you want to build a remix of that distro without having to handle your own repository so blando S3 looks super interesting with a similar approach to vanilla OS but with a very different execution so I'll definitely take a look at it once blender S3 is completely out okay now here is a collection of a few smaller news items so first canonical introduced the ability to Stage the release of a snap update as in you can deploy that update slowly to a small group of users first that you then slowly expand to cover all your users it basically lets you test how well an update works and if after a few days you're not seeing a ton of bug reports you can expand the group of users that have access to that update it's a very interesting feature and pretty important for deploying software to hundreds or thousands of tens of thousands of users and I wish flat Hub started working on that as well now still on Ubuntu 23.10 will add support for quarter screen window tiling on top of the current styling features that they get from gnome they already had planned to add the tiling assistant extension to Ubuntu 223.04 but it just didn't make the cut and now it looks like it's confirmed for 23.10 Ubuntu developers also said that they would like to work with Upstream ground to add this in the desktop environment itself in the future now I personally do not have a use case for quarter tiling it makes windows too small for me to actually be usable but I know a lot of people like that so yeah if they can implement it it won't hurt me but it will help a lot of other people and for Gnome extension developers can now add a donate button to their extensions for now only on the extensions.gnome.org website but I would be surprised if this wasn't added in other apps like extension manager soon the supported options include buy me a coffee Kofi patreon GitHub and PayPal and it's always a nice thing to have a way to reward a developer for something you like especially with gnome extensions which can make or break your workflow and the first beta for the Supernova release of Thunderbird is now out with a bunch of new features design changes and Improvement I don't think everything they announced for the final Supernova release is baked in just yet like the new folder pane in the email view wasn't there for me or not enabled by default at least but it's a good way to start giving a shot to the new UI if you've been following what they've been working on I'll spend a little bit more time with that beta to see where they went what's still left to fix and if I like it and let's finish this with the gaming news there's a new update to proton experimental which is the default version of protons team users for all non-officially supported steam play titles and this new version now finally supports the latest Masterpiece no not Diablo 4 the Lord of the Rings Golem of course now it also fixes issues in Call of Duty 2 Secret of Mana and Ubisoft connect and it also fixes the menus in halo the Master Chief collection and also it's not a hundred percent Linux related but Apple announced at their latest keynote that they were working on a game porting toolkit for developers to bring games to the mac and it looks like it's using wine and vkd3d plus molten VK which translates Vulcan instructions into metal instructions metal being the only graphics API Apple wants to support for some reason now it's apparently not as mature as proton for Linux since it requires per game bug fixes in molten VK and performance will probably be a lot worse since it has to run an x86 binary translated for arm which then sends DirectX instructions that are translated into Vulcan instructions which are then translated into metal instructions and of course with so many translation steps it's bound to have a lot more bugs there are so many more points of failure than with proton on Linux but it's still kind of fun to see that wine which started as a small project 30 years ago to try and run Windows programs on Linux is now actively being used in a very successful commercial product the steam deck but also by Apple a company who traditionally never gave a crap about gaming now what you should give a crap about is the Segway to our sponsor if you were wondering what is the best PC or laptop to run Linux on stop wondering just click the link in the description below and head over to tuxedo's website they make laptops and desktops that run Linux out of the box all the 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we all know about Linux and Linux based operating systems chances are if you're watching this you're probably running Linux either on an Android smartphone or on your PC but Linux is old almost 32 years old still younger than me though this means there are plenty of fun facts about Linux that I'm pretty certain you didn't know about and of course if there are more that aren't in this video the comment section is always a good place to let me know about them so let's look at a bunch of interesting Linux facts that I'm sure your loved ones will love hearing about just like you love hearing about today's sponsor this video is sponsored by lenode lenode is the only solution I use to run my own nexcloud server and my only office server as well it's a super easy solution to deploy basically anything you want in one click they have a huge Marketplace of applications you can host from nexcloud WordPress Drupal gitlab or afana to gaming servers for Minecraft RX CS go rust valheim and more they 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kernels but Linux has definitely gained some weight over the years now Linux was initially created as a Minix clone Minix being a Unix version since Minix was limited to 16-bit CPUs 12 volts decided to create his own kernel that would support 32-bit and so Linux was born but the creator of Minix Andrew Tannenbaum said a few years later that Linux was obsolete because it used a monolithic kernel and that gnu herd would supplant it soon enough this prompted an email reply from torvill's who basically tore tenenbaum's arguments to shreds and we all know how this went our dear Andrew was no Nostradamus because no one uses or even remembers Minix gnu herd is definitely not a thing and Linux is basically everywhere Linux has also been first on the market for various important features that our computers use nowadays the Linux kernel was the first to ever support the x86 64-bit architecture before any other system kernel ever did in 2001 and Linux was also the first to have USB 3.0 drivers added in June 2009 thanks to Sage sharp whose code was merged into Linux kernel version 2.6.31 open source does allow this kind of stuff and with so many contributors and companies working on Linux it's no surprise that it's often first to Market with support for specific features now speaking about open source let's look at some other facts the Linux kernel was initially released under a custom license created by Linus Torvalds which imposed restrictions on commercial use of his project and on redistributing it now fortunately for all of us this didn't last long and with version 0.99 in 1992 the kernel moved to the gnu GPL which is still uses today and allowed Linux to be used modified redistributed and to take its prominent Place imagine if Linux had used a proprietary license we would probably all be using BSD right now and no you don't have to tell me that you already use BSD the Linux kernel is also the biggest software project in the world with the biggest number of contributors and companies involved in its development at the end of 2022 the kernel had contributions from 2043 developers and a lot of them work for major tech companies like Intel Google AMD Huawei meta Nvidia Alibaba and more even Microsoft contributes to the Linux kernel although it's mainly to make sure they can virtualize it it has nothing to do with trying to use Linux in Windows instead of the NT kernel now let's talk branding first Linux almost wasn't called Linux the first name torvos landed on was Freaks for free Unix but as things happened hosting that freaks kernel was initially done by Ari lemker a member of the staff for helsinki's University where 12 volts was studying and this person created a directory called Linux because that was torval's working name and Torvalds initially did not want the kernel to be called Linux because he felt that would feel very egotistical and fortunately the name Linux stuck we already have a small enough market share can you imagine telling two people over and over that you use Arch freaks by the way now in terms of mascot we have tucks the slightly round penguin that everyone loves and the name of that mascot is tux not because Penguins wear tuxedos naturally but because it stands for 12 volts Unix why you penguin though it's because Torvalds had a cute encounter with a little penguin when he visited a zoo in Australia when the aforementioned flightless bird nibbled on his hand and in the words of Torvalds gave him penguinitis a disease that apparently makes you stay awake at night thinking about penguins I mean don't we all stay up at night thinking about Linux I know I do and also the Linux tux mascot was changed for a conference for Taz which was a Tasmanian devil wearing a penguin costume but the Linux kernel also has code names that aren't widely used but are always completely inappropriate for a system used by so many businesses and servers for example version 3.14 was called shuffling zombie jewelry version 4.3 was blurry fish butt and version 6.0 is herder I'm a ninja sloth other wonderful God names include one giant leap for frog kind displaced humorous interior or sheep on meth and I personally prefer this to every single other code name I ever read about take that Ubuntu but also the Linux name was almost lost to a trademark dispute in 1995 someone named William R de la Croce Jr the most evil sounding name I ever heard filed for a trademark on Linux he then proceeded to send letters to various Linux Distributors asking for 10 royalties like the ultimate one person patent troll in 1997 12 volts and a bunch of other entities that use the Linux name bunched together to appeal the original trademark as fraudulent and they won in November of that year at which point tovals owned the trademark and maybe we would have come back to freaks if the lawsuit was lost but thankfully it wasn't and as a final footnote in The Branding Department Linux is also a brand of laundry detergent in Switzerland which apparently never filed a lawsuit against Linux and was ensued by Torvalds because who would be stupid enough to mix the two although one might say that the name is appropriate for detergent because basically when you remove windows and install Linux you're doing a deep clean of your computer now let's talk about Linus Torvalds Torvalds was a pretty hot developer and apple noticed Steve Jobs offered him a job around the year 2000 with a sizable salary and a good position in the organization the pitch was work on Unix for a bigger user base the only condition was that he abandoned Linux and stopped working on it all together 12 volts obviously refused because he liked working on Linux he saw its potential and also he didn't like Mac os's Mac kernel he publicly said that he never regretted that decision and now that we know that Steve Jobs was probably one of the worst bosses to work for in Tech at the time he probably made the right decision but Thor volts isn't just the creator of the Linux kernel he also created git yep that thing every developer uses today and that spawned gitlab and also GitHub which is ironically now owned by Microsoft the first version was in 2005 and it was a major improvement over all other distributed Version Control Systems and git is named like that because it's a slang word in British English that means an unpleasant person which tovolt jokingly said was a reference to himself something that turned out to be kinda true as 12 volts had to take a self-imposed retreat from managing the kernel because he was becoming incredibly toxic to other contributors even saying to someone that they should kill themselves and let's finish this with a bunch of use cases for Linux first Linux is basically running the film industry and Hollywood the first movie to use Linux was Titanic in 1997 rendered using open Souza but it didn't stop there Avatar's effects were rendered on Linux server Farms Lord of the Rings Linux iRobot Linux and nowadays most of the major tools for digital effects have a Linux version like Houdini Maya soft image and others so next time you go see a big Blockbuster with two identical characters shooting rays of different colored lightning at each other you can think of a nice little penguin instead Linux also runs the space industry from NASA to SpaceX or the International Space Station or the latest Mars helicopter they all run Linux spacex's reusable rocket the Falcon 9 runs a stripped down Linux on three very basic x86 dual core CPUs the International Space Station runs on 1988 20 megahertz Intel CPUs so obviously they use Linux because there's virtually nothing else with that level of support backwards compatibility and efficiency I mean could you see Windows running a flight computer and having to reboot mid launch because it has to install updates and also in the super computer World Linux is the only option out of the fastest 500 super computers Linux runs a hundred percent of them or at least it did in 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we all know about Linux and Linux based operating systems chances are if you're watching this you're probably running Linux either on an Android smartphone or on your PC but Linux is old almost 32 years old still younger than me though this means there are plenty of fun facts about Linux that I'm pretty certain you didn't know about and of course if there are more that aren't in this video the comment section is always a good place to let me know about them so let's look at a bunch of interesting Linux facts that I'm sure your loved ones will love hearing about just like you love hearing about today's sponsor this video is sponsored by lenode lenode is the only solution I use to run my own nexcloud server and my only office server as well it's a super easy solution to deploy basically anything you want in one click they have a huge Marketplace of applications you can host from nexcloud WordPress Drupal gitlab or afana to gaming servers for Minecraft RX CS go rust valheim and more they take care of all the configuration for you all you have to do is click the thing you want to deploy fill in a few details and your server is up and running and once everything is live it's still super easy to manage your servers to upgrade or downgrade them add some storage back them up and get help if you're stuck I've been using linode for years now and I can only recommend them if you want to give them a shot click the link in the description below and you'll get a hundred dollars of free credits to get started so let's start with a bunch of things about the Linux kernel Linux is known for being relatively lean and not using too much disk space but compared to its first version it's now positively bloated the first Linux release used only 65 kilobytes of disk space today a compiled kernel uses 5 to 10 megabytes which is about 153 times heavier than the original release the number of lines of code has also been multiplied by 2700 since linux's Inception still lighter than most other kernels but Linux has definitely gained some weight over the years now Linux was initially created as a Minix clone Minix being a Unix version since Minix was limited to 16-bit CPUs 12 volts decided to create his own kernel that would support 32-bit and so Linux was born but the creator of Minix Andrew Tannenbaum said a few years later that Linux was obsolete because it used a monolithic kernel and that gnu herd would supplant it soon enough this prompted an email reply from torvill's who basically tore tenenbaum's arguments to shreds and we all know how this went our dear Andrew was no Nostradamus because no one uses or even remembers Minix gnu herd is definitely not a thing and Linux is basically everywhere Linux has also been first on the market for various important features that our computers use nowadays the Linux kernel was the first to ever support the x86 64-bit architecture before any other system kernel ever did in 2001 and Linux was also the first to have USB 3.0 drivers added in June 2009 thanks to Sage sharp whose code was merged into Linux kernel version 2.6.31 open source does allow this kind of stuff and with so many contributors and companies working on Linux it's no surprise that it's often first to Market with support for specific features now speaking about open source let's look at some other facts the Linux kernel was initially released under a custom license created by Linus Torvalds which imposed restrictions on commercial use of his project and on redistributing it now fortunately for all of us this didn't last long and with version 0.99 in 1992 the kernel moved to the gnu GPL which is still uses today and allowed Linux to be used modified redistributed and to take its prominent Place imagine if Linux had used a proprietary license we would probably all be using BSD right now and no you don't have to tell me that you already use BSD the Linux kernel is also the biggest software project in the world with the biggest number of contributors and companies involved in its development at the end of 2022 the kernel had contributions from 2043 developers and a lot of them work for major tech companies like Intel Google AMD Huawei meta Nvidia Alibaba and more even Microsoft contributes to the Linux kernel although it's mainly to make sure they can virtualize it it has nothing to do with trying to use Linux in Windows instead of the NT kernel now let's talk branding first Linux almost wasn't called Linux the first name torvos landed on was Freaks for free Unix but as things happened hosting that freaks kernel was initially done by Ari lemker a member of the staff for helsinki's University where 12 volts was studying and this person created a directory called Linux because that was torval's working name and Torvalds initially did not want the kernel to be called Linux because he felt that would feel very egotistical and fortunately the name Linux stuck we already have a small enough market share can you imagine telling two people over and over that you use Arch freaks by the way now in terms of mascot we have tucks the slightly round penguin that everyone loves and the name of that mascot is tux not because Penguins wear tuxedos naturally but because it stands for 12 volts Unix why you penguin though it's because Torvalds had a cute encounter with a little penguin when he visited a zoo in Australia when the aforementioned flightless bird nibbled on his hand and in the words of Torvalds gave him penguinitis a disease that apparently makes you stay awake at night thinking about penguins I mean don't we all stay up at night thinking about Linux I know I do and also the Linux tux mascot was changed for a conference for Taz which was a Tasmanian devil wearing a penguin costume but the Linux kernel also has code names that aren't widely used but are always completely inappropriate for a system used by so many businesses and servers for example version 3.14 was called shuffling zombie jewelry version 4.3 was blurry fish butt and version 6.0 is herder I'm a ninja sloth other wonderful God names include one giant leap for frog kind displaced humorous interior or sheep on meth and I personally prefer this to every single other code name I ever read about take that Ubuntu but also the Linux name was almost lost to a trademark dispute in 1995 someone named William R de la Croce Jr the most evil sounding name I ever heard filed for a trademark on Linux he then proceeded to send letters to various Linux Distributors asking for 10 royalties like the ultimate one person patent troll in 1997 12 volts and a bunch of other entities that use the Linux name bunched together to appeal the original trademark as fraudulent and they won in November of that year at which point tovals owned the trademark and maybe we would have come back to freaks if the lawsuit was lost but thankfully it wasn't and as a final footnote in The Branding Department Linux is also a brand of laundry detergent in Switzerland which apparently never filed a lawsuit against Linux and was ensued by Torvalds because who would be stupid enough to mix the two although one might say that the name is appropriate for detergent because basically when you remove windows and install Linux you're doing a deep clean of your computer now let's talk about Linus Torvalds Torvalds was a pretty hot developer and apple noticed Steve Jobs offered him a job around the year 2000 with a sizable salary and a good position in the organization the pitch was work on Unix for a bigger user base the only condition was that he abandoned Linux and stopped working on it all together 12 volts obviously refused because he liked working on Linux he saw its potential and also he didn't like Mac os's Mac kernel he publicly said that he never regretted that decision and now that we know that Steve Jobs was probably one of the worst bosses to work for in Tech at the time he probably made the right decision but Thor volts isn't just the creator of the Linux kernel he also created git yep that thing every developer uses today and that spawned gitlab and also GitHub which is ironically now owned by Microsoft the first version was in 2005 and it was a major improvement over all other distributed Version Control Systems and git is named like that because it's a slang word in British English that means an unpleasant person which tovolt jokingly said was a reference to himself something that turned out to be kinda true as 12 volts had to take a self-imposed retreat from managing the kernel because he was becoming incredibly toxic to other contributors even saying to someone that they should kill themselves and let's finish this with a bunch of use cases for Linux first Linux is basically running the film industry and Hollywood the first movie to use Linux was Titanic in 1997 rendered using open Souza but it didn't stop there Avatar's effects were rendered on Linux server Farms Lord of the Rings Linux iRobot Linux and nowadays most of the major tools for digital effects have a Linux version like Houdini Maya soft image and others so next time you go see a big Blockbuster with two identical characters shooting rays of different colored lightning at each other you can think of a nice little penguin instead Linux also runs the space industry from NASA to SpaceX or the International Space Station or the latest Mars helicopter they all run Linux spacex's reusable rocket the Falcon 9 runs a stripped down Linux on three very basic x86 dual core CPUs the International Space Station runs on 1988 20 megahertz Intel CPUs so obviously they use Linux because there's virtually nothing else with that level of support backwards compatibility and efficiency I mean could you see Windows running a flight computer and having to reboot mid launch because it has to install updates and also in the super computer World Linux is the only option out of the fastest 500 super computers Linux runs a hundred percent of them or at least it did in early 2023. that percentage rows and rows over the years and while it occasionally drops back to 99 it's generally a complete Monopoly what this means is that Linux is at the core of major advancements in technology science and research and the preferred option to run all these incredibly complex calculations when you want to get some really serious work done you use Linux so that's it for all these Linux related factoids so if you knew every single one of them let me know if you didn't let me know what you learned and if I missed anything let me know in the comments as well and in the meantime I'll let you know about our sponsor if you're in the market for a new computer and you plan to run Linux on it stop buying devices that were made to run Windows buy something from tuxedo they make laptops and desktops that run Linux out of the box the components are specifically picked to run Linux web they have a big range of devices they're based in Germany but they ship to most countries in 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Linux still has this weird reputation of requiring the command line to do a lot of things and this is factually wrong whether you use gnome or KDE or another desktop environment you have everything you need graphically at least if you're a regular user and everything goes smoothly but as long as you start going into system administration Advanced configuration or debugging you start to notice that maybe you do need the command line after all so today we're going to look into the graphical gap between Windows and Linux what we're still missing what you need a third-party tool to do and what we could do better than Windows and at this segue to our sponsor this video is sponsored by savings portmaster portmaster is an all-in-one tool to easily take your privacy to the next level and it's a tool I use myself on all of my Linux devices portmaster lets you automatically block all trackers and mail where in every application you run on your computer not just your web browser but everything you run it's easy to use with defaults already in place that lets you just set it and forget it but if you like to configure every Rule and every app you also can portmaster is completely free and open source and also free of charge as it's funded by users that subscribe to the SPN a super powered VPN that gives you multiple identities for every connection of every application so if you want to easily improve the privacy of your system whatever the Linux distro you use or even on Windows click the link in the description below and download the portmaster for free the first thing Windows users might be used to is the device manager this thing basically lets you see all the components on your PC and the devices plugged into it it lets you check for drivers fix various problems set some options and view some logs related to your devices and it's generally a very useful tool to identify a problem with any of your Hardware which is very handy on Windows because you know it's windows on Linux this thing has no equivalent we do have a third-party app called hard info but it just lets you view the peripherals and devices and get some details but it's not an actionable application there's no disabling your device no options no logs in KDE you have the same thing with the info center provided as part of your desktop but you can also just view devices you don't have access to any configuration or action and the output is not formatted in a very legible way and that's a shame because there is a lot of stuff that we could do to make it easier for users to identify a hardware issue which would also make the life of people answering their questions in forums a lot easier now first you could link that tool with driver support right click on your Nvidia pu select drivers and launch the install of the best driver possible for that GPU you could also have access to various logs to show if the device was detected properly if the driver has been loaded you could access a few options for example for an AMD GPU I personally had to figure out that I needed to put my Radeon RX 6650xt in 3d full screen mode instead of the low power mode that it defaulted to I had to look online for hours to find how to do it having a graphical setting immediately visible in a device manager would have made this a lot easier I had to look for the solution find it edit the config file manually create a script to automate that setting at each reboot and then launch that script creating a systemd service not exactly user friendly for something that you should be able to configure in one click in a graphical interface it could also help tailor bluetooth settings for specific peripherals like disabling suspend for a keyboard or reducing the latency for a Bluetooth controller you can do all of that using the command line and editing config files that behave differently depending on the distro which sucks to be frank device manager is a very useful tool on Windows and I really wish we had that on Linux it would make life much easier now Linux runs services in the background for printing Bluetooth Network virtualization the graphical server or compositor and a lot more things generally managed by System D on most distros and now you can insert your ooh system D comment down below and almost no Linux desktop has a graphical user interface to manage these Services turn them on or off enable one at startup or not or view logs related to this service on gnome you have an extension called systemd manager which lets you start and stop services at will but no way to configure them or select options or enable auto start you also have check service and N cursors terminal app that is pretty cryptic if you're used to graphical programs on KDE you have a Services page in the settings but you can basically just start and stop them no other action is available as far as I know only opensooza has a decent services manager that is baked into just their configure duration tool and brace yourself because this is going to be a recurring theme throughout the video now this opens to that tool lets you view logs for all services view the details to know what they do select when they start or not and even select if you want to boot your device in a graphical mode or not on Windows the services app might look like it's 20 years old which it probably is but it lets you start and stop Services select if you want to start them manually or at boot or completely disable them and it lets you set policies for various Services failures like restarting the computer restarting the service or opening another program this is something our graphical desktops all need a lot of people will never care about it but for people who do having a graphical app is way easier than figuring out how systemctl and each service Works another thing that is not entirely available in our desktop environments is a a graphical tool to configure the firewall and general system security KDE has a config module in their settings so that's handled it's easy enough to use and create rules enable or disable the firewall it just works and yet again open Souza has a firewall config tool in yazt which works really well although as all yazt modules this isn't really a looker which for a tool like this doesn't really matter so I'll stop nitpicking for Gnome there are third-party tools you can install depending on the firewall the distro uses like firewall config for firewall D but these are rarely provided by default which is a shame because if you ship your distro with a firewall enabled you probably should also have a graphical app to configure it and of course installing a third-party app when you need it is not very difficult but gnome should definitely have a config page for the firewall that follows their own guidelines and interface it's better Linux desktops all also don't have an equivalent to the Windows security center with a quick rundown of what is enabled disabled and potential threads to your system of course an antivirus doesn't make much sense for most Linux users unless you regularly send files you got of the internet to your friends on Windows now gnome has the basics of such an implementation with their device security page with a list of things that might or might not be secure on your device but they are not actionable you can't really do anything from there apart from sadly realizing that your PC is just not secure look at that sad score zero and that's not even better on any of my other computers anyway here we could add some information depending on certain libraries apps and kernels we use if vulnerabilities have been detected and aren't patched yet we could have access to the firewall settings maybe even see background apps on X11 that could capture every keystroke apps that have permissions that feel incorrect maybe even have a status of your dependencies from your package manager and a one-click button to try and repair them if they're broken and we could even implement the constant notifications that Windows security Center always pops up on your desktop oh wait no we we really don't need that no one Implement that put the keyboard Down Kevin and then we have backups a lot of distros ship with a third-party Backup Tool like deja dub or time shift but first they generally only ship one or the other and both have different purposes one is for your slash home files the other is for your system itself we sort of need a complete solution that works ideally for both and their third-party tools which means system integration is minimal what I think we need is to right click on a file in the file manager and have a versions menu item that automatically shows all the backed up versions of that file and lets me view them in real time with the right app and select the one I want to restore what I would like is a system settings option native to the desktop environment that lets me configure a backup and restore from there even Windows has that but it's pretty clunky though so maybe we should take inspiration from time machine from Mac OS instead this would be insanely useful we do have third-party Solutions but they're really not that fantastic right now okay now let's talk about the registry yeah I'm going there the Windows registry is a horrible horrible thing it's illegible it's super messy modifications can result in a horrendously broken system and generally it's better left alone so why talk about it well because while the implementation of the registry in Windows is really really bad it does surface a lot of options for applications and the system and not all Linux desktops have an equivalent gnome has deconf which has a lot of various settings you can week I even made a dedicated video about a few of them the link is in the description KDE doesn't have that you get a lot of settings graphically in the system settings but you also can't change everything in there and so additional changes have to be made in the text config files themselves especially for system related settings and that's where open Souza comes in again yes has a bunch of additional configurations available graphically from fonts to the display manager the window manager Advanced network configuration managing file systems it has a bunch of options that are usually pretty tough to find and not just options for the desktop itself but options for the whole system a graphical tool for this native to the desktop environment would probably be very appreciated by systems administrators that need to deploy the exact same configuration on all workstations which takes us back to the command line and look it's awesome it's fast it's powerful you can get the output of a program and pass it to another to really find what you're looking for it's the most powerful way to interact with your system but you need to know the commands setting the options for a device like a GPU you need to know there's a config file for that and where it is you want to change the options for a systemd service you need to find the command to interact with it then find the service name then find the possible options if you don't know the command or the location of the file you will need to look online when having a graphical user interface would let you just look it up in your computer by yourself and I would argue would also teach you way more about the system you're using than relying on copy pasting your command line you found in a forum and even for seasoned systems administrator what they know is generally only applicable to one distro it might be completely different in another so yeah there's still a graphic typical gap between Windows and Linux and ironically this Gap isn't really visible for the regular user because it's more a problem for advanced users and system administrators and you might argue these people would just use the command line because they know how to use the command line because they had to learn how to use it because they had no choice there was no other way to do what they wanted to do I think it's important to have graphical tools for all of this for everyone and I think it's important that I tell you about our sponsor if you've already been confronted with hardware issues on Linux you might be dreading your next computer purchase you don't know if everything is going to work well I have the solution click the link in the description below and buy a device from tuxedo they make laptops and desktops that ship with Linux out of the box all the components are picked specifically to work really well with Linux they have a huge range of devices that will suit every need and every price point from the smallest most affordable laptop to the highest tower workstation or something for gaming they have it all all the devices are super configurable before the purchase you can even customize them with your own logo or your own keyboard layout and all their laptops are openable upgradeable 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hey everyone this is Nick and welcome to your weekly dose of Linux and open source news this week we have Ubuntu planning some work on an immutable version of their desktop distro we have red hat abandoning the RPM format for LibreOffice in favor of flat pack we have a lot of stuff happening in The Gnome world plus some more details about mint 21.2 with touchpad gestures some big improvements to Weyland with Nvidia gpus and also no sponsor yay I'm sponsoring myself today because apparently I forgot to sell this video to any of my usual sponsors so I'm just using this as a reminder that you can support the channel there are plenty of links in the description below and if you subscribe on patreon or if you become a YouTube member you'll get access to an exclusive weekly podcast about 20 to 30 minutes every Monday where I talk about the channel the sponsors I picked the difficulties I encounter the videos how they work did they work well did they not work well why deep personal projects I work on and stuff like that and you also get to vote on the topics I cover each month so if you're interested all the links are in the description and now let's get on with the video so Ubuntu is going immutable well at least they will offer an immutable variant of Ubuntu soon for the next Ubuntu LTS 24.04 so in a bit less than a year now don't worry the current version that is a hybrid between their packages and snaps will still be available it's not being replaced this new immutable variant will obviously not use flat packs instead focusing on snaps as you might expect now Ubuntu already had an immutable distro called Ubuntu core but it was tailored for Internet of Things devices and all other known desktop purposes this new desktop immutable variant will be a complete equivalent to the current desktop Ubuntu so you can expect a read-only base complete with SNAP apps that are installed for the user and don't need right permissions to the whole operating system something that offers better security and also potentially better stability there are no details yet on on the model that they'll use if they will distribute image based updates or something else but it's still pretty interesting to see Ubuntu exploring this space they've really been going all in on snaps lately even packaging the cups printing stack as a snap and they plan to use it as the default in 23.10 and they also snapped some graphics drivers as well and if I'm honest snaps make a lot of sense for an immutable distro if you can't install stuff using regular packages to your system you might as well use a packaging format that works for command line interface apps and graphical apps and that's the case for snaps and not so much for flat pack Now red hat announced this week that they would stop providing RPMs for LibreOffice in Red Hat Enterprise Linux in a future release Matthias Klassen a red hat employee and gnome developer said that the RPMs are now orphaned and that while they would still be maintained with security fixes in older still supported releases going forward LibreOffice will be provided as a flat pack they also said that this frees up a ton of resources for the team that worked on this package which can now work on Wayland improvements on HDR support and on other improvements for workstation users that change will probably also affect Fedora unless of Fedora contributor decided to take the burden of maintaining RPMs for LibreOffice for Fedora Jorge Castro also has a nice blog post explaining why this is for the best as having many people building complex packages like LibreOffice or Firefox for multiple distros all their supporters versions and backboarding fixes to older versions is extremely inefficient and does not bring any advantage to the end user or even to the destroy itself the gist of it is packaging the same app over and over again is a waste of time and talent and letting app developers package their apps once with flat pack snap or whatever else is simply the way forward so distro maintainers can move on to more interesting and higher value things and I couldn't agree more why would Red Hat as a company waste valuable time and resources maintaining a specific version of LibreOffice for their distro when the library office developers already do that with their flat pack which works on any distro and on any version without any work from Red Hat now let's talk about gnome and as part of the Google summer of code program work has started on some interesting projects the first one is called flatsync which is a new gnome tool that would let users sync their installed flat packs between devices currently if you want to ensure you have the same apps installed on your various computers it's all manual you get the list of flat back apps and you install what's missing on the other PC or you write a custom script for it flat sync would make this automatic for users who want the feature using your debus Daemon that lists all installed flat packs and pushes them to something like GitHub gists where the list can be read by another computer using flat sync and all apps can be automatically added or removed when a change happens of course a graphical app is planned to handle all of that and the other Google summer of code project for Gnome is revamping the settings a bit with the creation of a system panel that would group multiple settings entries into single subcategory including the region and Lang language settings the date and time users remote desktop and the about Page Plus the system start option something that I don't think exists currently in Gnome and work has started on both these projects and flatsync will be very interesting for me because all my apps are flat packs on my desktop and on my laptop both running Fedora and I would love to be able to sync them up between computers so when I find a new one I like and I install it somewhere it's automatically downloaded and installed on my other computers it makes things a little bit easier now still on gnome it looks like there might be a hidden full light theme coming in Chrome 45. right now even if you pick the light theme over the dark mode The Gnome shell will stay dark with the top bar the Quick Settings menu the overview and apps grid still being dark for added contrast and legibility but for Gnome 45 it looks like there might be a hidden option in d-conf that lets you enable this full light theme instead the mixed dark shell and light apps mode we already have today will still be the default and you will have to manually enable the new fully light mode if you want it the background for the overview and the app grid will stay dark though as this isn't as much a color preference as a legibility thing to make sure the focus is on your virtual desktops or your apps it's all still in development and the merge request for it has just been accepted in Gnome and they want to refine it before it can become the default light theme for Gnome and now I'm eagerly awaiting your ew light mode comments in the comment section below because yes personally I'm a light mode user I like my eyes and dark mode when you have light shining on your screen not good now on top of that gnome might get a redesigned UI for fractional scaling to let you preview the text size before choosing a scaling Factor it looks much like what Mac OS does or at least what it did back when I used it on a laptop a long time ago what's more interesting is that since fractional scaling is currently not visible by default on gnome the fact that there's work being done on how it looks might imply that the feature will get out of the experimental stage soon they also added a Legacy High DPI compatibility toggle probably for X11 applications running on Wayland that don't follow the system scaling directly now it's just a mock-up for now so it might never land but gnome has a good track record of implementing mockups from their design team so I would be surprised if this didn't happen in a future gnome release and this makes me happy because it's 2023 and fractional scaling should be supported by everything every desktop and every app let's not act like high DPI displays are a new thing now let's talk about mint Linux Mint 21.2 will release this month if everything goes well with the development cycle being now closed which is a good indication that the beta is upon us mint 21.2 will bring cinnamon 5.8 and one of the flagship features is touchpad and touchscreen gestures as clemontev the lead developer of mint puts it the gestures will be supported for window management workspace management tiling and media controls and they will work on touchpads touchscreens and tablets now we don't know yet if these will be one to one gestures as in the content moves with the movement of your fingers or if there will be older style gestures where they are basically just like activating your keyboard shortcut and the animation happens all at once once you perform the gesture my guess would be the latter as mint is still on X11 and touchpad gestures on that display server have never been great apart from Elementary OS now still means 21.2 looks like a very interesting release so you can expect a dedicated video about it on the channel as soon as they have a final release and now there's some work planned for portals the middleware that lets sandboxed Linux apps interact with the system without getting access to everything like the file Chooser portal to let you pick a specific file or folder or the screen sharing implementation on Weyland while these portals are pretty complete and work really well they're also a bit scattered between various desktops some have a complete implementation like gnome or KDE and some rely on the implementation of another desktop or a toolkit which means that sometimes a sandboxed app will open a window that looks quite out of place like a gtk file picker in a cute app for example and soon there will be a mechanism for each desktop environment to state which implementation they want to use globally or per portal for example you could say you generally want the gtk implementation but you could use your own full screenshots or screen sharing if you've developed something that fits your guidelines better and of course users could also tweak this config file child to set their own preferences if they want for example someone using a window manager and not a desktop environment might want to use different implementations depending on what works best for them it's really interesting work that will make basically zero difference for people using a regular de because you generally already have a good portals implementation but for people who like to customize things use a window manager and tweak everything having this option will be very cool and let's finish this with the gaming news first we have a new beta driver for NVIDIA gpus which should improve Wayland support further with a fix for a big issue on people using hybrid laptops with an AMD integrated GPU and an Nvidia dedicated GPU where you couldn't use hybrid graphics mode basically they also added support for the latest dma Buff Whelan protocol and plugged it for X Weyland as well which will enable multi-gpu configurations and hybrid laptops to work much better on Weyland and generally should improve performance it also gives a boost to Minecraft Java on an RTX 3000 Series GPU and enables Dynamic boost for older gpus and it adds more Vulcan extensions especially for video decoding basically it's a huge driver update for NVIDIA on Linux and of course it's still a beta but generally these tend to make their way to the stable Channel relatively quickly so yeah if you're an Nvidia user on Linux you can get excited now and we also have the release of wine 8.9 with an updated Moto engine to run.net Windows apps on Linux and the PostScript driver being fully converted to the PE executable format it now also supports 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hey everyone this is Nick and welcome to your weekly dose of Linux and open source news this week we have Ubuntu planning some work on an immutable version of their desktop distro we have red hat abandoning the RPM format for LibreOffice in favor of flat pack we have a lot of stuff happening in The Gnome world plus some more details about mint 21.2 with touchpad gestures some big improvements to Weyland with Nvidia gpus and also no sponsor yay I'm sponsoring myself today because apparently I forgot to sell this video to any of my usual sponsors so I'm just using this as a reminder that you can support the channel there are plenty of links in the description below and if you subscribe on patreon or if you become a YouTube member you'll get access to an exclusive weekly podcast about 20 to 30 minutes every Monday where I talk about the channel the sponsors I picked the difficulties I encounter the videos how they work did they work well did they not work well why deep personal projects I work on and stuff like that and you also get to vote on the topics I cover each month so if you're interested all the links are in the description and now let's get on with the video so Ubuntu is going immutable well at least they will offer an immutable variant of Ubuntu soon for the next Ubuntu LTS 24.04 so in a bit less than a year now don't worry the current version that is a hybrid between their packages and snaps will still be available it's not being replaced this new immutable variant will obviously not use flat packs instead focusing on snaps as you might expect now Ubuntu already had an immutable distro called Ubuntu core but it was tailored for Internet of Things devices and all other known desktop purposes this new desktop immutable variant will be a complete equivalent to the current desktop Ubuntu so you can expect a read-only base complete with SNAP apps that are installed for the user and don't need right permissions to the whole operating system something that offers better security and also potentially better stability there are no details yet on on the model that they'll use if they will distribute image based updates or something else but it's still pretty interesting to see Ubuntu exploring this space they've really been going all in on snaps lately even packaging the cups printing stack as a snap and they plan to use it as the default in 23.10 and they also snapped some graphics drivers as well and if I'm honest snaps make a lot of sense for an immutable distro if you can't install stuff using regular packages to your system you might as well use a packaging format that works for command line interface apps and graphical apps and that's the case for snaps and not so much for flat pack Now red hat announced this week that they would stop providing RPMs for LibreOffice in Red Hat Enterprise Linux in a future release Matthias Klassen a red hat employee and gnome developer said that the RPMs are now orphaned and that while they would still be maintained with security fixes in older still supported releases going forward LibreOffice will be provided as a flat pack they also said that this frees up a ton of resources for the team that worked on this package which can now work on Wayland improvements on HDR support and on other improvements for workstation users that change will probably also affect Fedora unless of Fedora contributor decided to take the burden of maintaining RPMs for LibreOffice for Fedora Jorge Castro also has a nice blog post explaining why this is for the best as having many people building complex packages like LibreOffice or Firefox for multiple distros all their supporters versions and backboarding fixes to older versions is extremely inefficient and does not bring any advantage to the end user or even to the destroy itself the gist of it is packaging the same app over and over again is a waste of time and talent and letting app developers package their apps once with flat pack snap or whatever else is simply the way forward so distro maintainers can move on to more interesting and higher value things and I couldn't agree more why would Red Hat as a company waste valuable time and resources maintaining a specific version of LibreOffice for their distro when the library office developers already do that with their flat pack which works on any distro and on any version without any work from Red Hat now let's talk about gnome and as part of the Google summer of code program work has started on some interesting projects the first one is called flatsync which is a new gnome tool that would let users sync their installed flat packs between devices currently if you want to ensure you have the same apps installed on your various computers it's all manual you get the list of flat back apps and you install what's missing on the other PC or you write a custom script for it flat sync would make this automatic for users who want the feature using your debus Daemon that lists all installed flat packs and pushes them to something like GitHub gists where the list can be read by another computer using flat sync and all apps can be automatically added or removed when a change happens of course a graphical app is planned to handle all of that and the other Google summer of code project for Gnome is revamping the settings a bit with the creation of a system panel that would group multiple settings entries into single subcategory including the region and Lang language settings the date and time users remote desktop and the about Page Plus the system start option something that I don't think exists currently in Gnome and work has started on both these projects and flatsync will be very interesting for me because all my apps are flat packs on my desktop and on my laptop both running Fedora and I would love to be able to sync them up between computers so when I find a new one I like and I install it somewhere it's automatically downloaded and installed on my other computers it makes things a little bit easier now still on gnome it looks like there might be a hidden full light theme coming in Chrome 45. right now even if you pick the light theme over the dark mode The Gnome shell will stay dark with the top bar the Quick Settings menu the overview and apps grid still being dark for added contrast and legibility but for Gnome 45 it looks like there might be a hidden option in d-conf that lets you enable this full light theme instead the mixed dark shell and light apps mode we already have today will still be the default and you will have to manually enable the new fully light mode if you want it the background for the overview and the app grid will stay dark though as this isn't as much a color preference as a legibility thing to make sure the focus is on your virtual desktops or your apps it's all still in development and the merge request for it has just been accepted in Gnome and they want to refine it before it can become the default light theme for Gnome and now I'm eagerly awaiting your ew light mode comments in the comment section below because yes personally I'm a light mode user I like my eyes and dark mode when you have light shining on your screen not good now on top of that gnome might get a redesigned UI for fractional scaling to let you preview the text size before choosing a scaling Factor it looks much like what Mac OS does or at least what it did back when I used it on a laptop a long time ago what's more interesting is that since fractional scaling is currently not visible by default on gnome the fact that there's work being done on how it looks might imply that the feature will get out of the experimental stage soon they also added a Legacy High DPI compatibility toggle probably for X11 applications running on Wayland that don't follow the system scaling directly now it's just a mock-up for now so it might never land but gnome has a good track record of implementing mockups from their design team so I would be surprised if this didn't happen in a future gnome release and this makes me happy because it's 2023 and fractional scaling should be supported by everything every desktop and every app let's not act like high DPI displays are a new thing now let's talk about mint Linux Mint 21.2 will release this month if everything goes well with the development cycle being now closed which is a good indication that the beta is upon us mint 21.2 will bring cinnamon 5.8 and one of the flagship features is touchpad and touchscreen gestures as clemontev the lead developer of mint puts it the gestures will be supported for window management workspace management tiling and media controls and they will work on touchpads touchscreens and tablets now we don't know yet if these will be one to one gestures as in the content moves with the movement of your fingers or if there will be older style gestures where they are basically just like activating your keyboard shortcut and the animation happens all at once once you perform the gesture my guess would be the latter as mint is still on X11 and touchpad gestures on that display server have never been great apart from Elementary OS now still means 21.2 looks like a very interesting release so you can expect a dedicated video about it on the channel as soon as they have a final release and now there's some work planned for portals the middleware that lets sandboxed Linux apps interact with the system without getting access to everything like the file Chooser portal to let you pick a specific file or folder or the screen sharing implementation on Weyland while these portals are pretty complete and work really well they're also a bit scattered between various desktops some have a complete implementation like gnome or KDE and some rely on the implementation of another desktop or a toolkit which means that sometimes a sandboxed app will open a window that looks quite out of place like a gtk file picker in a cute app for example and soon there will be a mechanism for each desktop environment to state which implementation they want to use globally or per portal for example you could say you generally want the gtk implementation but you could use your own full screenshots or screen sharing if you've developed something that fits your guidelines better and of course users could also tweak this config file child to set their own preferences if they want for example someone using a window manager and not a desktop environment might want to use different implementations depending on what works best for them it's really interesting work that will make basically zero difference for people using a regular de because you generally already have a good portals implementation but for people who like to customize things use a window manager and tweak everything having this option will be very cool and let's finish this with the gaming news first we have a new beta driver for NVIDIA gpus which should improve Wayland support further with a fix for a big issue on people using hybrid laptops with an AMD integrated GPU and an Nvidia dedicated GPU where you couldn't use hybrid graphics mode basically they also added support for the latest dma Buff Whelan protocol and plugged it for X Weyland as well which will enable multi-gpu configurations and hybrid laptops to work much better on Weyland and generally should improve performance it also gives a boost to Minecraft Java on an RTX 3000 Series GPU and enables Dynamic boost for older gpus and it adds more Vulcan extensions especially for video decoding basically it's a huge driver update for NVIDIA on Linux and of course it's still a beta but generally these tend to make their way to the stable Channel relatively quickly so yeah if you're an Nvidia user on Linux you can get excited now and we also have the release of wine 8.9 with an updated Moto engine to run.net Windows apps on Linux and the PostScript driver being fully converted to the PE executable format it now also supports Doppler shift with the direct sound API and fixes 16 bucks including for Need for Speed underground Battle.net frame maker 8 or the Silverlight plugin for some reason like really does anyone use wine to run a windows web browser with the Silverlight plugin no idea but well at least I didn't forget to sell this sponsor slot to our sponsor tuxedo if you're a Linux user and you plan to replace your computer soon stop looking at devices that come with Windows pre-installed buy something that you know will support Linux completely and Tuxedo does just that they have a big range of devices that should cover every need and every price point whether you're looking for a laptop or a desktop for something affordable or super powerful for something for gaming or for work they have everything all devices are very customizable and all laptops are openable repairable and upgradable including the SSD the battery the RAM and sometimes even the wireless card they're based in Germany but they ship to 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we all have preconceived notions about the privacy of various desktop operating systems Windows is generally considered as a nightmare Mac OS has a self-built reputation on privacy that might be undeserved and Linux is generally viewed as the most private operating system but we don't really have any real data on what these operating systems collect and what they do with it so today we're gonna take a look at Windows Mac OS and various Linux distros and see what data they collect where it goes and how bad it is and also how good this sponsor is this video is sponsored by protonmail the private open source and encrypted mail service proton gives you a free email address a calendar an online storage space and a VPN so you get a whole Suite of services for free that you can upgrade with paid plans protonmail also has some extra privacy related features like protecting you from email trackers most companies insert trackers into their emails usually they're small or transparent images that reveal information to the sender when they're being displayed this lets companies know when you open their emails where you are located and the device you use this data is then used to match with other web browsing data and profile you online with over 50 percent of all emails containing some kind of tracker your email privacy could be at risk with protonmail you don't have to worry about that they block all known trackers by default so if you want to make sure that your email experience is as private and secure as can be click the link in the description below and create your own free protonmail account you can even import all your existing mail into it and we're going to start with Windows because it's the most used desktop operating system in the world so if you've installed Windows 11 recently you're familiar with the very lengthy setup process where you can uncheck a lot of toggles to try and limit what the operating system collects all of this is labeled as Telemetry which is a general term that should mean info that we can use to make sure we focus on improving what actually matters to our users but is now more generally used to avoid saying personal data collection and to be clear not all Telemetry is bad the data you voluntarily send to KDE or to gnome is not personal data it's good Telemetry that's optional so for Windows even if you uncheck everything you still have to agree to send required Telemetry data to Microsoft you can't entirely disable it unless you do it through script and this can introduce compatibility problems now what the OS will collect is the following first Microsoft Store logs which will let Microsoft know what you installed updated what downloads you started what downloads you suspended and resume this data will be associated with your Microsoft account the second is network data you'll send the speed of your network adapter as well as the IMEI number and the mobile operator if you're using a cellular network third Hardware information as in the amount of RAM storage the speed of your CPU the battery capacity and the like fourth accessory data you'll send the complete list of devices you have connected to your computer like printers controllers USB sticks gaming or streaming accessories and the like fifth is application related data so for each app Microsoft will know the total time you ran it the CPU Cycles attributed to it and the number of crashes and sixth is event metrics these are just various logs of what happened on your system they have the most nebulous category so that's a lot of data and that's if you unchecked everything else if you left everything enabled you're gonna send a lot more you'll send inking and typing data so metrics of what you typed or wrote with your stylus you'll also send speech recognition data like what you said to Cortana for example there's also the activity history so every document you opened every website you visited and the like and fortunately all these things things can be disabled unless you're in The Insider program in which case you have to have Telemetry enabled all the way to stay in the program but that's just what Microsoft tells you about if you read their privacy policy because if you run a connection analysis tool on a default fresh vanilla Windows install without any additional software you'll find a few more things recently a YouTuber called the PC security Channel analyzed a completely fresh Windows install an ISO straight from Microsoft's website they used Wireshark and what they found was that Windows makes a few connections to third parties it never really told you about I left a link to their full video in the description below if you want to check everything they found but basically there's a direct connection to website owned by McAfee called trustsource.com This is on a box standard Windows install no manufacturer bloatware and no McAfee installed either then there's a request to scorecardresearch.com which is an internet Trends research company part of comscore Windows 11 also pings bank and msn.com even though you didn't even open a web browser yet and finally there's a request to privacyportal.onetrust.com Microsoft probably subcontracts data treatments to this company to comply with various privacy regulations around the world or they use this software to manage user data and it's a lot of crap on a very vanilla install with no programs installed whatsoever these are all third parties they should not be here or at the very least Microsoft should tell you that they contact them before they do so what exactly Can Microsoft do with all this data well they have more than enough to completely fingerprint your device with the hardware data you can't disable coupled with the network data they can reliably identify you on the internet which means advertisers that use Microsoft's Network also can second they can reliably tell what you use in terms of apps and what type of content you watch online or create using various applications third it means Microsoft sort of has a key logger on your computer if you enabled inking and typing data they know exactly what you typed or wrote and use that to suggest relevant words if need be and finally it means Windows sends some data to third parties without it being explicitly mentioned in the setup process at all so yeah for privacy a vanilla Windows install is really really bad it's not a preconceived notion it's facts fortunately you can disable all the optional stuff straight from the settings you can go to the privacy and Security Options and go into each category and disable everything there now for the required Telemetry you'll have to get your hands dirty unless you use an Enterprise version of Windows in which case you can elect to not send anything to Microsoft if you use a non-enterprise version like Windows 11 home you can also completely disable the Telemetry service you need to hit Windows plus r and in the Run dialog type services.msc then enter in there look for something called connected user experiences and Telemetry you can double click that and in the general tab of the properties window that appears you can set startup type to disable which means on the next reboot this service won't start and you won't send anything to Microsoft now let's talk about Mac OS because Apple talks a big game when it comes to privacy but is it actually true out of the box Mac OS does collect a lot of stuff by default they'll send to Apple your IP address location and some usage patterns like all the apps you run and when you run them and in Big Sur at least these requests were sent unencrypted which means that anyone who's on the same network as you can read them and use them including your internet service provider and anyone they send data to so the government as well now hopefully in later versions they fixed that no one's talking about it anymore so one can hope that yeah it's fixed Telemetry data out of the box includes browsing history search history crash data performance and diagnostic data location information health information if you use that on an iPhone for example and you sync it all the info you entered in your Apple ID the device serial number some payment information if you entered a payment method everything you bought using that Apple ID and potentially even your government ID if that is required where you live to set up your account all Spotlight search queries are also logged and sent to Apple everything you do on Apple's websites is also collected and logged if you are connected using your Apple ID and if you use Safari all your browsing data browsing cache download history and login credentials are collected as well and linked to your Apple ID and if you use Siri you will also send to Apple the audio recordings of what you told that little useless piece of software now fortunately Mac OS lets you disable virtually everything from the system settings you can just head over to the settings in the security and privacy page and going all the way to the bottom you can click on analytics and improvements and uncheck everything you can also go to Apple advertising and uncheck personalized ads here you'll still see ads in the Mac App Store but at least they won't use your data to Target you in the location services you can also make sure only the apps that really need access can get it in general it's a good idea to review permissions for each app and making sure they don't have access to your mic screen recording or location if you don't feel like they need to now this won't remove all the data that is sent to Apple some checks are made when you boot up your Mac and that data is sent to Apple automatically and these checks were made unencrypted before but hopefully they're fixed now so how bad is it what does Apple do with all of this well Apple say they mostly use this data to power and improve their services for data analysis but they also use it to create a profile of your usage of your Mac and Link that to the data on your iPhone iPad or Apple watch if you own these as well with that profile they will Target you with ads on their various stores and the relevant data is shared with third parties that Apple uses to subcontract some of their services like for example the apple cart it's handled by an external bank which will get access to all your payment data so yeah out of the box with everything checked Mac OS is just as bad as Windows 11 is except it's actually easier to disable mostly everything and also it doesn't check in with third parties without telling you now how about Linux well Linux based operating systems do not collect any data out of the box with a few exceptions now I should probably say Linux distributions don't collect any data because Android is Linux based and definitely collects a lot of data so let's just talk about Linux distros the first one is Ubuntu who will collect Telemetry data out of the box with no personal information at all it's just Hardware data but it could still be used to fingerprint your device canonical doesn't currently have any ad server that I know about so they probably only really use this to know what their users actually use and focus their efforts on that but if you're uncomfortable with that you can disable it at install it would be much better if it was opt-in rather than opt out on top of that you have the ability to turn some Telemetry on in KDE settings but it's entirely optional and disabled by default in most if not all KDE using distros genome also has a Telemetry tool that you have to install manually and run yourself if you want to send them any usage data apart from that I have never heard of a distro that collects data in the background and doesn't inform you apart from maybe the download numbers from the download button from the website but these are just metrics they don't know who downloaded what all the amount of installs on flat hub for example but again it's just a counter it does install personal information so in short if privacy is important to you you only have one real choice and it's a Linux distribution every other operating system will by default have Telemetry enabled now whether Telemetry is bad or not for you that will be your choice now if you can't use Linux for whatever reason Mac OS is probably a bit less invasive or at least it lets you disable stuff more easily and windows as expected is the worst of the bunch whatever Microsoft tool or app or Os you use they collect or a ton of data because well they run an ad service on a search engine and they want to sell these ads so they will use any tool at their disposal to collect data and make sure it's difficult for you to stop that collection so that's about it the results were probably exactly what you were expecting basically but at least now you know specifically what kind of data these operating systems collect what they do with it and how to turn most of it off which I hope helps a little bit but what will really help moving to Linux is the segue to our sponsor if you want to run Linux and you need a new computer stop looking at devices that ship with Windows 3 installed buy something that was designed to run Linux perfectly tuxedo does just that they make laptops and desktops that ship with Linux out of the box the parts are picked specifically to run Linux they have a big range of devices for every need and every price point whether you want a small affordable laptop all the way to a super powerful workstation you've got plenty of customization options and are based in Germany but they ship to most countries in the world all their laptops are also openable repairable and upgradable including the battery the RAM and the SSD and sometimes even the wireless car so if you need a new computer and you plan to run Linux on it or if you just want the best Linux experience possible when buying new hardware click the link in the description below and get yourself a tuxedo PC so thanks everyone for watching the video I hope you enjoyed it if you did don't hesitate to like to subscribe to turn on notifications or to write a comment and if you didn't like the video well you can always click that thumbs down button and write me a comment as well and if you really enjoyed the channel there are plenty of ways to support it in the description below you've got links for PayPal Libra pay patreon YouTube memberships YouTube things you know how all of this works plus links to what else I do like my weekly podcast and my Social account so thanks for watching and I guess you'll see me in the next one bye thank you [Music] [Music] foreign

we all have preconceived notions about the privacy of various desktop operating systems Windows is generally considered as a nightmare Mac OS has a self-built reputation on privacy that might be undeserved and Linux is generally viewed as the most private operating system but we don't really have any real data on what these operating systems collect and what they do with it so today we're gonna take a look at Windows Mac OS and various Linux distros and see what data they collect where it goes and how bad it is and also how good this sponsor is this video is sponsored by protonmail the private open source and encrypted mail service proton gives you a free email address a calendar an online storage space and a VPN so you get a whole Suite of services for free that you can upgrade with paid plans protonmail also has some extra privacy related features like protecting you from email trackers most companies insert trackers into their emails usually they're small or transparent images that reveal information to the sender when they're being displayed this lets companies know when you open their emails where you are located and the device you use this data is then used to match with other web browsing data and profile you online with over 50 percent of all emails containing some kind of tracker your email privacy could be at risk with protonmail you don't have to worry about that they block all known trackers by default so if you want to make sure that your email experience is as private and secure as can be click the link in the description below and create your own free protonmail account you can even import all your existing mail into it and we're going to start with Windows because it's the most used desktop operating system in the world so if you've installed Windows 11 recently you're familiar with the very lengthy setup process where you can uncheck a lot of toggles to try and limit what the operating system collects all of this is labeled as Telemetry which is a general term that should mean info that we can use to make sure we focus on improving what actually matters to our users but is now more generally used to avoid saying personal data collection and to be clear not all Telemetry is bad the data you voluntarily send to KDE or to gnome is not personal data it's good Telemetry that's optional so for Windows even if you uncheck everything you still have to agree to send required Telemetry data to Microsoft you can't entirely disable it unless you do it through script and this can introduce compatibility problems now what the OS will collect is the following first Microsoft Store logs which will let Microsoft know what you installed updated what downloads you started what downloads you suspended and resume this data will be associated with your Microsoft account the second is network data you'll send the speed of your network adapter as well as the IMEI number and the mobile operator if you're using a cellular network third Hardware information as in the amount of RAM storage the speed of your CPU the battery capacity and the like fourth accessory data you'll send the complete list of devices you have connected to your computer like printers controllers USB sticks gaming or streaming accessories and the like fifth is application related data so for each app Microsoft will know the total time you ran it the CPU Cycles attributed to it and the number of crashes and sixth is event metrics these are just various logs of what happened on your system they have the most nebulous category so that's a lot of data and that's if you unchecked everything else if you left everything enabled you're gonna send a lot more you'll send inking and typing data so metrics of what you typed or wrote with your stylus you'll also send speech recognition data like what you said to Cortana for example there's also the activity history so every document you opened every website you visited and the like and fortunately all these things things can be disabled unless you're in The Insider program in which case you have to have Telemetry enabled all the way to stay in the program but that's just what Microsoft tells you about if you read their privacy policy because if you run a connection analysis tool on a default fresh vanilla Windows install without any additional software you'll find a few more things recently a YouTuber called the PC security Channel analyzed a completely fresh Windows install an ISO straight from Microsoft's website they used Wireshark and what they found was that Windows makes a few connections to third parties it never really told you about I left a link to their full video in the description below if you want to check everything they found but basically there's a direct connection to website owned by McAfee called trustsource.com This is on a box standard Windows install no manufacturer bloatware and no McAfee installed either then there's a request to scorecardresearch.com which is an internet Trends research company part of comscore Windows 11 also pings bank and msn.com even though you didn't even open a web browser yet and finally there's a request to privacyportal.onetrust.com Microsoft probably subcontracts data treatments to this company to comply with various privacy regulations around the world or they use this software to manage user data and it's a lot of crap on a very vanilla install with no programs installed whatsoever these are all third parties they should not be here or at the very least Microsoft should tell you that they contact them before they do so what exactly Can Microsoft do with all this data well they have more than enough to completely fingerprint your device with the hardware data you can't disable coupled with the network data they can reliably identify you on the internet which means advertisers that use Microsoft's Network also can second they can reliably tell what you use in terms of apps and what type of content you watch online or create using various applications third it means Microsoft sort of has a key logger on your computer if you enabled inking and typing data they know exactly what you typed or wrote and use that to suggest relevant words if need be and finally it means Windows sends some data to third parties without it being explicitly mentioned in the setup process at all so yeah for privacy a vanilla Windows install is really really bad it's not a preconceived notion it's facts fortunately you can disable all the optional stuff straight from the settings you can go to the privacy and Security Options and go into each category and disable everything there now for the required Telemetry you'll have to get your hands dirty unless you use an Enterprise version of Windows in which case you can elect to not send anything to Microsoft if you use a non-enterprise version like Windows 11 home you can also completely disable the Telemetry service you need to hit Windows plus r and in the Run dialog type services.msc then enter in there look for something called connected user experiences and Telemetry you can double click that and in the general tab of the properties window that appears you can set startup type to disable which means on the next reboot this service won't start and you won't send anything to Microsoft now let's talk about Mac OS because Apple talks a big game when it comes to privacy but is it actually true out of the box Mac OS does collect a lot of stuff by default they'll send to Apple your IP address location and some usage patterns like all the apps you run and when you run them and in Big Sur at least these requests were sent unencrypted which means that anyone who's on the same network as you can read them and use them including your internet service provider and anyone they send data to so the government as well now hopefully in later versions they fixed that no one's talking about it anymore so one can hope that yeah it's fixed Telemetry data out of the box includes browsing history search history crash data performance and diagnostic data location information health information if you use that on an iPhone for example and you sync it all the info you entered in your Apple ID the device serial number some payment information if you entered a payment method everything you bought using that Apple ID and potentially even your government ID if that is required where you live to set up your account all Spotlight search queries are also logged and sent to Apple everything you do on Apple's websites is also collected and logged if you are connected using your Apple ID and if you use Safari all your browsing data browsing cache download history and login credentials are collected as well and linked to your Apple ID and if you use Siri you will also send to Apple the audio recordings of what you told that little useless piece of software now fortunately Mac OS lets you disable virtually everything from the system settings you can just head over to the settings in the security and privacy page and going all the way to the bottom you can click on analytics and improvements and uncheck everything you can also go to Apple advertising and uncheck personalized ads here you'll still see ads in the Mac App Store but at least they won't use your data to Target you in the location services you can also make sure only the apps that really need access can get it in general it's a good idea to review permissions for each app and making sure they don't have access to your mic screen recording or location if you don't feel like they need to now this won't remove all the data that is sent to Apple some checks are made when you boot up your Mac and that data is sent to Apple automatically and these checks were made unencrypted before but hopefully they're fixed now so how bad is it what does Apple do with all of this well Apple say they mostly use this data to power and improve their services for data analysis but they also use it to create a profile of your usage of your Mac and Link that to the data on your iPhone iPad or Apple watch if you own these as well with that profile they will Target you with ads on their various stores and the relevant data is shared with third parties that Apple uses to subcontract some of their services like for example the apple cart it's handled by an external bank which will get access to all your payment data so yeah out of the box with everything checked Mac OS is just as bad as Windows 11 is except it's actually easier to disable mostly everything and also it doesn't check in with third parties without telling you now how about Linux well Linux based operating systems do not collect any data out of the box with a few exceptions now I should probably say Linux distributions don't collect any data because Android is Linux based and definitely collects a lot of data so let's just talk about Linux distros the first one is Ubuntu who will collect Telemetry data out of the box with no personal information at all it's just Hardware data but it could still be used to fingerprint your device canonical doesn't currently have any ad server that I know about so they probably only really use this to know what their users actually use and focus their efforts on that but if you're uncomfortable with that you can disable it at install it would be much better if it was opt-in rather than opt out on top of that you have the ability to turn some Telemetry on in KDE settings but it's entirely optional and disabled by default in most if not all KDE using distros genome also has a Telemetry tool that you have to install manually and run yourself if you want to send them any usage data apart from that I have never heard of a distro that collects data in the background and doesn't inform you apart from maybe the download numbers from the download button from the website but these are just metrics they don't know who downloaded what all the amount of installs on flat hub for example but again it's just a counter it does install personal information so in short if privacy is important to you you only have one real choice and it's a Linux distribution every other operating system will by default have Telemetry enabled now whether Telemetry is bad or not for you that will be your choice now if you can't use Linux for whatever reason Mac OS is probably a bit less invasive or at least it lets you disable stuff more easily and windows as expected is the worst of the bunch whatever Microsoft tool or app or Os you use they collect or a ton of data because well they run an ad service on a search engine and they want to sell these ads so they will use any tool at their disposal to collect data and make sure it's difficult for you to stop that collection so that's about it the results were probably exactly what you were expecting basically but at least now you know specifically what kind of data these operating systems collect what they do with it and how to turn most of it off which I hope helps a little bit but what will really help moving to Linux is the segue to our sponsor if you want to run Linux and you need a new computer stop looking at devices that ship with Windows 3 installed buy something that was designed to run Linux perfectly tuxedo does just that they make laptops and desktops that ship with Linux out of the box the parts are picked specifically to run Linux they have a big range of devices for every need and every price point whether you want a small affordable laptop all the way to a super powerful workstation you've got plenty of customization options and are based in Germany but they ship to most countries in the world all their laptops are also openable repairable and upgradable including the battery the RAM and the SSD and sometimes even the wireless car so if you need a new computer and you plan to run Linux on it or if you just want the best Linux experience possible when buying new hardware click the link in the description below and get yourself a tuxedo PC so thanks everyone for watching the video I hope you enjoyed it if you did don't hesitate to like to subscribe to turn on notifications or to write a comment and if you didn't like the video well you can always click that thumbs down button and write me a comment as well and if you really enjoyed the channel there are plenty of ways to support it in the description below you've got links for PayPal Libra pay patreon YouTube memberships YouTube things you know how all of this works plus links to what else I do like my weekly podcast and my Social account so thanks for watching and I guess you'll see me in the next one bye thank you [Music] [Music] foreign

hey everyone this is Nick and welcome back to your Linux open source and privacy news recap for the week this time we have the KDE spin of Fedora planning to abandon X11 when plasma 6 is out we have a nasty vulnerability in Android that makes your fingerprint reader completely useless and we have another giant fine applied for meta for breaching the rules in the EU and we also have all the distro desktop environment gaming news and the usual Segway to our sponsor this video is sponsored by Squarespace your One-Stop shop to create your own website whether you're looking to build a simple blog a portfolio a video gallery or an online store Squarespace has you covered they offer a large variety of templates you can pick from and all of them are customizable you can reorder elements around change the colors but also add the modules you need to create your own website they have a members only area a complete online store with online payment support and a lot more and if you need help with the domain name you'll need for people to access your website Squarespace can also do that so head over to squarespace.com the Linux experiment or simply click the link in the description below and you'll get 10 of your first purchase in what may be the first of a long series of similar changes Fedora has a plan to completely scrap X11 in favor of Wayland when plasma 6 is released plus my developers made no secret that their whole Focus for the future release of plasma will be on Weyland X11 is in maintenance mode as a project and almost no desktop developer actually writes any features for this display server and now the Fedora KDE spin plans to completely drop support for X11 in plasma the reasons are many first Red Hat Enterprise Linux which is closely linked to Fedora has marked x.org as deprecated since they are 9.0 release second X11 is no longer actively developed when Weyland and support for it in various compositors is third Wayland is ready it might not cover a hundred percent of the scope X11 covered but it works it's smoother faster and it's even supported by Nvidia gpus now so for now this is a proposal it could be rejected and it will only affect the plasma spin of Fedora when plasma 6 is out which might not be before the end of the year so maybe even after Fedora 39 it also won't mean that X11 only applications won't work as X Weyland will still be supported so you will still be able to play games and use older software that hasn't been ported to support Weyland yet and this is a move you'd better get used to X11 is no longer maintained or supported or just developed at all it's a 40 year old pile of spaghetti code that cannot be evolved to support modern Computing and Modern Hardware so at some point it will disappear now if you use Android and chances are that you do if you're watching this channel there's a new security problem apparently Android phones are vulnerable to a Brute Force attack on the fingerprint sensor this attack is called Brute print and it can unlock any Android phone which has fingerprint authentication enabled it uses two vulnerabilities to do so and it also takes advantage of the fact that biometric data on these fingerprint sensors is not very well protected since they allow a man in the middle attack which is basically just placing a third-party tool between two other pieces of software to grab the data now this new attack requires physical access to the phone which isn't too hard to get and the equipment you need to perform the attack costs 15 so basically anybody can get that it's not fast though as it seems like it takes from 3 to 14 hours to complete the attack but the time decreases with the number number of fingerprints that have been registered on the device the researchers who discovered this tested 10 very popular smartphones including the xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra the OnePlus 7 Pro the Huawei P40 and also some iOS devices but this particular OS seems unaffected by the problem so yeah not great not only any Thief can get access to the equipment and the vulnerability to unlock your phone wipe it resell it or just access your data but law enforcement also can which depending on where you live and your particularities as a person might also be a terrible thing for you and on top of that it's Android so even though it will probably get fixed pretty rapidly most of the phones will never receive this update in a timely manner or at all meta just got hit by yet another fine 1.3 billion dollars this time the EU is the instigator as usual through the Irish data protection commission as usual well since meta is based in Ireland for their European operations what it boils down to is the fact that meta transfers data from European citizens to their servers in the US something that is not allowed to protect the EU from potential government spying yeah the member countries of the EU are the only ones that have the right to spy on us not the US this game after the agreement between the EU and us on data transfers fell apart because it did not protect the data of EU citizens enough and that's not going to change anytime soon as the most recent draft for a new agreement has been judged insufficient again meta has been ordered to stop that information transfer which includes usernames emails IP addresses messages browsing history on their websites geolocation and more they have five months to comply and they need to erase all user data transferred in this way of course meta isn't happy and complained that the decision was flawed and unjustified which well they're wrong because you might not like the laws where you operate but if you want to operate there you still have to follow them I don't like paying that many taxes but if I want to have a business I can have to gnome users can look forward to more excellent app updates this week with gnome calendar gaining a small facelift to look more coherent and improve the sidebar cartridge the game manager joining gnome Circle or iplan the to-do list app which got a new task window to show all the info subtasks and records and you can now add descriptions to projects and tasks as well imagineer can now use a local install of stable diffusion to generate images and buffardi can also use a custom model if you want to generate text tubeconverter the video downloader should now be more stable and lets you download a video and crop it to a square automatically and you can now pick a specific resolution for the video you download instead of using just a quality preset pods the podman client now lets you prune containers you can use terminals for containers independently of the main app window and you can push your container images to a registry the narrow the personal finance manager has a bunch of bug fixes and there's a new app called halftone that lets you compress images using dithering to give them a pixel art style and for app developers there's a new libadviter widget that will let them Implement page based navigation much more easily and will eventually replace the older advice leaflet API a nice big week for the gnome app ecosystem there's so much cool stuff happening here now in the KDE World there are some very interesting things coming as well so on top of the HDR support I already talked about last week night caller will work as intended on Wayland when using Nvidia gpus in plasma 6 at least the check boxes used in the little pop-ups for the network and for Bluetooth in your panels will be replaced by toggles in plasma 6 which makes a lot more sense than check boxes for enabling or disabling Wi-Fi or Bluetooth the file search page in the system settings got a visual overhaul and KDE devs implemented something that should make Touch by gestures feel so much better performing the opposite gesture to the one you just performed will quit out of the effect you toggled so if swiping three fingers up activated the overview three fingers down will leave the overview that's basically how everyone else does one-to-one Touch by gestures and it's something that really frustrated me when using KD on a laptop you push three fingers up for the overview but you had to push three fingers up again to quit it which did not really make sense in terms of layout and how things were located in space so that's a great Improvement the brightness slider for plasma will be adjustable by small one person steps by holding the shift key while you're adjusting the brightness of your screen and it's now possible to apply file associations to a specific app in bulk the tiling mode added in plasma 5.27 has also an issue fixed with the window Gap you set this will now apply to the disc distance between Windows themselves not just between Windows and your screen edges and they also ported the activity settings panel to plasma 6 with a small redesign now most of the bigger UI and ux improvements you'll have to wait for plasma 6 to actually enjoy but the smaller touches and the app updates you'll get in 5.27 or in the next KDE gear compilation update now there's more work happening on AMD support for Linux and developers have been working on ironing out a few issues with suspend and resume with ryzen CPUs and the various laptops that use them AMD Engineers have improved how reliable this suspend and resume feature and they worked on S2 idle which is the main way to suspend your computer on top of that one of them discovered that just one simple additional line of code could make resuming faster by 120 milliseconds a check was missing in the USB driver which added a little delay and adding that check back will shave off some time so all this work on AMD suspend and resume should land in the Linux kernel 6.5 so relatively soon and funnily enough it's a fix to a piece of code that was submitted by an Intel engineer which basically means AMD fixes Intel's mess if you want to be snarky and 120 milliseconds might not feel like too much but it can be the difference between opening your laptop lid and having the screen instantly on or just staring at a black screen for additional time and feeling kind of disconnected ask any Pro Gamer if a 120 millisecond latency acceptable now in a bid to simplify the x86 architecture Intel is apparently pondering a new spin-off called x86s that would remove support for 16 and 32-bit this would simplify how a PC boots but also the design of future CPUs and maybe a reduced production costs and there's very likely increased margins you didn't imagine that any production cost savings would actually be passed on to the consumer right it's still a hypothetical and nothing has been announced just yet but basically CPUs using this revamped architecture would need less transitions to boot to initialize each mode one after the other and apparently it would just prevent running 16 and 32-bit operating systems directly on the hardware but it would not remove 32-bit app support entirely because these binaries don't run on the various sectors of the CPU that would be removed you could still virtualize 32-bit systems on the 64-bit operating system so it really wouldn't matter all that much because operating systems that are only 32-bit for x86 are virtually non-existent these days and if they exist they are generally targeted for older Hardware that will still be able to run it so in my mind it doesn't really make a difference and yes I think if it makes the architecture leaner and if it gives you faster boot times faster and more efficient CPUs then let's go and let's finish this with the gaming news first wine support for Wayland is moving forward again as a new big code merge request has now been accepted this one adds the driver mechanisms to handle the events sent by the Waylon compositor which means wine should be able to understand when windows are resized when to repaint the contents of a window basically it should start working normally now there's still more work to be done for wine to be able to not need X11 at all but it's still moving pretty fast and that's good because it means gaming on Weyland will be better than it is now and probably better than it is on X11 as well VK d3d proton the compatibility layer to make your DirectX 12 games playable on Linux got a new big update version 2.9 this one will reduce the RAM usage massively on the first run out of an application and they added support for the Vulcan Graphics pipeline Library so Shader compilation related stutters should be kept to a minimum they're also performance improvements that should result in less CPU usage and less vram consumption oh and they also improved DX Ray tracing 1.1 support and vkd3d now share some code with dxvk to simplify the code base and of course there are a bunch of game specific fixes but they don't want to list them anymore because of apparently there are way too many and you won't have anything specific to do to get that new release just wait for a new proton update which will bundle it 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hey everyone this is Nick and welcome back to your Linux open source and privacy news recap for the week this time we have the KDE spin of Fedora planning to abandon X11 when plasma 6 is out we have a nasty vulnerability in Android that makes your fingerprint reader completely useless and we have another giant fine applied for meta for breaching the rules in the EU and we also have all the distro desktop environment gaming news and the usual Segway to our sponsor this video is sponsored by Squarespace your One-Stop shop to create your own website whether you're looking to build a simple blog a portfolio a video gallery or an online store Squarespace has you covered they offer a large variety of templates you can pick from and all of them are customizable you can reorder elements around change the colors but also add the modules you need to create your own website they have a members only area a complete online store with online payment support and a lot more and if you need help with the domain name you'll need for people to access your website Squarespace can also do that so head over to squarespace.com the Linux experiment or simply click the link in the description below and you'll get 10 of your first purchase in what may be the first of a long series of similar changes Fedora has a plan to completely scrap X11 in favor of Wayland when plasma 6 is released plus my developers made no secret that their whole Focus for the future release of plasma will be on Weyland X11 is in maintenance mode as a project and almost no desktop developer actually writes any features for this display server and now the Fedora KDE spin plans to completely drop support for X11 in plasma the reasons are many first Red Hat Enterprise Linux which is closely linked to Fedora has marked x.org as deprecated since they are 9.0 release second X11 is no longer actively developed when Weyland and support for it in various compositors is third Wayland is ready it might not cover a hundred percent of the scope X11 covered but it works it's smoother faster and it's even supported by Nvidia gpus now so for now this is a proposal it could be rejected and it will only affect the plasma spin of Fedora when plasma 6 is out which might not be before the end of the year so maybe even after Fedora 39 it also won't mean that X11 only applications won't work as X Weyland will still be supported so you will still be able to play games and use older software that hasn't been ported to support Weyland yet and this is a move you'd better get used to X11 is no longer maintained or supported or just developed at all it's a 40 year old pile of spaghetti code that cannot be evolved to support modern Computing and Modern Hardware so at some point it will disappear now if you use Android and chances are that you do if you're watching this channel there's a new security problem apparently Android phones are vulnerable to a Brute Force attack on the fingerprint sensor this attack is called Brute print and it can unlock any Android phone which has fingerprint authentication enabled it uses two vulnerabilities to do so and it also takes advantage of the fact that biometric data on these fingerprint sensors is not very well protected since they allow a man in the middle attack which is basically just placing a third-party tool between two other pieces of software to grab the data now this new attack requires physical access to the phone which isn't too hard to get and the equipment you need to perform the attack costs 15 so basically anybody can get that it's not fast though as it seems like it takes from 3 to 14 hours to complete the attack but the time decreases with the number number of fingerprints that have been registered on the device the researchers who discovered this tested 10 very popular smartphones including the xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra the OnePlus 7 Pro the Huawei P40 and also some iOS devices but this particular OS seems unaffected by the problem so yeah not great not only any Thief can get access to the equipment and the vulnerability to unlock your phone wipe it resell it or just access your data but law enforcement also can which depending on where you live and your particularities as a person might also be a terrible thing for you and on top of that it's Android so even though it will probably get fixed pretty rapidly most of the phones will never receive this update in a timely manner or at all meta just got hit by yet another fine 1.3 billion dollars this time the EU is the instigator as usual through the Irish data protection commission as usual well since meta is based in Ireland for their European operations what it boils down to is the fact that meta transfers data from European citizens to their servers in the US something that is not allowed to protect the EU from potential government spying yeah the member countries of the EU are the only ones that have the right to spy on us not the US this game after the agreement between the EU and us on data transfers fell apart because it did not protect the data of EU citizens enough and that's not going to change anytime soon as the most recent draft for a new agreement has been judged insufficient again meta has been ordered to stop that information transfer which includes usernames emails IP addresses messages browsing history on their websites geolocation and more they have five months to comply and they need to erase all user data transferred in this way of course meta isn't happy and complained that the decision was flawed and unjustified which well they're wrong because you might not like the laws where you operate but if you want to operate there you still have to follow them I don't like paying that many taxes but if I want to have a business I can have to gnome users can look forward to more excellent app updates this week with gnome calendar gaining a small facelift to look more coherent and improve the sidebar cartridge the game manager joining gnome Circle or iplan the to-do list app which got a new task window to show all the info subtasks and records and you can now add descriptions to projects and tasks as well imagineer can now use a local install of stable diffusion to generate images and buffardi can also use a custom model if you want to generate text tubeconverter the video downloader should now be more stable and lets you download a video and crop it to a square automatically and you can now pick a specific resolution for the video you download instead of using just a quality preset pods the podman client now lets you prune containers you can use terminals for containers independently of the main app window and you can push your container images to a registry the narrow the personal finance manager has a bunch of bug fixes and there's a new app called halftone that lets you compress images using dithering to give them a pixel art style and for app developers there's a new libadviter widget that will let them Implement page based navigation much more easily and will eventually replace the older advice leaflet API a nice big week for the gnome app ecosystem there's so much cool stuff happening here now in the KDE World there are some very interesting things coming as well so on top of the HDR support I already talked about last week night caller will work as intended on Wayland when using Nvidia gpus in plasma 6 at least the check boxes used in the little pop-ups for the network and for Bluetooth in your panels will be replaced by toggles in plasma 6 which makes a lot more sense than check boxes for enabling or disabling Wi-Fi or Bluetooth the file search page in the system settings got a visual overhaul and KDE devs implemented something that should make Touch by gestures feel so much better performing the opposite gesture to the one you just performed will quit out of the effect you toggled so if swiping three fingers up activated the overview three fingers down will leave the overview that's basically how everyone else does one-to-one Touch by gestures and it's something that really frustrated me when using KD on a laptop you push three fingers up for the overview but you had to push three fingers up again to quit it which did not really make sense in terms of layout and how things were located in space so that's a great Improvement the brightness slider for plasma will be adjustable by small one person steps by holding the shift key while you're adjusting the brightness of your screen and it's now possible to apply file associations to a specific app in bulk the tiling mode added in plasma 5.27 has also an issue fixed with the window Gap you set this will now apply to the disc distance between Windows themselves not just between Windows and your screen edges and they also ported the activity settings panel to plasma 6 with a small redesign now most of the bigger UI and ux improvements you'll have to wait for plasma 6 to actually enjoy but the smaller touches and the app updates you'll get in 5.27 or in the next KDE gear compilation update now there's more work happening on AMD support for Linux and developers have been working on ironing out a few issues with suspend and resume with ryzen CPUs and the various laptops that use them AMD Engineers have improved how reliable this suspend and resume feature and they worked on S2 idle which is the main way to suspend your computer on top of that one of them discovered that just one simple additional line of code could make resuming faster by 120 milliseconds a check was missing in the USB driver which added a little delay and adding that check back will shave off some time so all this work on AMD suspend and resume should land in the Linux kernel 6.5 so relatively soon and funnily enough it's a fix to a piece of code that was submitted by an Intel engineer which basically means AMD fixes Intel's mess if you want to be snarky and 120 milliseconds might not feel like too much but it can be the difference between opening your laptop lid and having the screen instantly on or just staring at a black screen for additional time and feeling kind of disconnected ask any Pro Gamer if a 120 millisecond latency acceptable now in a bid to simplify the x86 architecture Intel is apparently pondering a new spin-off called x86s that would remove support for 16 and 32-bit this would simplify how a PC boots but also the design of future CPUs and maybe a reduced production costs and there's very likely increased margins you didn't imagine that any production cost savings would actually be passed on to the consumer right it's still a hypothetical and nothing has been announced just yet but basically CPUs using this revamped architecture would need less transitions to boot to initialize each mode one after the other and apparently it would just prevent running 16 and 32-bit operating systems directly on the hardware but it would not remove 32-bit app support entirely because these binaries don't run on the various sectors of the CPU that would be removed you could still virtualize 32-bit systems on the 64-bit operating system so it really wouldn't matter all that much because operating systems that are only 32-bit for x86 are virtually non-existent these days and if they exist they are generally targeted for older Hardware that will still be able to run it so in my mind it doesn't really make a difference and yes I think if it makes the architecture leaner and if it gives you faster boot times faster and more efficient CPUs then let's go and let's finish this with the gaming news first wine support for Wayland is moving forward again as a new big code merge request has now been accepted this one adds the driver mechanisms to handle the events sent by the Waylon compositor which means wine should be able to understand when windows are resized when to repaint the contents of a window basically it should start working normally now there's still more work to be done for wine to be able to not need X11 at all but it's still moving pretty fast and that's good because it means gaming on Weyland will be better than it is now and probably better than it is on X11 as well VK d3d proton the compatibility layer to make your DirectX 12 games playable on Linux got a new big update version 2.9 this one will reduce the RAM usage massively on the first run out of an application and they added support for the Vulcan Graphics pipeline Library so Shader compilation related stutters should be kept to a minimum they're also performance improvements that should result in less CPU usage and less vram consumption oh and they also improved DX Ray tracing 1.1 support and vkd3d now share some code with dxvk to simplify the code base and of course there are a bunch of game specific fixes but they don't want to list them anymore because of apparently there are way too many and you won't have anything specific to do to get that new release just wait for a new proton update which will bundle it automatically should have should have our sponsor is happening right now if you ever wondered how can I get a computer and be 100 sure that it will run Linux well you don't have to wonder anymore you just have to click the link in the description below tuxedo does just that they sell laptops and desktops that run Linux out of the box they're based in Germany but they ship to most countries in the world and they have a big range of devices that should cover every price point and every need whether you need a small affordable laptop or a giant desktop replacement or a gaming device or a tower or workstation they have it all of their devices are very customizable when you purchase them you know that they'll run Linux perfectly and all their laptops are openable repairable and upgradable including the battery the ram the SSD and sometimes even the wireless card so if you need a new computer and you want to run Linux on it stop buying a device made to run Windows click the link in the 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if you use Linux chances are you've been disk through hopping a lot trying to find the best combination of up-to-date stability Hardware support and access to all the applications you need well these days might soon come to an end because with vanilla OS you get any distro and all their apps on a single super stable base so let's look at vanilla OS at what it does differently from other distros and adult sponsor this video is sponsored by Chasm workspaces a fantastic tool to stream operating systems desktops and apps straight to your browser they just released version 1.13 which adds a workspace registry for installing and sharing open source container based images including the Linux server.io collection of web desktops that are now streamed using Chasm VNC additional updates include enhanced Mobile support with Progressive web apps and you can now stop or pause workspaces to restore them later the chasm workspaces Community Edition can be self-hosted but they also have a cloud service if you prefer so to learn more about Chasm workspaces click the link in the description so what makes vanilla OS special in a sea of cookie cutter Ubuntu based distributions well first it's one of the very few ubuntu-based distros that is immutable and atomic which you might wonder what that means and it's pretty simple the base system is locked down so applications cannot write to it and you can't either only the home folder or partition and the slash Etc and slash VAR directories are writable the rest is read only the system is updated bit by bit in what they call Atomic transactions this basically means that each update will complete successfully if anything goes wrong the whole operation is reverted and completely canceled so when you reboot you'll reboot in the exact same state as what you knew or you'll reboot onto a working update of course an immutable system might look like a nightmare how the hell can you operate a computer if you can't modify the system well thankfully you can vanilla OS has a tool called a b root which lets you interact with the core parts of the OS and that will apply these changes for you it's not recommended though so in short you still have control but third-party apps don't which means that only the changes you decided to apply will be applied it's just more secure apart from that vanilla OS uses gnome the most wonderlag gnome they could ship on Ubuntu oh and on that note they will move to Debian as their base instead of Ubuntu in their next major release on top of that they let you use flat packs and app Images to get apps onto your system and if you're looking for something that isn't available there you have access to containers that run other distros at Native speeds and give you access to all their packages so in short vanilla OS is a super stable distribution with access to 100 of all programs made for Linux now let's see how it works vanilla OS has a live CD that lets you try things out or install the installer is something I had never seen before it looks super good just like a gnome app and will take you through the basic steps and it even has a nice legible GUI to set up your disk layout partitioning is done using G parted but once that's done you can select the boot partition the BIOS boot partition one for the root folder one for your slash home folder plus you have the option to create a swap partition and it's very nice done probably the most useful user's dollar I've ever seen on any Linux distro I've ever tried and that's kind of fun because you would expect vanilla OS to appeal to more technically inclined users not like first-time beginners but their installer is better than the ones shipped in various distros that are focused on beginners after installing and rebooting you're right into your user session and you can pick between dark and light mode if you want to enable support for flat pack and app images and interestingly you also get to pick the apps you want to install you have three sets of apps the core ones office apps and common utilities you can either enable the category entirely or pick the select apps you want from each that's another super friendly touch it's very well designed easily understandable and it's a great feature to have for any type of user you can also choose to install time shift to backup your system and the restricted codecs and fonts that you can also install in one click finally you can choose to enable the crash reporting system or not it's unchecked by default and that everything you picked gets installed and you're done this is very probably the best install and first run experience I've ever seen from any distro and something that the likes of Ubuntu Fedora or mint should absolutely take inspiration from and after that you get to the gnome 43 desktop which doesn't have any customization or extension it's the vanilla experience as you might expect so there's nothing special to talk about here the wallpaper looks cool I guess now the main point of vanilla OS is to offer the ability to run multiple distros on just one system with distro containers using distro box and to manage that you have the vanilla OS control center a simple gnome app that lets you manage your system updates and activate various subsystems much like what Windows has with WSL for updates you get a few interesting options like scheduling when you want to apply them avoiding installing and downloading updates when the system is under heavy use or on low battery and turning on or off automatic updates what's more interesting though is the subsystems these are simply containers that will run another distro and allow you to install packages and apps to it through the command line you can add an arch subsystem to get access to the Aur a fedora subsystem with dnf as the package manager you get an open sourcer container plus a void Linux one and one for Alpine Linux or you can create your own with any other distro you want but in itself that doesn't seem very useful right you already have a system so why do you need other distros for well it's for the apps apx or Apex is vanilla OS all-in-one package manager it lets you install applications for any source that you have access to including all your distro containers the syntax is pretty easy you just type apx install followed by the package manager that will perform the actual install and the package name for example if I wanted to install DaVinci Resolve from the Aur I could type apx install dash dash Aur DaVinci Resolve and apx will automatically start my Arch container and use the arch package manager to install DaVinci Resolve from the Aur and this means that you virtually have access to all the software that's ever been developed for Linux which is exactly what we need to fix the distro packaging fragmentation problem now of course if the package is bad or fails to install it will still fail to install in a container for example I could never manage to run resolve because the Aur package is just not working for me and on top of that apps installed this way will show up in your gnome overview and app grid just like if they were installed on the base system itself you just click the icon and it opens and it works whether you started the container before or not it just works now it does have a drawback which is when you want to uninstall an app because you'll need to remember which container was used to install what Apex supports apt to install Dev packages dnf for Fedora subsystems Aur for the Aur APK for Alpine Linux packages zipper in open Souza xbps for void Linux NYX for Nix OS and just plain old Dev and RPM installs if you want to install a single package as a file an apex can even be used in other distributions as well it's distro agnostic so you could theoretically use it on anything else and of course if you enabled flatback support you get flat Hub by default and you can use gnome software to install flat packs graphically directly to your base vanilla OS system it's incredibly efficient and well thought out you don't have to remember the Syntax for every other package manager you just need to learn the Syntax for Apex which is super simple and it takes care of everything else but running all these apps in containers there's gotta be a performance problem right well no this Robux containers are basically as efficient as your base system you would be hard-pressed to notice any difference in terms of speed they also support graphical acceleration which means you can install games in a container and run them at Native speeds it even supports Nvidia gpus and vanilla OS sets the required Flags automatically so you don't even have to care about it well that's in theory because in practice every game are installed on my open suicide container in Steam refuse to run they could not detect a GP pu so it might be an Nvidia issue it might be a container issue but the result is it did not work and of course it's not very intuitive for beginners to install apps in digital containers or using the command line to do so but if you know what a container is and you have that basic knowledge not even knowing how they work but just that they exist and what they do then it's a terrific solution and if you absolutely need to install something to the base system you can there's a pre-installed tool called a b root that lets you execute a command like running apt since the system is Ubuntu based so you could type A B root exec apt install and then a package name and this will be installed on top of the base system and kept throughout updates it is not recommended though as it kind of breaks the purpose of the whole distro now for updates vanilla OS is not a rolling release it has fixed releases that follow the Ubuntu release convention this might change with the move to a Debian base in the next release of vanilla OS which will be vanilla OS 2.0 flat packs you installed through gnome software or the command line will be updated through the same methods system updates are handled by vso for vanilla system operator it performs updates in the background by default with automatic updates which you can configure in the vanilla control center or you can perform updates manually using vso in a terminal all updates will require a reboot though because vanilla OS creates two root partitions at first they are both exactly the same but when you install your first update the partition you're not currently using gets updated when you reboot you reboot to the new one and not to the one you were using previously and if anything goes wrong well you can just reboot to the partition that was never updated and you get access to the system as you knew it that worked perfectly fine because it was never updated in the first place in my time with vanilla OS I encountered almost no issues it's been extremely stable which is surprising for such a complex imprecation of different systems I installed it on my Stellaris 15 with an Nvidia GPU and it ran great but there are issues as I mentioned you're running all non-flatback software in a container if all you need is in flat Hub then you don't need vanilla OS if you need more software for multiple sources then you need multiple containers one for each package manager you want to access this takes up a lot of space and if your container dies so do all your installed applications and related user data which means there is a risk to lose some stuff if you're not careful the second problem is the disk space usage of the main system sure having two root partitions is great for stability but it also consumes a lot of disk space you will never use I also noticed that apps installed from contain trainers sometimes don't show up in the gnome app grid and you have to run an apex command to actually add them they generally showed up after a reboot though and it doesn't happen all the time but it can happen and of course it's also a very young distribution it's developed by the main developer of the bottles project which means he has a pretty good track record and there are a few other contributors but it's still not as big as another mainstream distro which means if you encounter an issue and you need some online help your options will be more limited than with say Fedora Ubuntu or mint so vanilla OS is a fantastic concept something that I wouldn't hesitate to call the future of Linux distros you get access to virtually a hundred percent of the software made for Linux running at Native speeds with a super stable base the ability to revert to a usable system if anything goes wrong and probably the best install and first run experience I've seen on any distro but it's not for everyone if all you need is in flat Hub then you don't need vanilla OS and if you don't know your way around the command line or you don't understand what a container is it's gonna be pretty confusing to use still with a graphical layer on top of Apex that would let users install anything graphically from their containers and with all these containers being made completely transparent for users it could be the single best solution for people who need access to older software but still need to keep a super stable system and personally I don't need that everything on flat Hub or in my distros repos is more than enough to get my work done I don't need access to all the apps in the Aur they are already available in other formats at least the ones I use but vanilla OS is a fantastic concept and I can't wait to see where they'll go next and where I'll go next is to this segue to our sponsor if you're looking for a new computer and you plan to run Linux on it stop looking at devices that only support Windows and pray and hope that your favorite distro will run without any hardware issues buy a computer that supports Linux natively tuxedo is based in Germany but they ship to most countries in the world and they do just that they sell laptops and desktops that were made to run Linux the components are picked specifically for their Linux compatibility they have a big range of devices that should fit every price point and every need whether it's a laptop a desktop a Nook a gaming device or an affordable laptop you have everything all the devices are very customizable and all the laptops are openable repairable and upgradable so if you need a new pc click the link in the description below and get yourself a tuxedo computer they are really good so that's it for this video I hope you enjoyed it if you did don't hesitate to like to subscribe to turn on notifications to write a comment and if you didn't like the video well there's always that thumbs down button and you can also tell me why in the comments and if you really enjoy the channel there are plenty of links in the description to support it with Libre pay PayPal patreon YouTube memberships YouTube things whatever you know how this works so thanks everyone for 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if you use Linux chances are you've been disk through hopping a lot trying to find the best combination of up-to-date stability Hardware support and access to all the applications you need well these days might soon come to an end because with vanilla OS you get any distro and all their apps on a single super stable base so let's look at vanilla OS at what it does differently from other distros and adult sponsor this video is sponsored by Chasm workspaces a fantastic tool to stream operating systems desktops and apps straight to your browser they just released version 1.13 which adds a workspace registry for installing and sharing open source container based images including the Linux server.io collection of web desktops that are now streamed using Chasm VNC additional updates include enhanced Mobile support with Progressive web apps and you can now stop or pause workspaces to restore them later the chasm workspaces Community Edition can be self-hosted but they also have a cloud service if you prefer so to learn more about Chasm workspaces click the link in the description so what makes vanilla OS special in a sea of cookie cutter Ubuntu based distributions well first it's one of the very few ubuntu-based distros that is immutable and atomic which you might wonder what that means and it's pretty simple the base system is locked down so applications cannot write to it and you can't either only the home folder or partition and the slash Etc and slash VAR directories are writable the rest is read only the system is updated bit by bit in what they call Atomic transactions this basically means that each update will complete successfully if anything goes wrong the whole operation is reverted and completely canceled so when you reboot you'll reboot in the exact same state as what you knew or you'll reboot onto a working update of course an immutable system might look like a nightmare how the hell can you operate a computer if you can't modify the system well thankfully you can vanilla OS has a tool called a b root which lets you interact with the core parts of the OS and that will apply these changes for you it's not recommended though so in short you still have control but third-party apps don't which means that only the changes you decided to apply will be applied it's just more secure apart from that vanilla OS uses gnome the most wonderlag gnome they could ship on Ubuntu oh and on that note they will move to Debian as their base instead of Ubuntu in their next major release on top of that they let you use flat packs and app Images to get apps onto your system and if you're looking for something that isn't available there you have access to containers that run other distros at Native speeds and give you access to all their packages so in short vanilla OS is a super stable distribution with access to 100 of all programs made for Linux now let's see how it works vanilla OS has a live CD that lets you try things out or install the installer is something I had never seen before it looks super good just like a gnome app and will take you through the basic steps and it even has a nice legible GUI to set up your disk layout partitioning is done using G parted but once that's done you can select the boot partition the BIOS boot partition one for the root folder one for your slash home folder plus you have the option to create a swap partition and it's very nice done probably the most useful user's dollar I've ever seen on any Linux distro I've ever tried and that's kind of fun because you would expect vanilla OS to appeal to more technically inclined users not like first-time beginners but their installer is better than the ones shipped in various distros that are focused on beginners after installing and rebooting you're right into your user session and you can pick between dark and light mode if you want to enable support for flat pack and app images and interestingly you also get to pick the apps you want to install you have three sets of apps the core ones office apps and common utilities you can either enable the category entirely or pick the select apps you want from each that's another super friendly touch it's very well designed easily understandable and it's a great feature to have for any type of user you can also choose to install time shift to backup your system and the restricted codecs and fonts that you can also install in one click finally you can choose to enable the crash reporting system or not it's unchecked by default and that everything you picked gets installed and you're done this is very probably the best install and first run experience I've ever seen from any distro and something that the likes of Ubuntu Fedora or mint should absolutely take inspiration from and after that you get to the gnome 43 desktop which doesn't have any customization or extension it's the vanilla experience as you might expect so there's nothing special to talk about here the wallpaper looks cool I guess now the main point of vanilla OS is to offer the ability to run multiple distros on just one system with distro containers using distro box and to manage that you have the vanilla OS control center a simple gnome app that lets you manage your system updates and activate various subsystems much like what Windows has with WSL for updates you get a few interesting options like scheduling when you want to apply them avoiding installing and downloading updates when the system is under heavy use or on low battery and turning on or off automatic updates what's more interesting though is the subsystems these are simply containers that will run another distro and allow you to install packages and apps to it through the command line you can add an arch subsystem to get access to the Aur a fedora subsystem with dnf as the package manager you get an open sourcer container plus a void Linux one and one for Alpine Linux or you can create your own with any other distro you want but in itself that doesn't seem very useful right you already have a system so why do you need other distros for well it's for the apps apx or Apex is vanilla OS all-in-one package manager it lets you install applications for any source that you have access to including all your distro containers the syntax is pretty easy you just type apx install followed by the package manager that will perform the actual install and the package name for example if I wanted to install DaVinci Resolve from the Aur I could type apx install dash dash Aur DaVinci Resolve and apx will automatically start my Arch container and use the arch package manager to install DaVinci Resolve from the Aur and this means that you virtually have access to all the software that's ever been developed for Linux which is exactly what we need to fix the distro packaging fragmentation problem now of course if the package is bad or fails to install it will still fail to install in a container for example I could never manage to run resolve because the Aur package is just not working for me and on top of that apps installed this way will show up in your gnome overview and app grid just like if they were installed on the base system itself you just click the icon and it opens and it works whether you started the container before or not it just works now it does have a drawback which is when you want to uninstall an app because you'll need to remember which container was used to install what Apex supports apt to install Dev packages dnf for Fedora subsystems Aur for the Aur APK for Alpine Linux packages zipper in open Souza xbps for void Linux NYX for Nix OS and just plain old Dev and RPM installs if you want to install a single package as a file an apex can even be used in other distributions as well it's distro agnostic so you could theoretically use it on anything else and of course if you enabled flatback support you get flat Hub by default and you can use gnome software to install flat packs graphically directly to your base vanilla OS system it's incredibly efficient and well thought out you don't have to remember the Syntax for every other package manager you just need to learn the Syntax for Apex which is super simple and it takes care of everything else but running all these apps in containers there's gotta be a performance problem right well no this Robux containers are basically as efficient as your base system you would be hard-pressed to notice any difference in terms of speed they also support graphical acceleration which means you can install games in a container and run them at Native speeds it even supports Nvidia gpus and vanilla OS sets the required Flags automatically so you don't even have to care about it well that's in theory because in practice every game are installed on my open suicide container in Steam refuse to run they could not detect a GP pu so it might be an Nvidia issue it might be a container issue but the result is it did not work and of course it's not very intuitive for beginners to install apps in digital containers or using the command line to do so but if you know what a container is and you have that basic knowledge not even knowing how they work but just that they exist and what they do then it's a terrific solution and if you absolutely need to install something to the base system you can there's a pre-installed tool called a b root that lets you execute a command like running apt since the system is Ubuntu based so you could type A B root exec apt install and then a package name and this will be installed on top of the base system and kept throughout updates it is not recommended though as it kind of breaks the purpose of the whole distro now for updates vanilla OS is not a rolling release it has fixed releases that follow the Ubuntu release convention this might change with the move to a Debian base in the next release of vanilla OS which will be vanilla OS 2.0 flat packs you installed through gnome software or the command line will be updated through the same methods system updates are handled by vso for vanilla system operator it performs updates in the background by default with automatic updates which you can configure in the vanilla control center or you can perform updates manually using vso in a terminal all updates will require a reboot though because vanilla OS creates two root partitions at first they are both exactly the same but when you install your first update the partition you're not currently using gets updated when you reboot you reboot to the new one and not to the one you were using previously and if anything goes wrong well you can just reboot to the partition that was never updated and you get access to the system as you knew it that worked perfectly fine because it was never updated in the first place in my time with vanilla OS I encountered almost no issues it's been extremely stable which is surprising for such a complex imprecation of different systems I installed it on my Stellaris 15 with an Nvidia GPU and it ran great but there are issues as I mentioned you're running all non-flatback software in a container if all you need is in flat Hub then you don't need vanilla OS if you need more software for multiple sources then you need multiple containers one for each package manager you want to access this takes up a lot of space and if your container dies so do all your installed applications and related user data which means there is a risk to lose some stuff if you're not careful the second problem is the disk space usage of the main system sure having two root partitions is great for stability but it also consumes a lot of disk space you will never use I also noticed that apps installed from contain trainers sometimes don't show up in the gnome app grid and you have to run an apex command to actually add them they generally showed up after a reboot though and it doesn't happen all the time but it can happen and of course it's also a very young distribution it's developed by the main developer of the bottles project which means he has a pretty good track record and there are a few other contributors but it's still not as big as another mainstream distro which means if you encounter an issue and you need some online help your options will be more limited than with say Fedora Ubuntu or mint so vanilla OS is a fantastic concept something that I wouldn't hesitate to call the future of Linux distros you get access to virtually a hundred percent of the software made for Linux running at Native speeds with a super stable base the ability to revert to a usable system if anything goes wrong and probably the best install and first run experience I've seen on any distro but it's not for everyone if all you need is in flat Hub then you don't need vanilla OS and if you don't know your way around the command line or you don't understand what a container is it's gonna be pretty confusing to use still with a graphical layer on top of Apex that would let users install anything graphically from their containers and with all these containers being made completely transparent for users it could be the single best solution for people who need access to older software but still need to keep a super stable system and personally I don't need that everything on flat Hub or in my distros repos is more than enough to get my work done I don't need access to all the apps in the Aur they are already available in other formats at least the ones I use but vanilla OS is a fantastic concept and I can't wait to see where they'll go next and where I'll go next is to this segue to our sponsor if you're looking for a new computer and you plan to run Linux on it stop looking at devices that only support Windows and pray and hope that your favorite distro will run without any hardware issues buy a computer that supports Linux natively tuxedo is based in Germany but they ship to most countries in the world and they do just that they sell laptops and desktops that were made to run Linux the components are picked specifically for their Linux compatibility they have a big range of devices that should fit every price point and every need whether it's a laptop a desktop a Nook a gaming device or an affordable laptop you have everything all the devices are very customizable and all the laptops are openable repairable and upgradable so if you need a new pc click the link in the description below and get yourself a tuxedo computer they are really good so that's it for this video I hope you enjoyed it if you did don't hesitate to like to subscribe to turn on notifications to write a comment and if you didn't like the video well there's always that thumbs down button and you can also tell me why in the comments and if you really enjoy the channel there are plenty of links in the description to support it with Libre pay PayPal patreon YouTube memberships YouTube things whatever you know how this works so thanks everyone for 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if you like Linux and free and open source software chances are you already know a few big names for online services that allow you to de-google your life for example nextcloud but there's another actor that you probably never heard about they're French and they're called from a soft so today I wanted to shine a light on what they offer their mission and the various tools and services that they either developed or just host for everyone to use and I also wanted to shine the light on our sponsor thanks to Squarespace for sponsoring this video and you probably already have heard about them but if you haven't the only thing you really need to know is that they're your all-in-one solution to create your own website from the design the layout the features the domain name or even the logo Squarespace will let you get started without any technical knowledge they have plenty of templates you can pick from for any type of site from a personal portfolio to an online shop and you can customize all these templates to your liking they also have a lot of modules you can add to add a video gallery a member only space or even to design your own logo and book your domain name so if you're looking to create your own website but you don't want to waste hours figuring out how to do it head over to squarespace.com the Linux experiment or just click the link in the description below and you'll get 10 of your first purchase so from a soft is something you probably never heard about so let's take a look at who exactly they are and what they do framasoft is a French non-profit that was founded in 2004 and their financed by user donations mostly they employ a dozen people and they have about 30 volunteers to help and they provide a lot of privacy focused free and open source tools that you can use and maybe some you all already use if you've ever heard of pure tube or if you're watching this video on peer tube well it's been created by fromasoft and if you never heard about PR2 bits basically appear to peer YouTube alternative that integrates with other fediverse applications like Mastodon and on which you can follow me if you like but that's just the tip of the iceberg they have a lot of other projects they don't necessarily develop all of them themselves but they offer them freely online for people who can't be bothered to self-host or simply don't know how the mission is basically to get out of the Privacy invasive ecosystems we are pretty much forced to use nowadays where user data is exploited for the enrichment of a few companies and individuals and of course that goal goes hand in hand with free software so let's start with one important project which is called chateung which means kittens in French chateau is a collective designed to let users find alternatives to Google's apples Facebooks and Microsoft Services it's also a very simple website that lets you search for a specific service like a VPN some cloud storage a note-taking app or more so you can find a trustworthy service that provides exactly that so no it doesn't have anything to do with real kittens unfortunately but it's still a pretty cool thing if you want for example to replace Gmail but you never really knew where to start so for each type of service they will give you the software they use and the URL to visit it for example here for video conferencing there are tons of servers using jitsi or big blue button to choose from and all these servers use open source software they don't transmit or exploit user data and they don't use any tracking service or advertising Network all hosters that are part of the collective have to sign a charter to guarantee all of this and this Collective is led by framasoft but they don't really have any financial interest in it so the player needs to actually make sure that at some point the community will run Chateau and they will just sit back and do something else now let's look at a few tools from a soft offers for productivity first is from a pad a lightweight equivalent to Google Docs it won't give you all the features Google Docs has but that's not the goal the goal is to have a collaborative online note-taking tool that will be enough for a lot of users to just work on the outline of a project a collaborative to-do list meeting notes or the like you can create your own notepad for free although for storage reasons they are time limited up to one year but don't worry you can export your documents and the expiry date for them is based on the last modification date so as long as you keep using your notes they will stay there notepads can be shared with others for collaborative editing through simple link and if you want to password protect your nodes you will have to create an account but if that's not important to you it can be used without any login information and of course there are no trackers you control the data and it's free software it's actually based on etherpad which is license and under the Apache 2.0 license so you could even just grab the code and self-host it yourself the spreadsheet equivalent of from iPad is from a calc which is a simple online spreadsheet app you can also access without creating an account as with framapad your spreadsheets will be deleted after a year of inactivity but as long as you keep using them or modifying them they will stay there from a calc is also collaborative so multiple users can interact on the same document at the same time and it supports the basics like document history cell annotations and formatting a bunch of functions and basic graphs and here again it is not a fully fledged replacement for Google Sheets or Google Docs that's not the goal the goal is just to have a simple tool that will let you perform the basic functions that most users need without creating an account and without being tracked of course you can export your documents and while the interface isn't necessarily the most user-friendly ever it's serviceable enough it's also free software using the common public attribution license and it's based on ethercalc you also have frama forms a Google forms alternative that lets you create a quick survey and share it with others so they can fill it in and you also have from mind maps which as its name implies lets you create mind maps and frymakat which lets you create custom maps based on open street maps these tools are not entirely localized in English so they might not appeal to you depending on the languages you're able to speak or read all other tools I previously talked about are fully available in English and this will be one of the main drawbacks of ramasoft tools not everything they do is fully localized in multiple languages they're based in France and a lot of stuff is still French only or French and English but you might not find many other supported languages now for organizing your daily life from a soft also has a bunch of tools available the first one is from agenda which is nothing less than your own next Cloud calendar with all its features you can create your calendars create events in them and connect it to any next Cloud compatible app including the gnome or KDE online accounts if you want now interestingly it also gives you access to a full-on next Cloud instance with all the default next Cloud apps but you'll only get 15 megabytes of storage so it's only really usable for calendars and a few contacts this calendar is pretty powerful with support for inviting people adding attachments setting a status or location a description recurring events and more if at some point you need an online calendar but you don't want to create an account with any of the big tech companies then this is an easy solution next is from a date which lets you create a small Poll for a few dates so people can tell you you which date and time works best for them it's basically similar to something like doodle.com where people can enter their name and say for each date and time if they are available or not if you're trying to organize a bigger event you're probably familiar with Facebook events but from a soft also has an alternative called mobilism which you could also pronounce mobilize on but mobilizo is a verb in French in the form saying let's mobilize now this tool you will need an account to use you can also browse a few events that have been created on the platform without an account but once your account is created you can create your own event complete with a category some tags start and end dates a location a description a website URL and the ability to make it public or private so you can still create something that looks cool people can visit say if they want to participate in or not without using Facebook and thank goodness for that because I still to this day receive Facebook invitation for events that I only learn about like five months before because I never log into this thing now if what you want is a simple video conference tool there's from a talk which will let you create a jitsi meeting without any account or anything and invite other people in it now granted the added value compared to just heading over to jitsi is minimal but for people who only knew about a few from a soft services and never knew jitsi even existed I guess it makes sense to offer this for discussion groups there's from a fox it will require an account for everyone participating in the group and it lets you create conversations polls share files create subgroups and more think of it as a Facebook page crossbred with a small private Forum it's free of charge and open source based on lumio and is designed to let people make collaborative decisions online without necessarily creating a giant meeting room so here again if you want the same kind of functionality that Facebook might offer on a Facebook page but you don't really want to use Facebook because you're not 80 years old then yeah this is an option and if you were looking for something like slack or Discord but open source there's from a team which is based on matter most an almost perfect one-to-one clone of slack using the MIT license here again obviously you will need an account to use it and other people will be able to join your room when you invite them the login process for this one doesn't seem to be fully localized in English so this might not appeal to everyone and of course they have other projects as well from our lists let you create a mailing list and manage people who subscribe to them although you'll be limited to 500 subscribers per mailing list and it's not allowed to use it for newsletters from my games will give you a compilation of small games you can play in your browser like 2048 Sudoku Solitaire Tetris and more from mind test is their own mindtest server which is an open source Minecraft clone you can download and play solo or on their server or you could even host your own server if you prefer and from a soft also created peer tube the peer-to-peer activity Pub enabled alternative to YouTube which is seeing a lot of development it lets you create your own instance to host your own videos or just look at what people have created subscribe to them it's basically like YouTube and primasoft also develops a search engine called sepia search which lets you find videos across peer tube instances and of course here is the mandatory plug for my channel on peertube the link is in the description below if you want to check it out it's the same videos but on another platform now from a soft's projects are not a full-blown replacement for a proprietary ecosystem like Googles or Microsoft for that you will be better off with something like next cloud and collabora office for example but if you only need a small individual service from time to time and you want to make sure that your data stays yours and you don't Embark anyone else in creating an account with one of the big tech companies framasoft has you covered all their services are free of charge open source they are really privacy friendly and most of them don't even require you to create an account and sure not every single one of their tools is fully translated just yet and if you want to use a lot of these tools you'll probably need to create a lot of different accounts but they still offer a good service and if you like the tools you're using from framasoft you can always turn to self-hosting to have your own instance without any limitations and of course if you find yourself using a lot of primasoft Services you can also support them with a donation which is their main way of funding so that's it from a soft it's a relatively big fast and privacy Champion that you probably never really heard about unless you're French and really really into D googleing your life but if you're really really into Linux there's our sponsor if you're a Linux user chances are that at some point you bought a computer that was meant to run Windows and you installed Linux on it and chances are you 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if you like Linux and free and open source software chances are you already know a few big names for online services that allow you to de-google your life for example nextcloud but there's another actor that you probably never heard about they're French and they're called from a soft so today I wanted to shine a light on what they offer their mission and the various tools and services that they either developed or just host for everyone to use and I also wanted to shine the light on our sponsor thanks to Squarespace for sponsoring this video and you probably already have heard about them but if you haven't the only thing you really need to know is that they're your all-in-one solution to create your own website from the design the layout the features the domain name or even the logo Squarespace will let you get started without any technical knowledge they have plenty of templates you can pick from for any type of site from a personal portfolio to an online shop and you can customize all these templates to your liking they also have a lot of modules you can add to add a video gallery a member only space or even to design your own logo and book your domain name so if you're looking to create your own website but you don't want to waste hours figuring out how to do it head over to squarespace.com the Linux experiment or just click the link in the description below and you'll get 10 of your first purchase so from a soft is something you probably never heard about so let's take a look at who exactly they are and what they do framasoft is a French non-profit that was founded in 2004 and their financed by user donations mostly they employ a dozen people and they have about 30 volunteers to help and they provide a lot of privacy focused free and open source tools that you can use and maybe some you all already use if you've ever heard of pure tube or if you're watching this video on peer tube well it's been created by fromasoft and if you never heard about PR2 bits basically appear to peer YouTube alternative that integrates with other fediverse applications like Mastodon and on which you can follow me if you like but that's just the tip of the iceberg they have a lot of other projects they don't necessarily develop all of them themselves but they offer them freely online for people who can't be bothered to self-host or simply don't know how the mission is basically to get out of the Privacy invasive ecosystems we are pretty much forced to use nowadays where user data is exploited for the enrichment of a few companies and individuals and of course that goal goes hand in hand with free software so let's start with one important project which is called chateung which means kittens in French chateau is a collective designed to let users find alternatives to Google's apples Facebooks and Microsoft Services it's also a very simple website that lets you search for a specific service like a VPN some cloud storage a note-taking app or more so you can find a trustworthy service that provides exactly that so no it doesn't have anything to do with real kittens unfortunately but it's still a pretty cool thing if you want for example to replace Gmail but you never really knew where to start so for each type of service they will give you the software they use and the URL to visit it for example here for video conferencing there are tons of servers using jitsi or big blue button to choose from and all these servers use open source software they don't transmit or exploit user data and they don't use any tracking service or advertising Network all hosters that are part of the collective have to sign a charter to guarantee all of this and this Collective is led by framasoft but they don't really have any financial interest in it so the player needs to actually make sure that at some point the community will run Chateau and they will just sit back and do something else now let's look at a few tools from a soft offers for productivity first is from a pad a lightweight equivalent to Google Docs it won't give you all the features Google Docs has but that's not the goal the goal is to have a collaborative online note-taking tool that will be enough for a lot of users to just work on the outline of a project a collaborative to-do list meeting notes or the like you can create your own notepad for free although for storage reasons they are time limited up to one year but don't worry you can export your documents and the expiry date for them is based on the last modification date so as long as you keep using your notes they will stay there notepads can be shared with others for collaborative editing through simple link and if you want to password protect your nodes you will have to create an account but if that's not important to you it can be used without any login information and of course there are no trackers you control the data and it's free software it's actually based on etherpad which is license and under the Apache 2.0 license so you could even just grab the code and self-host it yourself the spreadsheet equivalent of from iPad is from a calc which is a simple online spreadsheet app you can also access without creating an account as with framapad your spreadsheets will be deleted after a year of inactivity but as long as you keep using them or modifying them they will stay there from a calc is also collaborative so multiple users can interact on the same document at the same time and it supports the basics like document history cell annotations and formatting a bunch of functions and basic graphs and here again it is not a fully fledged replacement for Google Sheets or Google Docs that's not the goal the goal is just to have a simple tool that will let you perform the basic functions that most users need without creating an account and without being tracked of course you can export your documents and while the interface isn't necessarily the most user-friendly ever it's serviceable enough it's also free software using the common public attribution license and it's based on ethercalc you also have frama forms a Google forms alternative that lets you create a quick survey and share it with others so they can fill it in and you also have from mind maps which as its name implies lets you create mind maps and frymakat which lets you create custom maps based on open street maps these tools are not entirely localized in English so they might not appeal to you depending on the languages you're able to speak or read all other tools I previously talked about are fully available in English and this will be one of the main drawbacks of ramasoft tools not everything they do is fully localized in multiple languages they're based in France and a lot of stuff is still French only or French and English but you might not find many other supported languages now for organizing your daily life from a soft also has a bunch of tools available the first one is from agenda which is nothing less than your own next Cloud calendar with all its features you can create your calendars create events in them and connect it to any next Cloud compatible app including the gnome or KDE online accounts if you want now interestingly it also gives you access to a full-on next Cloud instance with all the default next Cloud apps but you'll only get 15 megabytes of storage so it's only really usable for calendars and a few contacts this calendar is pretty powerful with support for inviting people adding attachments setting a status or location a description recurring events and more if at some point you need an online calendar but you don't want to create an account with any of the big tech companies then this is an easy solution next is from a date which lets you create a small Poll for a few dates so people can tell you you which date and time works best for them it's basically similar to something like doodle.com where people can enter their name and say for each date and time if they are available or not if you're trying to organize a bigger event you're probably familiar with Facebook events but from a soft also has an alternative called mobilism which you could also pronounce mobilize on but mobilizo is a verb in French in the form saying let's mobilize now this tool you will need an account to use you can also browse a few events that have been created on the platform without an account but once your account is created you can create your own event complete with a category some tags start and end dates a location a description a website URL and the ability to make it public or private so you can still create something that looks cool people can visit say if they want to participate in or not without using Facebook and thank goodness for that because I still to this day receive Facebook invitation for events that I only learn about like five months before because I never log into this thing now if what you want is a simple video conference tool there's from a talk which will let you create a jitsi meeting without any account or anything and invite other people in it now granted the added value compared to just heading over to jitsi is minimal but for people who only knew about a few from a soft services and never knew jitsi even existed I guess it makes sense to offer this for discussion groups there's from a fox it will require an account for everyone participating in the group and it lets you create conversations polls share files create subgroups and more think of it as a Facebook page crossbred with a small private Forum it's free of charge and open source based on lumio and is designed to let people make collaborative decisions online without necessarily creating a giant meeting room so here again if you want the same kind of functionality that Facebook might offer on a Facebook page but you don't really want to use Facebook because you're not 80 years old then yeah this is an option and if you were looking for something like slack or Discord but open source there's from a team which is based on matter most an almost perfect one-to-one clone of slack using the MIT license here again obviously you will need an account to use it and other people will be able to join your room when you invite them the login process for this one doesn't seem to be fully localized in English so this might not appeal to everyone and of course they have other projects as well from our lists let you create a mailing list and manage people who subscribe to them although you'll be limited to 500 subscribers per mailing list and it's not allowed to use it for newsletters from my games will give you a compilation of small games you can play in your browser like 2048 Sudoku Solitaire Tetris and more from mind test is their own mindtest server which is an open source Minecraft clone you can download and play solo or on their server or you could even host your own server if you prefer and from a soft also created peer tube the peer-to-peer activity Pub enabled alternative to YouTube which is seeing a lot of development it lets you create your own instance to host your own videos or just look at what people have created subscribe to them it's basically like YouTube and primasoft also develops a search engine called sepia search which lets you find videos across peer tube instances and of course here is the mandatory plug for my channel on peertube the link is in the description below if you want to check it out it's the same videos but on another platform now from a soft's projects are not a full-blown replacement for a proprietary ecosystem like Googles or Microsoft for that you will be better off with something like next cloud and collabora office for example but if you only need a small individual service from time to time and you want to make sure that your data stays yours and you don't Embark anyone else in creating an account with one of the big tech companies framasoft has you covered all their services are free of charge open source they are really privacy friendly and most of them don't even require you to create an account and sure not every single one of their tools is fully translated just yet and if you want to use a lot of these tools you'll probably need to create a lot of different accounts but they still offer a good service and if you like the tools you're using from framasoft you can always turn to self-hosting to have your own instance without any limitations and of course if you find yourself using a lot of primasoft Services you can also support them with a donation which is their main way of funding so that's it from a soft it's a relatively big fast and privacy Champion that you probably never really heard about unless you're French and really really into D googleing your life but if you're really really into Linux there's our sponsor if you're a Linux user chances are that at some point you bought a computer that was meant to run Windows and you installed Linux on it and chances are you 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hey everyone this is Nick and welcome to your Linux and open source news recap this week we have more details about the ongoing work to support color profiles and hdr on Linux we have Ubuntu securing their personal package archives also known as ppas and we also have an unfortunate security breach for keepass the password manager on top of that cinnamon is seeing more adoption and there's a new desktop based on xfce and a lot of other news including some from our sponsor this video is sponsored by tax care they offer a range of services to ensure your Linux server and workstation Fleet stay up to date secure and supported with kernel life patching extended support for end-of-life distributions and Commercial support for Alma Linux and if this range of services is something that interests you and you want to be kept up to date then you can subscribe to their newsletter they will only send you email twice a month so you won't get spammed and they offer news and insights about cyber security vulnerability management Linux and open source news so if you want to be kept in the loop about all of this click the link in the description below and subscribe to darkscares newsletter so this week we got more details about the future HDR and color profile support on Linux notably on kwin Xavier Hugo explained the old approach for handling this which is basically setting a color profile for the display that then get generously ignored by most applications which then look pretty wrong and exhibit color bending because it only supports 8-bit per color Channel and that's for X11 with Weyland there is no current API to do that and that's what developers are working on implementing they want to let applications tag their content with a color space and some metadata and the compositor in this case k win but in Gnome that would be mutter would be in charge of doing the various conversions to make sure the colors look right on the display by using your GPU and you might as well use that thing for everything it can do because it basically cost the price that your parents paid for their first house and apps that we wouldn't do this tagging would still look right as it would be assumed that they use srgb and so the required color conversions would be done automatically for them this would make sure that every app has the right colors and that high dynamic range is supported fully the Wayland protocol for this is under heavy development and not ready but during the recent HDR focused hack Fest a few hacks were implemented that already allow for some pseudo HDR content to be played next to the desktop interface using SDR the latest release of kwin for the early plasma 6 builds can already support this by enabling a few features for which a graphical user interface will be coming later of course they can't yet say when this API will be ready but still it seems to be moving quite fast and it's really exciting because these are very important features now it looks like Ubuntu is going to make some changes to the good old PPA system ppas were introduced a long time ago as an easy to host and easy to add repo for developers who wanted to distribute their apps without having to wait the months or sometimes the years it took to add them to the official Ubuntu repos with Ubuntu 23.10 they will improve the security of these repositories instead of adding them as a DOT list file stored in your Etc apt sources.list.d folder they'll be added as dot sources files which have their gpg keys embedded into the file itself instead of being managed separately this means that first removing a PPA will remove its key automatically which is better second keys are unique to each vpa and can't be reused for other ones which also improves Securities and other keys that didn't come with the PPA cannot be used to sign it in short vpas will be more secure and will throw less errors about a key being invalid or missing in practice you should not see any concrete changes when adding or removing ppas as a user other than knowing that they're a bit safer and of course ppas are still third-party repositories so you should only add them if you absolutely trust the maintainer to only upload what they say they upload now keepass the open source password manager suffers from a security flaw that can be exploited to recover the master password and thus access all passwords stored in it this vulnerability is unfixed as of yet and an exploit using it is publicly available although it cannot be used remotely on its own so someone would need to have physical access to your computer or to have something installed on your PC that lets them run the exploit and grab your passwords at which point you undoubtedly have other issues to worry about than just your password manager for example a key logger unless you use Weyland because that can't work on Wayland the issue affects the text box where you type your master password to unlock your password manager in which apparently a string is left in memory for each character you type which means someone who can access a dump from the keepass process can't deduce the password from the leftover patterns it doesn't immediately get full clear text access to the password it needs to infer it but it's still pretty bad the vulnerability affects keepass any version above 2.0 on Windows and possibly on Mac OS on Linux as well it's fixed in a beta version that's expected to be released before July still no need to panic this exploit needs physical access to your computer or some kind of malware developed specifically to gather these dumps and then try to access your password manager so it's not the end of the world but it's still pretty bad now if at some point you've been looking for an alternative to send to a stream you probably know about Alma Linux and Rocky Linux the two main replacements for it they both just got their update to version 9.2 to match Red Hat Enterprise Linux which they are one-to-one binary compatible with and they got plenty of package updates support for wireguard vpns even with SE Linux enabled and they still run gnome 40 with Wayland by default but what's more interesting is that cinnamon will now be shipped in an official Alma Linux ISO because yes these distributions aren't just for servers they also work perfectly well on workstations after users suggested to include a cinnamon Edition on the distros Reddit channel of all things the alma Linux Community decided to agree to build a cinnamon ISO it was already doable by adding an epel repo that contained cinnamon but this will make things a lot easier for everyone and it also means that this ISO will very likely be tested and that cinnamon will be well integrated something that is always better than using a third-party repo so cinnamon will join xfce KDE and gnome as official all my Linux flavors and it's really cool to see cinnamon being used on more and more distributions it's a fantastic desktop environment and it being confined to Mint doesn't do it full Justice now still on the topic of Linux distros you might have heard of rhino Linux it's a rolling release based on Ubuntu that brings a new packaging tool to let you install remove and update various packages like dabs flat packs and snaps all in one Rhino Linux got a new beta for their first stable version and this introduced their own desktop called unicorn and I wanted to make a joke about being horny here but it felt inappropriate so unicorn is based on xfc 4.18 but modifies it heavily to be more user-friendly out of the box and to look a bit nicer as well at least if you like a lilac accent color on the dark mode unicorn brings you launcher out of the box which is basically like mac os's Spotlight and it adds an app grid instead of a menu very reminiscent of the one gnome uses called light pad it's compatible with Wayland And well it looks like an app grid they also added XF dashboard which is basically like The Gnome activities view or the KDE overview with virtual desktops and windows displayed in an expose mode all of these tools are accessible using keyboard shortcuts like super plus a for the app grid super plus s for the search bar and super plus d for the dashboard and it looks interesting but at that point why not just use gnome plus u launcher it already does everything you wanted to and honestly once you tag all these add-ons on top of xfc I doubt that it will be lightweight or at least more lightweight than gnome now after a few less active weeks The Gnome development Community released some big things first The Gnome settings will be getting a few changes they added a new information button widget to explain certain settings to users in the form of a little I icon and it's been added to the users panel to explain Auto login or administrator status the sharing panel also got some descriptions for each sharing option gnome software also saw some changes to the pop-up that appears when uninstalling an app to either let you know that all the app data will be kept for apps installed using regular old packages or to let you either keep or delete that app data when uninstalling a flat pack what's that you get more features and controls with flat pack what a terrible packaging format in terms of applications gnome document scanner is now fully imported to gdk4 and libid Vita and also gained a 10 times performance boost when resizing its window bavarde the AI chat app will now let you have multiple windows at the same time and they will warn you if a provider isn't working correctly they also replaced hugging chats by their underlying model open Assistant imagineer the AI image generator now lets you set up a custom provider iplan which is a new to-do list app now supports group tasks in projects and lists it lets you set up a timer for tasks it has a global search to find things and you can drag and drop tasks projects and lists to rearrange them first the mobile shell now has the ability to wake the display when receiving a notification based on the category or the urgency of it they also let users use the super key to open the overview when in docked mode there's also a new HTTP based API testing app called s combo which lets you specify endpoints headers and parameters to test your API requests and there are three new gnome extensions one to hide specific devices from the Quick Settings audio panel one to show events in the calendar as completed or upcoming and want to automatically switch to do not disturb when recording or when screen sharing lots of good stuff this week it's always cool to see The Gnome app ecosystem in full swing and let's finish this with the gaming news first it looks like there's some contradictory information about Roblox supporting Linux or not last week I reported that a Roblox developer said they would not be supporting a native client or the windows client running with wine but now Roblox also said that while they do not have any plans for a native Linux client they want to support wine again they say it looks possible and that they see a lot of value in it and they also said they will never guarantee wine will work for their client but that they would like it to pretty weird back and forth on this topic but honestly it makes sense now to support at least why no proton you've got 3 million steam deck owners 3 million Linux Gamers on top of what already existed which means it would be stupid to just not try and service that market with very minimal effort wine 8.8 was released this week with more work to support the PE executable format in the PostScript driver and initial support for loading rm64ec modules which might mean more support for arm CPUs in wine in the future they also fixed 18 bugs including for games like Devil May Cry Rise of Nations or the Battle.net launcher and finally it looks like valve is really trying to fix their new Big Picture Mode on Nvidia GPU as the latest beta for the steam desktop client has improvements for this they say they fixed High DPI scaling on Nvidia and that they enabled Hardware acceleration for Big Picture Mode for the same Nvidia gpus plus some fixes for performance although they also say it can introduce some visual artifacts and I tried this on my laptop with an RTX 3050 TI and initially after downloading the beta I didn't see any changes but after a reboot then yes it absolutely is a lot smoother than it used to be it's still not perfect there's still a little bit of delay here and there when opening the menu or navigating but it is definitely not as stuttery as it once was which is really good really good just like our sponsor so if you're still here you're very likely to be a Linux user which means at some point you have been confronted with Hardware related problems on Linux like stuff that does not support Linux and to avoid this in your next purchase you should definitely give a look to our sponsor tuxedo they make laptops and desktops that run Linux out of the box which means your Linux distribution will run on them no problems they have a big range of devices that should suit every price point and every need they're based in Germany but they ship to most countries in the world and all their devices are very customizable when you purchase them and all their laptops are openable repairable and upgradable including the battery the SSD the RAM and sometimes the wireless con so if if you need a new computer and you plan to run Linux on it don't buy your device made to run Windows click the link in the description below and get yourself a tuxedo PC so thanks everyone for watching the video If you enjoyed it don't hesitate to like to subscribe to turn on notifications or to write a comment and if you didn't like it tell me why in the comments as well and well you can always click that dislike button and if you really enjoyed the channel and you want to support it there are plenty of links in the description below for that librefe 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hey everyone this is Nick and welcome to your Linux and open source news recap this week we have more details about the ongoing work to support color profiles and hdr on Linux we have Ubuntu securing their personal package archives also known as ppas and we also have an unfortunate security breach for keepass the password manager on top of that cinnamon is seeing more adoption and there's a new desktop based on xfce and a lot of other news including some from our sponsor this video is sponsored by tax care they offer a range of services to ensure your Linux server and workstation Fleet stay up to date secure and supported with kernel life patching extended support for end-of-life distributions and Commercial support for Alma Linux and if this range of services is something that interests you and you want to be kept up to date then you can subscribe to their newsletter they will only send you email twice a month so you won't get spammed and they offer news and insights about cyber security vulnerability management Linux and open source news so if you want to be kept in the loop about all of this click the link in the description below and subscribe to darkscares newsletter so this week we got more details about the future HDR and color profile support on Linux notably on kwin Xavier Hugo explained the old approach for handling this which is basically setting a color profile for the display that then get generously ignored by most applications which then look pretty wrong and exhibit color bending because it only supports 8-bit per color Channel and that's for X11 with Weyland there is no current API to do that and that's what developers are working on implementing they want to let applications tag their content with a color space and some metadata and the compositor in this case k win but in Gnome that would be mutter would be in charge of doing the various conversions to make sure the colors look right on the display by using your GPU and you might as well use that thing for everything it can do because it basically cost the price that your parents paid for their first house and apps that we wouldn't do this tagging would still look right as it would be assumed that they use srgb and so the required color conversions would be done automatically for them this would make sure that every app has the right colors and that high dynamic range is supported fully the Wayland protocol for this is under heavy development and not ready but during the recent HDR focused hack Fest a few hacks were implemented that already allow for some pseudo HDR content to be played next to the desktop interface using SDR the latest release of kwin for the early plasma 6 builds can already support this by enabling a few features for which a graphical user interface will be coming later of course they can't yet say when this API will be ready but still it seems to be moving quite fast and it's really exciting because these are very important features now it looks like Ubuntu is going to make some changes to the good old PPA system ppas were introduced a long time ago as an easy to host and easy to add repo for developers who wanted to distribute their apps without having to wait the months or sometimes the years it took to add them to the official Ubuntu repos with Ubuntu 23.10 they will improve the security of these repositories instead of adding them as a DOT list file stored in your Etc apt sources.list.d folder they'll be added as dot sources files which have their gpg keys embedded into the file itself instead of being managed separately this means that first removing a PPA will remove its key automatically which is better second keys are unique to each vpa and can't be reused for other ones which also improves Securities and other keys that didn't come with the PPA cannot be used to sign it in short vpas will be more secure and will throw less errors about a key being invalid or missing in practice you should not see any concrete changes when adding or removing ppas as a user other than knowing that they're a bit safer and of course ppas are still third-party repositories so you should only add them if you absolutely trust the maintainer to only upload what they say they upload now keepass the open source password manager suffers from a security flaw that can be exploited to recover the master password and thus access all passwords stored in it this vulnerability is unfixed as of yet and an exploit using it is publicly available although it cannot be used remotely on its own so someone would need to have physical access to your computer or to have something installed on your PC that lets them run the exploit and grab your passwords at which point you undoubtedly have other issues to worry about than just your password manager for example a key logger unless you use Weyland because that can't work on Wayland the issue affects the text box where you type your master password to unlock your password manager in which apparently a string is left in memory for each character you type which means someone who can access a dump from the keepass process can't deduce the password from the leftover patterns it doesn't immediately get full clear text access to the password it needs to infer it but it's still pretty bad the vulnerability affects keepass any version above 2.0 on Windows and possibly on Mac OS on Linux as well it's fixed in a beta version that's expected to be released before July still no need to panic this exploit needs physical access to your computer or some kind of malware developed specifically to gather these dumps and then try to access your password manager so it's not the end of the world but it's still pretty bad now if at some point you've been looking for an alternative to send to a stream you probably know about Alma Linux and Rocky Linux the two main replacements for it they both just got their update to version 9.2 to match Red Hat Enterprise Linux which they are one-to-one binary compatible with and they got plenty of package updates support for wireguard vpns even with SE Linux enabled and they still run gnome 40 with Wayland by default but what's more interesting is that cinnamon will now be shipped in an official Alma Linux ISO because yes these distributions aren't just for servers they also work perfectly well on workstations after users suggested to include a cinnamon Edition on the distros Reddit channel of all things the alma Linux Community decided to agree to build a cinnamon ISO it was already doable by adding an epel repo that contained cinnamon but this will make things a lot easier for everyone and it also means that this ISO will very likely be tested and that cinnamon will be well integrated something that is always better than using a third-party repo so cinnamon will join xfce KDE and gnome as official all my Linux flavors and it's really cool to see cinnamon being used on more and more distributions it's a fantastic desktop environment and it being confined to Mint doesn't do it full Justice now still on the topic of Linux distros you might have heard of rhino Linux it's a rolling release based on Ubuntu that brings a new packaging tool to let you install remove and update various packages like dabs flat packs and snaps all in one Rhino Linux got a new beta for their first stable version and this introduced their own desktop called unicorn and I wanted to make a joke about being horny here but it felt inappropriate so unicorn is based on xfc 4.18 but modifies it heavily to be more user-friendly out of the box and to look a bit nicer as well at least if you like a lilac accent color on the dark mode unicorn brings you launcher out of the box which is basically like mac os's Spotlight and it adds an app grid instead of a menu very reminiscent of the one gnome uses called light pad it's compatible with Wayland And well it looks like an app grid they also added XF dashboard which is basically like The Gnome activities view or the KDE overview with virtual desktops and windows displayed in an expose mode all of these tools are accessible using keyboard shortcuts like super plus a for the app grid super plus s for the search bar and super plus d for the dashboard and it looks interesting but at that point why not just use gnome plus u launcher it already does everything you wanted to and honestly once you tag all these add-ons on top of xfc I doubt that it will be lightweight or at least more lightweight than gnome now after a few less active weeks The Gnome development Community released some big things first The Gnome settings will be getting a few changes they added a new information button widget to explain certain settings to users in the form of a little I icon and it's been added to the users panel to explain Auto login or administrator status the sharing panel also got some descriptions for each sharing option gnome software also saw some changes to the pop-up that appears when uninstalling an app to either let you know that all the app data will be kept for apps installed using regular old packages or to let you either keep or delete that app data when uninstalling a flat pack what's that you get more features and controls with flat pack what a terrible packaging format in terms of applications gnome document scanner is now fully imported to gdk4 and libid Vita and also gained a 10 times performance boost when resizing its window bavarde the AI chat app will now let you have multiple windows at the same time and they will warn you if a provider isn't working correctly they also replaced hugging chats by their underlying model open Assistant imagineer the AI image generator now lets you set up a custom provider iplan which is a new to-do list app now supports group tasks in projects and lists it lets you set up a timer for tasks it has a global search to find things and you can drag and drop tasks projects and lists to rearrange them first the mobile shell now has the ability to wake the display when receiving a notification based on the category or the urgency of it they also let users use the super key to open the overview when in docked mode there's also a new HTTP based API testing app called s combo which lets you specify endpoints headers and parameters to test your API requests and there are three new gnome extensions one to hide specific devices from the Quick Settings audio panel one to show events in the calendar as completed or upcoming and want to automatically switch to do not disturb when recording or when screen sharing lots of good stuff this week it's always cool to see The Gnome app ecosystem in full swing and let's finish this with the gaming news first it looks like there's some contradictory information about Roblox supporting Linux or not last week I reported that a Roblox developer said they would not be supporting a native client or the windows client running with wine but now Roblox also said that while they do not have any plans for a native Linux client they want to support wine again they say it looks possible and that they see a lot of value in it and they also said they will never guarantee wine will work for their client but that they would like it to pretty weird back and forth on this topic but honestly it makes sense now to support at least why no proton you've got 3 million steam deck owners 3 million Linux Gamers on top of what already existed which means it would be stupid to just not try and service that market with very minimal effort wine 8.8 was released this week with more work to support the PE executable format in the PostScript driver and initial support for loading rm64ec modules which might mean more support for arm CPUs in wine in the future they also fixed 18 bugs including for games like Devil May Cry Rise of Nations or the Battle.net launcher and finally it looks like valve is really trying to fix their new Big Picture Mode on Nvidia GPU as the latest beta for the steam desktop client has improvements for this they say they fixed High DPI scaling on Nvidia and that they enabled Hardware acceleration for Big Picture Mode for the same Nvidia gpus plus some fixes for performance although they also say it can introduce some visual artifacts and I tried this on my laptop with an RTX 3050 TI and initially after downloading the beta I didn't see any changes but after a reboot then yes it absolutely is a lot smoother than it used to be it's still not perfect there's still a little bit of delay here and there when opening the menu or navigating but it is definitely not as stuttery as it once was which is really good really good just like our sponsor so if you're still here you're very likely to be a Linux user which means at some point you have been confronted with Hardware related problems on Linux like stuff that does not support Linux and to avoid this in your next purchase you should definitely give a look to our sponsor tuxedo they make laptops and desktops that run Linux out of the box which means your Linux distribution will run on them no problems they have a big range of devices that should suit every price point and every need they're based in Germany but they ship to most countries in the world and all their devices are very customizable when you purchase them and all their laptops are openable repairable and upgradable including the battery the SSD the RAM and sometimes the wireless con so if if you need a new computer and you plan to run Linux on it don't buy your device made to run Windows click the link in the description below and get yourself a tuxedo PC so thanks everyone for watching the video If you enjoyed it don't hesitate to like to subscribe to turn on notifications or to write a comment and if you didn't like it tell me why in the comments as well and well you can always click that dislike button and if you really enjoyed the channel and you want to support it there are plenty of links in the description below for that librefe 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I'm a Linux user and I haven't used Windows as a daily driver in more than five years which means that when I look at it I look at it with the eyes of someone who's not used to it anymore and when you're in that situation you can't help but notice all the ux and architecture problems of that operating system so today I'll go over the reasons why Windows ux is bad and why unfortunately it also impacts the Linux desktop in a negative way unlike our sponsor which impacts your internet connection in a very positive way this video is sponsored by savings portmaster portmaster is an all-in-one tool to easily take your privacy to the next level and it's a tool I use myself on all of my Linux devices portmaster lets you automatically block all trackers and malware in every application you run on your computer not just your web browser but everything you run it's easy to use with defaults already in place that lets you just set it and forget it but if you like to configure every Rule and every 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occupies a small corner of your screen is not great you get less space you get smaller icons harder to aim for and you have to focus on a very specific small part of your display it made sense when display resolutions were pretty low the menu occupied a sizable space nowadays that's not the case anymore and this applies to Old traditional menus that follow the window style and I know a lot of people will disagree with this and that's fine ux is not a completely objective perfect science it's a set of principles and everyone interprets them in their own specific way but for real there is no reason to have your menu and your apps in such a small corner of your screen when you're not going to do anything else with your screen or your computer while you try to open an app the reality of things is that people are now just used to it most people have used such a menu for a long time now and so moving to something else is very difficult because they have years or Decades of muscle memory to forget and that muscle memory is hurt badly in Windows 11. the centered menu is a disaster the first problem is that it moves around it's never in the same reliable position as you open apps it shifts to the left which means you always have to aim for it but you can just press the Windows key to open it though yes you can and in that case it actually makes more sense than the traditional Windows menu in the bottom left corner because opening in the center of the screen doesn't generally force you to move your eyes too much to read what just opened they will naturally be looking at the center of the screen where most of your content already is which makes the windows 11 menu better for people who use the windows key but worse for people who use a mouse and once that menu is open it's just a bad launcher on Windows 11 you can pin apps to the menu to start them faster and that works well but the all apps view to start something you haven't pinned it's a nightmare there's no organization at all apps are sorted willy-nilly and you can't create any folder that you could build muscle memory upon and then there's the use case of opening multiple apps in a row with the windows menu you need to open it as many times as the number of apps you want to launch if it's just one that's fine if it's more it gets annoying compare this to gnome's app launcher sure it requires two key presses to open it you press the Windows key twice or Supra plus a and you can remap that but once you're here you have the ability to reorganize apps in whatever order you want to make folders and thus build muscle memory and you can open multiple apps from that view by just dragging them to the virtual desktop of your choice so you can get your work session started by opening this grid just once so if you don't use the keyboard to type the name of the app you want to launch and then press enter the windows menu Paradigm is just bad and if you do use the keyboard it works but it's still less efficient than having a middle of the screen launcher that is centered horizontally and vertically but people are so used to it by now that solutions that seem more efficient actually feel worse to users the issue is this bad menu design affects Linux desktops because Linux is the underdog on personal computers it's got a fraction of the market share of Windows and so most people who would use Linux come from Windows and as such many distributions or desktops don't want them to run away because their system would be totally unfamiliar which is why most Linux desktops have moved two-way Windows like menu xfce KDE lxq or lxde cinnamon they all use a Windows style menu at that point only gnome and gnome 2 inspired desktops have moved away from that launcher start menu Paradigm in Chrome you have got the app grids and in mate for example which is based on gnome 2 you've got a three menu design which I would argue is also not super efficient but way better than the general integrated menu and whether these desktops use this kind of menu because they're more familiar for Windows users or because the desktop developers prefer them the reality is they're really here because people got used to them no matter how inefficient they can be the next issue is the massively disjointed Windows interface and yes this also affects Linux desktops we all know about this Windows core apps that ship with the OS don't seem to share a design language Windows keeps backwards compatibility as much as they can which is not a bad thing but it means every new version just adds a bit of lipstick over a program that has nothing in common anymore with the rest of the system that's why you have duplicates like the control panel and the new Settings app with two completely different user interfaces same goes for system utilities for the file explorer and text editor the title bars are varying height the buttons of varying Styles the menu bars in some apps but not all of them it's a giant mess of old stuff repainted to look like the new stuff and you can put a goat in a tuxedo it's still going to be a goat and I'm not saying goat as in Windows is the goat I'm talking goat like the animal that's got a Simulator game the real problem with this mismatched interface is that people are now completely used to it it's been a Windows thing since the Windows Vista days which means a lot of people coming to Linux have no issue using a completely disjointed system and the problem it creates for Linux is that UI or ux in general is generally not considered very highly by people who work on our desktops or applications because if your users don't care why should you and we can see that with efforts to unify design languages in various desktops on gnome libid Vita is that effort and it works gnome apps look more like a coherent Suite than any other desktop has ever managed but a lot of users don't like libid Vita because liberta makes it harder to theme your apps and it doesn't matter if theming your applications broke them all the time because users are are so used to using a disjointed Windows operating system that they might actually prefer using half broken apps that are themed than a fully coherent nice looking desktop that can't be themed next let's look at how apps are installed on the system on Windows while the store is progressively getting better the main way to install a program is still to head over to its website download an executable and run it then click next a few times pick a location and let the program install itself the files are stored in a single folder usually with all the libraries the program needs and the program itself in its own directory structure that varies from program to program some go into program files some go into programs the user data is stored willy-nilly in any directory the developer thought was cool at the time and the libraries are either there or stored somewhere else there's no coherency and this is a bad design First for security reasons storing executables and libraries and data in a single folder is a Surefire way to have badly set permissions on these files that would let attackers modify whatever they want or stuff they shouldn't be second it makes finding the files you're looking for difficult you need to learn each program's directory structure and look online to find where the data is stored and this bad design on Windows does affect Linux negatively because to this day I still get users that will tell me it's easier to install a program on Windows than on Linux seriously for some people it's apparently easier to open a web browser to type the name of the program to click on the legitimate website find the download button click it wait for the download to end then open that file go through the installer with its 2 to 5 to 10 steps and then delete the installer file compared to opening the App Store typing the program name clicking on it clicking install and you're done there's no comparison here even adding a repo if the app isn't available out of the box is easier than downloading an installer you literally copy paste a URL but the reality is that a lot of people don't understand how to install programs on Linux because it's different they're so used to downloading them manually that they try to replicate this and get super confused because they downloaded a dab when they use Fedora or they downloaded an app image on Ubuntu which doesn't run these out of the box it basically confronts newcomers with the huge diversity of packaging formats on Linux which they should not have to care about because the default way the simple way with the graphical app store is easier and simpler than what they know but this pre-existing knowledge makes their Linux experience worse and a lot of newcomers to Linux just don't understand where the files or program users live because they're used to having them lumped into a single directory so when they want to access one of the program's files they look for a folder named like the app itself which might or might not exist on Linux and if it does probably won't have of what they're looking for and the better way to look at it is what type of file am I looking for if it's a library it's stored with the other libraries if it's a config file it's with the other config files if it's an executable it's generally with the other executables and your user data is always in a hidden folder in your slash home directory you have to learn One Directory structure for the OS not one per program now it's no secret that system updates are dreaded by a lot of Windows users just looking at the recent streak of Windows updates surfaces so many problems taskbar not Auto hiding anymore file explorer crashes or even just updates failing to apply or adding so-called features that you never asked for like ads for a Microsoft account or office or adding a weather widget an AI powered search field or even forcing a reboot while you're trying to work Windows updates have always been problematic super slow to install they require a reboot in most cases and they can make your system worse than it was so it's no wonder that many users are wary of these I mean if each the possibility of breaking my system I would be scared too but thankfully I don't run art Windows app updates are also handled separately from system updates Windows store apps update through the store and apps that don't come from the store each have their own update mechanism or don't have built-in updators at all this is bad design on Linux system updates just work sure I'm not going to pretend that each update is extremely smooth and creates no issues that's not the case but you apply them when you want they apply to all your apps and all your system from the same place they are very fast to install and in a lot of cases they don't require a reboot this way of handling updates is better than on Windows and still people moving from Windows to Linux will keep this fear of updating their apps or their system because it's been drilled into their heads that system updates make your system worse and let's not even talk about major version upgrades which always are a nightmare on Windows and this negatively Linux desktops because you'll get plenty of people who don't apply their updates and then ask for help about a bug that's been fixed already or who stick to insecure software that has patches available it makes the work of maintainers and developers harder and this brings us to the conclusion the bad design of Windows makes Linux desktops worse because Windows is the most used desktop OS in the world so most users that might come to Linux come from Windows if they are developers they might bring their habits with them and develop things that follow the convention Windows established whether they're good or bad if they are users they will expect things to work like they're used to because it's the only thing they know and so developers tend to cater to that and try and make a system that can be used by the bigger number of potential new users which is absolutely not a bad thing I mean at some point if everybody is used to a certain way of doing thing even if it's not the most efficient you might as well keep it because anything else will turn into a bad user experience for these users in terms of ux as someone who has worked in that field for more than a decade gnome as it is today is much more Intel Legend than Windows if you live in a vacuum and no one is used to anything else but since people got used to the Jank and the bad ux of Windows all efforts that stray too far from it are considered unusable and this inherently limits where we can go with our Linux desktops because if we always adapt to the lowest common denominator then will always be perceived as a cheap Windows clone something today's sponsor can be accused of because if you're looking for a laptop and you plan to run Linux on it tuxedo is your guy I left a link to 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do you like your news with a pinch of Linux and open source well you've come to the wrong place because this is all Linux and open source news this week we have AMD moving their firmware to a fully open source core boot compatible alternative we have system 76 unveiling more details about their Cosmic desktop which will be very customizable and we have some new interesting defaults that will make their way into plasma 6. so grab a coffee sit back and enjoy the news right after this message from our sponsor this video is sponsored by lenode lenode is the only solution I use to run my own nexcloud server and my only office server as well it's a super easy solution to deploy basically anything you want in one click they have a huge Marketplace of applications you can host from next Cloud WordPress Drupal gitlab or grafana to gaming servers for Minecraft rxcs go rust valheim and more they take care of all the configuration for you all you have to do is click the thing you want to deploy fill in a few details and your server is up and running and once everything is live it's still super easy to manage your servers to upgrade or downgrade them add some storage back them up and get help if you're stuck I've been using linode for years now and I can only recommend them if you want to give them a shot click the link in the description below and you'll get a hundred dollars of free credits to get started so it looks like AMD is going to be the ultimate free and open source champion in terms of Hardware as they now have announced officially that they are going to shift their firmware from agesa to open Sil agesa is their current library to initialize AMD CPUs on your motherboard it's a part of the motherboard's BIOS that controls the CPU the RAM and the like open Sil is their new open source project for firmware and already has support for 4th gen epic CPUs as a proof of concept and it won't be limited to server Hardware either AMD announced that it will fully replace their previous firmware and all products will be covered by 2026. AMD stated that they are committed to open source software and that the new open architecture will reduce the attack surface and be more scalable this new library can interface with core Boot and other open firmware Solutions which is really cool and they're collaborating with other organizations like American Mega Trend which is a notorious provider of ugly blue bios and UEFI interfaces now of course it's just a first step and the code isn't production ready and for now integration with core Boot and support for ryzen CPUs isn't there but it's super encouraging and I can't wait to see more Linux devices with this open firmware that's one less part of your system that's going to be proprietary so that's always good system 76 unveiled more details about their upcoming Cosmic desktop environment this time they talked about panels which will be able to be customized heavily they will contain user-picked applets which seem to be their equivalents to genome extensions panels will be completely customizable with the on-screen position the screen Edge the ability to add a margin to make them float you'll be able to stack them on top of one another have them not use the whole width or height of the screen each panel will also have the option to be set to light or dark mode and be shown on all or just one specific display it's nothing we haven't seen in other desktop environments but it's still far away from what gnome currently offers on pop OS so it's nice to see they also talked a bit about the settings they are working on the wallpaper and keyboard input pages but the settings app will have an API to add or remove pages so projects that might want to use or to in integrate with Cosmic will have the option to enrich the settings if they need to the work on HDR Support also continued and one of system 76's developers joined the recent hack Fest on that topic which I've talked about in last week's video system 76 plans to support HDR when General support is available as they estimated in a couple of years they also added 10-bit color support and worked on adding an accessibility framework on the iced library that they used to build their desktop now this project is shaping up really nicely it's nice to see that they're also going the customization route and not just trying to reproduce the exact same thing they have with gnome right now so yeah can't wait to get my hands on it it looks really good there are also some interesting changes that will come to KDE plus Mass default in plasma 6. so they had a development Sprint this week hosted in the offices of tuxedo computers in Germany and the team has decided to change a few things first double click will be the default opening files and folders will require you to work your fingers a bit more than now although of course you will still get the option to move back to single click if you prefer it Wayland will also be the default in plasma 6 but of course distros will be able to pick X11 if they prefer it's more of a recommendation from the plasma developers than anything really enforceable this means they went over the list of Wayland issues to focus on the ones that are really problematic like some Nvidia related issues panels will now be floating by default as well and the reason seems pretty funny they said that because Windows 11 blatantly copied plasma people all are starting to think things went the other way around and that plasma is a Windows 11 clone and that's a misconception they want to move away from and so having a floating panel is a nice way to show that they have the advantage until Windows 12 copies that as well because not only are their designers completely incapable of restyling the entirety of windows but they also don't seem to have any original ideas all the window headers in plasma will now also use the accent color to tint the window color by default which also looks really good and has the added benefit of making it easier to notice which window is currently active the task switcher will move to the thumbnail grid style you can already use in plasma 5 which is subjectively much better than the vertical panel that they use by default right now other smaller changes include disabling scrolling on the desktop to change virtual desktops at least by default and allowing users to click in the scroll bar area to jump the scroll bar to the clicked location and they will also slow down the release cycle previous plasma releases were every four months and after plasma 6 they will make one or two releases per year instead this should allow a lot of distributions to ship the latest version of plasma with their usual twice a year release schedule and this will leave the Plasma Team more time to polish things up and make sure each new version is as good as it can be it's an interesting set of changes it's nothing you can't already do inside of plasma 5 but I think those defaults will make the experience for newcomers more familiar and easy to grasp and let's finish this desktop environment Roundup with the usual weekly gnome updates first gnome Maps now uses some snazzy overlay buttons for rotation and zoom instead of putting them in the header bar rotation also now has keyboard shortcuts as well there's a new update to Letterpress a nice geeky little app to turn an image into ASCII art and there's a brand new app for AI Androids called imaginer which lets you generate pictures using stable diffusion open AI open Journey portrait plus and a lot more bavarde the AI tax generator also got an update that now supports formatting the output like code or tables and has some documentation to let you know how to obtain a token from chat GPT tubeconverter the video downloader can now stop all downloads in one click or retry failed ones and clear the old downloads in the queue flare the signal client got some style changes to better separate your own messages from messages sent by other people and channels without any messages are now hidden by default genome developers also progressed on the QA tests tooling so it will be easier to automate gnome testing in the future and finally since the Google summer of code program is set to begin gnome will get nine contributors who will work on a new system panel for the settings integrating the network displays feature into the settings as well or syncing flat packs between devices among other things and okay I make no secret that I'm not a big fan of AI tools I doubled with them a little bit but the ethics behind the content they use and the attribution or copyright still takes me off but if you like AI having those desktop applications to interact with it is actually pretty cool new rumors seem to point to Microsoft wanting to strike a deal with Firefox to make Bing the default search engine instead of Google Firefox is currently mainly funded by Google with a giant search deal and this thing is up for Renewal this this year Microsoft apparently would be interested in replacing Google probably in an effort to push Bing outside of windows where they already go all in into user hostile territory by making getting rid of edge or being basically impossible thing is since Firefox is the default browser in most Linux distributions this change would probably not last very long on most user systems as people would switch back to Google or privacy respecting search engine like DuckDuckGo ecosia start page and the like which might make the deal pretty useless for Microsoft I mean how many of you guys that use Firefox would keep Bing as the default search engine if it made its way to your system like let me know in the comments I'm genuinely interested now Thunderbird published their annual financial report and it might sound drab and boring but it contains a lot of interesting things first it looks like donations have skyrocketed in 2022 reaching almost 6.5 million dollars which makes 99 of their revenue Thunderbird now employs 24 people including a lot of design and ux focused roles to transition Thunderbird into a more user-friendly application what's more interesting though is a few remarks in their blog post first they are looking to hire an iOS Developer in 2023 to have an iOS client for Thunderbird to match the future Android app based on K9 mail second they're looking at some Avenues to generate Revenue through new tools and services but they also stated that they will not hamstring the current experience to do so so you won't have any payroll feature that you currently enjoy on Thunderbird some of these tools will be introduced in 2023 so we'll have to wait and see what they are exactly if I had to Hazard a guess I would say they would offer email addresses that you can sign up for or maybe additional plugins like for example one to support exchange now still it's really cool to see an app that was basically dead 10 years ago rise up and become extremely well funded super transparent it's really cool and let's finish this with the gaming news so for Roblox players Linux will soon not be an option at all or it already is not an option as the developers have confirmed that they will block wine and proton they won't support it in any way as they don't want to enable anti-cheat support for it they cite fears over wine users cheating which as far as I know doesn't have any factual basis so no Linux client and no way to play Roblox on Linux using the windows client unless someone figures out a workaround that doesn't get you banned good news for steam though as the desktop client for Linux will soon use the global scale factor that is set by gnome or KDE the latest beta adds this support which means everyone will benefit from it in a few weeks at most and your steam client will now not look either huge or super tiny on your high resolution screen and for Intel or AMD users the Mesa drivers 23.1 are now out which will now support rust ICL an opencl implementation that doesn't need rocm or the AMD GPU pro drivers which might be a way to run DaVinci Resolve on Linux on AMD without moving to the AMD GPU pro drivers they also reduced single file Shader caches in terms of disk space the new graphics pipeline is now enabled which should help a lot with in-game stutters while the shaders are being built plus there are some performance improvements for AMD gpus including for the steam deck there's better Intel support and more and depending on your distro you'll either get this really soon or you'll have to wait for the next major version and I'm more and more interested about the developments in the Mesa drivers because well not only do I own a steam deck but I also just bought a nice graphics card from AMD a 6550 XT to build my own steam console so I'm excited to see what kind of performance improvements they can bring to this and I'm excited to tell you about our sponsor if you're looking to replace your current PC with something that runs Linux stop buying devices from manufacturers that only ship 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if you're a regular follower of the channel you probably know I use Fedora on all my work devices but there's been a flood of comments telling me to use nobara instead nobara is Fedora but with the goal to have the most used gaming and content creation apps and tools either pre-installed or made more accessible than on Fedora so I installed Fedora and nobara on the same gaming laptop my tuxedo Stellar is 15 and I compared the two including a few gaming benchmarks so let's look at how nubara fared compared to Fedora and let's look at our sponsor this video is sponsored by savings portmaster portmaster is an all-in-one tool to easily take your privacy to the next level and it's a tool I use myself on all of my Linux devices portmaster lets you automatically block all trackers and malware in every application you run on your computer not just your web browser but everything you run it's easy to use with defaults already in place that lets you just set it and forget it but if you like to configure every Rule and every app you also can portmaster is completely free and open source and also free of charge as it's funded by users that subscribe to the SPN a super powered VPN that gives you multiple identities for every connection of every application so if you want to easily improve the privacy of your system whatever the Linux distro you use or even on Windows click the link in the description below and download the portmaster for free so first what does nobara bring on top of the Fedora base nobara is created by glorious egg roll the creator of proton GE which is a more up-to-date version of proton to run your games through Steam nobara takes Fedora and adds the wine dependencies steam all necessary codecs for video playback third-party drivers like their own packages for the NVIDIA drivers which need a separate repo on Fedora and a lot of fixes to various packages and I mean a lot of fixes the kernel for example uses some of the Zen kernel patch it supports open RGB it enables the AMD GPU driver for all the cards it adds the steam deck patches the Microsoft Surface patches it improves compatibility with Asus laptops and Lenovo Legion laptops and more on top of that you'll get patches to better support fractional scaling variable refresh rate you'll get Auto detection of your GPU to install the right driver you'll get all the DaVinci Resolve dependencies print start wine is included out of the box with all 32 and 64-bit dependencies and more so not only does it pre-install a few apps that you will probably want if you're a gamer like steam luteris or mango heart but it also gives you a ton of patches and fixes for a potentially smoother and faster experience now it has a few drawbacks nobara only comes with gnome or KDE officially they don't plan to support other desktop environments it also disables secure boot because their kernel is super custom and major updates come later than on Fedora about a month later usually Nvidia gpus are only supported if your card can use the 515 driver or later so all the cards are not going to work and important to note SE Linux is disabled and replaced with app armor and of course well the iso is heavier because it ships a lot more stuff out of the box than Fedora fedora's ISO is 2 gigs novarez is 3.2 and if you think that's bloated then you probably never were the intended target of Novara and you probably want to install everything manually so yeah no Bara what it provides is basically the opposite of what you do so let's compare the post install process for nobara and Fedora the installer is calamares there's nothing special here and it's better than the Fedora installer nobara gives you a welcome app that's actually useful and will offer to download codecs needed for video decoding and encoding you can also install drivers there like the Nvidia or AMD GP new pro drivers now on Fedora to add the NVIDIA drivers I just had to click the enable third-party repos button and then install the Nvidia driver manually from the software Center and then reboot nobara has a one-click button in the welcome App instead and it installs their own package for the Nvidia Cuda proprietary driver it's a few less steps same goes for apps on Fedora I usually install Discord OBS and steam right away from Flat Hub which is enabled by default in Fedora 38 if you click this third-party repo button on nobara only steam is pre-installed but you can install the others in one click in the welcome app although this installer isn't super user friendly displaying a terminal if the goal is to make people feel more comfortable this isn't exactly the best way to do it it's not a huge Time Saver if I'm honest this only saves you about 5 to 10 minutes after the install which is something that you'll do maybe once a year once every two years or once every two weeks if you just throw up a lot now you can also change the layout and accent colors straight from the Welcome app of nobara with layouts based on Windows Windows 11 Mac OS gnome gnome 2 or Unity the windows 11 layout was broken for me with the menu in the wrong place but all others worked as intended and you get usual documentation and support links how to contribute and the credits compared to Fedora Novara will save you about 5 minutes to install your drivers and necessary apps you want for gaming it's not a game changer and compared to something like Ubuntu it's actually not as good because on Ubuntu when you install you can check a checkbox that will automatically install all the codecs and the drivers so when you reboot everything is set up so it's actually more efficient on Ubuntu than on nobara Now the default experience on nobara on the official version uses a heavily modified gnome you get a taskbar window Style with Dash 2 panel and the arc menu gnome extension you have the app indicators as well for notification tray icons you get blur my shell for blurred translucent elements here and there you get desktop icons accent colors that can also be applied to gtk3 and flat back apps you get pop shell which is disabled by default for the auto tiling capabilities and wireless hid to display the battery level of controllers keyboards and mice in the battery indicator window buttons also include minimize and maximize here in terms of theme it uses the default libid Vita dark mode applied to gtk4 and gtk3 apps and the Papyrus icon theme instead of the default gnome one it's a big departure from gnome and personally I prefer the vanilla layout to this customized one I never was a fan of the taskbar are an old menu style it's not my thing now fortunately you can get an ISO with vanilla gnome or with KD if you prefer but that's not what's interesting about nobara these customizations you could apply to any gnome based distro in a few minutes using the extensions manager app what's really interesting is to test the gaming performance between the two systems because that's the point of nobara so I installed shadow of the Tomb Raider Horizon zero Dawn and Total War Warhammer 3 to run their respective benchmarks on Fedora and nobara and compare the results they will all run on the exact same laptop under X11 with the Nvidia proprietary drivers that each distro ships the laptop uses a 12th gen i7 12700h with 16 gigs of RAM and an RTX 3060 and everything runs on an SSD all games on nobara use the default proton version which was proton experimental same on Fedora and in my first tests Fedora beat nobara by about 10 until I realized that nobara was running on Wayland and not X11 and was not in performance mode so I redid All Those benchmarks because yeah the X Whalen performance hit is real now with shadow of the Tomb Raider running the game at the native 1440p resolution on high details nubara got 87 FPS on average with a minimum of 72 and a maximum of 144. on Fedora using the same settings and resolution I got 83 FPS on average with a minimum of 67. that's about 5 difference in favor of nobara that's not huge by any means but it's still nice to have running Horizon zero Dawn at 1440p on high details nubara got an average of 64 FPS with a minimum of 22 and a Max of 161 with a benchmark score of 11 591. Fedora got an average of 63 FPS at the exact same settings with a score of 11 281 a high of 159 and a low of 21. that actually the egg exact same performance no difference here and in Total War Warhammer 3 at 1440p on medium settings and Ultra unit size nobara reached 71.6 FPS on average with highs up to 86 and lows down to 58. Fedora with the same settings got 69 FPS nice with a Max of 84 and a low of 59. so about 4 difference here again in favor of nobara and those performance gaps are repeated throughout multiple Benchmark runs that I did but it's really not groundbreaking it's nice to have but it won't change how your game plays now in terms of other differences with regular Fedora nobara comes with its own graphical package manager on top of gnome software this thing shows everything that is installed all the available updates it lets you install flat back packages although I don't quite see the points since gnome software can do it already and it has a convenient update system button which again is a duplicate of the one you'll find in Chrome software it also has a graphical repo manager just like gnome software which shows that Novara adds their own repos on top of fedoras and it also comes with RPM fusion and a few others it's a nice looking and simple app to install packages that are not available in Gnome software like all your underlying libraries or drivers but it also duplicates a lot of the features of gnome software and that's really not necessary now just to see if there was any difference between distros I also tried to connect various Bluetooth controllers namely an Xbox series controller and a PS5 dual Sense on Fedora all controllers connected immediately and worked as intended without any noticeable input latency on nobara same experience so no difference at all between the two distributions and I can't say I'm surprised controller support on Linux has been absolutely Stellar on every distro I tried for the past four or five years now I use DaVinci Resolve on Fedora to edit all my videos and it's a big selling point of nobara to make it as easy to install as possible on Fedora you have to install a few dependencies from the official Fedora repos then you download the installer from results website and you'll need the NVIDIA drivers of course on Fedora 38 you even have to launch resolve with a specific preload option so that it uses the system's g-lib related libraries instead of the ones each ships with because they're incompatible with the newer versions Fedora 38 uses and nobara hasn't been updated yet to use the filoa 38 base but I'm pretty sure that since resolve is one of their main selling points they will apply that fix automatically when they actually update the distro now on nobara 37 installing resolve didn't require anything specific all the dependencies were already there the Nvidia driver's Day package are perfectly good for it you download the installer you run it and it works nobara even uses the Cuda drivers which has never been necessary for me on Fedora I just installed the normal drivers and I installed the Cuda related libraries from the repos or RPM Fusion so here on nobara the experience with resolve is definitely simpler than on Fedora it's not complicated on Fedora it's like three packages and a little export variable to add before you run the program nothing too complex but on nobara you don't have to do any of it and you can be fairly certain important that every single one of the additional upgrades will automatically bake in all the necessary tweaks or workarounds so you never have to figure them out by yourself so nobara is interesting nothing it does or ships in terms of graphical apps or customization is that important you can replicate that super easily in like 5 or 10 minutes when you install Fedora it's a one-time thing you will not repeat every day but I guess it's still sometimes saved if nubara provides what you usually install you might as well go with it instead of regular Fedora and the delays in terms of updating the kernel or having the major versions available isn't that important either sure you'll get everything one month after Fedora users but you'll still get your updates every six months the gaming related improvements didn't blow me away either but let's remember that it's on a pretty powerful laptop the gains might be bigger on the device with less horsepower in general something like four or five percent Improvement wouldn't be enough for me to go to another distro with less support less documentation and less Trust but in the case of nubara the person responsible has a very solid history of delivering quality software through proton GE and while you might run into issues specific to nobara due to their custom kernel and patches I would say most fixes you will find online for Fedora will also work on nobara so it's an interesting one personally I don't play games on my main desktop PC anymore I play everything on the steam deck and I'm also planning to make my own steam console which is basically going to be a Micro ATX PC with an AMD GPU running Holo ISO and plugged into my TV because my main desktop is in my office and I just don't want to play games sitting at a desk in front of a PC it's just not a good experience for me but I'll make a video about the steam console when it's ready but if I need it a gaming PC that will also be used as a regular computer I would definitely go with nobara over Fedora the time saved and optimizations will not revolutionize your experience but it makes things easier than setting up everything yourself on regular Fedora so yeah nobara is better than Fedora for gaming and content creation at least marginally better but still better now on the other hand this segue to today's sponsor is vastly better if you're planning to buy a new new computer to run Linux on stop buying devices that were made to run Windows and only support Windows buy something from tuxedo from the link in the description below they're based in Germany but they ship to most countries in the world and they have a huge range of devices for every need and every price point whether you need an affordable laptop a super powerful workstation or gaming device or anything in between they have it other devices are super customizable you can just 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I'm a Linux user and I haven't used Windows as a daily driver in more than five years which means that when I look at it I look at it with the eyes of someone who's not used to it anymore and when you're in that situation you can't help but notice all the ux and architecture problems of that operating system so today I'll go over the reasons why Windows ux is bad and why unfortunately it also impacts the Linux desktop in a negative way unlike our sponsor which impacts your internet connection in a very positive way this video is sponsored by savings portmaster portmaster is an all-in-one tool to easily take your privacy to the next level and it's a tool I use myself on all of my Linux devices portmaster lets you automatically block all trackers and malware in every application you run on your computer not just your web browser but everything you run it's easy to use with defaults already in place that lets you just set it and forget it but if you like to configure every Rule and every 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occupies a small corner of your screen is not great you get less space you get smaller icons harder to aim for and you have to focus on a very specific small part of your display it made sense when display resolutions were pretty low the menu occupied a sizable space nowadays that's not the case anymore and this applies to Old traditional menus that follow the window style and I know a lot of people will disagree with this and that's fine ux is not a completely objective perfect science it's a set of principles and everyone interprets them in their own specific way but for real there is no reason to have your menu and your apps in such a small corner of your screen when you're not going to do anything else with your screen or your computer while you try to open an app the reality of things is that people are now just used to it most people have used such a menu for a long time now and so moving to something else is very difficult because they have years or Decades of muscle memory to forget and that muscle memory is hurt badly in Windows 11. the centered menu is a disaster the first problem is that it moves around it's never in the same reliable position as you open apps it shifts to the left which means you always have to aim for it but you can just press the Windows key to open it though yes you can and in that case it actually makes more sense than the traditional Windows menu in the bottom left corner because opening in the center of the screen doesn't generally force you to move your eyes too much to read what just opened they will naturally be looking at the center of the screen where most of your content already is which makes the windows 11 menu better for people who use the windows key but worse for people who use a mouse and once that menu is open it's just a bad launcher on Windows 11 you can pin apps to the menu to start them faster and that works well but the all apps view to start something you haven't pinned it's a nightmare there's no organization at all apps are sorted willy-nilly and you can't create any folder that you could build muscle memory upon and then there's the use case of opening multiple apps in a row with the windows menu you need to open it as many times as the number of apps you want to launch if it's just one that's fine if it's more it gets annoying compare this to gnome's app launcher sure it requires two key presses to open it you press the Windows key twice or Supra plus a and you can remap that but once you're here you have the ability to reorganize apps in whatever order you want to make folders and thus build muscle memory and you can open multiple apps from that view by just dragging them to the virtual desktop of your choice so you can get your work session started by opening this grid just once so if you don't use the keyboard to type the name of the app you want to launch and then press enter the windows menu Paradigm is just bad and if you do use the keyboard it works but it's still less efficient than having a middle of the screen launcher that is centered horizontally and vertically but people are so used to it by now that solutions that seem more efficient actually feel worse to users the issue is this bad menu design affects Linux desktops because Linux is the underdog on personal computers it's got a fraction of the market share of Windows and so most people who would use Linux come from Windows and as such many distributions or desktops don't want them to run away because their system would be totally unfamiliar which is why most Linux desktops have moved two-way Windows like menu xfce KDE lxq or lxde cinnamon they all use a Windows style menu at that point only gnome and gnome 2 inspired desktops have moved away from that launcher start menu Paradigm in Chrome you have got the app grids and in mate for example which is based on gnome 2 you've got a three menu design which I would argue is also not super efficient but way better than the general integrated menu and whether these desktops use this kind of menu because they're more familiar for Windows users or because the desktop developers prefer them the reality is they're really here because people got used to them no matter how inefficient they can be the next issue is the massively disjointed Windows interface and yes this also affects Linux desktops we all know about this Windows core apps that ship with the OS don't seem to share a design language Windows keeps backwards compatibility as much as they can which is not a bad thing but it means every new version just adds a bit of lipstick over a program that has nothing in common anymore with the rest of the system that's why you have duplicates like the control panel and the new Settings app with two completely different user interfaces same goes for system utilities for the file explorer and text editor the title bars are varying height the buttons of varying Styles the menu bars in some apps but not all of them it's a giant mess of old stuff repainted to look like the new stuff and you can put a goat in a tuxedo it's still going to be a goat and I'm not saying goat as in Windows is the goat I'm talking goat like the animal that's got a Simulator game the real problem with this mismatched interface is that people are now completely used to it it's been a Windows thing since the Windows Vista days which means a lot of people coming to Linux have no issue using a completely disjointed system and the problem it creates for Linux is that UI or ux in general is generally not considered very highly by people who work on our desktops or applications because if your users don't care why should you and we can see that with efforts to unify design languages in various desktops on gnome libid Vita is that effort and it works gnome apps look more like a coherent Suite than any other desktop has ever managed but a lot of users don't like libid Vita because liberta makes it harder to theme your apps and it doesn't matter if theming your applications broke them all the time because users are are so used to using a disjointed Windows operating system that they might actually prefer using half broken apps that are themed than a fully coherent nice looking desktop that can't be themed next let's look at how apps are installed on the system on Windows while the store is progressively getting better the main way to install a program is still to head over to its website download an executable and run it then click next a few times pick a location and let the program install itself the files are stored in a single folder usually with all the libraries the program needs and the program itself in its own directory structure that varies from program to program some go into program files some go into programs the user data is stored willy-nilly in any directory the developer thought was cool at the time and the libraries are either there or stored somewhere else there's no coherency and this is a bad design First for security reasons storing executables and libraries and data in a single folder is a Surefire way to have badly set permissions on these files that would let attackers modify whatever they want or stuff they shouldn't be second it makes finding the files you're looking for difficult you need to learn each program's directory structure and look online to find where the data is stored and this bad design on Windows does affect Linux negatively because to this day I still get users that will tell me it's easier to install a program on Windows than on Linux seriously for some people it's apparently easier to open a web browser to type the name of the program to click on the legitimate website find the download button click it wait for the download to end then open that file go through the installer with its 2 to 5 to 10 steps and then delete the installer file compared to opening the App Store typing the program name clicking on it clicking install and you're done there's no comparison here even adding a repo if the app isn't available out of the box is easier than downloading an installer you literally copy paste a URL but the reality is that a lot of people don't understand how to install programs on Linux because it's different they're so used to downloading them manually that they try to replicate this and get super confused because they downloaded a dab when they use Fedora or they downloaded an app image on Ubuntu which doesn't run these out of the box it basically confronts newcomers with the huge diversity of packaging formats on Linux which they should not have to care about because the default way the simple way with the graphical app store is easier and simpler than what they know but this pre-existing knowledge makes their Linux experience worse and a lot of newcomers to Linux just don't understand where the files or program users live because they're used to having them lumped into a single directory so when they want to access one of the program's files they look for a folder named like the app itself which might or might not exist on Linux and if it does probably won't have of what they're looking for and the better way to look at it is what type of file am I looking for if it's a library it's stored with the other libraries if it's a config file it's with the other config files if it's an executable it's generally with the other executables and your user data is always in a hidden folder in your slash home directory you have to learn One Directory structure for the OS not one per program now it's no secret that system updates are dreaded by a lot of Windows users just looking at the recent streak of Windows updates surfaces so many problems taskbar not Auto hiding anymore file explorer crashes or even just updates failing to apply or adding so-called features that you never asked for like ads for a Microsoft account or office or adding a weather widget an AI powered search field or even forcing a reboot while you're trying to work Windows updates have always been problematic super slow to install they require a reboot in most cases and they can make your system worse than it was so it's no wonder that many users are wary of these I mean if each the possibility of breaking my system I would be scared too but thankfully I don't run art Windows app updates are also handled separately from system updates Windows store apps update through the store and apps that don't come from the store each have their own update mechanism or don't have built-in updators at all this is bad design on Linux system updates just work sure I'm not going to pretend that each update is extremely smooth and creates no issues that's not the case but you apply them when you want they apply to all your apps and all your system from the same place they are very fast to install and in a lot of cases they don't require a reboot this way of handling updates is better than on Windows and still people moving from Windows to Linux will keep this fear of updating their apps or their system because it's been drilled into their heads that system updates make your system worse and let's not even talk about major version upgrades which always are a nightmare on Windows and this negatively Linux desktops because you'll get plenty of people who don't apply their updates and then ask for help about a bug that's been fixed already or who stick to insecure software that has patches available it makes the work of maintainers and developers harder and this brings us to the conclusion the bad design of Windows makes Linux desktops worse because Windows is the most used desktop OS in the world so most users that might come to Linux come from Windows if they are developers they might bring their habits with them and develop things that follow the convention Windows established whether they're good or bad if they are users they will expect things to work like they're used to because it's the only thing they know and so developers tend to cater to that and try and make a system that can be used by the bigger number of potential new users which is absolutely not a bad thing I mean at some point if everybody is used to a certain way of doing thing even if it's not the most efficient you might as well keep it because anything else will turn into a bad user experience for these users in terms of ux as someone who has worked in that field for more than a decade gnome as it is today is much more Intel Legend than Windows if you live in a vacuum and no one is used to anything else but since people got used to the Jank and the bad ux of Windows all efforts that stray too far from it are considered unusable and this inherently limits where we can go with our Linux desktops because if we always adapt to the lowest common denominator then will always be perceived as a cheap Windows clone something today's sponsor can be accused of because if you're looking for a laptop and you plan to run Linux on it tuxedo is your guy I left a link to 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do you like your news with a pinch of Linux and open source well you've come to the wrong place because this is all Linux and open source news this week we have AMD moving their firmware to a fully open source core boot compatible alternative we have system 76 unveiling more details about their Cosmic desktop which will be very customizable and we have some new interesting defaults that will make their way into plasma 6. so grab a coffee sit back and enjoy the news right after this message from our sponsor this video is sponsored by lenode lenode is the only solution I use to run my own nexcloud server and my only office server as well it's a super easy solution to deploy basically anything you want in one click they have a huge Marketplace of applications you can host from next Cloud WordPress Drupal gitlab or grafana to gaming servers for Minecraft rxcs go rust valheim and more they take care of all the configuration for you all you have to do is click the thing you want to deploy fill in a few details and your server is up and running and once everything is live it's still super easy to manage your servers to upgrade or downgrade them add some storage back them up and get help if you're stuck I've been using linode for years now and I can only recommend them if you want to give them a shot click the link in the description below and you'll get a hundred dollars of free credits to get started so it looks like AMD is going to be the ultimate free and open source champion in terms of Hardware as they now have announced officially that they are going to shift their firmware from agesa to open Sil agesa is their current library to initialize AMD CPUs on your motherboard it's a part of the motherboard's BIOS that controls the CPU the RAM and the like open Sil is their new open source project for firmware and already has support for 4th gen epic CPUs as a proof of concept and it won't be limited to server Hardware either AMD announced that it will fully replace their previous firmware and all products will be covered by 2026. AMD stated that they are committed to open source software and that the new open architecture will reduce the attack surface and be more scalable this new library can interface with core Boot and other open firmware Solutions which is really cool and they're collaborating with other organizations like American Mega Trend which is a notorious provider of ugly blue bios and UEFI interfaces now of course it's just a first step and the code isn't production ready and for now integration with core Boot and support for ryzen CPUs isn't there but it's super encouraging and I can't wait to see more Linux devices with this open firmware that's one less part of your system that's going to be proprietary so that's always good system 76 unveiled more details about their upcoming Cosmic desktop environment this time they talked about panels which will be able to be customized heavily they will contain user-picked applets which seem to be their equivalents to genome extensions panels will be completely customizable with the on-screen position the screen Edge the ability to add a margin to make them float you'll be able to stack them on top of one another have them not use the whole width or height of the screen each panel will also have the option to be set to light or dark mode and be shown on all or just one specific display it's nothing we haven't seen in other desktop environments but it's still far away from what gnome currently offers on pop OS so it's nice to see they also talked a bit about the settings they are working on the wallpaper and keyboard input pages but the settings app will have an API to add or remove pages so projects that might want to use or to in integrate with Cosmic will have the option to enrich the settings if they need to the work on HDR Support also continued and one of system 76's developers joined the recent hack Fest on that topic which I've talked about in last week's video system 76 plans to support HDR when General support is available as they estimated in a couple of years they also added 10-bit color support and worked on adding an accessibility framework on the iced library that they used to build their desktop now this project is shaping up really nicely it's nice to see that they're also going the customization route and not just trying to reproduce the exact same thing they have with gnome right now so yeah can't wait to get my hands on it it looks really good there are also some interesting changes that will come to KDE plus Mass default in plasma 6. so they had a development Sprint this week hosted in the offices of tuxedo computers in Germany and the team has decided to change a few things first double click will be the default opening files and folders will require you to work your fingers a bit more than now although of course you will still get the option to move back to single click if you prefer it Wayland will also be the default in plasma 6 but of course distros will be able to pick X11 if they prefer it's more of a recommendation from the plasma developers than anything really enforceable this means they went over the list of Wayland issues to focus on the ones that are really problematic like some Nvidia related issues panels will now be floating by default as well and the reason seems pretty funny they said that because Windows 11 blatantly copied plasma people all are starting to think things went the other way around and that plasma is a Windows 11 clone and that's a misconception they want to move away from and so having a floating panel is a nice way to show that they have the advantage until Windows 12 copies that as well because not only are their designers completely incapable of restyling the entirety of windows but they also don't seem to have any original ideas all the window headers in plasma will now also use the accent color to tint the window color by default which also looks really good and has the added benefit of making it easier to notice which window is currently active the task switcher will move to the thumbnail grid style you can already use in plasma 5 which is subjectively much better than the vertical panel that they use by default right now other smaller changes include disabling scrolling on the desktop to change virtual desktops at least by default and allowing users to click in the scroll bar area to jump the scroll bar to the clicked location and they will also slow down the release cycle previous plasma releases were every four months and after plasma 6 they will make one or two releases per year instead this should allow a lot of distributions to ship the latest version of plasma with their usual twice a year release schedule and this will leave the Plasma Team more time to polish things up and make sure each new version is as good as it can be it's an interesting set of changes it's nothing you can't already do inside of plasma 5 but I think those defaults will make the experience for newcomers more familiar and easy to grasp and let's finish this desktop environment Roundup with the usual weekly gnome updates first gnome Maps now uses some snazzy overlay buttons for rotation and zoom instead of putting them in the header bar rotation also now has keyboard shortcuts as well there's a new update to Letterpress a nice geeky little app to turn an image into ASCII art and there's a brand new app for AI Androids called imaginer which lets you generate pictures using stable diffusion open AI open Journey portrait plus and a lot more bavarde the AI tax generator also got an update that now supports formatting the output like code or tables and has some documentation to let you know how to obtain a token from chat GPT tubeconverter the video downloader can now stop all downloads in one click or retry failed ones and clear the old downloads in the queue flare the signal client got some style changes to better separate your own messages from messages sent by other people and channels without any messages are now hidden by default genome developers also progressed on the QA tests tooling so it will be easier to automate gnome testing in the future and finally since the Google summer of code program is set to begin gnome will get nine contributors who will work on a new system panel for the settings integrating the network displays feature into the settings as well or syncing flat packs between devices among other things and okay I make no secret that I'm not a big fan of AI tools I doubled with them a little bit but the ethics behind the content they use and the attribution or copyright still takes me off but if you like AI having those desktop applications to interact with it is actually pretty cool new rumors seem to point to Microsoft wanting to strike a deal with Firefox to make Bing the default search engine instead of Google Firefox is currently mainly funded by Google with a giant search deal and this thing is up for Renewal this this year Microsoft apparently would be interested in replacing Google probably in an effort to push Bing outside of windows where they already go all in into user hostile territory by making getting rid of edge or being basically impossible thing is since Firefox is the default browser in most Linux distributions this change would probably not last very long on most user systems as people would switch back to Google or privacy respecting search engine like DuckDuckGo ecosia start page and the like which might make the deal pretty useless for Microsoft I mean how many of you guys that use Firefox would keep Bing as the default search engine if it made its way to your system like let me know in the comments I'm genuinely interested now Thunderbird published their annual financial report and it might sound drab and boring but it contains a lot of interesting things first it looks like donations have skyrocketed in 2022 reaching almost 6.5 million dollars which makes 99 of their revenue Thunderbird now employs 24 people including a lot of design and ux focused roles to transition Thunderbird into a more user-friendly application what's more interesting though is a few remarks in their blog post first they are looking to hire an iOS Developer in 2023 to have an iOS client for Thunderbird to match the future Android app based on K9 mail second they're looking at some Avenues to generate Revenue through new tools and services but they also stated that they will not hamstring the current experience to do so so you won't have any payroll feature that you currently enjoy on Thunderbird some of these tools will be introduced in 2023 so we'll have to wait and see what they are exactly if I had to Hazard a guess I would say they would offer email addresses that you can sign up for or maybe additional plugins like for example one to support exchange now still it's really cool to see an app that was basically dead 10 years ago rise up and become extremely well funded super transparent it's really cool and let's finish this with the gaming news so for Roblox players Linux will soon not be an option at all or it already is not an option as the developers have confirmed that they will block wine and proton they won't support it in any way as they don't want to enable anti-cheat support for it they cite fears over wine users cheating which as far as I know doesn't have any factual basis so no Linux client and no way to play Roblox on Linux using the windows client unless someone figures out a workaround that doesn't get you banned good news for steam though as the desktop client for Linux will soon use the global scale factor that is set by gnome or KDE the latest beta adds this support which means everyone will benefit from it in a few weeks at most and your steam client will now not look either huge or super tiny on your high resolution screen and for Intel or AMD users the Mesa drivers 23.1 are now out which will now support rust ICL an opencl implementation that doesn't need rocm or the AMD GPU pro drivers which might be a way to run DaVinci Resolve on Linux on AMD without moving to the AMD GPU pro drivers they also reduced single file Shader caches in terms of disk space the new graphics pipeline is now enabled which should help a lot with in-game stutters while the shaders are being built plus there are some performance improvements for AMD gpus including for the steam deck there's better Intel support and more and depending on your distro you'll either get this really soon or you'll have to wait for the next major version and I'm more and more interested about the developments in the Mesa drivers because well not only do I own a steam deck but I also just bought a nice graphics card from AMD a 6550 XT to build my own steam console so I'm excited to see what kind of performance improvements they can bring to this and I'm excited to tell you about our sponsor if you're looking to replace your current PC with something that runs Linux stop buying devices from manufacturers that only ship 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social media has become the biggest way to get to the news a lot of people use Twitter Youtube sometimes Mastodon even Facebook or Tick Tock really and the cold hard reality of this is that none of these platforms are a good choice to get everything you're interested in which sucks because there is a much much better way to read the news and that's RSS So today we're going to answer a few questions why does social media suck for accessing the news what is RSS what exactly can you do with it and who is our sponsor thanks to tax care for sponsoring this video tax care offers solutions to automate and simplify the management of your Linux server and workstation Fleet including Enterprise support for Alma Linux extending support for end-of-life Linux distributions and live patching and on that specific topic they'll host a webinar that will let you know what life patching is how it works and how it can help you protect your servers and computers without rebooting or any downtime they'll go over how it works the benefits you can derive from live patching your systems and how to quickly Implement such a solution in your organization the webinar will be held on May the 17th it will be led by two live patching and Linux Security Experts and will only take 30 minutes of your time so if you're interested in automating your server security and limiting downtime then register for the webinar using the link in the description below and you also get a chance to win a floating Bluetooth speaker so why does every social media platform suck for getting the news the big main reason is that they were never designed for that all the big social media platforms have one goal and one goal only to keep you there for as long as they can so they can show you ads and make more money the catchy of the content they show you the more likely you are to stick around for just one more post and see just one more ad so these algorithms aren't designed to get you every information you might want to be made aware of they are designed to show you what they think you will engage with and this creates a lot of noise tweets that were liked by someone you follow popular posts recommended videos these aren't things you picked there are things the algorithm wants you to see on the big social media platforms you don't control what you're looking at you guide it by subscribing following liking and favoriting and every other weird name that they use to describe the exact same thing on top of that things you are subscribed to might also never be shown to you the YouTube subscription feed doesn't show you every new video from every channel you subscribe to Facebook posts and tweets all have lower than 100 Impressions which means these platforms don't show your posts to everyone who follows you and all of that doesn't really apply to the very verse like Mastodon peer 2 pixel fed and the like but they also have issues that make them unsuitable for the news and those issues are shared by every social network you can't really archive go back to all the things search through what you archived sort it in a specific way create your own organization system that's not what these things are made for they are not libraries or things you like they are not chronological archives they are tools to see instantly available posts or videos or tools to find entertainment they are not designed to give you your own personal newspaper they are designed to let you interact with other people through various forms of content and that's why there's a much better solution for the news and that's RSS RSS is old Tech the current implementation of it rss2 dates from 2002 but it's still alive and well RSS works with two components and RSS feed reader and RSS feeds feeds are what you will subscribe to they are just a simple file a lot of websites have that can be read by the feed reader which will aggregate all these feeds in one place feeds contain all the Articles or videos or posts from a source and the reader will just display them in whatever order you choose when a website publishes a new article or YouTube channel has a new video the feed updates and your feed reader gets the new stuff and displays it to you it's very simple and very basic but it has tons of advantages first you will only ever get what you subscribed to there is no algorithm no recommendations no ads in between posts you control what you see sure there's still noise because not every article or video from a feed will interest you but you still pick the sources of information and you can add a lot of sources websites video channels podcasts social media accounts and even newsletters second all feed readers have organization capabilities you can create folders to group your feeds in specific categories and only read the new stuff in that folder you can have a folder for gaming related news a folder for Tech news a folder for finance a folder for port for political stuff anything you like really third you can sort things to see the oldest First newest first from all your feeds at the same time or in a specific folder fourth you can go back and search through older articles and actually find them or you can favorite them to get back to them when you want to fifth you can navigate super easily from one article to the other most readers use the J and K keys to move to the next or previous article so you can parse the title if you're interested you click it and read it or watch it and if not you just move on to the other it's super efficient and very very fast and finally it's portable all readers will let you export and import your feed list so you're not tied to a single application if you don't like the one you're using you can just move everything with you and that list can also be hosted online so it can be synced between devices RSS just has so many advantages over social media for accessing the news so hopefully now that you're convinced it's great let's see what it can do RSS is all about adding sources or feeds to your reader and you can add a lot of different things and of course the main thing will be articles from websites a lot of websites will display a small orange Square icon which is the RSS logo sometimes it's not orange sometimes it will look like a Wi-Fi icon it's not really standardized clicking the icon will bring you to the feed or give you a URL you can copy that's what you want to add in your feed reader adding that address to that reader will add that website as a source and now you can browse all their articles simple enough right now all you have to do is navigate to every single website you usually visit and repeat that exact process as many times as necessary yeah getting set up with your first RSS feed list can be a little time consuming at first but some websites don't have an RSS feed or an icon to access it no matter most RSS feed readers will let you add any website URL and automatically create an RSS feed for you so all you have to do is copy paste the website's URL or the address for a specific category in the website but that's just for written articles there is a lot more you can add if you want to add videos from a YouTube channel let's say a bearded French Linux content creator Most Feed readers will also just let you copy paste the Channel's URL and add it as a feed on peer tube it's even easier just click the Subscribe button and you get the ability to access the feed immediately which means you can create your own Video subscription page which Aggregates all the creators you follow on all the platforms you use and they will definitely show you every single video from every single Creator you follow which is better than YouTube you can even add social media posts if you really want to using rss.app you can just copy paste a social media profile in there and it will spit out an RSS feed you can add to your reader it works for Instagram Twitter Facebook tick tock and a lot more and of course don't add every person you follow to your RSS field reader that's just going to pollute your news feed and you can also add podcasts which will all have an RSS feed you can add to your reader like for example this amazing Linux and open source News podcast that I make every week if you're really into RSS you can also add newsletters using the website killthenewsletter.com you can generate an email address and a feed subscribe to the newsletter using the provided email address which will never be linked to your own inbox and add the feed to your reader hey voila the newsletter will never crowd your real email address and you can still read it if you're interested straight from your RSS reader you can also use kill the newsletter for various email alerts like newly available real estate listings that interest you job offers price drops for stuff you want to buy just use the email address from Kill the newsletter to subscribe to these alerts and you're done so now that we've established that RSS is awesome and super powerful let's see how you can get started the first thing you'll need to pick is obviously an RSS reader and you have tons of choice the most used one for a time was Google Reader but they killed it years ago one of the early adopters of the mass grave for Google products the thing you choose will depend on your use case do you read the news on a single device like your computer your tablet or your phone or do you want a solution that syncs your feeds and what you've read and your favorites between various devices if you want a single device solution it's very easy on Linux news flash is the one I use it's a gnome app it looks great it lets you customize how you want to sort items how you want to display them you can read the content or watch the video straight from the app or you can open the website it is a great solution I don't use Windows or Mac OS so I can't recommend anything specific for these operating systems but some web browsers will have an integrated feeder like opera or Vivaldi and Mozilla Thunderbird also has these capabilities now if what you want is a cross-device solution you also have plenty of options and if you want the simplest one Feedly is a good bet you can create a free account add up to 100 different feeds create a few folders and if you want to go over that they have paid plans and they have mobile apps and a web interface on PC there's also news blur which does the same thing and is open source but the free version limits you to 64 feeds and of course if you don't want to pay and you plan to add a lot of new sources you can turn to self-hosting the solution I use is next cloud news and obviously you'll need a next Cloud Server to make that work next cloud news gives you a feed reader as a web app but the feed list you've built with it can also be accessed by third-party clients if you want news flash the Linux app I talked about has that capability you can just add your next Cloud account to it and everything will be synced you can also use various mobile apps for IOS and Android to access these feeds like next news on iOS or next cloud news on Android if setting up a whole next Cloud Server for just an RSS reader is a bit much though you can also self-host news blur and access it from the web all the mobile apps for IOS and Android the self-hosted version doesn't have a limit on the feed number there's also tiny tiny RSS that you can also self-host and access access using the official Android app or The Unofficial tinyreader RSS app for iOS and I'm pretty sure that a lot of people will recommend Solutions in the comments as well so check that out if you want to try out other clients or other feed sources or other readers now for reading watching and listening to what you're interested in RSS is still the best option out there sure it takes a bit more time to set it up and to add all the feeds you want but that's a first time thing once that's in place you will actually save a lot of time by having everything in one place being able to organize everything the way you like it and avoiding the noise that social media platforms add if you value your time and you want to stay in control of what you see what you read what you watch RSS is the best option I can't recommend this technology enough just like I can't recommend our sponsor enough if you're a Linux user and you need to replace your computer stop buying devices that were made to run Windows buy something that was designed to run Linux from today's sponsor tuxedo they have a big range of devices and they ship to most countries in the world whether you need a laptop top desktop a Nook whether you need something for gaming something affordable a workstation they have everything every device is customizable and every laptop is openable repairable and upgradable including the battery the ram the SSD and sometimes even the wireless car so if you need a new computer and you plan to run Linux on it and you want to support 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if you're a regular follower of the channel you probably know I use Fedora on all my work devices but there's been a flood of comments telling me to use nobara instead nobara is Fedora but with the goal to have the most used gaming and content creation apps and tools either pre-installed or made more accessible than on Fedora so I installed Fedora and nobara on the same gaming laptop my tuxedo Stellar is 15 and I compared the two including a few gaming benchmarks so let's look at how nubara fared compared to Fedora and let's look at our sponsor this video is sponsored by savings portmaster portmaster is an all-in-one tool to easily take your privacy to the next level and it's a tool I use myself on all of my Linux devices portmaster lets you automatically block all trackers and malware in every application you run on your computer not just your web browser but everything you run it's easy to use with defaults already in place that lets you just set it and forget it but if you like to 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enables the AMD GPU driver for all the cards it adds the steam deck patches the Microsoft Surface patches it improves compatibility with Asus laptops and Lenovo Legion laptops and more on top of that you'll get patches to better support fractional scaling variable refresh rate you'll get Auto detection of your GPU to install the right driver you'll get all the DaVinci Resolve dependencies print start wine is included out of the box with all 32 and 64-bit dependencies and more so not only does it pre-install a few apps that you will probably want if you're a gamer like steam luteris or mango heart but it also gives you a ton of patches and fixes for a potentially smoother and faster experience now it has a few drawbacks nobara only comes with gnome or KDE officially they don't plan to support other desktop environments it also disables secure boot because their kernel is super custom and major updates come later than on Fedora about a month later usually Nvidia gpus are only supported if your card can use the 515 driver or later so all the cards are not going to work and important to note SE Linux is disabled and replaced with app armor and of course well the iso is heavier because it ships a lot more stuff out of the box than Fedora fedora's ISO is 2 gigs novarez is 3.2 and if you think that's bloated then you probably never were the intended target of Novara and you probably want to install everything manually so yeah no Bara what it provides is basically the opposite of what you do so let's compare the post install process for nobara and Fedora the installer is calamares there's nothing special here and it's better than the Fedora installer nobara gives you a welcome app that's actually useful and will offer to download codecs needed for video decoding and encoding you can also install drivers there like the Nvidia or AMD GP new pro drivers now on Fedora to add the NVIDIA drivers I just had to click the enable third-party repos button and then install the Nvidia driver manually from the software Center and then reboot nobara has a one-click button in the welcome App instead and it installs their own package for the Nvidia Cuda proprietary driver it's a few less steps same goes for apps on Fedora I usually install Discord OBS and steam right away from Flat Hub which is enabled by default in Fedora 38 if you click this third-party repo button on nobara only steam is pre-installed but you can install the others in one click in the welcome app although this installer isn't super user friendly displaying a terminal if the goal is to make people feel more comfortable this isn't exactly the best way to do it it's not a huge Time Saver if I'm honest this only saves you about 5 to 10 minutes after the install which is something that you'll do maybe once a year once every two years or once every two weeks if you just throw up a lot now you can also change the layout and accent colors straight from the Welcome app of nobara with layouts based on Windows Windows 11 Mac OS gnome gnome 2 or Unity the windows 11 layout was broken for me with the menu in the wrong place but all others worked as intended and you get usual documentation and support links how to contribute and the credits compared to Fedora Novara will save you about 5 minutes to install your drivers and necessary apps you want for gaming it's not a game changer and compared to something like Ubuntu it's actually not as good because on Ubuntu when you install you can check a checkbox that will automatically install all the codecs and the drivers so when you reboot everything is set up so it's actually more efficient on Ubuntu than on nobara Now the default experience on nobara on the official version uses a heavily modified gnome you get a taskbar window Style with Dash 2 panel and the arc menu gnome extension you have the app indicators as well for notification tray icons you get blur my shell for blurred translucent elements here and there you get desktop icons accent colors that can also be applied to gtk3 and flat back apps you get pop shell which is disabled by default for the auto tiling capabilities and wireless hid to display the battery level of controllers keyboards and mice in the battery indicator window buttons also include minimize and maximize here in terms of theme it uses the default libid Vita dark mode applied to gtk4 and gtk3 apps and the Papyrus icon theme instead of the default gnome one it's a big departure from gnome and personally I prefer the vanilla layout to this customized one I never was a fan of the taskbar are an old menu style it's not my thing now fortunately you can get an ISO with vanilla gnome or with KD if you prefer but that's not what's interesting about nobara these customizations you could apply to any gnome based distro in a few minutes using the extensions manager app what's really interesting is to test the gaming performance between the two systems because that's the point of nobara so I installed shadow of the Tomb Raider Horizon zero Dawn and Total War Warhammer 3 to run their respective benchmarks on Fedora and nobara and compare the results they will all run on the exact same laptop under X11 with the Nvidia proprietary drivers that each distro ships the laptop uses a 12th gen i7 12700h with 16 gigs of RAM and an RTX 3060 and everything runs on an SSD all games on nobara use the default proton version which was proton experimental same on Fedora and in my first tests Fedora beat nobara by about 10 until I realized that nobara was running on Wayland and not X11 and was not in performance mode so I redid All Those benchmarks because yeah the X Whalen performance hit is real now with shadow of the Tomb Raider running the game at the native 1440p resolution on high details nubara got 87 FPS on average with a minimum of 72 and a maximum of 144. on Fedora using the same settings and resolution I got 83 FPS on average with a minimum of 67. that's about 5 difference in favor of nobara that's not huge by any means but it's still nice to have running Horizon zero Dawn at 1440p on high details nubara got an average of 64 FPS with a minimum of 22 and a Max of 161 with a benchmark score of 11 591. Fedora got an average of 63 FPS at the exact same settings with a score of 11 281 a high of 159 and a low of 21. that actually the egg exact same performance no difference here and in Total War Warhammer 3 at 1440p on medium settings and Ultra unit size nobara reached 71.6 FPS on average with highs up to 86 and lows down to 58. Fedora with the same settings got 69 FPS nice with a Max of 84 and a low of 59. so about 4 difference here again in favor of nobara and those performance gaps are repeated throughout multiple Benchmark runs that I did but it's really not groundbreaking it's nice to have but it won't change how your game plays now in terms of other differences with regular Fedora nobara comes with its own graphical package manager on top of gnome software this thing shows everything that is installed all the available updates it lets you install flat back packages although I don't quite see the points since gnome software can do it already and it has a convenient update system button which again is a duplicate of the one you'll find in Chrome software it also has a graphical repo manager just like gnome software which shows that Novara adds their own repos on top of fedoras and it also comes with RPM fusion and a few others it's a nice looking and simple app to install packages that are not available in Gnome software like all your underlying libraries or drivers but it also duplicates a lot of the features of gnome software and that's really not necessary now just to see if there was any difference between distros I also tried to connect various Bluetooth controllers namely an Xbox series controller and a PS5 dual Sense on Fedora all controllers connected immediately and worked as intended without any noticeable input latency on nobara same experience so no difference at all between the two distributions and I can't say I'm surprised controller support on Linux has been absolutely Stellar on every distro I tried for the past four or five years now I use DaVinci Resolve on Fedora to edit all my videos and it's a big selling point of nobara to make it as easy to install as possible on Fedora you have to install a few dependencies from the official Fedora repos then you download the installer from results website and you'll need the NVIDIA drivers of course on Fedora 38 you even have to launch resolve with a specific preload option so that it uses the system's g-lib related libraries instead of the ones each ships with because they're incompatible with the newer versions Fedora 38 uses and nobara hasn't been updated yet to use the filoa 38 base but I'm pretty sure that since resolve is one of their main selling points they will apply that fix automatically when they actually update the distro now on nobara 37 installing resolve didn't require anything specific all the dependencies were already there the Nvidia driver's Day package are perfectly good for it you download the installer you run it and it works nobara even uses the Cuda drivers which has never been necessary for me on Fedora I just installed the normal drivers and I installed the Cuda related libraries from the repos or RPM Fusion so here on nobara the experience with resolve is definitely simpler than on Fedora it's not complicated on Fedora it's like three packages and a little export variable to add before you run the program nothing too complex but on nobara you don't have to do any of it and you can be fairly certain important that every single one of the additional upgrades will automatically bake in all the necessary tweaks or workarounds so you never have to figure them out by yourself so nobara is interesting nothing it does or ships in terms of graphical apps or customization is that important you can replicate that super easily in like 5 or 10 minutes when you install Fedora it's a one-time thing you will not repeat every day but I guess it's still sometimes saved if nubara provides what you usually install you might as well go with it instead of regular Fedora and the delays in terms of updating the kernel or having the major versions available isn't that important either sure you'll get everything one month after Fedora users but you'll still get your updates every six months the gaming related improvements didn't blow me away either but let's remember that it's on a pretty powerful laptop the gains might be bigger on the device with less horsepower in general something like four or five percent Improvement wouldn't be enough for me to go to another distro with less support less documentation and less Trust but in the case of nubara the person responsible has a very solid history of delivering quality software through proton GE and while you might run into issues specific to nobara due to their custom kernel and patches I would say most fixes you will find online for Fedora will also work on nobara so it's an interesting one personally I don't play games on my main desktop PC anymore I play everything on the steam deck and I'm also planning to make my own steam console which is basically going to be a Micro ATX PC with an AMD GPU running Holo ISO and plugged into my TV because my main desktop is in my office and I just don't want to play games sitting at a desk in front of a PC it's just not a good experience for me but I'll make a video about the steam console when it's ready but if I need it a gaming PC that will also be used as a regular computer I would definitely go with nobara over Fedora the time saved and optimizations will not revolutionize your experience but it makes things easier than setting up everything yourself on regular Fedora so yeah nobara is better than Fedora for gaming and content creation at least marginally better but still better now on the other hand this segue to today's sponsor is vastly better if you're planning to buy a new new computer to run Linux on stop buying devices that were made to run Windows and only support Windows buy something from tuxedo from the link in the description below they're based in Germany but they ship to most countries in the world and they have a huge range of devices for every need and every price point whether you need an affordable laptop a super powerful workstation or gaming device or anything in between they have it other devices are super customizable you can just 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social media has become the biggest way to get to the news a lot of people use Twitter Youtube sometimes Mastodon even Facebook or Tick Tock really and the cold hard reality of this is that none of these platforms are a good choice to get everything you're interested in which sucks because there is a much much better way to read the news and that's RSS So today we're going to answer a few questions why does social media suck for accessing the news what is RSS what exactly can you do with it and who is our sponsor thanks to tax care for sponsoring this video tax care offers solutions to automate and simplify the management of your Linux server and workstation Fleet including Enterprise support for Alma Linux extending support for end-of-life Linux distributions and live patching and on that specific topic they'll host a webinar that will let you know what life patching is how it works and how it can help you protect your servers and computers without rebooting or any downtime they'll go over how it works the benefits you can derive from live patching your systems and how to quickly Implement such a solution in your organization the webinar will be held on May the 17th it will be led by two live patching and Linux Security Experts and will only take 30 minutes of your time so if you're interested in automating your server security and limiting downtime then register for the webinar using the link in the description below and you also get a chance to win a floating Bluetooth speaker so why does every social media platform suck for getting the news the big main reason is that they were never designed for that all the big social media platforms have one goal and one goal only to keep you there for as long as they can so they can show you ads and make more money the catchy of the content they show you the more likely you are to stick around for just one more post and see just one more ad so these algorithms aren't designed to get you every information you might want to be made aware of they are designed to show you what they think you will engage with and this creates a lot of noise tweets that were liked by someone you follow popular posts recommended videos these aren't things you picked there are things the algorithm wants you to see on the big social media platforms you don't control what you're looking at you guide it by subscribing following liking and favoriting and every other weird name that they use to describe the exact same thing on top of that things you are subscribed to might also never be shown to you the YouTube subscription feed doesn't show you every new video from every channel you subscribe to Facebook posts and tweets all have lower than 100 Impressions which means these platforms don't show your posts to everyone who follows you and all of that doesn't really apply to the very verse like Mastodon peer 2 pixel fed and the like but they also have issues that make them unsuitable for the news and those issues are shared by every social network you can't really archive go back to all the things search through what you archived sort it in a specific way create your own organization system that's not what these things are made for they are not libraries or things you like they are not chronological archives they are tools to see instantly available posts or videos or tools to find entertainment they are not designed to give you your own personal newspaper they are designed to let you interact with other people through various forms of content and that's why there's a much better solution for the news and that's RSS RSS is old Tech the current implementation of it rss2 dates from 2002 but it's still alive and well RSS works with two components and RSS feed reader and RSS feeds feeds are what you will subscribe to they are just a simple file a lot of websites have that can be read by the feed reader which will aggregate all these feeds in one place feeds contain all the Articles or videos or posts from a source and the reader will just display them in whatever order you choose when a website publishes a new article or YouTube channel has a new video the feed updates and your feed reader gets the new stuff and displays it to you it's very simple and very basic but it has tons of advantages first you will only ever get what you subscribed to there is no algorithm no recommendations no ads in between posts you control what you see sure there's still noise because not every article or video from a feed will interest you but you still pick the sources of information and you can add a lot of sources websites video channels podcasts social media accounts and even newsletters second all feed readers have organization capabilities you can create folders to group your feeds in specific categories and only read the new stuff in that folder you can have a folder for gaming related news a folder for Tech news a folder for finance a folder for port for political stuff anything you like really third you can sort things to see the oldest First newest first from all your feeds at the same time or in a specific folder fourth you can go back and search through older articles and actually find them or you can favorite them to get back to them when you want to fifth you can navigate super easily from one article to the other most readers use the J and K keys to move to the next or previous article so you can parse the title if you're interested you click it and read it or watch it and if not you just move on to the other it's super efficient and very very fast and finally it's portable all readers will let you export and import your feed list so you're not tied to a single application if you don't like the one you're using you can just move everything with you and that list can also be hosted online so it can be synced between devices RSS just has so many advantages over social media for accessing the news so hopefully now that you're convinced it's great let's see what it can do RSS is all about adding sources or feeds to your reader and you can add a lot of different things and of course the main thing will be articles from websites a lot of websites will display a small orange Square icon which is the RSS logo sometimes it's not orange sometimes it will look like a Wi-Fi icon it's not really standardized clicking the icon will bring you to the feed or give you a URL you can copy that's what you want to add in your feed reader adding that address to that reader will add that website as a source and now you can browse all their articles simple enough right now all you have to do is navigate to every single website you usually visit and repeat that exact process as many times as necessary yeah getting set up with your first RSS feed list can be a little time consuming at first but some websites don't have an RSS feed or an icon to access it no matter most RSS feed readers will let you add any website URL and automatically create an RSS feed for you so all you have to do is copy paste the website's URL or the address for a specific category in the website but that's just for written articles there is a lot more you can add if you want to add videos from a YouTube channel let's say a bearded French Linux content creator Most Feed readers will also just let you copy paste the Channel's URL and add it as a feed on peer tube it's even easier just click the Subscribe button and you get the ability to access the feed immediately which means you can create your own Video subscription page which Aggregates all the creators you follow on all the platforms you use and they will definitely show you every single video from every single Creator you follow which is better than YouTube you can even add social media posts if you really want to using rss.app you can just copy paste a social media profile in there and it will spit out an RSS feed you can add to your reader it works for Instagram Twitter Facebook tick tock and a lot more and of course don't add every person you follow to your RSS field reader that's just going to pollute your news feed and you can also add podcasts which will all have an RSS feed you can add to your reader like for example this amazing Linux and open source News podcast that I make every week if you're really into RSS you can also add newsletters using the website killthenewsletter.com you can generate an email address and a feed subscribe to the newsletter using the provided email address which will never be linked to your own inbox and add the feed to your reader hey voila the newsletter will never crowd your real email address and you can still read it if you're interested straight from your RSS reader you can also use kill the newsletter for various email alerts like newly available real estate listings that interest you job offers price drops for stuff you want to buy just use the email address from Kill the newsletter to subscribe to these alerts and you're done so now that we've established that RSS is awesome and super powerful let's see how you can get started the first thing you'll need to pick is obviously an RSS reader and you have tons of choice the most used one for a time was Google Reader but they killed it years ago one of the early adopters of the mass grave for Google products the thing you choose will depend on your use case do you read the news on a single device like your computer your tablet or your phone or do you want a solution that syncs your feeds and what you've read and your favorites between various devices if you want a single device solution it's very easy on Linux news flash is the one I use it's a gnome app it looks great it lets you customize how you want to sort items how you want to display them you can read the content or watch the video straight from the app or you can open the website it is a great solution I don't use Windows or Mac OS so I can't recommend anything specific for these operating systems but some web browsers will have an integrated feeder like opera or Vivaldi and Mozilla Thunderbird also has these capabilities now if what you want is a cross-device solution you also have plenty of options and if you want the simplest one Feedly is a good bet you can create a free account add up to 100 different feeds create a few folders and if you want to go over that they have paid plans and they have mobile apps and a web interface on PC there's also news blur which does the same thing and is open source but the free version limits you to 64 feeds and of course if you don't want to pay and you plan to add a lot of new sources you can turn to self-hosting the solution I use is next cloud news and obviously you'll need a next Cloud Server to make that work next cloud news gives you a feed reader as a web app but the feed list you've built with it can also be accessed by third-party clients if you want news flash the Linux app I talked about has that capability you can just add your next Cloud account to it and everything will be synced you can also use various mobile apps for IOS and Android to access these feeds like next news on iOS or next cloud news on Android if setting up a whole next Cloud Server for just an RSS reader is a bit much though you can also self-host news blur and access it from the web all the mobile apps for IOS and Android the self-hosted version doesn't have a limit on the feed number there's also tiny tiny RSS that you can also self-host and access access using the official Android app or The Unofficial tinyreader RSS app for iOS and I'm pretty sure that a lot of people will recommend Solutions in the comments as well so check that out if you want to try out other clients or other feed sources or other readers now for reading watching and listening to what you're interested in RSS is still the best option out there sure it takes a bit more time to set it up and to add all the feeds you want but that's a first time thing once that's in place you will actually save a lot of time by having everything in one place being able to organize everything the way you like it and avoiding the noise that social media platforms add if you value your time and you want to stay in control of what you see what you read what you watch RSS is the best option I can't recommend this technology enough just like I can't recommend our sponsor enough if you're a Linux user and you need to replace your computer stop buying devices that were made to run Windows buy something that was designed to run Linux from today's sponsor tuxedo they have a big range of devices and they ship to most countries in the world whether you need a laptop top desktop a Nook whether you need something for gaming something affordable a workstation they have everything every device is customizable and every laptop is openable repairable and upgradable including the battery the ram the SSD and sometimes even the wireless car so if you need a new computer and you plan to run Linux on it and you want to support 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hey everyone this is Nick and it's time for the Linux and open source news again so this week we have the first plans to support HDR and variable refresh rate on Linux we have new Chips announced by AMD that will give Apple silicon a run for their money and we have Microsoft abusing their dominant position again to push Edge again just like I abuse my non-dominant position to push our open source sponsor this video is sponsored by Chasm workspaces a fantastic tool to stream operating systems desktops and apps straight to your browser they just released version 1.13 which adds a workspace registry for installing and sharing open source container based images including the Linux server.io collection of web desktops that are now streamed using Chasm VNC additional updates include enhanced Mobile support with Progressive web apps and you can now stop or pause workspaces to restore them later the chasm workspaces Community Edition can be self-hosted but they also have a cloud service if you prefer so to learn more about Chasm workspaces click the link in the description so there was an HDR focused hack Fest taking place recently and plans were made to tackle High dynamic range and variable refresh rates on Linux people there Define the direction to implement all of this and they identified two main use cases for HDR the one where the user wants to play HDR content in which case the colors just need to look good and the other use case being for people creating HDR content for which colors need to be accurate they also want a solution that allows mixing HDR and SDR content on the same display in terms of variable refresh rate it seems that the main issue is related to the mouse cursor either it moves at the maximum possible refresh rate which basically disables variable refresh rate or it moves at the set refresh rate for the game or the content you're playing but then you might get a very choppy mouse cursor experience and for color management the end goal is to design a vendor neutral API that compositors like kwin for KDE or matter for Gnome could use to program the color pipeline for the GPU now of course there wasn't much code it was more talking but the direction is set and the work can begin on these pretty important features it looks like the days of looking longingly at the performance per watt specs of Apple silicon might soon be over as AMD unveiled a few details about their future chips that might put the latest M2 CPUs to shame comparing the are yet unreleased ryzen 7 7840u Apu to the M2 Chip yields a 9 better 3D rendering performance and 72 percent better multi-processing performance plus 14 better responsiveness whatever that is and how you measure it these new Chips codenamed Phoenix use 15 watts of power half of what the Intel competitors use and less than the 20 watts of Apple's M2 the flagship ryzen 7 packs 8 cores plus an integrated Radeon 780m which should yield 139 better performance than Intel's integrated graphics on the comparable i7 1360p these chips will obviously be ideal in Ultrabooks for a longer battery life but also for gaming handhelds although AMD also announced a specific line of chips specifically for this use case and this is really really good news at least for because while arm was pretty much the only anything that could guarantee great battery life with nice power like what Apple silicon does arm chips are way harder to support and manufacturers generally don't really open their specs up so writing drivers for each arm CPU on Linux could have been a real nightmare but if x86 can catch up or even surpass the armed CPUs that are let's say Flagship style for Apple silicon then we don't need arm at all we can just keep our nice driver support and everything is fine it looks like Microsoft still has not learned its lesson in terms of abuse of dominant position as it moves to shove Edge down the throats of even more users they recently announced that links clicked in Outlook will now open in Edge by default this is obviously user hostile as it forces the use of a second browser onto users it bypasses their personal preferences and it will use more resources on your PC because you have two browsers open now you know Microsoft there is a simpler way you could just disallow any other browser than Edge on windows at least that would be honest all these links will open accompanied by the original email in the sidebar in a sort of side-by-side view they will also bring this change to Microsoft teams to have your chat on a sidebar and the link in the main Edge window Microsoft says that they will let you revert the behavior to use your default browser instead but using Edge will still be the default and as we all know users do not change the default on top of that there's a Windows update that broke a chrome feature that let users make Chrome their default browser in one click and this was deliberate because renaming Chrome to something else fixes the issue so Microsoft hard-coded this bug to make sure people didn't have an easy way to change their default browser that's a really wonderful way of encouraging competition and winning on the merits of your own product I guess there's no one from the old Internet Explorer days that still works at Microsoft because they already did that like 15 years ago and they got fined for it and they had to stop so maybe someone needs to remind them of that the Linux Mint team has unveiled a few more details about what will be included in Linux Mint 21.2 it looks like it will be all about accent colors they already showed their new appearance selector that will let you set the accent color like what k 80 or Ubuntu offers but it looks like this color will also be used throughout the system now including in tool tips instead of the older yellow style and in system notifications and I'm not sure how well this will work with specific colors a bright glowing pink notification sounds like a pure recipe for needing eye surgery they'll also use symbolic icons to have a better visual Style on these notifications they also warned that an update from Ubuntu broke the compatibility of mint's isos with secure boot which means it has to be disabled for now they also continued working on warpinator which is a computer to computer file transfer app it now supports landlock and bubble wrap which ensure that warpinator cannot write anything outside of its dedicated download folder mint 21.2 should release in June and they also plan to release Linux Mint Debian Edition 6 soon after which will be based on Debian 12 which itself will be out in June and of course you can expect dedicated videos on the new version of mint and the new version of Debian on the channel indu now there's a new immutable Fedora spin-off coming called Fedora Onyx it comes with the budgie desktop by default and it's comparable to Fedora silver blue which is the immutable version of the regular photo recognom or fedorakinoite which is the immutable version of the KD spin of Fedora so if the proposal goes through Fedora Onyx will see its first version with the release of Fedora 39. in about 6 months and it comes from the inexhaustible Joshua Strobel who is the lead developer for budgie the resurrecter of solos and the instigator of the more classic Fedora budgie spin Onyx will use RPM os3 which is an image and package based system that lets you layer packages on top of a system image which will in turn create a new image you can boot on so you can still add packages to your otherwise immutable system that is mostly designed to run apps packaged as flat pack and if you're wondering why you would ever want a distro you have to reboot every time you install a new package it's for security basically you're supposed to use the system as is and if you need a virtual environment if you need a development environment or to run a specific app that is not packaged with flat pack they are distro box containers that lets you run any other system fully accelerated to run anything you want so more secure but you still retain all the options with a few Hoops to jump through in the gnome worlds this week developers have improved the column Chooser that you'll get in the file manager it uses newer controls it looks better and you can now change visible columns per folder or globally Loop the new image viewer that will probably become the default in Gnome soon now works better on mobile devices and there's a new app that lets you interact with AI chatbots called bavarde which is a French word that means to chat so nice this app lets you use chat GPT 3.5 Bai chat and more and you can just type a prompt get an answer and copy that to paste it somewhere else there's also an update to Flair the signal client which now has dynamically loaded content and you can now delete messages in it as well it's another relatively small week for Gnome but good stuff nonetheless now in the KDE World developers focused on bug squashing as they continue working on plasma 6 but there are also some nice visual improvements the most notable one is how you will interact with panel settings with a much better more visual choice to understand alignment visibility opacity or floating-ness on top of that discover will have a much better search feature putting more weight towards results where the name of the app matches your query rather than using the description and all other text results in the kickoff menu will now be ordered in the same way as in K Runner and annotations in the screenshot manager will have a visual hover outline to make it clearer that you can select them and they are the usual hundreds of bugs fixed this time 208 in one week and I really can't wait to have a solid beta of plasma 6 to get my hands on because it looks like a refinement to KD5 but it also adds a lot of usability improvements which is really nice and we also have the monthly recap of the changes in Elementary OS in April they focused on the mail client which should now better handle online accounts it fixes some crashes and it also will always open the compose window in a new separate window instead of in line with the email you're responding to this when window now has a flatter look as well the window manager now lets you use alt plus tilde to switch between Windows of the same app and they've laid down the groundwork to rebase on motor 44 which is the gnome compositor so this will add support for fractional and per display scaling on Wayland which also implies that Elementary OS will support Wayland in the future so that's nice the system settings now lets you choose to switch workspaces using hot corners and you can dim wallpapers in dark mode the onboarding app that opens at the first run of the system has been redesigned so each feature is now presented nicely with new icons and better typography and as always if you already use Elementor EOS you already got these updates and if you didn't just head over to the app center and install them and let's finish the video with the gaming news first we have the release of wine 8.7 which delegates parsing the shaders to vkd3d which makes sense as is the library that translates DirectX calls to Vulcan there are also 17 bugs fixed including for games like Street Fighter 4 Revolt 1207 shapes on the plane unravel or Final Fantasy XI online and the steam deck hit another Milestone this week at 9000 games rated as at least playable there are now almost 3 300 verified titles and more than 5700 playable ones with the number of unsupported games at almost 2 900. of course a lot more games haven't been tested by Valve at all and might run perfectly or not at all and in the unsupported games some will also run on any Linux computer they're just unsupported on the steam deck still that's a pretty big number of games that you can play while sitting on the toilet and this last sentence makes it impossible to smoothly transition to our sponsor if you use Linux and you need a new computer stop looking at devices that only support Windows click the link in the description below and get yourself something from tuxedo all of their computers ship with Linux pre-installed and they are designed and built to specifically support Linux so you know that if you install your distro everything will run fine and every piece of Hardware will be supported they have a big range that will cover every need and every price point and you can customize every device before you buy including your own logo your own keyboard layout or just picking specific parts and components and all the laptops are openable repairable and upgradable so if you need a new computer to run Linux on click the link in the description below and get yourself a tuxedo computer so thanks everyone for watching the video I hope you enjoyed it if you did don't hesitate to like to subscribe to turn on notifications to write a comment and if you didn't like it well as always that thumbs down button but do tell me why in the comments as well and if you really enjoyed the channel there are plenty of links in the description as well for you to support it from patreon Libra pay PayPal YouTube memberships YouTube things you know how it works so thanks everyone for watching and I guess you'll see me in the next one bye foreign [Music] [Music]

hey everyone this is Nick and it's time for the Linux and open source news again so this week we have the first plans to support HDR and variable refresh rate on Linux we have new Chips announced by AMD that will give Apple silicon a run for their money and we have Microsoft abusing their dominant position again to push Edge again just like I abuse my non-dominant position to push our open source sponsor this video is sponsored by Chasm workspaces a fantastic tool to stream operating systems desktops and apps straight to your browser they just released version 1.13 which adds a workspace registry for installing and sharing open source container based images including the Linux server.io collection of web desktops that are now streamed using Chasm VNC additional updates include enhanced Mobile support with Progressive web apps and you can now stop or pause workspaces to restore them later the chasm workspaces Community Edition can be self-hosted but they also have a cloud service if you prefer so to learn more about Chasm workspaces click the link in the description so there was an HDR focused hack Fest taking place recently and plans were made to tackle High dynamic range and variable refresh rates on Linux people there Define the direction to implement all of this and they identified two main use cases for HDR the one where the user wants to play HDR content in which case the colors just need to look good and the other use case being for people creating HDR content for which colors need to be accurate they also want a solution that allows mixing HDR and SDR content on the same display in terms of variable refresh rate it seems that the main issue is related to the mouse cursor either it moves at the maximum possible refresh rate which basically disables variable refresh rate or it moves at the set refresh rate for the game or the content you're playing but then you might get a very choppy mouse cursor experience and for color management the end goal is to design a vendor neutral API that compositors like kwin for KDE or matter for Gnome could use to program the color pipeline for the GPU now of course there wasn't much code it was more talking but the direction is set and the work can begin on these pretty important features it looks like the days of looking longingly at the performance per watt specs of Apple silicon might soon be over as AMD unveiled a few details about their future chips that might put the latest M2 CPUs to shame comparing the are yet unreleased ryzen 7 7840u Apu to the M2 Chip yields a 9 better 3D rendering performance and 72 percent better multi-processing performance plus 14 better responsiveness whatever that is and how you measure it these new Chips codenamed Phoenix use 15 watts of power half of what the Intel competitors use and less than the 20 watts of Apple's M2 the flagship ryzen 7 packs 8 cores plus an integrated Radeon 780m which should yield 139 better performance than Intel's integrated graphics on the comparable i7 1360p these chips will obviously be ideal in Ultrabooks for a longer battery life but also for gaming handhelds although AMD also announced a specific line of chips specifically for this use case and this is really really good news at least for because while arm was pretty much the only anything that could guarantee great battery life with nice power like what Apple silicon does arm chips are way harder to support and manufacturers generally don't really open their specs up so writing drivers for each arm CPU on Linux could have been a real nightmare but if x86 can catch up or even surpass the armed CPUs that are let's say Flagship style for Apple silicon then we don't need arm at all we can just keep our nice driver support and everything is fine it looks like Microsoft still has not learned its lesson in terms of abuse of dominant position as it moves to shove Edge down the throats of even more users they recently announced that links clicked in Outlook will now open in Edge by default this is obviously user hostile as it forces the use of a second browser onto users it bypasses their personal preferences and it will use more resources on your PC because you have two browsers open now you know Microsoft there is a simpler way you could just disallow any other browser than Edge on windows at least that would be honest all these links will open accompanied by the original email in the sidebar in a sort of side-by-side view they will also bring this change to Microsoft teams to have your chat on a sidebar and the link in the main Edge window Microsoft says that they will let you revert the behavior to use your default browser instead but using Edge will still be the default and as we all know users do not change the default on top of that there's a Windows update that broke a chrome feature that let users make Chrome their default browser in one click and this was deliberate because renaming Chrome to something else fixes the issue so Microsoft hard-coded this bug to make sure people didn't have an easy way to change their default browser that's a really wonderful way of encouraging competition and winning on the merits of your own product I guess there's no one from the old Internet Explorer days that still works at Microsoft because they already did that like 15 years ago and they got fined for it and they had to stop so maybe someone needs to remind them of that the Linux Mint team has unveiled a few more details about what will be included in Linux Mint 21.2 it looks like it will be all about accent colors they already showed their new appearance selector that will let you set the accent color like what k 80 or Ubuntu offers but it looks like this color will also be used throughout the system now including in tool tips instead of the older yellow style and in system notifications and I'm not sure how well this will work with specific colors a bright glowing pink notification sounds like a pure recipe for needing eye surgery they'll also use symbolic icons to have a better visual Style on these notifications they also warned that an update from Ubuntu broke the compatibility of mint's isos with secure boot which means it has to be disabled for now they also continued working on warpinator which is a computer to computer file transfer app it now supports landlock and bubble wrap which ensure that warpinator cannot write anything outside of its dedicated download folder mint 21.2 should release in June and they also plan to release Linux Mint Debian Edition 6 soon after which will be based on Debian 12 which itself will be out in June and of course you can expect dedicated videos on the new version of mint and the new version of Debian on the channel indu now there's a new immutable Fedora spin-off coming called Fedora Onyx it comes with the budgie desktop by default and it's comparable to Fedora silver blue which is the immutable version of the regular photo recognom or fedorakinoite which is the immutable version of the KD spin of Fedora so if the proposal goes through Fedora Onyx will see its first version with the release of Fedora 39. in about 6 months and it comes from the inexhaustible Joshua Strobel who is the lead developer for budgie the resurrecter of solos and the instigator of the more classic Fedora budgie spin Onyx will use RPM os3 which is an image and package based system that lets you layer packages on top of a system image which will in turn create a new image you can boot on so you can still add packages to your otherwise immutable system that is mostly designed to run apps packaged as flat pack and if you're wondering why you would ever want a distro you have to reboot every time you install a new package it's for security basically you're supposed to use the system as is and if you need a virtual environment if you need a development environment or to run a specific app that is not packaged with flat pack they are distro box containers that lets you run any other system fully accelerated to run anything you want so more secure but you still retain all the options with a few Hoops to jump through in the gnome worlds this week developers have improved the column Chooser that you'll get in the file manager it uses newer controls it looks better and you can now change visible columns per folder or globally Loop the new image viewer that will probably become the default in Gnome soon now works better on mobile devices and there's a new app that lets you interact with AI chatbots called bavarde which is a French word that means to chat so nice this app lets you use chat GPT 3.5 Bai chat and more and you can just type a prompt get an answer and copy that to paste it somewhere else there's also an update to Flair the signal client which now has dynamically loaded content and you can now delete messages in it as well it's another relatively small week for Gnome but good stuff nonetheless now in the KDE World developers focused on bug squashing as they continue working on plasma 6 but there are also some nice visual improvements the most notable one is how you will interact with panel settings with a much better more visual choice to understand alignment visibility opacity or floating-ness on top of that discover will have a much better search feature putting more weight towards results where the name of the app matches your query rather than using the description and all other text results in the kickoff menu will now be ordered in the same way as in K Runner and annotations in the screenshot manager will have a visual hover outline to make it clearer that you can select them and they are the usual hundreds of bugs fixed this time 208 in one week and I really can't wait to have a solid beta of plasma 6 to get my hands on because it looks like a refinement to KD5 but it also adds a lot of usability improvements which is really nice and we also have the monthly recap of the changes in Elementary OS in April they focused on the mail client which should now better handle online accounts it fixes some crashes and it also will always open the compose window in a new separate window instead of in line with the email you're responding to this when window now has a flatter look as well the window manager now lets you use alt plus tilde to switch between Windows of the same app and they've laid down the groundwork to rebase on motor 44 which is the gnome compositor so this will add support for fractional and per display scaling on Wayland which also implies that Elementary OS will support Wayland in the future so that's nice the system settings now lets you choose to switch workspaces using hot corners and you can dim wallpapers in dark mode the onboarding app that opens at the first run of the system has been redesigned so each feature is now presented nicely with new icons and better typography and as always if you already use Elementor EOS you already got these updates and if you didn't just head over to the app center and install them and let's finish the video with the gaming news first we have the release of wine 8.7 which delegates parsing the shaders to vkd3d which makes sense as is the library that translates DirectX calls to Vulcan there are also 17 bugs fixed including for games like Street Fighter 4 Revolt 1207 shapes on the plane unravel or Final Fantasy XI online and the steam deck hit another Milestone this week at 9000 games rated as at least playable there are now almost 3 300 verified titles and more than 5700 playable ones with the number of unsupported games at almost 2 900. of course a lot more games haven't been tested by Valve at all and might run perfectly or not at all and in the unsupported games some will also run on any Linux computer they're just unsupported on the steam deck still that's a pretty big number of games that you can play while sitting on the toilet and this last sentence makes it impossible to smoothly transition to our sponsor if you use Linux and you need a new computer stop looking at devices that only support Windows click the link in the description below and get yourself something from tuxedo all of their computers ship with Linux pre-installed and they are designed and built to specifically support Linux so you know that if you install your distro everything will run fine and every piece of Hardware will be supported they have a big range that will cover every need and every price point and you can customize every device before you buy including your own logo your own keyboard layout or just picking specific parts and components and all the laptops are openable repairable and upgradable so if you need a new computer to run Linux on click the link in the description below and get yourself a tuxedo computer so thanks everyone for watching the video I hope you enjoyed it if you did don't hesitate to like to subscribe to turn on notifications to write a comment and if you didn't like it well as always that thumbs down button but do tell me why in the comments as well and if you really enjoyed the channel there are plenty of links in the description as well for you to support it from patreon Libra pay PayPal YouTube memberships YouTube things you know how it works so thanks everyone for watching and I guess you'll see me in the next one bye foreign [Music] [Music]

Linux based operating systems aren't perfect and yes you can quote me on that but that doesn't mean they're inferior to Windows or Mac OS as a matter of fact there are plenty of things that you can only do on Linux and not on these other operating systems So today we're going to take a look at the things Linux can do that Windows and Mac OS can't and if I missed anything let me know in the comments and I'll let you know about our sponsor thanks to linote for sponsoring this video linode is my favorite solution to run a Linux or gaming server it's what I use to run my own nexcloud instance and my own only office server the interface is super easy to use they are affordable they have tons of documentation online and they have one click Deployable servers for a ton of applications or games like pie hole pie hole is a DNS sinkhole that filters out requests to add serving domains basically it lets you block ads and improve Network performance it lets you actively monitor every DNS request made on your network and block requests as they come in and you can deploy it in one click only nodes so you can ensure I stay poor and to get you started linode is giving you a hundred dollars of free credit to get your own Linux server or gaming server running to get access to that just click the link into this description below so to begin with we have ultimate portability as in you can literally grab your hard drive or SSD from your computer plug it into another completely different PC and still enjoy a fully functional install with all your files applications and configs since the drivers for all the hardware Linux supports are in the kernel you don't depend on what the manufacturer has pre-installed on your computer and you don't have anything to install either when you move your disk to another PC okay maybe you'll need to install the NVIDIA drivers if your old PC didn't have an Nvidia GPU and your new one does but that's about it compare that to the experience on Windows where you would have to install the drivers for the new motherboard CPU Wi-Fi or Bluetooth adapter sometimes even ethernet adapter GPU and more your current Windows install might boot on a completely different computer but it won't be functional and chances are your license key will also not work because Microsoft knows your hardware and thinks you're just trying to cheat them from a juicy license and on Mac well you can't even remove the hard drive at all since it's soldered into the device in almost all of their computers and it has been that way for a long while it might seem like a stupid Advantage but it's really not it's invaluable time saved when you move to a new computer and if your current computer is also completely dead you have nothing to worry about the second thing is the ability to replace parts of your operating system with others that fit your needs better Windows and Mac OS are one size fits all operating systems they are designed to provide a good enough experience for everyone but this will never be as well suited to your needs Than A system that you picked and tweaked to your liking and again it might look use useless on paper but it's called a personal computer it cannot be personal if your operating system is the exact same as your neighbor even though your use cases are completely different so on Linux you can pick a distro that fits your needs out of the box but if even that isn't completely perfect you can replace components get another file manager get a different Window Manager change the init system so you have more control over how your computer starts and what it runs you can pick the file system that fits your needs best if you need a Workhorse without any fancy stuff X4 if you need automatic snapshots better FS or ZFS and if you think about it this modularity is the reason the steam deck runs Steam OS not Windows yes valve could have paid a Windows license for each of their steam decks the price would have been like 25 bucks higher all their competitors use Windows it's doable but valve understood it was better to have an OS tailor made for gaming even at the cost of not having a 100 game compatibility Aya Neo recognizes that as well as they're working on their own OS to replace windows on their handhelds and if Windows or Mac OS fit your needs perfectly then that's awesome but if it doesn't you'll have a much harder time making it fit to your exact use case than with Linux third we have the live USB or Live CD this is something only Linux based operating systems can do you slap a reasonably sized ISO onto a reasonably sized USB drive and you boot from it and you get a fully usable system not only can you try before you install which is crucial when you're deciding what will run on your PC but you can also have a distro that only runs through a live USB like Tails which means your whole system is in your pocket and you can boot it from any computer you want well as long as the BIOS hasn't been locked and you can access the boot order to make the computer boot on that drive and not on its own hard drive Windows does not have a live CD it's installed or nothing and Mac OS also doesn't have it although they don't care because you're not supposed to install Mac OS on anything else than a Mac and yes for Windows I know things like live 11 exist but they are not official they're very probably not legal at all as I'm pretty sure you're not supposed to redistribute modified Windows systems and I wouldn't try these tools on any computer of mine another big Advantage Linux has over Mac OS or Windows is its ability to run on Old Hardware like very old Hardware have you tried running Windows on a 10 year old computer or even older the latest still supported version of Windows good luck without spending time building a custom ISO to deep load the OS and crossing your fingers for drivers to exist for your old hardware and that specific version of Windows on a Mac it's even less doable the latest version of Mac OS supports at most the Mac Pro from 2013 and that was a very powerful expensive device when it's released in the UK they even tried to sell one of these 10 year old computers for 5 000 pounds refurbished and that was last week all other supported Macs are 9 years old or younger other than that you can't do it on Linux no problem bigger distro that's lightweight and Android your old computer like it was new you'll get patches security fixes the very latest applications if you want them and your system will run fine Linux will not transform a potato PC into a full-on AAA gaming computer but at least you can have the latest OS on a very old computer which you can't on Windows or Mac OS fifth thing you can do on Linux but not on Windows or Mac OS is driverless printer support on Linux printers are detected automatically and work out of the box no driver CD to try and fit in your computer that doesn't have a CD drive anymore no need to download anything from the internet you plug your printer in and you print or even better it's detected automatically over the network and then you print well unless your distro is open Soother because this apparently does not detect the printers automatically for some reason but everything else does not so on Windows you will need to install drivers to get anything resembling a good quality print or a scan either the manufacturer will have a CD in which case I hope you can use that or you'll have to hunt online through cryptic websites to find the exact model among 200 different ones that have almost the same serial number Mac OS might also work without installing specific drivers but the support is not as wide as what Linux offers in my experience they have something called AirPrint for Network printing but if the printer isn't compatible you'll need to install the drivers manually on Linux this is a huge Time Saver it's super easy super convenient and yeah other operating systems are just not as good on that front and you also avoid all the crappy software that printer manufacturers generally bundle with their drivers next is the well-known UI and ux customization Windows and Mac OS can not be customized visually not out of the box not more than light or dark theme and an accent color if you want to change the icons the general theme the layout of the desktop you can't if you want a taskbar on Mac OS and the start menu you can't if you want a global menu on Windows you can't and yes you can use third-party utilities but their gen generally paid they're often buggy they might be completely insecure and they will use resources on top of what the OS already provides because you can't really fully disable it with Linux all major desktop environments let you change how your system looks or Works yes even gnome with extensions and themes you can have a radically different experience than the default do you want your taskbar at the top of the screen with the menu on the right and the clock in the middle sure do you want to copy the Mac OS layout yep use KDE do you want to have a deconstructed top bar with completely independent items you can do it if you want a different theme for your desktop you can different icons different fonts different cursors anything you want and even if sometimes on Linux you will need to use a third-party tool they are all open source so you can be pretty certain that it doesn't do anything weird to your system or a lot of people would already have warned everyone body to stay away the Linux Community will warn you to stay away if an app writes logs that are more than 2 kilobytes because that's bloat so believe me if an app collects data or tries to hijack your system in any way you will know about it next is the absence of vendor lock-in on Linux you're free to move to anything else whenever you want once your distro is end of life and won't receive any patches you can upgrade for free to the next version or if you don't like that new version you can also just decide to change distributions entirely on Windows once your system is end of life you have to accept to use the new one and pay for it if you missed your shot at getting the free update before orb you can keep using your old system unsupported and have problems with it viruses Trojans and the like well I guess that's also a strong possibility even with the latest up-to-date version of Windows and on Mac OS you can decide not to update but you lose all the benefits of the new features of your other Apple devices which might get an update and does not work correctly with your older version of Mac OS and its older applications on Linux you can even buy extended support to keep a distro alive and patched even when the distros developer has abandoned it for example Ubuntu has Ubuntu Pro which is free for everyone up to five machines and will give you 10 years of support for Ubuntu LTS including 25 000 packages on Windows you don't get that and the software you might want to install will just stop supporting your OS entirely if you're on Windows 7 or 8 prepare to say goodbye to steam in early next year here but I guess you already said goodbye to Chrome this year so you're used to it now oh and there's more you can apply updates without rebooting your computer on most distros unless it's a kernel update and even for that there are live patching solutions that let you patch the kernel without rebooting you can also decide not to update at all if you want your OS will never force you on Linux you can install most of the software you want right out of the box without hunting for it online be it an application or library on Mac OS the Mac App Store doesn't have libraries and has very few apps and on Windows the Windows store doesn't either and sure you could use Homebrew on Mac or winget and chocolaty on Windows but they don't have nearly as much stuff as your average Linux distros repos they are not pre-installed and their command line only on Linux all of this can be done graphically or with the command line you decide and everything in the repos is actually maintained and supported by your distro which is not the case for these third-party tools on Windows or Mac OS if you want the best command line there is without having to install a subsystem or a third-party tool Linux is your only choice if you want to run your system without an antivirus you can own Linux you maybe also could on Mac OS but you better make sure you Don own download software outside of the official websites of the developers so there you go a nice list of things that Linux can do that other operating systems just can't and of course it doesn't mean that Linux is always better than Windows or Mac OS that's not the case so let me know what you think and what I missed in the comments but what I didn't miss is the inclusion of this segue to our sponsor if you need a new computer and you plan to run Linux on it maybe it's time to look at a manufacturer that actually makes devices that 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Linux based operating systems aren't perfect and yes you can quote me on that but that doesn't mean they're inferior to Windows or Mac OS as a matter of fact there are plenty of things that you can only do on Linux and not on these other operating systems So today we're going to take a look at the things Linux can do that Windows and Mac OS can't and if I missed anything let me know in the comments and I'll let you know about our sponsor thanks to linote for sponsoring this video linode is my favorite solution to run a Linux or gaming server it's what I use to run my own nexcloud instance and my own only office server the interface is super easy to use they are affordable they have tons of documentation online and they have one click Deployable servers for a ton of applications or games like pie hole pie hole is a DNS sinkhole that filters out requests to add serving domains basically it lets you block ads and improve Network performance it lets you actively monitor every DNS request 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you would have to install the drivers for the new motherboard CPU Wi-Fi or Bluetooth adapter sometimes even ethernet adapter GPU and more your current Windows install might boot on a completely different computer but it won't be functional and chances are your license key will also not work because Microsoft knows your hardware and thinks you're just trying to cheat them from a juicy license and on Mac well you can't even remove the hard drive at all since it's soldered into the device in almost all of their computers and it has been that way for a long while it might seem like a stupid Advantage but it's really not it's invaluable time saved when you move to a new computer and if your current computer is also completely dead you have nothing to worry about the second thing is the ability to replace parts of your operating system with others that fit your needs better Windows and Mac OS are one size fits all operating systems they are designed to provide a good enough experience for everyone but this will never be as well suited to your needs Than A system that you picked and tweaked to your liking and again it might look use useless on paper but it's called a personal computer it cannot be personal if your operating system is the exact same as your neighbor even though your use cases are completely different so on Linux you can pick a distro that fits your needs out of the box but if even that isn't completely perfect you can replace components get another file manager get a different Window Manager change the init system so you have more control over how your computer starts and what it runs you can pick the file system that fits your needs best if you need a Workhorse without any fancy stuff X4 if you need automatic snapshots better FS or ZFS and if you think about it this modularity is the reason the steam deck runs Steam OS not Windows yes valve could have paid a Windows license for each of their steam decks the price would have been like 25 bucks higher all their competitors use Windows it's doable but valve understood it was better to have an OS tailor made for gaming even at the cost of not having a 100 game compatibility Aya Neo recognizes that as well as they're working on their own OS to replace windows on their handhelds and if Windows or Mac OS fit your needs perfectly then that's awesome but if it doesn't you'll have a much harder time making it fit to your exact use case than with Linux third we have the live USB or Live CD this is something only Linux based operating systems can do you slap a reasonably sized ISO onto a reasonably sized USB drive and you boot from it and you get a fully usable system not only can you try before you install which is crucial when you're deciding what will run on your PC but you can also have a distro that only runs through a live USB like Tails which means your whole system is in your pocket and you can boot it from any computer you want well as long as the BIOS hasn't been locked and you can access the boot order to make the computer boot on that drive and not on its own hard drive Windows does not have a live CD it's installed or nothing and Mac OS also doesn't have it although they don't care because you're not supposed to install Mac OS on anything else than a Mac and yes for Windows I know things like live 11 exist but they are not official they're very probably not legal at all as I'm pretty sure you're not supposed to redistribute modified Windows systems and I wouldn't try these tools on any computer of mine another big Advantage Linux has over Mac OS or Windows is its ability to run on Old Hardware like very old Hardware have you tried running Windows on a 10 year old computer or even older the latest still supported version of Windows good luck without spending time building a custom ISO to deep load the OS and crossing your fingers for drivers to exist for your old hardware and that specific version of Windows on a Mac it's even less doable the latest version of Mac OS supports at most the Mac Pro from 2013 and that was a very powerful expensive device when it's released in the UK they even tried to sell one of these 10 year old computers for 5 000 pounds refurbished and that was last week all other supported Macs are 9 years old or younger other than that you can't do it on Linux no problem bigger distro that's lightweight and Android your old computer like it was new you'll get patches security fixes the very latest applications if you want them and your system will run fine Linux will not transform a potato PC into a full-on AAA gaming computer but at least you can have the latest OS on a very old computer which you can't on Windows or Mac OS fifth thing you can do on Linux but not on Windows or Mac OS is driverless printer support on Linux printers are detected automatically and work out of the box no driver CD to try and fit in your computer that doesn't have a CD drive anymore no need to download anything from the internet you plug your printer in and you print or even better it's detected automatically over the network and then you print well unless your distro is open Soother because this apparently does not detect the printers automatically for some reason but everything else does not so on Windows you will need to install drivers to get anything resembling a good quality print or a scan either the manufacturer will have a CD in which case I hope you can use that or you'll have to hunt online through cryptic websites to find the exact model among 200 different ones that have almost the same serial number Mac OS might also work without installing specific drivers but the support is not as wide as what Linux offers in my experience they have something called AirPrint for Network printing but if the printer isn't compatible you'll need to install the drivers manually on Linux this is a huge Time Saver it's super easy super convenient and yeah other operating systems are just not as good on that front and you also avoid all the crappy software that printer manufacturers generally bundle with their drivers next is the well-known UI and ux customization Windows and Mac OS can not be customized visually not out of the box not more than light or dark theme and an accent color if you want to change the icons the general theme the layout of the desktop you can't if you want a taskbar on Mac OS and the start menu you can't if you want a global menu on Windows you can't and yes you can use third-party utilities but their gen generally paid they're often buggy they might be completely insecure and they will use resources on top of what the OS already provides because you can't really fully disable it with Linux all major desktop environments let you change how your system looks or Works yes even gnome with extensions and themes you can have a radically different experience than the default do you want your taskbar at the top of the screen with the menu on the right and the clock in the middle sure do you want to copy the Mac OS layout yep use KDE do you want to have a deconstructed top bar with completely independent items you can do it if you want a different theme for your desktop you can different icons different fonts different cursors anything you want and even if sometimes on Linux you will need to use a third-party tool they are all open source so you can be pretty certain that it doesn't do anything weird to your system or a lot of people would already have warned everyone body to stay away the Linux Community will warn you to stay away if an app writes logs that are more than 2 kilobytes because that's bloat so believe me if an app collects data or tries to hijack your system in any way you will know about it next is the absence of vendor lock-in on Linux you're free to move to anything else whenever you want once your distro is end of life and won't receive any patches you can upgrade for free to the next version or if you don't like that new version you can also just decide to change distributions entirely on Windows once your system is end of life you have to accept to use the new one and pay for it if you missed your shot at getting the free update before orb you can keep using your old system unsupported and have problems with it viruses Trojans and the like well I guess that's also a strong possibility even with the latest up-to-date version of Windows and on Mac OS you can decide not to update but you lose all the benefits of the new features of your other Apple devices which might get an update and does not work correctly with your older version of Mac OS and its older applications on Linux you can even buy extended support to keep a distro alive and patched even when the distros developer has abandoned it for example Ubuntu has Ubuntu Pro which is free for everyone up to five machines and will give you 10 years of support for Ubuntu LTS including 25 000 packages on Windows you don't get that and the software you might want to install will just stop supporting your OS entirely if you're on Windows 7 or 8 prepare to say goodbye to steam in early next year here but I guess you already said goodbye to Chrome this year so you're used to it now oh and there's more you can apply updates without rebooting your computer on most distros unless it's a kernel update and even for that there are live patching solutions that let you patch the kernel without rebooting you can also decide not to update at all if you want your OS will never force you on Linux you can install most of the software you want right out of the box without hunting for it online be it an application or library on Mac OS the Mac App Store doesn't have libraries and has very few apps and on Windows the Windows store doesn't either and sure you could use Homebrew on Mac or winget and chocolaty on Windows but they don't have nearly as much stuff as your average Linux distros repos they are not pre-installed and their command line only on Linux all of this can be done graphically or with the command line you decide and everything in the repos is actually maintained and supported by your distro which is not the case for these third-party tools on Windows or Mac OS if you want the best command line there is without having to install a subsystem or a third-party tool Linux is your only choice if you want to run your system without an antivirus you can own Linux you maybe also could on Mac OS but you better make sure you Don own download software outside of the official websites of the developers so there you go a nice list of things that Linux can do that other operating systems just can't and of course it doesn't mean that Linux is always better than Windows or Mac OS that's not the case so let me know what you think and what I missed in the comments but what I didn't miss is the inclusion of this segue to our sponsor if you need a new computer and you plan to run Linux on it maybe it's time to look at a manufacturer that actually makes devices that 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hey everyone this is Nick and as always it's time for the Linux and open source news this week we have the new flat Hub redesign going live also with the addition of verified applications we have the Linux kernel version 6.3 with some big performance improvements and also some future performance improvements for Intel integrated gpus and we also have the EU launching their Digital Services act which will have a big impact on big web platforms which also apparently include Wikipedia like this video includes this segue to our sponsor this video is sponsored by lenote lenode is the only solution I use to run my own nexcloud server and my only office server as well it's a super easy solution to deploy basically anything you want in one click they have a huge Marketplace of applications you can host from next Cloud WordPress Drupal gitlab or grafana to gaming servers for Minecraft RX CS go rust valheim and more they take care of all the configuration for you all you have to do is click the 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check that the app is really what you're looking for coming from the official developers and not published by a third party this basically tells you the app hasn't been tampered with so if you trust the developers you can trust the app app pages also include a lot more information along the lines of what you would find in a graphical software store like discover organome software you get the download size the disk space usage once installed download numbers licenses links to various resources and more the new flat Hub also has a dark mode which I'm pretty sure didn't exist before it's a very cool redesign and having the ability to see which apps come from the original developers is an added layer of trust because well now you know that the application is not packaged by any render on the internet who might have added anything to the package and this redesign will also be the foundation on which flat Hub will build its payment system to let you buy apps or subscribe to apps depending on what the developers want to set as a price or donation Target if you want to know more about this specifically I have a video about it it's down there in the description or in the card up top the Linux kernel 6.3 is now out this update brings a better mitigation for the Specter flaws in AMD CPUs which should result in a smaller performance hit than the previous method that was used until now so expect AMD CPUs to get a small boost there are new drivers for arm and risk 5 power management NFS file systems now support encryption using AES sha2 X4 should also get a performance boost for i o operations and better FS gets a faster driver as well version 6.3 also brings support for a native steam deck controller interface and also support for the Logitech g923 Xbox edition racing wheel the 8-Bit do Pro 2 wireless controllers should work better and various Asus motherboards got support for sensor monitoring all the changes include support for rust code in user mode a driver for Realtek 8188 EU Wi-Fi adapters and for the Qualcomm 7 wireless chipset and it also adds support for hyper-v extended hyper calls on KVM older armboards also saw their code being removed since they were unmaintained and new drivers are in for various single board devices like the banner Pi R3 the banapai M2 Pro and the orange Pi R1 plus and if you had crappy ethernet speeds on your Linux computer over ethernet you might want to check if you have an Intel i219lm ethernet adapter because it turns out it ran at 60 percent of its Max Speed since version 5.8 of the kernel due to a driver regression 6.3 should fix that and give you the right speeds as always you should wait for your distro to package and release these kernels it's way safer and if you're not on an LTS distro this should happen relatively fast and I will definitely check on that ethernet speed boost because I have demonstrated in my windows vs Linux video that all my Linux computers run slower than Windows using ethernet speaking about drivers it looks like the Intel Graphics drivers for Linux are getting a big boost in performance up to plus 10 to 15 percent this regards the Intel i915 driver which runs most integrated Intel gpus on Linux apart from the XE Graphics the patch allows the thresholds for when the GPU changes power states to be changed in user space so either through a config utility or a config file currently these power states are fixed in the driver which means there's no way to get the GPU to stay alive longer and to stop trying to sleep too often various tests show almost 15 percent more performance in CS go using opengl and 13 more using Vulcan apparently Google Engineers that reported the initial issue would like to integrate setting these thresholds into game mode the little program that lets a full screen program take full priority on your CPU the newer XC Graphics or even the Intel dedicated gpus won't take advantage of that new patch so it's mostly for older devices which are the ones that will benefit the most from that boost anyway and it's always cool to see that on Linux with time your Hardware tends to get better and more performance even after it's not even produced anymore or sold from valve improving performance for AMD apus because they use one in the steam deck to those Intel driver updates you generally get a better experience as time goes on on Old Hardware which is pretty cool now let's talk about privacy and regulation because the EU now has adopted the day Digital Services act this thing will give big platforms four months to implement new content moderation transparency rules and protections for miners for example targeted Advertising based on profiling is now not allowed on children the Platforms in question are YouTube Google search the Google Play Store Google Maps Google shopping Facebook Instagram Amazon Apple's App Store Bing Tick Tock Twitter LinkedIn booking.com Snapchat Pinterest zalando and Wikipedia all because they have the largest online platforms with more than 45 million active users in the EU the Digital Services act looks pretty good in my opinion companies and services will need to be way more transparent on why you get recommended specific things and they will have to let you opt out of recommendation systems based on profiling they also should give users easy ways to report illegal content and platforms will have to process these requests in in a timely fashion all ads will have to be labeled and the terms and conditions will have to be worded in easily understandable plain language and these 19 platforms will also have to provide a risk assessment on how they plan to address the spread of this information and as always with EU regulations they look really good on paper but enforcement and application is another matter entirely generally they are not worded super well and so companies tend to try and find a loophole that's generally an issue that we've seen with the gdpr for example and also why is Wikipedia in there like none of these rules apply to it as a platform now there's a new release of the very interesting blend OS so that's blend os2 and I added it to my list of things to look at because it basically lets you run applications packaged for Arch Ubuntu and Fedora in the same environment on top of an immutable base so you can use apt dnf Pacman and yay to install install anything and these apps will run in distro containers so they don't get mixed and matched and they can't break your system and blendo S2 goes further as it now adds support for Android apps as well it uses way Droid to do so and you can install new Android apps from the Aurora store or F Droid Progressive web apps can also be installed and the blend OS Web Store will let developers submit web apps so they can be installed in One Click by users blend OS 2 also now includes the NVIDIA drivers out of the box and it comes with the latest gnome or KD desktops with almost no customization on top of that they moved from distro box to their own container implementation using podman with a bit of code used from distrobox for NVIDIA driver support you can also set a priority for containers so new apps will install to your favorite container first it looks like a very interesting distribution and I will definitely give it a shot soon because it looks exactly like what I want the ability to install anything from anywhere not wondering about which packaging format something is available in and having a rock solid immutable base now on The Gnome side of things this week we have a brand new app called snapshot being accepted into the gnome incubator which means it might end up part of the gnome core experience it's a new camera app that looks absolutely fantastic and lets you take pictures or videos on your computer or your phone it's already available on flat hub libadvaita also now supports break points which means developers can now change the layout of an app depending on the window size and aspect ratio instead of using automatic minimum size calculations Amber all the local music player has a new release as well with a mute button the ability to do background playback restoring playlists from the last session and small UI tweaks and Bug fixes and flat seal the app that lets you manage flat pack permissions now uses gdk4 and libid Vita it's a smaller week than usual for Gnome but still there are some interesting improvements I'm especially curious to see how app developers will take advantage of breakpoints to make sure their apps resize and look proper on various display sizes now Brave search no longer uses Bing results at all if you don't know about it it's a search engine made by Brave who also make the browser of the same name and it used to mesh Bing results with its own when it couldn't find anything relevant itself Bing represented seven percent of the query results and now it's been ditched entirely this makes Brave search one of the very few fully independent search engines that doesn't use anything from Big tech companies to get its result which is not only more private but also escapes the potential censorship they could apply to search results they still let you enable Google result mixing if you want them and on this Foundation Brave is also announcing an API for their search engine so developers or companies can use it to build their own products still it's good to have a fully independent search engine that doesn't depend on Google or Bing for its result because you never know if these will end up just shutting down the API because they could or if they might replace all of these results by AI powered ones which not everyone might want okay let's finish this with the gaming news and it looks like there's a new steam deck revision that has been spotted in the wild now don't expect the steam deck Pro or steam deck too it seems it's mostly moving components around and revising the whole heatsink and fan assembly the audio cable also no longer crosses over the battery which means it should be easier to disassemble the deck and replace that component this is all just leaked images for now so this new revision isn't out yet and potentially It could only change thermals on the deck for more sustained performance and small gains in battery life but it's still interesting to see valve iterating on the deck and finally there's a big new steam beta you can get for the desktop client it comes with a brand new overlay completely redesigned to access friends chat achievements guides a web browser and more you also get a Notes app that is synced in the cloud and that you can use to type notes about the game you're currently playing and you can pin things to keep seeing them over the game notifications also got a revamp and the screenshot manager is now much more usable the general interface with the store library and Community tabs is also redesigned and so are the menus of the app and best of all the whole steam desktop client is no Hardware accelerated on Linux just like it always was on windows so it should be way more responsive to get all these improvements and test things out just join the beta channel in the steam settings you will always be able to go back to the stable version if anything goes wrong and it's pretty cool to see valve making improvements to the steam desktop client and not just the Big Picture Mode that basically the interface for the steam deck so now all they need to do is make that Big Picture Mode work properly with NVIDIA drivers and I'll be happy just like I'm happy to tell you about our sponsor if you use Linux and you want to have the best possible experience when buying a new computer stop looking at devices that come with Windows pre-install there are options that come with Linux pre-installed and for which the components have been picked specifically so if you click the link in the description below you'll be taken to tuxedo's website which do exactly that they sell laptops and desktops 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open Souza is a distro that not many people talk about myself included but it gets brought up in the comments over and over again especially open to the Tumbleweed so at the end of March I installed it on one of my laptops and I've been daily driving it since then at least for all non-video editing related tasks because that's my livelihood and I'm not taking any risks with it and I can safely say that open through the tumblebee the best rolling release distro I've ever used but it also has some baffling issues so let's see how it went what makes Tumbleweed interesting and you can tell me in the comments if I missed anything or if I'm completely wrong about it but what I'm right about is today's sponsor this video is sponsored by tax care and you probably already know about Alma Linux the replacement to send to us it's free of charge it's managed by the community and it's backed financially by tax care well if you plan to run Alma Linux in production environments or if you already do now you can get commercial support from tux care as well with Alma care you get 16 years of support for Alma Linux with security updates and new hardware support so your Fleet is more stable maintenance costs are reduced and your Hardware can be used longer you will also get a dedicated repo for all Alpha Linux packages so you get updates faster it also includes live patching support so you can keep your kernel up to date without rebooting your systems and with zero downtime and of course you get commercial support for a wide range of packages like ansible kubernetes Maria DB and MySQL containers and more basically if you want to deploy Alma Linux in commercial production environments you need all my care and you can learn all about it by clicking the link in the description so what is Tumbleweed exactly it's a rolling release Linux distro so it gets updated continuously without having specific big new versions you have to upgrade to it's not bleeding edge it's what they call Leading Edge which seems to mean they'll give you recent versions of everything but they will test everything thoroughly through their own build service they actually test packages individually but also in various clusters to see if a complete system behaves normally basically it's a very stable rolling roll you might not get everything the day it comes out but you won't have to wait long and your system is basically Rock Solid and it also lets you roll back to a previous state in case something goes wrong during an update and it comes with the usual open Souza goodies like their own configuration tool just it uses RPM packages and it's available for x86 arm and power PC now let's talk about the installer because it's really different from every other one I used before now first you get a license agreement something that is rarely seen in Linux distros but I read it and there's nothing weird here it's just the regular we're not liable if you do something dumb kind of license you then get very complete network settings but they're not user friendly at all they don't detect Wi-Fi networks automatically you're not sure you're even connected to a network even after entering the password it's really not well designed compared to other installers on other distros now once you figure it out though you get access to online repos to get software that didn't fit on the iso or to install updates automatically it's a very verbose installer with plenty of steps that just show you the system doing its thing and telling you that it's doing it sounds exactly like what I'm doing right now to be honest is the open Susa installer coming from my my job okay then you get to pick the role of your system do you need a desktop with gnome plasma or xfce a generic desktop for a minimal install or a server you can also get other desktop environments from the repos like cinnamon mate LX cute or even just a window manager like I3 I went with gnome to begin with but I'll also take a look at what they did with Getty don't worry and we also won't spend too much time on that because it's a desktop it's not super interesting the installer offers an automatic partition layout which doesn't include a separate slash home partition unfortunately and it uses better FS as the default file system the guided setup for partitioning is very good though and does let you set up a slash home partition easily among other nice options now you then pick your time zone you set up your user account and you'll get a text recap of what you picked and you can proceed to install the distro it is far from the most user-friendly installer I ever use it's also not the worst but it's definitely not the best it's very complete it has tons of options for advanced installs but it can be pretty obscure at least it places its button in a logical regular usual emplacement I'm looking at you Fedora installer but open Soother Tumbleweed is one of the rare distros I installed using all its defaults that did not manage to give me a bootable system after rebooting and removing the USB drive it dropped me into a grub prompt and I couldn't boot anything not a great start I reinstalled it this time carefully picking my partition layout and this time it worked I feel that the defaults should have been picked better especially since it was just a wipe the whole disc and recreate your layout kind of thing it's not like I was trying to dual boot probably related to UEFI but I don't know now once I managed to boot the system I got a very vanilla gnome experience with drone 44 no extra tensions no themes it's the default experience and that's great there's a small welcome app that will let you access various online resources and documentation and that's it on KDE there's a tiny bit more customization applied with an open Souza logo as the menu and the title bars defaulting to the breeze classic look instead of the cleaner regular color scheme it doesn't depart from the base KD layout it's still super vanilla Tumbleweed comes with a lot of pre-installed software like Evolution Library office a few games tiger VNC transmission and of course they're just utility flat pack is pre-installed and flat Hub is enabled which is good but pre-installed apps and wallpapers and the like are just boring like you can change those super easily they really don't matter so let's talk about yast yast is a Control Center and setup utility that's been the main stay of open Sousa for years it lets you configure your system in depth way more than what the default settings in Chrome or KDE let you do now yes this clearly developed as a cute application because it looks a bit borked on gnome it doesn't resize properly the elements are weirdly placed it just looks weird but it's still absolutely usable on Getty it looks a bit more normal they probably should not try and theme it on gnomen just use the KD theme there so first yast lets you manage software you can add remove or edit software repositories and their gpg keys and you can install packages or apply patches this opens a very complete graphical package manager that reminded me of synaptic you can install libraries drivers whatever is not available in Chrome software or in discover and it's all RPM packages and you can use that tool to update pin a package to a specific version remove packages or search and install new ones it also lets you check dependencies so you can fix potential issues it looks complex on the surface but it's actually very easy to use and it's something that most regular distributions don't give you anymore like Ubuntu Fedora or mint you don't really have access graphically to the libraries you can install to the underlying packages so that's just a little bit more added power with a graphical interface and you still have the regular usual gnome software or discover if all you want is just to install an app yazt also lets you install what they call add-on products these things are more meant for companies and deployments in Enterprise settings like for example the Souza Linux Enterprise workstation extension that you could install the only thing I could add as a non-enterprise user was additional Community repos like one for NVIDIA drivers or decoding DVDs but just is also a super complete tool if you want to configure a lot of advanced settings graphically or if you're a system administrator yes lets you configure the bootloader adding kernel parameters graphically enabling secure boot or trusted boot with just one checkbox and even changing the options like the default system to boot on the grub timeout or setting up a password that's a really good graphical tool to have especially if you have multiple operating systems on the same computer yeah you the one that keeps the windows partitioned to play Destiny 2. I see you Kevin I know what you did you also get a services manager to let you enable or disable various services that run in the background much like what you would find on Windows having a graphical tool for that is great there's a CIS config graphical Editor to set up various variables related to your desktop Hardware window manager and more with detailed explanations of each variable and what it does and that's probably more useful for Enterprise where you might want to set up the exact same configuration on every single workstation or if you just need to quickly fix an issue by just using a variable and then there are security settings for app armor for configuring the firewall for hardening the system by disabling or enabling various features and settings and you can consult the logs all graphically you can also manage printers and scanners but the built-in tools for this are not great they look unnecessarily complex and they kind of reminded me of the various Windows XP era Wizards to configure Hardware my wireless printer was also not detected by yast for example when it was automatically recognized and added on every other distro I ever tried it's an HP printer and there's a run HP setup button so I click that only for it to tell me that a package needed to be installed and then it displayed an error message and didn't even try to let me install the package directly from there not the best user experience I ever had but no matter I installed the package using the yazt software manager and then running the HP setup it still could not detect my printer and The Gnome printer settings also failed to detect it turns out the firewall was configured to block printer related services and ports now sure you do get a ton more settings to share a printer set up a print server or choose policies to specify what the printer should do in specific cases that's all very useful but if you can't get your printer to work it sort of doesn't matter it's this printer over here and it always worked on every single distro I ever tried automatically it's connected through the network it was always detected without having to install any single package not so unopened Susan and then just has things I don't think I really needed anymore in a separate tool like the date and time settings the language settings the network settings the partitioning tool all of these have equivalents in the plasma organum desktops and as far as I can tell the yest utilities don't do more than the built-in tools and still just is kind of fascinating once I used it I started to wonder why desktop environments don't give users access to these configs or why there isn't a third-party tool to manage these these things are not crucial for most users but for Enterprise or just Advanced users that like to get into the nitty-gritty having these graphical tools is really fantastic now it also showed me there is still a graphical gap between Windows and Linux all these things are configurable graphically on Windows on Linux only open Souza ships that by default but on the other hand just's UI isn't great some settings are completely redundant with the desktop settings and some defaults are just not good like the firewall blocking Network printers it is a very powerful tool and I wish a lot of desktop environments try to imitate it or at least if they were a third-party tool that did that for every other distro but just seriously needs a big coat of Polish and ux work now Tumbleweed also comes with a few interesting things first you get a graphical better FS snapshot manager it lets you create or delete snapshots which you'll be able to restore to to revert your system to a usable State it's a very nice addition you also get a command line tool called Snapper which lets you clean up the snapshots view the differences between them and more now second Tumbleweed is a rolling release but it's a good one it doesn't just drop packages on you once they're available they perform a lot of testing on them you still get the latest kernels and drivers and packages which means you'll always be up to date but without stability issues in the few weeks I spent with the distro I had no problems whatsoever even after updates and sure a few weeks is not enough to know how well this row will hold up in the long run but I had no issues no problems getting updates no crashes no error messages telling me something crashed or closed unexpectedly and that's not something I can say even for a fresh install of Ubuntu or even Fedora open Souza also has a web portal to find and install applications you can access it from the Welcome app and it lists all applications for your distro clicking on the install button opens the default software store to install the app or you can download a ymp file that you can open from open Souza which will launch the just one click install tool and you might wonder what's the point when you already have a package manager and a graphical store well it's probably for Enterprise deployments you could download these super super tiny ymp files carry them around put them on every workstation you want to set up and execute them all with a script and they'll automatically pull the latest version of a package it's pretty cool so open Susa Tumbleweed is the best rolling release I ever use it basically killed my preconceived notion that rolling release distros cannot be as stable as fixed release distros and it's probably the best choice for anyone who likes to configure things in depth with graphical tools or for people looking to deploy workstations without specifically needing the Enterprise support having graphical tools to configure everything means you don't need the command line to fix issues which is really cool but it's also not perfect with a few baffling issues the installer not giving me a bootable system right there and then that's something I haven't seen in decades it might have been a fluke but it's still not good and as good as just can be it's also pretty dated with a lot of redundant modules and a user interface only your mother could love and yes I know I care too much about UI and ux and consistency and most people don't Tumbleweed is not the most user-friendly distro to install but it's really not hard either and and once you're in it's just as simple as anything else and it's a great choice for any beginner or Advanced user it is criminally underrated and I'm sorry it took me so long to finally take a look at it so I'll put it on my list of distributions to try once I'm tired of Fedora and gnome on my desktop and I want to move to KD at the moment Tumbleweed is on the top of that list just like our sponsor should be at the top of yours tuxedo makes laptops and desktops that come with Linux out of the box and if you're wondering what the advantage of this is well basically you know that when you buy by clicking the link in the description below you get a device that will run Linux all 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hey everyone this is Nick and as always it's time for the Linux and open source news this week we have the new flat Hub redesign going live also with the addition of verified applications we have the Linux kernel version 6.3 with some big performance improvements and also some future performance improvements for Intel integrated gpus and we also have the EU launching their Digital Services act which will have a big impact on big web platforms which also apparently include Wikipedia like this video includes this segue to our sponsor this video is sponsored by lenote lenode is the only solution I use to run my own nexcloud server and my only office server as well it's a super easy solution to deploy basically anything you want in one click they have a huge Marketplace of applications you can host from next Cloud WordPress Drupal gitlab or grafana to gaming servers for Minecraft RX CS go rust valheim and more they take care of all the configuration for you all you have to do is click the 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check that the app is really what you're looking for coming from the official developers and not published by a third party this basically tells you the app hasn't been tampered with so if you trust the developers you can trust the app app pages also include a lot more information along the lines of what you would find in a graphical software store like discover organome software you get the download size the disk space usage once installed download numbers licenses links to various resources and more the new flat Hub also has a dark mode which I'm pretty sure didn't exist before it's a very cool redesign and having the ability to see which apps come from the original developers is an added layer of trust because well now you know that the application is not packaged by any render on the internet who might have added anything to the package and this redesign will also be the foundation on which flat Hub will build its payment system to let you buy apps or subscribe to apps depending on what the developers want to set as a price or donation Target if you want to know more about this specifically I have a video about it it's down there in the description or in the card up top the Linux kernel 6.3 is now out this update brings a better mitigation for the Specter flaws in AMD CPUs which should result in a smaller performance hit than the previous method that was used until now so expect AMD CPUs to get a small boost there are new drivers for arm and risk 5 power management NFS file systems now support encryption using AES sha2 X4 should also get a performance boost for i o operations and better FS gets a faster driver as well version 6.3 also brings support for a native steam deck controller interface and also support for the Logitech g923 Xbox edition racing wheel the 8-Bit do Pro 2 wireless controllers should work better and various Asus motherboards got support for sensor monitoring all the changes include support for rust code in user mode a driver for Realtek 8188 EU Wi-Fi adapters and for the Qualcomm 7 wireless chipset and it also adds support for hyper-v extended hyper calls on KVM older armboards also saw their code being removed since they were unmaintained and new drivers are in for various single board devices like the banner Pi R3 the banapai M2 Pro and the orange Pi R1 plus and if you had crappy ethernet speeds on your Linux computer over ethernet you might want to check if you have an Intel i219lm ethernet adapter because it turns out it ran at 60 percent of its Max Speed since version 5.8 of the kernel due to a driver regression 6.3 should fix that and give you the right speeds as always you should wait for your distro to package and release these kernels it's way safer and if you're not on an LTS distro this should happen relatively fast and I will definitely check on that ethernet speed boost because I have demonstrated in my windows vs Linux video that all my Linux computers run slower than Windows using ethernet speaking about drivers it looks like the Intel Graphics drivers for Linux are getting a big boost in performance up to plus 10 to 15 percent this regards the Intel i915 driver which runs most integrated Intel gpus on Linux apart from the XE Graphics the patch allows the thresholds for when the GPU changes power states to be changed in user space so either through a config utility or a config file currently these power states are fixed in the driver which means there's no way to get the GPU to stay alive longer and to stop trying to sleep too often various tests show almost 15 percent more performance in CS go using opengl and 13 more using Vulcan apparently Google Engineers that reported the initial issue would like to integrate setting these thresholds into game mode the little program that lets a full screen program take full priority on your CPU the newer XC Graphics or even the Intel dedicated gpus won't take advantage of that new patch so it's mostly for older devices which are the ones that will benefit the most from that boost anyway and it's always cool to see that on Linux with time your Hardware tends to get better and more performance even after it's not even produced anymore or sold from valve improving performance for AMD apus because they use one in the steam deck to those Intel driver updates you generally get a better experience as time goes on on Old Hardware which is pretty cool now let's talk about privacy and regulation because the EU now has adopted the day Digital Services act this thing will give big platforms four months to implement new content moderation transparency rules and protections for miners for example targeted Advertising based on profiling is now not allowed on children the Platforms in question are YouTube Google search the Google Play Store Google Maps Google shopping Facebook Instagram Amazon Apple's App Store Bing Tick Tock Twitter LinkedIn booking.com Snapchat Pinterest zalando and Wikipedia all because they have the largest online platforms with more than 45 million active users in the EU the Digital Services act looks pretty good in my opinion companies and services will need to be way more transparent on why you get recommended specific things and they will have to let you opt out of recommendation systems based on profiling they also should give users easy ways to report illegal content and platforms will have to process these requests in in a timely fashion all ads will have to be labeled and the terms and conditions will have to be worded in easily understandable plain language and these 19 platforms will also have to provide a risk assessment on how they plan to address the spread of this information and as always with EU regulations they look really good on paper but enforcement and application is another matter entirely generally they are not worded super well and so companies tend to try and find a loophole that's generally an issue that we've seen with the gdpr for example and also why is Wikipedia in there like none of these rules apply to it as a platform now there's a new release of the very interesting blend OS so that's blend os2 and I added it to my list of things to look at because it basically lets you run applications packaged for Arch Ubuntu and Fedora in the same environment on top of an immutable base so you can use apt dnf Pacman and yay to install install anything and these apps will run in distro containers so they don't get mixed and matched and they can't break your system and blendo S2 goes further as it now adds support for Android apps as well it uses way Droid to do so and you can install new Android apps from the Aurora store or F Droid Progressive web apps can also be installed and the blend OS Web Store will let developers submit web apps so they can be installed in One Click by users blend OS 2 also now includes the NVIDIA drivers out of the box and it comes with the latest gnome or KD desktops with almost no customization on top of that they moved from distro box to their own container implementation using podman with a bit of code used from distrobox for NVIDIA driver support you can also set a priority for containers so new apps will install to your favorite container first it looks like a very interesting distribution and I will definitely give it a shot soon because it looks exactly like what I want the ability to install anything from anywhere not wondering about which packaging format something is available in and having a rock solid immutable base now on The Gnome side of things this week we have a brand new app called snapshot being accepted into the gnome incubator which means it might end up part of the gnome core experience it's a new camera app that looks absolutely fantastic and lets you take pictures or videos on your computer or your phone it's already available on flat hub libadvaita also now supports break points which means developers can now change the layout of an app depending on the window size and aspect ratio instead of using automatic minimum size calculations Amber all the local music player has a new release as well with a mute button the ability to do background playback restoring playlists from the last session and small UI tweaks and Bug fixes and flat seal the app that lets you manage flat pack permissions now uses gdk4 and libid Vita it's a smaller week than usual for Gnome but still there are some interesting improvements I'm especially curious to see how app developers will take advantage of breakpoints to make sure their apps resize and look proper on various display sizes now Brave search no longer uses Bing results at all if you don't know about it it's a search engine made by Brave who also make the browser of the same name and it used to mesh Bing results with its own when it couldn't find anything relevant itself Bing represented seven percent of the query results and now it's been ditched entirely this makes Brave search one of the very few fully independent search engines that doesn't use anything from Big tech companies to get its result which is not only more private but also escapes the potential censorship they could apply to search results they still let you enable Google result mixing if you want them and on this Foundation Brave is also announcing an API for their search engine so developers or companies can use it to build their own products still it's good to have a fully independent search engine that doesn't depend on Google or Bing for its result because you never know if these will end up just shutting down the API because they could or if they might replace all of these results by AI powered ones which not everyone might want okay let's finish this with the gaming news and it looks like there's a new steam deck revision that has been spotted in the wild now don't expect the steam deck Pro or steam deck too it seems it's mostly moving components around and revising the whole heatsink and fan assembly the audio cable also no longer crosses over the battery which means it should be easier to disassemble the deck and replace that component this is all just leaked images for now so this new revision isn't out yet and potentially It could only change thermals on the deck for more sustained performance and small gains in battery life but it's still interesting to see valve iterating on the deck and finally there's a big new steam beta you can get for the desktop client it comes with a brand new overlay completely redesigned to access friends chat achievements guides a web browser and more you also get a Notes app that is synced in the cloud and that you can use to type notes about the game you're currently playing and you can pin things to keep seeing them over the game notifications also got a revamp and the screenshot manager is now much more usable the general interface with the store library and Community tabs is also redesigned and so are the menus of the app and best of all the whole steam desktop client is no Hardware accelerated on Linux just like it always was on windows so it should be way more responsive to get all these improvements and test things out just join the beta channel in the steam settings you will always be able to go back to the stable version if anything goes wrong and it's pretty cool to see valve making improvements to the steam desktop client and not just the Big Picture Mode that basically the interface for the steam deck so now all they need to do is make that Big Picture Mode work properly with NVIDIA drivers and I'll be happy just like I'm happy to tell you about our sponsor if you use Linux and you want to have the best possible experience when buying a new computer stop looking at devices that come with Windows pre-install there are options that come with Linux pre-installed and for which the components have been picked specifically so if you click the link in the description below you'll be taken to tuxedo's website which do exactly that they sell laptops and desktops 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open Souza is a distro that not many people talk about myself included but it gets brought up in the comments over and over again especially open to the Tumbleweed so at the end of March I installed it on one of my laptops and I've been daily driving it since then at least for all non-video editing related tasks because that's my livelihood and I'm not taking any risks with it and I can safely say that open through the tumblebee the best rolling release distro I've ever used but it also has some baffling issues so let's see how it went what makes Tumbleweed interesting and you can tell me in the comments if I missed anything or if I'm completely wrong about it but what I'm right about is today's sponsor this video is sponsored by tax care and you probably already know about Alma Linux the replacement to send to us it's free of charge it's managed by the community and it's backed financially by tax care well if you plan to run Alma Linux in production environments or if you already do now you can get commercial support from tux care as well with Alma care you get 16 years of support for Alma Linux with security updates and new hardware support so your Fleet is more stable maintenance costs are reduced and your Hardware can be used longer you will also get a dedicated repo for all Alpha Linux packages so you get updates faster it also includes live patching support so you can keep your kernel up to date without rebooting your systems and with zero downtime and of course you get commercial support for a wide range of packages like ansible kubernetes Maria DB and MySQL containers and more basically if you want to deploy Alma Linux in commercial production environments you need all my care and you can learn all about it by clicking the link in the description so what is Tumbleweed exactly it's a rolling release Linux distro so it gets updated continuously without having specific big new versions you have to upgrade to it's not bleeding edge it's what they call Leading Edge which seems to mean they'll give you recent versions of everything but they will test everything thoroughly through their own build service they actually test packages individually but also in various clusters to see if a complete system behaves normally basically it's a very stable rolling roll you might not get everything the day it comes out but you won't have to wait long and your system is basically Rock Solid and it also lets you roll back to a previous state in case something goes wrong during an update and it comes with the usual open Souza goodies like their own configuration tool just it uses RPM packages and it's available for x86 arm and power PC now let's talk about the installer because it's really different from every other one I used before now first you get a license agreement something that is rarely seen in Linux distros but I read it and there's nothing weird here it's just the regular we're not liable if you do something dumb kind of license you then get very complete network settings but they're not user friendly at all they don't detect Wi-Fi networks automatically you're not sure you're even connected to a network even after entering the password it's really not well designed compared to other installers on other distros now once you figure it out though you get access to online repos to get software that didn't fit on the iso or to install updates automatically it's a very verbose installer with plenty of steps that just show you the system doing its thing and telling you that it's doing it sounds exactly like what I'm doing right now to be honest is the open Susa installer coming from my my job okay then you get to pick the role of your system do you need a desktop with gnome plasma or xfce a generic desktop for a minimal install or a server you can also get other desktop environments from the repos like cinnamon mate LX cute or even just a window manager like I3 I went with gnome to begin with but I'll also take a look at what they did with Getty don't worry and we also won't spend too much time on that because it's a desktop it's not super interesting the installer offers an automatic partition layout which doesn't include a separate slash home partition unfortunately and it uses better FS as the default file system the guided setup for partitioning is very good though and does let you set up a slash home partition easily among other nice options now you then pick your time zone you set up your user account and you'll get a text recap of what you picked and you can proceed to install the distro it is far from the most user-friendly installer I ever use it's also not the worst but it's definitely not the best it's very complete it has tons of options for advanced installs but it can be pretty obscure at least it places its button in a logical regular usual emplacement I'm looking at you Fedora installer but open Soother Tumbleweed is one of the rare distros I installed using all its defaults that did not manage to give me a bootable system after rebooting and removing the USB drive it dropped me into a grub prompt and I couldn't boot anything not a great start I reinstalled it this time carefully picking my partition layout and this time it worked I feel that the defaults should have been picked better especially since it was just a wipe the whole disc and recreate your layout kind of thing it's not like I was trying to dual boot probably related to UEFI but I don't know now once I managed to boot the system I got a very vanilla gnome experience with drone 44 no extra tensions no themes it's the default experience and that's great there's a small welcome app that will let you access various online resources and documentation and that's it on KDE there's a tiny bit more customization applied with an open Souza logo as the menu and the title bars defaulting to the breeze classic look instead of the cleaner regular color scheme it doesn't depart from the base KD layout it's still super vanilla Tumbleweed comes with a lot of pre-installed software like Evolution Library office a few games tiger VNC transmission and of course they're just utility flat pack is pre-installed and flat Hub is enabled which is good but pre-installed apps and wallpapers and the like are just boring like you can change those super easily they really don't matter so let's talk about yast yast is a Control Center and setup utility that's been the main stay of open Sousa for years it lets you configure your system in depth way more than what the default settings in Chrome or KDE let you do now yes this clearly developed as a cute application because it looks a bit borked on gnome it doesn't resize properly the elements are weirdly placed it just looks weird but it's still absolutely usable on Getty it looks a bit more normal they probably should not try and theme it on gnomen just use the KD theme there so first yast lets you manage software you can add remove or edit software repositories and their gpg keys and you can install packages or apply patches this opens a very complete graphical package manager that reminded me of synaptic you can install libraries drivers whatever is not available in Chrome software or in discover and it's all RPM packages and you can use that tool to update pin a package to a specific version remove packages or search and install new ones it also lets you check dependencies so you can fix potential issues it looks complex on the surface but it's actually very easy to use and it's something that most regular distributions don't give you anymore like Ubuntu Fedora or mint you don't really have access graphically to the libraries you can install to the underlying packages so that's just a little bit more added power with a graphical interface and you still have the regular usual gnome software or discover if all you want is just to install an app yazt also lets you install what they call add-on products these things are more meant for companies and deployments in Enterprise settings like for example the Souza Linux Enterprise workstation extension that you could install the only thing I could add as a non-enterprise user was additional Community repos like one for NVIDIA drivers or decoding DVDs but just is also a super complete tool if you want to configure a lot of advanced settings graphically or if you're a system administrator yes lets you configure the bootloader adding kernel parameters graphically enabling secure boot or trusted boot with just one checkbox and even changing the options like the default system to boot on the grub timeout or setting up a password that's a really good graphical tool to have especially if you have multiple operating systems on the same computer yeah you the one that keeps the windows partitioned to play Destiny 2. I see you Kevin I know what you did you also get a services manager to let you enable or disable various services that run in the background much like what you would find on Windows having a graphical tool for that is great there's a CIS config graphical Editor to set up various variables related to your desktop Hardware window manager and more with detailed explanations of each variable and what it does and that's probably more useful for Enterprise where you might want to set up the exact same configuration on every single workstation or if you just need to quickly fix an issue by just using a variable and then there are security settings for app armor for configuring the firewall for hardening the system by disabling or enabling various features and settings and you can consult the logs all graphically you can also manage printers and scanners but the built-in tools for this are not great they look unnecessarily complex and they kind of reminded me of the various Windows XP era Wizards to configure Hardware my wireless printer was also not detected by yast for example when it was automatically recognized and added on every other distro I ever tried it's an HP printer and there's a run HP setup button so I click that only for it to tell me that a package needed to be installed and then it displayed an error message and didn't even try to let me install the package directly from there not the best user experience I ever had but no matter I installed the package using the yazt software manager and then running the HP setup it still could not detect my printer and The Gnome printer settings also failed to detect it turns out the firewall was configured to block printer related services and ports now sure you do get a ton more settings to share a printer set up a print server or choose policies to specify what the printer should do in specific cases that's all very useful but if you can't get your printer to work it sort of doesn't matter it's this printer over here and it always worked on every single distro I ever tried automatically it's connected through the network it was always detected without having to install any single package not so unopened Susan and then just has things I don't think I really needed anymore in a separate tool like the date and time settings the language settings the network settings the partitioning tool all of these have equivalents in the plasma organum desktops and as far as I can tell the yest utilities don't do more than the built-in tools and still just is kind of fascinating once I used it I started to wonder why desktop environments don't give users access to these configs or why there isn't a third-party tool to manage these these things are not crucial for most users but for Enterprise or just Advanced users that like to get into the nitty-gritty having these graphical tools is really fantastic now it also showed me there is still a graphical gap between Windows and Linux all these things are configurable graphically on Windows on Linux only open Souza ships that by default but on the other hand just's UI isn't great some settings are completely redundant with the desktop settings and some defaults are just not good like the firewall blocking Network printers it is a very powerful tool and I wish a lot of desktop environments try to imitate it or at least if they were a third-party tool that did that for every other distro but just seriously needs a big coat of Polish and ux work now Tumbleweed also comes with a few interesting things first you get a graphical better FS snapshot manager it lets you create or delete snapshots which you'll be able to restore to to revert your system to a usable State it's a very nice addition you also get a command line tool called Snapper which lets you clean up the snapshots view the differences between them and more now second Tumbleweed is a rolling release but it's a good one it doesn't just drop packages on you once they're available they perform a lot of testing on them you still get the latest kernels and drivers and packages which means you'll always be up to date but without stability issues in the few weeks I spent with the distro I had no problems whatsoever even after updates and sure a few weeks is not enough to know how well this row will hold up in the long run but I had no issues no problems getting updates no crashes no error messages telling me something crashed or closed unexpectedly and that's not something I can say even for a fresh install of Ubuntu or even Fedora open Souza also has a web portal to find and install applications you can access it from the Welcome app and it lists all applications for your distro clicking on the install button opens the default software store to install the app or you can download a ymp file that you can open from open Souza which will launch the just one click install tool and you might wonder what's the point when you already have a package manager and a graphical store well it's probably for Enterprise deployments you could download these super super tiny ymp files carry them around put them on every workstation you want to set up and execute them all with a script and they'll automatically pull the latest version of a package it's pretty cool so open Susa Tumbleweed is the best rolling release I ever use it basically killed my preconceived notion that rolling release distros cannot be as stable as fixed release distros and it's probably the best choice for anyone who likes to configure things in depth with graphical tools or for people looking to deploy workstations without specifically needing the Enterprise support having graphical tools to configure everything means you don't need the command line to fix issues which is really cool but it's also not perfect with a few baffling issues the installer not giving me a bootable system right there and then that's something I haven't seen in decades it might have been a fluke but it's still not good and as good as just can be it's also pretty dated with a lot of redundant modules and a user interface only your mother could love and yes I know I care too much about UI and ux and consistency and most people don't Tumbleweed is not the most user-friendly distro to install but it's really not hard either and and once you're in it's just as simple as anything else and it's a great choice for any beginner or Advanced user it is criminally underrated and I'm sorry it took me so long to finally take a look at it so I'll put it on my list of distributions to try once I'm tired of Fedora and gnome on my desktop and I want to move to KD at the moment Tumbleweed is on the top of that list just like our sponsor should be at the top of yours tuxedo makes laptops and desktops that come with Linux out of the box and if you're wondering what the advantage of this is well basically you know that when you buy by clicking the link in the description below you get a device that will run Linux all 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Linux is 32 years old or at least it will be in a few months and during this long history there have been a lot of defining moments but also a lot of defining projects so today we'll look at some of the most influential projects that helped make Linux the awesome thing it is today and of course these are just the projects I could think of if you have others in mind write me a nice comment just like I wrote you a nice little poem no just kidding it's a segue to our sponsor this video is sponsored by linode lenode is the only solution I use to run my own nexcloud server and my only office server as well it's a super easy solution to deploy basically anything you want in one click they have a huge Marketplace of applications you can host from nexcloud WordPress Drupal gitlab or grafana to gaming servers for Minecraft RX CS go rust valheim and more they take care of all the configuration for you all you have to do is click the thing you want to deploy fill in a few details and your server is up and running and once everything is live it's still super easy to manage your servers to upgrade or downgrade them add some storage back them up and get help if you're stuck I've been using linode for years now and I can only recommend them if you want to give them a shot click the link in the description below and you'll get a hundred dollars of free credits to get started and we can't begin this video with anything other than new which is a core part of all our Linux based operating systems well most of them yeah some Linux distributions don't use the new tools like Alpine Linux but most do the gnu project was started by Richard stallman all the way back in 1985. with the main goal of promoting free software and providing an alternative to proprietary software that was spreading like wildfire gnome means new is not Unix which is one of these weird recursive acronyms that will make your head hurt if you think too much about it while gnu was on point for the operating system related tools like a c compiler text editor email program and a lot more they basically had Rewritten all the components Unix had they definitely did not manage to make a usable kernel the part that actually lets the tools you have access to interact with the hardware gnu heard never took off and even today it sees a fraction of the contributions Linux has and it's definitely not usable by most people but the fusion of gnu and Linux gave us what we use today Linux needed some operating system tools and gnu needed a kernel so it was a match made in heaven they both shared the same approach to software believing that it should be shared openly so people can contribute redistribute modify fork and generally make software their own something embodied by the GPL the new general public license which makes all these three dumps available but also prevents ill intention actors from taking the code and making it proprietary in their own products and that's why technically we should say gnu Linux or New Linux instead of just Linux they both are important parts of the US but this ship has sailed a long time ago and at that point why not also add X11 or Wayland systemd no mercury into the mix they're equally as important now slackware is not the very first Linux distribution that was created this honor goes to an unnamed one distributed on two floppies by h.j Liu but slackware is the oldest Linux distribution that still exists today it started a mere two years after the initial publication of the Linux kernel and it had about 80 percent market share up until the mid 1990s but that shouldn't really matter because it's not that popular today right so what was its contribution to Linux exactly well it's the distro that put Linux on the radar for people who were tired of Unix I won't go over the Unix Wars again I already made a video about how Linux supplanted Unix it's linked in the description below but slackware was the first credible alternative to using one of the multiple of Unix versions on a server and people noticed it was stable it was reliable and it followed the Unix principles closely and today slackware is pretty much the same as it was back then it never caved to package managers that handle dependencies or to graphical installers or systemd it's meant for users who make a decision on every little thing and don't want any simplification of anything which is also why it's not a distribution that will appeal to everyone it's way more complicated to handle than your regular Ubuntu or Fedora but it's still alive today and it even got a release in Brazil Linux it was another Linux distro with its first Alpha version released at the very end of 1992 and what makes it special is the fact that it was the first to bring your Live CD to Linux something we take for granted today we slap an ISO onto a drive we boot from it we can try it out and see if things work but at the time this did not exist you had to install the distro before you could check how it worked for you idrisil really was the root of how we envisioned Linux in sales today and it even branched out into Fully live distributions like Tails but they must have been barking up the wrong tree because it seized operating in 2004 the four saps okay I'll stop with the treatment and I leave now and we also have to talk about x.org this thing is what powered the graphical part of Linux the visual elements you can interact with for most of its existence and it is still used by millions today even though Wayland is taking its place bit by bit yes yes it is Wayland is wonderful but also it lacks a few features that X has and had for most of its life X started in 1984 and it works on a client and server model with the client being what draws the shapes on your screen and the server communicating with the graphics card and display and sending instructions to the client or the clients linux.in using x.org they're known as x386 in 1994. without x386 or x.org as it became known after a bunch of splitting forking merging and whatever else it was a mess without it we probably would not have had Linux as we know it today because developers would have had to write a complete display server from scratch which would probably have taken a lot of time and Linux might have missed its shot now we also have red hat and Souza and I'm loving these two distributions in the same category because their influence is the same they were the first commercial Linux distributions that proved that yes you could combine open source and making money and yes Linux could be a successful product red Hat's first version was published in 1995 and it brought with it the RPM packaging format which was pretty much the de facto standard until Ubuntu took the World by storm and popularized the Debian packaging format back when I started with Linux in 2006 it was not uncommon to only find RPM packages and almost no dab packages because Ubuntu wasn't as well known and Debian was pretty small compared to red hat or Souza which both used RPMs and at the time you had alien which lets you convert an RPM into a dab and generally make a mess of your system in the process Souza had its first version in 1994 and brought yast for yet another setup tool both installer and configuration tool that made Souza a lot easier to handle than what was available at the time Souza quickly moved to the RPM packaging system as well so you see there was a time where Linux had an almost UNIF defied and coherent packaging system nowadays Souza has a revenue of a bit less than 700 million dollars and 2300 employees and red Hat's Revenue was 3.4 billion dollars in 2018 and was bought by IBM for 34 billion in 2019 and without these two distributions I am pretty sure that Linux would never have managed to reach the market share it has on servers nowadays because for companies having Services support and Commercial options is crucial and on the other side of the fence is Debian an old distribution dating from 1993 and that of course still exists today and it's not a commercial entity even today all while being a big name in the Linux World debian's contribution to Linux is the living embodiment of the principles of Open Source free software and the community everything in Debian is community run from the infrastructure the direction the project goes in package maintainers documentation everything is done by community members and voted on by them it's the ultimate communist Linux distro everything is owned and run by the community itself see communism isn't a bad word another big contribution to Linux as we know it from Debian is well Debian itself Debian is the base for a lot of the most popular distributions these days Ubuntu that's Debian based Kali Linux Debian mint it has a Debian based version and indirectly all the ubuntu-based distributions are also inheriting from Debian so without Debian we probably would not have mint zorian Elementary OS pop OS and the like and speaking of Ubuntu it might not be the Paragon of the Linux desktop it once was but when it was introduced it was a small Revolution it was a Linux distribution for everyone not for computer enthusiasts they completely flipped the script and decided to make something that anyone could install use and keep using instead of assuming that the only people who would even use Linux were nerds and wouldn't need help configuring anything and I mean I'm very obviously a nerd I make videos on YouTube about Linux and I'm proud of it but I also really like Simplicity and yeah Ubuntu nailed it Ubuntu had fantastic Hardware support graphical utilities for everything they worked hand in hand with gnome to make this desktop more usable and more user-friendly every new version brought improvements and big ones not small changes it just worked and it was compatible with Debian packages which didn't hurt and they really focused on making the desktop great and a lot of these initiatives didn't pan out like the Ubuntu One Cloud syncing solution which was awesome or the unity desktop which still survives but isn't official but these initiatives still helped make the Linux desktop move forward Ubuntu showed that Linux could be for everyone when most other distributions never really targeted the general public or never really focused on the user experience nowadays of course I would argue that Ubuntu has been largely surpassed by Linux Mint Papo as zorinoz and a few other distros that make using Linux a breeze but these three distros they wouldn't exist without Ubuntu another hugely influential project that made Linux wonderful is wine wine is the compatibility layer that lets you run Windows programs on Linux not through emulation or through virtual machines but with a direct open source re-implementation of the windows apis that were painstakingly reverse engineered over the course of 30 years basically it takes Windows calls and translate them into calls that are Linux based operating systems can understand and execute and wine stands for wine is not an emulator which yeah it's another one of these things wine is a very important project because without it proton wouldn't exist gaming on Linux virtually wouldn't exist either and the steam deck would never have been a success or maybe would never have been introduced at all because proton is based on wine and while it is enriched with other projects like dxvk or vkd3d that translate graphical instructions into instructions Vulcan can understand the very base of proton the thing that runs the launchers the game and your cracked exes as well you little thief that thing is wine and it's insane if you think about it because while wine can't run all windows programs especially the bigger ones like Photoshop office and the like its compatibility is insane when you realize that it's been developed from scratch they basically rewrote the underlying Foundation of Windows not too shabby and definitely a very strong influence on Linux Linux gaming would not exist today without wine so there you go nine super influential projects that helped shape Linux into the Fantastic operating system we love and use today and if you have other super important projects that I forgot let me know down there in the comments and I look at it after you look at our sponsor if you're in the market for a computer replacement and you plan to run Linux on it maybe it's time to stop buying Windows devices and hoping that Linux will run fine on them maybe it's time to buy Hardware that was designed specifically for Linux from our sponsor tuxedo tuxedo is based in Germany but they ship to most countries in the world and they have a big range of devices that should cover every need and every price point whether you're looking for a laptop or a desktop for something affordable or something Ultra powerful for something for gaming or workstation they have it all all the devices are very customizable very configurable and all the laptops are openable repairable and upgradable including the battery the ram the SSD and sometimes even the wild less card so if you need a new computer don't buy your windows one click the link in the description below and buy something from tuxedo so thanks everyone for watching the video I hope you enjoyed it if you did don't hesitate to like to subscribe to turn on notifications to write a comment and if you didn't well I guess there's always that dislike button and the comment section to tell me why everything sucks and if you really enjoyed the channel and you want to help support it there are plenty of links in the description below for Libra pay patreon YouTube memberships YouTube thanks and PayPal and the like you know what to do so thanks for watching and I guess you'll see me in the next one bye [Music] thank you [Music] [Music] foreign

Linux is 32 years old or at least it will be in a few months and during this long history there have been a lot of defining moments but also a lot of defining projects so today we'll look at some of the most influential projects that helped make Linux the awesome thing it is today and of course these are just the projects I could think of if you have others in mind write me a nice comment just like I wrote you a nice little poem no just kidding it's a segue to our sponsor this video is sponsored by linode lenode is the only solution I use to run my own nexcloud server and my only office server as well it's a super easy solution to deploy basically anything you want in one click they have a huge Marketplace of applications you can host from nexcloud WordPress Drupal gitlab or grafana to gaming servers for Minecraft RX CS go rust valheim and more they take care of all the configuration for you all you have to do is click the thing you want to deploy fill in a few details and your server is up and running and once everything is live it's still super easy to manage your servers to upgrade or downgrade them add some storage back them up and get help if you're stuck I've been using linode for years now and I can only recommend them if you want to give them a shot click the link in the description below and you'll get a hundred dollars of free credits to get started and we can't begin this video with anything other than new which is a core part of all our Linux based operating systems well most of them yeah some Linux distributions don't use the new tools like Alpine Linux but most do the gnu project was started by Richard stallman all the way back in 1985. with the main goal of promoting free software and providing an alternative to proprietary software that was spreading like wildfire gnome means new is not Unix which is one of these weird recursive acronyms that will make your head hurt if you think too much about it while gnu was on point for the operating system related tools like a c compiler text editor email program and a lot more they basically had Rewritten all the components Unix had they definitely did not manage to make a usable kernel the part that actually lets the tools you have access to interact with the hardware gnu heard never took off and even today it sees a fraction of the contributions Linux has and it's definitely not usable by most people but the fusion of gnu and Linux gave us what we use today Linux needed some operating system tools and gnu needed a kernel so it was a match made in heaven they both shared the same approach to software believing that it should be shared openly so people can contribute redistribute modify fork and generally make software their own something embodied by the GPL the new general public license which makes all these three dumps available but also prevents ill intention actors from taking the code and making it proprietary in their own products and that's why technically we should say gnu Linux or New Linux instead of just Linux they both are important parts of the US but this ship has sailed a long time ago and at that point why not also add X11 or Wayland systemd no mercury into the mix they're equally as important now slackware is not the very first Linux distribution that was created this honor goes to an unnamed one distributed on two floppies by h.j Liu but slackware is the oldest Linux distribution that still exists today it started a mere two years after the initial publication of the Linux kernel and it had about 80 percent market share up until the mid 1990s but that shouldn't really matter because it's not that popular today right so what was its contribution to Linux exactly well it's the distro that put Linux on the radar for people who were tired of Unix I won't go over the Unix Wars again I already made a video about how Linux supplanted Unix it's linked in the description below but slackware was the first credible alternative to using one of the multiple of Unix versions on a server and people noticed it was stable it was reliable and it followed the Unix principles closely and today slackware is pretty much the same as it was back then it never caved to package managers that handle dependencies or to graphical installers or systemd it's meant for users who make a decision on every little thing and don't want any simplification of anything which is also why it's not a distribution that will appeal to everyone it's way more complicated to handle than your regular Ubuntu or Fedora but it's still alive today and it even got a release in Brazil Linux it was another Linux distro with its first Alpha version released at the very end of 1992 and what makes it special is the fact that it was the first to bring your Live CD to Linux something we take for granted today we slap an ISO onto a drive we boot from it we can try it out and see if things work but at the time this did not exist you had to install the distro before you could check how it worked for you idrisil really was the root of how we envisioned Linux in sales today and it even branched out into Fully live distributions like Tails but they must have been barking up the wrong tree because it seized operating in 2004 the four saps okay I'll stop with the treatment and I leave now and we also have to talk about x.org this thing is what powered the graphical part of Linux the visual elements you can interact with for most of its existence and it is still used by millions today even though Wayland is taking its place bit by bit yes yes it is Wayland is wonderful but also it lacks a few features that X has and had for most of its life X started in 1984 and it works on a client and server model with the client being what draws the shapes on your screen and the server communicating with the graphics card and display and sending instructions to the client or the clients linux.in using x.org they're known as x386 in 1994. without x386 or x.org as it became known after a bunch of splitting forking merging and whatever else it was a mess without it we probably would not have had Linux as we know it today because developers would have had to write a complete display server from scratch which would probably have taken a lot of time and Linux might have missed its shot now we also have red hat and Souza and I'm loving these two distributions in the same category because their influence is the same they were the first commercial Linux distributions that proved that yes you could combine open source and making money and yes Linux could be a successful product red Hat's first version was published in 1995 and it brought with it the RPM packaging format which was pretty much the de facto standard until Ubuntu took the World by storm and popularized the Debian packaging format back when I started with Linux in 2006 it was not uncommon to only find RPM packages and almost no dab packages because Ubuntu wasn't as well known and Debian was pretty small compared to red hat or Souza which both used RPMs and at the time you had alien which lets you convert an RPM into a dab and generally make a mess of your system in the process Souza had its first version in 1994 and brought yast for yet another setup tool both installer and configuration tool that made Souza a lot easier to handle than what was available at the time Souza quickly moved to the RPM packaging system as well so you see there was a time where Linux had an almost UNIF defied and coherent packaging system nowadays Souza has a revenue of a bit less than 700 million dollars and 2300 employees and red Hat's Revenue was 3.4 billion dollars in 2018 and was bought by IBM for 34 billion in 2019 and without these two distributions I am pretty sure that Linux would never have managed to reach the market share it has on servers nowadays because for companies having Services support and Commercial options is crucial and on the other side of the fence is Debian an old distribution dating from 1993 and that of course still exists today and it's not a commercial entity even today all while being a big name in the Linux World debian's contribution to Linux is the living embodiment of the principles of Open Source free software and the community everything in Debian is community run from the infrastructure the direction the project goes in package maintainers documentation everything is done by community members and voted on by them it's the ultimate communist Linux distro everything is owned and run by the community itself see communism isn't a bad word another big contribution to Linux as we know it from Debian is well Debian itself Debian is the base for a lot of the most popular distributions these days Ubuntu that's Debian based Kali Linux Debian mint it has a Debian based version and indirectly all the ubuntu-based distributions are also inheriting from Debian so without Debian we probably would not have mint zorian Elementary OS pop OS and the like and speaking of Ubuntu it might not be the Paragon of the Linux desktop it once was but when it was introduced it was a small Revolution it was a Linux distribution for everyone not for computer enthusiasts they completely flipped the script and decided to make something that anyone could install use and keep using instead of assuming that the only people who would even use Linux were nerds and wouldn't need help configuring anything and I mean I'm very obviously a nerd I make videos on YouTube about Linux and I'm proud of it but I also really like Simplicity and yeah Ubuntu nailed it Ubuntu had fantastic Hardware support graphical utilities for everything they worked hand in hand with gnome to make this desktop more usable and more user-friendly every new version brought improvements and big ones not small changes it just worked and it was compatible with Debian packages which didn't hurt and they really focused on making the desktop great and a lot of these initiatives didn't pan out like the Ubuntu One Cloud syncing solution which was awesome or the unity desktop which still survives but isn't official but these initiatives still helped make the Linux desktop move forward Ubuntu showed that Linux could be for everyone when most other distributions never really targeted the general public or never really focused on the user experience nowadays of course I would argue that Ubuntu has been largely surpassed by Linux Mint Papo as zorinoz and a few other distros that make using Linux a breeze but these three distros they wouldn't exist without Ubuntu another hugely influential project that made Linux wonderful is wine wine is the compatibility layer that lets you run Windows programs on Linux not through emulation or through virtual machines but with a direct open source re-implementation of the windows apis that were painstakingly reverse engineered over the course of 30 years basically it takes Windows calls and translate them into calls that are Linux based operating systems can understand and execute and wine stands for wine is not an emulator which yeah it's another one of these things wine is a very important project because without it proton wouldn't exist gaming on Linux virtually wouldn't exist either and the steam deck would never have been a success or maybe would never have been introduced at all because proton is based on wine and while it is enriched with other projects like dxvk or vkd3d that translate graphical instructions into instructions Vulcan can understand the very base of proton the thing that runs the launchers the game and your cracked exes as well you little thief that thing is wine and it's insane if you think about it because while wine can't run all windows programs especially the bigger ones like Photoshop office and the like its compatibility is insane when you realize that it's been developed from scratch they basically rewrote the underlying Foundation of Windows not too shabby and definitely a very strong influence on Linux Linux gaming would not exist today without wine so there you go nine super influential projects that helped shape Linux into the Fantastic operating system we love and use today and if you have other super important projects that I forgot let me know down there in the comments and I look at it after you look at our sponsor if you're in the market for a computer replacement and you plan to run Linux on it maybe it's time to stop buying Windows devices and hoping that Linux will run fine on them maybe it's time to buy Hardware that was designed specifically for Linux from our sponsor tuxedo tuxedo is based in Germany but they ship to most countries in the world and they have a big range of devices that should cover every need and every price point whether you're looking for a laptop or a desktop for something affordable or something Ultra powerful for something for gaming or workstation they have it all all the devices are very customizable very configurable and all the laptops are openable repairable and upgradable including the battery the ram the SSD and sometimes even the wild less card so if you need a new computer don't buy your windows one click the link in the description below and buy something from tuxedo so thanks everyone for watching the video I hope you enjoyed it if you did don't hesitate to like to subscribe to turn on notifications to write a comment and if you didn't well I guess there's always that dislike button and the comment section to tell me why everything sucks and if you really enjoyed the channel and you want to help support it there are plenty of links in the description below for Libra pay patreon YouTube memberships YouTube thanks and PayPal and the like you know what to do so thanks for watching and I guess you'll see me in the next one bye [Music] thank you [Music] [Music] foreign

hey everyone this is Nick and it's distro week again apparently because we have the release of Ubuntu 223.04 and all its official variants we have the release of Fedora 38 which I promptly upgraded to on my laptop and we also have a bold plan to revive solos which apparently isn't dead at all and we also have some big big updates to KDE gear the compilation of KD apps including a lot of new ones and nice updates to the existing ones and we also have this update from our sponsor this video is sponsored by Chasm workspaces a fantastic tool to stream operating systems desktops and apps straight to your browser they just released version 1.13 which adds a workspace registry for installing and sharing open source container-based images including the Linux server.io collection of web desktops that are now streamed using Chasm VNC additional updates include enhanced Mobile support with Progressive web apps and you can now stop or pause workspaces to restore them later the chasm workspaces Community Edition can be self-hosted but they also have a cloud service if you prefer so to learn more about Chasm workspaces click the link in the description both Ubuntu 223.04 and Fedora 38 were released this week both bringing gnome 44 and its various legibility improvements to the Quick Settings the ability to quickly connect to previously paired Bluetooth devices thumbnails in the file picker a real tree view in the file manager the ability to disable Mouse acceleration and overlay scroll bars better Mouse and touchpad settings revamped accessibility preference panels support for wireguard vpns a slightly redesigned lock screen and more Fedora keeps gnome as vanilla as possible and Ubuntu added their own brand new installer which looks better and is faster but removes ZFS support they also added badges on dock icons when an open app has an open notification all official Ubuntu flavors have also been updated with the biggest changes lying in kubuntu which jumps two full KDE versions from 5.25 to 5.27 X Ubuntu is getting the latest version of xfce and Ubuntu budgie is moving up to budgie 10.7 Ubuntu cinnamon and unity are now also official flavors and they have their 23.04 version as well I have a dedicated video on Ubuntu 223.04 I left a link to it in the description and in the card up top I personally made the update to Fedora 38 on my laptop I had two issues two extensions not working well but apparently you can just modify the version in their manifest so they run and DaVinci resolved not working which I solve by removing the old libraries it tries to use which don't match with the system's versions now it looks like solos might have some life left in it after all the day before I posted the previous news video they posted a quick recap on Reddit which I unfortunately missed and Joshua's trouble who had previously left Solas now has posted a full-on blog post on the official solos Blog the gist of it is that they now moved the infrastructure they couldn't access anymore to the one used by serpent OS the distro built by the initial creator of Solus aikidoherty so things are now back online as much as they can be and operations will be able to resume on top of that they announced plans to reorganize how the destroys run and communicates and how they will update the distro Solace 4 will still see updates notably a new OS installer a better software Center integration with steam and more and to start moving forwards again they work on solos 5 as well this version will be rebased on serpent OS another from scratch distro which is currently in development and has no stable release the goal is to have a high performance base and to avoid duplicating efforts so eopkg the package manager of Solus will be replaced by Moss which is the package manager for serpent OS just like the build system the development Hub and the binary package manager will use serpent os's Alternatives this should leave more time to focus on package updates testing stability and serpent OS on the other hand gets a more large-scale base to test their tools it also means that Solas will be an atomic and immutable operating system and will have the ability to have a Solus user repository much like what the Aur is this is all pretty exciting and I hope it can generate more excitement for solos as a distro but these changes for solos 5 are huge and I'm not sure the whole soulless Community will agree with them or will follow the distro through this plan still for now it's just a plan so we'll have to see how well it pans out in the future now KD gear just got its 23.04 update and the collection is now joined by a bunch of new apps that matured over the course of the past few years or months they are stokodon the Mastodon client which now lets you view previous messages when you're replying to them and has a dedicated search page to let you find specific posts it also lets you configure a proxy before logging into your Mastodon account and it lets you access follow requests they also added audio tube which is a YouTube music client that lets you search create playlists share links to songs and also looks pretty damn good while doing all of that neochat is a matrix client that has a compact layout video playback controls the ability to edit messages in line and good keyboard navigation and all three apps are adaptive which means they work well on desktops and mobile devices as well and of course there are also updates to apps that were already part of the compilation spectacle the screenshot tool now has a nice redesign with different tabs for screenshots or screen recordings and these Now work on Wayland as well it also has some very nice annotation tools that now work on the rectangle selection mode as well dolphin the file manager now lets you configure how permissions are shown in the details view numerically like 755 or with text like rwx or with both systems it will also let you browse Apple devices you plug into your computer and they've improved performance when calculating directory sizes go and view the image viewer will now let you use touchpad gestures to zoom in and out on Wayland and it can prevent sleep and screen lock when playing a slideshow in the foreground Elisa the music player now lets you collapse its giant header and it supports creating an opening.pls playlist files ocular the PDF viewer has a tweaked toolbar layout and now separates the view modes on the left and the tools on the right and you can also move that toolbar around or in the dark if you want Caden live also got an update with support for nested timelines that make it way easier to work on big projects and calendar has a much improved address book to complete its Stellar calendar and task management plasma tube the YouTube player now accesses videos from nvidious so ads and trackers are blocked by default cast the podcast client can be minimized to the system tray and lets you change playback speed for each show and you can search for your list of podcasts which hopefully includes the Linux and open source news podcast I create each week which complements nicely this video with more topics and more in-depth coverage of each topic the link is in the description so very good updates to the KD gear compilation you'll get that automatically depending on how your distro releases feature updates to the various applications you use now as per gnome it looks like their new image viewer Loop is now complete enough to become the core gnome image viewer at least in terms of features their next step is to polish it tackling bugs and the like Loop is a pretty great app with support for touchpad gestures to navigate and zoom printing images ICC column profiles and is capable of rendering a lot of different image formats including SVG plus the ability to view multiple images and drag and drop support now on top of that authenticator now supports backing up your authentication data in the free OTP plus format and it lets you import an image containing a QR code to add a new account developers also worked on adding Chromecast support for the gnome Network displays feature this will land in Gnome 45 and you'll then be able to cast your PC to any Chromecast device there's also a new app called Dyno which is a chat and video call app now available on flat Hub tubeconverter now lets you set download speed limits or lets you use rer 2 as the downloading backend the narrow the personal finance manager now has a notes field to add information to transactions and you can choose to only export filtered transactions fast the mobile shell can now handle emergency calls either from a contacts list or using a numpad and graphs got a huge update with a complete UI overhaul a plot editor that can save various styles to reuse them later the ability to save project effects in a single file better clipboard integration and plenty of bug fixes so yet another week where the gnome app ecosystem continues to impress now seriously how good do we have it with the KD and The Gnome apps we have today they're insane Reddit is a very popular platform or popular enough at least that has been used to train a lot of AI tools which probably have learned from it to be sassy and to harass people for no reason still this use seems to have been the Catalyst for a change in reddit's API that will now be behind a paywall at least for actors that need higher usage limits and more rights to the content posted there the API will apparently stay open for what they call reasonable and appropriate use cases which is very vague but probably includes third-party Reddit clients and apps the API has been free since 2008 and the changes will take effect in two months Reddit States it won't impact moderation Bots or extensions and that they're building more moderation tools to help the community manage itself this obviously reminds me of the recent similar move Twitter made except Reddit will keep its access free of charge for some use cases that they want people in advance and that they didn't shut down their API all of a sudden now of course unauthorized use of reddit's content might not have been the sole Factor as Reddit is preparing to go public and additional Revenue sources might boost the valuation as well and of course the fact that user contributed content is the property of the company that hosts it has always been a very weird thing to me but I guess that's how it is and they will definitely have to precise what are the reasonable use cases that they will allow but still I think they executed the move as well as could be done system 76 went into a product announcement frenzy this week with three new laptops the servo WS Adder ws and bonobo WS WS standing for workstation I presume the adder is a portable workstation coming with either a 15 or 17 inch 1080p display running at 144hz it has a 24 core Intel I9 CPU the latest Nvidia 40 series gpus up to a 4070 and up to 8 terabytes of storage and 64 gigs of ddr5 RAM it's a desktop replacement in short the Servall seems to use the same general specs as the other but can be specked up to a 4K display and has faster connectivity with 2.5 gig ethernet and Thunderbolt 4. and the bonobo is their most powerful laptop being able to fit an RTX 4080 or 1490 and coming with a 17-inch 4K display running at 144hz plus up to 12 terabytes of storage it's not available just yet and it seems to use the same chassis as the servo the other starts at 1600 US Dollars the servo at 1800 US Dollars and the bonobos price hasn't been revealed yet but I would estimate around two thousand dollars very interesting devices although as desktop Replacements they are not cheap but if you're looking for that kind of product and you live in Northern America system 76 is probably your best bet because every other Linux manufacturer will have big shipping fees and let's finish this with the gaming news valve just released proton 8 obviously based on wine 8. new officially supported titles include the Dead Space remake naio 2 forespoken Warriors Orochi 3 and a lot more they also fixed tons of issues with various launchers and a bunch of games like Tiny Tina's wonderlands The Witcher 3 life is strange remastered or Immortals Phoenix rising and they also improved multi-touch support and updated all the underlying libraries to the latest versions of dxvk vkd3d and the like it immediately received a minor update and a hotfix as well to fix a few compatibility problems and enable support for Minecraft Legends on the steam deck you will automatically get it through Steam or through your steam deck and you can set it as the default in the game's properties window and luteris has a new beta out to help you manage all your games in one place and it's a nice update with added support for using proton instead of being limited to wine and various modified versions of it this should improve game compatibility and the general experience quite a bit there's also a new integration for age.io performance improvements and the ability to use a specific preset when install setup.exe file like choosing Windows 98 or simulating a 3dfx card for example there are also plenty of smaller UI and ux improvements all over the app and looters can now install and run other flat pack applications which should make the experience on devices like the steam deck a lot smoother the beta is available as a Debian package for now or a bin file if you want to test things out and you're feeling adventurous and I think it's finally time that I gave Dead Space remake a shot on the steam deck maybe I'll be able to finish the game this time and not stop at the first encounter with the regenerator okay you can laugh at me if you want but you can't laugh at this segue to today's sponsor if you need a new computer and you want to run Linux on it and you don't want the hassle of trying to figure out how to make things work or not even take the risk of having something not 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hey everyone this is Nick and it's distro week again apparently because we have the release of Ubuntu 223.04 and all its official variants we have the release of Fedora 38 which I promptly upgraded to on my laptop and we also have a bold plan to revive solos which apparently isn't dead at all and we also have some big big updates to KDE gear the compilation of KD apps including a lot of new ones and nice updates to the existing ones and we also have this update from our sponsor this video is sponsored by Chasm workspaces a fantastic tool to stream operating systems desktops and apps straight to your browser they just released version 1.13 which adds a workspace registry for installing and sharing open source container-based images including the Linux server.io collection of web desktops that are now streamed using Chasm VNC additional updates include enhanced Mobile support with Progressive web apps and you can now stop or pause workspaces to restore them later the chasm workspaces Community Edition can be self-hosted but they also have a cloud service if you prefer so to learn more about Chasm workspaces click the link in the description both Ubuntu 223.04 and Fedora 38 were released this week both bringing gnome 44 and its various legibility improvements to the Quick Settings the ability to quickly connect to previously paired Bluetooth devices thumbnails in the file picker a real tree view in the file manager the ability to disable Mouse acceleration and overlay scroll bars better Mouse and touchpad settings revamped accessibility preference panels support for wireguard vpns a slightly redesigned lock screen and more Fedora keeps gnome as vanilla as possible and Ubuntu added their own brand new installer which looks better and is faster but removes ZFS support they also added badges on dock icons when an open app has an open notification all official Ubuntu flavors have also been updated with the biggest changes lying in kubuntu which jumps two full KDE versions from 5.25 to 5.27 X Ubuntu is getting the latest version of xfce and Ubuntu budgie is moving up to budgie 10.7 Ubuntu cinnamon and unity are now also official flavors and they have their 23.04 version as well I have a dedicated video on Ubuntu 223.04 I left a link to it in the description and in the card up top I personally made the update to Fedora 38 on my laptop I had two issues two extensions not working well but apparently you can just modify the version in their manifest so they run and DaVinci resolved not working which I solve by removing the old libraries it tries to use which don't match with the system's versions now it looks like solos might have some life left in it after all the day before I posted the previous news video they posted a quick recap on Reddit which I unfortunately missed and Joshua's trouble who had previously left Solas now has posted a full-on blog post on the official solos Blog the gist of it is that they now moved the infrastructure they couldn't access anymore to the one used by serpent OS the distro built by the initial creator of Solus aikidoherty so things are now back online as much as they can be and operations will be able to resume on top of that they announced plans to reorganize how the destroys run and communicates and how they will update the distro Solace 4 will still see updates notably a new OS installer a better software Center integration with steam and more and to start moving forwards again they work on solos 5 as well this version will be rebased on serpent OS another from scratch distro which is currently in development and has no stable release the goal is to have a high performance base and to avoid duplicating efforts so eopkg the package manager of Solus will be replaced by Moss which is the package manager for serpent OS just like the build system the development Hub and the binary package manager will use serpent os's Alternatives this should leave more time to focus on package updates testing stability and serpent OS on the other hand gets a more large-scale base to test their tools it also means that Solas will be an atomic and immutable operating system and will have the ability to have a Solus user repository much like what the Aur is this is all pretty exciting and I hope it can generate more excitement for solos as a distro but these changes for solos 5 are huge and I'm not sure the whole soulless Community will agree with them or will follow the distro through this plan still for now it's just a plan so we'll have to see how well it pans out in the future now KD gear just got its 23.04 update and the collection is now joined by a bunch of new apps that matured over the course of the past few years or months they are stokodon the Mastodon client which now lets you view previous messages when you're replying to them and has a dedicated search page to let you find specific posts it also lets you configure a proxy before logging into your Mastodon account and it lets you access follow requests they also added audio tube which is a YouTube music client that lets you search create playlists share links to songs and also looks pretty damn good while doing all of that neochat is a matrix client that has a compact layout video playback controls the ability to edit messages in line and good keyboard navigation and all three apps are adaptive which means they work well on desktops and mobile devices as well and of course there are also updates to apps that were already part of the compilation spectacle the screenshot tool now has a nice redesign with different tabs for screenshots or screen recordings and these Now work on Wayland as well it also has some very nice annotation tools that now work on the rectangle selection mode as well dolphin the file manager now lets you configure how permissions are shown in the details view numerically like 755 or with text like rwx or with both systems it will also let you browse Apple devices you plug into your computer and they've improved performance when calculating directory sizes go and view the image viewer will now let you use touchpad gestures to zoom in and out on Wayland and it can prevent sleep and screen lock when playing a slideshow in the foreground Elisa the music player now lets you collapse its giant header and it supports creating an opening.pls playlist files ocular the PDF viewer has a tweaked toolbar layout and now separates the view modes on the left and the tools on the right and you can also move that toolbar around or in the dark if you want Caden live also got an update with support for nested timelines that make it way easier to work on big projects and calendar has a much improved address book to complete its Stellar calendar and task management plasma tube the YouTube player now accesses videos from nvidious so ads and trackers are blocked by default cast the podcast client can be minimized to the system tray and lets you change playback speed for each show and you can search for your list of podcasts which hopefully includes the Linux and open source news podcast I create each week which complements nicely this video with more topics and more in-depth coverage of each topic the link is in the description so very good updates to the KD gear compilation you'll get that automatically depending on how your distro releases feature updates to the various applications you use now as per gnome it looks like their new image viewer Loop is now complete enough to become the core gnome image viewer at least in terms of features their next step is to polish it tackling bugs and the like Loop is a pretty great app with support for touchpad gestures to navigate and zoom printing images ICC column profiles and is capable of rendering a lot of different image formats including SVG plus the ability to view multiple images and drag and drop support now on top of that authenticator now supports backing up your authentication data in the free OTP plus format and it lets you import an image containing a QR code to add a new account developers also worked on adding Chromecast support for the gnome Network displays feature this will land in Gnome 45 and you'll then be able to cast your PC to any Chromecast device there's also a new app called Dyno which is a chat and video call app now available on flat Hub tubeconverter now lets you set download speed limits or lets you use rer 2 as the downloading backend the narrow the personal finance manager now has a notes field to add information to transactions and you can choose to only export filtered transactions fast the mobile shell can now handle emergency calls either from a contacts list or using a numpad and graphs got a huge update with a complete UI overhaul a plot editor that can save various styles to reuse them later the ability to save project effects in a single file better clipboard integration and plenty of bug fixes so yet another week where the gnome app ecosystem continues to impress now seriously how good do we have it with the KD and The Gnome apps we have today they're insane Reddit is a very popular platform or popular enough at least that has been used to train a lot of AI tools which probably have learned from it to be sassy and to harass people for no reason still this use seems to have been the Catalyst for a change in reddit's API that will now be behind a paywall at least for actors that need higher usage limits and more rights to the content posted there the API will apparently stay open for what they call reasonable and appropriate use cases which is very vague but probably includes third-party Reddit clients and apps the API has been free since 2008 and the changes will take effect in two months Reddit States it won't impact moderation Bots or extensions and that they're building more moderation tools to help the community manage itself this obviously reminds me of the recent similar move Twitter made except Reddit will keep its access free of charge for some use cases that they want people in advance and that they didn't shut down their API all of a sudden now of course unauthorized use of reddit's content might not have been the sole Factor as Reddit is preparing to go public and additional Revenue sources might boost the valuation as well and of course the fact that user contributed content is the property of the company that hosts it has always been a very weird thing to me but I guess that's how it is and they will definitely have to precise what are the reasonable use cases that they will allow but still I think they executed the move as well as could be done system 76 went into a product announcement frenzy this week with three new laptops the servo WS Adder ws and bonobo WS WS standing for workstation I presume the adder is a portable workstation coming with either a 15 or 17 inch 1080p display running at 144hz it has a 24 core Intel I9 CPU the latest Nvidia 40 series gpus up to a 4070 and up to 8 terabytes of storage and 64 gigs of ddr5 RAM it's a desktop replacement in short the Servall seems to use the same general specs as the other but can be specked up to a 4K display and has faster connectivity with 2.5 gig ethernet and Thunderbolt 4. and the bonobo is their most powerful laptop being able to fit an RTX 4080 or 1490 and coming with a 17-inch 4K display running at 144hz plus up to 12 terabytes of storage it's not available just yet and it seems to use the same chassis as the servo the other starts at 1600 US Dollars the servo at 1800 US Dollars and the bonobos price hasn't been revealed yet but I would estimate around two thousand dollars very interesting devices although as desktop Replacements they are not cheap but if you're looking for that kind of product and you live in Northern America system 76 is probably your best bet because every other Linux manufacturer will have big shipping fees and let's finish this with the gaming news valve just released proton 8 obviously based on wine 8. new officially supported titles include the Dead Space remake naio 2 forespoken Warriors Orochi 3 and a lot more they also fixed tons of issues with various launchers and a bunch of games like Tiny Tina's wonderlands The Witcher 3 life is strange remastered or Immortals Phoenix rising and they also improved multi-touch support and updated all the underlying libraries to the latest versions of dxvk vkd3d and the like it immediately received a minor update and a hotfix as well to fix a few compatibility problems and enable support for Minecraft Legends on the steam deck you will automatically get it through Steam or through your steam deck and you can set it as the default in the game's properties window and luteris has a new beta out to help you manage all your games in one place and it's a nice update with added support for using proton instead of being limited to wine and various modified versions of it this should improve game compatibility and the general experience quite a bit there's also a new integration for age.io performance improvements and the ability to use a specific preset when install setup.exe file like choosing Windows 98 or simulating a 3dfx card for example there are also plenty of smaller UI and ux improvements all over the app and looters can now install and run other flat pack applications which should make the experience on devices like the steam deck a lot smoother the beta is available as a Debian package for now or a bin file if you want to test things out and you're feeling adventurous and I think it's finally time that I gave Dead Space remake a shot on the steam deck maybe I'll be able to finish the game this time and not stop at the first encounter with the regenerator okay you can laugh at me if you want but you can't laugh at this segue to today's sponsor if you need a new computer and you want to run Linux on it and you don't want the hassle of trying to figure out how to make things work or not even take the risk of having something not work out of the box click the link in the description below and get yourself a device from tuxedo they make laptops and desktops for all price points and all needs they're all very customizable whether you need a super affordable laptop or a very powerful desktop Tower something for gaming they have it all and they're all configurable customizable all the laptops are openable repairable upgradeable you can replace the battery the SSD the RAM and sometimes even the wireless card so if you need a new computer you want to run Linux and you don't want to figure out how to make things work buy something that was designed to run your preferred operating system click the link in the description below so thanks everyone for watching the video I hope you enjoyed it if you did don't hesitate to like to subscribe to turn on notifications to write a comment and if you didn't well you can always dislike it and tell me why I suck down there no way that didn't sound right oh well and if you really enjoyed the channel and you want to support it there are plenty of links in the description of the video as well for liberape PayPal patreon YouTube memberships YouTube things whatever you can think of you know how to do this so thank you all for watching and I guess you'll see me in the next one bye foreign [Music] [Music]

hey everyone this is Nick and Nvidia has a pretty bad reputation in the Linux World well let's be honest it has a pretty bad reputation period you often read horror stories about how nightmarish it is to use Nvidia on Linux how things break and how AMD is a much better choice but I've been using Nvidia gpus with Linux since I started this channel more than five years ago and I can safely say that I never encountered any real problem so I'm going to go through a few real life test scenarios to see how much of that bad reputation is true and how much is Just old recycled opinions unlike this segue to today's sponsor which is neither old nor recycled this video is sponsored by tax care and this time they're giving you access to a free report on how effective live patching Solutions can be to prevent and defeat cyber attacks measured through the miter attack framework if you don't know what that is it's a nice tool to let you assess cyber attacks that Target your systems you can categorize them and plan how to defeat them it breaks down these threads into 12 attack vectors so it's easier to prepare for every time if you want to see how well life patching Solutions like the ones talks care of offers did in terms of thwarting these attacks click the link in the description below and download the free report so let's look at the NVIDIA drivers you know the thing you need to actually use your GPU the only current usable open source implementation are the Nuvo drivers but let's be honest they just don't work well they're more a primer that lets you have a display output than something you'll want to use daily the performance just is not good enough so you will need the proprietary NVIDIA drivers and yes they are still proprietary which is ironic because back when I started using Linux it was AMD that had the proprietary terrible no good drivers and Nvidia support was actually really really good and open source now installing these proprietary drivers is a complete no-brainer nowadays I cannot think of a single distro that doesn't have them either on the very ISO where you can install them by checking the install third-party software toggle or that has a nice well maintained repo to access them like Fedora for example where RPM Fusion can be enabled to install these and this is the only way you should install these drivers from the official repos of your distro or from a very well known very well maintained third-party repo manual installation is convoluted and will definitely break with kernel updates if you're not careful NVIDIA drivers are packaged by distros for a reason these are maintained updated to work with the latest kernel updates and they won't break on you if you follow what your distro releases and apply updates from official repos on every distribution I ever use the installation of these drivers is one click from the software Center if you can't install them right during the first install all you need to do is make sure that you don't try and replace your current kernel by something unsupported that your distro hasn't packaged because this will probably break your drivers now a first big issue people Report with NVIDIA drivers is screen tearing this is something I have not encountered in a while on both my hybrid graphics laptops with an RTX 3060 and a 3050 TI or on my desktop with a 3070 but there's more to that story the laptops are Linux devices so it's to be expected that everything would work well tuxedo and slim book picked the part specifically so everything should work normally and it does and on my desktop I use a freesync monitor freesync is amd's anti-screen tearing technology comparable to Nvidia g-sync and the nice thing is that NVIDIA drivers can use a freesync display as a g-sync display with one simple toggle in the settings which means you will never see screen tearing with a freesync or g-sync display but what about regular normal person in this place that don't have these Technologies well let's take a look I plugged my desktop's RTX 3070 into a basic 1080p monitor without any of these sync capabilities the desktop uses X11 and as you can see screen tearing just is not a thing here either at the default 60hz refresh rate of the display now if I launch a game to see how well things go for example dark tide with vsync off we can clearly see some big tearing happening with vsync on it disappears so screen tearing does not look like a problem anymore but if it still happens to you or if you really hate v-sync you filthy Pro Gamer here is how you can get rid of it you can just auto start a command when your computer starts with the following command line Nvidia Dash settings dash dash assign current meta mode equals nvidia-odo-select plus 0 plus 0 brackets forceful composition pipeline equal on brackets and yes I left that command in the video's description I do not expect anyone to have to type this add that command to your startup applications and you're done it will turn on the forceful composition pipeline option of the NVIDIA drivers after each reboot and this gets rid of all screen tearing now you can do this graphically with the Nvidia control settings panel whatever it's called you can just check that thing in the advanced tab under your monitor but it won't stick after each reboot don't ask me why it just doesn't it's completely stupid okay so no screen tearing but how about multi-monitor support so I plugged my laptop running Wayland into the same external monitor the basic 1080p one using the HDMI port that's connected to the Nvidia dedicated GPU everything works the external display is detected I can set the resolution correctly for the internal monitor or the external one I can set different refresh rates move the displays around so they are positioned like they should and I can even select different fractional scaling factors on each display because Weyland supports that nothing to report here it works exactly as you'd expect your kidney priced GPU to work I also plugged in two displays onto my desktop the 1080p one and my usual 1440p Ultra wide straight into the RTX 3070 and no problems here both displays are detected immediately I can change the refresh rate on both and use 100 Hertz on the ultrawide and 60 hertz on the 1080p one I can have them as separate displays or mirror them although this looks absolutely weird because they don't have the same resolution or the same aspect ratio and I can decide which is the primary one move them around it just works and of course on X11 and it cannot handle different scaling factors between the monitors but as we've seen on the laptop it works on Wayland And I had the same experience with KDE plasma no issues to report here multi-monitor support Works normally now another thing people tend to hold against NVIDIA drivers is the hybrid graphics support on laptop as in you have a laptop with a dedicated GPU from Nvidia and an integrated GPU from AMD or Intel now I don't own an AMD plus Nvidia device but I do have two laptops that have an integrated Intel XC Graphics chip and an Nvidia GPU so let's start with the laptop running Wayland And yes don't worry if you stick around for a little bit longer we'll talk about Wayland support So how well does hybrid graphics work on Wayland well perfectly on this laptop at least it runs Fedora 37 and on Wayland it seems that hybrid mode is the default and it's the only mode you can use I could not find find a way to move it back to the Intel GPU only or Nvidia only which means battery life will not be optimal of course because even when you're not using the Nvidia GPU it's still awake and is still going to draw a little bit of power so hybrid mode works perfectly you can right click an app and decide to run it using the dedicated GPU or just run any other app which will use the integrated GPU some apps will automatically use the Nvidia card like games some won't like DaVinci Resolve which needs to be run with the right click option on X11 the experience is pretty much the same hybrid mode is the default and you do get a bunch more options in the Nvidia control panel you do lose fractional scaling enabled by default at least in Gnome you'll have to enable it in decont and you also lose touchpad gestures but these things are not linked to NVIDIA drivers it's just that x.org sucks in that regard and yeah okay don't get mad it's more like desktop environment never bothered to implement smooth one-to-one gestures on X11 even though Elementary OS proved that it can be done if you want to switch profiles on X11 in genome you can install the GPU profile selector extension and the NV control application to get a quick settings menu that lets you switch between various gpus on KDE I don't think there's a way to switch by default although open Souza has an applet for that called Souza Prime and there's a third-party app called Optimus manager you can also use it only seems to work on X11 though on Wayland even if you select another GPU when you reboot it will still be in hybrid graphics mode and in all cases if you change the GPU you need to reboot but that's the case with every other GPU vendor on Linux as far as I am aware now let's talk Wayland support and Nvidia has the reputation of not working under Weyland but that's not true anymore as demonstrated before it works just fine I've been using it on this laptop for a while now on Fedora I never used X11 on this laptop since I installed Fedora 37 on the day of its release and it's even the default if your GPU is recent enough everything works as it would on a normal Weyland session touched by gestures no screen tearing fractional scaling supports screen sharing and recording and running any application and of course the limitations of Weyland are also present with Weyland and Nvidia games will use x-wayland which means that there's gonna be a small performance dip and you cannot screen share X applications through the screen sharing portal of Wayland unless you install the x-wayland video Bridge tool that KD devs just developed now personally I've been editing videos on my laptop using DaVinci resolve which runs using xyland I played some games I use OBS to record my screen with the NV yank encoder and I've had no problems at all same experience on KDE with Wayland it just works touched by gestures no screen tearing fractional scaling hybrid graphics mode multi-monitor support everything is as it's supposed to be and that's with KD 5.25 not 5.27 which also improves General Wayland support drastically so as far as I'm aware the Wayland issues with Nvidia are Wayland issues not Nvidia issues but then there's the power management and that's where things go down on my laptop closing the lid will suspend the laptop the logs show that it enters S2 idle mode but very regularly opening the lid does not wake the laptop back up and I get a black screen I can get out of it by just getting into a TTY then moving back to tty1 which seems to be the one where my graphical session runs so I just press Ctrl alt function and F2 then F1 and I'm good but it's not what I would call a smooth experience and in idle mode the energy consumption is probably way higher than what it's supposed to be if I close my laptop's lid with a 100 battery if I open it up 24 hours later it's completely depleted which is not normal I could not find a solution for this on my desktop running Fedora also but with X11 suspend works perfectly and resuming also happens without any issues and on the laptop on X11 suspend and resume also work fine so it seems it's an issue with the Waylon session and the NVIDIA drivers that's causing resume to fail on Weyland energy consumption is also very high on X11 while suspended though so everything is perfect right well that's not the full story all my tests are done using the latest NVIDIA drivers available on Fedora 37 with gnome and on Ubuntu 222.10 with KD 5.25 and all these devices have relatively recent Nvidia gpus so it's only two distros two desktop environments and three different cards from the same generation support for older gpus like the RTX 10 series or older ones might not be as good and might require you to use older Legacy drivers which very probably won't support Wayland and might have a lot more issues but all of this still shows that Nvidia on Linux is not a horrible experience at least if you have a relatively recent GPU I would say from RTX 20 series and onwards you're just not going to have problems so this does not invalidate any Horror Story you might have experienced or read online but as long as you have a recent CPU you'll have a great experience but why would you want an Nvidia GPU instead of an AMD one well the main reasons are content creation and gaming Nvidia is still King in that regard even on Linux if you want to use professional video editing tools like resolve Nvidia is your only option if you want the best screen recording or streaming experience Envy Inc with OBS has no equivalent just yet it just uses way less CPU than other methods and lets you capture gameplay footage without much performance impact if you use Cuda you need Nvidia so yes there are a bunch of reasons to prefer Nvidia to AMD even on Linux and sure the driver is proprietary although I have hoped that this will change in the future with nvidia's latest source code drops and various efforts alongside Nuvo to use that and sure you will also have to stick to your distros kernel versions and NVIDIA drivers to ensure everything runs smoothly but if you you manage to get your hands on a relatively recent Nvidia GPU then first congrats you're probably a rich person and second you'll get just as good an experience as with any other GPU vendor apart from a few caveats on Wayland And with energy consumption and apart from this Segway to today's sponsor if you're looking to buy a new device and to run Linux on it stop looking at Windows computers and hoping 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hey everyone this is Nick and Nvidia has a pretty bad reputation in the Linux World well let's be honest it has a pretty bad reputation period you often read horror stories about how nightmarish it is to use Nvidia on Linux how things break and how AMD is a much better choice but I've been using Nvidia gpus with Linux since I started this channel more than five years ago and I can safely say that I never encountered any real problem so I'm going to go through a few real life test scenarios to see how much of that bad reputation is true and how much is Just old recycled opinions unlike this segue to today's sponsor which is neither old nor recycled this video is sponsored by tax care and this time they're giving you access to a free report on how effective live patching Solutions can be to prevent and defeat cyber attacks measured through the miter attack framework if you don't know what that is it's a nice tool to let you assess cyber attacks that Target your systems you can categorize them and plan how to defeat them it breaks down these threads into 12 attack vectors so it's easier to prepare for every time if you want to see how well life patching Solutions like the ones talks care of offers did in terms of thwarting these attacks click the link in the description below and download the free report so let's look at the NVIDIA drivers you know the thing you need to actually use your GPU the only current usable open source implementation are the Nuvo drivers but let's be honest they just don't work well they're more a primer that lets you have a display output than something you'll want to use daily the performance just is not good enough so you will need the proprietary NVIDIA drivers and yes they are still proprietary which is ironic because back when I started using Linux it was AMD that had the proprietary terrible no good drivers and Nvidia support was actually really really good and open source now installing these proprietary drivers is a complete no-brainer nowadays I cannot think of a single distro that doesn't have them either on the very ISO where you can install them by checking the install third-party software toggle or that has a nice well maintained repo to access them like Fedora for example where RPM Fusion can be enabled to install these and this is the only way you should install these drivers from the official repos of your distro or from a very well known very well maintained third-party repo manual installation is convoluted and will definitely break with kernel updates if you're not careful NVIDIA drivers are packaged by distros for a reason these are maintained updated to work with the latest kernel updates and they won't break on you if you follow what your distro releases and apply updates from official repos on every distribution I ever use the installation of these drivers is one click from the software Center if you can't install them right during the first install all you need to do is make sure that you don't try and replace your current kernel by something unsupported that your distro hasn't packaged because this will probably break your drivers now a first big issue people Report with NVIDIA drivers is screen tearing this is something I have not encountered in a while on both my hybrid graphics laptops with an RTX 3060 and a 3050 TI or on my desktop with a 3070 but there's more to that story the laptops are Linux devices so it's to be expected that everything would work well tuxedo and slim book picked the part specifically so everything should work normally and it does and on my desktop I use a freesync monitor freesync is amd's anti-screen tearing technology comparable to Nvidia g-sync and the nice thing is that NVIDIA drivers can use a freesync display as a g-sync display with one simple toggle in the settings which means you will never see screen tearing with a freesync or g-sync display but what about regular normal person in this place that don't have these Technologies well let's take a look I plugged my desktop's RTX 3070 into a basic 1080p monitor without any of these sync capabilities the desktop uses X11 and as you can see screen tearing just is not a thing here either at the default 60hz refresh rate of the display now if I launch a game to see how well things go for example dark tide with vsync off we can clearly see some big tearing happening with vsync on it disappears so screen tearing does not look like a problem anymore but if it still happens to you or if you really hate v-sync you filthy Pro Gamer here is how you can get rid of it you can just auto start a command when your computer starts with the following command line Nvidia Dash settings dash dash assign current meta mode equals nvidia-odo-select plus 0 plus 0 brackets forceful composition pipeline equal on brackets and yes I left that command in the video's description I do not expect anyone to have to type this add that command to your startup applications and you're done it will turn on the forceful composition pipeline option of the NVIDIA drivers after each reboot and this gets rid of all screen tearing now you can do this graphically with the Nvidia control settings panel whatever it's called you can just check that thing in the advanced tab under your monitor but it won't stick after each reboot don't ask me why it just doesn't it's completely stupid okay so no screen tearing but how about multi-monitor support so I plugged my laptop running Wayland into the same external monitor the basic 1080p one using the HDMI port that's connected to the Nvidia dedicated GPU everything works the external display is detected I can set the resolution correctly for the internal monitor or the external one I can set different refresh rates move the displays around so they are positioned like they should and I can even select different fractional scaling factors on each display because Weyland supports that nothing to report here it works exactly as you'd expect your kidney priced GPU to work I also plugged in two displays onto my desktop the 1080p one and my usual 1440p Ultra wide straight into the RTX 3070 and no problems here both displays are detected immediately I can change the refresh rate on both and use 100 Hertz on the ultrawide and 60 hertz on the 1080p one I can have them as separate displays or mirror them although this looks absolutely weird because they don't have the same resolution or the same aspect ratio and I can decide which is the primary one move them around it just works and of course on X11 and it cannot handle different scaling factors between the monitors but as we've seen on the laptop it works on Wayland And I had the same experience with KDE plasma no issues to report here multi-monitor support Works normally now another thing people tend to hold against NVIDIA drivers is the hybrid graphics support on laptop as in you have a laptop with a dedicated GPU from Nvidia and an integrated GPU from AMD or Intel now I don't own an AMD plus Nvidia device but I do have two laptops that have an integrated Intel XC Graphics chip and an Nvidia GPU so let's start with the laptop running Wayland And yes don't worry if you stick around for a little bit longer we'll talk about Wayland support So how well does hybrid graphics work on Wayland well perfectly on this laptop at least it runs Fedora 37 and on Wayland it seems that hybrid mode is the default and it's the only mode you can use I could not find find a way to move it back to the Intel GPU only or Nvidia only which means battery life will not be optimal of course because even when you're not using the Nvidia GPU it's still awake and is still going to draw a little bit of power so hybrid mode works perfectly you can right click an app and decide to run it using the dedicated GPU or just run any other app which will use the integrated GPU some apps will automatically use the Nvidia card like games some won't like DaVinci Resolve which needs to be run with the right click option on X11 the experience is pretty much the same hybrid mode is the default and you do get a bunch more options in the Nvidia control panel you do lose fractional scaling enabled by default at least in Gnome you'll have to enable it in decont and you also lose touchpad gestures but these things are not linked to NVIDIA drivers it's just that x.org sucks in that regard and yeah okay don't get mad it's more like desktop environment never bothered to implement smooth one-to-one gestures on X11 even though Elementary OS proved that it can be done if you want to switch profiles on X11 in genome you can install the GPU profile selector extension and the NV control application to get a quick settings menu that lets you switch between various gpus on KDE I don't think there's a way to switch by default although open Souza has an applet for that called Souza Prime and there's a third-party app called Optimus manager you can also use it only seems to work on X11 though on Wayland even if you select another GPU when you reboot it will still be in hybrid graphics mode and in all cases if you change the GPU you need to reboot but that's the case with every other GPU vendor on Linux as far as I am aware now let's talk Wayland support and Nvidia has the reputation of not working under Weyland but that's not true anymore as demonstrated before it works just fine I've been using it on this laptop for a while now on Fedora I never used X11 on this laptop since I installed Fedora 37 on the day of its release and it's even the default if your GPU is recent enough everything works as it would on a normal Weyland session touched by gestures no screen tearing fractional scaling supports screen sharing and recording and running any application and of course the limitations of Weyland are also present with Weyland and Nvidia games will use x-wayland which means that there's gonna be a small performance dip and you cannot screen share X applications through the screen sharing portal of Wayland unless you install the x-wayland video Bridge tool that KD devs just developed now personally I've been editing videos on my laptop using DaVinci resolve which runs using xyland I played some games I use OBS to record my screen with the NV yank encoder and I've had no problems at all same experience on KDE with Wayland it just works touched by gestures no screen tearing fractional scaling hybrid graphics mode multi-monitor support everything is as it's supposed to be and that's with KD 5.25 not 5.27 which also improves General Wayland support drastically so as far as I'm aware the Wayland issues with Nvidia are Wayland issues not Nvidia issues but then there's the power management and that's where things go down on my laptop closing the lid will suspend the laptop the logs show that it enters S2 idle mode but very regularly opening the lid does not wake the laptop back up and I get a black screen I can get out of it by just getting into a TTY then moving back to tty1 which seems to be the one where my graphical session runs so I just press Ctrl alt function and F2 then F1 and I'm good but it's not what I would call a smooth experience and in idle mode the energy consumption is probably way higher than what it's supposed to be if I close my laptop's lid with a 100 battery if I open it up 24 hours later it's completely depleted which is not normal I could not find a solution for this on my desktop running Fedora also but with X11 suspend works perfectly and resuming also happens without any issues and on the laptop on X11 suspend and resume also work fine so it seems it's an issue with the Waylon session and the NVIDIA drivers that's causing resume to fail on Weyland energy consumption is also very high on X11 while suspended though so everything is perfect right well that's not the full story all my tests are done using the latest NVIDIA drivers available on Fedora 37 with gnome and on Ubuntu 222.10 with KD 5.25 and all these devices have relatively recent Nvidia gpus so it's only two distros two desktop environments and three different cards from the same generation support for older gpus like the RTX 10 series or older ones might not be as good and might require you to use older Legacy drivers which very probably won't support Wayland and might have a lot more issues but all of this still shows that Nvidia on Linux is not a horrible experience at least if you have a relatively recent GPU I would say from RTX 20 series and onwards you're just not going to have problems so this does not invalidate any Horror Story you might have experienced or read online but as long as you have a recent CPU you'll have a great experience but why would you want an Nvidia GPU instead of an AMD one well the main reasons are content creation and gaming Nvidia is still King in that regard even on Linux if you want to use professional video editing tools like resolve Nvidia is your only option if you want the best screen recording or streaming experience Envy Inc with OBS has no equivalent just yet it just uses way less CPU than other methods and lets you capture gameplay footage without much performance impact if you use Cuda you need Nvidia so yes there are a bunch of reasons to prefer Nvidia to AMD even on Linux and sure the driver is proprietary although I have hoped that this will change in the future with nvidia's latest source code drops and various efforts alongside Nuvo to use that and sure you will also have to stick to your distros kernel versions and NVIDIA drivers to ensure everything runs smoothly but if you you manage to get your hands on a relatively recent Nvidia GPU then first congrats you're probably a rich person and second you'll get just as good an experience as with any other GPU vendor apart from a few caveats on Wayland And with energy consumption and apart from this Segway to today's sponsor if you're looking to buy a new device and to run Linux on it stop looking at Windows computers and hoping that your favorite distro will just run well on it because that's just a headache buy something that was designed specifically for Linux and remove all of those issues tuxedo makes laptops and desktops that do just that they run Linux out of the box the components were picked specifically because they are compatible with Linux and you have plenty of options for every price point every need every device can be configured and customized to your liking and all laptops are openable repairable upgradeable including the SSD the RAM and the battery and sometimes even the wireless card so if you need a new computer stop bothering with Windows computers buy something from Tuxedo in the link in the description below so thanks everyone for watching the video I hope you enjoyed it if you did don't hesitate to like to subscribe to turn on notifications to write a comment and if you didn't well you can always dislike it and tell me why in the comments as well and if you really enjoyed the channel 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hey everyone this is Nick and Ubuntu 223.04 has reached final feature freeze which means nothing will change from now and its final release date on Thursday so it's high time that we took a look at what's new in this release and as always I'll also take a tour of all the official Ubuntu variants so you know what's different if you don't use gnome But whichever desktop environment you like using you'll probably like using our sponsor this video is sponsored by savings portmaster portmaster is an all-in-one tool to easily take your privacy to the next level and it's a tool I use myself on all of my Linux devices portmaster lets you automatically block all trackers and malware in every application you run on your computer not just your web browser but everything you run it's easy to use with defaults already in place that lets you just set it and forget it but if you like to configure every Rule and every app you also can fordmaster is completely free and open source and also free of charge as it's funded by users that subscribe to the SPN a super powered VPN that gives you multiple identities for every connection of every application so if you want to easily improve the privacy of your system whatever the Linux distro you use or even on Windows click the link in the description below and download the portmaster for free so let's begin with the Ubuntu specific features that you'll get in 23.04 first is the new installer it's been in the works for years now and it's finally shipping by default it uses flutter that google-backed toolkit to build cross-platform apps and it looks much nicer than the previous one Everything feels more polished more subdued and modern although the screens are presented in the same order as before you do get to pick your light and dark theme at install and the slides you're shown when installing have been much improved as well to present the various features they now use different layouts and full size screen captures and better text do note that the new installer does not support ZFS or ZFS however you like to pronounce this thing this file system is no longer supported you can still do a fresh install of Ubuntu with this file system by downloading another ISO which has the old installer if you already have a system set up with ZFS an upgrade in place will not change anything you can still keep your existing file system now installs should also be faster at least for the minimal install because the installer no longer has to install everything and then remove unneeded packages it just in installs what's needed active directory support has also been improved with support for Enterprise proxy app confinement and network shares and all of this will also be back ported to older Ubuntu LTS that are still supported there's also a mini ISO that only weighs 150 megabytes and it lets you pick the version of Ubuntu you want to install and it will then download the relevant packages to proceed now next on the desktop is the Ubuntu dock you now get a small counter on top of an applications icon when this app has a notification and when the app is open so basically if you have a notification in your date and time panel the app icon will reflect that an update when you close these notifications apps don't have to do anything specific to support that as long as they use the native notifications for Linux they will get the badge the Ubuntu team also wanted to add the tiling the Ubuntu team also wanted to add the tiling assistant extension but it's not in there right now so I'm pretty sure that it's been pushed back and will happen for 23.10 the yarrow theme didn't change really apart from replacing the brand new Fantastic LibreOffice icons with designs of their own which in my opinion are not as good it's to be noted that the Quick Settings menu does look a bit weird and still lacks contrast with yaru's light theme with that pale orange almost pinkish tone over a white background I'm not a fan of the general look of the gnome shell elements on Ubuntu apart from that Ubuntu 223.04 is not an LTS release so it will get 9 months of support it uses the Linux kernel 6.2 the code name is lunar Lobster and it has the usual new wallpapers in the same usual colors so nothing really groundbreaking here I guess the dock badges are nice but I could not find a way to disable them if you don't like them so yeah Ubuntu generally did not add much on top of gnome 44 because that's what you're getting here gnome 44 and all of its new shiny goodness the big changes though are in the Quick Settings menu it's now more descriptive where before the title of a quick setting button would be replaced with the current thing it connects to or uses like a Wi-Fi network or a performance profile now you get a small title and the thing that is currently activated which is definitely easier to understand I mean it never really was complicated to understand with the icons and all but I guess it's still a good change the Bluetooth settings are also now more functional with the ability to quickly connect to a device you previously paired your computer with you can't see unpaired devices from here so you'll still need to open the Bluetooth settings to connect a new device but it's still a nice quick workflow Improvement to connect a Bluetooth headset for example there's also a new icon for the screenshot tool although that won't revolutionize how you use your desktop and you can now click on the speaker icon in the menu to mute or unmute your computer you also get support for background apps previously in godome apps running without a window just could not be seen or accessed unless they had a system tray icon now backgrounds apps will be listed in the same Quick Settings menu but it still lacks a lot of interaction before it can even be considered a replacement for the system tray you can't open a right-click menu for the app you can't bring it back to the front or open a window for it you can just see them and close them and it also seems to only work with flat pack applications for now none of the Ubuntu snaps seem to register in that background app section I hope this feature will be extended in the future with support for right click or maybe opening at least a window by clicking on the app we'll have to see now in the settings there are also a few changes most notably in the Mouse and touchpad panel first you can now decide to disable Mouse pointer acceleration and second you now get small videos that will let you better understand natural scrolling mode and classic scrolling mode for the touchpad or for the mouse you'll also be able to see your kernel version in the about panel you can now disable overlay scroll bars in the accessibility settings which also have been revamped so you don't have to do as much navigation to explore the different categories and in the network settings you'll be able to configure wireguard vpns ground 44 is a great improvement over gnome 40 and Ubuntu doesn't know nutrient in any way by removing a specific feature so just for that it's worth the upgrade now let's talk about the applications bundle here first is the file manager which gained back the ability to unfold folders in the list view so now you get a real tree view that's cool but you'll need to enable it in the settings of the file manager more importantly now you get image thumbnails in the file picker finally gnome developers managed to fix that glaring Omission that's been plaguing gnome for more than a decade so that old meme can now be put to rest Ubuntu also shapes Firefox 112 Thunderbird 102.10 and LibreOffice 7.5.2 plus the new gnome text editor the Ubuntu software Center though is still the same old lesser version of gnome software it doesn't include the latest information on applications like license information links to the websites age ratings and the like it's still not great and although they do show the categories for SNAP apps now these category Pages just don't hold a candle to what no has been doing on gnome software even in terms of performance if you're going to Fork your own software Center at least apply what Upstream has been working on afterwards seriously okay now let's move on to the Ubuntu flavors because Ubuntu isn't just gnome you know first is a change that will affect all Ubuntu flavors flat pack is no longer installed by default in the flavor where it was you can still install it yourself with the command line and if it was installed before it will be kept after the upgrade I do not agree with this change I don't think it's great to push only snaps instead of other packaging formats if a flavor wants to add them they should be able to but it's also not a big deal now kubuntu 223.04 comes with KD 5.27 with its much improved multi-monitor handling a better Discover app to install software tiling capabilities although these aren't quite on par with what you'd get with a window manager especially for keyboard shortcuts which this KD implementation lacks you will also get a first run tool that presents a bunch of KDs obscure but amazing features and you'll also get pipe Wire by default instead of pulse audio and it uses the same internals as the regular Ubuntu it is a mandatory install if you use kubuntu or at least is the non-lts release the current Ubuntu 222.10 uses KD plasma 5.25 so you're getting two updates worth this cycle you definitely need to upgrade Ubuntu mate 23.04 as far as I could find only updated the internals and the repos to match the regular Ubuntu variant with pulse audio being replaced with pipe wire but the desktop stayed the exact same as in 22.10 which seems logical since the latest version of mate 1.26 dates from 2021 Ubuntu budgie 23.04 is a big update it gets new applets with a better weather panel plus better Hot Corner support through a nice little settings window that lets you set what you want to activate and after which delay and all screen edges are now usable as well not just Corners the window shuffler applet now lets you do quarter tiling using the mouse or the keyboard and the user indicator has been replaced with a more modern one and you also get budgie 10.7 a big update with a new application indexer that should give more consistent results between the menu and the Run dialog there's dual GPU support to launch apps using the dedicated GPU the Run dialog will now better fit your screen there's a new screenshot tool to replace the gnome one they used before and notifications will now fade in and out and shouldn't cause screen flickering anymore finally The Raven panel has a new API for developers to build widgets that can go into it and you can now reposition these widgets how you like another mandatory update if you use Ubuntu budgie move to 23.04 there's a lot to like here on the exubuntu front there's a new X Ubuntu minimal install with only the bare utilities and no added apps and Ubuntu now uses xfc 4.18 with a much better thunar file manager that includes an image preview sidebar and editable toolbar and file highlighting features to attribute a specific color to a file or folder recursive search is also supported and you'll get on-screen notifications for undo and redo actions you can also configure the panel length of xfc in pixels the clock applet is now much more configurable and you get a bunch of new options like disabling header bars in module dialogs show or hide a delete option in the desktop context menu or pick a multi-monitor behavior to apply by default to any new monitor you connect here as well if your X Ubuntu user mandatory update you don't want to miss out on 4.80 Ubuntu cinnamon 23.04 just joined the official flavors list and it will give you the cinnamon desktop used mostly in Linux Mint with the yaru theme on top of it Nemo as the file manager plus celluloids G thump gnome photos and the usual LibreOffice Thunderbird and Firefox it doesn't come with the mint apps also called X apps and it uses gnome software for updates and app installs so what you'll get here is the cinnamon desktop shell but not the cinema and desktop environment that you would get in mint with all the associated apps you'll still get all the utilities to configure cinnamon but none of the default mint apps so if that's what you like you need to stick with mint I couldn't find anything about what's new in Ubuntu Unity which is also now an official flavor I'm guessing they didn't have that much time to really update Unity since 22.10 but you'll get the usual internals changes pipe wire and the like same for lubuntu and LX cute I couldn't find any release notes although I would expect them to not have moved to the very latest lxq 1.3 which was just released last week as per Ubuntu Studio it also uses pipe Wire by default but they recommend moving back to pulse audio for professional work it also uses KDE 5.27 like kubuntu and will benefit from the same improvements and all the default Graphics editing video editing and Audio Apps got a version bump to the latest just available so 23.04 is not a fascinating release but it still brings a few Ubuntu specific things like the new installer or the dark badges the flavors are where the changes are at though with Ubuntu budgie and kubuntu 23.04 being really really big upgrades and xubuntu also having a lot of cool changes this time around so if you're an Ubuntu user and you don't stick to LTS releases then absolutely mandatory upgrade whatever the flavor you're using you'll get 9 months of support and you'll get much better features stability in your internals no question if you're stuck on an LTS then this release won't change your mind and if you already don't like or even hate Ubuntu then there's nothing here to change your mind just like I won't change my mind about our sponsor if you're looking to buy a new computer and you plan to run Linux on it stop buying Windows computers and trying to slap Linux on it and expecting everything to work 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hey everyone this is Nick and Ubuntu 223.04 has reached final feature freeze which means nothing will change from now and its final release date on Thursday so it's high time that we took a look at what's new in this release and as always I'll also take a tour of all the official Ubuntu variants so you know what's different if you don't use gnome But whichever desktop environment you like using you'll probably like using our sponsor this video is sponsored by savings portmaster portmaster is an all-in-one tool to easily take your privacy to the next level and it's a tool I use myself on all of my Linux devices portmaster lets you automatically block all trackers and malware in every application you run on your computer not just your web browser but everything you run it's easy to use with defaults already in place that lets you just set it and forget it but if you like to configure every Rule and every app you also can fordmaster is completely free and open source and also free of charge as it's funded by users that subscribe to the SPN a super powered VPN that gives you multiple identities for every connection of every application so if you want to easily improve the privacy of your system whatever the Linux distro you use or even on Windows click the link in the description below and download the portmaster for free so let's begin with the Ubuntu specific features that you'll get in 23.04 first is the new installer it's been in the works for years now and it's finally shipping by default it uses flutter that google-backed toolkit to build cross-platform apps and it looks much nicer than the previous one Everything feels more polished more subdued and modern although the screens are presented in the same order as before you do get to pick your light and dark theme at install and the slides you're shown when installing have been much improved as well to present the various features they now use different layouts and full size screen captures and better text do note that the new installer does not support ZFS or ZFS however you like to pronounce this thing this file system is no longer supported you can still do a fresh install of Ubuntu with this file system by downloading another ISO which has the old installer if you already have a system set up with ZFS an upgrade in place will not change anything you can still keep your existing file system now installs should also be faster at least for the minimal install because the installer no longer has to install everything and then remove unneeded packages it just in installs what's needed active directory support has also been improved with support for Enterprise proxy app confinement and network shares and all of this will also be back ported to older Ubuntu LTS that are still supported there's also a mini ISO that only weighs 150 megabytes and it lets you pick the version of Ubuntu you want to install and it will then download the relevant packages to proceed now next on the desktop is the Ubuntu dock you now get a small counter on top of an applications icon when this app has a notification and when the app is open so basically if you have a notification in your date and time panel the app icon will reflect that an update when you close these notifications apps don't have to do anything specific to support that as long as they use the native notifications for Linux they will get the badge the Ubuntu team also wanted to add the tiling the Ubuntu team also wanted to add the tiling assistant extension but it's not in there right now so I'm pretty sure that it's been pushed back and will happen for 23.10 the yarrow theme didn't change really apart from replacing the brand new Fantastic LibreOffice icons with designs of their own which in my opinion are not as good it's to be noted that the Quick Settings menu does look a bit weird and still lacks contrast with yaru's light theme with that pale orange almost pinkish tone over a white background I'm not a fan of the general look of the gnome shell elements on Ubuntu apart from that Ubuntu 223.04 is not an LTS release so it will get 9 months of support it uses the Linux kernel 6.2 the code name is lunar Lobster and it has the usual new wallpapers in the same usual colors so nothing really groundbreaking here I guess the dock badges are nice but I could not find a way to disable them if you don't like them so yeah Ubuntu generally did not add much on top of gnome 44 because that's what you're getting here gnome 44 and all of its new shiny goodness the big changes though are in the Quick Settings menu it's now more descriptive where before the title of a quick setting button would be replaced with the current thing it connects to or uses like a Wi-Fi network or a performance profile now you get a small title and the thing that is currently activated which is definitely easier to understand I mean it never really was complicated to understand with the icons and all but I guess it's still a good change the Bluetooth settings are also now more functional with the ability to quickly connect to a device you previously paired your computer with you can't see unpaired devices from here so you'll still need to open the Bluetooth settings to connect a new device but it's still a nice quick workflow Improvement to connect a Bluetooth headset for example there's also a new icon for the screenshot tool although that won't revolutionize how you use your desktop and you can now click on the speaker icon in the menu to mute or unmute your computer you also get support for background apps previously in godome apps running without a window just could not be seen or accessed unless they had a system tray icon now backgrounds apps will be listed in the same Quick Settings menu but it still lacks a lot of interaction before it can even be considered a replacement for the system tray you can't open a right-click menu for the app you can't bring it back to the front or open a window for it you can just see them and close them and it also seems to only work with flat pack applications for now none of the Ubuntu snaps seem to register in that background app section I hope this feature will be extended in the future with support for right click or maybe opening at least a window by clicking on the app we'll have to see now in the settings there are also a few changes most notably in the Mouse and touchpad panel first you can now decide to disable Mouse pointer acceleration and second you now get small videos that will let you better understand natural scrolling mode and classic scrolling mode for the touchpad or for the mouse you'll also be able to see your kernel version in the about panel you can now disable overlay scroll bars in the accessibility settings which also have been revamped so you don't have to do as much navigation to explore the different categories and in the network settings you'll be able to configure wireguard vpns ground 44 is a great improvement over gnome 40 and Ubuntu doesn't know nutrient in any way by removing a specific feature so just for that it's worth the upgrade now let's talk about the applications bundle here first is the file manager which gained back the ability to unfold folders in the list view so now you get a real tree view that's cool but you'll need to enable it in the settings of the file manager more importantly now you get image thumbnails in the file picker finally gnome developers managed to fix that glaring Omission that's been plaguing gnome for more than a decade so that old meme can now be put to rest Ubuntu also shapes Firefox 112 Thunderbird 102.10 and LibreOffice 7.5.2 plus the new gnome text editor the Ubuntu software Center though is still the same old lesser version of gnome software it doesn't include the latest information on applications like license information links to the websites age ratings and the like it's still not great and although they do show the categories for SNAP apps now these category Pages just don't hold a candle to what no has been doing on gnome software even in terms of performance if you're going to Fork your own software Center at least apply what Upstream has been working on afterwards seriously okay now let's move on to the Ubuntu flavors because Ubuntu isn't just gnome you know first is a change that will affect all Ubuntu flavors flat pack is no longer installed by default in the flavor where it was you can still install it yourself with the command line and if it was installed before it will be kept after the upgrade I do not agree with this change I don't think it's great to push only snaps instead of other packaging formats if a flavor wants to add them they should be able to but it's also not a big deal now kubuntu 223.04 comes with KD 5.27 with its much improved multi-monitor handling a better Discover app to install software tiling capabilities although these aren't quite on par with what you'd get with a window manager especially for keyboard shortcuts which this KD implementation lacks you will also get a first run tool that presents a bunch of KDs obscure but amazing features and you'll also get pipe Wire by default instead of pulse audio and it uses the same internals as the regular Ubuntu it is a mandatory install if you use kubuntu or at least is the non-lts release the current Ubuntu 222.10 uses KD plasma 5.25 so you're getting two updates worth this cycle you definitely need to upgrade Ubuntu mate 23.04 as far as I could find only updated the internals and the repos to match the regular Ubuntu variant with pulse audio being replaced with pipe wire but the desktop stayed the exact same as in 22.10 which seems logical since the latest version of mate 1.26 dates from 2021 Ubuntu budgie 23.04 is a big update it gets new applets with a better weather panel plus better Hot Corner support through a nice little settings window that lets you set what you want to activate and after which delay and all screen edges are now usable as well not just Corners the window shuffler applet now lets you do quarter tiling using the mouse or the keyboard and the user indicator has been replaced with a more modern one and you also get budgie 10.7 a big update with a new application indexer that should give more consistent results between the menu and the Run dialog there's dual GPU support to launch apps using the dedicated GPU the Run dialog will now better fit your screen there's a new screenshot tool to replace the gnome one they used before and notifications will now fade in and out and shouldn't cause screen flickering anymore finally The Raven panel has a new API for developers to build widgets that can go into it and you can now reposition these widgets how you like another mandatory update if you use Ubuntu budgie move to 23.04 there's a lot to like here on the exubuntu front there's a new X Ubuntu minimal install with only the bare utilities and no added apps and Ubuntu now uses xfc 4.18 with a much better thunar file manager that includes an image preview sidebar and editable toolbar and file highlighting features to attribute a specific color to a file or folder recursive search is also supported and you'll get on-screen notifications for undo and redo actions you can also configure the panel length of xfc in pixels the clock applet is now much more configurable and you get a bunch of new options like disabling header bars in module dialogs show or hide a delete option in the desktop context menu or pick a multi-monitor behavior to apply by default to any new monitor you connect here as well if your X Ubuntu user mandatory update you don't want to miss out on 4.80 Ubuntu cinnamon 23.04 just joined the official flavors list and it will give you the cinnamon desktop used mostly in Linux Mint with the yaru theme on top of it Nemo as the file manager plus celluloids G thump gnome photos and the usual LibreOffice Thunderbird and Firefox it doesn't come with the mint apps also called X apps and it uses gnome software for updates and app installs so what you'll get here is the cinnamon desktop shell but not the cinema and desktop environment that you would get in mint with all the associated apps you'll still get all the utilities to configure cinnamon but none of the default mint apps so if that's what you like you need to stick with mint I couldn't find anything about what's new in Ubuntu Unity which is also now an official flavor I'm guessing they didn't have that much time to really update Unity since 22.10 but you'll get the usual internals changes pipe wire and the like same for lubuntu and LX cute I couldn't find any release notes although I would expect them to not have moved to the very latest lxq 1.3 which was just released last week as per Ubuntu Studio it also uses pipe Wire by default but they recommend moving back to pulse audio for professional work it also uses KDE 5.27 like kubuntu and will benefit from the same improvements and all the default Graphics editing video editing and Audio Apps got a version bump to the latest just available so 23.04 is not a fascinating release but it still brings a few Ubuntu specific things like the new installer or the dark badges the flavors are where the changes are at though with Ubuntu budgie and kubuntu 23.04 being really really big upgrades and xubuntu also having a lot of cool changes this time around so if you're an Ubuntu user and you don't stick to LTS releases then absolutely mandatory upgrade whatever the flavor you're using you'll get 9 months of support and you'll get much better features stability in your internals no question if you're stuck on an LTS then this release won't change your mind and if you already don't like or even hate Ubuntu then there's nothing here to change your mind just like I won't change my mind about our sponsor if you're looking to buy a new computer and you plan to run Linux on it stop buying Windows computers and trying to slap Linux on it and expecting everything to work 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hey everyone this is Nick and since YouTube usually doesn't have much going on on Sundays well here you go I fixed that for you with this video this week we have more signs that Solas as a distro is dying or maybe even already dead we have the first defamation lawsuit brought against open Ai and chat GPT as the text it invents starts affecting real people's lives and we also have the EU trying to encourage an Unholy Fusion of companies to build their own big Tech Giant just like I'm encouraging you to listen to this segue to our sponsor this video is sponsored by lenode lenode is the only solution I use to run my own nexcloud server and my only office server as well it's a super easy solution to deploy basically anything you want in one click they have a huge Marketplace of applications you can host from next Cloud WordPress Drupal gitlab lab or grafana to gaming servers for Minecraft RX CS go rust valheim and more they take care of all the configuration for you all you have to do is click the thing you want to deploy fill in a few details and your server is up and running and once everything is live it's still super easy to manage your servers to upgrade or downgrade them add some storage back them up and get help if you're stuck I've been using linode for years now and I can only recommend them if you want to give them a shot click the link in the description below and you'll get a hundred dollars of free credits to get started so we all know distro watch is hardly the best source to monitor the popularity of a distribution but it is a good tool to get updates on them and now the solar saga continues as distro watch just removed their active status it's now labeled as a dormant distribution which is never a good sign but since they haven't put out a new release in two years it's an automatic move this rewards does to point out to potential users that it's not very well maintained it doesn't mean they have Insider info on the distro shutting down but it's another nail in the coffin of Solus after all its issues with their website bug tracker and Forum now apparently fixed and with key members of the project leaving to work on other things the infrastructure is also apparently maintained by a single person who clearly does not have the required time to make sure everything runs smoothly and one of the key contributors Joshua's trouble left Solas to focus on budgie specifically a while ago it also seems some packages are no longer up to date like Firefox for example which is at version 108 in their repos when the current one is 111 at least that was the case when I recorded some footage of Solus for my distro tier list video and it's always sad to see a Linux distro slowly eroding away especially when it's a from scratch distro like solos but it just seems that there is not much interest in the Linux Community to take care maintain or evolve this distribution so I hope they can recover but for now I would advise everyone to not use it it's just not up to date and probably not very secure either now it looks like ai's problems with presenting false information with the highest degree of confidence might finally come back to bite them Brian Hood a whistleblower who helped expose a bribery Scandal linked to Australia's national Reserve Bank is looking into suing the AI when asked about that bribery case presents Hood as a criminal falsely stating that they were convicted of paying bribes to foreign officials that he has pleaded guilty to bribery and Corruption and been sentenced to prison all of which are absolutely untrue the AI also at some point mentioned the authorized payments to an arms dealer this is obviously potentially very damaging for someone's reputation especially as he's an elected mayor in Australia and there is basically zero suggestion anywhere that he might have committed this so it's another case of an AI completely hallucinating something out of the blue or Worse completely misunderstanding what it could find on the topic so if that lawsuit proceeds it will be the first defamation case against an AI tool and this would be a defining moment as it could make people who create these tools liable for what the AI actually writes which honestly seems pretty normal to me openai generally defends themselves saying that they clearly state that it doesn't always generate accurate answers but this might not be enough as their AI is being deployed in products used by millions which gives it a legitimacy and credibility that people will take for granted and yes I do believe that AI companies should be held liable when their AI tools generate misinformation that actually affects people's lives you can't just create a tool that invents stuff out of the blue and expect zero repercussions from that so I hope the lawsuit goes forward and I hope openai loses it so they might finally start maybe taking more care about what the AI actually writes now it looks like the European Union really wants to have an alternative to the giant tech companies that let's be honest all originate from the US ovh one of the biggest french-based and european-based Cloud providers is planning to take control of Quant the French search engine and they'll also join forces with Shadow the streaming service that lets you run a PC in the cloud so they want to create something called sinfonium with the goal of combining that struggling search engine with the cloud power of ovh and Shadow to offer more competitive solutions to Google's Amazons or Microsoft's on the European market they want to create a portal to highlight the most successful European companies and try and transform Shadow from something mostly aimed at Gamers right now to something broader with more potential applications it's also so perfect to appease the requests many European governments have to retain digital sovereignty of course it hasn't been signed yet so any number of things could go wrong but it would definitely save Quant which has been struggling a lot to gain market share or even create a sustainable business model and I'm all for it as long as it doesn't create yet another privacy invasive corporation that is just European instead of being from the US but I'm also afraid that these people forgot why Google became so successful they offer services to individuals first and then they moved on to companies a new symphonium giant if it doesn't have that individual side of things like email calendars and stuff like that it will never gain the Mind share and the market share necessary to compete with Google Now in KDE land this week the work on plasma 6 continues with the major goal of trying to make using hybrid GPU devices not suck on KDE anymore they worked on kwin to better support the Intel and AMD GPU combos better although it seems that this won't affect Intel plus Nvidia combos on top of that they added an option to open new tabs in a window without activating it like for example opening multiple links from an email in a web browser without raising the browser window every time they made the Emoji selector faster to open when you press control plus Dot and authentication Windows have been redesigned to just focus on entering passwords the kwin rule settings page has also been revamped a bit to explain options more quickly and for the view items will now be opened with a single click when in pop-up list form 148 bugs were also fixed including for the Weyland session and fixing a problem that made setting higher refresh rates than 60 hertz on AMD gpus impossible and the week before they basically confirmed that it will take 8 months to actually get plasma 6 out the door so you can expect that new release in October but most bug fixes and application updates will still be ported to KDE 5.27 so it should be okay now in The Gnome world work on Liberty continues as it gained two new widget types to display spin buttons these little controls that let you adjust the property's number with a plus and minus button and to display various property rows where the value is more visible than the title gnome software saw some work to triage issues and fix problems so it should be smoother in the next minor update to gnome 44. like the Wikipedia client has been moved to gtk4 and has an always visible search input that you can activate just by typing it also gained a side panel to display the table of contents languages and bookmarks and you can change the theme tube converter the tool to download videos from YouTube and other platforms now lets you open files directly after downloading them or the folder where they were downloaded and the Flash Mobile shell now has a power menu to power off the device take a screenshot make an emergency call and more that you can bring by long pressing the power button dinaro the personal budgeting tool now has a dashboard page to see all your accounts in one place and you can assign callers to spending groups all good stuff here and more apps to make your gnome desktop more productive and on that note I have a dedicated video where I showcase how I work with gnome with just a few extensions and the apps I use the link is in the description below or like in the card up top and to wrap up our tour of desktop environment updates LX cute also got a new release it's not a desktop environment that gets a lot of coverage and I personally don't think I ever tried it but you can think of it as a simpler lightweight KDE version 1.3 still uses QT 5.15 but the developers are working on moving it to q6 they are just waiting on a stable version of the KD Frameworks which they use as a base the panel has been optimized and comes with the Dom plug-in compiled by default the file manager PC man FM has a few issues fixed notably for opening non-executable files that have executable extensions and preventing desktop icons to move around on their own and you can now turn off smooth scrolling if you want there are session settings tool also now better supports different window managers and the system tray and they improved Wayland support for now no distro has pre-compiled packages for it so you'll need to compile it yourself from Source but it shouldn't be long before rolling releases give you that update it's a minor update but it's still good to see these less well-known desktop environments get some attention some maintenance and some love now we have a nice big privacy breach to discuss this week as Tesla employees apparently have access to the internal camera of Tesla vehicles or at least the images captured by them several X Tesla employees said that they saw footage from these built-in cameras and past sensitive videos around from a car crashing into a kid to a naked man approaching a car in his garage the images were anonymized but they definitely had enough data to identify which car they came from or the location where the images were captured now before you panic if you're a Tesla owner these employees were part of the team charged with reviewing this footage to improve Tesla's safe driving capabilities not every Tesla employee can see this but it still means that when you buy a Tesla you basically agree to humans looking at what you do in or around your car which is definitely bad especially when you consider that these employees apparently passed images around for a laugh or even made memes out of them something that is definitely not the spirit in which consent was given when buying the vehicle so yeah cameras in private places like your house or your car always a terrible idea if you don't control where the data goes and who can see it just don't do it and let's finish this with the gaming news this week a reminder that valve might have done a lot for Linux gaming but it doesn't mean they're an angel as they have now caved to a developer and Publishers request to remove a negative review on the game warlander this review pointed out the anti-cheat the game was using was pretty shady and that review was very highly a voted being the most visible review on the games page and this review has now been removed by Valve and everyone who marked it as helpful seems to have their accounts restricted for 30 days which means they are now unable to vote on any other review for that duration the review was marked as violating the terms of service which seems to be a big stress edge of that definition not a great look if negative reviews are just removed because they are not pleasing to the developer or the publisher it should be perfectly okay to point out DRM systems or anti-cheat systems when they actually have an impact on the game's performance on The Player's experience or on their privacy and it looks like the latest version of Mesa will be pretty great for Linux Gamers using Intel and AMD gpus 23.1 will bring the new graphics pipeline Library probably on May the 3rd and it should improve Shader related stutters a lot something that happens when your game doesn't have a shade or Cache to download and makes entering a new area in a game a bit annoying with starters all over the place and terrible performance cache file sizes will also be reduced by about 60 percent for single file cash and two percent for multi-file cash and of course it also means means that the steam deck will benefit from that so you'll have a better smoother experience on all games and also on new games that just released which is really good really good just like our sponsor if you're in the market for a new pc and you plan to run Linux on it stop buying devices that were made to run Windows and try to retrofit Linux on top of it for the best experience click the link in the description below and get yourself a computer from tuxedo they make laptops and desktops for all price points all sizes and all needs and all of them have been designed to run Linux specifically they're all very customizable and configurable and all their laptops can be opened repaired upgraded with the battery the ram 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hey everyone this is Nick and since YouTube usually doesn't have much going on on Sundays well here you go I fixed that for you with this video this week we have more signs that Solas as a distro is dying or maybe even already dead we have the first defamation lawsuit brought against open Ai and chat GPT as the text it invents starts affecting real people's lives and we also have the EU trying to encourage an Unholy Fusion of companies to build their own big Tech Giant just like I'm encouraging you to listen to this segue to our sponsor this video is sponsored by lenode lenode is the only solution I use to run my own nexcloud server and my only office server as well it's a super easy solution to deploy basically anything you want in one click they have a huge Marketplace of applications you can host from next Cloud WordPress Drupal gitlab lab or grafana to gaming servers for Minecraft RX CS go rust valheim and more they take care of all the configuration for you all you have to do is click the thing you want to deploy fill in a few details and your server is up and running and once everything is live it's still super easy to manage your servers to upgrade or downgrade them add some storage back them up and get help if you're stuck I've been using linode for years now and I can only recommend them if you want to give them a shot click the link in the description below and you'll get a hundred dollars of free credits to get started so we all know distro watch is hardly the best source to monitor the popularity of a distribution but it is a good tool to get updates on them and now the solar saga continues as distro watch just removed their active status it's now labeled as a dormant distribution which is never a good sign but since they haven't put out a new release in two years it's an automatic move this rewards does to point out to potential users that it's not very well maintained it doesn't mean they have Insider info on the distro shutting down but it's another nail in the coffin of Solus after all its issues with their website bug tracker and Forum now apparently fixed and with key members of the project leaving to work on other things the infrastructure is also apparently maintained by a single person who clearly does not have the required time to make sure everything runs smoothly and one of the key contributors Joshua's trouble left Solas to focus on budgie specifically a while ago it also seems some packages are no longer up to date like Firefox for example which is at version 108 in their repos when the current one is 111 at least that was the case when I recorded some footage of Solus for my distro tier list video and it's always sad to see a Linux distro slowly eroding away especially when it's a from scratch distro like solos but it just seems that there is not much interest in the Linux Community to take care maintain or evolve this distribution so I hope they can recover but for now I would advise everyone to not use it it's just not up to date and probably not very secure either now it looks like ai's problems with presenting false information with the highest degree of confidence might finally come back to bite them Brian Hood a whistleblower who helped expose a bribery Scandal linked to Australia's national Reserve Bank is looking into suing the AI when asked about that bribery case presents Hood as a criminal falsely stating that they were convicted of paying bribes to foreign officials that he has pleaded guilty to bribery and Corruption and been sentenced to prison all of which are absolutely untrue the AI also at some point mentioned the authorized payments to an arms dealer this is obviously potentially very damaging for someone's reputation especially as he's an elected mayor in Australia and there is basically zero suggestion anywhere that he might have committed this so it's another case of an AI completely hallucinating something out of the blue or Worse completely misunderstanding what it could find on the topic so if that lawsuit proceeds it will be the first defamation case against an AI tool and this would be a defining moment as it could make people who create these tools liable for what the AI actually writes which honestly seems pretty normal to me openai generally defends themselves saying that they clearly state that it doesn't always generate accurate answers but this might not be enough as their AI is being deployed in products used by millions which gives it a legitimacy and credibility that people will take for granted and yes I do believe that AI companies should be held liable when their AI tools generate misinformation that actually affects people's lives you can't just create a tool that invents stuff out of the blue and expect zero repercussions from that so I hope the lawsuit goes forward and I hope openai loses it so they might finally start maybe taking more care about what the AI actually writes now it looks like the European Union really wants to have an alternative to the giant tech companies that let's be honest all originate from the US ovh one of the biggest french-based and european-based Cloud providers is planning to take control of Quant the French search engine and they'll also join forces with Shadow the streaming service that lets you run a PC in the cloud so they want to create something called sinfonium with the goal of combining that struggling search engine with the cloud power of ovh and Shadow to offer more competitive solutions to Google's Amazons or Microsoft's on the European market they want to create a portal to highlight the most successful European companies and try and transform Shadow from something mostly aimed at Gamers right now to something broader with more potential applications it's also so perfect to appease the requests many European governments have to retain digital sovereignty of course it hasn't been signed yet so any number of things could go wrong but it would definitely save Quant which has been struggling a lot to gain market share or even create a sustainable business model and I'm all for it as long as it doesn't create yet another privacy invasive corporation that is just European instead of being from the US but I'm also afraid that these people forgot why Google became so successful they offer services to individuals first and then they moved on to companies a new symphonium giant if it doesn't have that individual side of things like email calendars and stuff like that it will never gain the Mind share and the market share necessary to compete with Google Now in KDE land this week the work on plasma 6 continues with the major goal of trying to make using hybrid GPU devices not suck on KDE anymore they worked on kwin to better support the Intel and AMD GPU combos better although it seems that this won't affect Intel plus Nvidia combos on top of that they added an option to open new tabs in a window without activating it like for example opening multiple links from an email in a web browser without raising the browser window every time they made the Emoji selector faster to open when you press control plus Dot and authentication Windows have been redesigned to just focus on entering passwords the kwin rule settings page has also been revamped a bit to explain options more quickly and for the view items will now be opened with a single click when in pop-up list form 148 bugs were also fixed including for the Weyland session and fixing a problem that made setting higher refresh rates than 60 hertz on AMD gpus impossible and the week before they basically confirmed that it will take 8 months to actually get plasma 6 out the door so you can expect that new release in October but most bug fixes and application updates will still be ported to KDE 5.27 so it should be okay now in The Gnome world work on Liberty continues as it gained two new widget types to display spin buttons these little controls that let you adjust the property's number with a plus and minus button and to display various property rows where the value is more visible than the title gnome software saw some work to triage issues and fix problems so it should be smoother in the next minor update to gnome 44. like the Wikipedia client has been moved to gtk4 and has an always visible search input that you can activate just by typing it also gained a side panel to display the table of contents languages and bookmarks and you can change the theme tube converter the tool to download videos from YouTube and other platforms now lets you open files directly after downloading them or the folder where they were downloaded and the Flash Mobile shell now has a power menu to power off the device take a screenshot make an emergency call and more that you can bring by long pressing the power button dinaro the personal budgeting tool now has a dashboard page to see all your accounts in one place and you can assign callers to spending groups all good stuff here and more apps to make your gnome desktop more productive and on that note I have a dedicated video where I showcase how I work with gnome with just a few extensions and the apps I use the link is in the description below or like in the card up top and to wrap up our tour of desktop environment updates LX cute also got a new release it's not a desktop environment that gets a lot of coverage and I personally don't think I ever tried it but you can think of it as a simpler lightweight KDE version 1.3 still uses QT 5.15 but the developers are working on moving it to q6 they are just waiting on a stable version of the KD Frameworks which they use as a base the panel has been optimized and comes with the Dom plug-in compiled by default the file manager PC man FM has a few issues fixed notably for opening non-executable files that have executable extensions and preventing desktop icons to move around on their own and you can now turn off smooth scrolling if you want there are session settings tool also now better supports different window managers and the system tray and they improved Wayland support for now no distro has pre-compiled packages for it so you'll need to compile it yourself from Source but it shouldn't be long before rolling releases give you that update it's a minor update but it's still good to see these less well-known desktop environments get some attention some maintenance and some love now we have a nice big privacy breach to discuss this week as Tesla employees apparently have access to the internal camera of Tesla vehicles or at least the images captured by them several X Tesla employees said that they saw footage from these built-in cameras and past sensitive videos around from a car crashing into a kid to a naked man approaching a car in his garage the images were anonymized but they definitely had enough data to identify which car they came from or the location where the images were captured now before you panic if you're a Tesla owner these employees were part of the team charged with reviewing this footage to improve Tesla's safe driving capabilities not every Tesla employee can see this but it still means that when you buy a Tesla you basically agree to humans looking at what you do in or around your car which is definitely bad especially when you consider that these employees apparently passed images around for a laugh or even made memes out of them something that is definitely not the spirit in which consent was given when buying the vehicle so yeah cameras in private places like your house or your car always a terrible idea if you don't control where the data goes and who can see it just don't do it and let's finish this with the gaming news this week a reminder that valve might have done a lot for Linux gaming but it doesn't mean they're an angel as they have now caved to a developer and Publishers request to remove a negative review on the game warlander this review pointed out the anti-cheat the game was using was pretty shady and that review was very highly a voted being the most visible review on the games page and this review has now been removed by Valve and everyone who marked it as helpful seems to have their accounts restricted for 30 days which means they are now unable to vote on any other review for that duration the review was marked as violating the terms of service which seems to be a big stress edge of that definition not a great look if negative reviews are just removed because they are not pleasing to the developer or the publisher it should be perfectly okay to point out DRM systems or anti-cheat systems when they actually have an impact on the game's performance on The Player's experience or on their privacy and it looks like the latest version of Mesa will be pretty great for Linux Gamers using Intel and AMD gpus 23.1 will bring the new graphics pipeline Library probably on May the 3rd and it should improve Shader related stutters a lot something that happens when your game doesn't have a shade or Cache to download and makes entering a new area in a game a bit annoying with starters all over the place and terrible performance cache file sizes will also be reduced by about 60 percent for single file cash and two percent for multi-file cash and of course it also means means that the steam deck will benefit from that so you'll have a better smoother experience on all games and also on new games that just released which is really good really good just like our sponsor if you're in the market for a new pc and you plan to run Linux on it stop buying devices that were made to run Windows and try to retrofit Linux on top of it for the best experience click the link in the description below and get yourself a computer from tuxedo they make laptops and desktops for all price points all sizes and all needs and all of them have been designed to run Linux specifically they're all very customizable and configurable and all their laptops can be opened repaired upgraded with the battery the ram 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hey everyone this is Nick and since I already made a tier list video about desktop environment I guess it's only fair I now make one about this truth and like the previous one it's not just going to be my face over tear maker because that's super boring and of course I can only rate this Strokes that I actually tried myself so if your favorite one isn't on the list leave me a comment down below I'll give it a shot maybe make a dedicated video and I'll make sure at least to try it out for the next tier list video and in the meantime you can try out our sponsor this video is sponsored by savings portmaster portmaster is an all-in-one tool to easily take your privacy to the next level and it's a tool I use myself on all of my Linux devices portmaster lets you automatically block all trackers and malware in every application you run on your computer not just your web browser but everything you run it's easy to use use with defaults already in place that lets you just set it and forget it but if you like to configure every Rule and every app you also can portmaster is completely free and open source and also free of charge as it's funded by users that subscribe to the SPN a super powered VPN that gives you multiple identities for every connection of every application so if you want to easily improve the privacy of your system whatever the Linux distro you use or even on Windows click the link in the description below and download the Ford Master for free Okay so let's begin with the first distro I ever used Ubuntu I've had a love hate relationship with Ubuntu over the years when I started with Linux it was basically the best the one that lifted everyone else by trying to make Linux in general more user-friendly and more accessible graphically that was in 2006 as time went on they slowly blast Folk focus on the desktop started resting on their low rolls before slowly climbing out of the hole but nowadays I would just put Ubuntu in the decent category it does follow the latest gnome release cycle they do have their own spin on that desktop and they've regained some amount of stability that they had lost for a while but they are not the best for beginners anymore and they do Force snaps on users which I'm not a fan of as it's undeniably not as good as other formats on the desktop but it's not a bad distro so yeah decent it's not the devil but it's also not what I would recommend to New Linux users anymore now let's move on to Linux Mint the no longer green and distribution mint is a distro I used to not enjoy particularly but nowadays I feel it's really one of the best options for most people it now looks pretty good with its new default theme and it's one of the most complete experiences out of the box they have graphical utilities for everything and their desktop cinnamon is very customizable but it remains simple to use it's basically what I call the KDE of gtk you've got tons of options but everything is still super legible and simple to use in true gtk fashion the distro is very stable very well maintained it walks backs on the more controversial choices that Ubuntu makes and it has a clear focus on user experience and ease of use so I'm going to put it in great it's a distro I could see myself using on a daily basis with the only caveat being it's pretty old Ubuntu LTS base which means Hardware support isn't always the best if you have the latest and greatest components in your PC still mint is a great choice for beginners and for advanced users alike which is super rare in the Linux world and it deserves to be mentioned and now let's move on to the distro that started this channel Elementary OS and this is a hard one to place on the one hand it's a very polished experience and I love what they're doing they basically started this idea that each desktop environment should have their own ecosystem of apps that follows precise higs they are still the only distro for now that offers payment to developers in their app store they were the first to implement smooth one-to-one touchpad gestures and on X11 no less and they have a very considerate approach to how they develop features and some people might think that this is a negative as in You Can't customize it but that's sort of the point of the distro it's a take it or leave it experience and I like that approach doesn't try to serve everyone it just offers something that they thought about if it's not for you that's okay but on the other hand if we look at where it is today it is lagging be an gnome in terms of Polish and features and app ecosystem and Elementary still makes decisions that cannot be described as anything other than bone-headed like forcing users to completely reinstall with each new version something that has been sold on Linux since 2005 or they only enable their Elementary apps in their store after install and sure it has flatback support and you can add flat Hub easily but this means that after an install you cannot install an office suite or a web browser which come on that's just not a good experience so as it stands today Elementary OS is only going to be decent for me I think they're biting off a bit more than they can chew they're trying to make the apps and a desktop and a distro and with Elementary EOS 7 they released something cool but that's not necessarily up to today's Linux standards okay now let's talk about orange by the Arch Linux sorry Arch is a distro I've used for a while and that I regularly go back to on and off but never on a production device It's a Wonderful learning experience that teaches you how a Linux operating system is built by letting you pick and layer every component you prefer on top of each other and it lets you be really deliberate in the choices you make it's also pretty much always up to date plus you get access to the Aur to get virtually anything you want but this is a double-edged sword Arch doesn't hold your hand it will let you destroy your system if you don't read update notes or if you're not careful or if you abuse the Aur it is also simply not as stable as Point releases like Ubuntu or Fedora it gives you everything as it's released with minimal testing and almost every problem with Arch is user error not necessarily the fault of the distro but it also means that there are a lot of potential errors and there's the usual joke about installing it but honestly now you have pretty much guided installers that you can download and install and even following the wiki isn't that hard it's not my definition of a good time when I want to have a computer up and running I would much rather have a graphical installer with five clicks to make but it's not that tricky so Arch is going in good but only if you know what you're doing and if you know how to fix a mistake if your Linux beginner or someone who just wants to use their computer you know set it and forget it way it's going in the no way category do not start your Linux Journey with Arch Linux unless you have a lot of time to waste you're ready to learn and you have tons of hours to spend to read wikis and ask questions it is not meant for beginners another distro I used for a while is Solas and I liked it for the budgie desktop which at the time felt like what I wanted from gnome and for its approach of building a Linux distro from scratch without using Ubuntu as a base for example it also has a pretty good package manager and its own set of repos but solos is going in no way because it pretty much feels like a dying distro these days the website was down for about three months there hasn't been an up-to-date ISO released since mid-2021 the latest status update from the team dates back to the end of February and packages don't seem very up to date either nowadays budget the desktop they use even basically said they don't want people to experience budgie through Solas anymore and that desktop itself hasn't moved a lot in recent years seeing minor updates as it's repairing a transition away from gtk and gnome Technologies so yeah no way I would ever use this thing in its current status they need to prove that they're able to maintain a Linux distro which for now they're proving they can't so unless something happens it's just not recommended at all add on to Fedora the distro I use everywhere these days and I'm still only going to place it in good not great because while I feel this is the distro that is pushing the Linux desktop forwards these days by adopting the most modern Technologies quickly helping them get tested contributing to them I also feel they missed the mark in some ways and I won't bore you with the installer again it's horrible it has the worst ux of any installer I ever use they're working on another one it's just bad let's move on Fedora also requires you to add a repo to install the NVIDIA drivers which is annoying and makes for a less seamless experience and until now they also half embraced flat pack by not giving users an easy way to have flat Hub right at install although that's going to be fixed in fedora 38. apart from that it's smooth it ships vanilla desktop environment so you can customize them as much or as little as you want it's super stable it's modern it's good once the new installer is there and flat Hub can be enabled by default in just one click and maybe once they add NVIDIA drivers readily available at install right on the iso then sure it will move in the great category but for now it's good okay let's talk deep in it's a basic desktop environment but it's also a distro and it's a distro I'm putting in no way the desktop environment looks beautiful but the default apps are way too basic and can't handle half of the tasks I need from them installing anything else results in that nice unified look being completely broken and as such it's just not a good experience and it also uses a very old Debian base which for their it's a desktop for everyone purpose is just not good and their performance is also hit or miss and then there's the usual is it spyware thing because it's from China and there's always some amount of Chinese paranoia somewhere and it's hard to get cold hard proof on what it collects or not it's open source but the amount of code and the very little interest there is in Western countries means that it really hasn't been checked all that much now what's for certain is that it does collect some Telemetry using a Chinese tool comparable to Google analytics so yeah it lacks in features the performance isn't that great it uses a very old base and there are some potential privacy concern it's going in the no way category if you want to use the deep in desktop use Ubuntu DDE it's much better now let's talk about Manjaro and this one is going into no thanks it's a distro I used a lot on my desktop but I just cannot recommend it anymore the distro itself isn't necessarily bad but the way it's being run absolutely is the team has a horrible track record of not renewing their security certificates for their websites and instead of fixing the issue they'll tell users to roll back their computer's clock so the certificate appears valid they had issues with their Treasurer leaving after some people people misused company funds they made deals with proprietary office suites replacing open source ones before backing down when the community was understandably pissed they packaged beta or Alpha versions of apps without asking the developers and passing that as a stable update it's just super weird kinda Shady not respectful and I just don't think it sends a good message and if you start mixing and matching Manjaro packages and stuff from the Aur you can very quickly make that distro completely broken as Aur packages might depend on newer versions of libraries that Arch ships but that Manjaro doesn't yet it's just not a very good platform it's not very stable it's not very performant it's not bleeding edge either and the way the companies run is so so so yeah no thanks now good old Debian the granddaddy of Linux distros and here I will refer to the stable version I never ran testing or unstable personally I like their new stance of offering proprietary drivers and firmware on the iso because you won't have them installed by default but it makes the experience better for people who need them it's rock solid it's tested to Perfection and the repos are huge and well maintained I hesitated a lot but I'm gonna put it in the good category although this is a distro I would never run on a desktop or a laptop exclusively on a server because Debian stable is extremely old it has very very outdated versions of desktop environments and applications and sure the latter can be fixed using flat pack or something equivalent but the desktops the current stable version is at gnome 3.38 or KD 5.20 there are full three gnome versions behind and seven KDE releases and so I decided to put it in good still because that's the purpose of the distro it's being super stable super well tested at the expense of having recent releases of anything basically so I would personally never use it but for people who need that it's a very good distribution now let's move on to pop OS it's a distro I really loved and I even moved all my computers to it for a while it spin on gnome is great they add a lot of very useful features like Auto tiling and some customization on top they include extra software on top of Ubuntu repos they support flat Hub and they actually have a stake in making sure the OS works really well because well they sell computers with it pre-installed yeah that kind of stuff will make you care a little bit I guess but for now I will only put Bob OS in the decent category because it's in sort of a limbo while they developed their new cosmic desktop shell it looks very interesting but in the meantime popos hasn't seen a new release in almost a year it uses an older version of gnome and its own additions to gnome were not updated either there is also no word on if we will see a Pap OS release to follow Ubuntu 223.04 or what it will bring and yes I'm sure that once they release their new and updated Cosmic desktop and they start updating the base and the apps again I'll be able to put them in good or great but for now it's only decent because it's too old for a Mainline desktop distro it missed out on a lot and you just don't know where it's going for now now let's continue with Gen 2 and look this one just isn't for me I tried it I understand why it exists but I also don't really feel the need to have almost everything I install be compiled for my Hardware specifically I don't need this level of control over what I install and performance wise I would argue that on a recent computer you're never going to notice the difference but that doesn't mean Gen 2 is bad it's solid and once the long install process is finished it runs like any other rolling distro and the heavier packages are provided as binary so you won't waste 20 hours compiling chromium or LibreOffice and that level of control over how you install things and what exactly you want to install is what some people look for so Gen 2 is going in the good category it's not for me but I'm not going to criticize it just because I'm not the target audience now let's move on to zorin OS it looks icy cold and cool it has tons of layouts you can use to make it look and behave more like a desktop you're already used to it includes a bunch of tools like a rebranded KD connect or wine out of the box and some people might call that bloat but honestly if you use that word you're probably an arch user and you had zero interest in an Ubuntu based distro anyways now sorry no s will go into the no thanks category because it also suffers from the not updated often enough problem they tend to release new major versions every two years only which is not frequent enough for a desktop distro at least in my opinion you're stuck on super old gnome with worse performance no good Wayland support all the drivers I just can't recommend it Linux Mint uses an older base as well but they provide regular updates to their desktop and apps zorinos doesn't if they had a semi-rolling release policy for the desktop and applications then sure but for now if you install zorino as 16 today it feels like going back in time you're missing a lot and there are better choices for your desktop now Katie neon that's a good one it also uses an older Ubuntu LTS base which can be your problem but it has all the latest software from KD from the desktop to the apps and that's a very good mix so it's going in good basically it gets great stability plus unevolving desktop which is what I want from a desktop distro even though they said themselves they are not a distro but they clearly are there's nothing much more to say here it's a great choice for KD lovers unless you really really want snaps or you absolutely need a more up-to-date base than an LTS I would never recommend kubuntu to you over KD neon it's just a better choice and of course I plan to test a lot more distros this year including open Souza which I haven't looked at in years or Nix OS some immutable distros and more so if your favorite distro was not in that tier list Don't Panic tell me about it in the comments below I'll take a look at it if it's interesting enough I'll make a dedicated video on it and who knows if I make another of these tier list videos it might be included in it as well just like I included this Segway to our sponsor if you need a new computer and you plan to run Linux on it stop buying Windows laptops or desktops and trying to retrofit Linux on top of it for the best experience click the link in the description below and buy a device from tuxedo they make computers laptops desktops nugs gaming devices whatever you want that run Linux out of the box the hardware is picked specifically for Linux they are super customizable the range will cover every price point and every need and all 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hey everyone this is Nick and since I already made a tier list video about desktop environment I guess it's only fair I now make one about this truth and like the previous one it's not just going to be my face over tear maker because that's super boring and of course I can only rate this Strokes that I actually tried myself so if your favorite one isn't on the list leave me a comment down below I'll give it a shot maybe make a dedicated video and I'll make sure at least to try it out for the next tier list video and in the meantime you can try out our sponsor this video is sponsored by savings portmaster portmaster is an all-in-one tool to easily take your privacy to the next level and it's a tool I use myself on all of my Linux devices portmaster lets you automatically block all trackers and malware in every application you run on your computer not just your web browser but everything you run it's easy to use use with defaults already in place that lets you just set it and forget it but if you like to configure every Rule and every app you also can portmaster is completely free and open source and also free of charge as it's funded by users that subscribe to the SPN a super powered VPN that gives you multiple identities for every connection of every application so if you want to easily improve the privacy of your system whatever the Linux distro you use or even on Windows click the link in the description below and download the Ford Master for free Okay so let's begin with the first distro I ever used Ubuntu I've had a love hate relationship with Ubuntu over the years when I started with Linux it was basically the best the one that lifted everyone else by trying to make Linux in general more user-friendly and more accessible graphically that was in 2006 as time went on they slowly blast Folk focus on the desktop started resting on their low rolls before slowly climbing out of the hole but nowadays I would just put Ubuntu in the decent category it does follow the latest gnome release cycle they do have their own spin on that desktop and they've regained some amount of stability that they had lost for a while but they are not the best for beginners anymore and they do Force snaps on users which I'm not a fan of as it's undeniably not as good as other formats on the desktop but it's not a bad distro so yeah decent it's not the devil but it's also not what I would recommend to New Linux users anymore now let's move on to Linux Mint the no longer green and distribution mint is a distro I used to not enjoy particularly but nowadays I feel it's really one of the best options for most people it now looks pretty good with its new default theme and it's one of the most complete experiences out of the box they have graphical utilities for everything and their desktop cinnamon is very customizable but it remains simple to use it's basically what I call the KDE of gtk you've got tons of options but everything is still super legible and simple to use in true gtk fashion the distro is very stable very well maintained it walks backs on the more controversial choices that Ubuntu makes and it has a clear focus on user experience and ease of use so I'm going to put it in great it's a distro I could see myself using on a daily basis with the only caveat being it's pretty old Ubuntu LTS base which means Hardware support isn't always the best if you have the latest and greatest components in your PC still mint is a great choice for beginners and for advanced users alike which is super rare in the Linux world and it deserves to be mentioned and now let's move on to the distro that started this channel Elementary OS and this is a hard one to place on the one hand it's a very polished experience and I love what they're doing they basically started this idea that each desktop environment should have their own ecosystem of apps that follows precise higs they are still the only distro for now that offers payment to developers in their app store they were the first to implement smooth one-to-one touchpad gestures and on X11 no less and they have a very considerate approach to how they develop features and some people might think that this is a negative as in You Can't customize it but that's sort of the point of the distro it's a take it or leave it experience and I like that approach doesn't try to serve everyone it just offers something that they thought about if it's not for you that's okay but on the other hand if we look at where it is today it is lagging be an gnome in terms of Polish and features and app ecosystem and Elementary still makes decisions that cannot be described as anything other than bone-headed like forcing users to completely reinstall with each new version something that has been sold on Linux since 2005 or they only enable their Elementary apps in their store after install and sure it has flatback support and you can add flat Hub easily but this means that after an install you cannot install an office suite or a web browser which come on that's just not a good experience so as it stands today Elementary OS is only going to be decent for me I think they're biting off a bit more than they can chew they're trying to make the apps and a desktop and a distro and with Elementary EOS 7 they released something cool but that's not necessarily up to today's Linux standards okay now let's talk about orange by the Arch Linux sorry Arch is a distro I've used for a while and that I regularly go back to on and off but never on a production device It's a Wonderful learning experience that teaches you how a Linux operating system is built by letting you pick and layer every component you prefer on top of each other and it lets you be really deliberate in the choices you make it's also pretty much always up to date plus you get access to the Aur to get virtually anything you want but this is a double-edged sword Arch doesn't hold your hand it will let you destroy your system if you don't read update notes or if you're not careful or if you abuse the Aur it is also simply not as stable as Point releases like Ubuntu or Fedora it gives you everything as it's released with minimal testing and almost every problem with Arch is user error not necessarily the fault of the distro but it also means that there are a lot of potential errors and there's the usual joke about installing it but honestly now you have pretty much guided installers that you can download and install and even following the wiki isn't that hard it's not my definition of a good time when I want to have a computer up and running I would much rather have a graphical installer with five clicks to make but it's not that tricky so Arch is going in good but only if you know what you're doing and if you know how to fix a mistake if your Linux beginner or someone who just wants to use their computer you know set it and forget it way it's going in the no way category do not start your Linux Journey with Arch Linux unless you have a lot of time to waste you're ready to learn and you have tons of hours to spend to read wikis and ask questions it is not meant for beginners another distro I used for a while is Solas and I liked it for the budgie desktop which at the time felt like what I wanted from gnome and for its approach of building a Linux distro from scratch without using Ubuntu as a base for example it also has a pretty good package manager and its own set of repos but solos is going in no way because it pretty much feels like a dying distro these days the website was down for about three months there hasn't been an up-to-date ISO released since mid-2021 the latest status update from the team dates back to the end of February and packages don't seem very up to date either nowadays budget the desktop they use even basically said they don't want people to experience budgie through Solas anymore and that desktop itself hasn't moved a lot in recent years seeing minor updates as it's repairing a transition away from gtk and gnome Technologies so yeah no way I would ever use this thing in its current status they need to prove that they're able to maintain a Linux distro which for now they're proving they can't so unless something happens it's just not recommended at all add on to Fedora the distro I use everywhere these days and I'm still only going to place it in good not great because while I feel this is the distro that is pushing the Linux desktop forwards these days by adopting the most modern Technologies quickly helping them get tested contributing to them I also feel they missed the mark in some ways and I won't bore you with the installer again it's horrible it has the worst ux of any installer I ever use they're working on another one it's just bad let's move on Fedora also requires you to add a repo to install the NVIDIA drivers which is annoying and makes for a less seamless experience and until now they also half embraced flat pack by not giving users an easy way to have flat Hub right at install although that's going to be fixed in fedora 38. apart from that it's smooth it ships vanilla desktop environment so you can customize them as much or as little as you want it's super stable it's modern it's good once the new installer is there and flat Hub can be enabled by default in just one click and maybe once they add NVIDIA drivers readily available at install right on the iso then sure it will move in the great category but for now it's good okay let's talk deep in it's a basic desktop environment but it's also a distro and it's a distro I'm putting in no way the desktop environment looks beautiful but the default apps are way too basic and can't handle half of the tasks I need from them installing anything else results in that nice unified look being completely broken and as such it's just not a good experience and it also uses a very old Debian base which for their it's a desktop for everyone purpose is just not good and their performance is also hit or miss and then there's the usual is it spyware thing because it's from China and there's always some amount of Chinese paranoia somewhere and it's hard to get cold hard proof on what it collects or not it's open source but the amount of code and the very little interest there is in Western countries means that it really hasn't been checked all that much now what's for certain is that it does collect some Telemetry using a Chinese tool comparable to Google analytics so yeah it lacks in features the performance isn't that great it uses a very old base and there are some potential privacy concern it's going in the no way category if you want to use the deep in desktop use Ubuntu DDE it's much better now let's talk about Manjaro and this one is going into no thanks it's a distro I used a lot on my desktop but I just cannot recommend it anymore the distro itself isn't necessarily bad but the way it's being run absolutely is the team has a horrible track record of not renewing their security certificates for their websites and instead of fixing the issue they'll tell users to roll back their computer's clock so the certificate appears valid they had issues with their Treasurer leaving after some people people misused company funds they made deals with proprietary office suites replacing open source ones before backing down when the community was understandably pissed they packaged beta or Alpha versions of apps without asking the developers and passing that as a stable update it's just super weird kinda Shady not respectful and I just don't think it sends a good message and if you start mixing and matching Manjaro packages and stuff from the Aur you can very quickly make that distro completely broken as Aur packages might depend on newer versions of libraries that Arch ships but that Manjaro doesn't yet it's just not a very good platform it's not very stable it's not very performant it's not bleeding edge either and the way the companies run is so so so yeah no thanks now good old Debian the granddaddy of Linux distros and here I will refer to the stable version I never ran testing or unstable personally I like their new stance of offering proprietary drivers and firmware on the iso because you won't have them installed by default but it makes the experience better for people who need them it's rock solid it's tested to Perfection and the repos are huge and well maintained I hesitated a lot but I'm gonna put it in the good category although this is a distro I would never run on a desktop or a laptop exclusively on a server because Debian stable is extremely old it has very very outdated versions of desktop environments and applications and sure the latter can be fixed using flat pack or something equivalent but the desktops the current stable version is at gnome 3.38 or KD 5.20 there are full three gnome versions behind and seven KDE releases and so I decided to put it in good still because that's the purpose of the distro it's being super stable super well tested at the expense of having recent releases of anything basically so I would personally never use it but for people who need that it's a very good distribution now let's move on to pop OS it's a distro I really loved and I even moved all my computers to it for a while it spin on gnome is great they add a lot of very useful features like Auto tiling and some customization on top they include extra software on top of Ubuntu repos they support flat Hub and they actually have a stake in making sure the OS works really well because well they sell computers with it pre-installed yeah that kind of stuff will make you care a little bit I guess but for now I will only put Bob OS in the decent category because it's in sort of a limbo while they developed their new cosmic desktop shell it looks very interesting but in the meantime popos hasn't seen a new release in almost a year it uses an older version of gnome and its own additions to gnome were not updated either there is also no word on if we will see a Pap OS release to follow Ubuntu 223.04 or what it will bring and yes I'm sure that once they release their new and updated Cosmic desktop and they start updating the base and the apps again I'll be able to put them in good or great but for now it's only decent because it's too old for a Mainline desktop distro it missed out on a lot and you just don't know where it's going for now now let's continue with Gen 2 and look this one just isn't for me I tried it I understand why it exists but I also don't really feel the need to have almost everything I install be compiled for my Hardware specifically I don't need this level of control over what I install and performance wise I would argue that on a recent computer you're never going to notice the difference but that doesn't mean Gen 2 is bad it's solid and once the long install process is finished it runs like any other rolling distro and the heavier packages are provided as binary so you won't waste 20 hours compiling chromium or LibreOffice and that level of control over how you install things and what exactly you want to install is what some people look for so Gen 2 is going in the good category it's not for me but I'm not going to criticize it just because I'm not the target audience now let's move on to zorin OS it looks icy cold and cool it has tons of layouts you can use to make it look and behave more like a desktop you're already used to it includes a bunch of tools like a rebranded KD connect or wine out of the box and some people might call that bloat but honestly if you use that word you're probably an arch user and you had zero interest in an Ubuntu based distro anyways now sorry no s will go into the no thanks category because it also suffers from the not updated often enough problem they tend to release new major versions every two years only which is not frequent enough for a desktop distro at least in my opinion you're stuck on super old gnome with worse performance no good Wayland support all the drivers I just can't recommend it Linux Mint uses an older base as well but they provide regular updates to their desktop and apps zorinos doesn't if they had a semi-rolling release policy for the desktop and applications then sure but for now if you install zorino as 16 today it feels like going back in time you're missing a lot and there are better choices for your desktop now Katie neon that's a good one it also uses an older Ubuntu LTS base which can be your problem but it has all the latest software from KD from the desktop to the apps and that's a very good mix so it's going in good basically it gets great stability plus unevolving desktop which is what I want from a desktop distro even though they said themselves they are not a distro but they clearly are there's nothing much more to say here it's a great choice for KD lovers unless you really really want snaps or you absolutely need a more up-to-date base than an LTS I would never recommend kubuntu to you over KD neon it's just a better choice and of course I plan to test a lot more distros this year including open Souza which I haven't looked at in years or Nix OS some immutable distros and more so if your favorite distro was not in that tier list Don't Panic tell me about it in the comments below I'll take a look at it if it's interesting enough I'll make a dedicated video on it and who knows if I make another of these tier list videos it might be included in it as well just like I included this Segway to our sponsor if you need a new computer and you plan to run Linux on it stop buying Windows laptops or desktops and trying to retrofit Linux on top of it for the best experience click the link in the description below and buy a device from tuxedo they make computers laptops desktops nugs gaming devices whatever you want that run Linux out of the box the hardware is picked specifically for Linux they are super customizable the range will cover every price point and every need and all 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hey everyone this is Nick and while you might not have picked Linux for its security and privacy these are still advantages that it holds over other operating systems but what if you wanted to go further and try to improve the privacy and security of your Linux system well that's why you clicked on this video I guess so we're going to take a nice tour of plenty of applications and tools you can use on your Linux system to make it more secure and more private which is perfect because those two words also apply to our sponsor this video is sponsored by lenode lenode is the only solution I use to run my own nexcloud server and my only office server as well it's a super easy solution to deploy basically anything you want in one click they have a huge Marketplace of applications you can host from nextcloud WordPress Drupal gitlab or grafana to gaming servers for Minecraft RX CS go rust valheim and more they take care of all the configuration for you all you have to do is click the thing you want to deploy fill in a few details and your server is up and running and once everything is live it's still super easy to manage your servers to upgrade or downgrade them add some storage back them up and get help if you're stuck I've been using linode for years now and I can only recommend them if you want to give them a shot click the link in the description below and you'll get a hundred dollars of free credit to get started let's begin with encryption a simple way to secure your device from anyone who might get their hands on it well almost anyone it won't prevent your cat or your kid randomly pressing things on your keyboard when the computer is on a lot of Linux distributions will offer to encrypt your hard drive when you install them Ubuntu popos Elementary OS and a lot more they all have this option and what encryption does is simple it ensures no one can access your files if they steal your computer because even when using a strong password for your user account anyone with a live CD can mount your hard drive and copy all your files very easily not so if your disk is encrypted you on the other hand have the security key or password to decrypt the disk when you're booting your computer the side effect is that if you lose that password you're gonna have a really really bad time so make sure you pick something that you can actually remember if you didn't enable the encryption when installing your system you can encrypt your home folder or partition after the fact using ecrypt utils a command line utility I left a link to a tutorial on how to do that in the description it's written for Ubuntu but it will work on most distros as long as you can install the equipped utils and crypt setup packages but if you prefer to encrypt certain folders and not your entire system or partition then you might want to take a look at KDE then have something called plasma volts a great feature that in true KDE fashion hasn't been showcased at all well until they introduced their first Run Tour app in KD 5.27 Volts lets you create encrypted folders with a nice graphical interface with the ability to set different passwords for each folder accessing these volts is then done simply using the little widget in the notification tray and once they're mounted you can access them using the file manager like any normal folder and here again don't lose your password or you'll lose your files now you might think you don't need an antivirus on Linux and while that is generally true if you often interact with people using Windows and pass files back and forth with them then it might not be a terrible idea to have one Linux also isn't completely safe from viruses Trojans and rootkits it's not targeted as often as Windows computers at least for the Linux desktop but it still had its fair share of malicious programs and here your best option will probably be clam AV it detects malware viruses Trojans and it's completely free of charge and it's open source and it also won't wake you up in the middle of the night to shout at you that the viral database was updated you can find clam AV in most distros repositories and it works using the command line by default but thankfully you can also install clam TK which is a graphical interface for it it looks a bit old and it has some icon on issues on recent systems but it will do everything you need it to you can scan a specific file or a directory you can set up a white list for things you want to let through you can update the database graphically as well or you can view scan history and files placed in quarantine if you plan to scan your whole system do enable the scan directories recursively option this will let the antivirus scan folders inside of the folder you told it to scan and it will also come in handy if you run programs with wine proton or bottles especially if your games are from a less than reputable Source if you know what I mean certain Windows viruses can run with wine and can access your Linux system entirely so be wary of that now let's talk sandboxing if you run flat pack apps then chances are your applications are already sandbox as in they can't freely access everything on your system and you can check their permissions and restrict them if need be but if you want to actually restrict these permissions then you will will probably need flat seal it's an application that will list all your flat pack apps and let you grant or remove permissions to them you can find the app on flat Hub and it's pretty easy to use you just toggle on or off what you feel the app should or shouldn't have access to this includes access to the X server or Weyland the d-bus system the GPU or virtualization features Bluetooth or even access to files and interestingly it also lets you fix certain flat back apps that don't have the necessary permissions by default for example the Discord flat pack out of the box doesn't let me upload files from anywhere in my computer because it can just access the videos pictures and downloads directories I can grant it permission to access my slash home folder to solve the problem or just give it access to files in a specific directory that I tend to use to upload stuff to Discord now if you want the benefits of a Sandbox but with without using flat back apps you can also run any app installed from a regular package or an app image in a sandbox using fire jail I would recommend you install fire tools it's a graphical app that will run in your system tray and let you create profiles for various apps for example restricting access to the network to various directories to specific Hardware peripherals or making them use a specific DNS server and sure it doesn't look very good and for some reason you have to double click on icons to actually access the feature in the fire tools little bar but it's still an additional security layer that you can slap on top of applications that don't have a permission system or that you don't necessarily trust all that much now if what you want is to make sure that the apps or Services you run don't do anything weird with your internet connection then there's portmaster it's open source it's free of charge and it lets you monitor every Network request every part of your system makes and restrict them as you see fit and it also has a system-wide ad and tracker blocker and I should really not encourage you to use that because YouTube money but hey it's your computer now it's a tool I personally use on all my computers it works on Linux and on Windows and it has packages for Debian and Ubuntu Fedora Arch and a manual install guide for everything else the interface might look a bit daunting at first but it's actually pretty simple you just click on an app and you have a toggle to immediately block connections and a list of current connections the app makes to various servers if you identify one that you really don't like or don't trust click the three dot menu in front of it and you can block that specific IP address for that specific app you can also change the whole settings let the ad blocker or tracker blocker for each application or for the system as a whole and they even have a toggle to block services from Big tech companies like meta Amazon Google apple or Microsoft now of course it means that you will not be able to access any of their websites Once you turn this toggle on so don't be surprised if you remove access to all Google if YouTube doesn't work anymore that's sort of the point now through the portmaster you can also access their in-house VPN called the SPN for saving privacy Network it's completely opens Source it removes Geo blocking and it lets you use multiple identities at the same time so every request any of your apps make will be made using a different location and fingerprint so tracking you becomes very very difficult that SPN thing is comparable to Tor basically but with the ability to set settings per app and apply them also for the whole system instead of being restricted to the web browser now saving is a sponsor of certain videos on the channel but not of this one and speaking of vpns there are also a tool you can use to be more private online I don't have any specific recommendations but you can check the link I left in the description to techlor's VPN chart to find one that is suitably private just remember that all your traffic through a VPN goes through the company's servers so you need to really trust them or host your own if you regularly use public computers or someone else's what you might want is your own operating system in your pocket and that's Tails tails is basically just a live USB but with persistent storage that is encrypted so you can keep your files if you need to it also comes with a big selection of privacy and security focused tools like Tor Browser Thunderbird the keepass XC password manager or onion share to share files through Tor all your browsing history recent files Wi-Fi networks and more are automatically erased and they leave no trace and all apps are blocked from connecting to the internet if they don't use Tor Tails will be very very useful if you often have to work from public computers like in the library for example or if you use someone else's computer and you absolutely do not want to leave any trace on it or if you're a complete paranoid that also works and of course your web browser will also be a big part of how private you are on the internet and so if you use something like Microsoft Edge Google Chrome beyondex browser or Safari it's high time to switch to something else because they're either not open source all that plus they collect and sell your data to advertisers if you prefer to stick to Chrome's rendering engine then something like Brave will be way less intrusive and well configured by default and if you don't want to encourage Google's Monopoly on the internet then Firefox is also very private once you disable the opt out Telemetry in the privacy and security settings and Telemetry isn't always bad it all depends on what is collected but opt out Telemetry I don't like this like it should be off by default now you also have Libre wolf which is Firefox without the Telemetry and with privacy focused search engines out of the box it's nothing you can't replicate in 5 seconds in the regular Firefox version but if you don't want to have to do those extra steps there it is and speaking of search engines as well this is also something you should look at for privacy Google or Bing are just not what you want for that I personally use ecosia as my default search engine because the results are pretty good it's private and it might be environmentally friendly depending on your stance on planting trees when ecosia falls short I use start page which is basically Google's results but with complete anonymization of all queries so Google doesn't know who or from where the query has been made and I have a dedicated video on search engines There's the link in the description and maybe like you know card somewhere and there and there are other tools you can use on Linux bleach bit will let you delete cache files cookies internet history temporary files logs and more it's open source you get to pick what you want to delete or keep and it can completely Shred the files to make sure no one can recover them it also will let you free up some disk space in the process if you want to just shred any single file then there's gnome file Shredder you just drag the files in the window press the shred button and it will completely delete the file without any hope of recovering it even with dedicated software and if you need to share certain images but hide some information on it blurring it with a gaussian blur isn't enough as it's now relatively easy to de-bler an image so the recommended technique is just to apply a big fat square of pure black color on top of your image but if you don't want to use a complex tool like for example to do that you have obfuscate it has a blur tool and they will warn you that it's insecure and it has a fail tool where you can just draw shape and fill it with black so it can't be recovered yeah you can do that with any other drawing software but obfuscate will open faster and the interface is so simple that is just easier to use for this one specific use case and so that's about it for this one this one for a server or Enterprise context because that's a whole other video but it should give you a few ideas and a few tools to make sure that your Linux system is as private and as secure as you want and have the most control over it just like I'm in control of this segue to today's sponsor if you plan to run Linux on a computer the best way is to actually buy Hardware that supports Linux out of the box not something that runs windows and trying to retrofit Linux on it but something that was designed to run Linux from today's sponsor tuxedo they have a big range of laptops and desktops for every need and every price point all the devices are very customizable when you buy them you can pick them with a selection of popular distros but you can also just install your own after the fact because the hardware is Linux compatible and on top of that all their laptops are openable repairable upgradable including the battery the SSD and the RAM and sometimes the even the wireless card so if you need a new computer and you want to run Linux on it don't buy something that runs Windows click the link in the description below and get yourself a tuxedo device they're really really good so thanks everyone for watching the video I hope you enjoyed it if you did don't hesitate to like to subscribe to turn on notifications and to write a comment and if you didn't like the video well there's always that dislike button it still works and you can also tell me why down there and if you really enjoy the channel and you want to support it there are plenty of links in the description below for Libra pay patreon PayPal YouTube memberships and whatever else YouTube things you know what to do plus my social networks and everything outside so thanks for watching and I guess you'll see me in the next one bye [Music] thank you [Music] foreign [Music]

hey everyone this is Nick and while you might not have picked Linux for its security and privacy these are still advantages that it holds over other operating systems but what if you wanted to go further and try to improve the privacy and security of your Linux system well that's why you clicked on this video I guess so we're going to take a nice tour of plenty of applications and tools you can use on your Linux system to make it more secure and more private which is perfect because those two words also apply to our sponsor this video is sponsored by lenode lenode is the only solution I use to run my own nexcloud server and my only office server as well it's a super easy solution to deploy basically anything you want in one click they have a huge Marketplace of applications you can host from nextcloud WordPress Drupal gitlab or grafana to gaming servers for Minecraft RX CS go rust valheim and more they take care of all the configuration for you all you have to do is click the thing you want to deploy fill in a few details and your server is up and running and once everything is live it's still super easy to manage your servers to upgrade or downgrade them add some storage back them up and get help if you're stuck I've been using linode for years now and I can only recommend them if you want to give them a shot click the link in the description below and you'll get a hundred dollars of free credit to get started let's begin with encryption a simple way to secure your device from anyone who might get their hands on it well almost anyone it won't prevent your cat or your kid randomly pressing things on your keyboard when the computer is on a lot of Linux distributions will offer to encrypt your hard drive when you install them Ubuntu popos Elementary OS and a lot more they all have this option and what encryption does is simple it ensures no one can access your files if they steal your computer because even when using a strong password for your user account anyone with a live CD can mount your hard drive and copy all your files very easily not so if your disk is encrypted you on the other hand have the security key or password to decrypt the disk when you're booting your computer the side effect is that if you lose that password you're gonna have a really really bad time so make sure you pick something that you can actually remember if you didn't enable the encryption when installing your system you can encrypt your home folder or partition after the fact using ecrypt utils a command line utility I left a link to a tutorial on how to do that in the description it's written for Ubuntu but it will work on most distros as long as you can install the equipped utils and crypt setup packages but if you prefer to encrypt certain folders and not your entire system or partition then you might want to take a look at KDE then have something called plasma volts a great feature that in true KDE fashion hasn't been showcased at all well until they introduced their first Run Tour app in KD 5.27 Volts lets you create encrypted folders with a nice graphical interface with the ability to set different passwords for each folder accessing these volts is then done simply using the little widget in the notification tray and once they're mounted you can access them using the file manager like any normal folder and here again don't lose your password or you'll lose your files now you might think you don't need an antivirus on Linux and while that is generally true if you often interact with people using Windows and pass files back and forth with them then it might not be a terrible idea to have one Linux also isn't completely safe from viruses Trojans and rootkits it's not targeted as often as Windows computers at least for the Linux desktop but it still had its fair share of malicious programs and here your best option will probably be clam AV it detects malware viruses Trojans and it's completely free of charge and it's open source and it also won't wake you up in the middle of the night to shout at you that the viral database was updated you can find clam AV in most distros repositories and it works using the command line by default but thankfully you can also install clam TK which is a graphical interface for it it looks a bit old and it has some icon on issues on recent systems but it will do everything you need it to you can scan a specific file or a directory you can set up a white list for things you want to let through you can update the database graphically as well or you can view scan history and files placed in quarantine if you plan to scan your whole system do enable the scan directories recursively option this will let the antivirus scan folders inside of the folder you told it to scan and it will also come in handy if you run programs with wine proton or bottles especially if your games are from a less than reputable Source if you know what I mean certain Windows viruses can run with wine and can access your Linux system entirely so be wary of that now let's talk sandboxing if you run flat pack apps then chances are your applications are already sandbox as in they can't freely access everything on your system and you can check their permissions and restrict them if need be but if you want to actually restrict these permissions then you will will probably need flat seal it's an application that will list all your flat pack apps and let you grant or remove permissions to them you can find the app on flat Hub and it's pretty easy to use you just toggle on or off what you feel the app should or shouldn't have access to this includes access to the X server or Weyland the d-bus system the GPU or virtualization features Bluetooth or even access to files and interestingly it also lets you fix certain flat back apps that don't have the necessary permissions by default for example the Discord flat pack out of the box doesn't let me upload files from anywhere in my computer because it can just access the videos pictures and downloads directories I can grant it permission to access my slash home folder to solve the problem or just give it access to files in a specific directory that I tend to use to upload stuff to Discord now if you want the benefits of a Sandbox but with without using flat back apps you can also run any app installed from a regular package or an app image in a sandbox using fire jail I would recommend you install fire tools it's a graphical app that will run in your system tray and let you create profiles for various apps for example restricting access to the network to various directories to specific Hardware peripherals or making them use a specific DNS server and sure it doesn't look very good and for some reason you have to double click on icons to actually access the feature in the fire tools little bar but it's still an additional security layer that you can slap on top of applications that don't have a permission system or that you don't necessarily trust all that much now if what you want is to make sure that the apps or Services you run don't do anything weird with your internet connection then there's portmaster it's open source it's free of charge and it lets you monitor every Network request every part of your system makes and restrict them as you see fit and it also has a system-wide ad and tracker blocker and I should really not encourage you to use that because YouTube money but hey it's your computer now it's a tool I personally use on all my computers it works on Linux and on Windows and it has packages for Debian and Ubuntu Fedora Arch and a manual install guide for everything else the interface might look a bit daunting at first but it's actually pretty simple you just click on an app and you have a toggle to immediately block connections and a list of current connections the app makes to various servers if you identify one that you really don't like or don't trust click the three dot menu in front of it and you can block that specific IP address for that specific app you can also change the whole settings let the ad blocker or tracker blocker for each application or for the system as a whole and they even have a toggle to block services from Big tech companies like meta Amazon Google apple or Microsoft now of course it means that you will not be able to access any of their websites Once you turn this toggle on so don't be surprised if you remove access to all Google if YouTube doesn't work anymore that's sort of the point now through the portmaster you can also access their in-house VPN called the SPN for saving privacy Network it's completely opens Source it removes Geo blocking and it lets you use multiple identities at the same time so every request any of your apps make will be made using a different location and fingerprint so tracking you becomes very very difficult that SPN thing is comparable to Tor basically but with the ability to set settings per app and apply them also for the whole system instead of being restricted to the web browser now saving is a sponsor of certain videos on the channel but not of this one and speaking of vpns there are also a tool you can use to be more private online I don't have any specific recommendations but you can check the link I left in the description to techlor's VPN chart to find one that is suitably private just remember that all your traffic through a VPN goes through the company's servers so you need to really trust them or host your own if you regularly use public computers or someone else's what you might want is your own operating system in your pocket and that's Tails tails is basically just a live USB but with persistent storage that is encrypted so you can keep your files if you need to it also comes with a big selection of privacy and security focused tools like Tor Browser Thunderbird the keepass XC password manager or onion share to share files through Tor all your browsing history recent files Wi-Fi networks and more are automatically erased and they leave no trace and all apps are blocked from connecting to the internet if they don't use Tor Tails will be very very useful if you often have to work from public computers like in the library for example or if you use someone else's computer and you absolutely do not want to leave any trace on it or if you're a complete paranoid that also works and of course your web browser will also be a big part of how private you are on the internet and so if you use something like Microsoft Edge Google Chrome beyondex browser or Safari it's high time to switch to something else because they're either not open source all that plus they collect and sell your data to advertisers if you prefer to stick to Chrome's rendering engine then something like Brave will be way less intrusive and well configured by default and if you don't want to encourage Google's Monopoly on the internet then Firefox is also very private once you disable the opt out Telemetry in the privacy and security settings and Telemetry isn't always bad it all depends on what is collected but opt out Telemetry I don't like this like it should be off by default now you also have Libre wolf which is Firefox without the Telemetry and with privacy focused search engines out of the box it's nothing you can't replicate in 5 seconds in the regular Firefox version but if you don't want to have to do those extra steps there it is and speaking of search engines as well this is also something you should look at for privacy Google or Bing are just not what you want for that I personally use ecosia as my default search engine because the results are pretty good it's private and it might be environmentally friendly depending on your stance on planting trees when ecosia falls short I use start page which is basically Google's results but with complete anonymization of all queries so Google doesn't know who or from where the query has been made and I have a dedicated video on search engines There's the link in the description and maybe like you know card somewhere and there and there are other tools you can use on Linux bleach bit will let you delete cache files cookies internet history temporary files logs and more it's open source you get to pick what you want to delete or keep and it can completely Shred the files to make sure no one can recover them it also will let you free up some disk space in the process if you want to just shred any single file then there's gnome file Shredder you just drag the files in the window press the shred button and it will completely delete the file without any hope of recovering it even with dedicated software and if you need to share certain images but hide some information on it blurring it with a gaussian blur isn't enough as it's now relatively easy to de-bler an image so the recommended technique is just to apply a big fat square of pure black color on top of your image but if you don't want to use a complex tool like for example to do that you have obfuscate it has a blur tool and they will warn you that it's insecure and it has a fail tool where you can just draw shape and fill it with black so it can't be recovered yeah you can do that with any other drawing software but obfuscate will open faster and the interface is so simple that is just easier to use for this one specific use case and so that's about it for this one this one for a server or Enterprise context because that's a whole other video but it should give you a few ideas and a few tools to make sure that your Linux system is as private and as secure as you want and have the most control over it just like I'm in control of this segue to today's sponsor if you plan to run Linux on a computer the best way is to actually buy Hardware that supports Linux out of the box not something that runs windows and trying to retrofit Linux on it but something that was designed to run Linux from today's sponsor tuxedo they have a big range of laptops and desktops for every need and every price point all the devices are very customizable when you buy them you can pick them with a selection of popular distros but you can also just install your own after the fact because the hardware is Linux compatible and on top of that all their laptops are openable repairable upgradable including the battery the SSD and the RAM and sometimes the even the wireless card so if you need a new computer and you want to run Linux on it don't buy something that runs Windows click the link in the description below and get yourself a tuxedo device they're really really good so thanks everyone for watching the video I hope you enjoyed it if you did don't hesitate to like to subscribe to turn on notifications and to write a comment and if you didn't like the video well there's always that dislike button it still works and you can also tell me why down there and if you really enjoy the channel and you want to support it there are plenty of links in the description below for Libra pay patreon PayPal YouTube memberships and whatever else YouTube things you know what to do plus my social networks and everything outside so thanks for watching and I guess you'll see me in the next one bye [Music] thank you [Music] foreign [Music]

hey everyone this is Nick and today's Linux and open source news video is all about the Linux desktop and Linux Hardware because we have system 76 sharing more progress on their Cosmic desktop which looks almost ready for an alpha release we have Linux Mint implementing some theming changes and we have system 76 again working on their own laptop designed from the ground up just like I designed this Segway to today's sponsor this video is sponsored by tux care and if you run Centos machines you might be starting to panic about the fast approaching end of life of Centos 7. well you don't have to worry anymore because thanks to tax care you can still get up to 4 years of free vulnerability patches for your Centos 7 devices after you purchase a kernel Care Enterprise subscription so not only do you get live patching for the servers to stay secure and up to date with without any downtime or reboots or maintenance Windows to blend around but you can also keep your current operating system so you can plan your upgrade path check out kernel Care Enterprise and get your free extended support for Centos 7 by clicking the link in the description so pop OS shared more details about their Cosmic desktop and it's shaping up really nicely with system 76's CEO saying it's close to being ready for their internal design team to use as a daily driver and that they still have a few workarounds to replace before moving on to an alpha release first is their launcher their Spotlight equivalent which got a bit of a redesign compared to the current one implemented in Gnome sitting higher on the screen closer to the top panel with nice rounded Corners they also explained that they won't have a separate full screen mode for applications although apps that have their own full screen implementation like web browsers will work as normal they instead say that maximizing will respect all your auto hiding settings so if you decide to have the top panel and dark Auto height when a window overlaps them you'll have a true full screen experience when just maximizing a window they are also close to feature parity with their gnome desktop when it comes to tiling with hands and configurable window gaps now being supported they developed an API to let app developers Implement animations in their Cosmic apps developed using iced and they improved performance for lib Cosmic their widget Library they also worked a lot on their window manager and compositor which now supports drag and drop they added Community developed optimizations to it including improved Nvidia support and they're actually saying that it's working pretty darn well on Nvidia systems but when they also optimize the performance for X Weiland to use less CPU now all in all it seems to be moving at a very very nice pace and it looks like it's almost Alpha quality ready now I must say I am pretty excited for Cosmic I think it will bring a breath of fresh air to our Linux desktops with another vision of a Linux desktop and since system 76 is working and developing their own Hardware it also means that it's probably going to be more optimized and less resource heavy than its competitors now it looks like Linux Mint will not settle on the changes they made to their theme and icons in their latest version which were definitely very Windows inspired first it seems users did not like the colored stripe on folder icons which will then be removed in mint 21.2 they will also remove the brown color options from their list of themes to reduce clutter since that list is getting very very long they also replace the monochrome dark gray icons in the app menus with symbolic icons which should appear much more legible when using a dark theme and more importantly they will add the ability to select a style more easily than sifting through that long list of themes basically you will choose the general theme like mint y or the Legacy versions of that theme then you'll pick dark light or mixed mode and finally an accent color to go with it this means you won't have to parse a big menu with every option but you'll have a more streamlined panel to apply these colors and looks there will still be advanced settings if you like to mix and match Window Manager themes icon themes and the like and they will also add an Ubuntu like color scheme very reminiscent of yaru with dark gray folders and orange accents theme creators will also probably be happy to learn that they will be able to create styles that fit into this new panel by creating a Json file mint 21.2 is planned to release at the end of June now these are interesting changes I personally really like the new theme that Linux Mint implemented in 21.1 and this new style selector will probably make it on par with what Ubuntu offers or what Katie has now the only one missing an accent color selector is gnome and yeah I've seen they're working on some prototypes of that but come on it's really needed now okay let's go back to system 76 because it seems working on their own laptop design the company currently sells laptops based on chassis designed and built by other companies but since they already designed their own desktops it was only a matter of time before they applied that process to laptops Carl ritual the CEO of the company teased a few pictures of an LCD panel being milled out of aluminum and of a keyboard top plate for a device code named Virgo going into more detail he said they would work with suppliers to make the parts according to system 76's design much like most Hardware companies do they design the parts and specifications and they contract out the production of these two various manufacturers before assembling them into working devices they apparently already own machines for lasering Milling 3D printing and painting in their Factory in Denver so I guess they will still do a bit of the work themselves they also apparently want to stick to the keyboard layout they created for the launch keyboard with its split space bar three key sizes and they're experimenting with a low profile mechanical keyboard for that future device and of course the reasoning here is simple if you really want to tailor the XP audience to what your consumers want you have to design your own laptop from the ground up when you use a chassis designed by clavo or tongfang you might get some pretty awesome products because those are really good laptops but it also means that you don't have full control over how the trackpad is centered the keyboard layout the keyboard itself you can just replace a few components and pick different parts that are compatible with Linux now as the latest release of the Linux kernel added better support for Apple silicon even though it wasn't full Mainline support for most recent Max version 6.4 will continue this work and add more azaki Linux reverse engineered drivers this time for the M2 chips it will specifically bring the same level of compatibility for M2 devices as already exists for the M1 M1 Pro M1 Max and M1 Ultra chips so it will support nvme pcie managing the CPU frequency and a bit more but it is still missing support for the Wi-Fi and Bluetooth chip USB keyboard and trackpad and video output for the Mac Mini as previously mentioned if you want to run Linux on an Apple silicon Mac your only real option right now is to stick with azahi Linux or at least use their kernel and it's still in Alpha state right now now everything is stable but it's still pretty cool to see their hard work being passed on to the Mainline Linux kernel as it improves so once again props to the azaki Linux team the work they accomplished to reverse engineer everything from those chips without any documentation or specification is simply incredible the Elementary OS team shared a progress report on the updates to Elementary OS 7 with many bug fixes and improved stability the side loading app that lets you install flatback apps and their respective remotes was tweaked a little to avoid painting these apps as untrusted but instead asking if the user wants to trust them it also now shows a bit of text depending on the permissions the app requires notably when it needs a lot of them and they plan to be more precise about that in the future the pretty good Elementor OS mail client got some fixes notably for crashes and the online accounts should now more accurately set your username when configuring an SMTP account the terminal app got a lot of polish for its shortcuts contacts menus and URL support and the window manager should better handle notifications and will show them in the multitasking view now they also released an update to their flat pack platform so Elementary app developers have the latest bass to focus on it's rebased on the gnome 44 platform as both desktops use gtk and it improves support for apps that use libid Vita so it's not a feature heavy mod for Elementary OS but it's still nice to see that that desktop is getting some love and some support on its semi-rolling release model now while gnome is focused on libid Vita it doesn't mean gtk the underlying library for Gnome mate xfc Elementary OS and more isn't getting some love the next version 4.12 is shaping up to be a sizable one with good additions the big one is support for Wayland fractional scaling it will be experimental for the hardware accelerator renderers those using Vulcan or opengl to draw the contents of a window but it's still a nice step to get true fractional scaling without blurriness because the current implementation is just rendering at the nearest integer like 1X or 2X and scaling it down or up which can lead to some fuzzy edges and not super precise pixels notably for text or small icons they also improved support for textures which are used notably in image viewers to paint the images on screen and applications will now have more control over the filtering of these when they're scaled up or down finally gtk 4.12 will also revamp some widgets to replace the old gtk3 view with gtk list view column View and grid view these widgets were already available but not completely ready although the grid view one is what enables the file picker in Gnome to display image thumbnails now these widgets will get bug fixes better keyboard navigation and more and so they are ready for prime time to be used by other apps and webkit gtk is also getting Hardware accelerated compositing under Weyland in its next stable release which means better performance on any webview or in Epiphany which is cool and if everything I just said sounded like gibberish just know that it means that every desktop taking advantage of gtk will get better performance more features than app developers will be able to build better apps that's about it okay let's finish this with the gaming news Halo Master Chief Collection now officially supports the steam deck and Linux including playing multiplayer matches the enabled support for easy anti-cheat which means everything should be fully playable and they also said they want to continue to improve compatibility with the steam deck and that's good because there are apparently a few issues still like selecting the wrong option to enable or disable anti-cheat support at launch and potential freezes and crashes hello MCC is now listed as playable on the deck instead of unsupported and on the other side of the spectrum The Last of Us Part 1 is now listed as unsupported on Steam deck after a very rough start on PC in general whether it was through proton on Linux or on Windows natively Naughty Dog said they would prioritize General fixes and patches before working on Steam deck compatibility specifically which is understandable might as well put out the fire before you fine-tune for specific devices and talking about the deck it looks like it's going to pass the 3 million units sold mark this year and compared to console numbers it might seem small but we have to remember that this is a brand new device that started a whole new category of handheld PCS and consoles that seems to have a bright future and its 3 million more Linux users in the world by that metric it's an insane success and they Sayers might say that no it's not that impressive but it is it's definitely it prove that windows isn't the be all end-all for Windows gaming Linux has a big part to play in this Niche and that's pretty awesome awesome like our sponsor if you're a Linux user and your computer is due for replacement then stop buying devices that were made to run Windows and praying and hoping that your favorite this row will run well on them buy something that supports Linux out of the box tuxedo makes computers that do just that they are based in Germany but they ship to most countries in the world and they have a big big range of devices that should suit every price point and every need every device is heavily configurable at launch including adding your own logo on the lid of your laptop or even engraving your own keyboard layout on the keys of your laptop and all their laptops are openable repairable upgradable where you can replace the battery the ram the SSD and sometimes even the wireless card so if you need a new computer and you plan to run Linux on it and you want to support linux's development on Hardware then click the link in the description below and get yourself something from tuxedo they are really good so thanks everyone for watching the video I hope you enjoyed it if you did don't hesitate to like to subscribe to turn on notifications to write a comment and if you didn't like the video well you can always dislike it and tell me why in the comments as well and if you really like the channel and you want to support it there are plenty of links in the description of the video for Libra pay PayPal YouTube thanks YouTube memberships patreon whatever you know the dream so thanks everyone for watching and I guess you'll see me in the next one bye thanks [Music] [Music]

hey everyone this is Nick and today's Linux and open source news video is all about the Linux desktop and Linux Hardware because we have system 76 sharing more progress on their Cosmic desktop which looks almost ready for an alpha release we have Linux Mint implementing some theming changes and we have system 76 again working on their own laptop designed from the ground up just like I designed this Segway to today's sponsor this video is sponsored by tux care and if you run Centos machines you might be starting to panic about the fast approaching end of life of Centos 7. well you don't have to worry anymore because thanks to tax care you can still get up to 4 years of free vulnerability patches for your Centos 7 devices after you purchase a kernel Care Enterprise subscription so not only do you get live patching for the servers to stay secure and up to date with without any downtime or reboots or maintenance Windows to blend around but you can also keep your current operating system so you can plan your upgrade path check out kernel Care Enterprise and get your free extended support for Centos 7 by clicking the link in the description so pop OS shared more details about their Cosmic desktop and it's shaping up really nicely with system 76's CEO saying it's close to being ready for their internal design team to use as a daily driver and that they still have a few workarounds to replace before moving on to an alpha release first is their launcher their Spotlight equivalent which got a bit of a redesign compared to the current one implemented in Gnome sitting higher on the screen closer to the top panel with nice rounded Corners they also explained that they won't have a separate full screen mode for applications although apps that have their own full screen implementation like web browsers will work as normal they instead say that maximizing will respect all your auto hiding settings so if you decide to have the top panel and dark Auto height when a window overlaps them you'll have a true full screen experience when just maximizing a window they are also close to feature parity with their gnome desktop when it comes to tiling with hands and configurable window gaps now being supported they developed an API to let app developers Implement animations in their Cosmic apps developed using iced and they improved performance for lib Cosmic their widget Library they also worked a lot on their window manager and compositor which now supports drag and drop they added Community developed optimizations to it including improved Nvidia support and they're actually saying that it's working pretty darn well on Nvidia systems but when they also optimize the performance for X Weiland to use less CPU now all in all it seems to be moving at a very very nice pace and it looks like it's almost Alpha quality ready now I must say I am pretty excited for Cosmic I think it will bring a breath of fresh air to our Linux desktops with another vision of a Linux desktop and since system 76 is working and developing their own Hardware it also means that it's probably going to be more optimized and less resource heavy than its competitors now it looks like Linux Mint will not settle on the changes they made to their theme and icons in their latest version which were definitely very Windows inspired first it seems users did not like the colored stripe on folder icons which will then be removed in mint 21.2 they will also remove the brown color options from their list of themes to reduce clutter since that list is getting very very long they also replace the monochrome dark gray icons in the app menus with symbolic icons which should appear much more legible when using a dark theme and more importantly they will add the ability to select a style more easily than sifting through that long list of themes basically you will choose the general theme like mint y or the Legacy versions of that theme then you'll pick dark light or mixed mode and finally an accent color to go with it this means you won't have to parse a big menu with every option but you'll have a more streamlined panel to apply these colors and looks there will still be advanced settings if you like to mix and match Window Manager themes icon themes and the like and they will also add an Ubuntu like color scheme very reminiscent of yaru with dark gray folders and orange accents theme creators will also probably be happy to learn that they will be able to create styles that fit into this new panel by creating a Json file mint 21.2 is planned to release at the end of June now these are interesting changes I personally really like the new theme that Linux Mint implemented in 21.1 and this new style selector will probably make it on par with what Ubuntu offers or what Katie has now the only one missing an accent color selector is gnome and yeah I've seen they're working on some prototypes of that but come on it's really needed now okay let's go back to system 76 because it seems working on their own laptop design the company currently sells laptops based on chassis designed and built by other companies but since they already designed their own desktops it was only a matter of time before they applied that process to laptops Carl ritual the CEO of the company teased a few pictures of an LCD panel being milled out of aluminum and of a keyboard top plate for a device code named Virgo going into more detail he said they would work with suppliers to make the parts according to system 76's design much like most Hardware companies do they design the parts and specifications and they contract out the production of these two various manufacturers before assembling them into working devices they apparently already own machines for lasering Milling 3D printing and painting in their Factory in Denver so I guess they will still do a bit of the work themselves they also apparently want to stick to the keyboard layout they created for the launch keyboard with its split space bar three key sizes and they're experimenting with a low profile mechanical keyboard for that future device and of course the reasoning here is simple if you really want to tailor the XP audience to what your consumers want you have to design your own laptop from the ground up when you use a chassis designed by clavo or tongfang you might get some pretty awesome products because those are really good laptops but it also means that you don't have full control over how the trackpad is centered the keyboard layout the keyboard itself you can just replace a few components and pick different parts that are compatible with Linux now as the latest release of the Linux kernel added better support for Apple silicon even though it wasn't full Mainline support for most recent Max version 6.4 will continue this work and add more azaki Linux reverse engineered drivers this time for the M2 chips it will specifically bring the same level of compatibility for M2 devices as already exists for the M1 M1 Pro M1 Max and M1 Ultra chips so it will support nvme pcie managing the CPU frequency and a bit more but it is still missing support for the Wi-Fi and Bluetooth chip USB keyboard and trackpad and video output for the Mac Mini as previously mentioned if you want to run Linux on an Apple silicon Mac your only real option right now is to stick with azahi Linux or at least use their kernel and it's still in Alpha state right now now everything is stable but it's still pretty cool to see their hard work being passed on to the Mainline Linux kernel as it improves so once again props to the azaki Linux team the work they accomplished to reverse engineer everything from those chips without any documentation or specification is simply incredible the Elementary OS team shared a progress report on the updates to Elementary OS 7 with many bug fixes and improved stability the side loading app that lets you install flatback apps and their respective remotes was tweaked a little to avoid painting these apps as untrusted but instead asking if the user wants to trust them it also now shows a bit of text depending on the permissions the app requires notably when it needs a lot of them and they plan to be more precise about that in the future the pretty good Elementor OS mail client got some fixes notably for crashes and the online accounts should now more accurately set your username when configuring an SMTP account the terminal app got a lot of polish for its shortcuts contacts menus and URL support and the window manager should better handle notifications and will show them in the multitasking view now they also released an update to their flat pack platform so Elementary app developers have the latest bass to focus on it's rebased on the gnome 44 platform as both desktops use gtk and it improves support for apps that use libid Vita so it's not a feature heavy mod for Elementary OS but it's still nice to see that that desktop is getting some love and some support on its semi-rolling release model now while gnome is focused on libid Vita it doesn't mean gtk the underlying library for Gnome mate xfc Elementary OS and more isn't getting some love the next version 4.12 is shaping up to be a sizable one with good additions the big one is support for Wayland fractional scaling it will be experimental for the hardware accelerator renderers those using Vulcan or opengl to draw the contents of a window but it's still a nice step to get true fractional scaling without blurriness because the current implementation is just rendering at the nearest integer like 1X or 2X and scaling it down or up which can lead to some fuzzy edges and not super precise pixels notably for text or small icons they also improved support for textures which are used notably in image viewers to paint the images on screen and applications will now have more control over the filtering of these when they're scaled up or down finally gtk 4.12 will also revamp some widgets to replace the old gtk3 view with gtk list view column View and grid view these widgets were already available but not completely ready although the grid view one is what enables the file picker in Gnome to display image thumbnails now these widgets will get bug fixes better keyboard navigation and more and so they are ready for prime time to be used by other apps and webkit gtk is also getting Hardware accelerated compositing under Weyland in its next stable release which means better performance on any webview or in Epiphany which is cool and if everything I just said sounded like gibberish just know that it means that every desktop taking advantage of gtk will get better performance more features than app developers will be able to build better apps that's about it okay let's finish this with the gaming news Halo Master Chief Collection now officially supports the steam deck and Linux including playing multiplayer matches the enabled support for easy anti-cheat which means everything should be fully playable and they also said they want to continue to improve compatibility with the steam deck and that's good because there are apparently a few issues still like selecting the wrong option to enable or disable anti-cheat support at launch and potential freezes and crashes hello MCC is now listed as playable on the deck instead of unsupported and on the other side of the spectrum The Last of Us Part 1 is now listed as unsupported on Steam deck after a very rough start on PC in general whether it was through proton on Linux or on Windows natively Naughty Dog said they would prioritize General fixes and patches before working on Steam deck compatibility specifically which is understandable might as well put out the fire before you fine-tune for specific devices and talking about the deck it looks like it's going to pass the 3 million units sold mark this year and compared to console numbers it might seem small but we have to remember that this is a brand new device that started a whole new category of handheld PCS and consoles that seems to have a bright future and its 3 million more Linux users in the world by that metric it's an insane success and they Sayers might say that no it's not that impressive but it is it's definitely it prove that windows isn't the be all end-all for Windows gaming Linux has a big part to play in this Niche and that's pretty awesome awesome like our sponsor if you're a Linux user and your computer is due for replacement then stop buying devices that were made to run Windows and praying and hoping that your favorite this row will run well on them buy something that supports Linux out of the box tuxedo makes computers that do just that they are based in Germany but they ship to most countries in the world and they have a big big range of devices that should suit every price point and every need every device is heavily configurable at launch including adding your own logo on the lid of your laptop or even engraving your own keyboard layout on the keys of your laptop and all their laptops are openable repairable upgradable where you can replace the battery the ram the SSD and sometimes even the wireless card so if you need a new computer and you plan to run Linux on it and you want to support linux's development on Hardware then click the link in the description below and get yourself something from tuxedo they are really good so thanks everyone for watching the video I hope you enjoyed it if you did don't hesitate to like to subscribe to turn on notifications to write a comment and if you didn't like the video well you can always dislike it and tell me why in the comments as well and if you really like the channel and you want to support it there are plenty of links in the description of the video for Libra pay PayPal YouTube thanks YouTube memberships patreon whatever you know the dream so thanks everyone for watching and I guess you'll see me in the next one bye thanks [Music] [Music]

hey everyone this is Nick and I previously complained that the default tools to interact with PDFs are very lacklust to their own Linux they generally can't edit a document to remove pages merge PDFs together or even sign a PDF so today we'll be looking at tools you can install that solve all these problems and more just like today's sponsor can solve your remote desktop problems this video is sponsored by Chasm and more specifically they are open source VNC server called Chasm VNC this thing is a game changer if you want to connect remotely to a desktop to a server or to an application it uses less bandwidth it has higher frame rates and better quality than traditional VNC tools thanks to a better compression algorithm it lets you copy and paste seamlessly between devices it has improved security over the base VNC protocol and it's very configurable and best of all you don't need any client software you can use it straight from your web browser from anywhere it has packages for a wide variety of distros it works on arm and it supports GPU acceleration as well if you need to connect remotely to one of your computers give Chasm VNC a try I don't think you can get a smoother experience the links are in the description below so on every distro by default you generally just get a PDF viewer and that's it on gnome it's the most basic of tools all it does is show you the document printed fill forms and add bookmarks that's it no signature no changing the page order no removing Pages or adding new ones nothing and sure the PDF format was never meant to be edited but sometimes you still have to do it on KDE ocular does a lot more but it's still not a complete PDF tool it lets you fill in forms add annotations and even digitally sign a PDF if you're knowledgeable enough to other signing certificate yourself but there's no modifying page order editing the document removing Pages or more so these tools are pretty limited if you're used to the built-in PDF tool of Mac OS you're probably wondering what the hell these programs are doing and so we're going to look at ways to handle everything you might need for PDF documents and so let's begin with something the PDF file format was never designed to handle editing and one tool that is probably already on your Linux desktop that can do this is Library office draw it can open PDF documents and edit them as long as it's not an image if the text is correctly identified as text then you'll be able to modify it you can move lines or Graphics around change the background of a document and generally just modify it to your liking it does have issues though first text will often be split into lines which means you're not editing a paragraph you're editing each line of text individually which isn't optimal it will also often mess up the layout of the PDF if it's a complex one so it's definitely not the best tool if you have major complex edits to do on a complex PDF document if you're familiar with Vector drawing programs then inkscape can also edit PDF documents although it won't be your traditional text editing workflow inkscape isn't designed for text-based documents so it might be clumsy it also had issues with ligatures in certain fonts not displaying all the characters correctly and this leads us to the sad realization that for modifying a PDF document open source tools just don't cut it you'll have to turn to proprietary commercial Alternatives fortunately there are a few those include PDF Studio Master PDF and foxit PDF editor they all have free versions except for foxit which only has a free trial but these three versions are super limited and generally don't let you edit the actual text or images they just let you do mind the things like watermarks annotations filling in forms nothing you can't do on the default tools that genome KDE or any other desktop environment provides so you will have to pay to get access to their editing features now there's also WPS as office it's also not open source but it's a pretty powerful office suite and includes a PDF editor if you pay for the full version master PDF and PDF Studio are a one-time payment at about 80 rows for the former and 100 euros for the latter and fox it and WPS are subscription based at 80 bucks a year and 40 euros a year respectively so if what you need is a complete Suite to edit PDF documents then your only real route is using one of these commercial proprietary tools you have to accept to use non-open Source programs and you have to Shell out some cash but at least you have that option if you're okay with just minor edits and fixing typos and correcting layouts then LibreOffice draw or inkscape will do the trick nicely now let's talk about signing a PDF document and most of the time the only thing you really need is stamping an image signature on top of a PDF and ocular can actually do that you can use the manual drawing tool to write your signature or you can add the ability to paste an image on top of a document but it's convoluted you have to go to settings toolbars shown enable the quick annotations toolbar then click the configure button in that toolbar click add select the type stamp and click the little button next to the stamp symbol field to pick your own hand-drawn signature that you previously saved as an image and afterwards you can just add that to any document in one click from that quick annotations toolbar you can also open the PDF document in LibreOffice draw or the and add your image signature this way and you can also open the PDF document in xernel plus plus which will let you draw your signature on top of the PDF using a stylus or your finger or your mouse and yeah sure you might argue that this is not digitally signing a document but look in 12 years working at various companies from the biggest ones to startups we never once used digital signature using your certificate all was required is just applying your little scribbles on top of the PDF so either you did it manually or you just copy pasted an image that's enough for 99 of use cases still if you need to really digitally sign a PDF the easiest way is to use LibreOffice open delivery office suite click file then digital signatures and then sign existing PDF the document will open in read-only mode and you have a signed document button at the top it will list all the available existing signatures and certificates you have installed on your device and you can pick the one you want and now you might be wondering how do I actually add a digital certificate or what it even is and basically digitally signing a PDF for a document requires adding a little key on top of that document so the receiver of that document can actually identify that it's really you that signed it and not anyone else and this is done through a certificate which is issued either by your own organization or by a certification Authority much like for a website by default LibreOffice will look into Mozilla firefox's certificates list so you'll have to put your certificate file there to do so open Firefox then the main menu preferences privacy and security and then view certificates then click on authorities and import and then the OK button and you're done you can also add other directories for Library office to look for certificates in by clicking the tools menu in library office then options going to the security Tab and clicking the certificate button there you can add any other path you want where your certificate file is stored this probably will not be useful to most of you it's more meant for companies that actually need to prove that they sign something contractually but hey if you need that now you know how to do it ocular can also do that and it looks into the same Firefox certificate store and a few other preset directories to sign a document using ocular click the tools menu then digitally sign and you'll be able to pick the signature you want to add now if all you want to do is OCR optical character recognition which is basically just extracting text from an image or a PDF that has no selectable text then you also have plenty of options on Linux the simplest one is G image reader an open source app that will let you import a document or image and will recognize all the text inside in a very large variety of languages it can take a while to do its thing but it works reliably and it was able to extract text from scanned PDFs and images like a PNG you have plenty of options to preserve paragraphs to reduce white space and edit the detected text including find and replace tools and you can just copy and paste it to any other program you would like it's a very easy solution although I didn't write myself with handwriting because I was almost a doctor and my handwriting is accordingly terrible now if you prefer doing these tasks from the command line then you have Tesseract OCR which is actually what G image reader uses in the background you can set any option you'd like to get the text you want and since it's using the command line you can pipe that output to a text document automatically or run it on all the contents of a folder so all your scanned PDFs automatically get transcribed into text inside of new documents it's a pretty handy choice if you have a ton of PDF documents and you need to transcribe them to text quickly now if what you want is to annotate PDF documents manually like for example with a stylus then your best option is probably xerno plus plus it lets you open PDF documents and draw all over them you can highlight text add hand-drawn notes shapes you can type some text and it can even handle layers to quickly mask all that hand-drawn stuff and view the original document it can even handle equations and graphs and has a very customizable interface oh and you can also record audio and play it back from your notes it's probably the best tool you can find if you're a student that needs to do some handwritten notes on top of PDF provided courses if you can find Linux Hardware that actually lets you use styluses stylive who cares if you can find the hardware it's cool if all you need is modifying the pages in a PDF document like reordering them or deleting them then you have PDF arranger a simple gnome app that will run on any Linux desktop and is available on flat Hub it lets you rearrange the page order by simple drag and drop and you can delete pages using the right click menu or the delete key you can import another document to merge PDFs together and you can rotate Pages change the format of each page crop the white borders copy and paste Pages wherever you want and Export the final document as one PDF or individual documents for each page it is a great and simple app that I use all the time to interact with PDF documents and finally creating a PDF document is very easy on Linux you don't need a dedicated PDF tool you can just create your document in LibreOffice writer or Draw or calc on only office whatever you want and then export that to a PDF document it's super simple and it doesn't necessitate a tutorial or specific application it's part of the Native capabilities of almost every program that handles documents and at least you don't need to add a fake PDF printer to your system like on certain other operating systems now if you're looking for something more akin to InDesign to create your PDFs your best alternative on Linux is scribers I'm not saying it's a full alternative to InDesign but you'll get the same general workflow with the ability to freely Place elements on a canvas align them to various guides have paragraphs that flow from one page to the other it's a pretty powerful application if you need to create layout heavy documents it's also available on flat Hub now creating PDFs has never really been an issue on Linux or if I'm honest on most other operating systems either so that's about it for PDF basically can handle anything using open source apps except for actually editing the existing contents of a PDF which can be done using Library office or inkscape but it's not really perfect if you need a more robust solution for that there are proprietary commercial Solutions available as well working with PDFs has been a very frustrating thing for me to do on Linux and by researching this video I basically solved all my problems so I hope the video did the same thing for you just like today's sponsor will fix your Hardware problems on Linux tuxedo offers computers with Linux pre-installed and the reason why you might want that instead of buying a Windows computer and hoping that your favorite distribution runs well on it is because they ship Hardware that has been selected to run specifically well with Linux you can pick from a selection of popular distros when you buy your device you can configure virtually every aspect of it including your own logo on the back or your own keyboard layout on your laptop and all their laptops are openable repairable upgradable you can replace the battery the SSD the RAM and sometimes even the wireless card so if you need a new computer stop looking at Windows devices click the link in the description below and buy something from tuxedo their computers are really great for Linux so thanks everyone for watching the video I hope you enjoyed it if you did don't hesitate to like to subscribe to turn on notifications or to write a comment and if you didn't like it well the dislike button is still there and you can also tell me why in the comments as well and if you really enjoy the channel and you want to support it there are tons of links in the description below for liberape PayPal patreon YouTube memberships YouTube things whatever you know the drill so thanks for watching and I guess you'll see me in the next one bye thank you [Music] foreign [Music]

hey everyone this is Nick and using Linux to get actual work done is a reality I already explored how I used it for my day job as a product owner back when I used Elementary OS and then back when I used KDE but now it's time to show how I use gnome to get worked out so we'll look at my desktop my laptop the applications I use what I actually do with them and this segue to today's sponsor this video is sponsored by tux care and if you have instances running Ubuntu 18.04 you're probably aware that it's going end of life at the end of April 2023 your options are basically to rush a migration or to stay on an end-of-life release with all the security risks this creates or you can subscribe to talk scares extended lifecycle support you just run one script and you'll keep getting security updates for your 18.04 instances including for the kernel Apache PHP openss python and a lot more without any tooling changes plus 24 7 support in case you run into an issue so if you want to take your time to plan your migration from 18.04 to a newer release of Ubuntu check the link in the description below and get started and of course let's start with what I actually do on Linux like actual work so these days I don't do any project management anymore at least not for a company I use Linux to create three videos per week and two audio podcasts per week one for patrons and YouTube members and the other is the Linux and open source News podcast the link is in the description oh and I also write the occasional article from my website although I will freely admit that I do not do that as often as I should I also answer tons of email I do video conferencing when I appear on other people's podcasts or when I need to talk with sponsors and I also do all my web browsing invoicing taxes research new sifting personal Computing and gaming on Linux and these days for me it all happens on gnome on Fedora to be precise and for that I use two devices a desktop and a laptop so let's start with with the laptop because this is where things take shape before I turn them into videos on my desktop so I mainly use two laptops the first one is a slim book executive 16 and the second is a tuxedo Stellaris 15. they both serve the same purpose and run the same fedorag gnome with the exact same layout and configurations although the Stellaris is also my steam console often plugged into my TV they both have a core i7 12700h they both have 16 gigs of RAM and while the slim book has an RTX 3050 TI this Stellaris has a 3060 and they both have 1440p screens so basically when I'm at home I use the Stellaris because it has more horsepower and when I'm on the move I use the slim book executive 16 which is way more portable and lighter so both laptops run Fedora genome using Weyland with a few extensions first is the all-important app indicator support I hate tray icons they look bad and they're bad add solution for background apps but there's no replacement just yet and since stuff like next Cloud Synology drive warpinator and more use these well I added the relevant extension I also prefer my notifications to appear on the right of the screen instead of in the Middle where they block stuff out so I added the notification Banner reloaded extension to make them appear on the top right corner of the screen I also use the Quick Settings tweaker extension to add media controls various application audio levels and notifications right inside the Quick Settings menu so everything is in the same place it's easier to hit with a mouse where you can just fling it to the top right and click to get what you want finally I also have the Privacy Quick Settings menu to disable the mic and webcam when I don't use them I have Js connect to transfer files from my phone to my computer and I have light and dark theme switcher to have an easier toggle that actually switches all applications to dark mode even if they don't support it explicitly and to manage all of these extensions I use the app called extension manager which lets you browse update install monitor configure every single genome extension check for compatibility it's just a fantastic tool if you need to add extensions together and on top of that I installed the libid Vita gtk3 theme so apps that haven't been ported to gtk4 still look like the rest of my desktop as much as possible but what do I actually do on these laptops well first is writing my scripts to do that I use the iota's node application it's the gnome app it's super simple and it plugs into next Cloud so all my nodes are shared between devices it's very simple markdown with very few options you just have a blank canvas to write stuff which is exactly what I want notes are synced to my phone for easy reference when I actually record the videos and to my desktop where I can make adjustments if needed to research scripts I use Firefox as my web browser with the next Cloud passwords extension to sync those between devices now the Firefox account would also do that and I do use that account to sync bookmarks and history between devices as well but I do prefer having my passwords locally hosted on my own next Cloud instance my laptops are also where I do most of my email and for that I use Geary a gnome app that looks super simple but does everything I needed to it's fast it's stable it handles folders although you can't create them there unfortunately and it looks like it's a part of my desktop plus it can run in the background so you don't have to have it open all the time although I do have it open all the time I'm an old person and I like my windows being visible I also handle all my to-do lists on my laptops and for that I use Endeavor another nice gnome app that uses next cloud and The Gnome online accounts to pull your next Cloud tasks and sync to it I have my tle tasks list where I make notes of everything I need to do during the week and a few other task list for ideas and personal things Endeavor doesn't support tags unfortunately and recurring tasks aren't supported by next Cloud which is also an issue but apart from that it works great and these tasks are synced to my phone using Apple reminders boo I know using iOS okay well when I used Android I use the open tasks app with devx 5 to sync stuff from nexcloud because Google doesn't support that natively for some reason I also use the next Cloud desktop client to sync all my files between devices Auto Import all my photos and videos from my phone and generally have access to everything I need I also have the Synology Drive client which has no official Fedora version but there's a copper repo that packages it and it lets me sync all my files and photos automatically to my Synology Nas as an additional backup and finally I have the occasional use for the game which despite its stupid name is actually pretty wonderful once you understand how it works works and only office my main office suite of choice which again is plugged into my next cloud storage now let's see how I use gnome's workflow to get work done if we can consider YouTube as work I make heavy use of the split screen feature I just drag iota's to the left side of the screen and my web browser to the right and I can write my notes while I research things I don't need more than split screen tiling on a laptop I used to really enjoy The papower Styling features but even on the 16 inch screen it just makes windows way too tiny to be actually useful speaking of which I run both laptops at their native 1440p resolution but I do scale the phones by a factor of 1.15 and I use gnome tweaks to do that when writing an email I'll do the same in the pop-out window from Geary and what I'm actually looking at on the other side whether it's an invoice a website a calendar event various notes whatever I also make heavy use of the activities view by using the touchpad gesture three fingers up on the touchpad brings the overview and then I can just select a window or open a new one from the bottom dock or using the keyboard and I always have my email on a separate virtual desktop which I switched to using touchpad gestures as well so on my laptops the workflow is super simple there's nothing weird or complex in here just touch pad gestures and split screen and two different virtual desktops now let's move on to my desktop computer I use a tower that came with Linux pre installed it served me perfectly for about three years now and it has a ryzen 7 5800x an RTX 3070 and 32 gigs of RAM it's plugged into an LG curved Ultra wide monitor at 1440p and I use a Logitech MX Master S3 as my mouse plus some generic Logitech speakers and my keyboard is the Cheapo slim book RGB keyboard which I should not like as much as I do but I don't know why there's something really cool about it like it's fake mechanical rubber membrane thingy and it's really cheaply built but it's good that desktop runs Fedora 37 and the volcano might be good but I also add the exact same extensions as on my laptop to have the same experience on all devices I also never added the minimize or maximize buttons they're really not needed for maximizing I just drag a window to the top of the screen and minimizing is completely useless to my workflow if I don't want an app window I close it and if I want to keep it without closing it I'll just move it to another virtual desktop so this desktop computer is where I do most of my work video editing podcast recording and also not work but gaming so once my scripts are written on the laptop I record them using my camera on an SD card and I copy the footage over to my desktop using a nice little dongle and Nautilus then I use DaVinci Resolve to do the actual editing it's not open source unfortunately but it's just so much more stable so much faster and it has way more plugins and tools than any fast tool I used that I just cannot see myself moving back to Caden live or something else anytime soon which is also why I stick to Nvidia gpus because resolve on Linux only works on Nvidia everything else is super hacky unstable or virtually impossible to do and my Nvidia experience on Linux has been completely Flawless whether it's on my hybrid graphics laptops on Wayland or my desktop I had no issues whatsoever zero so I'll make a dedicated video about this specific Topic in the future so when I'm editing if I need an illustration like a screenshot I'll just use the Firefox screenshot tool to capture parts of a web page all the whole web page entirely if I need to record my screen I use OBS it's a great app and with NVM support on Nvidia it uses barely any resources which means I can run it while I have resolve open without any issues if I need to quickly download a meme video or one of my own that I didn't backup I use tubeconverter a cool app that lets you download either the audio or the video or both from popular video websites all my virtual machine needs are handled using gnome boxes which has great performance is super easy to set up and even lets you download isos directly I upload my videos using Firefox it's my main browser also with the next Cloud passwords installed all my thumbnails are done using again fantastic program if you know how to use it there's a learning curve but once you understand it it's just great to record podcasts I use audacity with a Blue Yeti microphone that program is ugly as Sin and it's been involved in a few controversies about data collection which means I should probably move to one of their more private Forks but I didn't take the time to do so yet it works just right I just record the Audio I do some noise removal I apply your compressor I normalize the audio so it sounds a bit better and that's about it and of course I also use Endeavor there for task management I use iotas to access my notes to enter the time codes for any videos as I'm editing them and I use Geary for email there as well I try to keep my setups between devices as consistent as possible because my weird brain just cannot handle inconsistency and also it's just better for muscle memory in terms of workflow I have DaVinci Resolve open on its own virtual desktop so I have all the space I need to edit I also have a file manager window floating somewhere on the same desktop to be able to move files around and add them to the project I'm working on I also always have Geary open on a second virtual desktop generally tiled with a Firefox window on the other side for quick access when I need to record something I open OBS on another virtual desktop and I record there so I can only have the thing I want to show and no other window in the background and since I only published 1080p videos because anything higher is completely useless because most of you watch on a phone and you won't be able to tell the difference on their screens well it also means that on my ultra wide I can just tuck the OBS window to the side and when I edit the video I just crop it out because yeah it's 1440p so I can just zoom in and keep 1080p to be nice and crisp same goes for recording podcasts audacity is tiled to one side and my notes app to the other so I can have it at all times as a reference I use the keyboard a lot on my desktop with the Super Key being used to open the activities View or a double tap of the super key to access the app launcher I use super plus left or super plus right to dial a window and super plus alt plus any Arrow key to move to another workspace when I need to quickly move a window to the next workspace I use super alt shift and an arrow key and I also use the super key to drag Windows around or super plus middle click to quickly resize a floating window now this last shortcut is insanely useful just hold a Super Key and your mouse wheel and just drag from anywhere to resize a window you don't need to aim for the window border it is so useful now it is a simpler workflow than the one I used on KDE because back then I juggled a product owner job and making videos which meant I used activities to separate the two now that I only do content creation I don't need that feature as much and so I'm happy with just virtual desktops and of course there are a few extras around all of this all my invoicing and accounting is done through a web app called zervent which I access using Firefox I also have an 8 terabyte external hard drive plugged into my desktop that serves as my file storage for all my old video projects so I can reuse a bit of footage here and there I often use KDE connect to transfer photos and videos quickly from my phone to my computers and I also use warpinator a fantastic app that lets you send files from one computer to the other over the local network especially when I'm reviewing devices and I don't want to set up next Cloud on these and for listening to music since I subscribe to YouTube premium to avoid having ads on my TV I use YTM desktop as my client it's basically the web app but integrated with the media controls and with a tray icon so it's a bit more useful it's all pretty simple but I hope it gives you a few ideas for some extensions for some programs to get work done and also how to use gnome super simple workflow but very productive to your advantage just like I'm gonna use this segue to today's sponsor to my advantage so okay you've moved to Linux you use Linux regularly and you plan to keep using it and your computer is due for an upgrade well don't look at Windows devices and pray and hope that your favorite this row will work on them buy something from tuxedo today's sponsor tuxedo makes laptops and desktops that ship with Linux out of the box and when you buy one you know that Linux will run great on it because the components have been picked specifically for that they have a big range of devices that should serve every price point and every need whether you need a laptop a desktop a Nook something very simple or something super powerful something for gaming or not they have everything all of their devices are very configurable before purchase and all their laptops are also openable repairable and upgradable so if you need a new computer and you plan to run Linux on it click the link in the description below and get yourself something from tuxedo they're really good so thanks everyone for watching the video I hope you enjoyed it if you did don't hesitate to like to subscribe to turn on notifications to write a comment and if you didn't like it well you can also dislike and tell me why in the comments and if you really like the channel and you want to support it well there are plenty of links in the description down below we've got Libra pay patreon YouTube membership super thanks whatever else you know how to do this so thanks everyone for watching and I guess you'll see me in the next one bye [Music] thank you [Music] [Music] foreign

hey everyone this is Nick and I previously complained that the default tools to interact with PDFs are very lacklust to their own Linux they generally can't edit a document to remove pages merge PDFs together or even sign a PDF so today we'll be looking at tools you can install that solve all these problems and more just like today's sponsor can solve your remote desktop problems this video is sponsored by Chasm and more specifically they are open source VNC server called Chasm VNC this thing is a game changer if you want to connect remotely to a desktop to a server or to an application it uses less bandwidth it has higher frame rates and better quality than traditional VNC tools thanks to a better compression algorithm it lets you copy and paste seamlessly between devices it has improved security over the base VNC protocol and it's very configurable and best of all you don't need any client software you can use it straight from your web browser from anywhere it has packages for a wide variety of distros it works on arm and it supports GPU acceleration as well if you need to connect remotely to one of your computers give Chasm VNC a try I don't think you can get a smoother experience the links are in the description below so on every distro by default you generally just get a PDF viewer and that's it on gnome it's the most basic of tools all it does is show you the document printed fill forms and add bookmarks that's it no signature no changing the page order no removing Pages or adding new ones nothing and sure the PDF format was never meant to be edited but sometimes you still have to do it on KDE ocular does a lot more but it's still not a complete PDF tool it lets you fill in forms add annotations and even digitally sign a PDF if you're knowledgeable enough to other signing certificate yourself but there's no modifying page order editing the document removing Pages or more so these tools are pretty limited if you're used to the built-in PDF tool of Mac OS you're probably wondering what the hell these programs are doing and so we're going to look at ways to handle everything you might need for PDF documents and so let's begin with something the PDF file format was never designed to handle editing and one tool that is probably already on your Linux desktop that can do this is Library office draw it can open PDF documents and edit them as long as it's not an image if the text is correctly identified as text then you'll be able to modify it you can move lines or Graphics around change the background of a document and generally just modify it to your liking it does have issues though first text will often be split into lines which means you're not editing a paragraph you're editing each line of text individually which isn't optimal it will also often mess up the layout of the PDF if it's a complex one so it's definitely not the best tool if you have major complex edits to do on a complex PDF document if you're familiar with Vector drawing programs then inkscape can also edit PDF documents although it won't be your traditional text editing workflow inkscape isn't designed for text-based documents so it might be clumsy it also had issues with ligatures in certain fonts not displaying all the characters correctly and this leads us to the sad realization that for modifying a PDF document open source tools just don't cut it you'll have to turn to proprietary commercial Alternatives fortunately there are a few those include PDF Studio Master PDF and foxit PDF editor they all have free versions except for foxit which only has a free trial but these three versions are super limited and generally don't let you edit the actual text or images they just let you do mind the things like watermarks annotations filling in forms nothing you can't do on the default tools that genome KDE or any other desktop environment provides so you will have to pay to get access to their editing features now there's also WPS as office it's also not open source but it's a pretty powerful office suite and includes a PDF editor if you pay for the full version master PDF and PDF Studio are a one-time payment at about 80 rows for the former and 100 euros for the latter and fox it and WPS are subscription based at 80 bucks a year and 40 euros a year respectively so if what you need is a complete Suite to edit PDF documents then your only real route is using one of these commercial proprietary tools you have to accept to use non-open Source programs and you have to Shell out some cash but at least you have that option if you're okay with just minor edits and fixing typos and correcting layouts then LibreOffice draw or inkscape will do the trick nicely now let's talk about signing a PDF document and most of the time the only thing you really need is stamping an image signature on top of a PDF and ocular can actually do that you can use the manual drawing tool to write your signature or you can add the ability to paste an image on top of a document but it's convoluted you have to go to settings toolbars shown enable the quick annotations toolbar then click the configure button in that toolbar click add select the type stamp and click the little button next to the stamp symbol field to pick your own hand-drawn signature that you previously saved as an image and afterwards you can just add that to any document in one click from that quick annotations toolbar you can also open the PDF document in LibreOffice draw or the and add your image signature this way and you can also open the PDF document in xernel plus plus which will let you draw your signature on top of the PDF using a stylus or your finger or your mouse and yeah sure you might argue that this is not digitally signing a document but look in 12 years working at various companies from the biggest ones to startups we never once used digital signature using your certificate all was required is just applying your little scribbles on top of the PDF so either you did it manually or you just copy pasted an image that's enough for 99 of use cases still if you need to really digitally sign a PDF the easiest way is to use LibreOffice open delivery office suite click file then digital signatures and then sign existing PDF the document will open in read-only mode and you have a signed document button at the top it will list all the available existing signatures and certificates you have installed on your device and you can pick the one you want and now you might be wondering how do I actually add a digital certificate or what it even is and basically digitally signing a PDF for a document requires adding a little key on top of that document so the receiver of that document can actually identify that it's really you that signed it and not anyone else and this is done through a certificate which is issued either by your own organization or by a certification Authority much like for a website by default LibreOffice will look into Mozilla firefox's certificates list so you'll have to put your certificate file there to do so open Firefox then the main menu preferences privacy and security and then view certificates then click on authorities and import and then the OK button and you're done you can also add other directories for Library office to look for certificates in by clicking the tools menu in library office then options going to the security Tab and clicking the certificate button there you can add any other path you want where your certificate file is stored this probably will not be useful to most of you it's more meant for companies that actually need to prove that they sign something contractually but hey if you need that now you know how to do it ocular can also do that and it looks into the same Firefox certificate store and a few other preset directories to sign a document using ocular click the tools menu then digitally sign and you'll be able to pick the signature you want to add now if all you want to do is OCR optical character recognition which is basically just extracting text from an image or a PDF that has no selectable text then you also have plenty of options on Linux the simplest one is G image reader an open source app that will let you import a document or image and will recognize all the text inside in a very large variety of languages it can take a while to do its thing but it works reliably and it was able to extract text from scanned PDFs and images like a PNG you have plenty of options to preserve paragraphs to reduce white space and edit the detected text including find and replace tools and you can just copy and paste it to any other program you would like it's a very easy solution although I didn't write myself with handwriting because I was almost a doctor and my handwriting is accordingly terrible now if you prefer doing these tasks from the command line then you have Tesseract OCR which is actually what G image reader uses in the background you can set any option you'd like to get the text you want and since it's using the command line you can pipe that output to a text document automatically or run it on all the contents of a folder so all your scanned PDFs automatically get transcribed into text inside of new documents it's a pretty handy choice if you have a ton of PDF documents and you need to transcribe them to text quickly now if what you want is to annotate PDF documents manually like for example with a stylus then your best option is probably xerno plus plus it lets you open PDF documents and draw all over them you can highlight text add hand-drawn notes shapes you can type some text and it can even handle layers to quickly mask all that hand-drawn stuff and view the original document it can even handle equations and graphs and has a very customizable interface oh and you can also record audio and play it back from your notes it's probably the best tool you can find if you're a student that needs to do some handwritten notes on top of PDF provided courses if you can find Linux Hardware that actually lets you use styluses stylive who cares if you can find the hardware it's cool if all you need is modifying the pages in a PDF document like reordering them or deleting them then you have PDF arranger a simple gnome app that will run on any Linux desktop and is available on flat Hub it lets you rearrange the page order by simple drag and drop and you can delete pages using the right click menu or the delete key you can import another document to merge PDFs together and you can rotate Pages change the format of each page crop the white borders copy and paste Pages wherever you want and Export the final document as one PDF or individual documents for each page it is a great and simple app that I use all the time to interact with PDF documents and finally creating a PDF document is very easy on Linux you don't need a dedicated PDF tool you can just create your document in LibreOffice writer or Draw or calc on only office whatever you want and then export that to a PDF document it's super simple and it doesn't necessitate a tutorial or specific application it's part of the Native capabilities of almost every program that handles documents and at least you don't need to add a fake PDF printer to your system like on certain other operating systems now if you're looking for something more akin to InDesign to create your PDFs your best alternative on Linux is scribers I'm not saying it's a full alternative to InDesign but you'll get the same general workflow with the ability to freely Place elements on a canvas align them to various guides have paragraphs that flow from one page to the other it's a pretty powerful application if you need to create layout heavy documents it's also available on flat Hub now creating PDFs has never really been an issue on Linux or if I'm honest on most other operating systems either so that's about it for PDF basically can handle anything using open source apps except for actually editing the existing contents of a PDF which can be done using Library office or inkscape but it's not really perfect if you need a more robust solution for that there are proprietary commercial Solutions available as well working with PDFs has been a very frustrating thing for me to do on Linux and by researching this video I basically solved all my problems so I hope the video did the same thing for you just like today's sponsor will fix your Hardware problems on Linux tuxedo offers computers with Linux pre-installed and the reason why you might want that instead of buying a Windows computer and hoping that your favorite distribution runs well on it is because they ship Hardware that has been selected to run specifically well with Linux you can pick from a selection of popular distros when you buy your device you can configure virtually every aspect of it including your own logo on the back or your own keyboard layout on your laptop and all their laptops are openable repairable upgradable you can replace the battery the SSD the RAM and sometimes even the wireless card so if you need a new computer stop looking at Windows devices click the link in the description below and buy something from tuxedo their computers are really great for Linux so thanks everyone for watching the video I hope you enjoyed it if you did don't hesitate to like to subscribe to turn on notifications or to write a comment and if you didn't like it well the dislike button is still there and you can also tell me why in the comments as well and if you really enjoy the channel and you want to support it there are tons of links in the description below for liberape PayPal patreon YouTube memberships YouTube things whatever you know the drill so thanks for watching and I guess you'll see me in the next one bye thank you [Music] foreign [Music]

hey everyone this is Nick and today I have my very first system 76 laptop review I covered a lot of Linux manufacturers over the years including tuxedo slim book STAR labs and more but it's the first time I could get my hands on a system 76 laptop so this one is the Pangolin which is their everyday 15 inch Ultrabook with great battery life and pretty good performance so let's see what this thing can do and who today's sponsor is thanks to Squarespace for sponsoring this video if you want to develop your online presence you need a website and with Squarespace it's really really easy there you're all in one solution for building designing and running your very own website whether you're looking for a simple blog a portfolio or even an online shop they have pre-built themes and layouts that you can customize thoroughly and they have tons of modules to add the features you need and they can even help you book a domain name in a few clicks and design your own logo if you need help get getting started so if you want to start building your own online presence head over to squarespace.com the Linux experiment or just click the link in the description below and you'll get 10 of your first purchase so what does a system 76 laptop look like well the Pangolin looks like your standard 15-inch Ultrabook it's pretty thin at 0.71 inches or 1.8 centimeters and it weighs 1.79 kilos or almost 4 pounds it's 16 by 9 with a 15.6 inches screen and it's made of aluminum the chassis is all matte black with the only plastic elements being the screen bezel the hinge guards and the ventilation Grille at the back it looks really sleek and understated and the only thing I don't like in the design is the fact that the black surface is sort of a fingerprint magnet it's not horrible but it will definitely retain a few smudges the only visible branding is on the lid with a wide system 76 logo and that's it and contrary to other manufacturers like slim book or tuxedo you can't get your own logo engraved on this one it's a system 76 laptop and it's gonna say system 76 on it the aluminum chassis is robust with minimal deck Flags around the hinge or the Palm rests and a bit more give in the middle of the keyboard but it's nothing out of the ordinary the hinge might look a bit puny but it feels solid as well you can lift it with one finger and it has a good amount of resistance and it doesn't wobble too much the laptop is also pretty modular you can open it easily with 11 screws but if access to the storage is the only thing you want then it's just one screw there's a dedicated little trap door at the bottom to easily swap drives only the battery wireless card and storage are accessible the ram seems soldered so yeah the Pangolin is a good looking laptop it's solid it's user serviceable apart from the ram but we'll see in a minute why that isn't really a problem and yeah it feels like a good Ultrabook the only problem is its name sounds like Benedict Cumberbatch trying to say the word penguin crested Penguins okay what's inside this thing well the only CPU you can get is the ryzen 7 6800u an 8 core 16 threads chip that goes up to 4.7 gigahertz it's paired with the integrated Radeon 680m which sounds like a dedicated GPU but is in fact integrated with the CPU you can also only get it with 32 gigs of RAM it's the default configuration and there's nothing lower or higher in terms of storage you get a minimum of a 250 gig pcie 4 nvme SSD and you can spec that up to 16 terabytes of pcie 4 SSD it comes with Wi-Fi 6E and Bluetooth 5.2 and you can either get it with pop Os 22.04 or Ubuntu 222.04 out of the box although any distro should run well on this thing it's a pretty powerful build the CPU is very competent and with 32 gigs of RAM even if you can't upgrade it yourself it should be future proof for the whole lifetime of this device and I must say it's nice to finally get laptops that don't ship with the default 8 gigs which for today is definitely not enough and okay now you can tell me that your laptop only has 500 megabytes of RAM and that it's been running perfectly fine go ahead write it in the comments and get it over with the display is 15.6 inches and only 1080p which might be a bit low on a 15 inch device I kind of like 1440p for that size but 1080p isn't bad or anything it's 144hz refresh rate which means it's smooth in daily use and at that default setting it still manages to get pretty good battery life thanks to the 70 watt hour battery that it ships with now for an Ultrabook this thing has a lot of holes in it ports I mean it's useful holes mostly so on the left you get the barrel charger an HDMI 2.0 Port two USB 3.2 Gen 2 type A ports One USB 3.2 Gen 2 type c Port that supports DisplayPort 1.4 and also supports charging the device although the included pretty small power brick doesn't come with a USBC cable for charging or a USBC port for that matter you can buy a 65 watt charger that comes with the USBC cable if you prefer but it's 2023 and I guess if the barrel charger isn't mandatory to deliver enough juice to keep the device charging then you should probably all get rid of it and just provide USBC everywhere now you also get a headphone jack and interestingly a physical full kill switch for the webcam complete with a little led to let you know when the camera is off on the right you have another type a USB 3.2 Gen 2 a full-size SD card reader which is nice a pop out gigabit Ethernet port and that little Kensington lock to keep your laptop attached to your desk that's really good I O for an Ultrabook three USB ports one USBC one HDMI plus ethernet would I have preferred a second USBC on the other side instead of a regular type A sure but it's still not bad OK let's move on to the performance before we take a look at the rest of that thing the ryzen 7 6800u is a pretty powerful CPU on geekbench 6 it got a single core score of 2002 and a multi-core score of 8662 so it's on par with a core i7 12700 and generally it's doing better in single core performance definitely more than what you'll need for this form factor in terms of Graphics the integrated Radeon 680m can deliver a surprisingly good performance running the usual shadow of the Tomb Raider Benchmark at the native 1080P and medium settings it got 30 FPS on average and on low settings it managed an average of 42. this game is notoriously badly optimized and generally it really struggles on integrated gpus especially on the Intel side where even with an XC Graphics it's rare that you'll reach 30 FPS at low settings so yeah it's better it's still not incredible and you're not going to do AAA gaming on this thing but it can definitely run some graphics intensive programs as per thermals at idle the CPU ran at around 34 to 38 degrees Celsius and under loads during gameplay it never went past 91 and the fan noise is definitely audible but manageable it will never scream at you and while it's typically high pitched like most laptops it's not horrible now for the battery life with the display at 144hz in balanced mode running YouTube videos in the loop on Firefox it lasted for 7 hours when putting it in battery saving mode with the display running at 60 hertz it lasted for eight and a half hours that's pretty good it will definitely hold for a full day of work because if you have a normal workload that doesn't involve video decoding from the internet in a loop you'll probably get a little bit more than the numbers that I benchmarked here the Pangolin comes with a chicklet style keyboard it's backlit with just one single color no RGB here and only two levels of brightness but it's definitely enough to make it legible in the dark it comes with a numpad but it's pretty squished with keys at about two-thirds of the usual size and it also means they didn't Center the trackpad which I do not like the keyboard itself is nice to use it might not seem like it because it's recessed into chassis but key travel is good the stroke is precise and the keys are large and nice it lacks a bit of bounce back for my taste but it's not a mushy keyboard by any means and it comes with a Super Key of course which okay I definitely prefer over any sort of cartoony tux logo or icon super just looks better it's more descriptive it's just a better option the sound of the keyboard follows the theme of this laptop it's also understated it's not too clicky and it will not annoy people around you as per the touchpad it's a decent size it's very smooth and while it's not centered which always annoys me it works really well with pop os's gestures The Click is solid and doesn't rattle at all and the sound is satisfying the only issue is with the two button spaces at the bottom they don't seem to react to tap to click which can lead to some missed inputs and the power button might look like a fingerprint reader but it's not or at least there was no way for me to configure It On Pop OS and I would really like for once to have a laptop that comes with Linux and has a fingerprint reader typing passwords that so 2010 the webcam is 720p and it's just not good it feels like it's super stuttery and while it seems to compensate for backlight better than others I tried it's still a potato cam only serviceable for very basic video calls where you don't care how you look the microphone is above average first it's well tuned out of the box something no other manufacturer seems to do so the default gain is actually one you'd want to use and it doesn't saturate or Peak second it doesn't pick up that much on the keyboard sounds or the trackpad which is pretty cool so yeah it sucks that the webcam is bad because the microphone you might actually want to use in day-to-day calls as per the speakers they get pretty loud but at max volume they will definitely start vibrating the chassis and you'll hear that sort of rattly sound apart from that they do have a bit of bass and they don't sound too tinny they're good enough basically they're laptop speakers but don't run them at max volume foreign and of course we can't not talk about pop OS because system 76 creates this distro and this laptop and they have a few nice integrated things in there first you get that nice recovery partition that you can update so you always have a nice thing to fall back to in case of a problem but you also have a support tab in the settings with the ability to create a support ticket right from there create your log files in one click access documentation and more and popos runs extremely smoothly on this laptop like buttery smooth it's never been a choppy distro or anything but I also never saw it running that nicely and no it's not just the high refresh rate of the screen because I already ran pop OS on another laptop that has the same refresh rate and it just did not feel as smooth now of course Papa OS is now getting a bit long in the tooth with the current version being popos 22.04 and yeah it's not extremely up to date but it also comes with flat pack and flat Hub out of the the box so you can install most apps at a recent version anyways so who is this laptop for well the base price is 12.99 US Dollars and for that you get an aluminum chassis a 144hz screen although admittedly only 1080p a very good CPU and GPU combo 32 gigs of RAM and 250 gigs of SSD and I'd say it's a decent price it amounts to 1200 Euros at today's rates and this device feels geared towards professionals the understated black look the solid Port selection the good battery life it's an all-rounder it doesn't excel at anything specifically but it's a good choice for everything now compared to devices from other Linux manufacturers let's be honest it all depends on where you live in Europe tuxedo and slim book will be cheaper because shipping costs will be lower and if you live somewhere in North or South America then system 76 will be the less expensive option until one of them has distribution sent centers all across the globe you're basically Bound by shipping rates still the Pangolin is a good laptop it's so no nonsense solid Workhorse it's their mid-range 15 inch it's a good device and you can't really go wrong with it so thanks everyone for watching the video I hope you enjoyed it if you did don't hesitate to like to subscribe to turn on notifications to write a comment and if you didn't like the video for some reason you can also dislike it and tell me why in the comments as well and if you really enjoyed the channel and you want to support it there are plenty of links down in the description for patreon Libra pay PayPal YouTube memberships whatever you know how to do this so thanks everyone for watching and I guess you'll see me in the next one bye [Music] thank you [Music] [Music] foreign

hey everyone this is Nick and I moved this video to today instead of yesterday to avoid an avalanche of people trying to spot an April's Fool's joke although in retrospect it would probably have meant a lot more common so maybe that was a mistake anyway this week we have the beta for Ubuntu 223.04 and all of its variants including a brand new one that was accepted this week we have vast improvements to the Linux mobile operating systems like Ubuntu touch and plasma mobile and we have Italy blocking chat GPT but not for the reasons you might think and I also included this segue to today's sponsor for exactly the reasons you might think thanks to linode for sponsoring this video Leonard is my favorite solution to run a Linux or gaming server it's what I use to run my own next Cloud instance and my own only office server the interface is super easy to use they are affordable they have tons of documentation on line and they have one click Deployable servers for a ton of applications or games like pie hole pie hole is a DNS sinkhole that filters out requests to add serving domains basically it lets you block ads and improve Network performance it lets you actively monitor every DNS request made on your network and block requests as they come in and you can deploy it in one click only nodes so you can ensure I stay poor and to get you started linode is giving you a hundred dollars of free credit to get your own Linux server or gaming server running to get access to that just click the link in the description below so Ubuntu 223.04 lunar Lobster got its Beta release it includes gnome 44 the Linux kernel version 6.2 and finally the brand new installer written in flutter that looks a bit better than the previous one but doesn't support ZFS installs and it should still be faster to complete an install than the previous installer now for those who want ZFS there will be a legacy ISO with the old one Ubuntu 223.04 is also the first release to have the official Unity cinnamon and edubuntu variants all other variants also got their beta though with their latest respective desktop environments and the same internals as the regular gnome bass to Ubuntu so they will get the latest system D Mesa drivers and more as per features Ubuntu 23.04 will get mostly white grown 44 added so background apps refined Quick Settings better Window Manager performance and Waylon support thumbnails in the file picker revamped settings and a few new configuration options for disabling Mouse acceleration or overlay scroll bars in terms of Ubuntu specific features the dock should now show unread notification counters on app icons the tiling assistant extension should be installed by default Ubuntu software now should show categories for SNAP apps and there are a few tweaks to the default theme and icons although nothing that will jump at you and of course I'll have a dedicated video on Ubuntu 23.04 and all of its variants when it releases and that's gonna start to be pretty very time consuming because the number of variants just starts ballooning up now speaking of Ubuntu flavors another one gained official status after Ubuntu Unity it's now Ubuntu Cinnamon's turn the variant has been officially accepted as a flavor which means they meet the pretty tough criteria canonical set like signing the Ubuntu code of conduct having a large enough Community having one or more developers to upload packages on Launchpad and generally following ubuntu's goals and release process it also means Ubuntu cinnamon won't be able to provide flat back pre-installed like every other Ubuntu flavor and you might ask what's the difference with Linux Mint since it's also Ubuntu based and it uses cinnamon by default and the main differences are in the use of snap where mint does not ship that by default and actually has a pretty hostile stance towards the format and in the various utilities that main ships with that are mostly replaced by Ubuntu Utilities in Ubuntu cinnamon plus the yaru theme and icons and also Ubuntu cinnamon will get newer packages and kernel versions and drivers since it follows the release cycle of Ubuntu with a new version every 6 months compared to Linux Mint that sticks to an LTS release until the next one is out so if you really like Ubuntu but you would prefer to use the cinnamon desktop then this thing is now officially supported that's good and if you prefer the mint utilities themes and general approach to packaging then this won't sway you the first Ubuntu touch over-the-air update based on Ubuntu 20.04 is now out it might seem like an old base but it's the result of more than a year of work to Port Ubuntu touch from 16.04 to 20.04 and it's currently only available for the fairphone 4 the pixel 3A and Vodafone devices Plus android phones running Android 9 or later it uses lomiri which is a fork of unity 8 and it now uses system D ayatana indicators and way Droid which is interesting because it might make Ubuntu touch a more viable option for people who need to actually use their smartphones as more than just phones x-wayland integration has been improved the operating system also supports spin codes up to 12 digits it supports USBC PD and the web browser now has Hardware accelerated video decoding with up to 2K video playback the camera app can read barcodes the messaging app lets you zoom in conversations with a pinch gesture and you can add notes and a URL for contacts you'll also find plenty of bug fixes and performance improvements if you already run Ubuntu touch you should be able to update it in place using the stable Channel and while the waydroid implementation seems to still have a few problems here and there it's still a major step forward because if you couple that with F Droid or the Aurora store which has virtually everything that's in the play store then Ubuntu touch becomes a pretty valuable operating system for everyone now in other Linux phone news plasma mobile has a new progress report now they improve the brightness slider to avoid it jumping around when sliding quickly the task switcher is now handled by K win instead of the shell which should result in better performance and there's a new quick setting to manage Network hotspots but most work has gone into the applications themselves the audio tube music player received a lot of work and design improvements plus some memory usage reduction the contacts app now uses mobile forms to be easier to use the Ariana eBook reader can now open files directly from the file manager tokodon the Mastodon client now handles links to activity Pub resources the message composer will preview the message you're replying to and notifications can now be filtered neochat The Matrix client now supports inline message editing and it has a new simpler menu and more video controls when playing videos plasma tube the YouTube client now has rounded thumbnails and the login workflow for your Google account has been revamped calendar with a K because it's a KD app now supports setting reminders at custom times and casts the podcast player which also starts with OK can now be closed to the system tray and lets you search for episodes and you might think system tray on a mobile Linux operating system and that's because these applications are all adaptive they resize for mobile phones and for desktop which means you can run them all right now today on your plasma desktop or even on your ground desktop if you want Italy blocked chat GPT on Friday but not because they think AI poses a threat to society by disseminating false information presented with the highest of confidence simply because it doesn't respect user data and might present answers and content that is not suitable for the user's age as they don't verify that they say that chat GPT experienced a breach that exposed user conversations and payment information which which is already pretty bad and that there is no legal basis to justify the mass collection of personal data to train those algorithms they also said that since there's no way for the users to verify their age when using chat GPT it exposes miners to unsuitable answers and as such the program was banned they gave open AI 20 days to respond to how they would address these concerns and they will incur a penalty of 20 million euros if they don't which is probably not that much but could still hurt open AI might have gotten a lot of funding but it's not big tech level in terms of money and I mean these are not my personal concerns with chat GPT the fact that it blatantly presents misinformation as the right thing and will defend it to its death even if you prove to it that it's wrong and the fact that it's no longer open source are way more worrying to me but I guess this might also help stop it in its tracks at least in one country Enterprise Linux might not be as secure as one might think apparently specifically sentos in this this case Google's Project zero which is a security team whose job is to discover flaws in their own products but also in other pieces of software they found that some Linux Kernel Security fixes are not backported to certain Enterprise Linux distributions one example is sentos stream 9 which uses the Linux kernel 5.15 it's a supported version so in theory it should have access to all security fixes but it looks like it's not the case Google's Project zero reported three vulnerabilities to send to us with their usual 90 days waiting period before these are publicly disclosed and red hat accepted these fixes attributed them vulnerability numbers of cve numbers but they didn't fix them in time these three vulnerabilities range from low to moderate severity and lead to privileged escalation system crashes and more and so now all these vulnerabilities are public and can be exploited by attackers while they are not fixed in older versions of the Linux kernel distributed by Centos stream 9. and what's more the current waiting period of 90 days might be shrunk in the future which means that companies like red hat will have even less time in the future to address these issues before they're publicly disclosed and it's not a great look for Centos 90 days is ample time to either apply fixes that already exist to your older Linux kernel versions or to fix them yourself even if they are not super high severity it's it just doesn't look good valve announced that steam won't run on older Windows versions anymore starting January the 1st 2024 Windows 7 8 and 8.1 will be ditched as it seems that steam uses an embedded version of Chrome which doesn't support these operating systems anymore steam will also require updates that are only available on Windows 10 and 11. now apparently the last holdouts for Microsoft's Legacy operating systems don't represent much market share at 1.9 percent of steam users still higher than Linux users but these will have no choice other than upgrading their computers to the latest Microsoft Os or moving to another platform like Linux it's a decision that makes sense as you can't keep supporting operating systems that aren't supported by the very company that developed them but it also means that some game compatibility might be lost as not all titles run well on Windows 10 or 11 but they do on Windows 7 for example and honestly if you still use Windows 7 or 8 just don't unless your computer lives in a completely isolated box where you never bring any new file from the Internet or from another computer on it then it's not safe it's not supported you should not use these systems now will most or at least some of these users move to Linux instead of buying a new PC or updating to Windows 10 or 11 which they obviously do not want if they still use Windows 7 or 8 will have to say but I would be surprised if we didn't see a small market share boost for Linux due to this and let's complete this video with the gaming news first the AMD drivers will soon get a fix to avoid eating up so much memory developer Mike blumenkans discovered that the radv driver was using way too much memory for example up to three gigs for DOTA 2. apparently mostly to store shaders in memory and it seems like a new Vulcan extension is responsible the fix results in an 85 reduction in memory utilization which means you can expect better gaming performance soon on AMD gpus dolphin the GameCube and Wii Emulator is coming to steam you'll be able to install it in one click although it won't provide any bios files or any ROMs you'll still have to provide these to avoid any potential legal issue it should be in early access by the end of 2023 so it's still a ways off and it was never that tricky to install in the first place but I guess it will make it easier to use on devices like the steam deck and if you were planning to play The Last of Us remake on Steam deck well it looks like it's not a great experience you'll have to wait for about an hour on the main menu for the shaders to compile and it fails the ram completely after a while resulting in a full system crash and reboot it seems the game is poorly optimized on PC in general as a lot of Windows users also report issues with performance and crashes and so this breaks the streak of Great PC ports from PlayStation Studios from Spider-Man God of War Horizon all were Stellar PC boards that worked really really well and had tons of options and The Last of Us is just completely broken apparently but fortunately they still have time to fix it in the future just like we still have time to talk about today's sponsor if you need a new computer to run Linux stop buying devices from Windows manufacturers and then acting all surprised when they just don't work all that well buy something that supports Linux out of the box and remove all that hassle tuxedo has a big range of computers from laptops to Knox to desktops from affordable devices to really high-end super powerful workstations or gaming laptops they are all super configurable before 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