260: LXQt Desktop, Nouveau Lead Joins NVIDIA, AlmaLinux making waves, New Linux Tablet & more Linux news
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We have some very interesting news this week, we’ve got a brand new major release of the LXQt desktop environment, there’s a strange but potentially good twist in the ongoing saga of Nvidia and open source drivers, Red Hat drops the hardware ball and AlmaLinux catches it. Plus there’s a new Linux Tablet trying to get kickstarted. All of this and more on this episode of This Week in Linux, Your Source for Linux GNews! Download as MP3 Sponsored by: Kolide – thisweekinlinux.com/kolide Want to Support the Show? Become a Patron = https://tuxdigital.com/membershipStore = https://tuxdigital.com/store Chapters: 00:00 Intro00:34 LXQt 2.0 Released02:52 Former Nouveau Lead Developer Joins NVIDIA05:51 AlmaLinux 9.4 Beta Released09:04 Sponsored by Kolide10:26 Mozilla Firefox 125 Released11:59 Volla Tablet on Kickstarter supports Ubuntu Touch13:39 Bazzite 2.5.0 Released15:16 XZ Backdoor Gets the All-Clear15:44 Outro Links: * LXQt 2.0 Released * https://lxqt-project.org/release/2024/04/15/release-lxqt-2-0-0/ * https://lxqt-project.org/ * https://9to5linux.com/lxqt-2-0-desktop-environment-officially-released-this-is-whats-new * https://www.phoronix.com/news/LXQt-2.0-Released * https://linuxiac.com/lxqt-2-0-desktop-environment/ * Former Nouveau Lead Developer Joins NVIDIA * https://lore.kernel.org/nouveau/[email protected]/ * https://www.phoronix.com/news/Ben-Skeggs-Joins-NVIDIA * https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/04/former-nouveau-driver-lead-joins-nvidia-and-sent-a-massive-patch-set/ * https://www.phoronix.com/news/Nouveau-Maintainer-Resigns * AlmaLinux 9.4 Beta Released * https://almalinux.org/blog/2024-04-15-announcing-94-beta/ * https://almalinux.discourse.group/t/re-adding-support-for-older-hardware/3851 * https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-1086 * https://jonathanspw.com/posts/2024-03-31-dealing-with-cve-2024-1086/ * https://lwn.net/Articles/968299/
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