The Linux Experiment

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Weekly roundup of everything new in the Linux and Open Source world! May contain gaming and privacy related topics. This is a longer counterpart to the Linux and Open Source news videos available on The Linux Experiment Youtube Channel. I’m Nick, I’ve been making Linux and Open Source related videos on YouTube since 2018, with a sizeable following of more than 300 000 subscribers. I’ve been using Linux since 2006, starting with Ubuntu (like most people), and I have 12 years of experience in project management and UX, and that’s the lens I use to view the progress of our Linux desktops and open...

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Windows is spyware, Fedora adds Flathub, AI tool violates FOSS 12.02.2023 45:33

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A peek at Cosmic DE's design, Mint + Wayland, elementary OS 7 released 04.02.2023 43:20

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New EU law hurts FOSS, GNOME 44 alpha, Chrome beats Firefox 28.01.2023 47:02

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Linux Foundation's metaverse, Stable Diffusion sued, KDE 5.27 Beta 21.01.2023 50:21

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Apple isn't private, Mastodon loses users, Mozilla joins the fediverse 14.01.2023 47:24

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Arch isn't N°1, X.org dying, Meta fined €390M: Linux & Open Source News 07.01.2023 43:15

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