Linux & Open Source News

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

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

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

Microsoft could fix USB C, GNOME OS is coming for your PC, AMD ditches proprietary drivers
Jun 7, 2025 – 26:47
SteamOS "destroys" Windows, kernel 6.15, Nice Firefox changes
May 31, 2025 – 25:24
Fedora and GNOME remove X.org, Microsoft open sources WSL
May 24, 2025 – 27:06
Plasma 6.4 beta, BIG Web Search changes, AI isn't fair use
May 17, 2025 – 25:34
GNOME's new leadership, Mint themes libadwaita, OpenSUSE ditches Deepin
May 10, 2025 – 26:19
KDE planning big changes, Wikipedia adopts AI, OpenSUSE leaps into the future
May 3, 2025 – 25:54
OpenAI wants to buy Chrome, final COSMIC alpha, Fedora could drop X11 entirely
Apr 26, 2025 – 26:14
Fedora 42, Manjaro Immutable, Arco Linux shuts down
Apr 19, 2025 – 25:21
Firefox's AI summary, Wayland restores windows, Framework 12 preorders open
Apr 12, 2025 – 24:24
Thunderbird's paid service, open source DNA database deleted, EU takes aim at encryption
Apr 5, 2025 – 28:30
AI harms Open Source projects, Android goes private
Mar 29, 2025 – 29:38
EU push for open source, GIMP3 is out, Firefox gets webapps back
Mar 22, 2025 – 27:17
New Webkit browser for Linux, NVK becomes default, KDE splits X11 code
Mar 15, 2025 – 24:33
AMD wins at open source, GNOME makes drastic Wayland progress
Mar 8, 2025 – 25:22
Torvalds says Yes to Rust, Fedora doesn't get Flathub
Feb 22, 2025 – 24:48
OBS could sue Fedora, GNOME's new site & branding
Feb 15, 2025 – 30:53
Fedora looks at adding AI, kernel maintainer resigns over Rust issues, GNOME 48 changes
Feb 8, 2025 – 24:09
Mesa, Wayland & X.org in trouble, Debian leaves X, GNOME 48 alpha
Feb 1, 2025 – 23:59
Intel rediscovers Modular PCs, Arch Survey results, Kernel 6.13
Jan 25, 2025 – 26:41
Facebook bans Fediverse Links, big Valve interview on SteamOS, Apple pulls their AI
Jan 18, 2025 – 28:26
Linux Foundation endorses Chromium, SteamOS ISO is coming
Jan 11, 2025 – 28:13
Github's fake stars, Nvidia's $700M open source bet, KDE looks healthy
Jan 4, 2025 – 24:26
Open Source worth $7B, no Apple search, custom kernels no longer useful
Dec 28, 2024 – 19:59
Lenovo will use SteamOS, EU investigates TikTok, Mozilla focuses on Ads and AI
Dec 21, 2024 – 28:40
Flathub separates from GNOME, Arch gets 500K€, Firefox drops Do Not track
Dec 14, 2024 – 28:49
KDE gets big donations, Discord supports Wayland, SteamOS devices coming
Dec 7, 2024 – 27:59
Steam Controller 2 design leak, bcacheFS ban, Wayland in Wine
Nov 30, 2024 – 30:39
Google breakup, bcacheFS acts like ReiserFS, Steam Controller 2
Nov 23, 2024 – 30:51
Nvidia roadmap for Linux, Tuxedo Driver issue, Ubuntu 25.04
Nov 16, 2024 – 33:07
KDE and GNOME OS, Manjaro telemetry & Mozilla layoffs
Nov 9, 2024 – 32:41
AI isn't Open Source, Fedora 41, Apex blocks Linux
Nov 2, 2024 – 29:05
Linux drops Russian maintainers, CoreBoot nonsense & Snap drivers
Oct 26, 2024 – 29:49
Adblockers are dead, Valve talks Steam Deck 2, Nvidia wants better drivers
Oct 19, 2024 – 30:58
GNOME has money issues, Linux malware & Nvidia driver progress
Oct 12, 2024 – 25:54
Valve & Arch partnership, Nintendo kills Switch emulator, Thunderbird for Android is here
Oct 5, 2024 – 36:23
9.9 out of 10 severity flaw on Linux, ARM64 & Android support in proton, Valve devs want faster Wayland progress
Sep 28, 2024 – 37:11
Torvalds dismisses Rust haters, Mozilla kills their Mastodon instance, GNOME 47 is out
Sep 21, 2024 – 42:35
KDE's 3 main goals, Plasma 6.2 beta, Square Enix invests in a Linux OS
Sep 14, 2024 – 37:02
Linux grows again, KDE overspends (but it's fine), Ubuntu has upgrade problems
Sep 7, 2024 – 37:06
New Linux Console, Rust and BcacheFS drama, KDE donations
Aug 31, 2024 – 38:52
Microsoft broke Linux dual boots, Google coerces reviewers, GNOME 47 beta
Aug 24, 2024 – 42:34
Could the US break up Google? Deepin 23, SteamOS for other devices
Aug 17, 2024 – 39:05
Cosmic Alpha is out, elementary OS 8 in September, Nvidia scraped videos for its AI
Aug 10, 2024 – 44:35
A few nice Cosmic reveals, Linux market share gains, macOS more vulnerable than Windows
Aug 3, 2024 – 40:16
Firefox's Opt-out ad setting, AI tool pirated movies, SecureBoot broken
Jul 27, 2024 – 41:47
3rd party Bug killed Windows PCs across the world, openSUSE needs to change its name
Jul 20, 2024 – 38:06
Fedora 41 drops X11, Copilot lawsuit dismissed, GNOME 47 looks great
Jul 13, 2024 – 42:02
Fedora Telemetry, Deepin AI, ChromeOS Flex is dead?
Jul 6, 2024 – 41:54
Mozilla sued for discrimination, GNOME without X11, Performance boosts everywhere
Jun 29, 2024 – 40:57
GNOME accent colors, the end of ad blockers and Plasma 6.1
Jun 22, 2024 – 39:46

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On the March 29th/30th 2025 episode he injected his far left politics when discussing Brave because the CEO donated to something the host dislikes (but Obama supported at the time too). Get them for the technical issues, not your personal political views.
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I’m not a huge Linux user myself. I’ve dabbled in it for fun, but couldn’t get into it. Still a fun experience though. This creator (Nick) provides content in a way that’s refreshing without being overly opinionated or off the cuff rantings I’ve had with most tech news podcasts/creators. Most people (apparently not a lot of us according to the latest episode) that are coming here probably are coming from the YouTube Channel. Obviously, you won’t get the fun easter eggs he puts in the videos (You still haven’t taken over the world yet. It’s been on your calendar forever) While this podcast is an expanded version of said YouTube channel, it still feels like it’s a compressed version of the important Linux and overall tech news (which is a GOOD thing). My name is also Nick, so from one Nick to another, keep on keeping on.