About this episode

This episode discusses Germany's move towards open source, the decline of Windows 11's market share, and issues surrounding OpenMandriva.

💻 Get a Linux computer from our sponsor, Tuxedo💻 https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en# 👏 Support the show here: 👏 Patreon supporters get the daily Linux & Open Source audio show! https://www.patreon.com/thelinuxexperiment Or you can support me with a one time donation: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/thelinuxexp https://liberapay.com/TheLinuxExperiment/ 👕 Buy TLE Merch: 👕 https://the-linux-experiment.creator-spring.com/ 📹 Watch Linux videos: 📹 https://www.youtube.com/thelinuxexperiment 🎙️ Leave your feedback here: 🎙️ https://podcast.thelinuxexp.com 01:44 Another German state moves to open source https://www.regierung-mv.de/Aktuell/?id=221531&processor=processor.sa.pressemitteilung 04:25 Windows drops below 60% market share https://linuxiac.com/windows-drops-under-60-in-global-desktop-os-share-for-the-first-time-in-years/ https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/worldwide/ 07:36 OpenMandriva victim of sabotage from former contributor https://forum.openmandriva.org/t/statement-regarding-attempted-distribution-sabotage/8997 10:04 GNOME 51 has its first alpha https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNOME-51-Alpha…

People in this episode

Host: The Linux Experiment

Topics covered

• open source
• Linux news
• Windows market share
• software sabotage
• GNOME updates
• LibrePhone project
• Ubuntu on ARM

Keywords

• Germany
• Microsoft
• Windows 11
• OpenMandriva
• GNOME
• FSF
• Ubuntu
• Linux
• open source
• market share

Sponsors

Tuxedo

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Germany, Microsoft, Windows 11, OpenMandriva, GNOME, FSF, Ubuntu

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