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This episode discusses issues with the GNOME Foundation, security concerns regarding AUR, and Mozilla's plans for Firefox.

💻 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 02:13 GNOME Foundation issues and lack of transparency https://discourse.gnome.org/t/2026-board-candidate-robert-mcqueen/35308/31 09:46 AUR compromised with malware and spam https://www.sonatype.com/blog/atomic-arch-npm-campaign-adds-malicious-dependency https://linuxiac.com/yay-13-0-adds-new-review-and-automation-features/ https://www.phoronix.com/news/Arch-Linux-AUR-Russian-Spam 13:09 Mozilla shares big Firefox roadmap https://blog.mozilla.org/en/firefox/firefox-roadmap-152/ https://www.firefox.com/en-US/whatsnext/ 16:06 X11 server rewritten using Rust and AI https://itsfoss.com/news/yserver/ 17:45 Linux kernel 7.1…

People in this episode

Host: The Linux Experiment

Topics covered

• GNOME Foundation issues
• AUR security
• Firefox roadmap
• Linux kernel release
• Chrome updates

Keywords

• GNOME Foundation
• AUR
• Firefox
• Linux kernel
• Chrome
• malware
• transparency

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Organizations: GNOME Foundation, AUR, Mozilla, Chrome

Products: Firefox, Tuxedo, Linux

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