Manjaro is in trouble, Germany mandates open formats, Google destroys sideloading

About this episode

This episode discusses the troubles facing Manjaro, Germany's mandate for open formats, and Google's new sideloading process.

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People in this episode

Host: The Linux Experiment

Topics covered

• Manjaro
• Google
• Germany
• sideloading
• open formats
• Linux
• CachyOS

Keywords

• Manjaro
• Google
• sideloading
• Germany
• open formats
• Linux
• CachyOS
• Ubuntu
• Firefox
• Orion

Sponsors

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Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Manjaro, Google, Germany, CachyOS, Ubuntu, Firefox, Orion, Android, Mozilla

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