341: GNOME 50, Manjaro 2.0 Manifesto, GIMP 3.2, Blender 5.1, Fedora Asahi, Samba, & more Linux news

About this episode

This episode covers the latest releases in the Linux world, including GNOME 50, Blender 5.1, and the Manjaro 2.0 Manifesto drama.

video: https://youtu.be/_Dz2e21tSzI This week in Linux, we're going to be talking about GNOMEs latest release with GNOME 50. There's also new releases from Blender and GIMP as well as Samba and many more. Plus, we're also going to be talking about a new effort from the Linux Foundation related to ai slop in terms of pull requests for various different open source projects. And we're also going to be talking about Manjaro and they have a little bit of a potential turmoil or drama that's happening right now because of the Manjaro 2.0 Manifesto. We're going to talk about that and much more because we have so much to cover on this week in Linux, the weekly news show that keeps you up to date with what's going on in the Linux and Open Source world. Now let's jump right into Your Source for Linux GNews. Download as MP3 Support the Show Become a Patron = tuxdigital.com/membership Store = tuxdigital.com/store Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:54 Thank You Patrons! 01:10 GNOME 50 Released 10:02 Manjaro 2.0 Manifesto Drama 17:41 Blender 5.1 Relesaed 20:27 Linux Foundation effort to shield FOSS projects from AI Slop Bug Reports 24:40 Samba 4.24 Released 26:26 GIMP 3.2 Released 30:00 Germany’s…

Topics covered

• GNOME 50
• Manjaro 2.0 Manifesto
• GIMP 3.2
• Blender 5.1
• Fedora Asahi
• Samba
• Linux news

Mentioned in this episode

Products: GNOME 50, Manjaro 2.0 Manifesto, GIMP 3.2, Blender, Fedora Asahi, Samba, Linux, GIMP, Manjaro, Manjaro 2.0

Books & works: Linux

Places: Germany

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