AMD moves to FOSS firmware, COSMIC panel customization, & Plasma 6 changes

🎙️ Leave your feedback here: https://podcast.thelinuxexp.com 👏 Support the show here: https://www.patreon.com/thelinuxexperiment 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 00:00 Intro 00:50 AMD moves to open source firmware https://linuxiac.com/amd-opensil-firmware/ 04:56 COSMIC will be heavily customizable https://blog.system76.com/post/may-flowers-spring-cosmic-showers 10:53 KDE Plasma 6 will change the defaults https://pointieststick.com/2023/05/11/plasma-6-better-defaults/ 18:32 Microsoft to replace Google as the default search engine in Firefox? https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/05/microsoft-wants-firefox-to-ditch-google-switch-to-bing 21:17 Firefox 113 and 114 add some cool new features https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/05/firefox-113-released-etc https://9to5linux.com/firefox-114-beta-revamps-dns-over-https-feature-adds-cookie-banner-reduction 23:37 Thunderbird is thriving, and working on an iOS app https://blog.thunderbird.net/2023/05/thunderbird-is-thriving-our-2022-financial-report/ 26:23 Flathub passes 1 billion downloads https://linuxiac.com/flathub-reaches-billion-downloads/ 28:48 Ubuntu ups their RISC V game https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/05/ubuntu-23-04-risc-v-support 31:44 Gaming News: no more Roblox, Nintendo fights emulation, Steam client scaling… https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2023/05/nintendo-files-dmca-takedowns-on-switch-emulation-tools-just-before-tears-debut/ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/05/nintendo-switch-emulator-yuzu-gets-a-huge-performance-boost/ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/05/goodbye-to-roblox-on-linux-with-their-new-anti-cheat-and-wine-blocking/ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/05/steam-will-now-scale-better-with-kde-and-gnome/ https://www.phoronix.com/news/Mesa-23.1-Released https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/05/direct3d-8-to-vulkan-translator-d8vk-production-ready-10-is-out-now/ 💻 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