elementary OS 7.1, Snap malware, France wants to ban VPNs

Try the new version of Thunderbird (it’s now my email & calendar client of choice!): https://mzla.link/tb-flatpak 👏 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 🎙️ Leave your feedback here: 🎙️ https://podcast.thelinuxexp.com 00:00 Intro 00:56 elementary OS 7.1 released https://blog.elementary.io/os-7-1-available-now/ 08:54 Malware lands in the snap store https://www.phoronix.com/news/Snap-Store-Malicious-Apps 12:39 Sponsor: Thunderbird https://mzla.link/tb-flatpak 14:29 France wants to ban VPNs https://www.techradar.com/pro/vpn/france-vpns-might-be-banned-amid-sren-bills-new-unreasonable-amendments https://adguard-vpn.com/en/blog/vpn-ban-france-new-law.html 18:28 GNOME weekly app updates https://thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2023/10/twig-116/ 20:58 Plasma 6 updates https://pointieststick.com/2023/10/06/this-week-in-kde-re-organized-system-settings/ 24:15 Performance improvements for Linux https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNOME-Mutter-Faster-NV-Prop https://www.phoronix.com/news/Mesa-23.3-DCC-MSAA-RDNA3 https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-LZ4-Hibernation-Patches https://www.phoronix.com/news/wlroots-Tearing-Control-Merged 27:58 ARM x86 emulator is looking good https://www.phoronix.com/news/FEX-Emu-2310-Released 31:25 Studio One DAW comes to Linux https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/10/pro-audio-app-studio-one-now-supports-linux 34:22 X11 and GlibC vulnerabilities https://www.phoronix.com/news/XOrg-Vulnerabilities-Since-1988 https://www.phoronix.com/news/MTU1NzA https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/major-linux-distros-targeted-by-hackers-exploiting-this-significant-flaw 37:13 Gaming News: Proton and Linux marketshare https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/10/proton-80-4-brings-more-game-support-to-steam-deck-and-desktop-linux/ https://www.phoronix.com/news/Steam-Survey-September-2023 40:37 Outro 💻 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