OpenSUSE is going immutable, Snap creates problems, Fuchsia won't be Google's future

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 01:26 OpenSUSE Leap 16 will be immutable https://linuxiac.com/opensuse-leap-15-6-to-be-the-last-in-its-current-form/ 05:24 Google pretty much gives up on Fuchsia https://9to5google.com/2024/01/15/google-is-no-longer-bringing-the-full-chrome-browser-to-fuchsia/ 07:45 Steam Snap creates problems for Valve https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/01/valve-dont-recommend-ubuntu-steam-snap 11:01 Sponsor: Thunderbird https://mzla.link/tb-flatpak 12:30 Flathub wants better quality apps https://linuxiac.com/flathub-strategic-shift-to-highlight-high-quality-apps/ 15:52 Ubuntu adds patches to improve GNOME’s performance https://www.phoronix.com/news/Ubuntu-24.04-More-GNOME-Perf 18:10 Plasma 6 will get better fractional scaling https://blog.broulik.de/2024/01/on-the-road-to-plasma-6-vol-5/ 21:02 A proposal to make Ai content more identifiable https://mindmatters.ai/2024/01/framework-for-ai-legislation/ 24:28 Online search is getting worse https://mashable.com/article/google-search-low-quality-research 28:27 Google will let the EU unlink data from their services https://www.techradar.com/computing/cyber-security/if-youre-in-the-eu-you-can-now-decide-how-much-data-to-share-with-google 30:34 Gstreamer gets 200K€ funding https://linuxiac.com/stf-funds-gstreamer-with-203k/ 32:20 A new flaw in many AMD, Apple and Qualcomm GPUs https://www.wired.com/story/leftoverlocals-gpu-vulnerability-generative-ai/ 34:26 Gaming: Wine 9.0, the Hangover project https://gitlab.winehq.org/wine/wine/-/releases/wine-9.0 https://www.phoronix.com/news/Hangover-9.0-Released 38:03 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