Show overview
Linux & Open Source News has been publishing since 2023, and across the 3 years since has built a catalogue of 187 episodes, alongside 2 trailers or bonus episodes. That works out to roughly 110 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a weekly cadence, with the show now in its 3rd season.
Episodes typically run thirty-five to sixty minutes — most land between 27 min and 42 min — though episode length varies meaningfully from one episode to the next. It is catalogued as a EN-language News show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 2 days ago, with 32 episodes already out so far this year. Published by Nick.
From the publisher
Weekly roundup of everything new in the Linux and Open Source world! May contain gaming and privacy related topics. This is a longer counterpart to the Linux and Open Source news videos available on The Linux Experiment Youtube Channel. I’m Nick, I’ve been making Linux and Open Source related videos on YouTube since 2018, with a sizeable following of more than 300 000 subscribers. I’ve been using Linux since 2006, starting with Ubuntu (like most people), and I have 12 years of experience in project management and UX, and that’s the lens I use to view the progress of our Linux desktops and open source applications!
Latest Episodes
View all 187 episodesLinux saves potato gaing PCs, WSL beats native installs, more malicious compliance
Big changes coming to KDE & GNOME, tons of apps & services getting Linux clients
Linux didn't pass 10% market share? AI optimization is the new SEO
Valve wants FOSS AMD drivers on Windows, Framework laptop 13 Pro looks good for Linux, GoG on Linux
Egos ruining Open Source projects, distros vs software conflicts
Torvalds says kernel will use AI tools, Wayland beats X11 for gaming, Age verification is getting worse
Germany says no to Microsoft, Windows 11 in freefall, Linux distro sabotaged
Linux has a giant opportunity thanks to Sony, New Linux Tablet, Google fined 4 Billion
Steam machine disappointment, Epic made a Git competitor
GNOME Foundation issues, AUR under attack, Firefox's big plans
EU's ditches Google Search, Brave's Paid browser, Ubuntu makes big moves
No Age verification for Linux, New KDE theme, Flatpak redesign with systemD
Linus Torvalds speaks on AI, More Adobe on Linux, big browser redesigns
KDE gets €1M, 3 big vulnerabilities for Linux, EU privacy disaster brewing
More Office Suite drama, chrome installs AI model without consent, Cool Plasma 6.7 things
Ubuntu's servers attacked, Linux beats Windows again, Ubuntu will add AI to the distro
FSF settles the Office Suite debacle, good news on age verification, Mozilla & Debian unwarranted drama
Germany's plan for Open Source, Age verification gets worse,
France is moving the country to Linux and FOSS, KDE gets more themes
S3 Ep 63What is happening to our Office Suites?! Wayland fixes 2 major features
💻 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 01:55 OnlyOffice accuses EuroOffice of breaking their license https://github.com/Euro-Office/ https://linuxiac.com/onlyoffice-accuses-euro-office-of-license-violations/ 04:01 OnlyOffice suspends partnership with Nextcloud https://www.neowin.net/news/onlyoffice-suspends-nextcloud-partnership-over-unapproved-euro-office-fork/ 05:37 Trouble between Collabora and The Document Foundation https://www.collaboraonline.com/blog/tdf-ejects-its-core-developers/ 08:28 Wayland session restore protocol is now official https://itsfoss.com/news/wayland-session-management/ 10:02 Wayland fractional scaling improvements https://www.phoronix.com/news/xx-fractional-scale-v2-MR-KWin 11:05 Copilot slots ads into PRs and merge requests https://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-copilot-is-now-injecting-ads-into-pull-requests-on-github-gitlab/ https://www.techradar.com/pro/this-is-horrific-github-kills-copilot-pull-request-ads-after-user-backlash 13:36 Ubuntu MATE loses its maintainer https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/03/ubuntu-mate-needs-new-maintainer 15:17 Ubuntu 26.04 raises minimum system requirements https://itsfoss.com/news/ubuntu-26-04-minimum-ram-requirement/ 17:15 GNOME fully drops Google Drive support https://itsfoss.com/news/gnome-drops-google-drive-support/ 19:11 Linux passes 5% market share on Steam https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/linux-smashes-past-5-percent-on-the-steam-survey-for-the-first-time/ 20:48 Nvidia’s HDR & color management support in preview https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/nvidia-announce-a-preview-of-drm-per-plane-color-pipeline-api-support-on-linux-good-for-hdr/ 22:19 Malware in open source rose 14x in 2025 https://www.endorlabs.com/learn/new-research-malware-in-open-source-ecosystems-surges-14x-as-attackers-hijack-trusted-packages 24:43 Wine could move to Zink for OpenGL over Vulkan https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/a-future-wine-release-could-use-zink-to-run-opengl-via-vulkan/ 💻 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