Will GNOME drop X11? Ubuntu 23.10, Mastodon is more popular than we thought

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00:00 Intro

00:47 GNOME might drop X11 entirely

https://linuxiac.com/gnome-is-taking-steps-towards-dropping-x11-support/

05:36 Ubuntu 23.10 released

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/10/ubuntu-23-10-installer-translations-hijack

https://youtu.be/6sA37fATUyg

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13:00 Bottles Next improves running Windows apps on Linux

https://linuxiac.com/bottles-next-revolutionizing-linux-emulation-for-windows-apps/

https://usebottles.com/blog/bottles-next-a-new-chapter/

17:48 Mastodon has 400K more users than we thought

https://techcrunch.com/2023/10/09/mastodon-actually-has-407k-more-monthly-users-than-it-thought/

21:42 Worpress joins the Fediverse

https://www.techradar.com/pro/wordpress-websites-are-coming-to-the-fediverse

24:05 New hardware from System76 and Slimbook

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/10/system76-release-the-thelio-spark-starter-desktop-plus-enhancements-to-other-units/

https://fedora.slimbook.es/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTei_ivtONA

27:07 More performance improvements coming

https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNOME-Bug-Secondary-Frame-Rates

https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMDGPU-SMU-14.0-Patches

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Qt-6.6-QtWayland-Handoffs

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Qt-6.6-Released

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Curl-8.4-Coming

30:59 Github Copilot is losing Microsoft a lot of money

https://www.techradar.com/pro/microsoft-is-reportedly-losing-huge-amounts-of-money-on-github-copilot

35:03 Gaming News: CS2 drops MacOS, Deck no longer top 10

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/10/after-over-80-weeks-the-steam-deck-leaves-the-top-10-global-sellers-on-steam/

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/10/steamos-3411-for-steam-deck-released-with-a-firmware-upgrade/

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/10/valve-dropped-counter-strike-2-support-on-macos-and-older-hardware/

42:46 Outro