{"podcast":{"title":"Linux & Open Source News","slug":"linux-open-source-news-5948837","podcast_index_feed_id":5948837,"rss_url":"https://podcast.thelinuxexp.com/@tlenewspodcast/feed.xml","website_url":"https://podcast.thelinuxexp.com/@tlenewspodcast","image_url":"https://podcast.thelinuxexp.com/media/podcasts/tlenewspodcast/cover_feed.png","author":"Nick","episode_count":192,"summary":"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!","last_synced_at":"2026-09-26T18:18:19.967094+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/linux-open-source-news-5948837"},"episode":{"title":"Linux saves potato gaming PCs, WSL beats native installs, more malicious compliance","slug":"linux-saves-potato-gaming-pcs-wsl-beats-native-installs-more-malicious-compliance","published_at":"2026-08-22T09:29:54+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/linux-open-source-news-5948837/linux-saves-potato-gaming-pcs-wsl-beats-native-installs-more-malicious-compliance","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/linux-open-source-news-5948837","url":"https://podcast.thelinuxexp.com/@tlenewspodcast/episodes/linux-saves-potato-gaing-pcs-wsl-beats-native-installs-more-malicious-compliance","audio_url":"https://op3.dev/e,pg=e407bff5-dc32-54c1-b1a7-8edd8a885d8f/podcast.thelinuxexp.com/audio/@tlenewspodcast/linux-saves-potato-gaing-pcs-wsl-beats-native-installs-more-malicious-compliance.mp3","summary":"💻 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 Linux 7.3 could improve gaming on low VRAM systems https://pixelcluster.dev/VRAM-Overcommit/ 04:20 Ubuntu WSL grows faster than native Ubuntu installs https://www.windowslatest.com/2026/08/16/ubuntu-is-growing-faster-on-windows-11-than-on-native-linux-pcs-says-canonical/ 07:24 Google and Apple maliciously complying on their app stores https://www.macrumors.com/2026/08/13/app-store-fees-apple-link-outs/ https://www.theverge.com/policy/979852/that-is-not-acceptable-judge-orders-google-to-make-rival-app-store-installs-easier 10:45 GNOME 51 beta released https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNOME-51-Beta 12:09 Linux networking is overwhelmed with AI submissions https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.3-Networking 14:02 Pine64 will stop Linux device production https://t.me/s/PINE64_News 15:31 GIMP 3.4 plans better PSD support and new file format https://www.gimp.org/news/2026/08/16/dev-update-august-2026/ 18:02 Ubuntu funds project to translate massive C projects into Rust https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/investing-in-automated-c-to-rust-translation/86369 20:38 Orion browser now in beta https://linuxiac.com/orion-browser-for-linux-officially-enters-beta/ 22:24 Digikam works on more A.I. features https://srirupa19.github.io/gsoc/2026…","meta_description":"💻 Get a Linux computer from our sponsor, Tuxedo💻 https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en# 👏 Support the show here: 👏 Patreon supporters get the daily Linux &am…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1673,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/linux-open-source-news-5948837/episodes/linux-saves-potato-gaming-pcs-wsl-beats-native-installs-more-malicious-compliance/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/linux-open-source-news-5948837/linux-saves-potato-gaming-pcs-wsl-beats-native-installs-more-malicious-compliance.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}