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Apple isn't private, Mastodon loses users, Mozilla joins the fediverse

Apple isn't private, Mastodon loses users, Mozilla joins the fediverse

FromLinux & Open Source News


Apple isn't private, Mastodon loses users, Mozilla joins the fediverse

FromLinux & Open Source News

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Length:
47 minutes
Released:
Jan 14, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

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Timestamps and links:
00:00 Intro
01:39 Apple fined for violating their user’s privacy
https://gizmodo.com/apple-iphone-france-ads-fine-illegal-data-1849950163
https://www.reuters.com/technology/apple-fined-1-mln-euros-by-paris-commercial-court-over-app-store-practices-2022-12-19/
https://gizmodo.com/apple-iphone-analytics-tracking-even-when-off-app-store-1849757558
06:42 Google settles yet another privacy violation
https://www.androidcentral.com/apps-software/google-23-million-dollar-search-privacy-settlement
09:51 Newly arrived Mastodon users aren’t all sticking around
https://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2023/jan/08/elon-musk-drove-more-than-a-million-people-to-mastodon-but-many-arent-sticking-around
14:57 Mozilla joins the fediverse
https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/mozilla-launch-fediverse-instance-social-media-alternative/
18:11 New full AMD laptop being announced by System76
https://system76.com/laptops/pangolin-teaser
21:40 GNOME lets you test a new UI change with an extension
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/01/try-gnome-44-focus-indicator-animation
27:01 GNOME weekly updates
https://thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2023/01/twig-77/
30:06 UnityX brings customization to Unity DE
https://unityd.org/unityx-7-7-testing/
33:59 KDE Weekly updates
https://pointieststick.com/2023/01/06/this-week-in-kde-big-ui-improvements/
36:35 PopOS makes performance better for potato computers
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/01/pop_os_zram-update
39:42 Chromium now scrolls correctly on Linux
https://linuxiac.com/chromium-109-update-brings-faster-scrolling-to-linux-users/
41:08 Gaming News: FOSS Nvidia driver, Dolphin emulator gets better
https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/wiki/Changelog
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/01/gamecube-and-wii-emulator-dolphin-got-a-big-speed-boost-for-steam-deck/
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/01/the-open-source-nvidia-vulkan-driver-nvk-begins-to-run-games/
45:40 Outro
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Released:
Jan 14, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (73)

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.