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In this one, we have Audacity collecting user data, Github training their AI on open source code without prior notice, Deepin supporting Android apps out of the box, and Steam introducing their Steam Deck handheld PC, running Linux.
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00:00 Intro
01:35 Linux News
05:11 Open Source News
07:13 Applications News
09:14 Gaming News
## Linux
Deepin 20.2.2 was released, and a minor version like that wouldn't usually warrant a specific mention here, but the changes in this new release are pretty major. Deepin revamped their whole App Store, including support for Android containers and applications.
https://www.deepin.org/en/2021/06/29/deepin-20-2-2/
It looks like the GNOME developers are planning a big redesign of their Adwaita theme.
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2021/07/adwaita-borderless-theme-in-development-gnome-41
GNOME 40 has finally landed in Ubuntu 21.10.
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2021/07/gnome-40-in-ubuntu-21-10-first-look
Microsoft announced Windows 365, basically their own way of logging in through a remote desktop protocol to a Windows device, from a web browser.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-365
The Pine 64 has opened up the PineTime for purchase, at 27$.
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2021/07/pine64s-open-source-smartwatch-goes-on-sale-for-27
## Open Source
Gihub launched copilot, its AI-powered tool to help developers autocomplete and write code faster.
https://thenextweb.com/news/github-copilot-ai-openai-code-tool
https://thenextweb.com/news/github-copilot-ai-copyright-analysis
Tobias Bernard, one of GNOME's prominent developers, wrote a blog post about why GNOME sometimes removes options, and why this is the path they choose to tread.
https://blogs.gnome.org/tbernard/2021/07/13/community-power-4/
## Apps
Audacity created an uproar when they announced their new plan on collecting telemetry data and their new privacy policy.
https://www.pcmag.com/news/audacity-is-being-called-spyware-after-privacy-policy-update
https://thenextweb.com/news/audacity-privacy-policy-change
https://news.slashdot.org/story/21/07/06/1945217/no-open-source-audacity-audio-editor-is-not-spyware
According to StatCounter, it seems like Microsoft Edge, another Chromium based browser, has passed Firefox in global marketshare.
https://www.techradar.com/news/microsoft-edge-just-left-a-serious-rival-in-its-dust
## Gaming
Wine 6.12 was released, and it adds 2 builtin themes, called "Blue" and "Classic Blue", among other changes.
https://www.winehq.org/announce/6.12
Linux foundation launches the Open 3D Foundation, whose mission will be to handle an open source, realtime, high performance 3D engine. This 3D Engine is based on the one Amazon developed internally, called Lumberyard, and that the company open sourced and gave to the foundation.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2021/07/linux-foundation-launches-the-open-3d-engine-based-upon-amazon-lumberyard
VKD3D received an update to version 2.4, with improved performance in games that were GPU bound, from 5-10% up to 20% in Horizon Zero Dawn.
https://github.com/HansKristian-Work/vkd3d-proton/releases/tag/v2.4
Following the latest Nvidia drivers release, XWayland has been updated to take advantage of the hardware acceleration support that Nvidia finally included.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2021/07/xwayland-2112-is-out-now-with-support-for-hardware-accelerated-nvidia-on-the-470-driver
Valve announced officially their Steam Deck, a handheld device running a new version of SteamOS based on Arch and KDE Plasma.
https://store.steampowered.com/steamdeck