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00:00 Intro
00:44 100$ free credit for your Linux or gaming server
01:43 GTK might drop X11 support for GTK5, and go full Wayland
03:27 Unity 7.6 is released
04:46 Carola, the new open source vocal assistant
06:05 Firefox 102 adds some privacy features
07:16 Starlabs announces their new StarFighter laptop
08:39 Tuxedo and Slimbook have new powerful ultrabooks
10:31 GNOME Updates
11:39 KDE Updates
12:49 Mint 21 is coming next week
14:04 elementary OS updates
15:20 Wine 7.12 is released
15:53 73% of the top 100 Steam games are playable + more gaming news
17:45 Get a laptop or desktop that runs Linux out of the box
18:51 Support the channel
GNOME developers are wondering whether they should drop support for X11 in GTK5
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gtk/-/issues/5004
The amazing kid who started work back on Unity 7 has published a new version for this desktop environment, version 7.6.
https://unity.ubuntuunity.org/blog/unity-7.6/
There's a very interesting blog post on the Fedora magazine website about a new virtual assistant for Linux, invoked by using the name "Carola"
https://fedoramagazine.org/your-personal-voice-assistant-on-fedora-linux/
Mozilla released Firefox 102 last week, and it looks like there is an interesting privacy feature in that new release.
https://thenextweb.com/news/firefox-continues-fight-for-privacy-by-automatically-stripping-url-trackers
StarLabs, a manufacturer of computers running Linux, is expanding their lineup with the StarFighter
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2022/07/starfighter-15-6-4k-linux-laptop-from-star-labs
Another laptop running Linux out of the box has been announced, by Tuxedo this time, in the form of the Pulse 15 Gen 2, along withSlimbook announcing the KDE SLimbook 4
https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en/Linux-Hardware/Notebooks/15-16-inch/TUXEDO-Pulse-15-Gen2.tuxedo
https://kde.slimbook.es/
Of course, there's the traditional GNOME updates
https://thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2022/07/twig-50/
KDE developers are also continuing their work on the next plasma release
https://pointieststick.com/2022/07/01/this-week-in-kde-and-now-time-for-for-some-ui-polishing/
This time, we also have some news about Linux Mint 21
https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4336
And we also have some elementary OS updates!
https://blog.elementary.io/updates-for-june-2022/
Wine 7.12 was released, bringing theming support for Qt5 applications
https://www.winehq.org/announce/7.12
And let's finish this video with a nice little gaming roundup
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/06/73-of-the-top-100-most-popular-steam-games-are-playable-on-steam-deck/
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/06/anti-cheat-work-on-warhammer-vermintide-2-for-steam-deck-a-linux-on-hold/
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/07/linux-share-on-steam-hits-highest-peak-in-years-thanks-to-steam-deck/
https://boilingsteam.com/dead-rising-1-and-2-make-it-as-steam-deck-verified/