Immutable Ubuntu, Red Hat drops LibreOffice RPMs & BIG GNOME updates: Linux & Open Source news

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00:00 Introduction
00:31 Sponsor: Nick from The Linux Experiment
01:11 Ubuntu plans an immutable desktop distro
02:50 Red Hat drops LibreOffice RPMs for Flatpak
04:36 GNOME will get a flatpak syncing tool and a revamped System panel
06:08 GNOME could get a full light theme
07:20 GNOME fractional scaling support
08:25 Linux Mint 21.2 will bring touchpad gestures
09:36 Portals will now work better with all DEs or tiling WMs
11:04 Gaming News: Nvidia Wayland support, Wine...
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Ubuntu plans an immutable desktop distro

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/05/cups-snap-ubuntu-23-10#comment-6196766355

Red Hat drops LibreOffice RPMs for Flatpak

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Red-Hat-Less-LibreOffice

https://www.ypsidanger.com/the-distribution-model-is-changing/

GNOME will get a flatpak syncing tool and a revamped System panel

https://blog.timfb.dev/posts/2023/05/31/biweekly-gsoc-update-reaching-flatsyncs-mvp.html

https://gitlab.gnome.org/Teams/Design/settings-mockups/-/blob/master/system/system-panel.png

https://medium.com/@gautamy672/gsoc-2023-week-1-report-create-a-new-system-panel-in-gnome-settings-cf6401463c13

GNOME could get a full light theme, and official fractional scaling support

https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/-/merge_requests/2324

GNOME fractional scaling support

https://www.omglinux.com/gnome-fractional-scaling-settings-design/

Linux Mint 21.2 will bring touchpad gestures

https://9to5linux.com/linux-mint-21-2-with-cinnamon-5-8-is-getting-support-for-gestures

Portals will now work better with all DEs or tiling WMs

https://www.bassi.io/articles/2023/05/29/configuring-portals/

Gaming News: Nvidia Wayland support, Wine...

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/05/nvidia-535-43-02-beta-for-linux-wayland-vulkan/

https://www.winehq.org/announce/8.9

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