KDE & GNOME make their own distros, Manjaro telemetry & Mozilla layoffs: Linux & Open Source News

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0:00 Intro
0:32 Sponsor: TuxCare
01:46 KDE OS and GNOME OS
05:24 Manjaro plans to add opt-out telemetry
08:41 Mozilla lays off 30% of its workforce
11:44 Fedora KDE promoted to the same status as Fedora GNOME
13:38 Proton Sarek wants older PCs to play games too
16:04 Steam Recording is out for everyone
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KDE OS and GNOME OShttps://linuxiac.com/gnome-os-to-become-a-general-purpose-linux-distro/.https://linuxiac.com/kde-announced-its-kde-linux-distro/.

Manjaro plans to add opt-out telemetryhttps://forum.manjaro.org/t/testers-needed-manjaro-data-donor/170163.

Mozilla lays off 30% of its workforcehttps://techcrunch.com/2024/11/05/mozilla-foundation-lays-off-30-staff-drops-advocacy-division/.https://www.engadget.com/computing/mozilla-foundation-cuts-30-percent-of-its-staff-203951504.html.

Fedora KDE promoted to the same status as Fedora GNOMEhttps://www.phoronix.com/news/Fedora-KDE-Desktop-Promoted.

Proton Sarek wants older PCs to play games toohttps://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/11/check-out-proton-sarek-if-you-have-an-older-gpu-for-windows-games-on-linux/.

Steam Recording is out for everyonehttps://store.steampowered.com/gamerecording.

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