Get 100$ credit for your own Linux and gaming server: https://www.linode.com/linuxexperiment Grab a brand new laptop or desktop running Linux: https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en# 👏 SUPPORT THE CHANNEL: Get access to a weekly podcast, vote on the next topics I cover, and get your name in the credits: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@thelinuxexp/join Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thelinuxexperiment Liberapay: https://liberapay.com/TheLinuxExperiment/ Or, you can donate whatever you want: https://paypal.me/thelinuxexp 👕 GET TLE MERCH Support the channel AND get cool new gear: https://the-linux-experiment.creator-spring.com/ 🎙️ LINUX AND OPEN SOURCE NEWS PODCAST: Listen to the latest Linux and open source news, with more in depth coverage, and ad-free! https://podcast.thelinuxexp.com 🏆 FOLLOW ME ELSEWHERE: Website: https://thelinuxexp.com Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/web/@thelinuxEXP Pixelfed: https://pixelfed.social/TLENick Twitter : http://twitter.com/thelinuxEXP PeerTube: https://tilvids.com/c/thelinuxexperiment_channel/videos This video is distributed under the Creative Commons Share Alike license. #linux #technews #opensource 00:00 Intro 00:34 Sponsor: 100$ free credit for your Linux or Gaming laptop 01:34 AMD moves to open source firmware 03:06 COSMIC will be heavily customizable 04:54 KDE Plasma 6 will change the defaults 07:37 GNOME Weekly Updates 09:28 Microsoft to replace Google as the default search engine in Firefox? 10:31 Thunderbird is thriving, and working on an iOS app 11:56 Gaming News: no more Roblox, Steam client scaling, Mesa drivers 13:59 Sponsor: get a PC that runs Linux perfectly, from Tuxedo 14:50 Support the channel AMD moves to open source firmware https://linuxiac.com/amd-opensil-firmware/ COSMIC will be heavily customizable https://blog.system76.com/post/may-flowers-spring-cosmic-showers KDE Plasma 6 will change the defaults https://pointieststick.com/2023/05/11/plasma-6-better-defaults/ GNOME Weekly Updates https://thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2023/05/twig-95/ https://discourse.gnome.org/t/announcement-gnome-will-be-mentoring-9-new-contributors-in-google-summer-of-code-2023/15232 Microsoft to replace Google as the default search engine in Firefox? https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/05/microsoft-wants-firefox-to-ditch-google-switch-to-bing Thunderbird is thriving, and working on an iOS app https://blog.thunderbird.net/2023/05/thunderbird-is-thriving-our-2022-financial-report/ Gaming News: no more Roblox, Steam client scaling, Mesa drivers https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/05/goodbye-to-roblox-on-linux-with-their-new-anti-cheat-and-wine-blocking/ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/05/steam-will-now-scale-better-with-kde-and-gnome/ https://www.phoronix.com/news/Mesa-23.1-Released