260: LXQt Desktop, Nouveau Lead Joins NVIDIA, AlmaLinux making waves, New Linux Tablet & more Linux news
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We have some very interesting news this week, we've got a brand new major release of the LXQt desktop environment, there's a strange but potentially good twist in the ongoing saga of Nvidia and open source drivers, Red Hat drops the hardware ball and AlmaLinux catches it. Plus there's a new Linux Tablet trying to get kickstarted. All of this and more on this episode of This Week in Linux, Your Source for Linux GNews!

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Chapters:

00:00 Intro 00:34 LXQt 2.0 Released 02:52 Former Nouveau Lead Developer Joins NVIDIA 05:51 AlmaLinux 9.4 Beta Released 09:04 Sponsored by Kolide 10:26 Mozilla Firefox 125 Released 11:59 Volla Tablet on Kickstarter supports Ubuntu Touch 13:39 Bazzite 2.5.0 Released 15:16 XZ Backdoor Gets the All-Clear 15:44 Outro

Links:

• LXQt 2.0 Released

• https://lxqt-project.org/release/2024/04/15/release-lxqt-2-0-0/)

• https://lxqt-project.org/)

• https://9to5linux.com/lxqt-2-0-desktop-environment-officially-released-this-is-whats-new)

• https://www.phoronix.com/news/LXQt-2.0-Released)

• https://linuxiac.com/lxqt-2-0-desktop-environment/)

• Former Nouveau Lead Developer Joins NVIDIA

• https://lore.kernel.org/nouveau/[email protected]/)

• https://www.phoronix.com/news/Ben-Skeggs-Joins-NVIDIA)

• https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/04/former-nouveau-driver-lead-joins-nvidia-and-sent-a-massive-patch-set/)

• https://www.phoronix.com/news/Nouveau-Maintainer-Resigns)

• AlmaLinux 9.4 Beta Released

• https://almalinux.org/blog/2024-04-15-announcing-94-beta/)

• https://almalinux.discourse.group/t/re-adding-support-for-older-hardware/3851)

• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-1086)

• https://jonathanspw.com/posts/2024-03-31-dealing-with-cve-2024-1086/)

• https://lwn.net/Articles/968299/)

• https://www.phoronix.com/news/AlmaLinux-9.4-Beta)

• Mozilla Firefox 125 Released

• https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/125.0.1/releasenotes/)

• https://9to5linux.com/mozilla-firefox-125-is-now-available-for-download-this-is-whats-new)

• https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/04/mozilla-firefox-125-released)

• https://www.phoronix.com/news/Firefox-125-AV1-EME-And-More)

• Volla Tablet on Kickstarter supports Ubuntu Touch

• https://9to5linux.com/volla-tablet-launches-on-kickstarter-with-support-for-ubuntu-touch)

• https://docs.ubports.com/en/latest/userguide/dailyuse/libertine.html)

• https://ubports.com/en/)

• https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/volla/volla-tablet-simplify-your-digital-life)

• https://ubuntu-touch.io/)

• Bazzite 2.5.0 Released

• https://bazzite.gg/)

• https://universal-blue.org/)

• https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/04/bazzite-v25-has-fixes-for-lenovo-legion-go-and-asus-rog-ally-plus-smoother-installs/)

• https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/bazzite-2-5-0-update-released/1108)

• https://github.com/ublue-os/bazzite/releases/tag/v2.5.0)

• XZ Backdoor Gets the All-Clear

• https://fedoramagazine.org/cve-2024-3094-all-clear/)

• https://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/XZ-Gets-the-All-Clear)