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Fedora KDE drops X11, Huge Nvidia Wayland fixes, Web DRM is dead, Linux kernel 6.6

2023/11/6
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00:00 Intro

00:50 Fedora KDE drops X11

https://linuxiac.com/fedora-40-to-offer-plasma-6-drops-x11-entirely/)

04:18 Kwin gets HDR support

https://www.phoronix.com/news/KDE-KWin-Initial-HDR-Gaming-MR)

07:34 Nvidia drivers get huge wayland improvements

https://www.phoronix.com/news/NVIDIA-545.29.02-Linux-Driver)

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14:14 GNOME improves Wayland support

https://9to5linux.com/gnome-shell-and-mutter-45-1-released-with-xwayland-and-wayland-improvements)

https://www.phoronix.com/news/XWayland-GLAMOR-GL-GLES)

16:43 Google abandons Web DRM API

https://9to5google.com/2023/11/02/google-chrome-web-integrity-api/)

19:57 Linux kernel 6.6 has massive performance improvements

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/10/linux-kernel-6-6-new-features)

24:14 Discord flatpak is now official

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/10/discord-for-linux-gets-flathub-verified/)

27:57 Steam snap brings improvements to all snaps

https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/steam-snap-status-improvements/39796)

30:25 SystemD gets target storage mode

https://www.phoronix.com/news/systemd-storagetm)

33:24 Youtube doubles down on adblock blocking

https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/31/23940583/youtube-ad-blocker-crackdown-broadening)

38:01 Gaming: Wine, War Thunder open sources engine

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/11/war-thunder-game-engine-dagor-engine-from-gaijin-now-open-source/)

https://www.winehq.org/announce/8.19)

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/10/steam-deck-officially-hits-over-12000-games-playable-and-verified/)

41:5 Outro

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