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Nick @ The Linux Experiment

And this week's and news video is finally here!

In this one, we have confirmation that 11 sends data to third parties after a fresh install, without user consent, we have @fedora moving to Flathub in their next release, an AI tool that violates licenses, @thunderbird sharing a roadmap and some interesting history, and @gnome Software getting some nice performance improvements:

youtube.com/watch?v=03t0GmaWunk

Thumbnail of a youtube video with the text "Linux open source news" on the left, and a windows logo, a voice waveform, and a fedora logo on the right, over a white cutout
Feb 12, 2023, 04:56 PM·Public·Web
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Nick @ The Linux Experiment

@fedora @thunderbird @gnome

And if you want the audio podcast instead, here it is!

podcast.thelinuxexp.com/@tlene

You can follow it here: @tlenewspodcast

Or you can subscribe to its RSS feed, or on most podcast platforms, all links are in the podcast website!

The Linux Experiment PodcastsWindows is spyware, Fedora adds Flathub, AI tool violates FOSS🎙️ Leave your feedback here: https://podcast.thelinuxexp.com 👏 Support the show here: https://www.patreon.com/thelinuxexperiment 👕 Buy TLE Merch : https://the-linux-experiment.creator-spring.com/ 📹 Watch my Linux videos : https://www.youtube.com/thelinuxexperiment 00:00 Intro 01:39 Windows 11 sends data to third parties right after install, without user consent https://www.techspot.com/news/97535-windows-11-spyware-machine-out-users-control.html https://www.windowscentral.com/software-apps/windows-11/how-to-disable-annoying-ads-on-windows-11 06:11 Fedora will now use the full flathub, instead of their subset of it https://linuxiac.com/fedora-38-will-offer-unfiltered-flathub-access-out-of-the-box/ 09:38 An AI tool uses FOSS libraries without respecting their licenses https://undeleted.ronsor.com/voice.ai-gpl-violations-with-a-side-of-drm/ https://www.theregister.com/2023/02/08/voiceai_open_source/ 13:18 Stable Diffusion is now proved to regurgitate images it was trained on https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/02/03/1067786/ai-models-spit-out-photos-of-real-people-and-copyrighted-images/ 16:56 Mycroft, the FOSS voice assistant, will close down https://mycroft.ai/blog/update-from-the-ceo-part-1 19:57 GNOME Software is receiving performance improvements https://feaneron.com/2023/02/07/profiling-optimizing-gnome-software/ 23:14 Thunderbird shares their roadmap and history https://blog.thunderbird.net/2023/02/the-future-of-thunderbird-why-were-rebuilding-from-the-ground-up/ 28:49 Malware developers are abusing Google ads to distribute their software https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/02/until-further-notice-think-twice-before-using-google-to-download-software/ 32:25 Google and Mozilla are working on “real” versions of their browsers for iOS https://www.theregister.com/2023/02/03/googles_chromium_ios/ https://www.theregister.com/2023/02/07/mozilla_google_apple_webkit/ 37:11 GNOME Weekly updates https://thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2023/02/twig-81/ 40:00 KDE Weekly updates https://pointieststick.com/2023/02/03/this-week-in-kde-plasma-6-starts-to-take-shape/ 41:49 Gaming News: ray tracing support, and SSD upgrades for the Steam Deck https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/02/nvidia-vulkan-beta-5254707-supports-extension-to-help-vkd3d-proton-dxr/ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/02/framework-begin-offering-2tb-ssd-upgrades-for-steam-deck/ 44:46 Outro
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Joel Pomales

@thelinuxEXP @fedora @thunderbird @gnome @tlenewspodcast always looking for good podcasts that discuss . Will put it in my queue!

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Ivan Jarmoluk

@thelinuxEXP

I tried to follow a while back and I'm still listed as 'pending.' Did I do something wrong?

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Soupborsh

@thelinuxEXP @fedora @thunderbird @gnome @tlenewspodcast Hello Nick! I've just registered in Mastodon and I like it!

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Wateros

@thelinuxEXP @fedora @thunderbird @gnome c'est pas la même vidéo mais merci pour celle du NAS qui m'a donné envie de me pencher sur le sujet. Il semble effectivement qu'on peut faire pas mal de choses avec.

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modamin

@thelinuxEXP @fedora @thunderbird @gnome what is benefits in using email clients over webmails? specially on desktop.

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Skyglobe

@modamin

Just on the top of my mind:
- Mail encryption for all your accounts
- Offline work (no need to be constantly connected)
- Local backups

@thelinuxEXP @thunderbird

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SamuelJohnson

@modamin @thelinuxEXP @fedora @thunderbird @gnome You can

Access your mail when offline
Use your own full text indexing software
Have greater assurance of confidentiality (offline mail cannot be hacked)
Reduce the carbon emissions associated with 24*7 cloud services
Guarantee immediate access
Save on hosting costs ($ or privacy)

Enough?

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happyday

@thelinuxEXP @fedora @thunderbird @gnome (just an fyi) I tried downloading in #overcast. Got error: "SERVICE ERROR" Sorry, Overcast's sync serviced returned an Error"...

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Nick @ The Linux Experiment

@happyday @fedora @thunderbird @gnome Weird, it should work, I think they accepted the RSS feed as is! I’ll try it :)

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Jacket

@thelinuxEXP @fedora @thunderbird @gnome

I think that what is happening with Windows can still affect Linux users. First, we don't deside whit what we work an jobs most of the time. Second and more important, the privacy of others affect our personal privacy as soon as you can be linked to them. I don't know if companies goes that far in 2023 but once the data is breached it is not far-fetch at all that OSINT specialists use it that way.

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Nick @ The Linux Experiment

@jacket @fedora @thunderbird @gnome True. Most workplaces don’t really give you a choice, unfortunately…

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Seasons of Jason

@thelinuxEXP How bothered should I be about Windows 11 sending pings to Steam? What's the relationship there? Is this data Valve has specifically requested?

As a HUGE proponent for gaming on Linux via Proton, and a Steam Deck owners....yea this bothers me.

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Professor Code

@killyourfm @thelinuxEXP I was actually thinking about the same thing.

I was so surprised that I thought I was mistaken when I saw Steam being mentioned there. Has Valve released an official statement regarding this yet?

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Seasons of Jason

@ProfessorCode @thelinuxEXP I haven't seen anything official about this. Frankly, we need to pressure them into an answer.

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Professor Code

@killyourfm @thelinuxEXP I was hoping they would address this soon. 😞

Anyway, in light of this situation, someone should actually run Wireshark on Steam Deck and compare it to another Linux distro just to check.

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