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I’m Nick, I’ve been making Linux and Open Source related videos on YouTube since 2018, with a sizeable following of more than 300 000 subscribers. I’ve been using Linux since 2006, starting with Ubuntu (like most people), and I have 12 years of experience in project management and UX, and that’s the lens I use to view the progress of our Linux desktops and open source applications!

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S3 · E94
Yesterday · 26 min
Proton's statement on AI & security, MATE's Wayland support & more mac apps on Linux
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S3 · E93
November 7 · 27 min
Affinity comes to Linux, Proton explains recent issues, macOS apps run on Linux
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S3 · E92
October 30 · 27 min
Proton goes crazy for AI, Ubuntu will turn everything into a Snap, Vibe-coded Linux compatible kernel
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S3 · E91
October 24 · 29 min
Torvalds says banning AI is stupid, Kernel 7.3, Bitwarden pushes their commercial license
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S3 · E90
October 17 · 28 min
Torvalds pushes for more AI, Epic supports Linux now & some big releases
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S3 · E89
October 10 · 26 min
2 ways to get the entire Adobe suite running on Linux, Flathub accepts AI now
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S3 · E88
October 3 · 28 min
Ubuntu beta looking good, F-Droid & Firefox Redesign, Flatpak for dev and CLI tools
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S3 · E87
September 26 · 25 min
Google is closing down Android more and more, and launching a new Linux-based OS
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S3 · E86
September 19 · 28 min
Microsoft Office 365 on Linux, Mint develops their own apps, Steam Frame is here
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S3 · E85
September 12 · 26 min
Switzerland ditches Windows, Omarchy now raised $18.5M
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S3 · E84
September 5 · 29 min
KDE is firing on all cylinders, Brave says they're the best browser, CERN moves to Debian
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S3 · E83
August 29 · 25 min
Flatpak gets 500K€, Omarchy gets 8M€ and Nintendo nukes emulation again
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S3 · E82
August 22 · 27 min
Linux saves potato gaming PCs, WSL beats native installs, more malicious compliance
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S3 · E81
August 15 · 30 min
Big changes coming to KDE & GNOME, tons of apps & services getting Linux clients
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S3 · E80
August 8 · 28 min
Linux didn't pass 10% market share? AI optimization is the new SEO
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S3 · E79
August 1 · 31 min
Valve wants FOSS AMD drivers on Windows, Framework laptop 13 Pro looks good for Linux, GoG on Linux
💻 Get a Linux computer from our sponsor, Tuxedo💻 https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en# 👏 Support the show here: 👏 Patreon supporters get the daily Linux & Open Source audio show! https://www.patreon.com/thelinuxexperiment Or you can support me with a one time donation: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/thelinuxexp https://liberapay.com/TheLinuxExperiment/ 👕 Buy TLE Merch: 👕 https://the-linux-experiment.creator-spring.com/ 📹 Watch Linux videos: 📹 https://www.youtube.com/thelinuxexperiment 🎙️ Leave your feedback here: 🎙️ https://podcast.thelinuxexp.com 01:49 Valve sponsors work to bring FOSS AMD Drivers to Windows https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/news-and-events/cracking-windows-open-porting-radv-to-win32.html 04:46 Framework Laptop 13 pro looks solid on Linux https://www.phoronix.com/review/framework-laptop-13-pro/11 https://frame.work/products/laptop13pro-amd-ai300/configuration/new https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/07/framework-laptop-13-pro-review-much-better-battery-much-worse-price/ 08:27 GoG working on a Linux client https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/gog-confirm-they-are-working-towards-gog-galaxy-on-linux/ 10:24 Ubuntu Touch gets big update https://ubports.com/blog/ubports-news-1/ubuntu-touch-24-04-2-0-and-24-04-1-4-release-4007 12:29 GNOME’s session restore won’t land in GNOME 51 https://linuxiac.com/gnome-is-building-session-save-and-restore-but-it-wont-make-gnome-51/ 14:12 Fedora working on a conflict of interest policy https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/conflict-of-interest-guidelines-policy-draft-feedback-please/197508 16:55 Firefox’s redesign lands in Nightly builds https://9to5linux.com/first-look-at-firefoxs-brand-new-design-in-firefox-nightly 18:59 New full desktop environment written with AI https://starling.build/ 21:24 New patches improve gaming performance on AMD https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMD-P-State-Better-1p-Lows 24:29 Debian now has 5 proposals to handle AI contributions https://www.debian.org/vote/2026/vote_002 27:04 Intel Arc GPUs getting better on Linux https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-HuC-DG2-Alchemist-Xe 29:03 Keychron builds open source mouse firmware https://itsfoss.com/news/keychron-zgm-mouse-firmware/ 💻 Get a Linux computer from our sponsor, Tuxedo💻 https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en# 👏 Support the show here: 👏 Patreon supporters get the daily Linux & Open Source audio show! https://www.patreon.com/thelinuxexperiment Or you can support me with a one time donation: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/thelinuxexp https://liberapay.com/TheLinuxExperiment/ 👕 Buy TLE Merch: 👕 https://the-linux-experiment.creator-spring.com/ 📹 Watch Linux videos: 📹 https://www.youtube.com/thelinuxexperiment 🎙️ Leave your feedback here: 🎙️ https://podcast.thelinuxexp.com
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S3 · E78
July 25 · 32 min
Egos ruining Open Source projects, distros vs software conflicts
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S3 · E77
July 17 · 27 min
Torvalds says kernel will use AI tools, Wayland beats X11 for gaming, Age verification is getting worse
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S3 · E76
July 11 · 28 min
Germany says no to Microsoft, Windows 11 in freefall, Linux distro sabotaged
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S3 · E75
July 4 · 28 min
Linux has a giant opportunity thanks to Sony, New Linux Tablet, Google fined 4 Billion
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