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00:00 Intro
00:44 100$ free credit for your Linux or gaming server
01:43 GTK might drop X11 support for GTK5, and go full Wayland
03:27 Unity 7.6 is released
04:46 Carola, the new open source vocal assistant
06:05 Firefox 102 adds some privacy features
07:16 Starlabs announces their new StarFighter laptop
08:39 Tuxedo and Slimbook have new powerful ultrabooks
10:31 GNOME Updates
11:39 KDE Updates
12:49 Mint 21 is coming next week
14:04 elementary OS updates
15:20 Wine 7.12 is released
15:53 73% of the top 100 Steam games are playable + more gaming news
17:45 Get a laptop or desktop that runs Linux out of the box
18:51 Support the channel


GNOME developers are wondering whether they should drop support for X11 in GTK5
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gtk/-/...

The amazing kid who started work back on Unity 7 has published a new version for this desktop environment, version 7.6.
https://unity.ubuntuunity.org/blog/un...

There's a very interesting blog post on the Fedora magazine website about a new virtual assistant for Linux, invoked by using the name "Carola"
https://fedoramagazine.org/your-perso...

Mozilla released Firefox 102 last week, and it looks like there is an interesting privacy feature in that new release.
https://thenextweb.com/news/firefox-c...

StarLabs, a manufacturer of computers running Linux, is expanding their lineup with the StarFighter
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2022/07/s...

Another laptop running Linux out of the box has been announced, by Tuxedo this time, in the form of the Pulse 15 Gen 2, along withSlimbook announcing the KDE SLimbook 4

https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en/Li...

https://kde.slimbook.es/

Of course, there's the traditional GNOME updates
https://thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2022...

KDE developers are also continuing their work on the next plasma release
https://pointieststick.com/2022/07/01...

This time, we also have some news about Linux Mint 21
https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4336

And we also have some elementary OS updates!
https://blog.elementary.io/updates-fo...

Wine 7.12 was released, bringing theming support for Qt5 applications
https://www.winehq.org/announce/7.12

And let's finish this video with a nice little gaming roundup

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/06...

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/06...

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/07...

https://boilingsteam.com/dead-rising-...