271: Fedora Metrics & Wayland, Zed IDE, GNOME finally revamping Extensions site, & more Linux news

video: https://youtu.be/bfXXS5Z1JMc Forum Discussion Thread This week in Linux, Fedora announced some plans for future releases that may be controversial. There's a new IDE available for Linux that might turn some heads. GNOME's Extensions Website is getting a redesign but is it any good? All of this and more on This Week in Linux, the weekly news show that keeps you up to date with what’s going on in the Linux and Open Source world. Now let's jump right into Your Source for Linux GNews! Download as MP3 Support the Show Become a Patron = tuxdigital.com/membership Store = tuxdigital.com/store Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:33 Ubuntu App Center Can Now Install DEBs 02:10 Fedora Workstation: Opt-In Metrics & Wayland Only 07:41 Mozilla Firefox 128 ESR & Thunderbird 128 ESR 13:58 Zed IDE is now available for Linux 17:22 GNOME Extensions Website Redesign Coming 20:26 DXVK 2.4 Released 22:30 15 Years of GamingOnLinux.com 24:26 Outro Links: Ubuntu App Center Can Now Install DEBs https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/07/app-center-update-adds-deb-install-support Fedora Workstation: Opt-In Metrics & Wayland Only Opt-In Metrics https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/f42-change-proposal-opt-in-metrics-for-fedora-workstation-system-wide/124325 https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/RENZQGQTUPVNNVNN6GI6EC4K632S6SOU/ https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/Metrics Wayland only https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/WaylandOnlyGNOMEWorkstationMedia Mozilla Firefox 128 ESR & Thunderbird 128 ESR Firefox https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/128.0/releasenotes/ https://9to5linux.com/mozilla-firefox-128-is-now-available-for-download-heres-whats-new https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/07/mozilla-firefox-128-released-this-is-mostly-whats-new Thunderbird https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/128.0esr/releasenotes/ https://9to5linux.com/mozilla-thunderbird-128-esr-is-now-available-for-download-heres-whats-new https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/07/thunderbird-128-released-with-major-changes Zed IDE is now available for Linux https://zed.dev/ https://zed.dev/blog/zed-on-linux https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/07/zed-editor-linux-released https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/07/popular-multiplayer-code-editor-zed-gets-a-linux-release/ https://www.phoronix.com/news/Zed-Native-Linux-Builds GNOME Extensions Website Redesign Coming https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/07/gnome-extensions-website-redesign-2024 DXVK 2.4 Released https://github.com/doitsujin/dxvk/releases/tag/v2.4 https://9to5linux.com/dxvk-2-4-released-with-non-native-refresh-rate-emulation-direct3d-8-support https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/07/dxvk-24-brings-d8vk-for-direct3d-8-support-frame-rate-limiter-adjustments-lots-of-game-fixes/ https://www.phoronix.com/news/DXVK-2.4-Released Happy 15th Anniversary to GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/07/happy-birthday-to-gamingonlinux-15-years-old-today/