274: New COSMIC details leaked, Vanilla OS 2.0, Serpent OS & more Linux news

video: https://youtu.be/Ay6uAbUYgjI Forum Discussion Thread This week in Linux, we've got a lot of GNews. Vanilla OS 2.0 has finally shipped after more than a year of development and it's got my attention. Serpent OS have also released a PreAlpha release of this new independent distro from the creator of Solus. Then we've got some more updates about the COSMIC desktop since it's less than a week away. 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 00:40 COSMIC Alpha is so close 02:09 Vanilla OS 2.0 Released 05:43 Serpent OS Prealpha0 Released 09:02 Sovereign Tech Fund introduces fellowship pilot program 11:26 Gear Lever for AppImages 13:46 Funtoo Linux is being discontinued 15:35 DreamWorks' OpenMoonRay 1.6 Released 17:13 Outro Links: COSMIC Desktop is so close https://blog.system76.com/post/cosmic-team-interview-byoux https://blog.system76.com/post/cosmic-july-2024 Vanilla OS 2.0 Released https://vanillaos.org/blog/article/2024-07-28/vanilla-os-2-orchid---stable-release https://www.omglinux.com/vanilla-os-2-released-with-android-app-support/ https://9to5linux.com/vanilla-os-2-orchid-released-with-hybrid-debian-base-heres-whats-new https://www.phoronix.com/news/Vanilla-OS-2 Serpent OS Prealpha0 Released https://serpentos.com/blog/2024/08/01/serpent-os-prealpha0-released/ https://9to5linux.com/first-look-at-serpent-os-minimal-gnome-desktop-and-rust-based-package-manager Sovereign Tech Fund introduces fellowship pilot program https://www.sovereigntechfund.de/news/introducing-the-fellowship-for-maintainers https://www.phoronix.com/news/STF-Fellowship-Program https://lwn.net/Articles/984266/ Gear Lever for AppImages https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/07/gear-lever-appimage-app-for-gnome https://flathub.org/apps/it.mijorus.gearlever https://mijorus.it/projects/gearlever/ Funtoo Linux is being discontinued https://forums.funtoo.org/topic/5182-all-good-things-must-come-to-an-end/ DreamWorks' OpenMoonRay 1.6 Released https://openmoonray.org/ https://destinationlinux.net/352 https://github.com/dreamworksanimation/openmoonray/releases/tag/openmoonray-1.6.0.0