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Timecodes:
00:00 Intro
00:34 Sponsor: Brilliant
02:07 GNOME Foundation has money problems
04:57 Plasma 6.2 is out
07:25 Ubuntu 24.10 is out
10:44 Asahi Linux can now run AAA games
13:35 NVK is making good progress
16:04 Nvidia gave a Wayland support roadmap
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GNOME Foundation has money problems

Plasma 6.2 is out

Ubuntu 24.10 is out

Asahi Linux can now run AAA games

NVK is making good progress

Nvidia gave a Wayland support roadmap

[EduardoSantiagoDev]

You bet I ain't donating for an organization that NEVER listens to feedback. While kde is doing great and actively improving on stuff that matters...

[FengLengshun]

Huh, based on what people said, I thought GNOME as a whole is going well. I was taken off guard by this- as you said, KDE was doing so well they had to overspend to maintain non-profit status so I thought GNOME is doing better than THAT.

Asahi make me go, "Well, Steam Deck ARM is probably still far away..." to, "Oh wow, it's already going THIS far on M1 Mac with all its likely PITA stuff to work with?" Okay, now I think Steam Deck ARM, or whatever it is, could be ready next year.

What a bunch of surprises.

[PaulG.x]

Nautilus continues to regain the functions they dropped years ago.
Eventually it will be indistinguishable from Nemo - which was forked when Nautilus dropped those functions.
It keeps developers employed, I suppose

[morningsage]

As somebody with who only has a MacBook, I absolutely cannot wait for Asahi to be useable for daily driving. It’s getting so close!

[ettoreatalan]

I would donate to GNOME if GNOME would implement the features I need for my work.😁

[thetriankh]

The one area in linux that is confusing & overwhelming for many people (including me), especially because of all the different terminologies is of graphic drivers & other related technologies. Like openGL, NVK, Vulkan, DXVK, Nova, Nouveau, Zink, GSP, VKD3D, etc. And also how do they work with Wine & Proton. It would be really nice if you'd make a separate video which explains all of these terms for the geeks like us.

[AnEagle]

I suspect nvidia is trying to get got Linux support for the next RHEL release, where they plan on dropping X11. They're doing all this for the AI servers

[IAmTheSlink]

I have no plans to donate to Gnome. Why? Red Hat, Fedora, Oracle, and Canonical all use Gnome as their flagship desktop, and they are all very financially successful. If Gnome is worth saving, then those wealthy organizations can step up and do so. If not, then those wealthy organizations can switch over to KDE or something else.

[ryanics]

Thank you Nick. Years of being on the linux side of things, and you help me be a bit lazy and focus on my computing without having to worry about directly searching for stuff apart of linux news.

[alexstone]

Honestly im surprised gnome is still together as most people agree they are awful to work with and dont listen to people in general and do things their own way

[peppefailla]

Im so sad for the financial state of gnome :(

[Alexander-ixjp]

Gnome is my daily driver so it's sad to see them struggling. I hope they recover soon!

[StevieFQ]

Sad to see Gnome having troubles but as someone who disliked their smartphone-ish design, single-tasking oriented UI they've made since 3, I'm happy to see KDE doing well.

[nicosanchez]

Wow, who would have thought that appointing a "professional shaman" as the head of the foundation would have financial consequences.

[veikkheikk]

Mapping the drawing tablet area to fit the screen was not an issue, the changes were made to basically allow a smaller segment of the tablet to be mapped to the full screen.

In practice it mostly means the ability to change your drawing tablet's sensitivity.

[flemtone]

Quick heads up, Kubuntu 24.10 runs better than the standard Ubuntu release and themes work fine for both Qt and GTK apps.

[Butterscotch_]

Power went out from hurricane Milton and I was waiting the whole time for it to come back just so I could get Asahi on my Mac mini

[WolfRites]

I mean ... Gnome has been ignoring user feedback for literal years. Of course they have money issues. You can't consistently keep screwing over your base, and then still expect them to donate. But yeah, that's exactly what the Gnome project expects. They always think they're right, and everyone else is wrong. They're literally impossible to work with.
That being said, most open source project probably have money issues.

[balintmagyar]

As a newcomer I do really appriate your work aswell, it helped me to take the first steps on the road becoming a permanent Linux user for almost a year ago (without dualboot). I listened these informations with mixed feelings.
In 2003, my very first experience with Linux happened to be with a Gnome desktop (the name I forgot, but I remembered it's footpring icon). Of course as a teenager I had no choice when my parents decided installing XP over that Linux on my mother's laptop. When I replaced win11 in January 2024, I instantly searched it. Though nowadays Gnome does not match with my taste, but I would feel really sad, if they would disappear.

[MaryamMaqdisi]

Love you Nick, thanks for the news every week.

I'm not surprised about GNOME, but I guess I'm still disappointed. As a KDE Plasma user I want strong competition so both dominant DEs keep becoming better and better. On the other hand, a big organization ignoring its community many times over and lacking transparency for years eventually has to touch grass lol. I hope they revamp the organization to make it way more transparent and community led, although I doubt it will happen.