Linux Mint 22, COSMIC Desktop on Pop!_OS, Gaming Distros, & more Linux news

### Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:39 Linux Mint 22 Released
06:45 My beginners guide for starter distros
07:11 PopOS 24.04 Alpha With COSMIC Desktop
09:24 Blender 4.2 LTS Released
11:41 OBS Studio 30.2 Released
15:51 OpenMandriva 24.07 Released
17:59 ChimeraOS 46 Released
19:32 Bazzite Linux 3.6 Released
21:30 Support the show

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Links:
- Linux Mint 22 Released
- My video to help beginners pick their first distro
- PopOS 24.04 Alpha With COSMIC Desktop
- Blender 4.2 LTS Released
- OBS Studio 30.2 Released
- OpenMandriva 24.07 Released
- ChimeraOS 46 Released
- Bazzite Linux 3.6 Released

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[hindigente]

9:11 I came for Linux GNews, stayed for the puns and wordplays.

[SirChristoferus]

I’ve been testing out the rolling Git version of COSMIC on Arch, and it’s looking very promising. I’ll probably retrofit it into my personal .deb repository along with some Linux Mint 22 aesthetics once the official release arrives, morphing it into a “Minty COSMIC.”

[thundreturtle]

the updates man ... they NEVER END!!! :D

[donkey]

hybrid mp4 is better than mkv because a lot of websites still don't support uploading mkv files. Soim personally happy I don't have to convert formats anymore! great video btw!

[barrycompton]

good timing. I just installed mint on my laptop and popos on desktop as a bigginer. I think I might have got them back to front.

[Jopekos]

can't wait to test the COSMIC Desktop

[magovermelhoffv]

It looks like the Web Scrobbler extension is trying to convince me that every Michaell Tunnel video is a new musical hit.

[MegaManNeo]

To pronounce EEVEE, just check your OG Pokémon series.
Love for Linux Mint though, it's such a nice experience for both workstations and to introduce others to Linux, especially if one wants to keep service times low.
I am really curious for COSMIC too. Probably stick with Plasma but from all the talks surrounding it, COSMIC will be great.

[sativagirl]

The Plethora PC is what we've been waiting for!

[Hinipe]

Blender sure is the flagship of FOSS, what an amazing program!

[jamesvandamme]

Mint would be perfect with KDE. I've been using it since version 9, I think.

[thechroniclesofcriss]

apparently, Blender's devs are pokemon fans.
as for OBS - NVenc still does not work in OpenSUSE's OSes which is disappointing. I use the NDI plugin, which the installation of before it being flatpak was a nightmare due to it being made by corpo type people. so the NDI plugin being flatpak makes installing it so much easier, AS IT SHOULD BE.

[exodous]

Oh man, pipewire is freaking sweet. I install a gui for it and I'm more of a visual person, it is easy to see what the audio is doing at a glance. I'd slam my head against the wall constantly before it.

[Bob-of-Zoid]

I tried to install Mandriva when it was still Mandrake Linux! I tried a lot of them in the 90's, but I couldn't get any to be what I considered usable.😢 Thank goodness that changed over not too long a period in time and now to me Linux (Arch + KDE Plasma) is an absolute must have, and Windows not even a remote option! It's just too much better in too many ways, and it just keeps getting better!

[jesse]

I expect the Beta release of Cosmic Desktop to be made available around February 2025, with the final release in February / March 2026.

[Bob-of-Zoid]

I love how you snuck the "Are you sure about that" guy in!!!😁

[thingsiplay]

I used OBS a few times, not regularly. Its only for offline recording of games.

[exodous]

When in doubt just install Linux Mint. I need to update but I'm running one of their last LTS. When things start breaking on the updates is when I upgrade, it means it is at the end of life, lol.

[jani]

My recommendation would be that you put it on auto-subtitle on and at least a auto translation into Finnish, because two of the greatest people in Linux history have been Finnish and American.

[acegear]

i found an interesting video linux distros that no matter what you choose it will always suck as what the other distro users think of what you user as distro hopping or daily drive