New Ubuntu Store promotes snap only, GNOME 45 alpha and France privacy breaches
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00:00 Intro

00:48 Ubuntu’s new app store favors snaps over debs

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/07/ubuntu-23-10-new-app-store-deb-support)

06:22 GNOME 45 alpha is out

https://9to5linux.com/gnome-45-alpha-is-now-available-for-public-testing-heres-whats-new)

11:00 Canonical takes control of the Linux Container Daemon

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/07/canonical-takes-full-control-of-lxd)

https://linuxiac.com/lxd-containers-project-goes-under-canonical-wing/)

14:24 Ubuntu will let you pick the apps you want at install

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/07/ubuntu-new-unified-install-plans-sound-meh)

https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/rethinking-ubuntu-desktop-a-more-thoughtful-default-installation/36736)

19:24 BlendOS 3 supports all Linux packaging formats

https://9to5linux.com/immutable-distro-blendos-3-now-officially-available-based-on-arch-linux)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOm_zATjgqU)

23:21 Alma and Rocky answer to Red Hat

https://rockylinux.org/news/keeping-open-source-open/)

https://almalinux.org/blog/our-value-is-our-values/)

27:06 France just voted for surveillance

https://gizmodo.com/france-bill-allows-police-access-phones-camera-gps-1850609772)

31:42 Meta’s Threads app is a privacy nightmare

https://techcrunch.com/2023/07/05/threads-passes-2-million-downloads-in-2-hours/)

https://play.google.com/store/apps/datasafety?id=com.instagram.barcelona&gl=it)

https://www.semafor.com/article/07/06/2023/twitter-is-threatening-to-sue-meta-over-threads)

35:45 Gaming News: Steam Deck wins Linux gaming, Steam beta

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/07/steam-beta-improves-openbox-support-and-fixes-focus-issues-with-amd-intel/)

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/07/nearly-40-of-linux-gamers-on-steam-are-on-steam-deck/)

https://blogs.gnome.org/wjjt/2023/07/05/endless-oss-privacy-preserving-metrics-system/)

39:14 Outro

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