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359: KDE Plasma 6.8, Fortnite on Linux, Ubuntu 26.10, Linux 7.3, Mint 27, & more Linux news
Wednesday, 4 November, 2026
Sponsored by Bitwarden: The Open Source Password Manager that keeps your passwords secure and accessible across all your devices. Visit https://bitwarden.com/tux to get started. video: https://youtu.be/CIZYWaEuvQA This episode is going to be so packed full of great stuff that it’s kind of ridiculous! KDE is celebrating 30 years of the project, with Plasma 6.8, bringing some exciting improvements and a major change to the Linux desktop. Meanwhile, Fortnite is finally coming to Linux, and some distributions are already making preparations to get it working. Linux 7.3 is here with improvements for gaming, hardware, and performance, plus a few unexpected additions. And Ubuntu 26.10 has arrived, but Canonical has even bigger plans that could change the future of Ubuntu Desktop. All of that and more! So let's jump into Your Source for Linux GNews and see what's happened This Week in Linux. Download as MP3 Support the Show Become a Patron = tuxdigital.com/membership Store = tuxdigital.com/store Chapters: 00:00 Intro 01:30 KDE Plasma 6.8 Released and 30 Years of KDE 05:34 Fortnite is Coming to Linux!? Kernel Level Anti Cheat for Linux!? 10:50 Linux 7.3 Released 13:23 Bitwarden Password Manager [ad] 15:10 Ubuntu 26.10 Released and Ubuntu Core Desktop 19:51 Linux Mint 27 News 23:43 Compressed RAM for Linux from Meta 26:27 Enlightenment 0.28 Released 29:35 Flathub Revokes Their Ban on AI-Generated Apps 32:43 Toolpak, Flatpak for Developer Tools 33:26 GNOME OS Preview Moves Toward an Everyday OS 34:23 Support the show 35:11 Outro Links: KDE Plasma 6.8 Released and 30 Years of KDE https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.8.0/ https://discuss.kde.org/t/plasma-6-8-is-out-its-kdes-30th-birthday-and-were-kicking-off-our-fundraiser/50936 https://youtu.be/1Vyzla9mx4g (documentary) https://youtu.be/qBAsX0SRhqI (my interview) Fortnite is Coming to Linux!? Kernel Level Anti Cheat for Linux!? https://store.epicgames.com/news/epic-games-launcher-preview https://onlineservices.epicgames.com/news/introducing-easy-anti-cheat-linux-v2 https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/10/epic-games-launcher-preview-is-slowly-becoming-actually-usable-on-linux/ Linux 7.3 Released https://lwn.net/Articles/1101170/ https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_7.3 https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.3-Released https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/10/linux-7-3-features Bitwarden Password Manager [ad] https://bitwarden.com/tux Ubuntu 26.10 Released and Ubuntu Core Desktop https://canonical.com/blog/canonical-releases-ubuntu-26-10-stonking-stingray https://documentation.ubuntu.com/release-notes/26.10/ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/10/ubuntu-2610-new-features https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/accelerating-ubuntu-core-desktop/90547 https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/10/ubuntu-core-desktop-2704 Linux Mint 27 News https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=5093 https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=5086 https://itsfoss.com/news/linux-mint-27-announced/ Compressed RAM for Linux from Meta https://lpc.events/event/20/contributions/2424/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8r6PNOopV44 https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-CRAM-Compressed-RAM https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/new-linux-tech-compresses-memory-in-ram-as-ram-for-452x-speedup-new-cram-method-offers-giant-boost-to-compressed-memory-reads Enlightenment 0.28 Released https://www.enlightenment.org/news/2026-10-31-enlightenment-0.28.0 https://www.phoronix.com/news/Enlightenment-0.28 https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/11/enlightenment-0-28-features Flathub Revokes Their Ban on AI-Generated Apps https://docs.flathub.org/docs/for-app-authors/requirements https://discourse.flathub.org/t/concerns-around-vibe-coding-on-flathub-and-free-software/12923 https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/10/flathub-walked-back-their-generative-ai-ban-replaced-with-a-disclosure-policy/ Toolpak, Flatpak for Developer Tools https://blogs.gnome.org/alatiera/2026/09/26/introducing-toolpak/ https://thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2026/10/twig-268/ https://www.phoronix.com/news/Toolpak GNOME OS Preview Moves Toward an Everyday OS https://blogs.gnome.org/adrianvovk/2026/10/16/gnome-os-preview/ https://os.gnome.org/ https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNOME-OS-Preview https://lwn.net/Articles/1101057/ Support the show https://tuxdigital.com/membership https://store.tuxdigital.com/
