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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:36 Sponsor: SquareSpace
01:52 Budgie 10.10 released, Budgie 11 based on Qt
04:43 GNOME 50 alpha drops X11 
07:26 KDE 6.6 beta released
09:36 New GNOME based desktop being researched
11:49 Wikipedia signs deals with AI companies
13:20 Mint 22.3 released
15:08 Orion Browser gets first alpha
16:56 Firefox 147 brings a lot of good stuff
19:12 Nexus mods Linux app discontinued
21:25 Even more AMD performance boosts
23:39 Wine 11 released
25:44 Sponsor: Tuxedo Computers

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GNOME 50 alpha and Budgie 10.10 have officially dropped X11 support, moving exclusively to Wayland. KDE Plasma 6.6 beta introduces a new login manager, virtual keyboard, and OEM setup wizard. Linux Mint 22.3 ships with Cinnamon 6.6 featuring improved system tools and experimental Wayland support. Wikipedia signed licensing deals with major AI companies including Microsoft, Meta, and Amazon to ensure proper compensation for training data access. Firefox 147 now follows XDG directory specifications on Linux and improves fractional scaling support on GNOME. AMD continues improving ray tracing performance on RDNA3 GPUs through Mesa patches. Wine 11 brings complete WOW64 mode support, NT sync driver integration, and experimental Wayland improvements. Nexus Mods abandoned their cross-platform app development, choosing to focus solely on the Windows-only Vortex client.

Budgie & GNOME drop X11, Wikipedia signs deal with AI companies - Linux weekly News