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<p>A serious problem is brewing in Desktop Linux that hasn't impacted end users yet, but will soon. We break down why distribution makers are getting upset and explain what's next.</p>
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<p>Plus, an update on Matrix and the recent upgrades we made to our server.</p><p>Special Guests: Brent Gervais and Joshua Strobl.</p><p>Sponsored By:</p><ul><li><a href="https://linode.com/unplugged" rel="nofollow">Linode Cloud Hosting</a>: <a href="https://linode.com/unplugged" rel="nofollow">A special offer for all Linux Unplugged Podcast listeners and new Linode customers, visit linode.com/unplugged, and receive $100 towards your new account. </a></li><li><a href="https://linuxacademy.com/cp/modules/view/id/262/?utm_source=jupiter&utm_medium=cpc" rel="nofollow">A Cloud Guru</a>: <a href="https://linuxacademy.com/cp/modules/view/id/262/?utm_source=jupiter&utm_medium=cpc" rel="nofollow">By the end of this course, you will feel comfortable working with a large variety of networking tools and configurations to manage complex Linux networking implementations.</a></li></ul><p><a href="https://jupitersignal.memberful.com/checkout?plan=52946" rel="payment">Support LINUX Unplugged</a></p><p>Links:</p><ul><li><a href="https://joshuastrobl.com/2021/09/14/building-an-alternative-ecosystem/" title="Building an Alternative Ecosystem | Joshua Strobl" rel="nofollow">Building an Alternative Ecosystem | Joshua Strobl</a> — While we have been consistent in this vision, though certainly not without flaws in its execution, we have seen a significant shift from GNOME’s development efforts and vision being focused from their desktop experience, to a heavier focus on mobile-to-desktop application scalability and a more touch-oriented, almost iPadOS like user experience that does not (in our opinion) provide the most optimized experience for laptop and desktop users.</li><li><a href="https://blogs.gnome.org/alatiera/2021/09/18/the-truth-they-are-not-telling-you-about-themes/" title="The Truth they are not telling you about “Themes” – Rust in Peace" rel="nofollow">The Truth they are not telling you about “Themes” – Rust in Peace</a> — There seems to be some confusion when it comes to libadwaita’s stylesheet and coloring APIs.</li><li><a href="https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Fedora-35-Great-Features-Coming" title="Red Hat’s Upstream Contributions Are Making For A Great Fedora Workstation 35 - Phoronix" rel="nofollow">Red Hat’s Upstream Contributions Are Making For A Great Fedora Workstation 35 - Phoronix</a> — Fedora Workstation 35 will hopefully be out at the end of October (currently the beta is running behind schedule) and when it does ship it's once again at the bleeding-edge of Linux features.</li><li><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/gnome/comments/p4x4lg/gnome_41_has_new_multitasking_settings/" title="GNOME 41 has new multitasking settings!" rel="nofollow">GNOME 41 has new multitasking settings!</a></li><li><a href="https://seagl.org/" title="SeaGL is coming up soon, and is virtual this year" rel="nofollow">SeaGL is coming up soon, and is virtual this year</a> — November 5th & 6th, 2021</li><li><a href="https://matrix.org/blog/category/this-week-in-matrix" title="This Week in Matrix" rel="nofollow">This Week in Matrix</a></li><li><a href="https://element.io/blog/spaces-the-next-frontier/" title="Spaces: The next frontier" rel="nofollow">Spaces: The next frontier</a> — Using Spaces and Subspaces to build hierarchies effectively turns Matrix into a global decentralised filesystem for conversations and other real-time data!</li><li><a href="https://github.com/toger5/TheBoard" title="toger5/TheBoard" rel="nofollow">toger5/TheBoard</a> — A collaborative Whiteboard powered by the [matrix] protocol and infrastucture.</li><li><a href="https://matrix.org/matrixlive/" title="Matrix Live" rel="nofollow">Matrix Live</a></li><li><a href="https://levans.fr/shrink-synapse-database.html" title="Compressing Synapse database | Levans’ workshop" rel="nofollow">Compressing Synapse database | Levans’ workshop</a> — Anyone running a federating instance of the Matrix homeserver Synapse will likely have seen this: synapse is database-hungry. It tends to take a lot of space. In this post, I'm documenting how I shrunk my homeserver database from 100GB to a little under 8GB, during a long maintenance cleanup.</li><li><a href="https://wayfire.org/" title="Pick: Wayfire" rel="nofollow">Pick: Wayfire</a> — Wayfire is a wayland compositor based on wlroots. It aims to create a customizable, extendable and lightweight environment without sacrificing its appearance.</li><li><a href="https://garudalinux.org/downloads.html" title="Garuda Wayfire Download" rel="nofollow">Garuda Wayfire Download</a></li></ul>
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