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Head to https://squarespace.com/thelinuxexperiment to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code thelinuxexperiment Grab a brand new laptop or desktop running Linux: https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en# 👏 SUPPORT THE CHANNEL: Get access to: - a Daily Linux News show - a weekly patroncast for more thoughts - your name in the credits YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheLinuxEXP/join Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thelinuxexperiment Or, you can donate whatever you want: https://paypal.me/thelinuxexp Liberapay: https://liberapay.com/TheLinuxExperiment/ 👕 GET TLE MERCH Support the channel AND get cool new gear: https://the-linux-experiment.creator-spring.com/ Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 00:39 Sponsor: SquareSpace 01:57 GNOME's governance structure is changing a lot 05:01 Linux desktop reaches 6% market share 07:33 Linux's Steam marketshare rises close to 3% 09:17 Android has to crack open the Google Play Store 11:11 MX Linux moves to systemD & Wayland by default 15:53 OpenSUSE Leap 16 brings massive changes 16:09 Microsoft to open source WinUI library 18:23 Mesa 25.2 brings a lot of good updates 20:11 Nextcloud shows digital sovereignty is merely a dream right now 22:53 Sponsor: Tuxedo Computers Links: GNOME's governance structure is changing a lot https://www.bassi.io/articles/2025/08/03/governance-in-gnome/ Linux desktop reaches 6% market share https://www.zdnet.com/article/think-linux-desktop-market-share-isnt-over-6-this-15-million-system-scan-says-otherwise/ Linux's Steam marketshare rises close to 3% https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/steam-survey-for-july-2025-shows-linux-approaching-3/ Android has to crack open the Google Play Store https://www.theverge.com/news/717440/google-epic-open-play-store-emergency-stay MX Linux moves to systemD & Wayland by default https://mxlinux.org/blog/changes-coming-with-mx-25/ OpenSUSE Leap 16 brings massive changes https://news.opensuse.org/2025/08/04/leap-16-rc/ Microsoft to open source WinUI library https://github.com/microsoft/microsoft-ui-xaml/discussions/10700 Mesa 25.2 brings a lot of good updates https://linuxiac.com/mesa-25-2-lands-with-vulkan-1-4-on-panvk-drops-x11-dri2-support/ Nextcloud shows digital sovereignty is merely a dream right now https://linuxiac.com/finland-tops-nextcloud-first-digital-sovereignty-index/ https://dsi.nextcloud.com/