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Use a secure, encrypted, and fast VPN with Proton VPN: https://protonvpn.com/TheLinuxEXP Grab a brand new laptop or desktop running Linux: https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en# https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3d65Mnr8onE 👏 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 00:37 Sponsor: Proton VPN 01:42 Hundreds of browser extensions use AI library 04:39 GNOME Foundation will fund developers 06:58 Wayback is now hosted by Freedesktop.org 08:52 GNOME 49 alpha is out 10:55 Bazzite launches their new Flatpak app store 12:00 Google forces Gemini integration into Android apps 14:10 Chromium browsers will get even faster 15:55 Plasma Big Screen lives again 18:31 Video game lobby pushback against stop killing games 21:17 German court finds Meta's tracking illegal 23:46 Sponsor: Tuxedo Computers Links: Hundreds of browser extensions use AI library https://secureannex.com/blog/mellow-drama/ https://www.mellowtel.com/blog/responding-to-ars-technica-and-mellow-drama-article GNOME Foundation will fund developers https://blogs.gnome.org/steven/2025/07/05/2025-07-05-foundation-update/ Wayback is now hosted by Freedesktop.org https://www.phoronix.com/news/Wayback-FreeDesktop.org GNOME 49 alpha is out https://discourse.gnome.org/t/gnome-49-alpha-released/29720 https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNOME-49-Alpha Bazzite launches their new Flatpak app store https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/bazzite-july-2025-update-bazaar-z13-kernel-6-15-steam-hardware-survey/9501 Google forces Gemini integration into Android apps https://tuta.com/blog/how-to-disable-gemini-on-android https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/07/unless-users-take-action-android-will-let-gemini-access-third-party-apps/ Chromium browsers will get even faster https://blog.chromium.org/2025/07/introducing-skia-graphite-chromes.html Plasma Big Screen lives again https://espi.dev/posts/2025/07/plasma-bigscreen/ Video game lobby push back against stop killing games https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/video-games-europe-release-a-statement-on-stop-killing-games/ German court finds Meta's tracking illegal https://therecord.media/german-court-meta-tracking-tech