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01:41 GNOME’s governance structure is changing a lot https://www.bassi.io/articles/2025/08/03/governance-in-gnome/

04:48 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/

07:25 Linux’s Steam marketshare rises close to 3% https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/steam-survey-for-july-2025-shows-linux-approaching-3/

09:05 Android has to crack open the Google Play Store https://www.theverge.com/news/717440/google-epic-open-play-store-emergency-stay

10:58 Chrome uses Wayland backend by default when possible https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/08/chrome-140-wayland-auto-detection-linux

12:34 MX Linux moves to systemD & Wayland by default https://mxlinux.org/blog/changes-coming-with-mx-25/

15:17 Nvidia working on performance improvements for gaming https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/nvidia-are-working-on-a-general-optimization-for-vkd3d-directx12-games-on-linux/

16:51 OpenSUSE Leap 16 brings massive changes https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/opensuse-leap-16-0-will-need-steam-gamers-to-install-some-extras-due-to-no-32-bit/ https://linuxiac.com/opensuse-leap-16-0-enters-rc-phase-with-selinux-by-default/

19:07 Microsoft to open source WinUI library https://github.com/microsoft/microsoft-ui-xaml/discussions/10700

21:21 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/

23:09 Nextcloud shows digital sovereignty is merely a dream right now https://linuxiac.com/finland-tops-nextcloud-first-digital-sovereignty-index/ https://dsi.nextcloud.com/

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