RMP 043 — Recapping my Year of the Linux Desktop

Episode Notes

News

Apple News

• New device announced

  • New iPhone 5e

  • M3 iPad Air

  • M3 Ultra chip

  • M4 MacBook Air

  • M4 Mac Studio

Linux/FOSS News

• Firefox Terms of Use controversy — See NOS 035: The Firefox Situation is Crazy

• Firefox FINALLY adds vertical tabs

• Ubuntu 25.10 Looks To Make Use Of Rust Coreutils & Other Rust System Components

• Pipewire 1.4 now supported on RISC-V systems

• Thunderbird 136 release notes

• Orion browser is getting a Linux port

Microsoft News

• Skype is shutting down

• Windows 11 OOBE Microsoft Account bypass no longer available

Other Tech News

• DOGE targets IRS’ COBOL and Assembly systems — see NOS 039: The IRS Modernization Problem

• 23andMe files for chapter 11 bankruptcy — see NOS 039: The IRS Modernization Problem

• Nintendo released their Switch 2 Direct — see NOS 042: Nintendo Switch 2 Direct Review

Retro Gaming/Tech News

• Gamecube games coming to Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion

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Command Line Tool of the Month: edhita

• Edhita is an open source text editor for iOS

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