FOSS Weekly #22 - Github Copilot investigation, Tails 5.5, Ubuntu 22.10, Google's OS in Rust, and more

Here is everything that has happened in the open source world this week. Ubuntu 22.10 is here, Automattic, the WordPress parent company has open sourced their popular podcast app, and Google announced a couple of things.

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📰 News

• GitHub Copilot investigation [githubcopilotinvestigation.com]

• Google announces a new OS written in Rust called KataOS [googleblog.com]

• LibreOffice listed on Microsoft store for €4.59 to fund development [documentfoundation.org]

• Google announces GUAC project to improve software supply chains [googleblog.com]

• Automattic open sources the Pocket Casts podcast app [github.com]

• OpenBSD 7.2 released [openbsd.org]

🐧 Linux updates

• Linux Kernel 6.0.3 stable released with 800 fixes [lwn.net]

• Canonical releases Ubuntu 22.10 Kinetic Kuda [ubuntu.com]

• GNOME file picker gets thumbnails [feaneron.com]

• KDE Plasma on Apple M1 GPU [twitter.com]

• System76 Thelio desktops get latest AMD and Intel CPU support [phoronix.com]

📝 Releases

• Node.js 19 [nodejs.org]

• GitLab 15.5 [gitlab.com]

• Wine 7.19 [winehq.org]

• PowerDNS Authoritative Server 4.7 [powerdns.com]

• Tails 5.5 [tails.boum.org]

🔗 Also read

• This Week in GNOME [thisweek.gnome.org]

• This Week in KDE [pointieststick.com]

• Fedora weekly round up [fedoraproject.org]

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