FOSS Weekly #14 - Linux laptops, FreeBSD 14.0, Firefox 105, and other hardware and software news

Here is everything that has happened in the Linux and Open Source world this week. Lots of exciting hardware related news and much needed software releases!

🔌Linux Hardware

• TUXEDO InfinityBook Pro 14 Gen7 released [tuxedocomputers.com/en/Ultra-portable...]

• Seven-inch Linux laptop, MNT Pocket Reform specs announced [crowdsupply.com/mnt/pocket-reform]

• Kubuntu Focus NX Mini Linux PC announced [kfocus.org/spec/spec-nx]

• Star Labs StarBook Mk VI Laptop with 12th Gen Intel CPUs released [9to5linux.com/star-labs...]

• Pine64 August update [pine64.org/...august-update-risc-and-reward]

• Steamdecks will arrive faster [store.steampowered.com/news/app...]

🐧 Linux News

• Linux celebrates 31st birthday [omglinux.com/happy-birthday-linux]

• Linux Kernel 5.18 branch reaches end of life [lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux...]

• Latest grub update breaks Arch Linux [bbs.archlinux.org/...279115]

• EndeavourOS update on the grub issue [endeavouros.com/...grub-issue]

• Linux 6.1 makes it easier to spot faulty CPUs [phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.1...]

• GNOME introduces new telemetry data collection tool [blogs.gnome.org/.../help-improve-gnome]

📰 Open Source News

• Cemu - the Wii U Emulator has been open sourced with Linux support [reddit.com/r/cemu...]

• FreeBSD 14.0 to be released in July 2023 [freebsd.org/releases/14.0R]

• GitHub open sources Trilogy - a database adapter for Ruby on Rails [github.blog/introducing-trilogy...]

• Firefox 105 Beta brings memory fixes and gestures on Linux [9to5linux.com/firefox-105-beta...]

• Godot 4.0 will discontinue VisualScript [godotengine.org/article/godot-4-will...]

📝 Releases

• Firefox 104.0 [mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/104.0/releasenotes]

• GIMP 2.99.12 [gimp.org/news/..gimp-2-99-12-released]

• Tails 5.4 [tails.boum.org/news/version_5.4]

• Kdenlive 22.08 [kdenlive.org/en/...kdenlive-22-08-released]

• NetworkManager 1.40 [networkmanager.dev/blog/...1-40]

• libpbf 1.0 [nakryiko.com/posts/libbpf-v1]

• Flatpak 1.14.0 [github.com/flatpak/flatpak/releases/tag/1.14.0]

🔗 Also read

• This Week in GNOME [thisweek.gnome.org/.../twig-58]

• This Week in KDE [pointieststick.com/.../this-week-in-kde]

• Fedora weekly round up [communityblog.fedoraproject.org/fridays-fedora]

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