Investigated for using Linux, Windows 11 loses users, FOSS Firmware - Linux & Open Source News
Summary
TLDREste video recopila las noticias destacadas de la semana en el mundo de Linux y el software de código abierto. En Francia, el uso de herramientas de privacidad como Linux y Signal puede llevar a arrestos. Windows 11 pierde usuarios y市场份额, mientras que System76 mejora su firmware. Debian 12 se lanza con actualizaciones yBlendle OS 3 ofrece actualizaciones inmutables. Ubuntu 23.10 incluirá soporte para tiling de ventanas y GNOME extensiones ahora pueden tener un botón de donación. Finalmente, se habla de actualizaciones en Proton para Steam Play y Apple utiliza Wine para portar juegos a macOS.
Takeaways
- 🇫🇷 En Francia, siete personas fueron arrestadas por utilizar herramientas de privacidad y cifrado, lo que sugiere una preocupante situación para los usuarios de Linux y la comunidad de código abierto.
- 💻 Windows 11 está perdiendo usuarios y市场份额, con datos que muestran una caída de casi el 2%, mientras que Windows 10 mantiene la mayoría con alrededor del 72%.
- 🔄 System76 ha anunciado actualizaciones significativas en su firmware de código abierto, incluyendo la desactivación del motor de gestión de Intel y mejoras en la eficiencia de la energía y rendimiento de la CPU.
- 🎁 Debian 12 ha sido lanzado, traiendo consigo actualizaciones de GNOME, kernel LTS, y miles de nuevos paquetes, ofreciendo una opción estable y bien probada para los usuarios de Linux.
- 🌟 Blend OS 3, en su versión beta, introduce innovaciones en la distribución inmutable de Linux, permitiendo actualizaciones de sistema basadas en ISO e instalación de paquetes en capas superpuestas.
- 🛠 Canonical ha introducido la capacidad de 'staging' las actualizaciones de snap, lo que permite desplegar actualizaciones lentamente y en grupos para probar su efectividad.
- 🖥️ Ubuntu 23.10 añadió soporte para el acoplamiento de ventanas en cuartos de pantalla, mejorando la experiencia de usuario y la productividad.
- 💰 Los desarrolladores de extensiones de GNOME ahora pueden agregar un botón de donación a sus extensiones, lo que brinda una forma de retribuir el trabajo de los desarrolladores.
- 🕹️ Se ha lanzado el primer beta de la versión Supernova de Thunderbird, con nuevas características y cambios de diseño que prometen mejorar la experiencia del usuario.
- 🎮 Apple está desarrollando un kit de porting de juegos para macOS que utiliza Wine, vkd3d y MoltenVK, lo que demuestra el impacto creciente de Wine en la industria del juego.
Q & A
¿Qué situación preocupante se menciona en Francia relacionada con el uso de herramientas de privacidad y Linux?
-En Francia, siete personas fueron arrestadas en diciembre de 2020 por ser sospechadas de actividades dañinas, y el único motivo conocido para su arresto es que valoran la privacidad y no desean que sus datos sean recopilados, incluyendo el uso de Linux y aplicaciones encriptadas como Signal, ProtonMail, Tor, VPN y Tails, entre otras.
¿Qué consecuencias ha tenido el lanzamiento de Windows 11 en términos de usuarios y participación en el mercado?
-Windows 11 no ha sido muy popular y está perdiendo usuarios, pasando de un 22.95% de usuarios de Windows a un 21.11%, con un descenso casi del 2%, mientras que la gente parece volver a Windows 10, que aún tiene casi un 72% de participación en el mercado de Windows.
¿Qué actualizaciones de firmware y arranque han anunciado System76 para sus dispositivos Linux?
-System76 ha anunciado varias actualizaciones para su firmware de código abierto, incluyendo la re-desactivación del motor de administración de Intel, la adición de un nuevo menú de configuración de firmware para activar o desactivar el arranque seguro, y la mejora en la asignación de potencia para CPUs de 13ª generación de Intel, permitiendo un mayor rendimiento sin afectar significativamente la vida de la batería.
¿Qué versión de Debian se lanzó y cuáles son algunas de sus características destacadas?
-Se lanzó Debian 12, la última versión estable de este distribución venerable. Entre sus características destacan la actualización de GNOME de 3.38 a GNOME 43, de KD 5.20 a 5.27, más de 11,000 nuevos paquetes, la versión LTS del kernel 6.1 y la actualización del 67% de todos los paquetes en los repositorios.
¿Qué es Blend OS 3 y qué características nuevas ofrece en el mundo de los distribuciones inmutables?
-Blend OS 3 es una distribución inmutable en beta que utiliza contenedores para dar acceso al 100% de los programas disponibles en Linux. Ofrece características como la actualización del sistema mediante la instalación de ISO, la capacidad de superponer paquetes en la base inmutable y una herramienta llamada 'akshara' que permite eliminar paquetes instalados de manera completa.
¿Qué novedades ha introducido Canonical para el manejo de actualizaciones de snap?
-Canonical ha introducido la capacidad de 'staging' la liberación de una actualización de snap, lo que permite desplegarlo lentamente a un grupo pequeño de usuarios y luego expandir progresivamente a más usuarios para probar la estabilidad de la actualización antes de implementarla completamente.
¿Qué soporte se agregará en Ubuntu 23.10 para mejorar la experiencia del usuario?
-Ubuntu 23.10 agregará soporte para el acoplamiento de ventanas en cuadrícula, lo que permitirá a los usuarios organizar mejor sus ventanas en el escritorio. Además, se espera que los desarrolladores de Ubuntu trabajen con el entorno de escritorio GNOME para incorporar esta función en el futuro.
¿Qué es la nueva actualización de Proton Experimental y qué juegos ahora son compatibles?
-La nueva actualización de Proton Experimental es la versión predeterminada para los usuarios de Steam Play que no tienen juegos oficialmente soportados. Ahora soporta el último Masterpiece, que no es Diablo 4 sino el juego 'The Lord of the Rings: Gollum', además de corregir problemas en juegos como Call of Duty 2, Secret of Mana y Ubisoft Connect.
¿Qué anunció Apple en su última keynote relacionado con los juegos y cómo se relaciona con Linux?
-Apple anunció que está trabajando en un kit de porting de juegos para desarrolladores para traer juegos a macOS, el cual parece estar utilizando Wine junto con vkd3d y MoltenVK, que traduce instrucciones DirectX en instrucciones Vulcan y luego en Metal para Apple. Esto demuestra cómo Wine, que comenzó como un proyecto pequeño para ejecutar programas Windows en Linux, ahora se utiliza en productos comerciales exitosos como el Steam Deck y también por Apple, aunque la tecnología de Apple aún no es tan madura como Proton para Linux.
¿Qué es Tuxedo y cómo puede ayudar a los usuarios que buscan una computadora que funcione bien con Linux?
-Tuxedo es una empresa que fabrica laptops y equipos de escritorio que vienen con Linux preinstalado y con componentes seleccionados específicamente por su compatibilidad con Linux. Ofrece una amplia gama de opciones de personalización y configuración para diferentes necesidades y presupuestos, y todos sus productos son fácilmente reparables y actualizables.
Outlines
🌐 Linux y privacidad: una preocupación en Francia
Nick comienza el resumen semanal de noticias destacando una situación preocupante en Francia, donde el uso de herramientas de privacidad y cifrado, incluido Linux, podría llevar a arrestos. Se menciona que siete personas fueron arrestadas en diciembre de 2020, acusadas de actividades dañinas, basándose en su uso de aplicaciones de mensajería cifrada, encriptación de discos duros y otras herramientas de privacidad. La agencia de inteligencia francesa, DGSI, consideró sospechosos a estos individuos, quienes incluso fueron presionados para explicar por qué requerían tales medidas de seguridad y privacidad. A pesar de que no se ha demostrado que estos siete individuos accedieran a sitios ilícitos, la simple adopción de prácticas de privacidad se convirtió en el motivo de su arresto.
📉 Windows 11 pierde usuarios y市场份额
El segundo párrafo aborda la disminución de usuarios y市场份额 de Windows 11, que ha pasado de un 22.95% a un 21.11%, con muchos usuarios regresando a Windows 10. Se sugiere que la falta de popularidad de Windows 11 se debe a su percepción como 'software espía', su manejo de actualizaciones y preferencias de navegador, y la imposición de una cuenta de Microsoft. Además, se discuten las oportunidades que esto representa para Linux, especialmente con la inminente obsolescencia de Windows 10 y la necesidad de encontrar alternativas. Se mencionan mejoras en el firmware de System76, incluyendo la desactivación del motor de gestión de Intel y la adición de un menú de configuración de firmware para activar o desactivar el arranque seguro, lo que podría beneficiar a futuros usuarios de Windows 11 en dual boot.
🔄 Actualizaciones en el firmware de System76 y lanzamiento de Debian 12
Se detallan cambios en el firmware de System76, como la desactivación del motor de gestión de Intel y la inclusión de un menú de configuración de firmware para el arranque seguro. Además, se abordan mejoras en la compatibilidad con CPUs de 13ta generación de Intel y la integración de Nvidia Dynamic Boost. Se anuncia el lanzamiento de Debian 12, con actualizaciones significativas en su entorno de escritorio, núcleo y paquetes, y la inclusión de firmware no gratuito por defecto. Se destaca la versatilidad de Debian 12 como una distribución estable y bien probada, y la posibilidad de usar tecnologías como Flatpak, Snaps o AppImages para mantener aplicaciones actualizadas sin comprometer la estabilidad del sistema.
🎮 Noticias variadas: desde actualizaciones de software hasta juegos
Este párrafo cubre una serie de noticias menores, como la capacidad de Canonical de programar la liberación de actualizaciones de snap, el soporte planeado para el acoplamiento de ventanas en cuartos en Ubuntu 23.10, y la adición de un botón de donación para desarrolladores de extensiones de GNOME. También se menciona el lanzamiento de la primera beta de la versión Supernova de Thunderbird, con nuevas características y cambios de diseño. Finalmente, se habla de una actualización en Proton Experimental que mejora la compatibilidad de juegos en Steam Play para Linux, y se comenta sobre la iniciativa de Apple para portar juegos al Mac usando tecnologías basadas en Wine, vkd3d y MoltenVK.
💻 Tuxedo Computers: la opción ideal para usuarios de Linux
Nick concluye el video promocionando Tuxedo Computers, una marca que ofrece portátiles y equipos de escritorio con Linux preinstalado, seleccionados por su compatibilidad con el sistema operativo. Destaca la variedad de opciones de hardware y distro de Linux, así como la facilidad de personalización y la capacidad de reparación y actualización de los componentes. Tuxedo Computers se presenta como una excelente opción para aquellos que buscan un equipo que funcione de manera óptima con Linux.
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Keywords
💡Linux
💡Cifrado
💡Windows 11
💡System76
💡Core Boot
💡Firmware
💡Secure Boot
💡Debian 12
💡Snap
💡GNOME
💡Thunderbird
Highlights
在法国,使用加密和注重隐私的工具以及Linux可能导致被捕。
Windows 11不受欢迎,用户和市场份额正在下降。
System76为其Linux设备上使用的开源固件进行了一些不错的更新。
Squarespace赞助了本视频,它是一个一站式平台,用于构建和设计网站。
法国情报机构DGSI认为使用加密应用和工具是可疑的。
被捕的七人被指控使用Tails、Tor和Protonmail等隐私保护工具。
法官和当局对技术知识缺乏了解,错误地将Tor与Tails混淆。
Windows 11的硬件要求严格,但可以绕过。
System76重新禁用了Intel管理引擎,因为它运行的是专有的微操作系统。
System76的固件更新允许13代Intel CPU在需要时提供更多功率。
Debian 12发布了,带来了新的软件包和内核更新。
Vanilla OS和Blender OS 3是两个使用容器技术的不可变发行版。
Canonical引入了逐步部署Snap更新的功能。
Ubuntu 23.10将增加对四分之一屏幕窗口平铺的支持。
GNOME扩展开发者现在可以在他们的扩展中添加捐赠按钮。
Thunderbird的Supernova版本发布了首个测试版,带来了新功能和设计变化。
Proton Experimental更新支持了最新的游戏,如《指环王:咕噜》。
苹果宣布正在开发一个游戏移植工具包,使用Wine和Vulkan。
Tuxedo Computers提供预装Linux的笔记本电脑和台式机。
Transcripts
hey everyone this is Nick and welcome to
your Weekly News recap of what happened
in the Linux and open source world so in
this one we have a concerning situation
in France where it looks like that just
using encryption and privacy respecting
tool and Linux can lead you to be
arrested we have Windows actually losing
users and market share and we have some
nice updates to core Boot and firmware
courtesy of system 76 so let's dive in
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people were arrested in France for being
suspected of harmful activities their
trial is being prepared and the grounds
on which they've been arrested is
basically that they care about privacy
and don't want their data collected and
that includes using Linux the French
intelligence agency called dgsi pointed
out that these people communicated using
encrypted apps like signal and encrypted
their hard drives they also use stuff
like protonmail Tor VPN Tails Linux and
some D Googled Android ROMs like slash e
lineage or even the F Droid store and
all of this was judged suspicious by the
dgsi and this seems to be the only known
grounds on which these people have been
arrested they've been asked over and
over what they did that necessitated
search protections and encryption and if
that was to hide illicit activities the
instruction judge even seems to think
that this is bad since they use terms
like they admitted to using tails and
Tor and they categorize these
applications and tools as allowing
access to illicit websites even though
it hasn't been proven in any capacity
that these seven people did access
illicit websites they also seemed to
assume that these people were sort of
hackers because they were skilled enough
to turn on full disk encryption which as
we all know is a one-click operation on
any Linux distro install it's hardly a
mark of being highly skilled they've
also been judged suspicious for trying
to teach their family how to use the
same tools and protections and the judge
and authorities continue to demonstrate
a complete lack of technical knowledge
mistaking Tor for Tales thinking you
need public Wi-Fi to you store or
thinking tails is an encryption tool now
until the trial goes through we won't
know if they actually did anything
specific but the prosecution admitted
that for now they failed to come up with
any sort of specific harmful activity
that these people could have done so
their only crime right now is having
used privacy respecting software which
what the hell France
now Windows 11 is not very popular the
latest data shows it's actually losing
users dropping from 22.95 of Windows
users to 21.11 almost a full two percent
drop as people seem to move back to
Windows 10 which still holds almost 72
percent of the windows market share
almost two years after Windows 11 was
released and Windows 7 and 8 combined
amount to 4.7 percent and when your
latest and greatest version isn't used
by even half of your total users you
need to worry especially since Microsoft
announced that Windows 10 won't be
getting any new features so you would
expect people to start moving to the
latest version but since Windows 11 is
basically spyware as demonstrated in my
dedicated video on data collection and
since it doesn't respect user
preferences for web browsers that
updates our wacky he and regularly cause
problems that a Microsoft account is
being forced down your throat and that
the start menu actually regressed it's
not super surprising that people are not
motivated to move to it and then there's
also the very strict Hardware
requirements which can be bypassed but
that might not last for too long either
so yeah people don't want to use Windows
11 apparently and of course a sizable
portion of the people still on Windows
10 are probably companies that always
take a long while to actually move to a
newer version but Windows 11 should not
be losing users at best or worst it
should be stagnating and this is a very
good opportunity for Linux because if
people don't want to move to Windows 11
and at some point they won't be able to
stay on Windows 10 then maybe they'll
move to Linux system 76 announced some
interesting changes to their open source
firmware that they use on their Linux
devices first they re-disabled the Intel
management engine which is a
microcontroller that runs its own
proprietary micro OS to handle some
security features since the code of that
micro OS isn't open source system 76
chose to disable it after it had to be
re-enabled earlier due to a bug in core
boot they also added a new firmware
setup menu to let you enable or disable
secure boot which is needed to install
Windows 11 and dual boot on your
computer for now it's only for 12th gen
Intel CPUs but they will add it to
previous gens as well they're also
working on pop OS to enable the use of
custom secure boot keys and support for
tpm2 the firmware also now allows 13th
gen Intel CPUs to draw as much as 55
watts of power when it was previously
limited to 28 Watts this means powerful
CPUs should run drastically better and
give you way more performance but it
shouldn't affect battery life too much
unless your use case is super CPU taxing
like gaming or video editing their
firmware also now supports Nvidia
Dynamic boost to share power between the
CPU and an Nvidia GPU providing 25 watts
of additional power to the system that
needs it the most so you can expect
better performance when gaming for
example and that's pretty great stuff
because with just a software update you
get better performance more features
improved reliability and of course
system 76 tried to Upstream as much of
that work as possible into core boot
which is nice Debian 12 was released
today or will be in a few hours I'm
recording this on Saturday morning so
maybe they moved it but technically it
should release today Debian 12 is the
latest stable release of this venerable
distro and of course I already made a
dedicated video about it to show how in
the current Linux landscape it makes
perfect sense as a desktop the
highlights include an update from gnome
3.38 to gnome 43 from KD 5.20 to 5.27
plus 11 000 new packages the LTS kernel
version 6.1 and 67 of all packages in
the repos being updated if you prefer
cinnamon matte tape lxd lxq or xfce they
also have the latest releases available
to install now they also added non-free
firmware by default it's not officially
part of Debian so this row remains
completely fast but if the installer
detects that you need this firmware for
your peripherals to work it will
automatically enable the non-free
firmware repo and install everything it
needs unless you tell it not to now I
thought Debian 12 was pretty cool and
although it's still a bit too old for my
own personal needs I think it's
definitely the best choice if you want
the most stable and well-tested distro
you can get your hands on and with flat
pack snaps or app images you can
actually get the latest versions of all
the apps you need without compromising
the stability of the system so check out
my dedicated video in the link in the
description below if you want to know
more about Debian 12. now I talked about
vanilla OS recently which is an
immutable distro that uses containers to
give you access to virtually your
hundred percent of all the available
software on Linux and in the same space
we now have blend OS 3 at least it's
beta and boy does it go further in the
immutable distro world first all system
updates now rely on the installation
isos when a new ISO would be available
for you to make a fresh install your
already installed system will detect it
and use that ISO to perform the update
instead of applying package updates to
the system Itself by downloading
packages from a repo or by using two
partitions one for the update and one
for the current system like what vanilla
OS
and if that sounds like it would
download a lot of useless data know that
they also use z-sync to only download
what has changed so it should be fine
on top of that blend os3 now lets you
overlay packages on top of the immutable
base but they install them to a specific
layer that can be completely dropped all
packages installed can be completely
removed with just one command line
thanks to a new tool called akshara that
can also handle drivers apparently blend
OS can install packages from a lot of
distributions including Arch Alma Linux
Crystal Linux Debian Fedora Kali Linux
or Ubuntu and more and they even wrote a
new tool called assemble that lets you
build packages and images of blend OS if
you want to build a remix of that distro
without having to handle your own
repository so blando S3 looks super
interesting with a similar approach to
vanilla OS but with a very different
execution so I'll definitely take a look
at it once blender S3 is completely out
okay now here is a collection of a few
smaller news items so first canonical
introduced the ability to Stage the
release of a snap update as in you can
deploy that update slowly to a small
group of users first that you then
slowly expand to cover all your users it
basically lets you test how well an
update works and if after a few days
you're not seeing a ton of bug reports
you can expand the group of users that
have access to that update it's a very
interesting feature and pretty important
for deploying software to hundreds or
thousands of tens of thousands of users
and I wish flat Hub started working on
that as well now still on Ubuntu 23.10
will add support for quarter screen
window tiling on top of the current
styling features that they get from
gnome they already had planned to add
the tiling assistant extension to Ubuntu
223.04 but it just didn't make the cut
and now it looks like it's confirmed for
23.10 Ubuntu developers also said that
they would like to work with Upstream
ground to add this in the desktop
environment itself in the future now I
personally do not have a use case for
quarter tiling it makes windows too
small for me to actually be usable but I
know a lot of people like that so yeah
if they can implement it it won't hurt
me but it will help a lot of other
people and for Gnome extension
developers can now add a donate button
to their extensions for now only on the
extensions.gnome.org website but I would
be surprised if this wasn't added in
other apps like extension manager soon
the supported options include buy me a
coffee Kofi patreon GitHub and PayPal
and it's always a nice thing to have a
way to reward a developer for something
you like especially with gnome
extensions which can make or break your
workflow and the first beta for the
Supernova release of Thunderbird is now
out with a bunch of new features design
changes and Improvement I don't think
everything they announced for the final
Supernova release is baked in just yet
like the new folder pane in the email
view wasn't there for me or not enabled
by default at least but it's a good way
to start giving a shot to the new UI if
you've been following what they've been
working on I'll spend a little bit more
time with that beta to see where they
went what's still left to fix and if I
like it and let's finish this with the
gaming news there's a new update to
proton experimental which is the default
version of protons team users for all
non-officially supported steam play
titles and this new version now finally
supports the latest Masterpiece no not
Diablo 4 the Lord of the Rings Golem of
course now it also fixes issues in Call
of Duty 2 Secret of Mana and Ubisoft
connect and it also fixes the menus in
halo the Master Chief collection
and also it's not a hundred percent
Linux related but Apple announced at
their latest keynote that they were
working on a game porting toolkit for
developers to bring games to the mac and
it looks like it's using wine and vkd3d
plus molten VK which translates Vulcan
instructions into metal instructions
metal being the only graphics API Apple
wants to support for some reason now
it's apparently not as mature as proton
for Linux since it requires per game bug
fixes in molten VK and performance will
probably be a lot worse since it has to
run an x86 binary translated for arm
which then sends DirectX instructions
that are translated into Vulcan
instructions which are then translated
into metal instructions and of course
with so many translation steps it's
bound to have a lot more bugs there are
so many more points of failure than with
proton on Linux but it's still kind of
fun to see that wine which started as a
small project 30 years ago to try and
run Windows programs on Linux is now
actively being used in a very successful
commercial product the steam deck but
also by Apple a company who
traditionally never gave a crap about
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