Windows 12 sounds like a nightmare, Mint 22.2 beta: Linux Weekly News

Windows 12 sounds like a nightmare, Mint 22.2 beta: Linux Weekly News

Released Saturday, 16th August 2025
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Windows 12 sounds like a nightmare, Mint 22.2 beta: Linux Weekly News

Windows 12 sounds like a nightmare, Mint 22.2 beta: Linux Weekly News

Windows 12 sounds like a nightmare, Mint 22.2 beta: Linux Weekly News

Windows 12 sounds like a nightmare, Mint 22.2 beta: Linux Weekly News

Saturday, 16th August 2025
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02:17 Windows 12 sounds like an absolute nightmarehttps://www.techradar.com/computing/windows/microsoft-execs-vision-of-windows-12-and-beyond-could-terrify-some-of-you

04:53 Debian 13 is outhttps://www.debian.org/News/2025/20250809https://www.debian.org/releases/11/08/2025youtubetrixie/release-notes/whats-new.en.html#http-boot-support

06:12 Mint 22.2 has its betahttps://linuxiac.com/linux-mint-22-2-zara-enters-public-beta/

07:47 Firefox’s AI features apparently drain resourceshttps://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/08/firefox-high-cpu-usage-inference-disable

09:10 Google ends Steam on Chrome OShttps://9to5google.com/2025/08/07/steam-chromebook-2026/

10:49 elementary OS gets some cool updateshttps://blog.elementary.io/updates-for-august-2025/

13:30 Orion browser makes progresshttps://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/08/orion-browser-linux-milestone-2-webkit-alternative-chromium

15:35 Github absorbed into Microsoft’s structurehttps://www.techradar.com/pro/github-ceo-resigns-is-this-the-latest-sign-of-its-microsoft-absorption

17:17 LVFS asks for vendors to help fund ithttps://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/08/lvfs-sustainability-plan-vendor-funding

20:17 Nvidia drivers improve Wayland supporthttps://www.nvidia.com/en-us/drivers/details/252613/

21:33 KDE Gear 25.08 updatehttps://kde.org/announcements/gear/25.08.0/

23:42 AI companies could be doomed by recent class actionhttps://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/08/ai-industry-horrified-to-face-largest-copyright-class-action-ever-certified/

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