Big changes coming to KDE & GNOME, tons of apps & services getting Linux clients - Linux Weekly News
Head to https://squarespace.com/thelinuxexperiment to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code THELINUXEXPERIMENT Grab a brand new laptop or desktop running Linux: https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en# 👏 SUPPORT THE CHANNEL: Get access to: - a Daily Linux News show - a weekly patroncast for more thoughts - your name in the credits YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheLinuxEXP/join Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thelinuxexperiment Or, you can donate whatever you want: https://paypal.me/thelinuxexp Liberapay: https://liberapay.com/TheLinuxExperiment/ 👕 GET TLE MERCH Support the channel AND get cool new gear: https://the-linux-experiment.creator-spring.com/ Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 00:44 Sponsor: SquareSpace 02:07 GNOME Shell might evolve quite a bit 06:47 New KDE Goals look interesting 10:03 Epic Games Store will get a Linux client soon 11:22 ChatGPT official app is on Linux now 12:24 Geforce Now is stable on Linux, available as Flatpak 13:54 Playstation Game Streaming and PC Game pass on Linux 16:18 KDE 6.6 will become an LTS version 18:25 GPU acceleration coming to Windows VMs and Winboat 21:43 Mint adds even more GUI system tools 24:25 Proton might work on a web browser 28:07 Sponsor: Tuxedo Computers Links: GNOME Shell might evolve quite a bit https://blogs.gnome.org/shell-dev/2026/08/11/gnome-shell-design-dreams/ New KDE Goals look interesting https://blogs.kde.org/2026/08/07/kde-goals-last-call-for-submissions/ Epic Games Store will get a Linux client soon https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/epic-games-store-will-get-a-linux-version-sometime-soon/ ChatGPT official app is on Linux now https://linuxiac.com/openai-launches-official-chatgpt-desktop-app-for-linux-in-preview/ Geforce Now is stable on Linux, available as Flatpak https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/08/nvidia-geforce-now-linux-stable Playstation Game Streaming and PC Game pass on Linux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/asobi-remote-play-is-a-new-way-to-play-playstation-games-on-steamos-linux/ https://itsfoss.com/news/xodus-xbox-gamepass-linux/ KDE 6.6 will become an LTS version https://pointieststick.com/2026/08/13/what-a-real-lts-looks-like-kubuntu-26-04/ GPU acceleration coming to Windows VMs and Winboat https://blog.getutm.app/2026/introducing-triton-directx-11-driver-for-qemu/ https://github.com/winboat-org/winboat/tree/gpu-accel Mint adds even more GUI system tools https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=5050 Proton might work on a web browser https://www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-privacy-security/privacy-giant-proton-may-be-building-a-web-browser-but-its-community-turns-cold