Linux and Open Source News for August 2019 - XFCE 4.14, VM Gaming, and VR Desktops !

Here are your Linux, open source, and privacy news for August 2019. Lots of new releases, including XFCE, Enlightenment, Wine, DXVK, Proton, and a few interesting new tech developments, notably on VR and gaming on virtual machines ! Take a look !

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GNOME and KDE announced they would work together on building better Linux desktops at Linux App Summit. https://www.zdnet.com/article/gnome-and-kde-work-together-on-the-linux-desktop/

XRDesktop, a VR enabled Linux desktop, will allow you to use your Linux programs while wearing your VR headset. https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xrdesktop/xrdesktop

Responding to the european commission's fines, Google announced that it would allow other search engines to be present at Android's setup. https://www.blog.google/around-the-globe/google-europe/update-android-search-providers-europe/

Wine 4.13 was released https://www.winehq.org/announce/4.13

Manjaro will allow users to pick between FreeOffice, Libre Office, or no office suite at all. https://itsfoss.com/libreoffice-freeoffice-manjaro-linux/

The Igalia team announced that they are working to make Pitivi compatible with Final Cut Pro X https://base-art.net/Articles/review-of-the-igalia-multimedia-team-activities-2019h1/

DXVK 1.3.2 has been released https://github.com/doitsujin/dxvk/releases/tag/v1.3.2

Microsoft might be bringing its Teams software to Linux. https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft-teams-could-be-its-way-linux

Martin Wimpress from the Canonical SnapCraft team gave an interview to TechRepublic, on Snaps https://www.techrepublic.com/article/why-canonical-views-the-snap-ecosystem-as-a-compelling-distribution-agnostic-solution/

A discussion took place on how to improve Linux desktop performance in low ram scenarios. https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Linux-Does-Bad-Low-RAM

A KDE vulnerability has been outed publicly before notifying the developers. https://www.gamingonlinux.com/articles/kde-has-an-unpatched-security-issue-thats-been-made-public.14745

Nvidia has open sourced a bunch of documentation for its GPUs https://github.com/nvidia/open-gpu-doc

Linux Journal announced they would cease their publication. https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/linux-journal-ceases-publication-awkward-goodbye

Proton 4.11-2 has been released https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/releases/tag/proton-4.11-2

LibreOffice 6.3 was released https://www.y ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UTS0NoLzKs