321: Intel nixes Clear Linux, 6% Market Share, Arch Malware, EU FOSS Funding & more Linux news
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This week in Linux, we've got a bit of bad news from Intel as they abruptly ended Clear Linux out of no where and Arch Linux warned users that malware was found in the AUR. It's not all bad this week though because Wayback is back on the show with the first preview release for keeping X11 desktops alive in our future Wayland powered world. Plus according to one source, Linux usage is even higher than we already thought it was. A couple of episodes ago I reported that we broke the 5% threshold on the US desktop market based on StatCounter data but according to one source it's already climbed passed 6%. What source you ask? The analytics of U.S. federal government websites. Speaking of governments, GitHub is trying to get EU lawmakers to scale Germany’s Sovereign Tech Fund into a EU wide program to fund critical open‑source projects. Also for some more good news, we're so close to hitting 100,000 subscribers on the channel, if you want to help please consider subscribing. All of this and more on This Week in Linux, the weekly news show that keeps you up to date with what’s going on in the Linux and Open Source world. Now let's jump right into Your Source for Linux GNews!
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Chapters:
00:00 Intro
01:56 Intel is Shutting Down Clear Linux
05:44 Linux hits 6% U.S. Government Website Analytics
08:29 GitHub Wants the EU to Fund Open Source
13:56 Sandfly Security, agentless Linux security [ad]
16:02 Arch Linux finds Malware in the AUR
18:34 Wayback 0.1 Released
21:10 NVIDIA Bringing CUDA To RISC-V
22:06 Unofficial GUI for Lossless Scaling's Frame Generation on Linux
23:08 Outro
Links:
Intel is Shutting Down Clear Linux
https://community.clearlinux.org/t/all-good-things-come-to-an-end-shutting-down-clear-linux-os/10716 (https://community.clearlinux.org/t/all-good-things-come-to-an-end-shutting-down-clear-linux-os/10716)
https://www.omglinux.com/intel-clear-linux-os-discontinued-2025/ (https://www.omglinux.com/intel-clear-linux-os-discontinued-2025/)
Linux hits 6% U.S. Government Website Analytics
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/according-to-one-source-linux-hits-over-6-desktop-user-share/ (https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/according-to-one-source-linux-hits-over-6-desktop-user-share/)
https://analytics.usa.gov/ (https://analytics.usa.gov/)
GitHub Wants the EU to Fund Open Source
https://github.blog/open-source/maintainers/we-need-a-european-sovereign-tech-fund/ (https://github.blog/open-source/maintainers/we-need-a-european-sovereign-tech-fund/)
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/07/github-eu-open-source-funding (https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/07/github-eu-open-source-funding)
https://www.sovereign.tech/news/celebrating-two-years-of-empowering-public-digital-infrastructure (https://www.sovereign.tech/news/celebrating-two-years-of-empowering-public-digital-infrastructure)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SovereignTechAgency (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sovereign_Tech_Agency)
https://github.com/ossf/wg-securing-critical-projects/tree/main/Initiatives/Identifying-Critical-Projects/Version-1.1 (https://github.com/ossf/wg-securing-critical-projects/tree/main/Initiatives/Identifying-Critical-Projects/Version-1.1)
Sandfly Security, agentless Linux security [ad]
https://thisweekinlinux.com/sandfly (https://thisweekinlinux.com/sandfly)
Arch Linux finds Malware in the AUR
https://lists.archlinux.org/archives/list/
[email protected]/thread/7EZTJXLIAQLARQNTMEW2HBWZYE626IFJ/ (https://lists.archlinux.org/archives/list/
[email protected]/thread/7EZTJXLIAQLARQNTMEW2HBWZYE626IFJ/)
Wayback 0.1 Released
https://wayback.freedesktop.org/news/2025/07/23/wayback-0.1-released/ (https://wayback.freedesktop.org/news/2025/07/23/wayback-0.1-released/)
https://wayback.freedesktop.org/ (https://wayback.freedesktop.org/)
NVIDIA Bringing CUDA To RISC-V
https://riscv.org/ecosystem-news/2025/07/nvidia-to-bring-cuda-platform-support-to-the-risc-v/ (https://riscv.org/ecosystem-news/2025/07/nvidia-to-bring-cuda-platform-support-to-the-risc-v/)
https://dataconomy.com/2025/07/21/nvidias-cuda-platform-now-officially-supports-risc-v-cpus/ (https://dataconomy.com/2025/07/21/nvidias-cuda-platform-now-officially-supports-risc-v-cpus/)
Unofficial GUI for Lossless Scaling's Frame Generation on Linux
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/theres-now-an-unofficial-gui-for-lossless-scalings-frame-generation-on-linux/ (https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/theres-now-an-unofficial-gui-for-lossless-scalings-frame-generation-on-linux/)
https://github.com/Caliel666/lsfg-vk-ui (https://github.com/Caliel666/lsfg-vk-ui)
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