elementary OS 7.1, Snap malware, France wants to ban VPNs: Linux & Open Source News

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00:00 Intro
00:39 Sponsor: Thunderbird
01:32 elementary OS 7.1 released
05:14 Malware lands in the snap store
06:33 France wants to ban VPNs
09:01 GNOME weekly app updates
10:26 Plasma 6 updates
12:08 Gaming News: Proton and Linux marketshare
14:02 Sponsor: Get a PC made to run Linux
15:07 Support the channel

elementary OS 7.1 released

https://blog.elementary.io/os-7-1-available-now/

Malware lands in the snap store

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Snap-Store-Malicious-Apps

France wants to ban VPNs

https://www.techradar.com/pro/vpn/france-vpns-might-be-banned-amid-sren-bills-new-unreasonable-amendments

https://adguard-vpn.com/en/blog/vpn-ban-france-new-law.html

GNOME weekly app updates

https://thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2023/10/twig-116/

Plasma 6 updates

https://pointieststick.com/2023/10/06/this-week-in-kde-re-organized-system-settings/

Gaming News: Proton and Linux marketshare

https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/releases/tag/proton-8.0-4

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Steam-Survey-September-2023