305: Thunderbird to compete with Gmail, GoboLinux is back, Firefox 137 gets good, & more Linux news

video: https://youtu.be/MGKUyzSei_4 Comment on the TWIL Forum (https://thisweekinlinux.com/forum) This week in Linux, we have a lot of great news to talk about. First, Thunderbird is launching their own email service. KDE is working on making their own Plasma Login Manager. CachyOS has a new release out. We also have another release out for the Mozilla Firefox browser, which has a lot of cool stuff in there I can't wait to tell you about. And also the Dash to Panel extension. There was a little bit of drama that happened with it. It is now back and ready to go. all of this and so much more on this episode of 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. Download as MP3 (https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/2389be04-5c79-485e-b1ca-3a5b2cebb006/156b6f62-4ef1-48e5-9278-6860b9516e21.mp3) Support the Show Become a Patron = tuxdigital.com/membership (https://tuxdigital.com/membership) Store = tuxdigital.com/store (https://tuxdigital.com/store) Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:46 Thunderbird is Launching Email Service 05:46 KDE Working on a new Plasma Login Manager 09:55 CachyOS March 2025 Release 12:29 Sandfly Security, agentless Linux security [ad] 14:12 Mozilla Firefox 137 Released 26:28 Zorin OS Sponsors Dash to Panel 31:28 GoboLinux 017.01 Released 34:50 XZ Utils 5.8 Released 37:25 Support the show Links: Thunderbird is Launching Email Service https://blog.thunderbird.net/2025/04/thundermail-and-thunderbird-pro-services/ (https://blog.thunderbird.net/2025/04/thundermail-and-thunderbird-pro-services/) KDE Working on a new Plasma Login Manager https://blog.davidedmundson.co.uk/blog/a-roadmap-for-a-modern-plasma-login-manager/ (https://blog.davidedmundson.co.uk/blog/a-roadmap-for-a-modern-plasma-login-manager/) https://mail.kde.org/pipermail/plasma-devel/2025-March/123667.html (https://mail.kde.org/pipermail/plasma-devel/2025-March/123667.html) CachyOS March 2025 Release https://cachyos.org/blog/2503-march-release/ (https://cachyos.org/blog/2503-march-release/) Sandfly Security, agentless Linux security [ad] https://thisweekinlinux.com/sandfly (https://thisweekinlinux.com/sandfly) https://destinationlinux.net/409 (https://destinationlinux.net/409) Mozilla Firefox 137 Released https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/137.0/releasenotes/ (https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/137.0/releasenotes/) https://tuxdigital.com/videos/secret-feature-that-makes-firefox-bookmarks-awesome/ (https://tuxdigital.com/videos/secret-feature-that-makes-firefox-bookmarks-awesome/) https://tuxdigital.com/videos/firefox-container-tabs-the-best-browser-feature-heres-how-to-use-them/ (https://tuxdigital.com/videos/firefox-container-tabs-the-best-browser-feature-heres-how-to-use-them/) Zorin OS Sponsors Dash to Panel https://github.com/home-sweet-gnome/dash-to-panel (https://github.com/home-sweet-gnome/dash-to-panel) https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/30/zorinanddashtopanel/ (https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/30/zorin_and_dash_to_panel/) GoboLinux 017.01 Released https://gobolinux.org/index.html (https://gobolinux.org/index.html) https://gobolinux.org/releasenotes017.01.html (https://gobolinux.org/release_notes_017.01.html) XZ Utils 5.8 Released https://git.tukaani.org/?p=xz.git;a=blob;f=NEWS (https://git.tukaani.org/?p=xz.git;a=blob;f=NEWS) https://tukaani.org/xz/ (https://tukaani.org/xz/) Support the show https://tuxdigital.com/membership (https://tuxdigital.com/membership) https://store.tuxdigital.com/ (https://store.tuxdigital.com/)