For the first time, Linux hits 5 percent desktop market share. Wayback aims to bridge the gulf between X11 and Wayland, Ubuntu 25.10 raises the bar for RISC V support, and hardware accelerated HDR to SDR tone mapping on ARM for fun and entertainment.



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00:00 Intro

01:55 JayzTwoCents vs Bazzite

04:28 Ubisoft connect on Linux

07:48 Linux hits 5% on the desktop

14:53 Experimental X11 compatibility layer for Wayland

21:12 Ubuntu raises RISC-V requirements

26:14 ARM Jellyfin server with hardware accelerated encoding