318: Linux desktop hits 5%, Wayback: X11 Desktops on Wayland, & more Linux news

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This week in Linux, we have a huge milestone to celebrate with Linux hitting the coveted 5% market share for desktops in the US market. Then we got a few gaming topics to cover including one about game preservation and anti-cheats. Then we are going to take a look at a project to keep X11 window managers around for good. Later in the show we'll check out some new releases including a lightweight window manager called IceWM. 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
00:48 Linux Hits 5% US Desktop Market Share
04:14 Stop Killing Games Initiative
11:11 Wayback: Experimental Layer for X11 Desktops on Wayland
15:39 Sandfly Security, agentless Linux security
17:34 IceWM 3.8 Window Manager Released
19:05 Anti-Cheat on Linux: THE FINALS & Broken Arrow
22:26 digiKam 8.7 Released
24:05 ProtonPlus to manage Proton layers for Gaming
25:53 Outro

Links:

• Linux Hits 5% US Desktop Market Share
  • https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/united-states-of-america
  • https://ostechnix.com/linux-reaches-5-desktop-market-share-in-usa/
• Stop Killing Games Initiative
  • https://www.stopkillinggames.com/
  • https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/stop-killing-games-consumer-movement-hits-some-major-milestones/
• Wayback: Experimental Layer for X11 Desktops on Wayland
  • https://github.com/kaniini/wayback
  • https://www.phoronix.com/news/Wayback-X11-Wayland
  • https://www.phoronix.com/news/Wayback-2026-Plans
  • https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/03/wayback_wayland_display_server/
• Sandfly Security, agentless Linux security [ad]
  • https://thisweekinlinux.com/sandfly
• IceWM 3.8 Window Manager Released
  • https://ice-wm.org/
  • https://github.com/ice-wm/icewm
  • https://www.phoronix.com/news/IceWM-3.8-Released
• Anti-Cheat on Linux: THE FINALS & Broken Arrow
  • https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/the-finals-is-getting-new-kernel-based-anti-cheat-likely-to-break-it-on-linux-steamos-steam-deck/
  • https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/06/broken-arrow-devs-confirm-their-anti-cheat-will-not-block-linux-steamos/
• digiKam 8.7 Released
  • https://www.digikam.org/
  • https://www.digikam.org/news/2025-06-30-8.7.0_release_announcement/
• ProtonPlus to manage Proton layers for Gaming
  • https://github.com/Vysp3r/ProtonPlus
  • https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/protonplus-makes-managing-proton-versions-on-linux-steamos-and-steam-deck-simple/
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