Ubuntu goes immutable, big GNOME updates, Touchpad gestures on Mint

🎙️ Leave your feedback here: https://podcast.thelinuxexp.com 👏 Support the show here: https://www.patreon.com/thelinuxexperiment https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/thelinuxexp https://liberapay.com/TheLinuxExperiment/ 👕 Buy TLE Merch: https://the-linux-experiment.creator-spring.com/ 📹 Watch Linux videos: https://www.youtube.com/thelinuxexperiment 00:00 Intro 00:53 Ubuntu plans an immutable desktop distro https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/05/cups-snap-ubuntu-23-10#comment-6196766355 06:14 GNOME will get a flatpak syncing tool and a revamped System panel https://blog.timfb.dev/posts/2023/05/31/biweekly-gsoc-update-reaching-flatsyncs-mvp.html https://gitlab.gnome.org/Teams/Design/settings-mockups/-/blob/master/system/system-panel.png https://medium.com/@gautamy672/gsoc-2023-week-1-report-create-a-new-system-panel-in-gnome-settings-cf6401463c13 11:19 GNOME could get a full light theme, and official fractional scaling support https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/-/merge_requests/2324 https://www.omglinux.com/gnome-fractional-scaling-settings-design/ 17:43 Linux Mint 21.2 will bring touchpad gestures https://9to5linux.com/linux-mint-21-2-with-cinnamon-5-8-is-getting-support-for-gesture…