--- title: Germany says no to Microsoft, Windows 11 in freefall,... description: A Linux weekly news roundup covering several topics: a German state (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) deploying Nextcloud to 50,000 employees as part of a broader... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/germany-says-no-to-microsoft-windows-11-in-freefall-linux-distro-sabotaged---linux-weekly-news-tuu2ojwbn twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Germany says no to Microsoft, Windows 11 in freefall, Linux distro sabotaged - Linux Weekly News | daily.dev og:description: A Linux weekly news roundup covering several topics: a German state (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) deploying Nextcloud to 50,000 employees as part of a broader... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/germany-says-no-to-microsoft-windows-11-in-freefall-linux-distro-sabotaged---linux-weekly-news-tuu2ojwbn og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/tUU2OjWBn.png og:image:alt: Germany says no to Microsoft, Windows 11 in freefall, Linux distro sabotaged - Linux Weekly News og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Germany says no to Microsoft, Windows 11 in freefall, Linux distro sabotaged - Linux Weekly News **[The Linux Experiment](https://daily.dev/sources/linuxexp)** · 29 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A Linux weekly news roundup covering several topics: a German state (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) deploying Nextcloud to 50,000 employees as part of a broader European open-source sovereignty push; Windows 11 desktop market share dropping below 60% to 56.5% per StatCounter while Linux reaches ~4.69%; the OpenMandriva distro sabotage incident where a departing developer deleted GNOME and Cosmic packages from the GitHub repo out of spite; GNOME 51 alpha highlights including offline maps, AMD hardware acceleration for remote desktop, and reduced motion in GTK; Tuxedo OS announcing a move from Ubuntu LTS to Debian Testing for better rolling KDE Plasma support; Linux Mint 23 confirming full stable Wayland support; Valve releasing Proton 11 with Wine 11, new game fixes, and ARM/VR improvements; and Ubuntu's expanded ARM64 efforts including Snapdragon X Elite support and Widevine DRM via Chrome. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### Why did Open Mandriva lose its GNOME and Cosmic desktop packages? A contributor who hosted a mirror of Open Mandriva's repos was removed from the project's Matrix instance after abusive behavior toward other contributors, and in retaliation used their remaining GitHub access to delete the GNOME and Cosmic desktop environment packages, replacing them with empty packages on the rolling release branch. The project restored the repos and repackaged the desktops, and decided not to pursue legal action despite having grounds to. _Anyone tracking distro trust and governance incidents like this follows open-source security news on daily.dev._ ### What is Windows desktop market share according to StatCounter for June 2026? Windows fell to 56.5% worldwide desktop market share, down from above 70% a year earlier, marking its lowest point on record in this dataset. Linux reached 4.69%, one of its highest points historically, while macOS held around 16% and ChromeOS sat at 1.21%; over 20% of visitors were recorded as unknown OS, likely skewing Linux's real share higher due to tracker-blocker usage. _Developers weighing platform trends for Linux support can follow market-share shifts like this on daily.dev._ ### Is Tuxedo OS switching its base from Ubuntu LTS to Debian? Tuxedo OS is moving from an Ubuntu LTS base to Debian testing on a fully rolling release model, because keeping KDE Plasma updated to its latest version on a fixed Ubuntu LTS base creates cascading dependency breakage across Qt and other libraries. The switch also lets Tuxedo drop Ubuntu's snap packaging decisions, adopt Btrfs with Snapper for backups, and requires a fresh install since migration from the LTS base isn't possible. _Distro-hoppers deciding between Ubuntu-based and Debian-based rolling releases can track these base changes on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Linux in 2026: Why Millions Are Switching Away from Windows for Good](https://daily.dev/posts/linux-in-2026-why-millions-are-switching-away-from-windows-for-good-ms78bw6xm) · Medium · 3 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#open-source](https://daily.dev/tags/open-source), [#linux](https://daily.dev/tags/linux), [#steam-deck](https://daily.dev/tags/steam-deck) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/germany-says-no-to-microsoft-windows-11-in-freefall-linux-distro-sabotaged---linux-weekly-news-tuu2ojwbn) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Germany says no to Microsoft, Windows 11 in freefall, Linux distro sabotaged - Linux Weekly News","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/germany-says-no-to-microsoft-windows-11-in-freefall-linux-distro-sabotaged---linux-weekly-news-tuu2ojwbn","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/germany-says-no-to-microsoft-windows-11-in-freefall-linux-distro-sabotaged---linux-weekly-news-tuu2ojwbn"},"datePublished":"2026-07-11T09:56:43.967Z","dateModified":"2026-09-14T09:27:07.370Z","description":"A Linux weekly news roundup covering several topics: a German state (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) deploying Nextcloud to 50,000 employees as part of a broader...","image":"https://i.ytimg.com/vi/DpRiMPuoqFg/sddefault.jpg","thumbnailUrl":"https://i.ytimg.com/vi/DpRiMPuoqFg/sddefault.jpg","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"The Linux Experiment","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"The Linux Experiment","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--tvuv-fY0--/f_auto/v1728807168/logos/linuxexp","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/linuxexp"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/germany-says-no-to-microsoft-windows-11-in-freefall-linux-distro-sabotaged---linux-weekly-news-tuu2ojwbn","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"open-source,linux,steam-deck","timeRequired":"PT29M","video":{"@type":"VideoObject","name":"Germany says no to Microsoft, Windows 11 in freefall, Linux distro sabotaged - Linux Weekly News","description":"A Linux weekly news roundup covering several topics: a German state (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) deploying Nextcloud to 50,000 employees as part of a broader...","thumbnailUrl":"https://i.ytimg.com/vi/DpRiMPuoqFg/sddefault.jpg","uploadDate":"2026-07-11T09:56:43.967Z","duration":"PT29M","url":"https://api.daily.dev/r/tUU2OjWBn","embedUrl":"https://www.youtube.com/embed/DpRiMPuoqFg"}} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The Linux Experiment","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/linuxexp"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Germany says no to Microsoft, Windows 11 in freefall, Linux distro sabotaged - Linux Weekly News"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/germany-says-no-to-microsoft-windows-11-in-freefall-linux-distro-sabotaged---linux-weekly-news-tuu2ojwbn#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"Why did Open Mandriva lose its GNOME and Cosmic desktop packages?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"A contributor who hosted a mirror of Open Mandriva's repos was removed from the project's Matrix instance after abusive behavior toward other contributors, and in retaliation used their remaining GitHub access to delete the GNOME and Cosmic desktop environment packages, replacing them with empty packages on the rolling release branch. 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