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The Linux kernel version 5.15 was released.
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2021/11/linux-5-15-released-this-is-whats-new

Fedora Workstation 35 was released.
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2021/10/download-fedora-workstation-35

System76, the Linux hardware manufacturer, and developers of PopOS, will apaprently move to their own desktop environment in the future.
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2021/11/system76-is-building-its-own-desktop-environment

Speaking of System76, they've decided to submit patches to the APT package manager, to avoid users being able to break their systems.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2021/11/system76-patches-apt-for-pop-os-to-prevent-users-breaking-their-systems

And this video is turning into SYstem76 news, as the controversy between them and some GNOME contributors rises up again, this time in the form of a blog post written by Christopher Davis, pointing out various interactions with System76.
https://blogs.gnome.org/christopherdavis/2021/11/10/system76-how-not-to-collaborate/
Firefox 94 was released, and it brings a bunch of performance improvements.
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/94.0/releasenotes/

Ubuntu is working on a new Firmware updater application, written in, you guessed it, Flutter.
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2021/11/ubuntu-is-working-on-a-new-firmware-updater-app

Wine 6.21 was released
https://www.winehq.org/announce/6.21

Some kernel work sponsored by Valve is heading to the mainline Linux kernel to improve frame rates and CPU usage for games using Proton, or even native games.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2021/10/looks-like-the-important-futex2-work-is-finally-going-into-the-linux-kernel-to-help-gaming

Some sad news, as it seems that the Steam Deck will be delayed to the first quarter of 2022.
https://store.steampowered.com/steamdeck

Speaking of the Seam Deck, we now know a lot more about it, thanks to the Steamworks Virtual Conference
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2021/11/heres-some-of-what-weve-learned-about-the-steam-deck/

It seems like one of the biggest institutions turned towards onine advertising Europe, the IAB, has been providing a lot of major actors, incouding Google, with a framework to gather consent for cookies that doesn't comply with the GDPR.
https://techcrunch.com/2021/11/05/iab-europe-tcf-gdpr-breach-belgium

Not as much "privacy" as "monopoly abuse", but it seems that Microsoft has decided to keep blocking users from changing their default brower in Windows 11.
https://www.thurrott.com/windows/windows-11/259208/windows-11-to-block-windows-11-browser-workarounds

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