February 01, 2025

296: DeepSeek AI, Steam Brick, Google Open-Sources PebbleOS, Hyprland, Thunderbird & more Linux news

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This week in Linux, there's a new AI chatbot called DeepSeek making waves and terrifying tech investors. Google has open sourced PebbleOS, the operating system for the old Pebble Watches. The Thunderbird email team announced a new version and a new release strategy. Then we'll take a look at a brand new desktop environment for Linux users. 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

00:37 DeepSeek AI Chatbot scares Silicon Valley

05:13 Google Open-Sources PebbleOS, Pebble’s Founder Plans a Revival

09:39 Thunderbird 134 & Release Strategy Changes

13:29 Sandfly Security, agentless security [ad]

15:00 Steam Brick Mod... "because!"

17:41 Hyprland 0.47 Released

20:56 Orbitiny Desktop Environment

26:09 Discord Screen-Sharing with Audio on Linux Wayland is finally here, sort of

28:29 Support the show

Links:

DeepSeek AI Chatbot scares Silicon Valley

https://www.deepseek.com/

https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/DeepSeek-turned-the-ai-world-on-its-head-but-dont-fall-for-the-hype-just-yet/

https://api-docs.deepseek.com/news/news250120

https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/DeepSeek-tops-iphone-downloads-what-to-know-about-the-ai-assistant/

https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/nvidia-tech-stocks-DeepSeek-ai-race-nasdaq-2025-1

https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/27/DeepSeek-claims-its-reasoning-model-beats-openais-o1-on-certain-benchmarks/

https://openai.com/index/new-embedding-models-and-api-updates/

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/01/27/scale_ai_founder_alexandr_wang_DeepSeek_has_about_50000_of_the_most_powerful_nvidia_chips_that_they_cant_talk_about.html

https://destinationlinux.net

Google Open-Sources PebbleOS, Pebble’s Founder Plans a Revival

https://opensource.googleblog.com/2025/01/see-code-that-powered-pebble-smartwatches.html

https://ericmigi.com/blog/why-were-bringing-pebble-back

https://rebble.io/howto/

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/01/google-open-sources-pebble-smartwatch-os-new-watch-planned

Thunderbird 134 & Release Strategy Changes

https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/

https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/134.0/releasenotes/

https://thunderbird.topicbox.com/groups/planning/Td58a7d8581e7d60f

Sandfly Security, agentless security [ad]

https://thisweekinlinux.com/sandfly

Steam Brick Mod... "because!"

https://crastinator-pro.github.io/steam-brick/

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/the-ridiculous-steam-brick-just-makes-me-want-a-proper-steam-machine/

Hyprland 0.47 Released

https://hyprland.org/

https://hyprland.org/news/update47/

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Hyprland-0.47-Released

Orbitiny Desktop Environment

https://codeberg.org/sasko-usinov/orbitiny-desktop

https://ostechnix.com/orbitiny-linux-desktop-environment/

https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/1iayzwm/orbitiny_desktop_environment_released_originally/

Discord Screen-Sharing with Audio on Linux Wayland is finally here, sort of

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/looks-like-Discord-finally-fixed-linux-screen-and-audio-sharing-with-wayland/

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/Discord-canary-on-linux-breaks-wayland-screen-sharing-support-for-now/

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/Discord-screen-sharing-with-audio-on-linux-wayland-is-officially-here/

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