January 18, 2025

Facebook bans Fediverse Links, big Valve interview on SteamOS, Apple pulls their AI

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02:30 Valve dev talks SteamOS, Steam machines

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/intel-and-nvidia-drivers-holding-back-a-public-steamos-release-valve-not-trying-to-compete-with-windows/

https://www.frandroid.com/marques/valve/2462758_il-y-a-12-ans-de-travail-pour-en-arriver-la-interview-de-pierre-loup-griffais-developpeur-de-steamos-los-phare-du-steam-deck

07:45 Meta bans links to Pixelfed

https://www.404media.co/meta-is-blocking-links-to-decentralized-instagram-competitor-pixelfed/

10:11 Pixelfed is now out with stable apps

https://www.engadget.com/social-media/pixelfed-instagrams-decentralized-competitor-is-now-on-ios-and-android-205059236.html

11:18 Apple pulls its misleading AI summaries

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/01/16/media/apple-ai-news-fake-headlines/index.html

13:40 Mint 22.1 is out

https://www.linuxmint.com/rel_xia_whatsnew.php

15:49 Fedora working on their KDE spin

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/Promote_KDE_Plasma_Desktop_variant_to_Edition

18:24 Fedora proposes optimized packages for modern CPUs

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/Optimized_Binaries_for_the_AMD64_Architecture_v2

20:44 GNOME 48 brings digital wellbeing features

https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNOME-Shell-Muter-48-Alpha

22:38 GNOME 48 gets new default audio player

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/01/gnome-48-new-audio-player

24:22 VLC adds AI powered auto subtitles

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/01/vlc-demo-ai-real-time-subtitles-for-any-video

26:14 NTSYNC driver should arrive in March

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/ntsync-driver-for-improving-windows-games-on-linux-with-wine-proton-should-finally-land-in-linux-kernel-614/

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January 18, 2025

Facebook bans Fediverse Links, big Valve interview on SteamOS, Apple pulls their AI

28 minutes

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02:30 Valve dev talks SteamOS, Steam machines

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/intel-and-nvidia-drivers-holding-back-a-public-steamos-release-valve-not-trying-to-compete-with-windows/

https://www.frandroid.com/marques/valve/2462758_il-y-a-12-ans-de-travail-pour-en-arriver-la-interview-de-pierre-loup-griffais-developpeur-de-steamos-los-phare-du-steam-deck

07:45 Meta bans links to Pixelfed

https://www.404media.co/meta-is-blocking-links-to-decentralized-instagram-competitor-pixelfed/

10:11 Pixelfed is now out with stable apps

https://www.engadget.com/social-media/pixelfed-instagrams-decentralized-competitor-is-now-on-ios-and-android-205059236.html

11:18 Apple pulls its misleading AI summaries

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/01/16/media/apple-ai-news-fake-headlines/index.html

13:40 Mint 22.1 is out

https://www.linuxmint.com/rel_xia_whatsnew.php

15:49 Fedora working on their KDE spin

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/Promote_KDE_Plasma_Desktop_variant_to_Edition

18:24 Fedora proposes optimized packages for modern CPUs

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/Optimized_Binaries_for_the_AMD64_Architecture_v2