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February 22, 2025 Torvalds says Yes to Rust, Fedora doesn't get Flathub
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02:53 Torvalds settles the Rust in Linux debate
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Torvalds-On-Rust-Maintainers
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Greg-KH-On-New-Rust-Code
06:03 Fedora project lead seems to misrepresent Flathub
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKP1hgdFJKo
https://blogs.gnome.org/alatiera/2025/02/19/the-fedora-project-leader-is-willfully-ignorant-about-flathub/
https://thelibre.news/why-obs-and-bottles-got-in-a-fight-with-fedora/
08:54 Flathub posts detailed explanation of their security model
https://docs.flathub.org/blog/app-safety-layered-approach-source-to-user
10:08 HDR support is now stable and merged in Wayland
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Wayland-CM-HDR-Merged
https://www.phoronix.com/news/MPV-SDL-Land-Wayland-Color-HDR
11:45 GNOME 48 beta is released with triple buffering
https://thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2025/02/twig-187/
https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNOME-48-Beta-Released
13:41 FSF finally speaks about Red Hat’s source code clamp down
https://www.techzine.eu/news/devops/128837/fsf-opposes-rhel-going-closed-source-two-years-after-the-fact/
https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2023/jun/23/rhel-gpl-analysis/
15:56 Mozilla changes leadership, direction again
https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/mozilla-leadership-growth-planning-updates/
18:02 Meta tries to argue torrenting without seeding isn’t piracy
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/02/meta-defends-its-vast-book-torrenting-were-just-a-leech-no-proof-of-seeding/
20:31 Valve publishes Team Fortress 2 source code
https://gamerant.com/team-fortress-2-source-code-full-client-released/
22:15 Codeweavers recruiting more Wine and Proton devs
https://www.codeweavers.com/about/jobs#job-dev
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February 15, 2025 OBS could sue Fedora, GNOME's new site & branding
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02:22 OBS threatens to sue Fedora
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/02/fedora-threatened-with-legal-action-from-obs-studio-due-to-their-flatpak-packaging/
05:08 Fedora will ditch RPMs for apps in the future
https://pagure.io/fedora-workstation/issue/463#comment-955714
07:04 GNOME has a new website, and potentially branding ?
https://www.gnome.org/
https://cassidyjames.com/blog/gnome-foot-logo-rebrand/
10:02 GNOME 48 gets much improved notifications
https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNOME-48-Notifications-App
11:22 Plasma 6.3 is now out
https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.3.0/
13:35 KDE works on a unified theming engine
https://quantumproductions.info/articles/2025-02/moving-kdes-styling-future
16:05 Google Chrome’s extension moves are unpopular
https://developer.chrome.com/blog/new-extensions-menu-testing
https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/07/google_chrome_extensions/
19:06 Firefox halves its RAM usage per tab
https://fosdem.org/2025/schedule/event/fosdem-2025-6340-forkserver-coming-to-firefox-on-linux/
21:20 Hector martin resigns from Asahi as well
https://marcan.st/2025/02/resigning-as-asahi-linux-project-lead/
24:14 Research shows AI is overhyped
https://www.techradar.com/computing/artificial-intelligence/shut-it-all-down-microsoft-research-suggests-ai-usage-is-making-us-feel-dumber-but-you-dont-need-to-panic-yet
https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/12/australian_treasury_copilot_pilot_assessment/
https://www.bbc.com/mediacentre/2025/bbc-research-shows-issues-with-answers-from-artificial-intelligence-assistants
28:24 FEX update for better x86 emulation on ARM
https://fex-emu.com/FEX-2502/
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February 08, 2025 Fedora looks at adding AI, kernel maintainer resigns over Rust issues, GNOME 48 changes
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01:53 Fedora looks at adding AI
https://blogs.gnome.org/uraeus/2025/02/03/looking-ahead-at-2025-and-fedora-workstation-and-jobs-on-offer/
04:44 More debate on Rust in the kernel
https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/05/mixing_rust_and_c_linux/
https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/[email protected]/#r
08:36 GNOME 48 changes fonts & adds HDR
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/02/gnome-introduces-new-ui-monospace-adwaita-fonts
https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNOME-48-HDR
11:22 Firefox has an AI detector now
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/02/deepfake-is-an-ai-detector-firefox-addon
13:27 Nova open source Nvidia driver has it’s first implementation
https://www.phoronix.com/news/NOVA-Core-Patches
15:44 Alpine and Flathub also lose some of their hosting
https://linuxiac.com/alpine-linux-appeals-for-hosting-support/
17:47 EU bans harmful uses of AI
https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/02/ai-systems-with-unacceptable-risk-are-now-banned-in-the-eu/
19:58 Rumors of Valve Steam Console are probably not true
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/02/the-latest-valve-steam-console-rumour-with-amd-rdna4-can-be-safely-ignored-heres-why/
21:29 Blocking Linux gamers turned out great for Apex
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/02/blocking-linux-steam-deck-in-apex-legends-led-to-a-meaningful-reduction-in-cheaters/
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February 01, 2025 Mesa, Wayland & X.org in trouble, Debian leaves X, GNOME 48 alpha
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01:59 Mesa, Wayland and X.org lose their hosting
https://www.phoronix.com/news/2025-XOrg-FreeDesktop-Cloud
04:14 Debian quits Twitter
https://news.itsfoss.com/debian-logs-off-twitter/
06:29 GNOME 48 alpha is out
https://discourse.gnome.org/t/gnome-48-alpha-released/26414
https://download.gnome.org/teams/releng/48.alpha.8/NEWS
08:35 Triple buffering for GNOME still not coming
https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNOME-Triple-Buffering-Direct
10:16 Kernel wifi maintainer steps down without replacement
https://linuxiac.com/linux-kernel-surpasses-40-million-lines/
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Wireless-Maintainer-2025
12:19 Facebook blocking posts linked to Linux
https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20250127#sitenews
https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/28/facebook_blocks_distrowatch/
14:33 NTSync lands in kernel 6.14
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/ntsync-for-proton-wine-now-in-linux-kernel-6-14-that-should-make-many-steamos-users-happy/
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/ntsync-driver-support-heads-to-wine-in-a-new-merge-request/
16:00 OpenAI accuses another model of stealing their stolen work
https://www.techradar.com/pro/us-navy-bans-use-of-deepseek-in-any-capacity-due-to-potential-security-and-ethical-concerns
https://www.techradar.com/computing/artificial-intelligence/openai-says-deepseek-used-its-models-illegally-and-it-has-evidence-to-prove-it-new-report-claims
18:01 Steam Deck is getting outclassed, by a lot
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonevangelho/2025/01/28/the-steam-deck-suddenly-has-a-serious-switch-2-problem/
21:02 Steam Deck plugin to add frame generation
https://www.techradar.com/gaming/steam-deck/steam-deck-fans-youre-in-for-a-good-one-amds-fsr-3-frame-generation-is-now-available-on-valves-handheld-thanks-to-a-new-decky-plugin
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January 25, 2025 Intel rediscovers Modular PCs, Arch Survey results, Kernel 6.13
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01:43 Intel reinvents modular PCs
https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/23/intel_modular_pc_designs/
04:56 Linux kernel 6.13 is out
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/01/linux-kernel-6-13-release-features
07:28 Deepin 25 is a big departure
https://www.deepin.org/en/deepin-25-pre-is-officially-released/
https://linuxiac.com/deepin-linux-25-preview/
09:53 Arch Linux survey yields interesting results
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1c1MAsXxMFp_UbNJur5-v7k5-4aBWzsm9fXmdZp7dmpA/viewanalytics
13:23 AI benchmark didn’t disclose funding from OpenAI
https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/19/ai-benchmarking-organization-criticized-for-waiting-to-disclose-funding-from-openai/
15:41 Wine 10 is released
https://gitlab.winehq.org/wine/wine/-/releases/wine-10.0
19:18 Ubuntu improves Flutter with multi window support
https://ubuntu.com//blog/multiple-window-flutter-desktop
21:15 AMD builds their own optimized Wayland compositor
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/amd-reveals-amdgpu-composition-stack-a-fork-of-waylands-weston-compositor-for-advancing-the-linux-desktop/
23:36 Game devs start taking Linux into account
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/gdc-2025-survey-shows-pc-game-development-growing-with-lots-interested-in-valves-steam-deck/
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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 11, 2025 Linux Foundation endorses Chromium, SteamOS ISO is coming
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02:24 Linux Foundation teams up with Google on Chromium
https://www.linuxfoundation.org/press/linux-foundation-announces-the-launch-of-supporters-of-chromium-based-browsers
05:51 SteamOS ISO is coming with Legion Go S
https://news.lenovo.com/pressroom/press-releases/lenovo-legion-unleashes-next-gen-gaming-power-at-ces-2025/
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/593110/view/529834914570306831
08:06 Microsoft working on a SteamOS competing interface
https://www.techradar.com/computing/windows/microsoft-is-finally-fighting-back-against-the-rise-of-steamos-by-overhauling-windows-11-to-be-better-on-handhelds
10:00 Budgie has a few things to announce
https://buddiesofbudgie.org/blog/state-of-the-budgie-2024
12:11 Cosmic alpha 5 is out
https://blog.system76.com/post/cosmic-alpha-5-released
14:14 KDE Plasma 6.3 beta is out
https://kde.org/announcements/changelogs/plasma/6/6.2.5-6.2.90/
16:13 Geforce Now will have an official Steam Deck app
https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/geforce-now-ces-2025/
18:03 AUR removes ARM only software
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Arch-Linux-AUR-Requires-x86_64
19:31 Firefox 134 has some nice features
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/01/firefox-134-brings-touch-hold-gestures-to-linux-ecosia-search-more
21:49 Marvel Rivals dev lifts Linux gamers ban
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2025/01/marvel-rivals-lifts-100-year-cheating-bans-on-mac-and-steam-deck-players/
23:29 Dell kills XPS brand, Linux support uncertain
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/01/the-end-of-an-era-dell-will-no-longer-make-xps-computers/
25:06 Apple’s AI is as bad as everyone else’s
https://www.techradar.com/computing/artificial-intelligence/apples-ai-headlines-are-more-of-a-break-from-reality-than-breaking-news
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January 04, 2025 Github's fake stars, Nvidia's $700M open source bet, KDE looks healthy
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00:00 Intro
01:55 Github has a big malware problem
https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/github-has-a-major-problem-with-fake-rankings-which-could-put-users-at-risk-of-attack
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2412.13459
05:33 KDE’s dev community looks very healthy
http://blog.davidedmundson.co.uk/blog/i-measured-kdes-commit-stats-and-the-results-surprised-me/
08:53 Nvidia open sources $700M tech
https://venturebeat.com/ai/nvidia-acquires-software-maker-runai-to-orchestrate-gpu-clouds-for-ai/
https://www.run.ai/blog/run-ai-joins-nvidia
11:43 Linux’s steam marketshare breaks its barrier
https://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/?platform=linux
14:28 Mozilla’s AI assistant is here
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/12/orbit-by-mozilla-ai-assistant-firefox-extension
17:04 X.org is an undead project
https://www.phoronix.com/news/X.Org-Server-2024-GitStats
19:46 Bottles moves to Rust and Libcosmic
https://usebottles.com/posts/2024-12-27-rust-libcosmic-next/?s=09
https://usebottles.com/posts/2023-10-05-bottles-next-a-new-chapter/
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December 28, 2024 Open Source worth $7B, no Apple search, custom kernels no longer useful
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02:18 Open Source estimated at 7 Billion dollars
https://www.techradar.com/pro/open-source-software-is-now-a-multi-billion-dollar-industry
https://opensourcefundingsurvey2024.com/
05:20 Apple won’t make a search engine
https://www.macrumors.com/2024/12/24/apple-explains-why-it-wont-make-search-engine/
08:45 Alternative kernels aren’t necessary anymore
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.12-Liquorix-Performance
11:16 Wayland now has clipboard and workspaces protocols
https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/wayland-devel/2024-December/043920.html
12:55 New USB and notifications portals are here
https://github.com/flatpak/xdg-desktop-portal/releases/tag/1.19.1
14:30 Home assistant has its first voice hardware
https://www.home-assistant.io/blog/2024/12/19/voice-preview-edition-the-era-of-open-voice/
16:37 SerpentOS has its first alpha
https://serpentos.com/blog/2024/12/23/serpent-os-enters-alpha/
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December 21, 2024 Lenovo will use SteamOS, EU investigates TikTok, Mozilla focuses on Ads and AI
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02:21 First SteamOS device will be from Lenovo
https://www.theverge.com/2024/12/13/24320477/lenovo-legion-go-s-steamos-handheld-gaming-pc-rumors
https://www.theverge.com/2024/12/19/24325072/lenovo-legion-go-ces-event-valve-microsoft
05:05 EU investigates TikTok as well
https://www.reuters.com/business/eu-opens-investigation-into-tiktok-over-election-interference-2024-12-17/
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/thousands-attend-pro-european-rally-romania-ahead-presidential-run-off-vote-2024-12-06/
07:56 Mozilla focuses on AI and ads
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/12/mozilla-financial-report-2023-revenue-increase
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/foundation/annualreport/2024/article/evolving-together-redefining-mozilla-in-the-ai-era/
11:38 XFCE 4.20 is out
https://alexxcons.github.io/blogpost_14.html
15:07 Android beta now has a working Linux terminal
https://www.androidcentral.com/apps-software/android-15-qpr2-beta-2-is-here-with-our-first-look-at-the-working-linux-terminal-app
16:52 Youtube will add controls to opt-in to AI training
https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/15509945?sjid=15424655719271367089-NC
https://techcrunch.com/2024/12/16/youtube-will-let-creators-opt-out-into-third-party-ai-training/
19:54 RHEL benchmarks show Linux gets faster, not slower
https://www.phoronix.com/review/rhel-10-beta-benchmarks/6
21:55 Peertube 7 redesigns the entire interface
https://joinpeertube.org/news/release-7.0
23:52 Windows bests Linux for latest Arc GPUs
https://www.phoronix.com/review/intel-arc-b580-windows-linux/7
25:56 The new System76 laptop looks pretty good
https://system76.com/laptops/pang15/configure
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