• New Linux Console, Rust and BcacheFS drama, KDE donations
    Aug 31 2024

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    00:00 Intro

    01:02 Linux Torvalds talks Rust and AI https://www.zdnet.com/article/linus-torvalds-talks-ai-rust-adoption-and-why-the-linux-kernel-is-the-only-thing-that-matters/

    05:24 Rust+Linux drama makes maintainer leave https://www.phoronix.com/news/Rust-Linux-Maintainer-Step-Down

    09:00 BcacheFS is stirring up some drama https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linus-Torvalds-Bcachefs-Regrets https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/sctzes5z3s2zoadzldrpw3yfycauc4kpcsbpidjkrew5hkz7yf@eejp6nunfpin/

    13:15 Microsoft drops mono into Wine’s lap https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/08/microsoft-mono-project-to-wine

    16:06 FreeBSD receives 680K euros https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/sovereign-tech-fund-to-invest-e686400-in-freebsd-infrastructure-modernization/

    19:08 KDE gets a “asking for donations” notification https://pointieststick.com/2024/08/28/asking-for-donations-in-plasma/

    23:59 Thunderbird launches new service https://blog.thunderbird.net/2024/08/plan-less-do-more-introducing-appointment-by-thunderbird/

    26:41 Pidgin plugin contained keylogger https://linuxiac.com/keylogging-plugin-discovered-in-pidgin-messaging-app/

    29:50Gaming: new Linux console, the Deck is still a hit https://overkill.wtf/emudeck-announce-emudeck-machine-hardware/ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/08/black-myth-wukong-shows-very-clearly-valve-are-selling-a-lot-of-steam-decks/ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/08/steam-deck-reaches-over-16000-playable-and-verified-games/

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  • Microsoft broke Linux dual boots, Google coerces reviewers, GNOME 47 beta
    Aug 24 2024
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  • Could the US break up Google? Deepin 23, SteamOS for other devices
    Aug 17 2024

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    00:00 Intro

    01:37 US considers breaking up Google https://news.bloomberglaw.com/ip-law/doj-mulls-asking-for-google-breakup-after-landmark-antitrust-win

    06:22 Deepin 23 is out https://linuxiac.com/deepin-linux-23-released/

    08:59 Ubuntu 24.10 has nostalgia inducing features https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/08/ubuntu-24-10-anniversary-easter-eggs

    11:31 Mozilla says they’re refocusing on Firefox https://www.fastcompany.com/91167564/mozilla-wants-you-to-love-firefox-again

    15:09 Wayland screen capture protocol is done https://www.phoronix.com/news/Wayland-Merges-Screen-Capture

    16:57 x86 emulator for ARM gets even better performance https://fex-emu.com/FEX-2408/

    18:58 Flathub passes 2B downloads https://docs.flathub.org/blog/2-billion-downloads-2024/

    21:54 High profile FOSS projects leave Github tokens public https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/many-top-level-open-source-projects-found-leaking-github-auth-tokens

    24:25 EU’s new law could hurt open source, says Canonical https://ubuntu.com//blog/the-cyber-resilience-act-what-it-means-for-open-source

    28:40 New research says AI don’t pose a threat https://neurosciencenews.com/ai-existential-threat-27543/

    32:13 Linux foundation now works on AI https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Foundation-OMI-AI-Models

    34:28 Gaming: SteamOS on other devices, Wine 9.15 https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/13/24219469/valve-steamos-asus-rog-ally-steady-progress-dual-boot https://gitlab.winehq.org/wine/wine/-/releases/wine-9.15

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  • Cosmic Alpha is out, elementary OS 8 in September, Nvidia scraped videos for its AI
    Aug 10 2024
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  • A few nice Cosmic reveals, Linux market share gains, macOS more vulnerable than Windows
    Aug 3 2024
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  • Firefox's Opt-out ad setting, AI tool pirated movies, SecureBoot broken
    Jul 27 2024
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  • 3rd party Bug killed Windows PCs across the world, openSUSE needs to change its name
    Jul 20 2024
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  • Fedora 41 drops X11, Copilot lawsuit dismissed, GNOME 47 looks great
    Jul 13 2024
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