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00:00 Intro

01:22 New Cosmic DE update

https://blog.system76.com/post/your-monthly-cosmic-fix

05:28 GNOME funding seems fine

https://foundation.gnome.org/reports/

08:23 New attack bypasses VPNS

https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/05/novel-attack-against-virtually-all-vpn-apps-neuters-their-entire-purpose/

12:00 Pokemon Go players are adding fake data to OSM

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2024/05/pokemon-go-players-are-altering-public-map-data-to-catch-rare-pokemon/

https://community.openstreetmap.org/t/beware-of-fake-beaches-pokemon-go/112413/43?ref=404media.co

16:06 GNOME updates

https://thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2024/05/twig-146/

19:10 elementary OS 8 should be close

https://blog.elementary.io/updates-for-may-2024/

22:09 Fedora Asahi 40 is out

https://fedoramagazine.org/fedora-asahi-remix-40-is-now-available/

24:13 ClearLinux still out performs Ubuntu and Fedora

https://www.phoronix.com/review/intel-ubuntu2404-fedora40/6

28:08 AMD opens up more documentation

https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMD-MES-Firmware-Docs

30:40 Valve contributes to NVK

https://www.phoronix.com/news/NVK-Explicit-Sync-Valve

33:40 Google’s Flutter layoffs are worrying for Ubuntu

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/05/googles-flutter-team-layoffs-leave-ubuntu-devs-in-a-flap

37:06 Gaming: SteamOS, SteamVR, Playtron OS

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/05/playtron-give-a-bit-more-detail-on-the-linux-based-playtronos-and-their-plans/

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/05/steamvr-25-released-with-multiple-linux-fixes/

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1675200/view/4213757668851885208

43:37 Outro


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00:00 Intro

01:35 NixOS isn’t dying, but it’s not doing well

https://discourse.nixos.org/t/nixos-is-not-dying-please-dont-spread-fear-actively/44310

https://determinate.systems/posts/on-community-in-nix/

https://paste.shark-harmonic.ts.net/paste/abd339e0-2317-402b-8d8e-97e580537263/md

https://xeiaso.net/blog/2024/much-ado-about-nothing/

09:14 GNOME breaks non GNOME apps with Adwaita icons

https://cullmann.io/posts/kate-and-icons/

https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/adwaita-icon-theme/-/issues/288

15:33 GNOME needs some money

https://ramcq.net/2024/04/26/update-from-the-gnome-board/

18:28 Windows 11 is very unpopular

https://www.neowin.net/news/windows-10-reaches-70-market-share-as-windows-11-keeps-declining/

21:18 Mint forks GNOME apps

https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4675

26:50 Don’t upgrade to Ubuntu 24.04 yet

https://linuxiac.com/do-not-try-to-upgrade-to-ubuntu-24-04-at-this-time/

30:11 KDE Neon explains their failed Plasma 6 upgrade

https://blog.neon.kde.org/2024/04/29/kde-neon-post-plasma-6-updates-review/

32:30 More lawsuits against OpenAI

https://www.axios.com/2024/04/30/microsoft-openai-lawsuit-copyright-newspapers-alden-global

36:56 Proton 9.0 is out

https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/releases/tag/proton-9.0-1

38:57 Outro


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00:00 Intro

01:17 The downfall of Google Search

https://www.wheresyoured.at/the-men-who-killed-google/

07:07 The US really wants a TikTok ban

https://www.npr.org/2024/04/20/1245594589/house-approves-bill-tiktok-ban

https://www.techradar.com/news/tiktok-ban-will-the-app-be-banned-in-the-us-and-how-would-that-work

13:33 Nvidia contributes to NVK

https://www.phoronix.com/news/NVIDIA-NVK-Conservative

16:20 Ubuntu 24.04 is out

https://youtu.be/LGIWeld3Zwc

20:31 Fedora 40 is out

https://fedoramagazine.org/announcing-fedora-linux-40/

https://linuxiac.com/slimbook-fedora-2-laptop/

23:23 GNOME delivers big improvement in 46.1

https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNOME-Mutter-46.1-Released

25:30 Framework wants more than laptops

https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/23/24138475/framework-laptop-product-categories-new

28:58 Home Assistant is growing a lot

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/04/home-assistants-new-foundation-focused-on-privacy-choice-and-sustainability/

31:34 Ecosia launches their browser

https://www.ecosia.org/browser

34:39 Apple’s AI will be ethically trained

https://appleinsider.com/articles/24/04/24/apples-generative-ai-may-be-the-only-one-that-was-trained-legally-ethically

37:47 Gaming: NVK performance, Nintendo strikes again

https://www.phoronix.com/news/NVK-Implicit-Pipeline-Caching

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/04/garrys-mod-forced-to-remove-nintendo-content-after-takedowns/

41:09 Outro


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00:00 Intro

01:17 Flatpak has a sandbox escape flaw

https://linuxiac.com/flatpak-patch-addresses-major-sandbox-escape-flaw/

05:08 Cosmic will be able to theme all GTK apps

https://blog.system76.com/post/hammering-out-cosmic-features

11:50 Gentoo doesn’t want AI assisted contributions

https://linuxiac.com/gentoo-council-implements-ban-on-ai-assisted-contributions/

15:48 Framework is struggling on software

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/04/frameworks-software-and-firmware-have-been-a-mess-but-its-working-on-them/

19:51 Nouveau maintainer works for Nvidia, submits more code

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Ben-Skeggs-Joins-NVIDIA

https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNOME-NVIDIA-Copy-Acceleration

23:36 Ubuntu 24.04 beats Windows 11 by 20%

https://www.phoronix.com/review/framework-16-windows-linux

25:46 Terraform vs OpenTofu license battle

https://thenewstack.io/opentofu-project-denies-hashicorps-allegations-of-code-theft/

28:37 Fedora & OpenSUSE wants reproducible packages

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Fedora-41-More-Reproducible-RPM

https://news.opensuse.org/2024/04/18/factory-bit-reproducible-builds/
https://reproducible-builds.org/docs/buy-in/

32:10 Solid improvements coming to Plasma 6.1

https://pointieststick.com/2024/04/12/this-week-in-kde-explicit-sync/

32:52 Gaming: NTSYNC driver, x86 on ARM emulation

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.10-Merging-NTSYNC

https://www.phoronix.com/news/FEX-Emulator-2404

41:13 Outro


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00:00 Intro

01:35 Fedora wants to go all in on AI

https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/strategy-2028-april-2024-update/

07:52 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS beta

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/04/ubuntu-24-04-beta-released

11:52 Server vulnerability will be left unfixed

https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/04/supply-chain-snafu-causes-intel-and-others-to-ship-hackable-hardware-for-5-years/?comments=1&comments-page=1

14:53 Explicit sync will fix Wayland on nvidia

https://zamundaaa.github.io/wayland/2024/04/05/explicit-sync.html
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Explicit-GPU-Sync-XWayland-Go

18:28 Proton buys Standard Notes

https://www.zdnet.com/home-and-office/work-life/proton-acquires-standard-notes-to-add-another-tool-to-its-growing-portfolio/

21:56 DE updates to GNOME, KDE, elementary OS, LXQt

https://pointieststick.com/2024/04/05/this-week-in-kde-real-modifier-only-shortcuts-and-cropping-in-spectacle/

https://thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2024/04/twig-142/

https://blog.elementary.io/updates-for-april-2024/

28:15 Mint tries extra fast repos

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Mint-Faster-Repos-Beta

30:25 Small browsers seeing growth in the EU

https://www.reuters.com/technology/eus-new-tech-laws-are-working-small-browsers-gain-market-share-2024-04-10/

33:12 US might soon get better privacy laws

https://www.wired.com/story/apra-congress-online-privacy-proposal/

35:41 Gaming: Wayland as fast as X11, League of Legends

https://www.phoronix.com/review/kde-plasma-6-amd-gaming/4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcS3bPmBefU&t=435s

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/04/riot-games-talk-vanguard-anti-cheat-for-league-of-legends-and-why-its-a-no-for-linux/

42:36 Outro


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00:00 Intro

01:44 A proposal for Fedora to leave GNOME for KDE

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

https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/f42-change-proposal-fedora-plasma-workstation-system-wide/111343/60

07:50 XZ backdoor repercussions

https://linuxiac.com/ubuntu-24-04-lts-beta-release-postponed-due-to-security-concerns/

https://linuxiac.com/after-a-recent-ssh-vulnerability-systemd-reduces-dependencies/

https://9to5linux.com/linux-firmware-update-utility-fwupd-will-use-zstd-compression-for-future-releases

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-xz-backdoor-scanner-detects-implant-in-any-linux-binary/

15:41 German state moves to Linux & FOSS

https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2024/04/04/german-state-moving-30000-pcs-to-libreoffice/

19:42 Germany wants to secure right to encryption

https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/germany-seeks-to-make-encryption-a-legal-right

21:58 Mint 22 shakes things up

https://9to5linux.com/linux-mint-devs-to-ship-thunderbird-as-a-native-deb-package-in-linux-mint-22
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/04/linux-mint-22-adopts-pipewire-hwe-kernels

26:32 AMD will open source more docs and code

https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMD-More-OSS-Hardware-Docs
https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMD-MES-Docs-And-Source-Code

28:16 Thunderbird Exchange support & Snap

https://linuxiac.com/thunderbird-progresses-with-exchange-compatibility/
https://blog.thunderbird.net/2024/04/thundersnap-why-were-helping-maintain-the-thunderbird-snap-on-linux/

32:57 Nitrux will leave KDE Plasma behind

https://linuxiac.com/nitrux-moves-to-maui-shell-bids-farewell-to-kde-plasma/
https://nxos.org/news/plasma-6-in-nitrux-when/

36:09 Linux gaming back at around 2%

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Steam-Survey-March-2024

39:20 Outro

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