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

video: https://youtu.be/_sW55AvLlkA Comment on the TWIL Forum 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! Download as MP3 Sponsored by Sandfly Security, the revolutionary agentless platform designed for Linux. Visit https://thisweekinlinux.com/sandfly to experience security that's not just effective but gives you peace of mind. No agents. No downtime. Just cutting-edge protection. Support the Show Become a Patron = tuxdigital.com/membership Store = tuxdigital.com/store 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/ https://tuxdigital.com/Discord https://tuxdigital.com/forum Support the show https://tuxdigital.com/membership https://store.tuxdigital.com/