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Sep 7, 2024 37 min

Linux grows again, KDE overspends (but it's fine), Ubuntu has upgrade problems

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  1. 0:00 Intro
  2. 1:15 Linux desktop market share keeps growing
  3. 4:18 Canonical blocks the upgrade to 24.04 LTS
  4. 7:03 KDE overspent in 2023, but it's all on purpose
  5. 11:30 Wayland gains 3 new protocols
  6. 13:45 Servo web engine making progress
  7. 15:12 Debian ponders an aggressive package removal
  8. 19:32 Intel's new chips seem to outclass ARM chips now
  9. 24:09 Google might develop Firefox's JPEG XL decoder
  10. 28:05 Windows on ARM has the same problems as Linux
  11. 33:24 Gaming: Market share

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