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Aug 31, 2024 38 min

New Linux Console, Rust and BcacheFS drama, KDE donations

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👏 Support the show here: 👏 Patreon supporters get the daily Linux & Open Source audio show! https://www.patreon.com/thelinuxexperiment https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/thelinuxexp https://liberapay.com/TheLinuxExperiment/ 👕 Buy TLE Merch: 👕 https://the-linux-experiment.creator-spring.com/ 📹 Watch Linux videos: 📹 https://www.youtube.com/thelinuxexperiment 🎙️ Leave your feedback here: 🎙️ https://podcast.thelinuxexp.com 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/ 💻 Get a Linux computer from our sponsor, Tuxedo💻 https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en# 👏 Support the show here: 👏 Patreon supporters get the daily Linux & Open Source audio show! https://www.patreon.com/thelinuxexperiment Or you can support me with a one time donation: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/thelinuxexp https://liberapay.com/TheLinuxExperiment/ 👕 Buy TLE Merch: 👕 https://the-linux-experiment.creator-spring.com/ 📹 Watch Linux videos: 📹 https://www.youtube.com/thelinuxexperiment 🎙️ Leave your feedback here: 🎙️ https://podcast.thelinuxexp.com

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  1. 0:00 Intro
  2. 1:28 Microsoft broke Linux dual boots
  3. 7:56 Google pushed influencers to give good Pixel reviews
  4. 12:44 Nvidia open drivers are out
  5. 15:15 GNOME 47 beta is out
  6. 18:47 KDE metrics and telemetry results
  7. 25:09 KDE makes more HDR progress
  8. 28:21 GNOME merges lots of STF pieces
  9. 30:35 Ubuntu focuses a bit on the desktop
  10. 33:46 Another AI lawsuit
  11. 37:12 Gaming: Gamemode, performance and new FOSS RTS

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