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Patroncast - S04E36 - My current issues with Linux & teaching update
Hey everyone!In this episode, I rant about:00:54 A Linux user report, basically my list of small issues I have under Linux, on the laptop and on the gaming PC14:19 An update on teaching, after the first day, the fact that it's a LOT more work than I thought, and using OnlyOffice to crete presentationsI hope you'll enjpy listening to this one, and I hope you'll have a great week!Best,Nick
Daily Linux & Open Source News - S01E173 - KDE goals, Plasma 6.2, and GTK update
Hey everyone!In this one, we have:00:05 KDE defined its 3 main goals for the next yearshttps://blogs.kde.org/2024/09/07/kde-goals-a-new-cycle-begins/03:58 GTK updates its rendering backendhttps://www.phoronix.com/news/GTK-4.16-Released05:33 Plasma 6.2 gets some new features before feature freezehttps://pointieststick.com/2024/09/07/this-week-in-plasma-stabilization-for-6-2/Have a great day!
Daily Linux & Open Source News - S01E172 - KDE went over budget, but it's all fine
Hey everyone!In this one, we have:00:15 Canonical blocks the upgrade to 24.04 LTShttps://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/09/canonical-halts-ubuntu-24-04-lts-upgrades-again02:41 KDE overspent in 2023, but it's all on purposehttps://ev.kde.org/reports/ev-2023/06:22 Gaming: SteamOS & Open Black&Whitehttps://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1675200/view/4572930514754109593https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/09/black-white-2001-open-source-game-engine-sees-a-first-release/Have a great day, and a great week-end!
Daily Linux & Open Source News - S01E171 - Windows on ARM users enjoy some of Linux's problems now
Hey everyone!In this one, we have:00:05 Google might develop Firefox's JPEG XL decoderhttps://www.phoronix.com/news/Mozilla-Interest-JPEG-XL-Rust04:30 Ubuntu's new security centerhttps://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/09/ubuntus-new-security-center-readies-stable-release07:30 Windows on ARM support, and problemshttps://www.phoronix.com/news/Microsoft-Surface-Pro-5G-Linuxhttps://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/microsoft-rolled-out-ai-pcs-that-can-t-play-top-games-and-there-s-no-quick-fix/ar-AA1pUDSXHave a great day!
Daily Linux & Open Source News - S01E170 - Intel's new chips & Debian package removal
Hey everyone!In this one, we have:00:05 Debian ponders an aggressive package removalhttps://www.phoronix.com/news/Debian-Debates-Unmaintained-SW04:29 Intel's new chips seem to outclass ARM chips nowhttps://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/intel-launches-lunar-lake-claims-arm-beating-battery-life-worlds-fastest-mobile-cpu-coresHave a great day!
Daily Linux & Open Source News - S01E169 - Firefox 130, Linux desktop share grows again
Hey everyone!In this one, we have:00:05 Linux desktop market share keeps growinghttps://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/09/linux-smashes-another-market-share-record-for-august-2024-on-statcounter/03:44 Firefox 130 has some nice featureshttps://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/09/mozilla-firefox-130-new-features07:10 GNOME 47 get solid compositor updates, with HDRhttps://www.phoronix.com/news/GNOME-Mutter-47-RCHave a great day!
Patroncast S04E35 - Ai on Linux & teaching job
Hey everyone!In this one, I talk about:00:36 An update on my new teaching job11:56 Deepin's AI integration, and how Linux might need some Ai tools to stay competitive in the futureAs always, don't hesitate to let me know your thoughts in the comments, and I hope you'll have a great week!
Daily Linux & Open Source News - S01E168 - Wayland supports per window icons now
Hey everyone,In this episode, we have:00:05 Wayland gains 3 new protocolshttps://www.phoronix.com/news/Wayland-Protocols-1.3702:49 Servo web engine making progresshttps://servo.org/blog/2024/08/31/this-month-in-servo/04:33 Linux gaming market share drops downhttps://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/Steam-Hardware-Software-Survey-Welcome-to-SteamHavea nice day!
Daily Linux & Open Source News - S01E167 - EmuDeck makes hardware now
hey everyone!In this one, we have:00:05 Thunderbird launches new servicehttps://blog.thunderbird.net/2024/08/plan-less-do-more-introducing-appointment-by-thunderbird/03:30 EmuDeck launches their own Linux consolehttps://overkill.wtf/emudeck-announce-emudeck-machine-hardware/Have a great day!
Daily Linux & Open Source News - S01E166 - Rust in Linux drama pushes maintainer out
Hey everyone!In this one, we have:00:05 KDE gets a "asking for donations" notificationhttps://pointieststick.com/2024/08/28/asking-for-donations-in-plasma/04:54 Rust+Linux drama makes maintainer leavehttps://www.phoronix.com/news/Rust-Linux-Maintainer-Step-Down07:30 Steam Deck now has 16 000 gameshttps://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/08/steam-deck-reaches-over-16000-playable-and-verified-games/Have a great day!
Daily Linux & Open Source News -S01E165 - Microsoft drops the Mono project
Hey everyone!In this one, we have:00:05 KDE Neon and icon updateshttps://blog.neon.kde.org/2024/08/27/kde-neon-rebase-progressing/https://blog.broulik.de/2024/08/fresh-breeze-dialog-icons/02:32 Microsoft drops mono into Wine's laphttps://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/08/microsoft-mono-project-to-wine05:24 Pidgin plugin contained keyloggerhttps://linuxiac.com/keylogging-plugin-discovered-in-pidgin-messaging-app/07:28 Steam Deck still sells really wellhttps://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/08/black-myth-wukong-shows-very-clearly-valve-are-selling-a-lo...
Daily Linux & Open Source News - S01E164 - FreeBSD gets big funding
Hey everyone!In today's episode, we have:00:05 FreeBSD receives 680K euroshttps://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/sovereign-tech-fund-to-invest-e686400-in-freebsd-infrastructure-modernization/02:35 A few more things about Cosmichttps://blog.system76.com/post/cosmic-alpha-released-heres-what-people-are-saying05:14 Cemu now has solid Linux supporthttps://github.com/cemu-project/Cemu/releases/tag/v2.1Have a great day!
Patroncast S04E34 - Successful move, and teaching job begins soon
Hey everyone!In this one, I talk about:00:29 The move that we made last week, how we're getting setup, and a little link to a very quick video tour of the flatLink to the video tour: https://youtu.be/nzyi4sntZvE(still processing at the time I'm publishing this, should be ready by the time you listen, or when you're done listening :) )15:42 The teaching job that I'll start Friday next week, how I'm going to have to move fast to create the course, and how I'll handle this on top of the channelI hope you'll enjoy listen...
Daily Linux & Open Source News - S01E163 - Torvalds on AI and Rust, BcacheFS issues
Hey everyone!In this one, we have:00:05 Wine 9.16https://gitlab.winehq.org/wine/wine/-/releases/wine-9.16https://www.phoronix.com/news/Wine-9.16-Released01:51 Linux Torvalds talks Rust and AIhttps://www.zdnet.com/article/linus-torvalds-talks-ai-rust-adoption-and-why-the-linux-kernel-is-the-only-thing-that-matters/05:01 Nvidia drivers crashing on recent kernelshttps://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/08/nvidia-driver-with-linux-kernel-6-10-causing-kernel-oops/06:53 BcacheFS is stirring up some dramahttps://www.phoronix.com/news/Linus-Torvalds-Bcachefs...
Topics for September
Hey everyone!Here is what I'll be working on in September, and what you can vote on :)Linux News: as usual, every Saturday, so that's 4 videos for SeptemberGNOME 47: it will release on the 18th, and I'll obviously try it out and make a video about it.I used Windows 11 for 30 days: I'll install Windows 11 and use it as a daily driver for most of the month, unless it really doesn't want to work and it puts me behind for a deadline. I'll publish my opinions about it in a videoAs per what you can vote on, here are the choice...
Daily Linux & Open Source News - S01E162 - Nvidia drivers & GNOME 47 Beta
Hey everyone!I this one, we have:00:22 Nvidia open drivers are outhttps://linuxiac.com/nvidia-560-35-linux-gpu-driver/02: 26 GNOME 47 beta is outhttps://9to5linux.com/gnome-47-beta-desktop-released-with-many-changes-heres-whats-new05:24 Linux caught up to Windows performancehttps://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonevangelho/2024/08/21/linux-scores-a-surprising-gaming-victory-against-windows-11/Have a great day, and a fantastic week-end!
Daily Linux & Open Source News - S01E161 - Microsoft breaks Linux dual boots
Hey everyone!In this one, we have:00:05 Microsoft broke Linux dual bootshttps://arstechnica.com/security/2024/08/a-patch-microsoft-spent-2-years-preparing-is-making-a-mess-for-some-linux-users/03:31 Ubuntu focuses a bit on the desktophttps://canonical.com/careers/all?filter=Engineeringhttps://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/ubuntu-desktop-s-24-10-dev-cycle-part-4-august-update/4721706:55 Another AI lawsuithttps://www.reuters.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/authors-sue-anthropic-copyright-infringement-over-ai-training-2024-08-20/Have a great day!
Daily Linux & Open Source News - S01E160 - Google tries to bribe people for positive Pixel reviews
Hey everyone!In this one, we have:00:05 Google pushed influencers to give good Pixel reviewshttps://www.theverge.com/2024/8/16/24221755/google-team-pixel-reviews-influencers05:08Gamemode has a new updatehttps://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/08/linux-system-performance-optimizer-gamemode-v182-out-now-fixing-hybrid-cpu-core-pinning/07:36 New FOSS RTS game looks nicehttps://www.beyondallreason.info/downloadHave a nice day!
Patroncast S04E33 - Wine issues and back to gaming
Hey everyone!In this one, I talk about:01:22 Wine, reasons why it supports games better than apps, and other thoughts on the matter15:11 Going back to gaming because my weird brain can't stick to a hobby for more than a few months at a timeHave a great week!
Daily Linux & Open Source News - S01E159 - GNOME & KDE progress
Hey everyone!In this one, we have:00:35 KDE makes more HDR progresshttps://pointieststick.com/2024/08/16/this-week-in-kde-system-settings-modernization-and-wayland-color-management/04:45 GNOME merges lots of STF pieceshttps://thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2024/08/twig-161/https://thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2024/08/twig-160/Have a great day!
Daily Linux & Open Source News - S01E158 - Deepin 23
Hey everyone!In this one, we have:00:05 Ubuntu 24.10 has nostalgia inducing featureshttps://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/08/ubuntu-24-10-anniversary-easter-eggs02:54 High profile FOSS projects leave Github tokens publichttps://www.techradar.com/pro/security/many-top-level-open-source-projects-found-leaking-github-auth-tokens05:47 Deepin 23 is outhttps://linuxiac.com/deepin-linux-23-released/Have a nice day, and a nice week-end!
Daily Linux & Open Source News - S01E157 - Valve confirms SteamOS on other devices
Hey everyone!In this one, we have:00:12 Valve confirms they want SteamOS on other deviceshttps://www.theverge.com/2024/8/13/24219469/valve-steamos-asus-rog-ally-steady-progress-dual-boot03:15 Steam wants cleaner app listingshttps://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamworks/announcements/detail/420137656891504883606:05 New research says AI don't pose a threathttps://neurosciencenews.com/ai-existential-threat-27543/Have a great day!
Daily Linux & Open Source News - S01E156 - EU's new law might hurt FOSS
Hey everyone!In this one, we have:00:05 Flathub passes 2B downloadshttps://docs.flathub.org/blog/2-billion-downloads-2024/02:51 EU's new law could hurt open source, says Canonicalhttps://ubuntu.com//blog/the-cyber-resilience-act-what-it-means-for-open-source07:44 US considers breaking up Googlehttps://news.bloomberglaw.com/ip-law/doj-mulls-asking-for-google-breakup-after-landmark-antitrust-winHave a great day!
Daily Linux & Open Source News - S01E155 - Linux Foundation adds AI to their roster
Hey everyone!In this one, we have:00:05 Linux foundation now works on AIhttps://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Foundation-OMI-AI-Models02:51 x86 emulator for ARM gets even better performancehttps://fex-emu.com/FEX-2408/05:10 Apple forces Patreon to move to its payment systemhttps://techcrunch.com/2024/08/12/apple-says-patreon-must-switch-to-its-billing-system-or-risk-removal-from-app-store/Have a great day!
Patroncast - S04E32 - Moving is the best time for new habits
Hey everyone!In this one, I talk about preparing the move to the new flat (we're almost done with packing), and about building new habits while we're at it, notably completely dropping vaping after I had dropped nicotine liquids, resuming my exercize routine and the like.I hope you'll enjoy, and I hope you'll have a great week!
Daily Linux & Open Source News - S01E154 - Mozilla is refocusing on Firefox
Hey everyone!In this one, we have:00:05 Mozilla says they're refocusing on Firefoxhttps://www.fastcompany.com/91167564/mozilla-wants-you-to-love-firefox-again04:30 Wayland screen capture protocol is donehttps://www.phoronix.com/news/Wayland-Merges-Screen-Capture06:14 Wine 9.15 is outhttps://gitlab.winehq.org/wine/wine/-/releases/wine-9.1507:35 Thunderbird adds system tray iconhttps://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/08/thunderbird-beta-linux-tray-iconHave a great day!
Daily Linux & Open Source News - S01E153 - Ubuntu changes their Linux kernel policy
Hey everyone!In this one, we have:00:05 Ubuntu will release with newer kernels nowhttps://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/kernel-version-selection-for-ubuntu-releases/4700702:58 Convertible Linux laptop with touchscreenhttps://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en/TUXEDO-InfinityFlex-14-Gen1.tuxedo04:51 Cosmic alpha is outhttps://system76.com/cosmicHave a great day!
Daily Linux & Open Source News - S01E152 - elementaryOS 8 in September?
Hey everyone!In this one, we have:00:05 More HDR work in GNOME 47https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNOME-47-Mutter-More-HDR-Prep02:25 elementary OS 8 in september?https://blog.elementary.io/updates-for-august-2024/05:36 Chrome's manifest v3 transition is ongoinghttps://www.techradar.com/computing/browsers/google-chrome-users-be-warned-a-long-planned-change-to-browser-extensions-is-coming-to-fruition-that-could-nuke-your-ad-blockerHave a nice day!
Daily Linux & Open Source News - S01E151 - AMD goes back on open source CUDA
Hey everyone!In this one, we have:00:05 Better ROG Ally support incominghttps://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/08/better-asus-rog-ally-x-support-on-linux-is-coming-with-a-big-kernel-patch/01:59 AMD goes back on open source CUDAhttps://www.phoronix.com/news/AMD-ZLUDA-CUDA-Taken-Down5:20 Apple's AI has some weirdly specific instructionshttps://www.macrumors.com/2024/08/06/apples-hidden-ai-prompts-discovered-in-macos-beta/Have a great day!
Daily Linux & Open Source News - S01E150 - Google loses big court case, GNOME adds tray icons
Hey everyone!In this one, we have about:00:05 Google search ruled as a monopolyhttps://www.androidcentral.com/apps-software/justice-department-vs-google-ruling-search-dominance04:24 GNOME adds tray icon support backhttps://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/08/gnome-official-status-icons-extension07:20 Nvidia allegedly scraped millions of youtube and netflix videoshttps://www.engadget.com/ai/nvidias-ai-team-reportedly-scraped-youtube-netflix-videos-without-permission-204942022.htmlHave a great day!
