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Daily Linux & Open Source News - S01E247: the last for 2024!

Hey everyone!

In this final episode for season 1 and for 2024, we have:

  • 00:05 Lenovo pretty much confirms SteamOS use on handheld

https://www.theverge.com/2024/12/19/24325072/lenovo-legion-go-ces-event-valve-microsoft

  • 03:10 The new System76 laptop looks pretty good

2024-12-20 13:40:21 +0000 UTC View Post

Daily Linux & Open Source News - S01E246 - Mozilla focuses on AI ands private ads

Hey everyone,

In this one, we have:

  • 00:05 OnlyOffice adds AI

https://www.onlyoffice.com/blog/2024/12/new-ai-onlyoffice

  • 05:34 Mozilla focuses on AI and ads

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/12/mozilla-financial-repor...

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Daily Linux & Open Source News - S01E245 - Peertube 7, TikTok investigation in the EU

Hey everyone_

In today's episode, we have:

  • 00:05 Peertube 7 redesigns the entire interface

https://joinpeertube.org/news/release-7.0

  • 03:32 EU investigates TikTok as well

https://www.reuters.com/busin...

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Daily Linux & Open Source News - S01E244 - Android's Linux Terminal, Youtube adds AI controls

Hey everyone!

In today's episode, we have:

  • 00:05 Android beta now has a working Linux terminal

https://www.androidcentral.com/apps-software/android-15-qpr2-beta-2-is-here-with-our-first-look-at-the-working-linux-terminal-app

  • 02:42 Youtube will add controls to opt-in to ...

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Patroncast S04E50 - Channel stuff & the next big Linux desktop transition

Hey everyone!

In this one, I talk about:

  • 00:49 Channel stuff and what's planned for the end of the year

  • 08:21 What is the next big transition for the Linux Desktop

Have a great day, and a great week!

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Daily Linux & Open Source - S01E243 - Lenovo might go with SteamOS, XFCE 4.20

Hey everyone!

In this episode, we have:

  • 00:05 Lenovo Legion S Go could use SteamOS

https://www.theverge.com/2024/12/13/24320477/lenovo-legion-go-s-steamos-handheld-gaming-pc-rumors

  • 02:36 XFCE 4.20 is out

https://...

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Daily Linux & Open Source News - S01E242 - Cosmic on Fedora, & KDE Gear update

Hey everyone!

In today's episode, we have:

  • 00:05 Cosmic proposed as a Fedora Spin

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

  • 02:09 KDE Gear 24.12 has a lot of improvements

https://kde.org/announcements/gear/24.12.0/

Have a great day,...

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Daily Linux & Open Source News - S01E241 - Mint 22.1 Beta, Firefox ditches Do Not Track

Hey everyone!

In today's episode, we have:

  • 00:05 Firefox drops Do Not Track

https://www.techradar.com/computing/firefox-is-ending-do-not-track-but-there-are-better-ways-to-protect-your-privacy-heres-what-i-recommend

  • 02:55 Mint 22.1 beta is out

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Daily Linux & Open Source News - S01E240 - Arch gets half a million, Refurbished OLED Decks

Hey everyone!

In today's episode, we have:

  • 00:05 Arch Linux gets half a million euros

https://lists.archlinux.org/archives/list/arch-dev-public@lists.archlinux.org/thread/MZLH43574GGP7QQ7RKAAIRFT5LJPCEB4/

  • 03:21 Valve now sells refurbished Steam Deck OLED

2024-12-11 09:41:56 +0000 UTC View Post

Daily Linux & Open Source News - S01E239 - Post Open wants each FOSS contributor to get paid

Hey everyone!

In today's episode, we have:

  • 00:05 NTSYNC patches might bring better FPS for games

https://www.phoronix.com/news/NTSYNC-Linux-v6-Patches

  • 02:55 Post Open model wants FOSS devs to get paid

2024-12-10 09:27:40 +0000 UTC View Post

Daily Linux & Open Source News - S01E238 - Flathub is its own entity, TikTok ban getting closer

Hey everyone!

In this one, we have:

  • 00:05 Flathub will be its own entity, separate from GNOME

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/flathub-to-become-a-self-sustaining-entity-and-theyre-looking-to-hire-someone-to-help/

  • 04:18 TikTok ban is getting closer

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Patroncast S04E49 - New channel, & ideas to regain free time and transform TLE

Hey everyone!

I hope you're doing well :)

In this episode, I talk about:

  • 01:00 The new Warhammer channel, how nice it is to have a "small channel" experience again, especially in the comment section

  • 09:39 How to regain some amount of free time, and potential changes I could make to my activities, and the Linux channel

Let me know what you think, and have a great day!

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Daily Linux & Open Source News - S01E237 - Cosmic Alpha 4, Nvidia Drivers

Hey everyone!

In this one, we have:

  • 00:05 Cosmic alpha 4 is out

https://blog.system76.com/post/cosmic-alpha-4

  • 04:20 New stable Nvidia drivers

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/nvidia-565-77-stable-driver-for-linux-relea...

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Daily Linux & Open Source News - S01E236 - SteamOS for other devices & Mozilla rebrand

Hey everyone!

In today's episode, we have:

  • 00:05 Guidelines confirm SteamOS on other devices

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/valves-new-branding-guidelines-hint-at-steam-decks-steamos-for-more-devices/

  • 04:10 Mozilla unveils rebrand and new logo

2024-12-05 08:40:09 +0000 UTC View Post

Daily Linux & Open Source News - S01E235 - Intel's new GPUs with Linux support, LogoFAIL exploited

Hey everyone!

In today's episode, we have:

  • 00:05 Intel shows new Arc GPUs with Linux support

https://www.phoronix.com/review/intel-arc-b580-battlemage

  • 04:03 LogoFail is now actively exploited

2024-12-04 09:45:56 +0000 UTC View Post

Daily Linux & Open Source News - S01E234 - Discord fixes Wayland support, NixOS update

Hey everyone!

In this one, we have:

  • 00:05 Discord finally adds Wayland support

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/looks-like-discord-finally-fixed-linux-screen-and-audio-sharing-with-wayland/

  • 03:09 Vulkan 1.4 is out, most FOSS drivers already ready

2024-12-03 08:55:25 +0000 UTC View Post

Patroncast S04E48 - New channel, health issues and TLE retrospective

Hey everyone!

In today's episode, I ramble about:

  • 01:00 A new channel I started, about an even "nich-ier" topic, in French, but that's boosting my motivation and creativity, so it's cool. Link just in case: https://www.youtube.com/@DecontracteduCTan

  • 08:41 Finally shaking off COVID, after 2 weeks where I kinda had to work anyway

  • 12:30 A little retrospective of Th...

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Daily Linux & Open Source News - S01E233 - KDE gets big donations, another chance at breaking up Google

Hey everyone!

In this one, we have:

  • 00:05 Wayland color management could land soon

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Wayland-Color-Management-Nears

  • 02:07 KDE donation notification gets them big donations

https://...

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Daily Linux & Open Source News - S01E232 - Cinnamon update, Steam Deck passes 17 000 games

Hey everyone!

In this one, we have:

  • 00:05 Cinnamon 6.4 is out

https://9to5linux.com/cinnamon-6-4-desktop-environment-released-with-revamped-theme-night-light

  • 03:04 Steam Deck Hits 17 000 games

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Daily Linux & Open Source News - S01E231 - Steam Controller 2 design leaks don't look too good to me

Hey everyone!

Just one topic for the day: the Steam Controller 2's design was found using the usual datamining techniques, and while the general response from people seems to be enthusiastic, I am not.

Of course, it's just a render, so we'll see when the actual thing is out and we can use it!

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Daily Linux & Open Source News - S01E230 - elementary OS 8, Proton Sarek, and more German FOSS transitions

Hey everyone!

  • 00:05 elementary OS 8 is out

https://blog.elementary.io/os-8-available-now/

  • 03:35 German municipality turns to open source

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Daily Linux & Open Source News - S01E229 - BcacheFS concludes in a timeout, SUSE rebrands

Hey everyone,

In today's episode, we have:

  • 00:07 SUSE rebrands their services

https://www.zdnet.com/article/suse-unveils-major-rebranding-and-a-new-ai-platform-that-protects-your-data/

  • 03:25 BcacheFS code blocked for this kernel cycle

2024-11-26 10:12:33 +0000 UTC View Post

Patroncast S04E47 - Channel & Health stuff, & a Code of Conduct rant

Hey everyone!

In this one, I talk about:

  • 00:00 Me being sick, the topics for December, and a few other channel related things

  • 07:14 Codes of Conduct, because I'm tired of hearing that they're the bane of FOSS projects when it's clear that not having them would make our entire ecosystem very much worse, very fast (ie: BcacheFS)

Let me know what you think, and have a great week!

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Daily Linux & Open Source News - S01E228 - Wayland by default in Wine, New private data-sharing ecosystem

Hey everyone!

In this one, we have:

  • 00:16 Wine 9.22 enables the Wayland driver by default

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/11/wine-922-released-noting-the-wayland-driver-enabled-in-default-configuration/

  • 02:22 New potential tool to share UX data with FOSS

2024-11-25 09:18:39 +0000 UTC View Post

Daily Linux & Open Source News - S01E227 - ReiserFS removed, an echo of the bcacheFS issue

Hey everyone!

In this one, we have:

  • 00:05 Valve is apparently making a new Steam Controller

https://www.techradar.com/gaming/consoles-pc/valve-is-reportedly-making-a-steam-controller-2-and-a-new-vr-controller

  • 02:58 ReiserFS removal draw a parallel to BcacheFS

2024-11-22 09:28:17 +0000 UTC View Post

Daily Linux & Open Source News - S01E226 - The BcacheFS saga continues

Hey everyone!

In this episode, we have:

  • 00:18 New flaw in Ubuntu utility

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ubuntu-linux-impacted-by-decade-old-needrestart-flaw-that-gives-root/

  • 02:29 BcacheFS drama, again

2024-11-21 09:49:44 +0000 UTC View Post

Daily Linux & Open Source News - S01E225 - Blender 4.3, Arch Linux relicenses package sources

Hey everyone!

In this one, we have:

  • 00:05 Arch Linux relicenses all their package building sources

https://archlinux.org/news/providing-a-license-for-package-sources/

  • 02:49 Option to force CPU mitigations on non vulnerable CPUs

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Daily Linux & Open Source News - S01E224 - Will Google have to sell Chrome, Chrome OS will turn into Android

Hey everyone!

In this one, we have:

  • 00:05 US DOJ asks for Google to sell Chrome

https://9to5google.com/2024/11/18/us-doj-google-sell-chrome/

  • 05:08 Google will replace ChromeOS with Android

https://www.androidauthority.com/chr...

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Daily Linux & Open Source News - S01E223 - Tuxedo relicensing & Kernel 6.12

Hey everyone!

In this one, we have:

  • 00:05 Tuxedo relicenses some drivers

https://www.phoronix.com/news/TUXEDO-Some-Drivers-GPLv2

  • 04:10 Linux kernel 6.12 is out

https://www.ga...

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Patroncast - S04E46 - Framework laptop 16 & Nice little weekend getaway

Hey everyone!

In this episode, I talk about receiving the Framework Laptop 16, which I received sort of by surprise and played around with (including using Resolve on its AMD GPU), and about a nice little weekend getaway we did with the girlfriend (which explains why I'm posting this so late...)

Have a great week!

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