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Daily Linux & Open Source News - S01E78 - Gentoo refuses AI code

Hey everyone!

In this one, we have:

  • 00:06 Gentoo doesn't want AI assisted contributions

https://linuxiac.com/gentoo-council-implements-ban-on-ai-assisted-contributions/

  • 03:21 Nouveau maintainer works for Nvidia, submits more code

2024-04-18 08:16:28 +0000 UTC View Post

Daily Linux & Open Source News - S01E77 - Sideloading on iOS, Framework problems

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In this one, we have:

  • 00:08 iOS now has full sideloading in the EU

https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/16/apple-web-distribution-ios/

  • 02:08 Framework is struggling on software

2024-04-17 07:43:24 +0000 UTC View Post

Daily Linux & Open Source News - S01E76 - Reproducible Fedora

Hey everyone!

In this one, we have:

  • 00:05 Fedora wants reproducible packages

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Fedora-41-More-Reproducible-RPM

  • 02:16 Servo engine will be JS engine agnostic

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Servo-JavaScript...

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Daily Linux & Open Source News - S01E75 - Better gaming performance in kernel 6.10

Hey everyone!

In this one, we have:

  • 00:06 NTSYNC driver will be merged in 6.10

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.10-Merging-NTSYNC

  • 02:27 Terraform vs OpenTofu license battle

https://thenewstack.io/opentofu-proj...

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Patroncast - S04E16 - Should I drop my Nextcloud instance?

Hey everyone!

In this episode, I talk about:

  • 00:56 Pondering dropping my Nextcloud instance to move to something less expensive, or switching hosting providers / self hosting it at home

  • 11:17 The new apartment, how we'll make use of the space, and selling my current flat

I hope you'll en joy listening to this one, and have a great week!

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Daily Linux & Open Source News - S01E74 - Goodbye League of Legends

Hey everyone!

In this one, we have:

  • 00:05 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS beta

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/04/ubuntu-24-04-beta-released

  • 03:18 Server vulnerability will be left unfixed

2024-04-12 07:49:37 +0000 UTC View Post

Daily Linux & Open Source News - S01E73 - Fedora goes all in on AI

Hey everyone!

In this one, we have:

  • 00:06 Small browsers seeing growth in the EU

https://www.reuters.com/technology/eus-new-tech-laws-are-working-small-browsers-gain-market-share-2024-04-10/

  • 03:21 Proton buys Standard Notes

2024-04-11 08:05:08 +0000 UTC View Post

Daily Linux & Open Source News - S01E72 - Ultra fast repos for Mint

Hey everyone!

In this one, we have:

  • 00:05 Mint tries extra fast repos

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Mint-Faster-Repos-Beta

  • 01:47 Final problems with Wayland + Nvidia are fixed

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Explicit-GPU-Sync-XWayla...

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Daily Linux & Open Source News - S01E71 - Wayland gaming performance

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In this one, we have:

  • 00:05 Fedora 41 moves to DNF5

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Fedora-41-Switch-DNF5-Approved

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/SwitchToDnf5

  • 02:12 Gaming on Wayland is as fast as on X11 for Plasma

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Daily Linux & Open Source News - S01E70 - DE updates everywhere!

Hey everyone!

In this episode, we have:

  • 00:10 Cool updates coming to Plasma

https://pointieststick.com/2024/04/05/this-week-in-kde-real-modifier-only-shortcuts-and-cropping-in-spectacle/

  • 02:29 Explicit sync will fix Wayland on nvidia

2024-04-08 12:46:45 +0000 UTC View Post

Patroncast - S04E15 - I've got the new apartment!

Hey everyone!

In this episode, I discuss:

  • 0046: Getting the new apartment we bid on, what this implies, and a bit of stress mounting

  • 08:59 The channel, and what's planned for the week

  • 13:43 The "Fedora should move to KDE" proposal, that I don't think should happen

Let me know your thoughts in the comments, and have a nice week!

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Daily Linux & Open Source News - S01E69 - German state moves to Linux!

Hey everyone!

In this one, we have:

  • 00:05 AMD will open source code for their microcontroller

https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMD-MES-Docs-And-Source-Code

  • 01:24 German state moves to Linux & FOSS

2024-04-05 07:34:17 +0000 UTC View Post

Daily Linux & Open Source News - S01E68 - XZ Backdoor repercussions

Hey everyone!

In this one, we have:

  • 00:05 Ubuntu delays 24.04 Beta after the XZ backdoor

https://linuxiac.com/ubuntu-24-04-lts-beta-release-postponed-due-to-security-concerns/

  • 01:37 SystemD might drop all external dependencies

2024-04-04 07:42:22 +0000 UTC View Post

Daily Linux & Open Source News - S01E67 - KDE by default for Fedora?

Hey everyone,

In this one, we have:

  • 00:21 Mint 22 shakes things up

https://9to5linux.com/linux-mint-devs-to-ship-thunderbird-as-a-native-deb-package-in-linux-mint-22

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/04/...

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Daily Linux & Open Source News - S01E66 - Big backdoor in major Linux library

Hey everyone!

In today's episode, we have:

  • 00:05 Popular XZ library has been compromised

https://linuxiac.com/debian-decided-to-postpone-the-12-6-release/

https://www.phoronix.com/news/GitHub-Disables-XZ-Repo

2024-04-01 11:29:21 +0000 UTC View Post

Patroncast S04E14 - Fill out the survey (kinda urgent), and potential move!

Hey everyone!

In this episode, I talk about:

  • 00:46 The survey I published to prepare the video about what the community uses, you can fill it until Tuesday 2nd at 8 AM Paris Time, so you have only 17 or so hours left sorry for the short delay!

Here is the link: https://nextcloud.thelinuxexp.com/index.php/apps/forms/s/XQRzMrs8QTtCjDfSy...

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Daily Linux & Open Source News - S01E65 - Flathub is picking up some steam

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In this one, we have:

  • 00:05 Redis is forked after licence change

https://www.linuxfoundation.org/press/linux-foundation-launches-open-source-valkey-community

https://redis.com/blog/redis-adopts-du...

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Daily Linux & Open Source News - S01E64 - EA deploys their (linux incompatible) anti cheat

Hey everyone!

In this one, we have:

  • 00:05 Canonical ships x86_64 v3 images

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Ubuntu-x86-64-v3-Images-Azure

  • 02:44 Wayland working on game-related issues

https://www.phoronix.com/news/SDL-3.0-W...

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Daily Linux & Open Source News - S01E63 - Fedora 40 Beta

Hey everyone!

In this one, we have:

  • 00:05 Mozilla Monitor Plus is gone for now

https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/mozilla-ditches-privacy-partner-over-conflict-of-interest

  • 02:10 Fedora 40 Beta is out

2024-03-27 09:08:11 +0000 UTC View Post

Daily Linux & Open Source News - S01E62 - Ubuntu 24.04 improves gaming

Hey everyone!

In today's episode, we have:

  • 00:05 Ubuntu LTS can get up to 12 years of support

https://canonical.com/blog/canonical-expands-long-term-support-to-12-years-starting-with-ubuntu-14-04-lts

  • 02:08 Ubuntu 24.04 will be better for gaming

2024-03-26 12:25:58 +0000 UTC View Post

Patroncast S04E13 - Plasma add-ons need to lose their permissions

Hey everyone!

In this one, I talk about:

  • 01:42 Plasma themes and add-ons having the right to run arbitrary code, and why anything else than preventing them to do so isn't an acceptable solution

  • 15:30 Sticking to KDE, or discussing the reasons why, for once, I don't feel the need to tweak / customize and finally leave KDE for GNOME

    Let me know what you think!

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Daily Linux & Open Source News - S01E61 - Canonical addresses the Scam Snap issue

Hey everyone!

In today's episode, we have:

  • 00:05 US orders Google to hand over youtube user data

https://mashable.com/article/google-ordered-to-hand-over-viewer-data-privacy-concerns

  • 03:49 Red Hat is working on a new Nvidia driver

2024-03-25 09:44:54 +0000 UTC View Post

Topics for April!

Hey everyone!

Here is what I'll be working on in April :)

  • Linux News: as always, one per week, as a video and an audio podcast, so 4 in April, every Saturday

  • Tuxedo Atlas S review: this is a small form factor desktop from Tuxedo, which I'll test as a potential candidate for a gaming PC running Linux, maybe comparing it to my current SteamOS console

  • Ubuntu 24.04 LTS review: this one should be interesting, with GNOME 46, a recent Linux kernel fo...

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Daily Linux & Open Source News - S01E60 - the USA sues Apple

Hey everyone!

In this one, we have:

  • 00:05 Suyu emulator is already gone

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/03/gitlab-takes-down-nintendo-switch-emulator-suyu-due-to-the-dmca/

  • 01:20 Threads opens up federation with fediverse

2024-03-22 10:34:26 +0000 UTC View Post

Daily Linux & Open Source News - S01E59 - Plasma themes can wipe your drive?

Hey everyone!

In this one, we have:

  • 00:06 GNOME 46 is out

https://release.gnome.org/46/

  • 02:13 Plasma 6's Global themes can wipe your drive

https://linuxiac.com/usage-of-plasma-6-global-themes-may-pose-serious-risks/

2024-03-21 08:27:19 +0000 UTC View Post

Daily Linux & Open Source News - S01E58 - More scam apps in the Snap Store

Hey everyone!

In today's episode, we have:

- 00:05 10 more scam apps in the Snap Store

https://popey.com/blog/2024/03/exodus-wallet-part-three/

- 02:53 New Nvidia drivers are out

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/03/nvidia-driver-5...

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Daily linux & Open Source News - S01E57 - Mozilla has yet another weird project

Hey everyone!


In this one, we have:

00:06 EGLStreams removed from XWayland


https://www.phoronix.com/news/XWayland-Drops-EGLStream


02:55 Mozilla launches a new "almost social network"


https://blog.mozill...

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Patroncast S04E12 - Should we emulate Windows and macOS even more?

Hey everyone!

In today's episode, I discuss how most of our desktop environments already emulate either Windows or macOS, in multiple degrees of similarity, the advantages of making them even more familiar, and the reasons why we probably shouldn't strive to emulate these operating systems more.

As always, comments are welcome to talk about all of this :)


Have a great week!

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Daily Linux & Open Source News - S01E56 - Mozilla stops providing Location Services

Hey everyone,


In today's episode, we have:

- 00:05 Mozilla stops providing location services

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/03/mozilla-location-services-axed

- 02:28 Kernel 6.9 brings a lot of laptop specific fixes

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux...

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Daily Linux & Open Source News - S01E55 - France suffers a massive data breach

Hey everyone!

In today's episode, we have:

- 00:05 Nintendo vs yuzu is harming emulation in general

https://www.theverge.com/24098640/nintendo-emulator-yuzu-lawsuit-switch-aftermath

- 02:30 Proton Mail desktop app is on Linux

https://proton.me/blog/proton-mail-d...

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