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Patroncast - S04E31 - Cosmic first thoughts & Chromium experiment
Hey everyone!In this one, I talk about:01:06 My first thoughts about the Cosmic desktop and a few other details from System7622:05 Trying out Ungoogle Chromium, and still being undecided on which browser I preferIt's a long one!Have a great week :)
Daily Linux & Open Source News - S01E149 - Manjaro Immutable edition
Hey everyone!In this one, we have:00:05 GNOME 47 updatehttps://thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2024/08/twig-159/https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNOME-Shell-Mutter-47-Beta03:31 Manjaro has an immutable versionhttps://forum.manjaro.org/t/manjaro-immutable-out-now-for-community-testing/16636406:03 An initiative...
Daily Linux & Open Source News - S01E148 - Linux market share rises again
Hey everyone!In this one, we have:00:05 Linux market share rises againhttps://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/08/linux-hits-another-all-time-high-for-july-2024-according-to-statcounter/https://www.phoronix.com/news/Steam-Stats-July-202402:54 Linux Mint Debian edition is up to datehttps://linuxiac.com/cin...
Daily Linux & Open Source News - S01E147 - macOS ranks last in security?
Hey everyone!In this one, we have:00:05 Serpent OS has a first releasehttps://serpentos.com/blog/2024/08/01/serpent-os-prealpha0-released/02:16 Report shows macOS is more vulnerable than Windows and Linuxhttps://www.techradar.com/pro/the-mythical-security-status-of-macos-is-no-more-report-finds-appl...
Daily Linux & Open Source News - S01E146 - Cosmic details and first CrowdStrike lawsuit
Hey everyone!In this one, we have:00:05 System76 explains the decisions behind Cosmichttps://blog.system76.com/post/cosmic-team-interview-byoux03:14 New app to integrate AppImages with the systemhttps://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/07/gear-lever-appimage-app-for-gnome05:12 First major lawsuit following ...
Daily Linux & Open Source News - S01E145 - Epic vs Samsung: battle for the worst
Hey everyone!In this one, we have:00:05 Adblocking on youtube is now way worsehttps://mashable.com/article/youtube-black-screen-ad-blockers03:30 Ubuntu Studio planning some changeshttps://ubuntustudio.org/2024/07/updates-for-july-2024/06:11 Samsung and EPIC battle to be the worsthttps://www.androidc...
Patroncast S04E30 - Preparing the move, and new part time job
Hey everyone!Here is this week's Patroncast episode, in which I talk about:00:57 Preparing the move to the new flat, and how it shouldn't impact video production too much13:02 The videos I have planned for August, and video ideas for the future21:17 Taking on a new part time job (which won&#...
Daily Linux & Open Source News - S01E144 - Vanilla OS 2 looks cool
Hey everyone!In this one, we have:00:05 Vanilla OS 2 has a lot of cool stuffhttps://vanillaos.org/blog/article/2024-07-28/vanilla-os-2-orchid---stable-release03:52 Wine 9.14 is outhttps://gitlab.winehq.org/wine/wine/-/releases/wine-9.1405:08 Mesa prepares to sideline X11 supporthttps://www.phoronix....
Daily Linux & Open Source News - S01E143 - SecureBoot is broken & KDE guidelines
Hey everyone!In this one, we have:00:05 KDE does more work on their human interface guidelineshttps://pointieststick.com/2024/07/25/kde-human-interface-guidelines-update/02:46 SecureBoot broken on hundreds of models from popular PC vendorshttps://arstechnica.com/security/2024/07/secure-boot-is-compl...
Daily Linux & Open Source News - S01E142 - Zuckerberg says AI should be open source
Hey everyone!In this one, we have:00:05 Meta says AI should be open sourcehttps://about.fb.com/news/2024/07/open-source-ai-is-the-path-forward/02:29 Hyprland is now wlroots-independenthttps://techcrunch.com/2024/07/24/crowdstrike-offers-a-10-apology-gift-card-to-say-sorry-for-outage/?guccounter=104:...
Daily Linux & Open Source News - S01E141 - Mint 22 is out
Hey everyone!In this one, we have:00:05 Fedora will have opt-in telemetryhttps://www.phoronix.com/news/Fedora-42-FESCo-Opt-In-Metrics01:58 Nvidia open drivers are in betahttps://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/07/nvidia-560-linux-driver-beta-has-wayland-improvements-defaults-to-open-gpu-kernel-modules/04...
Daily Linux & Open Source News - S01E140 - Cosmic alpha delayed again
Hey everyone!In this one, we have:00:05 Cosmic pushed to early Augusthttps://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/07/pop_os-24-04-alpha-with-cosmic-drops-on-august-803:00 Microsoft blames the EU for the Crowdstrike issuehttps://www.techradar.com/pro/security/microsoft-blames-eu-rules-for-its-inability-to-lock-d...
Patroncast - S04E29 - Could the CrowdStrike outage have happened to Linux? Yes and no
Hey everyone!In this one, I discuss the recent Crowdstrike issue, mostly from a "how does this type of stuff happen" perspective, but also looking at ow it could have, or couldn't have affected Linux (spoiler: it could and couldn't at the same time), and finally, I'll talk about ...
Daily Linux & Open Source News - S01E139 - Firefox added data collection by default, it it a problem
Hey everyone,In this one, we have:00:05 KDE devs make good progresshttps://pointieststick.com/2024/07/19/this-past-two-weeks-in-kde-fixing-sticky-keys-and-the-worst-crashes/04:22 Firefox data collection issuehttps://news.itsfoss.com/firefox-ppa-ad/https://blog.privacyguides.org/2024/07/14/mozilla-di...
Daily Linux & Open Source News - S01E138 - Massive IT outage paralyzes some big companies
Hey everyone!In this one, we have;00:05 Massive third party bug paralyzes the world's IT for hourshttps://www.bbc.com/news/live/cnk4jdwp49ethttps://www.techradar.com/news/live/windows-outage-july-2024-live04:49 Apple didn't use Youtube data to train their AIhttps://www.techradar.com/computin...
Daily Linux & Open Source News - S01E137 - Nobara 40 and Nvidia open source modules
Hey everyone!In this one, we have:00:05 Nvidia explains the transition to Open Source moduleshttps://developer.nvidia.com/blog/nvidia-transitions-fully-towards-open-source-gpu-kernel-modules/03:48 Nobara 40 is outhttps://nobaraproject.org/2024/07/17/july-17-2024/07:03 Peertube 6.2 finally adds moder...
Daily Linux & Open Source News - S01E136 - SUSE asks openSUSE to rebrand
Hey everyone!In this one, we have:00:05 SUSE asks OpenSUSE to rebrandhttps://lists.opensuse.org/archives/list/project@lists.opensuse.org/message/7IVGVJOAO4NIQILUYI3ZUL7NHCVBDQO7/https://lists.opensuse.org/archives/list/project@lists.opensuse.org/thread/HZTCWECHJK6RBMY5KNGGY7LDLGAG7S7L/03:34 Ubuntu b...
Daily Linux & Open Source News - S01E135 - Solus drops Snaps, new cool Dev tools app
Hey everyone!In this one, we have:00:05 Solus ditches AppArmor, and snapshttps://getsol.us/2024/07/15/dropping-apparmor-kernel-patches/03:36 DevToys seems like developer heavenhttps://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/07/devtoys-developer-tool-now-available-on-linux05:57 Google's AI apparently ignores op...
Patroncast - S04E28 - Getting out of the channel's routine
Hey everyone!In this one, I'll talk about the performance of the channel, pretty bad for July, a few reasons why this might be, and also trying to find ideas to get out of the creative routine I feel I've fallen into, trying to find more interesting, less "already trodden" paths for ...
Daily Linux & Open Source News - S01E134 - Kernel 6.10 is out, big PS2 emulator update
Hey everyone!In this one, we have:00:05 GNOME 47 alpha is outhttps://www.phoronix.com/news/GNOME-47-Alpha-Released03:05 Linux kernel 6.10 is outhttps://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/07/linux-kernel-6-10-new-features04:59 PS2 emulator PCSX2 has a giant new releasehttps://pcsx2.net/blog/2024/pcsx2-2-releas...
Daily Linux & Open Source News - S01E133 - GNOME Extension website redesign, Ubuntu fixes the App Center
Hey everyone!In this one, we have:00:05 Ubuntu App Center gains local deb supporthttps://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/07/app-center-update-adds-deb-install-support02:04 Firefox is getting some cool new featureshttps://9to5linux.com/firefox-129-enters-beta-testing-with-improved-reader-view-other-changes0...
Daily Linux & Open Source News - S01E132 - Github Copilot lawsuit dismissed
Hey everyone!In this one, we have:00:05 Judge dimisses half of a lawsuit against Github Copilothttps://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/07/10/0319259/judge-dismisses-lawsuit-over-github-copilot-ai-coding-assistanthttps://www.infoworld.com/article/2515112/judge-dismisses-lawsuit-over-github-copilot-ai-codin...
Daily Linux & Open Source News - S01E131 - GNOME 47 works on HDR
Hey everyone!In this one, we have:00:05 NVK might run on other kernel and kernel drivershttps://www.phoronix.com/news/NVK-Platform-Abstraction02:06 GNOME 47 will have some HDR supporthttps://www.phoronix.com/news/Mutter-Color-State-Transform03:57 Bottles improves performance for older gameshttps://l...
Daily Linux & Open Source News - S01E130 - Fedora 41 drops X11 from the ISO
Hey everyone!In this one, we have:00:05 Fedora 41 install will be Wayland onlyhttps://www.phoronix.com/news/Fedora-WS-Wayland-Only-ISOs02:11 Youtube pushes harder against adshttps://www.techradar.com/pro/youtubes-server-side-ad-insertion-complicates-ad-blocking-efforts05:39 Apple drags their feet on...
Daily Linux & Open Source News - S01E129 - Arch running inside Google Drive, GNOME moving to Inter font?
Hey everyone,In this episode, we have:00:05 GNOME 47 might replace their font with Interhttps://www.omglinux.com/gnome-may-switch-to-inter-font/02:43 Arch Linux running on Google Drivehttps://www.techspot.com/news/103652-developer-somehow-got-entire-os-running-google-drive.html04:33 Mint 22 Beta has...
Patroncast - S04E27 - The NixOS drama, and codes of conduct
Hi everyone!In this week's Patroncast. I talk about what I could gather about the recent NixOS "takeover".Finding accurate / unbiased info on this is virtually impossible right now, so I compiled what I could find, and then expanded on why I think this is happening, and will keep happeni...
Daily Linux & Open Source News - S01E128 - Deepin adds AI, ARM emulation gets better
Hey everyone!In this one, we have:00:06 Deepin 23 adds local AI assistantshttps://www.deepin.org/en/uos-ai-gets-a-major-upgrade/?ref=news.itsfoss.com04:02 CloudFlare uses AI to block AI botshttps://siliconangle.com/2024/07/03/cloudflare-rolls-feature-blocking-ai-companies-web-scrapers/05:43 FEX emul...
Daily Linux & Open Source News - S01E127 - Proton launches alternative to Google Docs
Hey everyone!In this one, we have:00:05 Meta gives 5% perf boost to the Linux kernelhttps://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-BOLT-5p-Performance02:02 Proton launches Proton Docshttps://proton.me/blog/docs-proton-drivehttps://www.theverge.com/2024/7/3/24190732/proton-docs-document-editor-privacy-google04:...
Daily Linux & Open Source News - S01E126 - Big SSH vulnerability
Hey everyone!In this one, we have:00:05 ChromeOS Flex might be abandonedhttps://www.zdnet.com/article/google-might-abandon-chromeos-flex-next-heres-why/04:52 New serious OpenSSH flawhttps://www.techradar.com/pro/security/thousands-of-servers-could-be-at-risk-due-to-major-openssh-security-flaw06:35 F...
Daily Linux & Open Source News - S01E125 - Fedora might add opt-in telemetry
Hey everyone!In this one, we have:00:05 Fedora 42 might have opt-in telemetryhttps://www.phoronix.com/news/Fedora-42-User-Metrics-Opt-In02:28 Microsoft says all content is freeware for AIhttps://www.techradar.com/pro/microsoft-ai-ceo-says-content-published-online-is-freeware-to-help-train-ai04:09 Li...
