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💻 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 00:00 Intro 02:04 KDE donation notification gets them big donations https://pointieststick.com/2024/12/02/i-think-the-donation-notification-works/ https://kde.org/community/donations/previousdonations/ 04:41 Discord finally adds Wayland support https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/looks-like-discord-finally-fixed-linux-screen-and-audio-sharing-with-wayland/ 06:55 Guidelines confirm SteamOS on other devices https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/valves-new-branding-guidelines-hint-at-steam-decks-steamos-for-more-devices/ 09:00 Wayland color management could land soon https://www.phoronix.com/news/Wayland-Color-Management-Nears 10:24 Cosmic alpha 4 is out https://blog.system76.com/post/cosmic-alpha-4 12:58 Google hit with another anti competition lawsuit https://www.techradar.com/pro/google-hit-with-another-major-anti-competition-lawsuit-could-be-forced-to-break-up-ad-business 15:32 Intel shows new Arc GPUs with Linux support https://www.phoronix.com/review/intel-arc-b580-battlemage 18:22 Mozilla unveils rebrand and new logo https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/mozilla-brand-next-era-of-tech/ 20:27 New stable Nvidia drivers https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/nvidia-565-77-stable-driver-for-linux-released/ 22:31 Torvalds doesn’t want CPU level optimization in the kernel https://www.phoronix.com/news/Torvalds-Mind-Fart-x86_64-Level 24:59 Vulkan 1.4 is out, most FOSS drivers already ready https://www.phoronix.com/news/Vulkan-1.4-Mesa-Drivers https://linuxiac.com/vulkan-1-4-expands-cross-platform-gpu-capabilities/ 💻 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

💻 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 00:00 Intro 01:49 Steam Controller 2 design leaks https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/11/new-steam-controller-2-and-vr-controller-designs-got-leaked/ 06:06 BcacheFS code blocked for this kernel cycle https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/[email protected]/ https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/o5tbrrk4r3sxtvk7tjyua5h2qaa3fos7446dkxbjyxjwhp4odd@we5elwaeb7dv/ 08:51 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/ 10:43 elementary OS 8 is out https://blog.elementary.io/os-8-available-now/ 14:24 Cinnamon 6.4 is out https://9to5linux.com/cinnamon-6-4-desktop-environment-released-with-revamped-theme-night-light 16:38 New private tool to share data https://privact.org/2024/11/14/presenting-privact-at-kde-akademy/ 20:01 SUSE rebrands services https://www.zdnet.com/article/suse-unveils-major-rebranding-and-a-new-ai-platform-that-protects-your-data/ 22:38 German municipality turns to open source https://www.schleswig-holstein.de/DE/landesregierung/themen/digitalisierung/linux-plus1 24:34 Proton Sarek forks DXVK https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/11/dev-of-proton-sarek-for-older-gpus-has-forked-dxvk-to-backport-game-settings-and-improve-compatibility/ 27:17 Steam Deck Hits 17 000 games https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/11/steam-deck-hits-17000-games-playable-and-verified/ 💻 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

💻 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 00:00 Intro 02:17 US DOJ asks for Google to sell Chrome https://9to5google.com/2024/11/18/us-doj-google-sell-chrome/ 05:04 BcacheFS might go away from the linux kernel https://www.phoronix.com/news/Bcachefs-Uncertain-Kernel-Issue https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/Zz7yqeI0RatH4ao5@tiehlicka/ 08:35 ReiserFS removal draw a parallel to BcacheFS https://www.phoronix.com/news/ReiserFS-Deleted-Linux-6.13 https://lwn.net/Articles/280228/ 11:08 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 12:55 Linux kernel 6.12 is out https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/11/linux-kernel-6-12-is-out-now-with-real-time-capabilities-more-gaming-handheld-support/ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/11/linux-kernel-6-12-has-landed-and-its-a-big-one 15:07 Tuxedo relicenses some drivers https://www.phoronix.com/news/TUXEDO-Some-Drivers-GPLv2 16:53 Arch Linux relicenses all their package building sources https://archlinux.org/news/providing-a-license-for-package-sources/ 18:40 Blender 4.3 released https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/11/blender-4-3-brings-hardware-accelerated-ray-tracing-to-linux 20:30 New flaw in Ubuntu utility https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ubuntu-linux-impacted-by-decade-old-needrestart-flaw-that-gives-root/ 22:17 Google will replace ChromeOS with Android https://www.androidauthority.com/chrome-os-becoming-android-3500661/ 26:04 OpenAI accidentally deleted evidence in lawsuit https://techcrunch.com/2024/11/20/openai-accidentally-deleted-potential-evidence-in-ny-times-copyright-lawsuit/ 💻 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

👏 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 00:00 Intro 01:27 Nvidia outlines Wayland roadmap https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/wayland-support-for-the-565-release-series/312688 04:39 Kernel developer takes aim at Tuxedo Drivers https://www.phoronix.com/news/TUXEDO-Drivers-Taint-Patches 10:15 Ubuntu 25.04 has an interesting roadmap https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/ubuntu-desktop-25-04-part-1-the-plucky-roadmap/49621 13:45 Research shows AI doesn’t understand the world at all https://news.mit.edu/2024/generative-ai-lacks-coherent-world-understanding-1105 17:25 DXVK gets a huge update https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/11/direct3d-to-vulkan-translation-layer-dxvk-v25-released-with-rewritten-memory-management/ 19:55 Fedora shares details about their new installer https://fedoramagazine.org/anaconda-installer-redesign/ 22:39 Valve talks about the issues with Linux development https://ttimo.typepad.com/blog/2024/11/the-steam-client-update-earlier-this-week-mentions-fixed-some-miscellaneous-common-crashes-in-the-linux-notes-which-i-wante.html 24:59 Qwant and Ecosia build their own search engine index https://techcrunch.com/2024/11/11/ecosia-and-qwant-two-european-search-engines-join-forces-on-building-an-index-to-shrink-reliance-on-big-tech/ 27:58 Proton Experimental adds DLSS3 https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/11/proton-experimental-gets-fixes-for-dragon-age-the-veilguard-rivals-of-aether-ii-and-more/ 29:55 RISC V board for Framework is available https://deepcomputing.io/product/dc-roma-risc-v-mainboard/ 💻 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