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00:00 Intro
01:18 VSCode drops Ubuntu 18.04 without notice
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/02/vscode-drops-ubuntu-18-04-support-leaves-devs-screwed
04:32 Edge grabs Chromeβs browsing data without consent
https://www.theverge.com/24054329/microsoft-edge-automatic-chrome-import-data-feature
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12:16 Fedora 40 KDE might reconsider dropping X11
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Fedora-Approved-January-F40
15:47 Thunderbird plans to add native Exchange support
https://blog.thunderbird.net/2024/01/thunderbird-monthly-development-digest-january-2024/
18:12 Wayland & Wine get big improvements
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Wine-Wayland-Display-Emulation
https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/news-and-events/wine-on-wayland-a-year-in-review-and-a-look-ahead.html
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Wayland-xdg-toplevel-drag
23:43 Red Hatβs licensing changes hurt their ecosystem
https://www.phoronix.com/news/CentOS-RHEL-Kernel-Headaches
26:41 Purism values itself at $75M
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Purism-75M
30:07 Plasma 6 RC2 is out
https://kde.org/announcements/megarelease/6/rc2/
32:46 Gaming: HoloISO goes immutable, Mesa 24, Linux marketshare
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/01/the-original-steamos-like-linux-distro-holoiso-now-dead-replaced-with-immutable-version/
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Mesa-24.0-Released
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Steam-Survey-January-2024
40:15 Outro
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Why Google sucks now, US bans TikTok, Ubuntu 24.04 & Fedora 40
Flatpak vulnerability, Gentoo refuses AI, Cosmic will theme apps
Fedora wants AI, Nvidia + Wayland is fixed, US gains privacy
Proposal for Fedora to use Plasma, XZ backdoor repercussions, German state moves to Linux
Redis renounces FOSS, the future of Linux is bright, Fedora 40 beta
USA sues Apple, Plasma themes can wipe your drive, GNOME 46
Cosmic is delayed, French suffers massive data breach, EU won't regulate FOSS
Linux at 4%, Fedora drops X11, Apple makes a mess of the EU's DMA
Nintendo sues emulator, Nvidia thinks coding is dead, Plasma 6 is out
Snap scam problem, Warp on Linux, an API for RGB
Mozilla layoffs, Cosmic DE alpha, India bans ProtonMail
Mozilla blunders and then gets a new CEO, Ubuntu makes some moves
Apple really sucks, Mint's EDGE ISO, Wayland protocol drama
OpenSUSE is going immutable, Snap creates problems, Fuchsia won't be Google's future
Cosmic Alpha, Linux 6.7, more SteamOS devices & the Wayland saga continues
Fedora & RHEL optimizing packages, Linux is at 4%, GNOME develops an extension
X11 is a bad platform, More AI regulation, FOSS licenses aren't enough
Open Source Nvidia drivers are good, Microsoft installs Linux for AI work, HDR support
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