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00:00 Intro
01:43 Apple opens up iOS in the worst way
https://www.techradar.com/phones/iphone/apple-finally-letting-people-run-third-party-browsers-unfettered-but-only-in-the-eu-and-not-because-it-wants-to
https://www.theverge.com/2024/1/25/24050200/apple-third-party-app-stores-allowed-iphone-ios-europe-digital-markets-act
https://www.theverge.com/2024/1/26/24052067/mozilla-apple-ios-browser-rules-firefox
https://www.reuters.com/technology/apple-faces-strong-action-if-app-store-changes-fall-short-eus-breton-says-2024-01-26/
08:22 Mintβs Edge ISO is now available
https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4635
11:34 Wayland & portals get better, and create drama
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Wayland-Protocols-1.33
https://github.com/flatpak/xdg-desktop-portal/pull/1175
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/wayland/wayland-protocols/-/merge_requests/269
17:03 Plasma 6 gains more features as the release nears
https://www.phoronix.com/news/KDE-Plasma-6-Next-Month
https://blog.neon.kde.org/2024/01/25/kdes-6th-megarelease-with-kde-neon-testing-edition/
20:11 Huawei wonβt support Android apps at all anymore
https://www.reuters.com/technology/huawei-makes-break-android-with-next-version-harmony-os-caixin-2024-01-19/
22:30 Meta now lets EU citizens unlink their accounts
https://www.neowin.net/news/meta-now-lets-eu-users-unlink-their-facebook-messenger-and-instagram-accounts/
24:30 Bazzite 2.2 is now out
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/01/steamos-alternative-bazzite-v22-out-now-with-lots-of-enhancements/
26:45 Nvidia beta drivers bring cool fixes
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/01/nvidia-550-40-07-beta-driver-released-with-fixes-for-vrr-and-wayland/
30:01 Gaming: Ayaneo drops HoloISO, performance boost, unified Wine
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/01/ayaneo-next-lite-no-longer-ships-with-steamos-like-holoiso-linux-windows-11-instead/
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Windows-NT-Sync-RFC-Linux
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/01/unified-linux-wine-game-launcher-aims-to-improve-windows-games-on-linux-steam-deck/
37:17 Outro
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Cosmic update, new attack bypasses VPNs, ClearLinux beats everything else?
No, NixOS isn't dying. GNOME icon & funding issues, everyone hates Windows 11
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
VSCode & MS Edge troubles, Fedora KDE might keep X11
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
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