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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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ChromeOS becomes a Linux distro, GNOME Activities changes, Mint 21.3
Google's new nightmare plan for the web, GNOME's new windowing system, Plasma 6 removes features
EU's new law will hurt FOSS, Intel performance boost, repairable laptops
SUSE takes on Red Hat, Mint 21.2 released & Thunderbird Supernova
New Ubuntu Store promotes snap only, GNOME 45 alpha and France privacy breaches
Kernel 6.4 boosts AMD, FOSS Nvidia Driver, GNOME gaming improvements
Special: Interview with Tuxedo
Red Hat vs open source, Mint Beta, Plasma 6 progress report
Big Nextcloud improvements, PopOS Cosmic tiling changes, and Steam redesign
France arrested people for using Linux, Windows 11 loses users, better FOSS firmware
Ubuntu goes immutable, big GNOME updates, Touchpad gestures on Mint
Fedora KDE abandons X11, Android's giant security flaw, Meta gets EU'd again
More HDR work for Linux, Ubuntu revamps PPAs, KeePass security breach
AMD moves to FOSS firmware, COSMIC panel customization, & Plasma 6 changes
HDR & VRR Linux support, AMD challenges Apple Silicon, Microsoft Edge abuse
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Fedora 38, Ubuntu 23.04, Solus survives & big KDE app updates
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Linux Mint theme changes, System76 in house laptop, Google Drive backtracks
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