Mozilla sued for discrimination, GNOME without X11, Performance boosts everywhere

Linux & Open Source News

Jun 29, 2024•41 min•Season 2Ep. 25

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00:00 Intro

01:34 Cosmic alpha in late July

https://blog.system76.com/post/cosmic-branding

04:31 GNOME 47 can be compiled without X11

https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNOME-MRs-Without-X11

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/WaylandOnlyGNOMEWorkstationMedia

07:27 GNOME fixes graphics tablet support

https://who-t.blogspot.com/2024/06/gnome-tablet-support-papercut-fixes.html

09:40 KDE’s triple buffering is like having a brand new laptop

https://zamundaaa.github.io/wayland/2024/06/25/fixing-kwin-perf-on-old-hardware.html

13:57 NVIDIA drivers updated, fix Wayland support

https://linuxiac.com/nvidia-555-58-display-driver/

16:16 Mint 22 beta should land soon

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/06/cinnamon-6-2-desktop-whats-new

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/06/linux-mint-22-beta-imminent-as-iso-enters-testing

18:30 Mozilla adds opt-in AI tools

https://linuxiac.com/mozilla-launches-opt-in-ai-tools-in-firefox/

20:58 Mozilla sued for discrimination

https://www.theregister.com/2024/06/24/mozilla_product_chief_sues_over/

23:21 Flathub is doing really well

https://flathub.org/statistics

26:08 Intel hybrid CPUs will get better battery life

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-P-State-Asymmetric-Cap

28:34 50% performance boost for some Intel CPUs

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.10-rc6-PM-Intel-Core

30:27 OpenAI’s efforts to gather consent

https://www.yahoo.com/news/opinion-ai-embraced-happens-artists-100207749.html

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/exclusive-multiple-ai-companies-bypassing-143742513.html?guccounter=1

35:57 Gaming: Steam recording, launchers, and Mesa improvements

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/06/steam-game-recording-beta-announced-works-on-linux-and-steam-deck-too/

https://www.supergoodcode.com/closing-the-loop/

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/06/nonsteamlaunchers-adds-support-for-emudeck-steamrommanager-and-fixes-battlenet/

40:28 Outro

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