Open Source Nvidia drivers are good, Microsoft installs Linux for AI work, HDR support

Linux & Open Source News

Dec 23, 2023•41 min•Season 1Ep. 51

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00:00 Intro

01:20 Open Source Nvidia drivers are already pretty good

https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/news-and-events/nvk-holiday-update.html

06:53 Color management and HDR work progress

https://zamundaaa.github.io/wayland/2023/12/18/update-on-hdr-and-colormanagement-in-plasma.html

10:48 Microsoft’s AI studio runs on Linux only

https://www.techradar.com/pro/microsofts-new-windows-ai-studio-developer-tool-makes-you-install-linux-to-use-it

12:30 Firefox 121 adds wayland by default

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Firefox-121-Available

15:20 Plasma 6 beta 2, and a new KDE theme

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/12/kde-plasma-60-beta-2-is-available-for-testing/

https://carlschwan.eu/2023/12/19/announcing-brise-theme/

21:25 Fedora Asahi is out

https://fedoramagazine.org/introducing-fedora-asahi-remix-39/

24:55 Flipboard and Threads will move to AtivityPub and the Fediverse

https://flipboard.medium.com/flipboard-begins-to-federate-c56ec788feaa

https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/13/24000120/threads-meta-activitypub-test-mastodon

31:12 Thunderbird for Android progress update

https://blog.thunderbird.net/2023/12/thunderbird-for-android-k-9-mail-november-december-2023-progress-report/

https://blog.thunderbird.net/2023/12/when-will-thunderbird-for-android-be-released/

34:59 New SSH attack is worrying

https://arstechnica.com/security/2023/12/hackers-can-break-ssh-channel-integrity-using-novel-data-corruption-attack/

37:40 Gaming: VkD3D and Proton Experimental

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/12/proton-experimental-brings-more-hdr-steam-overlay-hack-for-easy-anti-cheat-from-eos/

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/12/wine-90-release-candidate-2-now-available-plus-vkd3d-proton-2111-out-now/

40:16 Outro

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