Open Source worth $7B, no Apple search, custom kernels no longer useful

Linux & Open Source News

Dec 28, 2024•20 min•Season 2Ep. 51

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00:00 Intro

02:18 Open Source estimated at 7 Billion dollars https://www.techradar.com/pro/open-source-software-is-now-a-multi-billion-dollar-industry https://opensourcefundingsurvey2024.com/

05:20 Apple won’t make a search engine https://www.macrumors.com/2024/12/24/apple-explains-why-it-wont-make-search-engine/

08:45 Alternative kernels aren’t necessary anymore https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.12-Liquorix-Performance

11:16 Wayland now has clipboard and workspaces protocols https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/wayland-devel/2024-December/043920.html

12:55 New USB and notifications portals are here https://github.com/flatpak/xdg-desktop-portal/releases/tag/1.19.1

14:30 Home assistant has its first voice hardware https://www.home-assistant.io/blog/2024/12/19/voice-preview-edition-the-era-of-open-voice/

16:37 SerpentOS has its first alpha https://serpentos.com/blog/2024/12/23/serpent-os-enters-alpha/