X11 is a bad platform, More AI regulation, FOSS licenses aren't enough

Linux & Open Source News

Dec 30, 2023•46 min•Season 1Ep. 52

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00:00 Intro

01:24 X11 is a bad platform, says KDE developer

https://pointieststick.com/2023/12/26/does-wayland-really-break-everything/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSjmt5WNl6g

10:58 Ubuntu’s plans to drop older CPUs doesn’t yield much benefits

https://www.phoronix.com/review/ubuntu-x86-64-v3-benchmark

14:38 KDE gets dynamic triple buffering

https://www.phoronix.com/news/KDE-KWin-Triple-Buffering-MR

16:56 Enlightenment gets an update

https://linuxiac.com/enlightenment-0-26-window-manager-released/

20:10 Nobara moves to KDE

https://linuxiac.com/nobara-linux-39-released/

24:58 Firefox is building its own local, private AI

https://memorycache.ai/

30:02 The US moves forward on regulating AI

https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/22/24012757/ai-foundation-model-transparency-act-bill-copyright-regulation

36:01 Open Source licenses aren’t enough anymore

https://www.theregister.com/2023/12/27/bruce_perens_post_open/

40:30 Gaming: Steam Deck OLED might be underwhelming

https://boilingsteam.com/steam-deck-oled-impressions/index.html

44:27 Outro

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