Weekly roundup of everything new in the Linux and Open Source world! May contain gaming and privacy related topics. This is a longer counterpart to the Linux and Open Source news videos available on The Linux Experiment Youtube Channel.
New Linux Console, Rust and BcacheFS drama, KDE donations
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00:00 Intro
01:02 Linux Torvalds talks Rust and AI https://www.zdnet.com/article/linus-torvalds-talks-ai-rust-adoption-and-why-the-linux-kernel-is-the-only-thing-that-matters/
05:24 Rust+Linux drama makes maintainer leave https://www.phoronix.com/news/Rust-Linux-Maintainer-Step-Down
09:00 BcacheFS is stirring up some drama https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linus-Torvalds-Bcachefs-Regrets https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/sctzes5z3s2zoadzldrpw3yfycauc4kpcsbpidjkrew5hkz7yf@eejp6nunfpin/
13:15 Microsoft drops mono into Wineβs lap https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/08/microsoft-mono-project-to-wine
16:06 FreeBSD receives 680K euros https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/sovereign-tech-fund-to-invest-e686400-in-freebsd-infrastructure-modernization/
19:08 KDE gets a βasking for donationsβ notification https://pointieststick.com/2024/08/28/asking-for-donations-in-plasma/
23:59 Thunderbird launches new service https://blog.thunderbird.net/2024/08/plan-less-do-more-introducing-appointment-by-thunderbird/
26:41 Pidgin plugin contained keylogger https://linuxiac.com/keylogging-plugin-discovered-in-pidgin-messaging-app/
29:50Gaming: new Linux console, the Deck is still a hit https://overkill.wtf/emudeck-announce-emudeck-machine-hardware/ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/08/black-myth-wukong-shows-very-clearly-valve-are-selling-a-lot-of-steam-decks/ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/08/steam-deck-reaches-over-16000-playable-and-verified-games/
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