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.
Lenovo will use SteamOS, EU investigates TikTok, Mozilla focuses on Ads and AI
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00:00 Intro
02:21 First SteamOS device will be from Lenovo https://www.theverge.com/2024/12/13/24320477/lenovo-legion-go-s-steamos-handheld-gaming-pc-rumors https://www.theverge.com/2024/12/19/24325072/lenovo-legion-go-ces-event-valve-microsoft
05:05 EU investigates TikTok as well https://www.reuters.com/business/eu-opens-investigation-into-tiktok-over-election-interference-2024-12-17/ https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/thousands-attend-pro-european-rally-romania-ahead-presidential-run-off-vote-2024-12-06/
07:56 Mozilla focuses on AI and ads https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/12/mozilla-financial-report-2023-revenue-increase https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/foundation/annualreport/2024/article/evolving-together-redefining-mozilla-in-the-ai-era/
11:38 XFCE 4.20 is out https://alexxcons.github.io/blogpost_14.html
15:07 Android beta now has a working Linux terminal https://www.androidcentral.com/apps-software/android-15-qpr2-beta-2-is-here-with-our-first-look-at-the-working-linux-terminal-app
16:52 Youtube will add controls to opt-in to AI training https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/15509945?sjid=15424655719271367089-NC https://techcrunch.com/2024/12/16/youtube-will-let-creators-opt-out-into-third-party-ai-training/
19:54 RHEL benchmarks show Linux gets faster, not slower https://www.phoronix.com/review/rhel-10-beta-benchmarks/6
21:55 Peertube 7 redesigns the entire interface https://joinpeertube.org/news/release-7.0
23:52 Windows bests Linux for latest Arc GPUs https://www.phoronix.com/review/intel-arc-b580-windows-linux/7
25:56 The new System76 laptop looks pretty good https://system76.com/laptops/pang15/configure
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