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Facebook bans Fediverse Links, big Valve interview on SteamOS, Apple pulls their AI
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02:30 Valve dev talks SteamOS, Steam machines https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/intel-and-nvidia-drivers-holding-back-a-public-steamos-release-valve-not-trying-to-compete-with-windows/ https://www.frandroid.com/marques/valve/2462758_il-y-a-12-ans-de-travail-pour-en-arriver-la-interview-de-pierre-loup-griffais-developpeur-de-steamos-los-phare-du-steam-deck
07:45 Meta bans links to Pixelfed https://www.404media.co/meta-is-blocking-links-to-decentralized-instagram-competitor-pixelfed/
10:11 Pixelfed is now out with stable apps https://www.engadget.com/social-media/pixelfed-instagrams-decentralized-competitor-is-now-on-ios-and-android-205059236.html
11:18 Apple pulls its misleading AI summaries https://edition.cnn.com/2025/01/16/media/apple-ai-news-fake-headlines/index.html
13:40 Mint 22.1 is out https://www.linuxmint.com/rel_xia_whatsnew.php
15:49 Fedora working on their KDE spin https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/Promote_KDE_Plasma_Desktop_variant_to_Edition
18:24 Fedora proposes optimized packages for modern CPUs https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/Optimized_Binaries_for_the_AMD64_Architecture_v2
20:44 GNOME 48 brings digital wellbeing features https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNOME-Shell-Muter-48-Alpha
22:38 GNOME 48 gets new default audio player https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/01/gnome-48-new-audio-player
24:22 VLC adds AI powered auto subtitles https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/01/vlc-demo-ai-real-time-subtitles-for-any-video
26:14 NTSYNC driver should arrive in March https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/ntsync-driver-for-improving-windows-games-on-linux-with-wine-proton-should-finally-land-in-linux-kernel-614/
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