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Proton goes A.I. crazy, Ubuntu goes all SNAP, Vibe-coded Linux compatible kernel - Linux Weekly News (tilvids.com)
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Timestamps:

00:00 Intro

00:54 Sponsor: TuxCare

02:14 Proton makes worrying move stowards Al

07:30 Ubuntu pushes Core Desktop again

11:16 Firefox 159, 160, and ad campaign

14:02 X.org dev praises the design of Wayland

16:10 SystemD adds Rust support for new modules

17:34 Rocky Linux creator wrote his own kernel using Al

20:27 Bottles dev talks vibe cloned software, Al and other projects

23:59 Fedora 45 delayed again

25:12 Spotify Client for GNOME

26:27 Flathub shuts down their Forums

28:15 Sponsor: Tuxedo Computers

Links

Proton makes worrying move stowards Al

https://www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-services/proton-is-re-interviewing-staff-about-how-they-use-ai-and-their-jobs-could-depend-on-the-answers

https://www.404media.co/manifestos-fear-and-loser-thinking-inside-protons-ai-reckoning/

Ubuntu pushes Core Desktop again

https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/accelerating-ubuntu-core-desktop/90547

Firefox 159, 160, and ad campaign

https://linuxiac.com/mozilla-firefox-159-improves-linux-wayland-support-adds-new-tab-search/

https://9to5linux.com/mozilla-firefox-160-enters-public-beta-testing-heres-what-to-expect

https://blog.mozilla.org/en/firefox/come-back-to-firefox/

X.org dev praises the design of Wayland

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Jamey-Sharp-Praises-Wayland

SystemD adds Rust support for new modules

https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/44324

Rocky Linux creator wrote his own kernel using Al

https://itsfoss.com/news/ginux/

Bottles dev talks vibe cloned software, Al and other projects

https://itsfoss.com/interview/mirko-brombin-raven/

https://useraven.org/

Fedora 45 delayed again

https://linuxiac.com/fedora-linux-45-delayed-again-new-release-date-set-for-november-3/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/

devel@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/EWDOYT6TOMFY4XPL5MJC2QWCDJBOR6MU/

Spotify Client for GNOME

https://linuxiac.com/meet-riff-an-open-source-spotify-client-built-for-gnome/

Flathub shuts down their Forums

https://docs.flathub.org/blog/discourse-deprecation

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[-] jaypatelani@lemmy.ml 5 points 9 hours ago

Reasons why BSDs especially NetBSD getting more users or first time trying users.

[-] 142B@lemmy.zip 3 points 15 hours ago

I didn't watch the video but I hope the Proton CEO had low blood sugar while saying this bs it is egregious.

[-] ouch@lemmy.world 3 points 9 hours ago

"He did not" -The narrator

[-] aReallyCrunchyLeaf@lemmy.ml 13 points 1 day ago

damn proton ceo sounds deranged

[-] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

He is

[-] ms_lane@lemmy.world 2 points 21 hours ago

Ubuntu trying hard to thanos SnapD themselves from existence.

[-] lukalix98@programming.dev 54 points 1 day ago

Are there any good news even lately. Every day I wake up to a new CVE, the list of things in the post title isn't encouraging either.

[-] umbrella@lemmy.ml 38 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

CVEs mean the issues are getting found and fixed instead of sitting on a three letter agency arsenal.

and all the end-user has to do is update.

[-] lukalix98@programming.dev 12 points 1 day ago

I agree, but it does not make my job any easier trying to keep up with fixing systems that management refused to update before.

[-] umbrella@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 day ago

well, it's our job. (and management can have the broken systems they wanted to, see if i care)

[-] teawrecks@sopuli.xyz 41 points 1 day ago

Serbia recently democratically ousted their fascist leadership and are in the process of replacing it with people from a curated list of teachers and professionals that students have spent the last few years compiling via open democratic debate.

[-] Tattorack@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

They're making a technocracy? Cool!

[-] strawberry_enjoyer42@lemmy.blahaj.zone 39 points 1 day ago

There's something interesting, if not encouraging:

AlpineBSD is an operating system based on the NetBSD kernel with a userspace inspired by Alpine Linux and the objective to use as little AI-generated software as possible.

[-] racketlauncher831@lemmy.ml 3 points 23 hours ago

This is skeptical. NetBSD is already the most anti-AI BSD out there. They clearly ban AI-generated content (code and email). One exception is that their core team can sign off AI-generated pull requests, but so far they never did.

AlpineBSD has four tiers of exposure in their package registry so that the user can choose how tainted they want their system to be. This is less ideal if the goal is to not have slop in the system.

[-] jlow@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 22 hours ago

ElementaryOS is another choice

[-] thingsiplay@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

There are good news too, but those doesn't NEED to be told to everyone. A CVE is very important to get it out as fast and to many possible. But if something good happens, it doesn't have the urgency and need to reach everyone in short possible time. Plus bad news are for most people more interesting and get you clicks too, just to add to the fuel. And Ai doesn't help with that either.

Therefore its only natural that we see more bad news than good news.

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