30:52

S03:E07 Feb 15, 2025

OBS could sue Fedora, GNOME's new site & branding

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24:09

S03:E06 Feb 8, 2025

Fedora looks at adding AI, kernel maintainer resigns over Rust issues, GNOME 48 changes

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23:58

S03:E05 Feb 1, 2025

Mesa, Wayland & X.org in trouble, Debian leaves X, GNOME 48 alpha

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26:40

S03:E04 Jan 25, 2025

Intel rediscovers Modular PCs, Arch Survey results, Kernel 6.13

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28:26

S03:E03 Jan 18, 2025

Facebook bans Fediverse Links, big Valve interview on SteamOS, Apple pulls their AI

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28:13

S03:E02 Jan 11, 2025

Linux Foundation endorses Chromium, SteamOS ISO is coming

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24:26

S03:E01 Jan 4, 2025

Github's fake stars, Nvidia's $700M open source bet, KDE looks healthy

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