Linux drops Russian maintainers, CoreBoot nonsense & Snap drivers
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00:00 Intro
01:22 Linux kernel drops several Russian maintainers
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Russian-Linux-Maintainers-Drop
https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAHk-=whNGNVnYHHSXUAsWds_MoZ-iEgRMQMxZZ0z-jY4uHT+Gg@mail.gmail.com/
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linus-Torvalds-Russian-Devs
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Compliance-Requirements
06:29 Laptop reseller goes after Coreboot
https://www.malibal.com/features/dont-support-the-coreboot-project/
https://news.itsfoss.com/malibal-coreboot-fiasco/
https://www.reddit.com/r/linuxhardware/comments/15v2y21/stay_away_from_malibal/
10:31 Intelβs beta NPU driver is provided as a snap
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/10/intels-npu-driver-for-linux-is-now-available-on-the-snap-store
13:03 Big GNOME work on portals and hybrid laptops
https://thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2024/10/twig-170/
https://blogs.gnome.org/shell-dev/2024/04/23/notifications-46-and-beyond/
15:41 New SPECTRE like flaw on modern CPUS, Torvalds isnβt happy
https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/intel-and-amd-chips-are-under-attack-from-a-new-generation-of-spectre-threats
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Torvalds-Frustrated-Buggy-HW
18:24 Nvidia drivers prepare for HDR support
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/10/nvidia-565-57-01-beta-has-wayland-and-hdr-improvements-plus-dxvk-and-vkd3d-optimizations/
20:41 Nvidia has shipped billions of RISC V cores
https://www.phoronix.com/news/RISC-V-NVIDIA-One-Billion
22:25 SteamOS 3.6 is out
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/10/steam-deck-steamos-36-officially-out-with-improved-performance-mura-compensation-lots-more/
25:49 Valve pushes VR driver to SDL
https://www.phoronix.com/news/SDL-OpenVR-Video-Driver
26:37 Wine 9.20
https://gitlab.winehq.org/wine/wine/-/releases/wine-9.20