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Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 00:54 Sponsor: TuxCare 02:14 Proton makes worrying move stowards AI 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 AI 20:27 Bottles dev talks vibe cloned software, AI 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 AI 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 AI https://itsfoss.com/news/ginux/

Bottles dev talks vibe cloned software, AI 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