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Show Notes
The controversial Intel code now shipping in Linux, why F-Droid is getting more attractive for developers, and the rumor that could change the industry.
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Links:
- Linux 5.18 Released With Intel SDSi, New CPU & GPU Features — Linux 5.18 brings the controversial Intel Software Defined Silicon (SDSi) functionality.
- Thoughts on software-defined silicon — Its purpose is to disable access to specific processor capabilities in the absence of a certificate from Intel saying otherwise.
- Statistics from the 5.18 development cycle
- Btrfs Gets Some Buttery Good Improvements With Linux 5.19 — David Sterba of SUSE has submitted the ~4k lines of code worth of feature changes for the Btrfs file-system driver in the Linux 5.19 kernel.
- Our build and release infrastructure, and upcoming updates — This work will be incrementally deployed as each bit is finished. So be patient, and you will notice releases happening faster and faster!
- Google Summer of Code (GSOC 2022) Highlights of FOSS Projects — Google announced the GSoC 2022 projects, and the list includes some exciting improvements to the mainstream foss projects such as GNOME, Xfce, LibreOffice, etc.
- Ubuntu 22.10 Makes PipeWire Default for Audio — “That’s right, as of today the Kinetic ISO (pending, not yet current since the changes were just made) has been updated to run only PipeWire and not PulseAudio […] you can look forward to this for Kinetic”
- Broadcom-VMware Deal Said to Be Ready as Soon as This Week — Broadcom Inc. could announce an agreement to acquire cloud-computing company VMware Inc. as soon as this week
- Broadcom’s Potential VMware Acquisition: 5 Things About Dell, Stock Prices And Hock Tan To Know
- Broadcom in Talks to Pay About $60 Billion for VMware
- Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger Has Mixed Feelings on a Broadcom-VMware Deal
Topics
Linux News PodcastLinux Action NewsLinux 5.18Linus TorvaldsSDSiSoftware Defined SiliconGPLDavid BoxBtrfs5.19David SterbaSUSEcopy-on-writeFOSSHans-Christoph SteinereightwaveF-DroidDebianautomationStretchCalyxOSCalyx InstituteGoogle Summer of CodeGSOC 2022ffmpegDebianTORLibreOfficeGNOMEKDEPlasmaCUDAAndroidVLCGIMPPipeWirePulseAudioUbuntu 22.10BroadcomVMwareDellEMCPat GelsingerLinux Foundation