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 Intel’s 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 isn’t 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

27:07 Hangover 9.20 brings x86 to ARM emulation to Wine https://www.phoronix.com/news/Hangover-9.20-Win64-On-ARM64