Linux grows again, KDE overspends (but it's fine), Ubuntu has upgrade problems

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00:00 Intro

01:15 Linux desktop market share keeps growing https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/09/linux-smashes-another-market-share-record-for-august-2024-on-statcounter/

04:18 Canonical blocks the upgrade to 24.04 LTS https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/09/canonical-halts-ubuntu-24-04-lts-upgrades-again

07:03 KDE overspent in 2023, but it’s all on purpose https://ev.kde.org/reports/ev-2023/

11:30 Wayland gains 3 new protocols https://www.phoronix.com/news/Wayland-Protocols-1.37

13:45 Servo web engine making progress https://servo.org/blog/2024/08/31/this-month-in-servo/

16:12 Debian ponders an aggressive package removal https://www.phoronix.com/news/Debian-Debates-Unmaintained-SW

19:32 Intel’s new chips seem to outclass ARM chips now https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/intel-launches-lunar-lake-claims-arm-beating-battery-life-worlds-fastest-mobile-cpu-cores

24:09 Google might develop Firefox’s JPEG XL decoder https://www.phoronix.com/news/Mozilla-Interest-JPEG-XL-Rust

28:05 Windows on ARM support, and problems https://www.phoronix.com/news/Microsoft-Surface-Pro-5G-Linux https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/microsoft-rolled-out-ai-pcs-that-can-t-play-top-games-and-there-s-no-quick-fix/ar-AA1pUDSX

33:24 Gaming: Market share https://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/Steam-Hardware-Software-Survey-Welcome-to-Steam

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