Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:54 Sponsor: TuxCare
02:14 Proton makes worrying move stowards Al
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 Al
20:27 Bottles dev talks vibe cloned software, Al 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 Al
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 Al
https://itsfoss.com/news/ginux/
Bottles dev talks vibe cloned software, Al and other projects
https://itsfoss.com/interview/mirko-brombin-raven/
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
This is skeptical. NetBSD is already the most anti-AI BSD out there. They clearly ban AI-generated content (code and email). One exception is that their core team can sign off AI-generated pull requests, but so far they never did.
AlpineBSD has four tiers of exposure in their package registry so that the user can choose how tainted they want their system to be. This is less ideal if the goal is to not have slop in the system.
The tainted package repos are separated from the clean ones, akin to the way Debian handles non-libre software.
Honestly, it’s a good compromise: the base system is clean, and the rest can be cleaned up over time as alternatives and forks are created.
I’d also like to point out that it’s not strictly a proper BSD, as it often prefers GNU and BusyBox in the userspace.
What excites me most is the proof of concept here; I’m considering trying to make a Arch-like OS built on the NetBSD kernel.