Nvidia Drivers, Linux Kernel Optimizations, and Vulkan Advancements

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00:00 Intro

02:04 KDE donation notification gets them big donations https://pointieststick.com/2024/12/02/i-think-the-donation-notification-works/ https://kde.org/community/donations/previousdonations/

04:41 Discord finally adds Wayland support https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/looks-like-discord-finally-fixed-linux-screen-and-audio-sharing-with-wayland/

06:55 Guidelines confirm SteamOS on other devices https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/valves-new-branding-guidelines-hint-at-steam-decks-steamos-for-more-devices/

09:00 Wayland color management could land soon https://www.phoronix.com/news/Wayland-Color-Management-Nears

10:24 Cosmic alpha 4 is out https://blog.system76.com/post/cosmic-alpha-4

12:58 Google hit with another anti competition lawsuit https://www.techradar.com/pro/google-hit-with-another-major-anti-competition-lawsuit-could-be-forced-to-break-up-ad-business

15:32 Intel shows new Arc GPUs with Linux support https://www.phoronix.com/review/intel-arc-b580-battlemage

18:22 Mozilla unveils rebrand and new logo https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/mozilla-brand-next-era-of-tech/

20:27 New stable Nvidia drivers https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/nvidia-565-77-stable-driver-for-linux-released/

22:31 Torvalds doesn’t want CPU level optimization in the kernel https://www.phoronix.com/news/Torvalds-Mind-Fart-x86_64-Level

24:59 Vulkan 1.4 is out, most FOSS drivers already ready https://www.phoronix.com/news/Vulkan-1.4-Mesa-Drivers https://linuxiac.com/vulkan-1-4-expands-cross-platform-gpu-capabilities/