Github's fake stars, Nvidia's $700M open source bet, KDE looks healthy: Linux & Open Source News

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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:40 Sponsoir: Proton Mail
01:38 Github has a big malware problem
05:15 KDE's dev community looks very healthy
08:03 Nvidia open sources $700M tech
10:43 Mozilla's AI assistant is here
13:19 X.org is an undead project
16:01 Bottles moves to Rust and Libcosmic
20:00 Sponsor: Tuxedo Computers


Github has a big malware problemhttps://www.techradar.com/pro/security/github-has-a-major-problem-with-fake-rankings-which-could-put-users-at-risk-of-attack.https://arxiv.org/pdf/2412.134599

KDE's dev community looks very healthyhttp://blog.davidedmundson.co.uk/blog/i-measured-kdes-commit-stats-and-the-results-surprised-me/.

Nvidia open sources $700M techhttps://venturebeat.com/ai/nvidia-acquires-software-maker-runai-to-orchestrate-gpu-clouds-for-ai/.https://www.run.ai/blog/run-ai-joins-nvidia.

Mozilla's AI assistant is herehttps://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/12/orbit-by-mozilla-ai-assistant-firefox-extension.

X.org is an undead projecthttps://www.phoronix.com/news/X.Org-Server-2024-GitStats.

Bottles moves to Rust and Libcosmichttps://usebottles.com/posts/2024-12-27-rust-libcosmic-next/?s=09.https://usebottles.com/posts/2023-10-05-bottles-next-a-new-chapter/.