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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:34 Sponsor: Squarespace
01:42 Mesa, Wayland and X.org lose their hosting
03:57 Debian quits Twitter
06:07 GNOME 48 alpha is out
08:14 Kernel wifi maintainer steps down without replacement
10:15 Facebook blocked posts linked to Linux
12:12 OpenAI accuses another model of stealing their stolen work
14:13 Steam Deck is getting outclassed
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18:10 Support the channel

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Mesa, Wayland and X.org lose their hostinghttps://www.phoronix.com/news/2025-XOrg-FreeDesktop-Cloud.

Debian quits Twitterhttps://news.itsfoss.com/debian-logs-off-twitter/.

GNOME 48 alpha is outhttps://discourse.gnome.org/t/gnome-48-alpha-released/26414.https://download.gnome.org/teams/releng/48.alpha.8/NEWS.

Kernel wifi maintainer steps down without replacementhttps://linuxiac.com/linux-kernel-surpasses-40-million-lines/.https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Wireless-Maintainer-2025.

Facebook blocking posts linked to Linuxhttps://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20250127#sitenews.https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/28/facebook_blocks_distrowatch/.

OpenAI accuses another model of stealing their stolen workhttps://www.techradar.com/pro/us-navy-bans-use-of-deepseek-in-any-capacity-due-to-potential-security-and-ethical-concerns.https://www.techradar.com/computing/artificial-intelligence/openai-says-deepseek-used-its-models-illegally-and-it-has-evidence-to-prove-it-new-report-claims.

Steam Deck is getting outclassedhttps://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonevangelho/2025/01/28/the-steam-deck-suddenly-has-a-serious-switch-2-problem/.

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