ULS 243: Only a Few Things Crashed - Intel is Back, Matrix is Out, and AI is Speeding up the Kernel

About this episode

The episode discusses various technology updates including a new Linux distro, KDE 6.6, and Intel's hiring of Linux developers.

This week we cover an Immutable Gentoo-derived distro, the release of KDE 6.6, Blender 5.1 and PipeWire 1.6. Then Intel hires more Linux developers, with a very specific gaming-centric experience wishlist, and the kernel 6.19.3 minor update is out, fixing some serious issues. For tips we have whosthere for network device discovery, rate-mirrors for exploring update mirror speeds, system-ac-power for detecting power and battery state, and unzip for .zip handling. You can find the show notes at https://bit.ly/4rCL0ZK and enjoy! Host: Jonathan Bennett Co-Hosts: Jeff Massie , Rob Campbell , and Ken McDonald Download or subscribe to Untitled Linux Show at https://twit.tv/shows/untitled-linux-show Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free audio and video feeds, a members-only Discord, and exclusive content. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Club TWiT members can discuss this episode and leave feedback in the Club TWiT Discord .

People in this episode

Host: Jonathan Bennett

Topics covered

• Linux distributions
• KDE release
• AI in technology
• Kernel updates
• Gaming and Linux
• Network tools

Keywords

• Immutable Gentoo
• KDE 6.6
• Blender 5.1
• PipeWire 1.6
• Intel Linux developers
• kernel update
• network device discovery
• system tools

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Intel, KDE, Blender, PipeWire

Books & works: Gentoo

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