ULS 248: It's Like a Crayon - PineTime Pro, SystemD Harassment, & No More AI Slop

About this episode

The episode discusses the PineTime Pro, KDE 6.6 performance, Kali Linux release, and various tech updates including SystemD and AI bug reports.

This week the guys take a look at the PineTime Pro, cover KDE 6.6 and its performance wins, and celebrate the Kali Linux release. Ubuntu's Grub may be changing, Nvidia has a new stable driver, and the SystemD age birth date field is still causing controversy. Gnome has a new fellowship to pay programmers directly, and AI bug reports may finally be decent. For tips we have OMP Manager for easy Oh My Posh installs, fluidsynth for playing midi, exiftool for manipulating media meta-information, and part one of a grafana installation. You can find the show notes at https://bit.ly/4skwtS1 and have a great week! Host: Jonathan Bennett Co-Hosts: Rob Campbell , Jeff Massie , 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

• PineTime Pro
• KDE 6.6
• Kali Linux release
• Ubuntu Grub changes
• Nvidia driver
• SystemD controversy
• AI bug reports

Keywords

• PineTime Pro
• KDE 6.6
• Kali Linux
• Ubuntu
• Nvidia
• SystemD
• AI bug reports
• OMP Manager
• fluidsynth
• exiftool

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: KDE, Kali Linux, Ubuntu, Nvidia, Gnome

Products: PineTime Pro, OMP Manager, fluidsynth, exiftool, grafana

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