Github's fake stars, Nvidia's $700M open source bet, KDE looks healthy
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00:00 Intro

01:55 Github has a big malware problem https://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/2412.13459)

05:33 KDE’s dev community looks very healthy http://blog.davidedmundson.co.uk/blog/i-measured-kdes-commit-stats-and-the-results-surprised-me/)

08:53 Nvidia open sources $700M tech https://venturebeat.com/ai/nvidia-acquires-software-maker-runai-to-orchestrate-gpu-clouds-for-ai/) https://www.run.ai/blog/run-ai-joins-nvidia)

11:43 Linux’s steam marketshare breaks its barrier https://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/?platform=linux)

14:28 Mozilla’s AI assistant is here https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/12/orbit-by-mozilla-ai-assistant-firefox-extension)

17:04 X.org is an undead project https://www.phoronix.com/news/X.Org-Server-2024-GitStats)

19:46 Bottles moves to Rust and Libcosmic https://usebottles.com/posts/2024-12-27-rust-libcosmic-next/?s=09) https://usebottles.com/posts/2023-10-05-bottles-next-a-new-chapter/)

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