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Timestamps

00:00 Intro
00:30 Sponsor: TuxCare
01:53 Firefox will become an AI browser & makes all the mistakes
07:01 Servo making progress
08:19 Plasma 6.6 will fix some big Wayland issues
09:48 Wayland protocols updated for better HDR
10:51 GNOME bans AI from extensions
13:00 Rust no longer experimental in Linux kernel
14:21 Mint 22.3 beta released
15:59 Website lets you scan Snaps for vulnerabilities
18:19 Danish admin plans move to Linux
20:17 NVK gets a huge performance boost

Links:

Firefox will become an AI browser
https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/leadership/mozillas-next-chapter-anthony-enzor-demeo-new-ceo/
https://9to5linux.com/firefox-will-ship-with-an-ai-kill-switch-to-completely-disable-all-ai-features
https://www.theverge.com/tech/845216/mozilla-ceo-anthony-enzor-demeo

Servo making progress
https://servo.org/blog/2025/12/15/november-in-servo/

Plasma 6.6 will fix some big Wayland issues
https://blogs.kde.org/2025/12/13/this-week-in-plasma-wayland-screen-mirroring-and-custom-modes/

Wayland protocols updated for better HDR
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Wayland-Protocols-1.47

GNOME bans AI from extensions
https://blogs.gnome.org/jrahmatzadeh/2025/12/06/ai-and-gnome-shell-extensions/
https://gjs.guide/extensions/review-guidelines/review-guidelines.html

Rust no longer experimental in Linux kernel
https://thenewstack.io/rust-goes-mainstream-in-the-linux-kernel/

Mint 22.3 beta released
https://linuxiac.com/linux-mint-22-3-zena-enters-public-beta/

Website lets you scan Snaps for vulnerabilities
https://snapscope.popey.com/

Danish admin plans move to Linux
https://thedanishdream.com/news/denmark-ditches-microsoft-in-bold-tech-shift/
https://www.semaphor.dk/opensource/linuxpc

NVK gets a huge performance boost
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/-/merge_requests/36450

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@Blort@social.tchncs.de

@thelinuxexperiment@tilvids.com

For the love of all that is good, someone PLEASE create a browser UI around Servo that is:

* #copyleft #FOSS
* Community governed
* Has daily testing packages
* Community funded non profit
* Avoids off device #AI
* Communicates clearly

I worked professionally with high profile #crowdfunding campaigns for years. I am 100% certain a campaign would go viral, with stretch goals blown away.

#Servo isn't feature complete, but many (me!) would 100% daily drive something alpha, buggy and missing features to build a better future. Hint: this is exactly what successfully launched FIrefox against #IE.

We need hope we can escape the sinking, Titanic shitopoly of #Chrome and #Firefox. We will rally around any principled alternative.

#Privacy #GAFAM #Web #OpenSource #Google

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@Blort@social.tchncs.de

To anyone trying to follow me - I have a pretty low bar for the follows I authorize. Just:

1. Have some kind of description, even if short and not personally identifying. Just something.

2. Have a couple of posts. Not boosts. Not retooting some image from another social network. Posts with your own actual words.

3. Have an account that isn't on a huge, corporate privacy leech (eg Threads).

4. Be a human.

Other than that, I look forward to chattin' with y'all on the Fedi! ❤️

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@Blort@social.tchncs.de

Got a website?

Feel like helping make unauthorized LLM scrapers choke on an infinite sea of garbage, potentially making their models collapse?

...Then take a look at:
https://zadzmo.org/code/nepenthes/

PS Do make sure to read the warnings, boost and have fun! 😈

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Thanks to @dlatchx@fedi.tfnux.org for reminding me where to find this!

#AI #LLM #Nepenthes #LLMPoison #GenAI #Markov

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@Blort@social.tchncs.de

If you believe in #privacy and understand the dangers of #Google / #Facebook / #Amazon and #GAFAM #surveillance, then you'll understand the importance of #selfhosting. Currently, #Yunohost is one of - if not THE - best option for new hosters, but they need your help. We all need to help them get easier, faster and even better for everyone. They're doing it with no commercial sponsors, so throw them a sheckle or two if you're able:
https://donate.yunohost.org/

It helps us all.

Please #boost. Thanks.

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@Blort@social.tchncs.de

@servo@floss.social launch sponsorship tiers to help fund more rapid development:

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Servo-Sponsorship-Tiers

IMO Servo is still our best chance at a fast, modern alternative to Chrome's Blink renderer taking over the web.

Tiers start at as little as $100, but if you don't have that to spare, consider sharing to try and reach potential sponsors who do!

#Servo #FOSS #Chrome #Blink

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@Blort@social.tchncs.de

To anyone trying to follow me - I have a pretty low bar for the follows I authorize. Just:

1. Have some kind of description, even if short and not personally identifying. Just something.

2. Have a couple of posts. Not boosts. Not retooting some image from another social network. Posts with your own actual words.

3. Have an account that isn't on a huge, corporate privacy leech (eg Threads).

4. Be a human.

Other than that, I look forward to chattin' with y'all on the Fedi! ❤️

️
@Blort@social.tchncs.de

Got a website?

Feel like helping make unauthorized LLM scrapers choke on an infinite sea of garbage, potentially making their models collapse?

...Then take a look at:
https://zadzmo.org/code/nepenthes/

PS Do make sure to read the warnings, boost and have fun! 😈

.

Thanks to @dlatchx@fedi.tfnux.org for reminding me where to find this!

#AI #LLM #Nepenthes #LLMPoison #GenAI #Markov

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@Blort@social.tchncs.de

Ok, so this is very early stage but cool:

#Verso is a project to build a full "#FOSS forever" web browser based on #Rust and #Servo rather than #Chromium/#Gecko. Even the interface is rendered with Servo.

https://github.com/versotile-org/verso

Currently there's 23 contributors and a non profit forming to oversee it. There are also nightly releases for testing (remember the "very early stage" bit though!).

Here's their initial launch video (tech starts about 1/2 way through):
https://yewtu.be/watch?v=cqFfpeMGYk4?t=887

Screenshot from the Verso webpage. At the top is an image of a text based cat and the word "Verso" with an old CRT effect. Underneath is the following text:
"Verso is a web browser built on top of the Servo web engine. We aim to explore embedding solutions for Servo while growing it into a mature browser one day. This means we want to experiment with multi-view and multi-window first and then build UI elements entirely from Servo itself. At the moment, Servoshell should provide a better user experience.

Verso is still under development. We don't accept feature requests at the moment, and the whole navigation workflow hasn't been polished yet, either. But if you are interested, feel free to open bug-fix PRs."

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@Blort@social.tchncs.de

If you believe in #privacy and understand the dangers of #Google / #Facebook / #Amazon and #GAFAM #surveillance, then you'll understand the importance of #selfhosting. Currently, #Yunohost is one of - if not THE - best option for new hosters, but they need your help. We all need to help them get easier, faster and even better for everyone. They're doing it with no commercial sponsors, so throw them a sheckle or two if you're able:
https://donate.yunohost.org/

It helps us all.

Please #boost. Thanks.