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01:38 KDE notification gets them big donations
04:15 Discord adds wayland support
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KDE donation notification gets them big donations
https://pointieststick.com/2024/12/02/i-think-the-donation-notification-works/
https://kde.org/community/donations/previousdonations/

Discord finally adds Wayland support
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/looks-like-discord-finally-fixed-linux-screen-and-audio-sharing-with-wayland/

Guidelines confirm SteamOS on other devices
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/valves-new-branding-guidelines-hint-at-steam-decks-steamos-for-more-devices/

Cosmic alpha 4 is out
https://blog.system76.com/post/cosmic-alpha-4

Intel shows new Arc GPUs with Linux support
https://www.phoronix.com/review/intel-arc-b580-battlemage

Torvalds doesn't want CPU level optimization in the kernel
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Torvalds-Mind-Fart-x86_64-Level