This week Noah gives an update on EndlessOS and why it might be the default go-to operating system for new users. Ai scams are getting worse, and the Ashi lead dev stepped down.
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00:50 EndlessOS
Customized Gnome
Installer
Doesn't allow the user to hurt themselves
Intuitive interface
Remote Desktop
RDP
Reasonably Secure
Last OS left on a computer
12:09 News Wire
Thunderbird 135 - thunderbird.net (https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/135.0/releasenotes/)
Firefox - mozilla.org (https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/135.0/releasenotes/)
Curl 8.12 - curl.se (https://curl.se/ch/)
Sysvinit 3.14 - github.com (https://github.com/slicer69/sysvinit/releases)
MKVtoolNix v90 - bunkus.org (https://www.bunkus.org/2025/02/2025-02-08-mkvtoolnix-v90-0-released/)
Calibre 7.25 - calibre-ebook.com (https://calibre-ebook.com/whats-new)
LibreOffice 25.2 - wiki.documentfoundation.org (https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/25.2)
Ardor 8.11 - ardour.org (https://ardour.org/whatsnew.html)
Tails 6.12 - torproject.org (https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tails-6-12/)
Porteux 1.9 - github.com (https://github.com/porteux/porteux/releases)
Slackware based Porteux has released version 1.9
ELF/Sshdinjector.A!tr - csoonline.com (https://www.csoonline.com/article/3816998/new-trojan-hijacks-linux-and-iot-devices.html)
CISA Orders Federal Agencies to Fix Flaw - bleepingcomputer.com (https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cisa-orders-agencies-to-patch-linux-kernel-bug-exploited-in-attacks/)
Beelzebub - helpnetsecurity.com (https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/02/10/beelzebub-open-source-honeypot-framework/)
OpenEuroLLM - infoq.com (https://www.infoq.com/news/2025/02/open-euro-llm/)
Reasoning Model s1 - ceotodaymagazine.com (https://www.ceotodaymagazine.com/2025/02/open-source-ai-model-s1-developed-for-less-than-50-challenges-industry-norms/)
14:32 AI Makes Scams Worse
AI being used to get hired, to steal information
Video interviews are glitchy and odd
Answers to questions are right out of OpenAI and ChatGPT
Problem will get worse before it gets better
Companies will respond by not hiring remotely
The Register (https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/11/it_worker_scam/)
24:28 AI Safety
Competition heating up
Need to foster AI, not restrict it
Open Source AI
China isn't going to back down
Are we out of our depth with AI?
Can't put the gene back in the bottle
34:40 Microsoft Office 365 Co-Pilot
Users must act or pay more
2025 version of Clippy
Microsoft is getting more aggressive
Imagine if everything was "opt out"
Can only opt out by "canceling subscription"
Misleading marketing
Non-CoPilot plans only available for a limited time
43:07 Ashi Linux Dev Steps down
Still plans to contribute
Ashi Linux is important
Apple removed barriers to run Linux
Linux worked pretty well on Intel Macs
T2 Chip
T2Linux
New Apple chip
Phoronix (https://www.phoronix.com/news/Asahi-Linux-Lead-No-Upstream)
51:30 Lossless-cut
Avidemux (https://avidemux.sourceforge.net/)
Lossless-cut (https://github.com/mifi/lossless-cut)
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