296: DeepSeek AI, Steam Brick, Google Open-Sources PebbleOS, Hyprland, Thunderbird & more Linux news

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This week in Linux, there's a new AI chatbot called DeepSeek making waves and terrifying tech investors. Google has open sourced PebbleOS, the operating system for the old Pebble Watches. The Thunderbird email team announced a new version and a new release strategy. Then we'll take a look at a brand new desktop environment for Linux users. All of this and more on This Week in Linux, the weekly news show that keeps you up to date with what’s going on in the Linux and Open Source world. Now let's jump right into Your Source for Linux GNews!

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Chapters:

00:00 Intro
00:37 DeepSeek AI Chatbot scares Silicon Valley
05:13 Google Open-Sources PebbleOS, Pebble’s Founder Plans a Revival
09:39 Thunderbird 134 & Release Strategy Changes
13:29 Sandfly Security, agentless security [ad]
15:00 Steam Brick Mod... "because!"
17:41 Hyprland 0.47 Released
20:56 Orbitiny Desktop Environment
26:09 Discord Screen-Sharing with Audio on Linux Wayland is finally here, sort of
28:29 Support the show

Links:

• DeepSeek AI Chatbot scares Silicon Valley
  • https://www.deepseek.com/
  • https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/DeepSeek-turned-the-ai-world-on-its-head-but-dont-fall-for-the-hype-just-yet/
  • https://api-docs.deepseek.com/news/news250120
  • https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/DeepSeek-tops-iphone-downloads-what-to-know-about-the-ai-assistant/
  • https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/nvidia-tech-stocks-DeepSeek-ai-race-nasdaq-2025-1
  • https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/27/DeepSeek-claims-its-reasoning-model-beats-openais-o1-on-certain-benchmarks/
  • https://openai.com/index/new-embedding-models-and-api-updates/
  • https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/01/27/scale_ai_founder_alexandr_wang_DeepSeek_has_about_50000_of_the_most_powerful_nvidia_chips_that_they_cant_talk_about.html
  • https://destinationlinux.net
• Google Open-Sources PebbleOS, Pebble’s Founder Plans a Revival
  • https://opensource.googleblog.com/2025/01/see-code-that-powered-pebble-smartwatches.html
  • https://ericmigi.com/blog/why-were-bringing-pebble-back
  • https://rebble.io/howto/
  • https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/01/google-open-sources-pebble-smartwatch-os-new-watch-planned
• Thunderbird 134 & Release Strategy Changes
  • https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/
  • https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/134.0/releasenotes/
  • https://thunderbird.topicbox.com/groups/planning/Td58a7d8581e7d60f
• Sandfly Security, agentless security [ad]
  • https://thisweekinlinux.com/sandfly
• Steam Brick Mod... "because!"
  • https://crastinator-pro.github.io/steam-brick/
  • https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/the-ridiculous-steam-brick-just-makes-me-want-a-proper-steam-machine/
• Hyprland 0.47 Released
  • https://hyprland.org/
  • https://hyprland.org/news/update47/
  • https://www.phoronix.com/news/Hyprland-0.47-Released
• Orbitiny Desktop Environment
  • https://codeberg.org/sasko-usinov/orbitiny-desktop
  • https://ostechnix.com/orbitiny-linux-desktop-environment/
  • https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/1iayzwm/orbitiny_desktop_environment_released_originally/
• Discord Screen-Sharing with Audio on Linux Wayland is finally here, sort of
  • https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/looks-like-Discord-finally-fixed-linux-screen-and-audio-sharing-with-wayland/
  • https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/Discord-canary-on-linux-breaks-wayland-screen-sharing-support-for-now/
  • https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/Discord-screen-sharing-with-audio-on-linux-wayland-is-officially-here/
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