Particle physics depends on software that’s maintained by one retiree, another argument about AI, YouTube disrespects Creative Commons, we find an excuse to laugh at Musk, KDE Korner, and more.
News
Crucial Computer Program for Particle Physics at Risk of Obsolescence
FORM (symbolic manipulation system) – Wikipedia
GPT-3 Business Email Generator by Danny Richman
AI writes Terraform
Company ‘Hijacks’ Blender’s CC BY-Licensed Film, YouTube Strikes User
Twitter turns its back on open-source development
KDE and Xfce Kornerx
Xubuntu Development Update December 2022
Xfce 4.18 Looks Exciting
Finalizing rpm-ostree support in Discover
Introducing KIO AFC
Plasma Mobile Gear 22.11 is Out
This week in KDE: Humongous UI improvements
This week in KDE: custom tiling
Help KDE hire more people!
Status of the 15-Minute Bug Initiative
October/November in KDE Itinerary
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