Notices by Boiling Steam (boilingsteam@mastodon.cloud)

"Use Cloudfare, it makes your site more resilient"

Guess what happens when Cloudfare goes down?

#cloudfare #epicfail #internet #centralization

Microsoft seemingly just revealed that OpenAI lost $11.5B last quarter: https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/29/microsoft_earnings_q1_26_openai_loss/
#microsoft #openai #business

What comes after the Xbox Series consoles? Well, it's pretty much just a PC - even the Microsoft CEO has said so: https://www.eurogamer.net/what-comes-after-the-xbox-series-consoles-well-its-pretty-much-just-a-pc-even-the-microsoft-ceo-has-said-so
#xbox #console #pc #microsoft

Pop!_OS is Back After A Long Slumber with a 24.04 LTS version: https://boilingsteam.com/pop-os-is-back-after-a-long-slumber/
#linux #linuxgaming #update #release #foss #distro #popos #ubuntu #beta #cosmic #desktop

F-Droid and Google’s developer registration decree: https://f-droid.org/2025/09/29/google-developer-registration-decree.html
#android #fdroid #sideloading #google

Gamer Nexus is going to produce benchmarks using Linux from now on for GPUs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5O6tQYJSEMw

#linux #linuxgaming #gpu #performance #testing

@hj you can try CPU but it's super compute intensive so would be super slow on CPU

@hj need A GPU so I doubt it would be a good fit

Vibevoice: a Frontier Open-Source Text-To-Speech Model: https://microsoft.github.io/VibeVoice/
#linux #tts #vibevoice #microsoft #model #ai

@hj they are small, but they hurt just the same 😉

Choosing the Right Wireless Module for Your Framework Desktop (and avoiding landmines): https://boilingsteam.com/chosing-the-right-wifi-module-for-your-framework-desktop/
#linux #update #release #hardware #wireless #module #intel #amd #frameworkdesktop #wifi #bluetooth #landmines

If you are using Matrix on the official central server, note that there are going to be restrictions very soon on the attachment size you can share with people. Because the org is losing money fast.
#matrix #server #linux #operations #policy

@BrodieOnLinux @w Netsurf had a release end of 2023 last. Are you saying it's not OK to use it? https://www.netsurf-browser.org/downloads/gtk/

@BrodieOnLinux It's not that complicated. Ensure that the kernel has stable APIs, interfaces, and system calls that behave the same way over time so that your applications on user space don't break after a kernel update

@peteriskrisjanis GOG is anti-Linux for years by now, from the day they refused to port anything related to the GOG Galaxy client it was abundantly clear what they were doing.

They have to tell you that THIS IS AN XBOX because it does not, absolutely not, look like a totally generic handheld PC like the other 20 out there.
#microsoft #xbox #portable #lol

Wow, Firefox by default applies DNS encryption over HTTP, to protect you from your evil ISP watching what sites you check. But you know who they use to resolve the DNS request? No other than fucking Cloudfare! So in effect, Cloudfare sees everything about the sites you visit when you use Firefox. Thanks Mozilla, but I'd rather trust my ISP than Cloudfare in that case. And cherry on the cake, they enable this by default, without opt-in request. The "champions of the Free Web" are the worst

@Suiseiseki It's not like you have a lot of choice though. There are very few FOSS games out there, and they certainly can't compare with the commercial offering. It's not what I like it to be, but it's the reality.

Windows Was The Problem All Along: Review of the Lenovo Legion Go S Running SteamOS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJXp3UYj50Q
#linux #linuxgaming #update #legiongos #lenovo #handheld #steamos #windows #pcgaming #alternative

@alihan_banan @hj Gabe wont be around forever