Intel hides a proprietary derivative of MINIX inside all of its processors, Sway announces it's dropping support for NVIDIA graphics cards, and LibreOffice gets hit with trolls in the middle of its botched community mascot contest.

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Show Notes:

KDE Frameworks 5.40.0 Released:

• KDE Announcement

Intel Hides MINIX Inside Your CPU:

• ZDNet Article
• NetworkWorld Article
• Open Letter to Intel (by Andrew Tanenbaum, MINIX Creator)
• /r/Linux Thread: An Open Letter to Intel
• /r/Linux Thread: Google Working to Remove ME from Intel Platforms
• /r/Linux Thread: MINIX is the World's Most Popular OS

OpenOffice Limping Along, Ships Major Bug:

• The Register Article
• /r/Linux Thread: OpenOffice OK with Not Being "Cool"

GNOME 4 Separates UI from Compositor, Saves Users from Extensions:

• Proposal on GNOME Wiki
• /r/Linux Thread: GNOME Shell 4 Proposal

LibreOffice Drags Mascot Contest Out Even Longer:

• LibreOffice Design Team Blog Post
• /r/Linux Thread: LibreOffice Mascot Contest Progress

Linux Community comes Crashing Down on NVIDIA:

• Blog Post by Drew DeVault, Sway Developer
• /r/Linux Thread: NVIDIA Sucks and I'm Sick of It
• Blog Post by Martin Floser, KWin Developer
• /r/Linux Thread: Plasma/Wayland and NVIDIA
• Phoronix Article
• /r/Linux Thread: NVIDIA Actively Blocking Nouveau
• Solus Plans to Improve NVIDIA Wayland Situation
• /r/Linux Thread: Solus Working to Improve the NVIDIA Situation
• /r/Linux Thread: NVIDIA has No Plans to Support Xwayland
• /r/Linux Thread: NVIDIA Drivers
• Ars Technica Article: Intel and AMD Partner for CPU/GPU Combo
• AnandTech Article: Intel Working on Discrete GPUs