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With the holiday season upon us, we talk about all the tech that we have to have with us when we travel.
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Late Night Linux – Episode 206
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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
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
Finalizing rpm-ostree support in Discover
Plasma Mobile Gear ⚙ 22.11 is Out
This week in KDE: Humongous UI improvements
This week in KDE: custom tiling
Status of the 15-Minute Bug Initiative
October/November in KDE Itinerary
Linode
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Kolide
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Entroware
This episode is sponsored by Entroware. They are a UK-based company who sells computers with Ubuntu and Ubuntu MATE preinstalled. They have configurable laptops, desktops and servers to suit a wide range of Linux users. Check them out and don’t forget to mention us at checkout if you buy one of their great machines.
Linux Downtime – Episode 61
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Alan Pope (popey) joins us to discuss building and fostering a positive and productive community.
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Late Night Linux – Episode 205
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An application firewall, reverse engineering with a better and scriptable version of Wireshark, getting the most out of webcams on Linux, running the latest kernel on a ten year old phone, moving away from mailing lists, KDE Korner, and the best distro of 2022(?)
Discoveries
Will’s reverse engineering efforts
PostmarketOS on a Samsung Galaxy S III
Mailing lists are on the wane
The GNOME Project is closing all its mailing lists
KDE Korner
Jonathan Esk-Riddell’s report from Prague and Scarlett’s too
NeoChat E2EE progressingNate’s Update: Welcome in Plasma
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Tailscale
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Linux After Dark – Episode 31
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The Linux setups from the past that we miss the most, and why they are all ones that gave us the freedom to tinker and learn.
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Late Night Linux – Episode 204
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Python comes to Arduino, a look at the new version of Fedora Silverblue, Linux helps Windows work with old printers, running your own Mastodon instance, remastering Ubuntu ISOs, and more. With guest host Alan Pope (popey).
News
Arduino Announces Official MicroPython Support
OpenPrinting keeps old printers working, even on Windows
LibreOffice and blockchain: What cool things are possible?
Running your own Mastodon instance
Popey tells us about running ubuntu.social
Linode
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Tailscale
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Linux Downtime – Episode 60
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Martin has created a new desktop environment and a container tool, Gary has been clustering Raspberry Pis, and Hayden has been playing with the new Microsoft Arm box.
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Late Night Linux – Episode 203
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Some great discoveries including traffic shaping, USB over IP, speech to text, and a funny Firefox extension. Plus Graham talks to Ken VanDine, the engineering manager for Ubuntu Desktop.
Discoveries
USB/IP protocol — The Linux Kernel documentation
Ken VanDine
Graham sits down with the Ken the Ubuntu desktop engineering manager at the Ubuntu Summit to talk about Snaps, desktop, WSL, Steam, and more.
Kolide
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Linux After Dark – Episode 30
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Why do we stick with Linux and FOSS, even when our faith is tested?
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Late Night Linux – Episode 202
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Mastodon usage explodes in the wake of Musk ruining Twitter, AI training fair use is about to be legally tested, Signal tries to be Snapchat, KDE Korner, and more.
News
Mastodon gained 70,000 users after Musk’s Twitter takeover. I joined them
The GitHub Copilot Lawsuit Threatens Open Source and Human Progress
What happened to signal-desktop? – snap – snapcraft.io
snap automatic updates can now be ‘held’ indefinitely (currently beta/edge)
Mozilla Ventures: Investing in Responsible Tech
SourceHut terms of service updates, cryptocurrency-related projects to be removed
KDE Korner
A New ‘KDE Control Centre’ Widget Inspired by iOS
Kate Treats, Outlines & smarter Krunner
Kolide
Kolide believes that maintaining endpoint security shouldn’t mean compromising employee privacy. Learn more here: https://l.kolide.co/3QqaWW8
Linode
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Entroware
This episode is sponsored by Entroware. They are a UK-based company who sells computers with Ubuntu and Ubuntu MATE preinstalled. They have configurable laptops, desktops and servers to suit a wide range of Linux users. Check them out and don’t forget to mention us at checkout if you buy one of their great machines.