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It’s part 2 of our discussion about sustainability in FOSS.
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Podcast (all): Download (Duration: 20:48 — 14.6MB)
It’s part 2 of our discussion about sustainability in FOSS.
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Playing with Arduinos, a 1337 h4x0r tool, ChromeOS Flex, a proprietary software win, whether open-sourcing AI makes sense, and more.
Discoveries
ChromeOS Flex is now generally available
Discussion
Open source isn’t working for AI
Kolide
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How efficient are our whole setups – including servers, client machines, and VPSs? Could we be doing more to save energy and money?
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It’s the London meetup live show special! Joe is joined by Alex and Gary to discuss how to accept that most people who use/connect to Linux machines don’t use it on the desktop.
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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.
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There is a sustainability problem in FOSS. How do we fix it?
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Loads of useful discoveries, a Lineage tale of woe, yet more trolling of Félim, and more.
Discoveries
Beej’s guide to network programming
LinuxCommandLibrary and f-droid app
Feedback
How to Prolong Lithium-based Batteries
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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In a world of cloud and serverless, is there any point in most people learning the command line?
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Torvalds is using an Arm Mac with Asahi, potentially bad news for ChromeOS in Europe, a remarkable Debian server upgrade, Facebook wins a battle in the URL war, Minecraft shuns NFTs, KDE Korner, and more.
News
London Meetup 5th August near The Eye
Microsoft clarifies store policy on commercial FOSS
Torvalds is using Asahi on an Arm Mac, and the next kernel will be 6.0
Torvalds didn’t expect to run Linux on Arm Macs
Denmark bans Chromebooks and Google Workspace in schools over data transfer risks
Facebook Is Now Encrypting Links to Prevent URL Stripping
Debian skip-skip-cross-up-grade
Official Unreal Engine 5 editor binaries for Linux have been published
Banned from Minecraft, crypto group says it’ll just make a better game
KDE Korner
Kate incremental updates and Itinerary Update
Linode
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Hayden explains why he uses Windows Subsystem for Linux on a daily basis, and argues that Microsoft is a very different organisation from the one that was so hostile to FOSS 20+ years ago.
He mentioned his unofficial timeline of Microsoft’s transition towards open source.
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Graham played with a Steam Deck, Will switched to Firefox, Félim cleaned up his home directory, and Joe obsessed over battery health. Plus Copilot follow-up, and more.
Discoveries
Feedback
Kolide
Kolide believes that maintaining endpoint security shouldn’t mean compromising employee privacy. Learn more here: https://l.kolide.co/3QqaWW8
Linode
Simplify your cloud infrastructure with Linode’s Linux virtual machines and develop, deploy, and scale your modern applications faster and more easily. Go to linode.com/latenightlinux and get started with $100 credit.
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