Podcast (all): Download (Duration: 29:31 — 20.3MB)

Why FOSS is unlikely to gain traction in education, what’s great about Discourse, Linux gaming, the uncertain future of Termux, our thoughts on Snap and Flatpak, and more.

Links mentioned:

Termux and its plugins are no longer updated on Google Play Store

Termux and Android 10

AppImage, Flatpak und Snap in comparison

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Podcast (all): Download (Duration: 29:49 — 20.5MB)

The Steam Deck is nearly here, Will is looking for a new email host, Creative Commons is abused, Joe has kernel problems, Félim upgrades his phone, and Graham plays a synth. Plus KDE Korner.

News

Steam Deck Deposit – Steam Deck Launching February 25th

Farewell, G-Suite Legacy

The Pains Involved In Moving on from Google Apps for Domains

A Bug in Early Creative Commons Licenses Has Enabled a New Breed of Superpredator

Discoveries

Jq

Vital synth

Admin

Check out Linux Downtime and Linux After Dark

KDE Korner

Falkon 3.2.0

15 Minute bug initiative and progress (plus some upcoming features)

Runner help

Linux App Summit

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Podcast (all): Download (Duration: 29:11 — 20.1MB)

Why some people use Mint instead of Ubuntu, and your feedback. Plus all sorts of discoveries including programming lights, Ceefax, and a FOSS alternative to Sonos.

Discoveries

HiFi Berry OS

Ceefax lives!

NimBLE ESP32

iPlayer probably runs on 32-bit Linux

Why use Mint over Ubuntu?

Linux Mint 20.3 “Una” Cinnamon released!

New Features in Linux Mint 20.3 ‘Una’ Cinnamon Edition

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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.

Podcast (all): Download (Duration: 29:51 — 20.6MB)

A theme of funding open source development runs throughout the news including npm sabotage, Mozilla accepting crypto donations, and Signal’s CEO standing down. Plus Wordle’s open web problem, the usual great stuff in KDE Korner, and more.

News

JavaScript dev deliberately screws up own popular npm packages to make a point of some sort

Open source maintainer threatens to throw in the towel if companies won’t ante up

New year, new Signal CEO

Mozilla backtracks on crypto donations

Wordle is being punished by app stores for choosing the open web

Dev of namesake app donates proceeds to charity

Humble subscription service is dumping Mac, Linux access in 18 days

Canon forced to ship ink cartridges without chips

KDE Korner

Plasma 5.24 Beta out

KVer Graphics & Dev Videos

Gnome App ID in KDE Task Manager

KDE PIM Updates and 4k LOC from Dolphin refactored out

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Podcast (all): Download (Duration: 29:11 — 20.1MB)

A simple FOSS way to share your mouse and keyboard across multiple machines, and a handy command line tool to find duplicate files. Plus your predictions for 2022 including gaming, GNOME, Firefox, Raspberry Pi, and PipeWire.

Discoveries

Barrier

rdfind

A CPU implemented in a modular synthesizer

Feedback

CalyxOS and a site to check which apps will work with de-Googled Android

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