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Kyle returns, this time to talk to Joe about his experiences with Xubuntu.
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Late Night Linux – Episode 96
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How a Windows user views desktop Linux, some ask us anything questions, and Félim’s attempts to solve his RSI problem.
Kyle the Windows user
We discuss the recent episode of Late Night Linux Extra where Joe spoke to Kyle. He’s a technical Windows user who cares about privacy and security. He tried Linux but didn’t stick with it. Kyle will be back on the next episode of Late Night Linux Extra so make sure you are subscribed to the RSS feed to hear his thoughts on Joe’s beloved Xubuntu.
Ask us anything sensible
We answered some of your questions about corporations having public political views, and NixOS and Guix.
Félim’s RSI issues
Félim tells us about the new vertical mouse he bought to tackle his shoulder and neck pain. He should have probably bought this cheaper version. Graham mentioned his trackball mouse.
Digital Ocean
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Lernard
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TrueNAS from iXsystems
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Late Night Linux Extra – Episode 07
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Joe is joined by Kyle, a technical Windows user who cares about privacy and security. He tried Linux but didn’t stick with it. We try to get to the bottom of why that happened.
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Late Night Linux – Episode 95
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A look back at the year in Linux so far, some speculation about what’s coming, Lineage OS on the Raspberry Pi, and KDE Korner.
Lineage Love-in
OnePlus One, Sony Xperia XZ2 series, F(x)tec Pro1 get LineageOS 17.1
Admin
Keep an eye on the Late Night Linux Extra feed
FOSS trends 2020
We take stock on the year in Linux and FOSS so far, and speculate on what we will see over the next few months.
KDE Korner
New Slimbook & here & Nate got one too
KDEnlive Tutorials & Coming in KDEnlive August – Modes
Wayland improvements coming to Plasma 5.20
Digital Ocean
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Entroware
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Late Night Linux – Episode 94
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It’s been an unusually busy couple of summer weeks so we dig into the news including Canonical teaming up with Google, more updates from Pine64, and LibreOffice drama. Plus Will came up with a new segment, and KDE Korner.
News
COVID Tracker Ireland app one of Linux Foundation Public Health’s first open source projects
Canonical enables Linux desktop app support with Flutter
LibreOffice community protests at promotion of paid-for editions
Etcd, or, why modern software makes me sad
What Does the Future Hold for Edge Computing?
KDE Korner
Digital Ocean
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Lernard
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Late Night Linux – Episode 93
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Great mobile Linux news, dispelling myths about desktop market share, the beginning of the end for BIOS booting, KDE Korner, and some more of your ask us anything questions.
News
UBports GSI brings Ubuntu Touch to any Project Treble-supported Android device
Yet more claims that desktop Linux market share is increasing, but those stats aren’t reliable, and Linux Steam usage hasn’t gone up
Fedora Developers Discussing Possibility Of Dropping Legacy BIOS Support
KDE Korner
KDE has completed the move to GitLab
Modern process management on KDE
Ask us anything sensible
We answered some of your questions about interviewing someone from the commercial RISC-V community, what it would take for us to stop using Linux, and what we wish we could do with the terminal but can’t.
Digital Ocean
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Entroware
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Late Night Linux – Episode 92
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Will reminisces about netbooks, Joe has a new Pinebook Pro, Facebook’s complex morals, Bountysource worries the community, and KDE Korner.
News
Facebook did a bad thing to do a good thing
Bountysource was going to change its terms so it could keep unclaimed bounties but then backtracked
Admin
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Linux hardware – old and new
Joe talks about his new Pinebook Pro, and after Will read an article about netbooks, we have a nostalgic look back to those good old days.
KDE Korner
Plasma 5.19: A more Polished Plasma which wasn’t (Updated Wallet… broke it… then later that day fixed it) so they polished it again
KDE Plasma is Switching to a Windows-style Icon-only Task Bar
Krita 4.3 with good features video & overall KDE apps in the Windows store (no Krita numbers)
Digital Ocean
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Lernard
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Late Night Linux – Episode 91
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Linux audio tips, upgrade vs nuke and pave, smartwatches, a new Raspberry Pi, Microsoft and Mint drama, and the shortest KDE Korner ever.
News
8GB Raspberry Pi 4 on sale now at $75
Raspberry Pi OS (64 bit) beta test version
Ubuntu 20.10 desktop might be officially supported on the Pi
Admin
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Ask us anything sensible
We answered some of your questions about upgrading vs reinstalling, smartwatches, and audio on Linux.
KDE Korner
Plasma Mobile Update & How To Try It On Your Desktop
Digital Ocean
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Entroware
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Late Night Linux – Episode 90
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The deeper implications of all of Microsoft’s recent announcements, good news for Munich, GNOME, and KDE, and mixed news for VR on Linux.
News
Patent case against GNOME resolved
Half-Life: Alyx Update Adds Native Linux Support, Vulkan Rendering
OAuth sign-in with Gmail enabled again in KMail and Kontact
Admin
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Microsoft ❤️ Linux
Having admitted that they were on the wrong side of open source history, MS extends WSL2 Support with DirectX to come (more), embraces the terminal and package manager, and Extinguishes the MauiKit name (like before) but it’s OK “it went through legal”.
Nice article by original bug author
They’ve also open sourced some useless old guff.
Digital Ocean
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Entroware
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Late Night Linux – Episode 89
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Good news for Linux phones and Raspberry Pi users, an embarrassing security incident, Keybase bought by Zoom, KDE Korner, some feedback, and more.
Plugs
Check out Joe’s other podcasts The New Show with Daniel Foré and Alan Pope, and 2.5 Admins with Jim Salter and Allan Jude.
News
postmarketOS now boots on over 200 Linux phones and tablets
SaltStack authorization bypass
Raspberry Pi announces $50 12-megapixel camera with interchangeable lenses
RetroPie 4.6 released with Raspberry Pi 4 support
Admin
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Feedback
Ian got in touch to point out that GitLab isn’t quite as open source as we had made out.
KDE Korner
Ubuntu Studio switching to Plasma and are already making progress
Desktop Plasma on an Android Tablet
Digital Ocean
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ScholarPack
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