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We are joined by Alex from Self-Hosted to talk about home media setups. Is it a good idea to use a NAS running a desktop while connected to a TV, or does something like an Nvidia Shield make more sense?
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Will is annoyed with calculators, Félim adds GUIs to his ropey Python, Graham attempts to tune a Piano, and Joe dreams of playing darts without the maths. Plus your feedback about robot vacuums, guitar cables, Arch, why we don’t talk about Fedora, KDE wins, and more.
Discoveries
Autodarts (video of it in action)
Feedback
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A year on from our episode about Ubuntu, we still have concerns about the direction of the project. Or should we just call it a product at this point? Plus your feedback about challenges, and Raspberry Pi alternatives.
Our previous episode about Ubuntu
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Flathub’s grand plans spark a debate the merits of modern packaging, we feel old 20 years on from the SCO lawsuit, great news for un-Googled Android users, a lengthy quest to stream DRM-restricted media on Arm Macs, KDE Korner, and more.
News
The SCO lawsuit, 20 years later
NewF-Droid repository format for faster and smaller updates
The Quest for Netflix on Asahi Linux
KDE Korner
Plasma 6 kick off and outline fixes & Wayland zooming
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Kolide
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What is the right level of customisation for the Linux desktop?
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Troubleshooting microcontroller projects, reinstalling Ubuntu the quick and easy way, loads of gaming discoveries, follow-up on backups, playing guitar with Linux, keeping kids safe online, and more.
Discoveries
device IDs to get steering wheel
Zelda a Link to the Past on Linux
Feedback
Neon AI OS for the Mycroft Mark II
Behringer UMC22 audiophile 2×2 USB audio interface
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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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We are joined by Jorge Castro to talk about immutable filesystem Linux distros.
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Corrections from Jorge: “I mentioned hyperreal when I really meant to say Hyprland, and one is a person working on a ublue, the other is a wayland compositor.”
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Canonical angers the community again – this time by asking Ubuntu flavours to stop shipping Flatpak by default, we can’t decide whether Microsoft or Google are worse, NASA contributes to way more open source software than you might think, ten years of Steam on Linux, and KDE Korner.
News
Ubuntu Flavor Packaging Defaults
10 years ago Steam released for Linux
M$ Edge inserts ads on Chrome download page
My daughter’s school took over my personal Microsoft account
KDE Korner
Nicco looks at theme & shows 6 “hidden” features of Plasma
Plasma Mobile 5.27 + PlaMo Gear 23.01.0
How to add flatpaks on Kubuntu/Neon
Two very last minute tools in Neon & two apps in unstable
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Should open source projects use open platforms for their communities, or should they meet people where they are – places like Discord?
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More reverse-engineering, free tech books, a handy tool for fixing things you’ve aCCIDENTALLY CAPITALISED, Chromium in the terminal, putting apps and config files in a “box”, more on aviation tracking, GUI vs CLI backups on Linux, and loads more.
Discoveries
Late Night Linux – Discoveries
Github Sponsors stops taking Paypal
TheAirTraffic (ADS-B Exchange replacement)
Félim’s list of ADS-B Exchange alternatives
Feedback
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Kolide
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