Late Night Linux – Episode 98

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How do we fix the broken Internet? We try to find solutions that don’t mean resorting to regulation. Plus Arm is sold again, Ubuntu community rumblings, a packed KDE Korner, and more.

 

News

NVIDIA to Acquire Arm for $40 Billion

Arm co-founder starts ‘Save Arm’ campaign to keep independence amid $40B Nvidia deal

Ubuntu community drama

Mark Shuttleworth to revive Ubuntu Community Council after body shrinks to single member – Mark Shuttleworth

Amiga Fast File System makes minor comeback in new Linux kernel

 

Admin

Check out Paddy’s new show Tabs, Not Spaces

Check out Jono Bacon’s book club

 

Fixing the Internet

Mozilla CEO Mitchell Baker urges European Commission to seize ‘once-in-a-generation’ opportunity

EU lawmakers say it’s time to go further on tackling disinformation

Telling people to delete Facebook won’t fix the internet

 

KDE Korner

KDE Plasma 5.20 Will Alert You If Your Disk Is Failing, New Bluetooth page & in 20.12 (while out) Annotations in Spectacle

Fedora 34 KDE Spin Planning Switch To Wayland

Akademy makes the magic happen: Check Fri, Sat, Sun, Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu & Fri / Fri Wrap

 

 

 

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The New Show 11: Stack of Cups

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Neglected parts of Linux, the nuances of recycling, and tech we won’t get to see.

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00:00:36 What future tech that you are excited about is likely to happen in 100 years?
00:08:52 Is recycling worth the effort?
00:20:09 What’s the one part of the Linux stack that never gets any love?

Late Night Linux Extra – Episode 09

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Kyle returns again, this time to address some of the feedback we have received from previous episodes, and to talk about his brief experiences with Pop!_OS.

 

Kyle mentioned f.lux and Winamp.

 

 

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2.5 Admins 11: Monitoring the Internet

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How Internet standards are decided, what a new one means for the Web, a surprising “feature” of Chrome, and the best ways to monitor your systems.

 

News

WebBundles Harmful to Content Blocking, Security Tools, and the Open Web

RFC8890: The Internet is for End Users

A Chrome feature is creating enormous load on global root DNS servers

 

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We were asked about monitoring backups and systems in general.

 

 

 

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Late Night Linux – Episode 97

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Bad news for Mozilla, divided opinion on modular phones, AI takes over aviation, whether Canonical is on the right path, and plenty of great developments in KDE Korner.

 

News

Joe will be doing Linux Action News again because Jupiter Broadcasting is independent again

Changing World, Changing Mozilla

Sources: Mozilla extends its Google search deal

If you think Mozilla pushed a broken Firefox Android build, good news: It didn’t. Bad news: It’s working as intended

You can buy Fairphone’s new handset or just its cameras as an upgrade

Last October we talked about FlightGear being used in the AlphaDogfight Trials, well now we’re all doomed as the AI wins 5-0

 

Admin

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AMA

We were asked whether Canonical is standing on the shoulders of giants, or building castles on the sand.

 

KDE Korner

KDE neon Rebased on 20.04 (plus all the 20.08 app updates)

Kdenlive 20.08 is out

Plasma Mobile Update

Linux Spotlight EP56 – Nate Graham of KDE Plasma

 

 

Digital Ocean

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