Author: joe

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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

This episode is sponsored by Digital Ocean. Go to do.co/lnl and get started with $50 of credit. Digital Ocean provides virtual private servers all over the world with full root access starting at $5 per month, and other great features like block storage and load balancers.

 

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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What the rise of Arm means for Linux users, security vs convenience, having too much choice, and Dan’s favourite candle.

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00:00:47 What’s the best smell and what’s the worst smell?
00:07:02 What does the increasing popularity of Arm mean for Linux users?
00:16:02 Where do you draw the line between security and convenience?
00:25:01 Have you ever struggled with the paralysis of choice?

 

 

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Kyle returns, this time to talk to Joe about his experiences with Xubuntu.

 

 

 

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Low power x86 vs Arm boards, hard disk failure rates, and the intricacies of ZFS snapshots.

 

Plugs

OpenZFS Developer Summit

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News

Seeed Studio’s Odyssey is a mini-PC for big projects and small wallets

Backblaze Hard Drive Stats Q2 2020

 

Free consulting

We were asked about ZFS on root, snapshots, and Jim’s project called Sanoid.

 

 

TrueNAS from iXsystems

This episode is sponsored by TrueNAS from iXsystems, the number one Open Storage OS. See how TrueNAS can support your next storage project, whether it’s just a few terabytes, all the way up to multiple petabytes.

 

 

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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

This episode is sponsored by Digital Ocean. Go to do.co/lnl and get started with $50 of credit. Digital Ocean provides virtual private servers all over the world with full root access starting at $5 per month, and other great features like block storage and load balancers.

 

Lernard

This episode is sponsored by Lernard. Sign up at automation.link and upgrade with the code latenightlinux before the end of August to get free access to a beta of a new devops training site called Lernard.

 

TrueNAS from iXsystems

This episode is sponsored by TrueNAS from iXsystems, the number one Open Storage OS. See how TrueNAS can support your next storage project, whether it’s just a few terabytes, all the way up to multiple petabytes.

 

 

 

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