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Linux Action News 219

December 12th, 2021  |  17 mins 1 sec

144hz, apache, apache struts, apple icloud, exploit, formatmsgnolookups, freebsd 12.3, gnome 42, gnome shell, input events, java, java naming and directory interface, jndi, jvm, linux action news, linux news podcast, log4j2, log4shell, minecraft, open source funding, refresh rate, steam, systemd 250, systemd-homed, uid mapped mounts, vulnerability

The Log4Shell vulnerability is making waves this week; we'll explain why and break down how it works.

Linux Action News 218

December 5th, 2021  |  21 mins 42 secs

amd, best known configuration, blender 3.0, centos stream 9, cycles x, epel 9, fedora, fwupd, linux action news, linux news podcast, lvfs, michael larabel, nvidia, richard hughes, uefi

Industry-changing open-source project releases, and why the new CentOS Stream 9 might be more noteworthy than you realize.

Linux Action News 217

November 28th, 2021  |  18 mins 49 secs

alibaba, allwinner d1, android, apache 2.0, chris lattner, document foundation, germany, libreoffice, linux action news, linux news podcast, llvm, llvm relicensing, maix amigo, microsoft office, risc-v, rv64, schleswig-holstein, sipeed nezha, speed, xcode, xuantie

Fedora's massive endorsement this week that went unnoticed, why RISC-V mobile devices might be getting near, and the significant change coming to a critical open-source tool.

Linux Action News 216

November 21st, 2021  |  17 mins 18 secs

almalinux, apt 2.3.12, bind, canonical, dan kaminsky, daniele procida, dns cache poisoning, dns resolver, dnsmasq, entropy, ephemeral port, fwupd, halium 9, icmp, kernel 5.16, kernel 5.17, linux action news, linux news podcast, lvfs, mtd block devices, nvme optimizations, openzfs 2.1, port 53, proxmox ve 7.1, qemu 6.1, richard hughes, rocky linux, saddns, side channel attack, spoofed addresses, tcp performance optimization, transaction id, ubuntu documentation, ubuntu touch ota-20, udp packet, unbound, university of california

Just how severe is this DNS cache poisoning attack revealed this week? We'll break it down and explain why Linux is affected. Plus, the feature now removed from APT, more performance patches in the Kernel, and a big batch of project updates.

Linux Action News 215

November 14th, 2021  |  22 mins 57 secs

8.5, almalinux, ansible, apple m1, apple silicon, asahi linux, btrfs format changes, canonical, centos stream, debian 11, deck delay, extent-tree-v2, global roots, gtk3, hector martin, josef basik, jupiter broadcasting, linux action news, linux news podcast, locking contention, lxde, lxqt, m1 pro, michael larbel, multipass, mutter, openbox, ostree, phoronix, plasma on m1, proton, qemu, raspberry pi os, red hat enterprise, rhel, risc-v, silverblue, simon long, steam deck, steamos, steamos read only, valve, vulkan, weekly linux news, window manager

A desktop from Linux past has a surprising update this week, AlmaLinux pulls ahead of the pack, and Canonical ships software for the Apple M1.

Linux Action News 214

November 7th, 2021  |  17 mins 28 secs

.net, asahi, collabra, cramer, fedora 35, flutter, fwupd, george kiagiadakis, github, google bug bounty, hector martin, hot reload, ibm, julia liuson, jupiter broadcasting, kernel exploitation, linux action news, linux news podcast, linux vendor firmware service, lvfs, lxqt, m1 pro, matthew miller, microsoft, nat friedman, pipewire, rhel 9, thomas dohmke, timothy cramer, ubuntu firmware tool, weekly linux news, wireplumber

Significant changes at GitHub, Ubuntu starts work on a new desktop tool, why WirePlumber is a big deal, and we bust some Red Hat FUD.

Linux Action News 213

October 31st, 2021  |  23 mins 52 secs

active directory, amd van gogh, apple m1 iommu driver, apu, bcm2710a1, björn esser, edge linux version, element one, ems, fedora, freeipa, in-kernel samba file server, ksmbd, linux 5.15 new features, linux action news, linux news podcast, matrix, microsoft edge, nis, nis+, ntfs3, pi zero thermal throttling, preempt_rt, raspberry pi zero 2 w, red hat enterprise, rhel 9, signal, stephen john smoogen, sun microsystems, telegram, whatsapp, yellow pages

New Raspberry Pi hardware has a few surprises, the most impressive things in Linux 5.15, and our reaction to classic functionality under consideration for removal from Fedora.

Linux Action News 212

October 26th, 2021  |  13 mins 32 secs

alyssa rosenzweig, apple magic keyboard linux support, apple silicon pcie driver, corellium, gbm back-end, gpl lawsuit, gpl violations, io_uring, iops, kde plasma, ksmbd, linux 5.15, linux 5.16, linux action news, linux news podcast, m1 pcie driver, newest linux optimizations, nvidia gbm, openbsd, pcie-apple, software freedom conservancy, vizio, wayland

Major performance milestones are being hit with new code inbound for Linux, Plasma and GNOME desktops are set to run Wayland on NVIDIA's binary driver, and why the SFC's new GPL fight could have implications for you.

Linux Action News 211

October 17th, 2021  |  19 mins 10 secs

25th anniversary edition, almalinux foundation, apple, apple supports blender, arch, breeze blue ocean theme, centos, cloudlinux ceo, code reviews, deck, igor seletskiy, kde, kickoff, linux action news, linux news podcast, macos, matthias ettrich, metal, multi-screen layouts, plasma, rhel, steamos, ubuntu 21.10 review, valve, wayland, wsl, xwayland

We cover what's special about Plasma's 25th-anniversary edition, chat with CloudLinux's CEO, and detail why Apple supporting Blender is good for all of us.

Linux Action News 210

October 10th, 2021  |  20 mins 49 secs

apple m1, application confinement, arm platform, arm64, asahi linux, canonical, centos stream, cern, desktop team, fedora, gpu acceleration, hardware interfaces, ibm, interactive displays, jupiter broadcasting, kvm virtualization, linux 5.16, linux action news, linux news podcast, m1n1, qemu, red hat, rhel, risc-v, risc-v hypervisor, sandboxing, secret suse project, secure socket, snap, soc, suse liberty linux, toolbox, u-boot, uart hardware, ubuntu frame, useable desktop, wayland

Apple M1 Linux development reaches a key milestone and boots a usable desktop; Ubuntu reveals a new product, and the secret SUSE project that leaked this week.

Linux Action News 209

October 3rd, 2021  |  21 mins 46 secs

amazon s3, camera capture, christian schaller, cloudflare, compute module 4, dirk hohndel, docker compose 2.0, docker plugin, docker-compose, fedora, freax, gstreamer, jeff geerling, kebe, libcamera, linus torvalds, linux action news, linux community, linux news podcast, mathew prince, object storage, obs, open source summit, pi 4 cpu upgrade, pipewire, pipewire plugin, r2, red hat, s3, self-hosted snap store, v4l2, wim taymans

Why Linus believes keeping Linux fun is critical, the massive investment Fedora is about to make in video, and why we suspect Cloudflare's R2 service will make Amazon squirm.

Linux Action News 208

September 26th, 2021  |  23 mins 39 secs

almalinux ubi, android technical debit, android upstream kernel, anti-cheat, battleye, canonical, easy anti-cheat, gaming on linux, generic kernel image intiative, gki, gnome 41 review, gnome power modes, gtk4, horizontal workspaces, libawaita, linux plumbers conference, lpc2021, mutter improvments, pipewire, proton, steam deck, todd kjos, ubuntu advantage, ubuntu extended support, universal base image, upstream first, valve, wine

Canonical gives Linux admins a lucky break, the details on Android's slow shift to an upstream Kernel, a breakthrough for Linux gaming, and our take on GNOME 41.

Linux Action News 207

September 19th, 2021  |  23 mins 49 secs

alyssa rosenzweig, apple m1 gpu support, asahi linux, black lotus labs, cab file, chromeos, fedora, firefox snap, fwupd, gallium3d, gcc, gnome, gtk hdr, high dynamic range, krita, ksmbd, ksmbd vulnerability, linux action news, linux hdr display support, linux news podcast, lvfs, m1, m1 firmware distribution, m1 port, metal, mozilla, opengl, plasma, qt hdr, rebootless firmware update, red hat workstation engineering team, richard hughes, ubuntu, uefi, wayland, wsl elf flaw, x.org developers conference, xdc

Desktop Linux graphics are about to get a significant investment, Mozilla and Canonical work together on a Firefox Snap, and some key new insights into the Linux port to Apple’s M1.

Plus, why WSL’s first Linux malware in the wild matters.

Linux Action News 206

September 12th, 2021  |  23 mins 13 secs

almalinux, amazon, amd, azure sphere os, block i/o, cbl-mariner, centos stream, cgroups, clang, cockpit, commit messages, community platform engineering group, compile_test, concurrency, control groups, cpu scheduling, epel, facebook, fedora, filesystems, gcc, git, github, google, hardware support, idle, intel kernel bot, ksmb, linus torvalds, linux 5.10, linux 5.15, linux action news, linux action news promise, linux news podcast, llvm, locking, memcg accounting, microsoft, news, ntfs, openshot, paragon, performance regression, preemption, realtime, red hat, rhel, rocky linux, rpm, rt, rtlinux, sonic, source control, tts, version control, werror, wslg

Linus Torvalds attempts to get kernel developers to clean up their code, the performance regression that almost shipped, and the major production struggle Red Hat acknowledged this week.

Linux Action News 205

September 5th, 2021  |  16 mins 30 secs

apple risc-v, centos 8, cloud native computing foundation, cloudlinux, docker desktop, docker personal plan, goodix, in-kernel smb file server, intel ax210, ksmbd, kubernetes, libfprint, linux 5.15, linux action news, linux news podcast, linux on the framework laptop, m1 iommu, mongodb, mongodb atlas, public cloud, rancher labs, samsung, sle bci, suse enterprise linux, suse linux enterprise base container images, suse rancher

SUSE's new era kicks off this week, CentOS users get some relief, and how Docker managed to piss off their users.

Linux Action News 204

August 29th, 2021  |  20 mins 56 secs

30 years of linux, airpods, alyssa rosenzweig, amd, apple, apple silicon, asahi linux, bluetooth, bpf, bsd, c, codeweavers, core scheduling, dcp, debian, dell, ebpf, faststream, fedora, fuchsia, gaming on linux, gnome on m1, google, gpl, gpu acceleration, greg kroah-hartman, hardware privacy, hyperthreading, intel, isovalent, linus torvalds, linux 5.14, linux action news, linux birthday, linux foundation, linux news podcast, meltdown, microsoft, moxie, opensuse, performance, pipewire 0.3.34, proton, qemu 6.1, raspberry pi 400, red hat, risc-v, rust, sean michael kerner, security, smt, spectre, steam, unicore32, valve, windows, wine, x86

Why the Linux kernel received so much mainstream attention this week, some of our favorite open-source projects get great updates, and why we're concerned about Linux Foundation members transferring innovation from Linux to closed source software at an industrial scale.