Wes Payne
Co-Host of Linux Action News
Linux nerd, dog owner, and functional programmer. Co-host of TechSNAP and Linux Unplugged.
Wes Payne has hosted 139 Episodes.
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Linux Action News 202
August 15th, 2021 | 23 mins 41 secs
accent color, accesibility, appcenter, apple m1, asahi linux, brendan gregg, calamares installer, dark style, debian 11 bullseye, ebpf foundation, elementary os 6 odin, exfat, facebook, flatpak, gnome 3.38, google, gpu, hector martin, hypervisor, isovalent, jupiter broadcasting, kvm, linux action news, linux news podcast, lvfs, m1n1, macos, mail, marcan, microsoft, multitasking, multitouch gesture, netflix, oem install, pantheon-tweaks, pcie, permissions, portals, python, risc-v, tasks, western digital
What's new in Debian 11, and an example of the Linux Foundation funneling free software to their corporate friends.
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Linux Action News 201
August 8th, 2021 | 21 mins 6 secs
compositor crash, google security, google slams linux kernel, in-kernel samba server, intel, kees cook, kernel driver filtering, ksmbd, linus sebastian, linus tech tips, linux action news, linux news podcast, lts kernel, lutris epic games store support, lynx, nate graham, pipewire, plasma desktop, rust in the kernel, ssl certificate validation, steam deck, syzkaller, usb-c monitor, wayland robustness, x.org developers conference
Since the announcement of the Steam Deck, things around Linux have started changing, including some big items this week.
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Linux Action News 200
August 1st, 2021 | 22 mins 47 secs
alyssa rosenzweig, apple silicon linux support, bento, block device uuid, block layer tree, chrome os persistent desk bar, chromeos virtual desktops, component shortages, debian on apple m1, disk sequence number, disk_event_media_change, framebuffer, high latency systems, ioctl, linux 5.15, linux action news, linux news podcast, mainline kernel, matteo croce, microsoft global counter patch, mozilla vpn, new linux ntfs driver, nixos, split-tunneling, steam beta new ui, surface revenue drop, sysfs, systemd, uevent netlink socket, uevents, windows oem revenue
Microsoft's next kernel patch fixes a long-standing Linux issue, we'll share the details. Plus ChromeOS's next power user feature you haven't heard of, and Valve's broader plans that came into focus this week.
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Linux Action News 199
July 25th, 2021 | 17 mins 35 secs
audacity, audacity privacy policy, barth, bullseye, cve-2021-33910, debian 11, deck ram specs, denial of service, framework laptop, framework laptop reviews, fuchisa os tour, fuschia desktop, fuschia vs linux, gaming on linux, linux action news, musegroup, porting linux apps to fuschia linux news podcast, qualys, running software on fuchsia, stack exhaustion, steam deck storage, systemd security bug, systemd v220, vulnerability in systemd, zircon kernel
We share the facts about a recent systemd vulnerability, the new details we've learned this week about the Steam Deck, and then dig into the reviews of the Framework Laptop.
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Linux Action News 198
July 17th, 2021 | 23 mins 17 secs
anti-cheat, arch linux, aws, cloud pc, elasticsearch fork, gabe newell, kibana, linux action news, linux news podcast, media-hub, millions of units, native linux, open distro, opensearch, pixel 2, proton, proton lock-in, rdp, server side public license, steam deck, steam deck desktop, steamos, ubuntu touch ota-18, valve, windows 365
Steam Deck looks impressive; we cover the details you care about and one aspect that concerns us.
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Linux Action News 197
July 11th, 2021 | 18 mins 39 secs
4chan, arm, audacity, cloudready, cookiengineer, document signature, fedora test week, firefox decline, in-kernel smb3 server, ksmbd, linux 5.14, linux action news, linux news podcast, microsoft edge market share, neverware, nextcloud circles, nextcloud hub 22, powerpc, rust for the linux kernel, rust risc-v, sneedacity, tenacity, usb low latency audio
Open Source's best hope for alternatives to Microsoft and Google gets a significant update this week, and we cover a plethora of new goodies coming to a Linux near you soon.
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Linux Action News 196
July 5th, 2021 | 24 mins 16 secs
android app bundle, apk, apple m1, audacity, capsicum, cosmic, daniel ray, f-droid, gdpr, gnome shell, gpl violation, landlock, linus torvalds, linux 5.13, linux action news, linux news podcast, linux security module, muse group, nfs bug, nfsd, pop!_os 21.04, privacy notice update, raspberry pi 400, seccomp-bpf, selinux, system76, ubuntu 20.10 end of life
We try out Pop!_OS 21.04 and share our thoughts on the COSMIC desktop and our reaction to Audacity’s new troubling privacy policy.
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Linux Action News 195
June 27th, 2021 | 22 mins 25 secs
3d, animation, arm, blender, blender lts, canonical, centos, cgi, debian, freebsd, freenas, green obsidian, gregory kurtzer, ixsystems, kubernetes, linux action news, linux news podcast, my book live, red hat, rhel, rocky linux, rocky linux 8.4, secure boot, secured core, sifive risc-v, tpm, truenas scale, trusted computing, ubuntu, western digital, windows 11, zfs
The news this week that pushes Linux ahead in the enterprise, the challenges Windows 11 might bring, and we go hands-on with the new Debian-based TrueNAS SCALE.
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Linux Action News 194
June 20th, 2021 | 24 mins 26 secs
boiling steam, bpfprogram, centos, cloudlinux, debian, ebpf, freebsd developer summit, improved linux firewire support, isrg, kernelcare, lennart poettering, librarycare, linus torvalds, linux action news, linux news podcast, matthew ahrens, miguel ojeda, nano 5.8, openzfs, oracle, os-release file update, prossimo, raidz expansion, red hat, rust linux kernel, steam on chromeos, systemd, systemd-firstboot, tuxcare, ubuntu, uchecker, valve, vdev, zfs, zpool
Linux's résumé got a nice boost this week; why Google is paying for more kernel development, and how CloudLinux might be pulling ahead of the CentOS pack.
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Linux Action News 193
June 13th, 2021 | 24 mins 58 secs
0.113, adaptive translucency, app grid actions, appimage, elisa, enabling linux in safety applications, flatpak, freebsd, freesync, gnome 40.2, gnome software, hellosystem, kevin backhouse, linux action news, linux news podcast, macos alternative, off-line updates, plasma 5.22, polkit, polkit privilege escalation, preempt_rt, probono, root shell, screencasting with fractional scalingm, simon peter, variable refresh rate, wayland, x11
The premier Linux desktops get some futuristic new features, and we break down the seven-year-old vulnerability in your Linux box revealed this week.
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Linux Action News 192
June 6th, 2021 | 24 mins 17 secs
atari vcs, dnf, firefox 89, gnome foundation board of directors, grub restore, latency reporting, linux action news, linux news podcast, michael larabel, opensuse leap 15.3, phoronix, pipewire, proton ui, robert mcqueen, tumbleweed, webextensions, webextensions community group, webrender, webrtc echo canceler, wecg, xfs, y2038, year 2038 bug
An old Linux distro gets a new trick, and all Linux users get a few excellent quality of life updates.
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Linux Action News 191
May 31st, 2021 | 32 mins 57 secs
.net foundation, amd, andrew lee, android, aosp, app store, apple, arm, audacity, azure, chat, cla, dahlia os, dart, elon musk, fbi, fimage, flutter, foss, freenode, fuchsia os, gabe newell, geekshed, google, gpl, have i been pwned, hibp, infosec, intel, ios, irc, libera.chat, linux action news, linux gaming, linux news podcast, martin keary, matrix, mesa, microkernel, microsoft, muse group, musescore, nest hub, nextcloud, nintendo, opengl, password management, pavel djundik, pixel, proton, pwned passwords, security, steam, steam machine, steampal, steamvr, switch, tantacrul, technoking, telegram, tesla, troy hunt, valve, vlc, vulkan, wine, zirkon
Our reaction to the new Freenode developments, and Audacity's latest shock to the community.
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Linux Action News 190
May 22nd, 2021 | 26 mins 47 secs
alpine, amd, andrew lee, android 12, apple, automotive linux, browser, centos, christian schaller, chrome os 91, chromebooks, cups, decentralized, dns, f-droid, federation, firefox, fosdem, freenode, freenode limited, gentoo, google, gpu acceleration, greg kroah-hartman, hypocrite commits, infotainment, instant messaging, intel, irc, libera.chat, linux 5.13, linux action news, linux apps, linux graphics, linux news podcast, macos, matrix, mattermost, matthew hodgson, mesa, michael larabel, mike sweet, mozilla, nvidia, oauth, openprinting, phoronix, printers, printing, private internet access, process isolation, red hat, security, setrequireuseraction, site isolation security architecture, slack, snap packages, snapcraft, spaces, umn, web
Our take on the Freenode exodus, Linux Apps going public in Chrome OS, and Red Hat's desktop hiring spree.
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Linux Action News 189
May 15th, 2021 | 24 mins 45 secs
audacity, button mappings, diy edition, expansion card system, f2fs, firmware, flash-friendly file system, framework laptop, fuchsia os, google analytics, jade switches, launch keyboard, linux action news, linux news podcast, lvfs, martin keary, mechanical keyboard, muse, ota-17, pr #835, repairable laptop, royal switches, samsung, system76, tantacrul, telemetry, ubports, ubuntu touch nfc, yandex
Our reaction to System76's Launch keyboard, Google's new Fuchsia contributor that's a big name, and the repairable Linux Laptop with a few new tricks.
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Linux Action News 188
May 9th, 2021 | 23 mins 44 secs
audacity acquisition, audacity user trackig, chromium 89, electron 12, google analytics, hypocrite commits, ieee statement, kernel technical advisory board, kyle rankin, linux action news, linux news podcast, muse group, musescore, pr to add telemetry, svga, svgav3, tab report, tantacrul, telemetry, umn, uuid, visual studio code wayland, vmware virtual gpu, yandex
We start you off with the headlines that matter this week, then share our thoughts on Audacity's new owners proposing user tracking.
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Linux Action News 187
May 2nd, 2021 | 23 mins 58 secs
almalinux, apple m1, arm64, asahi linux, btrfs, centos, cloudlinux, elementary os 6 beta, fedora 34, gallium driver, gnome 40, hypocrite commits, hypocrite patches, i see dead µops, kernel ban, linux action news, linux kernel, linux news podcast, m1 gpu, m1 mesa driver, mesa, micro-op cache, new spectre exploits, opengl, pipewire, plasma wayland, red hat enterprise linux 8.4, resf, rhel 9, rocky linux 8.3 rc1, rosenzweig, stream 9, systemdoomd, transparent compression, ubuntu efi bug, umn, unified grub, university of california san diego, university of minnesota, university of virginia
A spicy mix of distro news, including Rocky Linux's first milestone release, and our follow-up on the University of Minnesota’s kernel ban.