Linux Action News

Our weekly take on the free and open source world.

About the show

Weekly Linux news and analysis by Chris and Wes. The show every week we hope you'll go to when you want to hear an informed discussion about what’s happening.

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Episodes

  • Linux Action News 6

    June 18th, 2017  |  30 mins 41 secs
    canonical livepatch, debian, debian 9, firefox 54, freenas 11, jessie, minio, omv, openmediavault 3, stretch, tails 3, ubports

    More competition in desktop Linux, Debian 9, Tails 3, Firefox 54, FreeNAS 11 & OpenMediaVault 3 get released.

  • Linux Action News 5

    June 11th, 2017  |  26 mins 44 secs
    docker, fractional scaling, gnome, gnupg, linuxkit, lubuntu, lxde, lxqt, ubuntu, wireguard

    A look at the future of the Ubuntu desktop and one of its flavors, plus Docker aims to improve Linux security upstream with LinuxKit.

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    Linux Action News 4

    June 4th, 2017  |  34 mins 42 secs
    agl, ambient os, automotive grade linux, coreboot, gtk3, plasma desktop, software conservancy, xfce

    Two Linux desktop classics make big strides, Coreboot joins the Conservancy, and Toyota cars will soon run Linux. And we discuss Andy Rubin's plan to take over the world.

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    Linux Action News 3

    May 28th, 2017  |  41 mins 42 secs
    chrome, coreboot, devuan, firefox, librem, linux news podcast, nextcloud, purism, solus

    NextCloud goes global, Devuan hits one, Solus keeps expanding, Firefox is trying, but Chrome has won. And more progress on Coreboot.

  • Linux Action News 2

    May 21st, 2017  |  36 mins 58 secs
    android o, appcenter, desktop team, elementary os, extensions, gnome, linux, linux subsystem, mycroft, pay-what-you-want, survey, tizen, ubuntu, windows server, wsl

    Ubuntu's Gnome plans start to form, and they want your input. The Linux subsystem is coming to Windows Server, and Mycroft is finally ready to ship.

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    Linux Action News 1

    May 14th, 2017  |  32 mins 41 secs
    android, canonical, fedora, fuchsia, ipo, lede, linux, linux news, microsoft, openwrt, suse, treble, ubuntu, wsl

    Canonical IPO is a go, Microsoft brings more Linux to Windows, OpenWRT and LEDE agree on Linux-for-routers peace plan, and Google launches project Treble.

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    Linux Action News 00

    May 5th, 2017  |  30 mins 21 secs
    android, debian, devuan, google, grsecurity, linux, mp3, nexus, open source, raspberry pi, security

    It's not even the first proper episode but Chris and Joe talk about kernel security, UEFI Secure Boot, the latest Raspberry Pi news, Nexus devices being abandoned and MP3 becoming (sort of) free.