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 203

    August 22nd, 2021  |  18 mins 29 secs
    atril, audacity, be-ing, canonical, carl richell, cellular, chat, clipboard, colorado, decentralized, denver, dolphin, element, federation, felix häcker, gnome 40, gnome 41, gtk, ide, kde gear 21.08, konsole, kwin, launch keyboard, linux action news, linux news podcast, mate 1.26, matrix, mechanical keyboards, mission control, multitasking, ogg, open hardware, open-source audio, opus, overview effect, parachute, plasma, pluma, pluma plugins, podcast app, qml, sebastien bacher, software development, system monitor, system settings, system76, tenacity, ubuntu 21.10, voice messages, voip, wayland, wxwidgets, xwayland

    What’s coming next for the Linux desktop, and some exclusive news from System76.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.