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Linux Action News 209

October 3rd, 2021  |  21 mins 46 secs

Amazon S3, GStreamer, Linux Action News, Linux News podcast, Red Hat, camera capture, christian schaller, cloudflare, compute module 4, dirk hohndel, docker compose 2.0, docker plugin, docker-compose, fedora, freax, jeff geerling, kebe, libcamera, linus torvalds, linux community, mathew prince, object storage, obs, open source summit, pi 4 cpu upgrade, pipewire, pipewire plugin, r2, 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 207

September 19th, 2021  |  23 mins 49 secs

Gnome, Krita, Linux Action News, Linux News podcast, Ubuntu, Wayland, alyssa rosenzweig, apple m1 gpu support, asahi linux, black lotus labs, cab file, chromeos, fedora, firefox snap, fwupd, gallium3d, gcc, gtk hdr, high dynamic range, ksmbd, ksmbd vulnerability, linux hdr display support, lvfs, m1, m1 firmware distribution, m1 port, metal, mozilla, opengl, plasma, qt hdr, rebootless firmware update, red hat workstation engineering team, richard hughes, uefi, 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

AMD, Cockpit, Linux Action News, Linux News podcast, Microsoft, RT, Red Hat, almalinux, amazon, azure sphere os, block i/o, cbl-mariner, centos stream, cgroups, clang, 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 promise, llvm, locking, memcg accounting, news, ntfs, openshot, paragon, performance regression, preemption, realtime, rhel, rocky linux, rpm, 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 204

August 29th, 2021  |  20 mins 56 secs

30 years of linux, AMD, Dell, Fuchsia, Linux Action News, Linux News podcast, Microsoft, OpenSUSE, Red Hat, Wine, airpods, alyssa rosenzweig, apple, apple silicon, asahi linux, bluetooth, bpf, bsd, c, codeweavers, core scheduling, dcp, debian, ebpf, faststream, fedora, gaming on linux, gnome on m1, google, gpl, gpu acceleration, greg kroah-hartman, hardware privacy, hyperthreading, intel, isovalent, linus torvalds, linux 5.14, linux birthday, linux foundation, meltdown, moxie, performance, pipewire 0.3.34, proton, qemu 6.1, raspberry pi 400, risc-v, rust, sean michael kerner, security, smt, spectre, steam, unicore32, valve, windows, 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.

Linux Action News 178

February 28th, 2021  |  25 mins 52 secs

Centos, Dell, Gnome, KVM, Laptop, Linux Action News, Linux News podcast, Red Hat, almalinux, asus, browser wars, canvas, centos stream, clang, cloud native, containers, expansion card, facebook, fedora, firefox 86, framework, google, gpu, gustavo silva, hacker laptop, kernel self protection project, konveyor, kubernetes, kubevirt, linux foundation, llvm, memory safety, modular, mtv, multiple picture-in-picture, nathan chancellor, nirav patel, nvme, oculus, openshift 4.7, openshift virtualization, orchestration, peter lauterbach, reader mode, repairable, rhel, rhel for open-source infrastructure, rocky linux, security, total cookie protection, upgradeable, usb-c, virtual machines, vm, webgl, wifi 6e, windows

Red Hat is still in damage control mode, a new hacker laptop called Framework makes bold promises, and what Google is spending money on in the Linux kernel.

Linux Action News 174

January 31st, 2021  |  20 mins 54 secs

Centos, Linux Action News, Linux News podcast, Play Store, Red Hat, Telegram, Ubuntu, almalinux, app store, ars technica, aws, baron samedit, bleepingcomputer, brian exelbierd, broadcam, cloudlinux, ctrl iq, cve-2021-3156, debian, element, federated chat, fedora, gamestop, google, greg kroah-hartman, gregory kurtzer, hpc, jim salter, linux 5.10, lts, matrix, mattermost, qualys, robinhood, rocky linux, root, samsung, scott branden, security, software bug, sudo, the register, vulnerability, wallstreetbets

Google removes Matrix chat-client Element from the Play store, sudo has a major flaw with a long-tail, and Rocky Linux gets a boost.

Linux Action News 172

January 17th, 2021  |  30 mins 45 secs

Centos, Chromium, Linux Action News, Linux News podcast, Red Hat, Wayland, XFCE, almalinux, anti-cheat, apple m1, asahi linux, blizzard, breeze theme, chrome, cloudlinux, containers, destiny 2, direct3d, docker, docker-compose, fedora, fingerprint manager, fingerprint reader, fractional scaling, google, haswell gt1, hector martin, iboot, igor seletskiy, igpu leak, intel, kde, ken thomases, kickoff menu, krunner, kubernetes, kwin, linux gaming, macos, meltdown, microsoft edge, pe, plasma 5.21, podman, security mitigations, spectre, systemd, vulkan, windows, wine 6.0, xfce 4.16

Impressive updates for some beloved open source projects, and AlmaLinux—a leading CentOS alternative—is born.

Linux Action News 167

December 13th, 2020  |  30 mins 34 secs

Centos, Fuchsia, Linux Action News, Linux News podcast, Red Hat, alder lake, amd zen 3, capabilities, centos stream, creative labs soundblaster ae-7, fedora, google, gregory kurtzer, intel, linux 5.10, lts kernel, nintendo switch, nosymfollow, pci express, raspberry pi vc4, rocket lake, rocky linux, security, universal base image, v3dv, zircon

We explain the major changes to CentOS this week and break down the top four criticisms.

Linux Action News 153

September 6th, 2020  |  28 mins 27 secs

Jupiter Broadcasting, SELinux, System76, aws bottlerocket, entroware, fedora, firefox 80, gnome patent troll, james bottomley, lineageos, linux weekly news podcast, mozilla, pixel 2, pixel 3a, pixel 4, rothschild patent imaging, thinkpad p1, thinkpad p53, thinkpad x1 carbon

The first Thinkpads loaded with Fedora go live, but there is a lot more to the story.

Linux Action News 114

July 12th, 2019  |  21 mins 45 secs

Canonical, Flatpak, Jupiter Broadcasting, Linux News podcast, e-marked, fedora, firefox 68, firefox addon outage, gnome-software, ibm, internet villain, ispa, linux-distros, mozilla, pale moon breach, post mortem, raspberry pi 4, red hat deal, snap plugin, snap store, usb-c

Another project breach raises significant questions, Fedora considers dropping Snaps in Gnome Software, and has the ISPA let Mozilla off the hook?