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Linux Action News 261

October 6th, 2022  |  19 mins 26 secs

6.1, AI, AMD, Btrfs, LCD, Linux Action News, Linux News podcast, NextCloud, OpenStack, Raid, Red Hat, accessibility, assistive software, backups, binary blob, ceph, chat, clevo, collabora, data compression, debian, dyslexia, end-to-end encryption, face recognition, fedora, firmware, h.265, hardware, hevc, hybrid cloud, ibm, intel graphics, io_uring, jason ekstrand, k8s, keyboard shortcuts, kubernetes, linux 5.19.12, linux 6.0, lovelace, mail 2.0, mesa, ml, nextcloud hub 3, nextcloud talk, nvidia, nvk, object storage, odf, open source graphics, openshift, photos 2.0, radv, raid5, raid6, raspberry pi 4, rook, rust, security, send protocol v2, send/receive, snapshots, software-defined storage, spectrum fusion, turing, v3d, virtio, vulkan, xfs

Our thoughts on IBM slicing up more of Red Hat, what stands out in Nextcloud Hub 3, and a few essential fixes finally landing in the Linux kernel.

Linux Action News 251

July 29th, 2022  |  18 mins 33 secs

Bios, Btrfs, C++, Centos, Encryption, Linux Action News, Linux News podcast, Red Hat, abb, automotive linux, bytedance, carbon, compression, copy-on-write, desktop linux, dm-crypt, ecryptfs, ext4, filesystems, fscrypt, general motors, gnome 43, go, google, gpl, hardware initialization, hybrid cloud, ibm, intel, kernel scheduler, kexec, linutronix, linux 5.20, linux server, llvm, locking, luks, matt hicks, native filesystem encryption, open source, performance-critical software, pipewire, plasma, preempt_rt, preemption, programming languages, raspberry pi, realtime, rust, snapshots, this week in gnome, this week in kde, tiktok, ultifi, uncompressed kernel, x86, zfs

Red Hat hints at its future direction, why realtime might finally come to Linux after all these years, and our reaction to Google's ambitious new programing language.

Linux Action News 249

July 14th, 2022  |  22 mins 26 secs

AMD, Linux Action News, Linux News podcast, Microsoft, Oracle, Red Hat, System76, Ubuntu, Wayland, alan coopersmith, app image, arvind krishna, cve, debian, debian testing, desktop linux, egpu, enterprise linux, glinux rodete, google, gpu, graphics driver, ibm, kde slimbook 4, launch lite, linux hardware, lts, matt hicks, matthew garrett, mechanical keyboard, open firmware, open hardware, out-of-bounds access, package managers, paul cormier, plasma, probono, rhel, rolling release, secure boot, secured-core pcs, security, sieve, thunderbolt, tpm, uefi, x.org, x11

Why Google says we should all go rolling, Red Hat's got a new boss, Microsoft gets called out, and why it might be the year of Linux hardware.

Linux Action News 214

November 7th, 2021  |  17 mins 28 secs

.net, Jupiter Broadcasting, LXQt, Linux Action News, Linux News podcast, Microsoft, asahi, collabra, cramer, fedora 35, flutter, fwupd, george kiagiadakis, github, google bug bounty, hector martin, hot reload, ibm, julia liuson, kernel exploitation, linux vendor firmware service, lvfs, m1 pro, matthew miller, 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 210

October 10th, 2021  |  20 mins 49 secs

Canonical, Desktop Team, Jupiter Broadcasting, Linux Action News, Linux News podcast, Red Hat, Wayland, apple m1, application confinement, arm platform, arm64, asahi linux, centos stream, cern, fedora, gpu acceleration, hardware interfaces, ibm, interactive displays, kvm virtualization, linux 5.16, m1n1, qemu, 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

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 183

April 4th, 2021  |  27 mins 58 secs

Centos, Linux Action News, Linux News podcast, Microsoft, Red Hat, almalinux, arch installer, archinstaller, cloudlinux, eglstreams, gbm, georges stavracas, gnome 41, gnome hig, ibm, libadwaita, libhandy, linux, nvidia, obs, obs studio wayland, openserver, pipewire, portals, rhel, rocky linux, sco, ubuntu on windows preview, ubuntuwsl, unix, unixware, wayland mesa patches, windows, wsl 2, wslconf, xinuos

The first CentOS clone is out, but it's the second part of their announcement that might be the most important.

Plus our reaction to SCO reigniting their decades-long fight with IBM and Red Hat, and the big news in GTK-land you might have missed.

Linux Action News 133

November 24th, 2019  |  19 mins 3 secs

Jupiter Broadcasting, Linux News podcast, Microsoft, android secuirty rewards, bug bounty, chromebooks lvfs, fwupd, general resolution, gitlab, ibm, init systems, init systems and systemd, linux academy, linux action show, linux foundation, monero website hacked, mozilla web bounty program, open invention network, patent trolls, sam hartman, systemd

Google, Mozilla, and GitLab make serious upgrades to their bug bounty programs, insights into Debian's renewed systemd debate, and how Microsoft and IBM are working together to fight patent trolls.

Linux Action News 120

August 25th, 2019  |  27 mins 15 secs

Linux News podcast, Microsoft, Pop!_OS, Red Hat, System76, android 10, ccc, confidential computing, firmware update, firmware-manager, fwupd, google, ibm, intel, linux action show, linux foundation, lvfs, openpower foundation, openpower summit, power isa, power9, ppc, rubygems, rust, webmin backdoor

More tools to keep your Linux box and cloud servers secure this week, OpenPOWER responds to Risc-V competition, and we ponder the year-long open-source supply chain attacks.

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?

Linux Action News 103

April 28th, 2019  |  20 mins 27 secs

Linux News podcast, Red Hat, amazon ec2 a1, apple aws bill, aws, docker hub hack, docker on arm, dockercon 2019, france secure telegram, ibm, iot, linux action show, machine learning, neoverse, nextcloud 16, suspicious login detection, tchap

Docker Hub gets hacked, Nextcloud 16 has a new feature to prevent hacks, and France's 'Secure" Telegram replacement gets hacked within an hour.