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Linux Action News 266

November 10th, 2022  |  18 mins 40 secs

.net, .net 7, arm64, camera api, canonical, coder radio, community, compression, documentation, fireside chat, fwupd 1.8.7, gpu, graphics api, haptic, ibm power, intel, intel innovation 2022, kamaros, khronos, libcamera, linus torvalds, linux action news, linux news podcast, lvfs, mark shuttleworth, microsoft, open-source, opengl, pat gelsinger, prague, pwa, star labs, starfighter, teams, thunderbolt 4, ubuntu summit, uefi, vulkan, work-from-home, xz

Microsoft's new goodies for Linux users, the Ubuntu Summit wraps up, and our takeaways from the recent fireside chat with Linus Torvalds.

Linux Action News 256

September 1st, 2022  |  17 mins 27 secs

accessibility, bios, canonical, debian, debian debates, dhcp, feral interactive, firmware, foss, fwupd, gamemode, gaming on linux, general resolution, ipv6, linux action news, linux hardware support, linux kernel, linux news podcast, lvfs, mptcp, multi-path tcp, networking, networkmanager, non-free firmware, pine64, risc-v, snap packages, snapcraft, software freedom, star64, starfive, ubuntu, uefi

Debian’s firmware future is up for debate, Pine64 teases a RISC-V SBC, and some of your favorite tools just got new tricks.

Linux Action News 243

June 2nd, 2022  |  17 mins 24 secs

almalinux 9.0, benchmarking, calamares, david airlie, decentralization, dendrite, embedded recipes 2022, federation, firmware, fwupd, hwardware, linux 5.18, linux action news, linux news podcast, lvfs, marcelo tosatti, matrix rocket.chat, mesa, michael larabel, nix, nixos 22.05, nixos-conf-editor, nouveau, nvidia, open source graphics drivers, phoronix, red hat, rhel 9, richard hughes, selinux, vlinkz

Our thoughts on NixOS' new GUI installer, winning hearts and minds one firmware update at a time, the performance bug that hit Linux 5.18, and preparation begins for the open-source NVIDIA driver.

Linux Action News 224

January 20th, 2022  |  23 mins 41 secs

arch, fwupd, gnome 42, heap-based buffer, linux action news, linux news podcast, lvfs, overflow flaw, protondb, suse liberty linux, ubuntu 22.04, wine 7.0, wow64

We explain SUSE Liberty Linux and contemplate why the community seems to be selecting distributions with newer kernels.

Linux Action News 218

December 5th, 2021  |  21 mins 42 secs

amd, best known configuration, blender 3.0, centos stream 9, cycles x, epel 9, fedora, fwupd, linux action news, linux news podcast, lvfs, michael larabel, nvidia, richard hughes, uefi

Industry-changing open-source project releases, and why the new CentOS Stream 9 might be more noteworthy than you realize.

Linux Action News 216

November 21st, 2021  |  17 mins 18 secs

almalinux, apt 2.3.12, bind, canonical, dan kaminsky, daniele procida, dns cache poisoning, dns resolver, dnsmasq, entropy, ephemeral port, fwupd, halium 9, icmp, kernel 5.16, kernel 5.17, linux action news, linux news podcast, lvfs, mtd block devices, nvme optimizations, openzfs 2.1, port 53, proxmox ve 7.1, qemu 6.1, richard hughes, rocky linux, saddns, side channel attack, spoofed addresses, tcp performance optimization, transaction id, ubuntu documentation, ubuntu touch ota-20, udp packet, unbound, university of california

Just how severe is this DNS cache poisoning attack revealed this week? We'll break it down and explain why Linux is affected. Plus, the feature now removed from APT, more performance patches in the Kernel, and a big batch of project updates.

Linux Action News 214

November 7th, 2021  |  17 mins 28 secs

.net, asahi, collabra, cramer, fedora 35, flutter, fwupd, george kiagiadakis, github, google bug bounty, hector martin, hot reload, ibm, julia liuson, jupiter broadcasting, kernel exploitation, linux action news, linux news podcast, linux vendor firmware service, lvfs, lxqt, m1 pro, matthew miller, microsoft, 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 207

September 19th, 2021  |  23 mins 49 secs

alyssa rosenzweig, apple m1 gpu support, asahi linux, black lotus labs, cab file, chromeos, fedora, firefox snap, fwupd, gallium3d, gcc, gnome, gtk hdr, high dynamic range, krita, ksmbd, ksmbd vulnerability, linux action news, linux hdr display support, linux news podcast, lvfs, m1, m1 firmware distribution, m1 port, metal, mozilla, opengl, plasma, qt hdr, rebootless firmware update, red hat workstation engineering team, richard hughes, ubuntu, uefi, wayland, 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 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 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.