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Linux Action News 204

August 29th, 2021  |  20 mins 56 secs

30 years of linux, airpods, alyssa rosenzweig, amd, apple, apple silicon, asahi linux, bluetooth, bpf, bsd, c, codeweavers, core scheduling, dcp, debian, dell, ebpf, faststream, fedora, fuchsia, gaming on linux, gnome on m1, google, gpl, gpu acceleration, greg kroah-hartman, hardware privacy, hyperthreading, intel, isovalent, linus torvalds, linux 5.14, linux action news, linux birthday, linux foundation, linux news podcast, meltdown, microsoft, moxie, opensuse, performance, pipewire 0.3.34, proton, qemu 6.1, raspberry pi 400, red hat, risc-v, rust, sean michael kerner, security, smt, spectre, steam, unicore32, valve, windows, wine, 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 172

January 17th, 2021  |  30 mins 45 secs

almalinux, anti-cheat, apple m1, asahi linux, blizzard, breeze theme, centos, chrome, chromium, 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 action news, linux gaming, linux news podcast, macos, meltdown, microsoft edge, pe, plasma 5.21, podman, red hat, security mitigations, spectre, systemd, vulkan, wayland, windows, wine 6.0, xfce, xfce 4.16

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

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December 23rd, 2018  |  36 mins 8 secs

18.04, azure sphere, chrome os, code of conduct, coreos, crostini, fedora, github, ibm, jupiter broadcasting, kernel, linus torvalds, linux action show, linux news podcast, meltdown, microsoft, oin, open invention network, pixel slate, proton, red hat, samba, spectre, steam, steam play, stratis, ubuntu, valve, vulkan

It’s been a huge year for Linux and FOSS news, and we take a look at some of the major stories that shaped the industry over the last 12 months.

Linux Action News 64

July 29th, 2018  |  27 mins 8 secs

32-bit performance, finical woes, kpti, linux action show, linux news podcast, lower saxony, lubuntu, meltdown, munich, patrick volkerding, slackware, youtube slower on firefox

Slackware's founder runs into challenges, YouTube makes changes that slow down Firefox, while Firefox is cutting back on some features, and another German region dumps FOSS.

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January 28th, 2018  |  34 mins 33 secs

bsd usage, convergence, intel, linus torvalds, linux action show, linux news podcast, meltdown, mycroft mark ii, pursim, spectre, ubuntu lts, wayland, xorg

Ubuntu is switching back to Xorg, Linus calls out Intel, and are the BSDs dying?

Plus how you can start testing Plasma Mobile, Pursim aims for convergence, and Mycroft is back!

Linux Action News 37

January 21st, 2018  |  24 mins 33 secs

credit card compromise, debconf17, glinux, linux action show, linux news podcast, marcus baw, meltdown, nhos, nhsbuntu, oneplus, openhealthhub cic, red hat, spectre, ubuntu, wine 3.0

A major open source milestone, some OnePlus users compromised, Google switches to Debian, and we have Spectre and Meltdown updates.

Linux Action News 35

January 7th, 2018  |  27 mins 54 secs

anbox, bitcoin, bradley kuhn, eben moglen, fuchsia, google, intel, karen sandler, lan, linux, linux action show, linux news, meltdown, ota 3, pixelbook, project anbox, sfc, sflc, software freedom conservancy, software freedom law center, spectre, ubports, x86

We start with good news, fun speculation, and an open source success story. Then we get into Meltdown and Spectre.