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Linux Action News 221

December 27th, 2021  |  34 mins 22 secs

asahilinux, bcachefs, bitcoin, centos, etherium, liberty linux, linux 2022 predictions, linux action news, linux news podcast, m1 linux, plasma, red hat, steamdeck, suse, systemd-homed, ubuntu

We kick off our annual predictions episode with what we got right and wrong this year and then attempt to predict what will happen in 2022.

Linux Action News 211

October 17th, 2021  |  19 mins 10 secs

25th anniversary edition, almalinux foundation, apple, apple supports blender, arch, breeze blue ocean theme, centos, cloudlinux ceo, code reviews, deck, igor seletskiy, kde, kickoff, linux action news, linux news podcast, macos, matthias ettrich, metal, multi-screen layouts, plasma, rhel, steamos, ubuntu 21.10 review, valve, wayland, wsl, xwayland

We cover what's special about Plasma's 25th-anniversary edition, chat with CloudLinux's CEO, and detail why Apple supporting Blender is good for all of us.

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 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 184

April 11th, 2021  |  22 mins 17 secs

adblockers, amazon, apple, arm, asahi linux, aws, azure, browser extensions, browser performance, cloud, cname-unmasking, edid, firefox, fragmentation, freedesktop.org, google, google chrome, hector martin, icloud, ingenuity, iommu, kde qt 5 patch collection, linux 5.13, linux action news, linux desktop, linux graphics, linux kernel, linux news podcast, linux-next, m1, mars, michael larabel, microsoft, mouser electronics, mozilla, nasa, nvidia, pcie, perseverance, phoronix, plasma, qt, qt 6, quantum, risc-v, rust, science, servo, sifive hifive unmatched, space exploration, ublock origin, vaapi, vgpu, vgpu_unlock, virtual gpu, virtualization, wayland, webrender

Don't buy that M1-powered Apple machine just yet, solving Wayland-driven fragmentation, and why Firefox is about to get an upgrade on Linux.

Linux Action News 171

January 10th, 2021  |  26 mins 40 secs

alyssa rosenzweig, app grid, apple m1, asahi linux, collabora, commercial software, decentralized, dock, erik kurzinger, federation, gnome 40, gnome shell, gpu, gtk, hector martin, kde, library, linux action news, linux news podcast, live streaming, lts, mesa, nvidia, overview, panfrost, peertube, plasma, qt, qt 5.15, qt 6, the qt company, toolkit, touch gestures, tuukka turunen, video hosting, video streaming, wayland, wendell wilson, x11, xorg, xwayland

We explain the recent Qt upset, and then go hands-on with the new PeerTube release.

Linux Action News 170

January 3rd, 2021  |  22 mins 32 secs

amd, amd radeon, bfs, big navi, centos, centos stream, con kolivas, concurrency, exfat, facebook, gnome, gnome 40, gnome circle, gnome os, google stadia, graphics drivers, gtk 4, intel, intel xe graphics, kde, ktask, kvm, lennart poettering, linus torvalds, linux, linux action news, linux news podcast, microsoft, oomd, oracle, plasma, radeon rx 6000, rdp, red hat, ryzen 5000, samsung, scheduling, spinlocks, systemd, systemd-homed, udev, wayland, wsl2, zen 3

A lot of open source development was packed into 2020, we recap some of the standout moments you should know about.

Linux Action News 160

October 25th, 2020  |  37 mins 46 secs

cryptocurrency, digital currency, dmca takedown, github, google stadia free trial, jupiter broadcasting, kubuntu, linux action show, linux news podcast, microsoft edge, microsoft takedown, parallels desktop for chromebook, paypal bitcoin support, plasma, raspberry pi desktop, riaa, ubuntu 20.10, ubuntu kylin, xubuntu, youtube-dl

Ubuntu 20.10 is out, with official Raspberry Pi 4 desktop support. We try it out and report back. And our thoughts on the youtube-dl takedown.

Linux Action News 117

August 4th, 2019  |  28 mins 6 secs

android choice screen, contract for the web, dns-over-https, doh, freeoffice, gnome shell, google in europe, gulkan, jupiter broadcasting, kwin, linux academy, linux action show, linux app summit, linux news podcast, manjaro, openvr, plasma, vr desktop, xrdesktop

Manjaro's news starts us off and leads us into a bigger philosophical question about open source development.

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February 18th, 2018  |  32 mins 11 secs

amp, amp for email, amp stories, dtrace, firefox ads, gpl2, linux action show, linux news, linux on galaxy, nintendo switch, plasma, podcast, ubuntu, ubuntu metrics

A famous Solaris tool comes to Linux, Firefox is baking in ads, and Google wants to take over the web with AMP.