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Linux Action News 288

April 13th, 2023  |  14 mins 24 secs

acer iconia, android, apple m2, asahi, btrfs, btrfs performance, chrome 113, collabora, controller, copy-on-write, daniel almeida, direct3d 12, driver, e-waste, firefox, graphics api, i2c, intel atom, kde plasma 6, linux 6.4, linux action news, linux desktop, linux news podcast, linux server, metal, nate graham, novatek, performance, plasma 6, qt 6, qu wenruo, rust, scrub, suse, sustainability, tablet, touchscreen, v4l2, virtio, vulkan, webgl, webgpu

A classic gadget gets a Linux-powered new lease on life, the next project getting Rusty, great news for Btrfs users, and more.

Linux Action News 282

March 2nd, 2023  |  19 mins 32 secs

aya neo 2, btrfs, david sterba, direct i/o, ext4, ffmpeg, filesystems, free software, gaming device, gpd, gpu acceleration, hardware interrupts, hardware noise tool, hwnoise, jean-baptiste kempf, kde, linux 6.2, linux 6.3, linux action news, linux desktop, linux gaming, linux news podcast, linux scheduler, micro-optimizations, multi-threading, nintendo switch, noise tracer, open source, pc gaming, performance, plasma, plasma 5.27, plasma 6, qt, qt 6, qt6, raid5, raid6, risc-v, risc-v extensions, rust, rust in the kernel, scheduling, steam deck, suse, threads, valve, video encoding, vlc

FFmpeg gets new superpowers, Plasma’s switch to Qt6 gets official; what you need to know. Plus we round up the top features coming to Linux 6.3.

Linux Action News 270

December 8th, 2022  |  17 mins 25 secs

alyssa rosenzweig, android, android 13, apple m1, apple silicon, arm, asahi linux, buffer overflow, capability-based-security, capsicum, cockpit, cpufreq driver, d-bus, d-installer, fedora, firefox, floppies, floppy disk driver, freebsd, gaming on linux, gl2, gles 2.0, gnome, google, graphics drivers, icmp, linux 6.2, linux action news, linux desktop, linux news podcast, m2 hardware, memory safety vulnerabilities, mobility phosh, opengl, opensuse, ping, purism, rust, rust adoption, security, suse, tumbleweed, vulkan, wayland, web-based installer, x11, yast

The Linux kernel has some exciting updates this week, including a significant Asahi milestone and some good news for Android. Then we take openSUSE's new web-based installer for a spin.

Linux Action News 263

October 20th, 2022  |  17 mins 20 secs

camkes, cve-2022-41674, cve-2022-42719, cve-2022-42720, cve-2022-42721, cve-2022-42722, fedora 37, firefox 106, formal verfication, impervious, impervious.ai, kataos, libwebrtc 103, linux 6.1, linux action news, linux news podcast, linux wifi flaw, lts, mac80211, microkernel, release party, risc-v, rust, sel4, sparrow, suse, tu darmstadt, wayland, webrtc, wlan frames

What makes Google's new OS so secure, a critical WiFi vulnerability in the Kernel, and why Linus is tapping the hype breaks for Linux 6.1.

Linux Action News 244

June 9th, 2022  |  14 mins 53 secs

amd, amd ryzen 7 pro, apple, arm, cisco, decentralization, developer laptop, e2ee, element, element call, encryption, federation, fedora 34, hp dev one, linux action news, linux laptop, linux news podcast, m1, m2, macos ventura, matrix, nvidia, nvidia open-source, openh264, opensuse leap 15.4, pop!_os, privacy, push-to-talk, qemu, r515, rosetta 2, security, sev-es, sle 15 sp4, slsa 4, spatial audio, suse, susecon, system 76, ubuntu 21.10, walkie-talkie, x86 emulation

SUSE Enterprise is already switching to the new NVIDIA open kernel driver, a Matrix-powered Walkie-Talkie, and the details on Apple's Rosetta for Linux.

Linux Action News 242

May 26th, 2022  |  16 mins 10 secs

5.19, android, automation, broadcom, btrfs, calyx institute, calyxos, copy-on-write, cuda, david box, david sterba, debian, dell, eightwave, emc, f-droid, ffmpeg, foss, gimp, gnome, google summer of code, gpl, gsoc 2022, hans-christoph steiner, kde, libreoffice, linus torvalds, linux 5.18, linux action news, linux foundation, linux news podcast, pat gelsinger, pipewire, plasma, pulseaudio, sdsi, software defined silicon, stretch, suse, tor, ubuntu 22.10, vlc, vmware

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 166

December 6th, 2020  |  29 mins 34 secs

aks, alsa, apple m1, budgie 10.5.2, chromium 84, cinnamon 4.8, cncf, containers, eks, eqt, gks, gnome 3.38.2, gnome 5.20.4, gnome os, graphics drivers, igalia, k3s, k8s, kde plasma 5.20.4, kubernetes, linux action news, linux hardware, linux mint 21, linux news podcast, mesa, michael larabel, phoronix, phoronix test suite, pulseaudio, rancher, rancher labs, raspberry pi os, suse, v3dv, vulkan, wayland

Desktop Linux users saw a lot of new features land this week, and SUSE might just have a new cloud-winning strategy.

Linux Action News 164

November 22nd, 2020  |  30 mins 6 secs

apple m1, arm, browser wars, canonical, cef, chrome embedded framework, docker, docker desktop, eff, electron, epiphany, eqt, gimp, github, golang, google, librem 5, linux action news, linux foundation, linux news podcast, michael catanzaro, microsoft, mozilla, oauth, phosh, purism, riaa, servo, suse, ubuntu, youtube-dl

The details behind youtube-dl's return to GitHub, our thoughts on the rumored SUSE IPO, and our concerns with Servo's new home.

Linux Action News 127

October 13th, 2019  |  27 mins 54 secs

architect quits, atari vcs, blockchain, free software foundation, fsf, gnu, gnu project, gnuisance, google stadia, jupiter broadcasting, linux academy, linux action show, linux news podcast, open network, openlibra, pavel durov, richard stallman, rms, sec, suse, telegram, token sale

Richard Stallman's GNU leadership is challenged by an influential group of maintainers, SUSE drops OpenStack "for the customer," and Google claims Stadia will be faster than a gaming PC.