Recent advances in embedded Linux, Canonical takes full control of LXD, ZFS gets a handy Btrfs feature, and updates on the show's production.Sponsored By:<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" href="http://linode.com/lan">Linode</a>: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://linode.com/lan">Sign up using the link on this page and receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. 
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Recent advances in embedded Linux, Canonical takes full control of LXD, ZFS gets a handy Btrfs feature, and updates on the show's production. Sponsored By:Linode: Sign up using the link on this page and receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Kolide: Kolide can help you nail third-party audits and internal compliance goals with endpoint security for your entire fleet. Support Linux Action News Links:Status of Embedded Linux — In this talk, Tim will give an overview of issues in the Linux in the embedded space that have come about in the past year The 2023 State of The Embedded Linux Ecosystem LXD Moves to Canonical — While the team behind Linux Containers regrets that decision and will be missing LXD as one of its projects, it does respect Canonical’s decision and is now in the process of moving the project over. Ubuntu Maker Canonical Pulls In Control Of LXD Nearly 40% of Linux gamers on Steam are on Steam Deck — Overall the Steam Deck has kind of taken over Linux gaming and June 2023's statistic are pretty striking. Steam Deck on Twitter — “Hi all, just a quick note to celebrate a big milestone - we’ve just passed 10,000 Verified and Playable titles on Steam Deck! 🎉🥳🎉 A bunch of these titles are on sale (along with Steam Deck itself) at the Steam Summer Sale! ZFS Block Cloning — Block Cloning allows to clone a file (or a subset of its blocks) into another (or the same) file by just creating additional references to the data blocks without copying the data itself. Block Cloning can be described as a fast, manual deduplication

Recent advances in embedded Linux, Canonical takes full control of LXD, ZFS gets a handy Btrfs feature, and updates on the show's production.Sponsored By:<ul><li><a href="http://linode.com/lan" rel="noopener noreferrer">Linode</a>: <a href="http://linode.com/lan" rel="noopener noreferrer">Sign up using the link on this page and receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. 
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</a> — In this talk, Tim will give an overview of issues in the Linux in the embedded space that have come about in the past year
</li><li><a title="The 2023 State of The Embedded Linux Ecosystem" href="https://www.phoronix.com/news/2023-Embedded-Linux" rel="noopener noreferrer">The 2023 State of The Embedded Linux Ecosystem
</a></li><li><a title="LXD Moves to Canonical" href="https://linuxcontainers.org/lxd/" rel="noopener noreferrer">LXD Moves to Canonical
</a> — While the team behind Linux Containers regrets that decision and will be missing LXD as one of its projects, it does respect Canonical’s decision and is now in the process of moving the project over.
</li><li><a title="Ubuntu Maker Canonical Pulls In Control Of LXD" href="https://www.phoronix.com/news/Canonical-Pulls-In-LXD" rel="noopener noreferrer">Ubuntu Maker Canonical Pulls In Control Of LXD
</a></li><li><a title="Nearly 40% of Linux gamers on Steam are on Steam Deck" href="https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/07/nearly-40-of-linux-gamers-on-steam-are-on-steam-deck/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Nearly 40% of Linux gamers on Steam are on Steam Deck
</a> — Overall the Steam Deck has kind of taken over Linux gaming and June 2023's statistic are pretty striking. 
</li><li><a title="Steam Deck on Twitter" href="https://twitter.com/OnDeck/status/1676684045261099009" rel="noopener noreferrer">Steam Deck on Twitter
</a> — “Hi all, just a quick note to celebrate a big milestone - we’ve just passed 10,000 Verified and Playable titles on Steam Deck! 🎉🥳🎉 A bunch of these titles are on sale (along with Steam Deck itself) at the Steam Summer Sale!
</li><li><a title="ZFS Block Cloning" href="https://github.com/openzfs/zfs/pull/13392" rel="noopener noreferrer">ZFS Block Cloning
</a> — Block Cloning allows to clone a file (or a subset of its blocks) into another (or the same) file by just creating additional references to the data blocks without copying the data itself. Block Cloning can be described as a fast, manual deduplication
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Chris and Matt showcase some fun games for casual or hardcore gamers. From space shooters to fun puzzles, if you’ve been holding off on gaming for Linux we’ll change your mind!

Plus: Is Ubuntu for Android dead? Linus receives another award, the big update to Edward Snowden’s favorite Linux distribution…

AND SO MUCH MORE!

All this week on, the Linux Action Show!

Chris and Matt showcase some fun games for casual or hardcore gamers. From space shooters to fun puzzles, if you’ve been holding off on gaming for Linux we’ll change your mind! Plus: Is Ubuntu for Android dead? Linus receives another award, the big update to Edward Snowden’s favorite Linux distribution… AND SO MUCH MORE! All this week on, the Linux Action Show!

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