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- Linux Action News 162
We review the Raspberry Pi 400. Then discover new features coming to Linux powered Dells.
Plus an important Let's Encrypt update, and the next billion-dollar tech coming to Linux.
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- Raspberry Pi 400: the $70 desktop PC — The Raspberry Pi 400 Personal Computer Kit is the “Christmas morning” product, with the best possible out-of-box experience: a complete PC which plugs into your TV or monitor.
- Raspberry Pi 400 - First Impressions
- Raspberry Pi 400 review—the under-$100 desktop PC you didn’t know you needed
- Dell is Adding Webcam and Microphone Kill Switches — Dell is adding new code in Linux kernel that will enable you to disable newer Dell system’s webcam and microphone with keyboard shortcuts. Why? Because privacy.
- Dell Adding Hardware Privacy Driver For Linux
- Let's Encrypt warns about a third of Android devices will from next year stumble over sites that use its certs — Expiration of cross-signed root certificates spells trouble
- Standing on Our Own Two Feet - Let's Encrypt
- Chrome will soon have its own dedicated certificate root store — Currently, Chrome uses the certificate root store part of each operating system. Google plans to manage its own list of "approved" certificates from now on, similar to Firefox.
- BPF binaries: BTF, CO-RE, and the future of BPF perf tools — Two new technologies, BTF and CO-RE, are paving the way for BPF to become a billion-dollar industry.
- What is eBPF?
- eBPF: Put the Kubernetes Data Plane in the Kernel
- LINUX Unplugged 293: Netflix's Gift to Linux
27 min - Linux Action News 161
A RISC-V development PC is in the works, we have the details and try to set expectations.
Plus what's new in Fedora 33, and an important youtube-dl update.
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- Fedora 33 is officially here! - Fedora Magazine
— Fedora Workstation now uses BTRFS as the default filesystem.- Fedora 33 Review: What’s New and How to Upgrade | FOSS Linux
- AWS Marketplace: Fedora 33 Cloud Base Images (x86_64) HVM
- Fedora IoT To Be Promoted To An Official Edition With Fedora 33 - Phoronix
— Fedora IoT relies on RPM-OSTree for offering atomic updates and focuses on container-based workloads.- Fedora IoT
- SiFive unveils plan for Linux PCs with RISC-V processors | VentureBeat
— Developers can use the boards to test code for real-time operating systems, custom Linux distributions, compilers, libraries, and applications.- The Heart of RISC-V Development is Unmatched - SiFive
- SiFive Is Launching The Most Compelling RISC-V Development Board Yet - Phoronix
- Check out their Chip Configurator
- James Prior from SiFive on Wendell’s show
- Codeplay joins the RISC-V foundation - SemiAccurate
- New installation options coming for Ubuntu on WSL | Ubuntu
— Beginning in Windows 10 Insiders Preview build 20246 users can enable a complete WSL experience with simply: wsl.exe --install.- Asking Microsoft to resign from the RIAA over youtube-dl takedown demand - Conservancy Blog - Software Freedom Conservancy
— We call on Microsoft to resign from the RIAA and remove their conflict of interest in this matter. This is an important opportunity for Microsoft to stand up for the values of software freedom.- RIAA Obtains Subpoenas Targeting 40 YouTube-Ripping Platforms & Pirate Sites * TorrentFreak
- Tzlil on Twitter
— So the CEO of GitHub popped in #youtube-dl a few hours ago, looks like they are trying to get youtube-dl back, I hope this works out.- New youtube-dl release: v2020.11.01.1
26 min - Linux Action News 161
A RISC-V development PC is in the works, we have the details and try to set expectations.
Plus what's new in Fedora 33, and an important youtube-dl update.
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- Fedora 33 is officially here! - Fedora Magazine — Fedora Workstation now uses BTRFS as the default filesystem.
- Fedora 33 Review: What’s New and How to Upgrade | FOSS Linux
- AWS Marketplace: Fedora 33 Cloud Base Images (x86_64) HVM
- Fedora IoT To Be Promoted To An Official Edition With Fedora 33 - Phoronix — Fedora IoT relies on RPM-OSTree for offering atomic updates and focuses on container-based workloads.
- Fedora IoT
- SiFive unveils plan for Linux PCs with RISC-V processors | VentureBeat — Developers can use the boards to test code for real-time operating systems, custom Linux distributions, compilers, libraries, and applications.
- The Heart of RISC-V Development is Unmatched - SiFive
- SiFive Is Launching The Most Compelling RISC-V Development Board Yet - Phoronix
- Check out their Chip Configurator
- James Prior from SiFive on Wendell’s show
- Codeplay joins the RISC-V foundation - SemiAccurate
- New installation options coming for Ubuntu on WSL | Ubuntu — Beginning in Windows 10 Insiders Preview build 20246 users can enable a complete WSL experience with simply: wsl.exe --install.
- Asking Microsoft to resign from the RIAA over youtube-dl takedown demand - Conservancy Blog - Software Freedom Conservancy — We call on Microsoft to resign from the RIAA and remove their conflict of interest in this matter. This is an important opportunity for Microsoft to stand up for the values of software freedom.
- RIAA Obtains Subpoenas Targeting 40 YouTube-Ripping Platforms & Pirate Sites * TorrentFreak
- Tzlil on Twitter — So the CEO of GitHub popped in #youtube-dl a few hours ago, looks like they are trying to get youtube-dl back, I hope this works out.
- New youtube-dl release: v2020.11.01.1
26 min - Linux Action News 160
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.
Plus Edge is out for Linux, and PayPal gets bitcoin fever.
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- Ubuntu 20.10 Released, Now Available to Download
— Ubuntu 20.10 rides atop the Linux 5.8 kernel, includes the GNOME 3.38 release, has new wallpapers, Active Directory integration (for enterprise users) in the installer, and carries a clutch of updated software, tools, and libraries.- Ubuntu 20.10 Flavours Released
- Ubuntu 20.10 on Raspberry Pi delivers the full Linux desktop and micro clouds
- How to build a Raspberry Pi Kubernetes cluster using MicroK8s
- Build a Raspberry Pi Desktop with an Ubuntu heart
- Parallels Desktop for Chromebook Enterprise
— It is the world’s first software that runs Windows directly on enterprise Chromebooks―enabling full-featured Windows apps including Microsoft Office and proprietary apps―even when there is not an Internet connection.- youtube-dl removed from GitHub by RIAA takedown notice
— Under penalty of perjury, we submit that the RIAA is authorized to act on behalf of its member companies on matters involving the infringement of their sound recordings, audiovisual works and images, including enforcing their copyrights and common law rights on the Internet.- How the youTube-dl devs found out about DMCA takedown
- Microsoft Edge arrives in preview form for Linux
— The release officially supports Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora and openSUSE. Sadly, there is no love for Pi fans at present; the team are apparently "looking at Arm", but no release has been forthcoming.- We Go Hands on With Microsoft Edge for Linux
- PayPal Launches New Service Enabling Users to Buy, Hold and Sell Cryptocurrency
— Today announced the launch of a new service enabling its customers to buy, hold and sell cryptocurrency directly from their PayPal account, and signaled its plans to significantly increase cryptocurrency's utility by making it available as a funding source for purchases at its 26 million merchants worldwide.- PayPal and Venmo will offer and accept cryptocurrency for all online payments
38 min - Linux Action News 160
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.
Plus Edge is out for Linux, and PayPal gets bitcoin fever.
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- Ubuntu 20.10 Released, Now Available to Download — Ubuntu 20.10 rides atop the Linux 5.8 kernel, includes the GNOME 3.38 release, has new wallpapers, Active Directory integration (for enterprise users) in the installer, and carries a clutch of updated software, tools, and libraries.
- Ubuntu 20.10 Flavours Released
- Ubuntu 20.10 on Raspberry Pi delivers the full Linux desktop and micro clouds
- How to build a Raspberry Pi Kubernetes cluster using MicroK8s
- Build a Raspberry Pi Desktop with an Ubuntu heart
- Parallels Desktop for Chromebook Enterprise — It is the world’s first software that runs Windows directly on enterprise Chromebooks―enabling full-featured Windows apps including Microsoft Office and proprietary apps―even when there is not an Internet connection.
- youtube-dl removed from GitHub by RIAA takedown notice — Under penalty of perjury, we submit that the RIAA is authorized to act on behalf of its member companies on matters involving the infringement of their sound recordings, audiovisual works and images, including enforcing their copyrights and common law rights on the Internet.
- How the youTube-dl devs found out about DMCA takedown
- Microsoft Edge arrives in preview form for Linux — The release officially supports Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora and openSUSE. Sadly, there is no love for Pi fans at present; the team are apparently "looking at Arm", but no release has been forthcoming.
- We Go Hands on With Microsoft Edge for Linux
- PayPal Launches New Service Enabling Users to Buy, Hold and Sell Cryptocurrency — Today announced the launch of a new service enabling its customers to buy, hold and sell cryptocurrency directly from their PayPal account, and signaled its plans to significantly increase cryptocurrency's utility by making it available as a funding source for purchases at its 26 million merchants worldwide.
- PayPal and Venmo will offer and accept cryptocurrency for all online payments
38 min - Linux Action News 159
The new Plasma release makes a compelling argument for the workstation, why LibreOffice and OpenOffice can't seem to get along and a recently found bug in Linux that goes back to Kernel 2.6.
Plus, our thoughts on Apple's seeming abandoning of CUPS, the latest and greatest open source podcast player, and an important show update.
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- Plasma 5.20: One absolutely massive release
— A massive release, containing improvements to dozens of components, widgets, and the desktop behavior in general.- KDE Plasma 5.20 is Here – And It's an Epic Update
- LibreOffice rains on OpenOffice's 20th anniversary parade
— To mark the 20th anniversary of Apache OpenOffice, the project's main rival, LibreOffice, published a letter asking OpenOffice to tell its users to switch- Google and Intel warn of high-severity Bluetooth security bug in Linux
— The flaw resides in BlueZ, the software stack that by default implements all Bluetooth core protocols and layers for Linux. Besides Linux laptops, it's used in many consumer or industrial Internet-of-things devices. It works with Linux versions 2.4.6 and later.- Intel Blows the Coms Again
- Greg K-H on Twitter
— "They are now claiming you need a 5.10 kernel or newer to solve this. 5.10 will be released at the end of December 2020. Intel knows better, and knows how to do this properly, this feels malicious at this point..."- CUPS Printing System Open-Source Development Has Seemingly Dried Up
— The open-source CUPS code-base is now at a stand-still. There was just one commit to the CUPS Git repository for all of 2020.- Has Apple abandoned CUPS?
- LPC 2020 - Open Printing MC - YouTube
- OpenPrinting News - September 2020
- Antennapod 2.0 Released
— AntennaPod version 2 released with a range of new features, bug fixes and improvements. Below you’ll find an extensive list of highlights, with each time the Pull Request ID.- AntennaPod
- AntennaPod - Apps on Google Play
- AntennaPod | F-Droid
40 min - Linux Action News 159
The new Plasma release makes a compelling argument for the workstation, why LibreOffice and OpenOffice can't seem to get along and a recently found bug in Linux that goes back to Kernel 2.6.
Plus, our thoughts on Apple's seeming abandoning of CUPS, the latest and greatest open source podcast player, and an important show update.
Sponsored By:
- Linode: Sign up using the link on this page and receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account.
- System76: System76 is better than ever, check out all the great stuff they're doing today and tell them Linux Action News sent you.
- Ting: Save $25 off your first device, or $25 in service credit if you bring one!
Support Linux Action News
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- Plasma 5.20: One absolutely massive release — A massive release, containing improvements to dozens of components, widgets, and the desktop behavior in general.
- KDE Plasma 5.20 is Here – And It's an Epic Update
- LibreOffice rains on OpenOffice's 20th anniversary parade — To mark the 20th anniversary of Apache OpenOffice, the project's main rival, LibreOffice, published a letter asking OpenOffice to tell its users to switch
- Google and Intel warn of high-severity Bluetooth security bug in Linux — The flaw resides in BlueZ, the software stack that by default implements all Bluetooth core protocols and layers for Linux. Besides Linux laptops, it's used in many consumer or industrial Internet-of-things devices. It works with Linux versions 2.4.6 and later.
- Intel Blows the Coms Again
- Greg K-H on Twitter — "They are now claiming you need a 5.10 kernel or newer to solve this. 5.10 will be released at the end of December 2020. Intel knows better, and knows how to do this properly, this feels malicious at this point..."
- CUPS Printing System Open-Source Development Has Seemingly Dried Up — The open-source CUPS code-base is now at a stand-still. There was just one commit to the CUPS Git repository for all of 2020.
- Has Apple abandoned CUPS?
- LPC 2020 - Open Printing MC - YouTube
- OpenPrinting News - September 2020
- Antennapod 2.0 Released — AntennaPod version 2 released with a range of new features, bug fixes and improvements. Below you’ll find an extensive list of highlights, with each time the Pull Request ID.
- AntennaPod
- AntennaPod - Apps on Google Play
- AntennaPod | F-Droid
40 min - Linux Action News 158
NextCloud makes some significant changes, and we share our reaction; IBM is planning to split into two, but we have some questions, and Firefox may soon display sponsored "top sites."
Plus Nvidia's Jetson Nano release and the freaky future of low-level AI, and our thoughts on Coinbase's recent news.
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- Nextcloud 20 Released
— Nextcloud Hub 20 debuts Dashboard, unifies search and notifications, integrates with other technologies- Nextcloud bridging chat services in Talk
— This allows users to connect a Talk conversion to one or more external services, like IRC, Slack, MS Teams or more. The administrator has to have enabled this feature and users can then simply configure it from the right-hand sidebar in Talk.- IBM to split into two companies by end of 2021
— As-yet unnamed “NewCo” will handle IBM’s “managed infrastructure services.”- IBM Jettisons Legacy Services To Focus On Hybrid Cloud
- As IBM spins out legacy infrastructure management biz, CEO goes all in on the cloud
- IBM’s “Cloud” Business (or Lack Thereof)
- Nvidia unveils $59 Nvidia Jetson Nano 2GB mini
— The Jetson Nano 2GB Developer Kit, announced this week, is a single-board computer – like the Raspberry Pi- Firefox may soon display Sponsored Top Sites on the New Tab Page
— A recently added bug to Mozilla's bug tracking site Bugzilla indicates that Firefox may soon display sponsored top sites on the New Tab page. The bug requests that a preference is added to Firefox to disable sponsored top sites.- 1668473 - Add pref UI for disabling sponsored top sites
- A follow up to Coinbase being a mission focused company
- Sixty Coinbase employees take buyout offer over “no politics” rule
33 min - Linux Action News 158
NextCloud makes some significant changes, and we share our reaction; IBM is planning to split into two, but we have some questions, and Firefox may soon display sponsored "top sites."
Plus Nvidia's Jetson Nano release and the freaky future of low-level AI, and our thoughts on Coinbase's recent news.
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Links:
- Nextcloud 20 Released — Nextcloud Hub 20 debuts Dashboard, unifies search and notifications, integrates with other technologies
- Nextcloud bridging chat services in Talk — This allows users to connect a Talk conversion to one or more external services, like IRC, Slack, MS Teams or more. The administrator has to have enabled this feature and users can then simply configure it from the right-hand sidebar in Talk.
- IBM to split into two companies by end of 2021 — As-yet unnamed “NewCo” will handle IBM’s “managed infrastructure services.”
- IBM Jettisons Legacy Services To Focus On Hybrid Cloud
- As IBM spins out legacy infrastructure management biz, CEO goes all in on the cloud
- IBM’s “Cloud” Business (or Lack Thereof)
- Nvidia unveils $59 Nvidia Jetson Nano 2GB mini — The Jetson Nano 2GB Developer Kit, announced this week, is a single-board computer – like the Raspberry Pi
- Firefox may soon display Sponsored Top Sites on the New Tab Page — A recently added bug to Mozilla's bug tracking site Bugzilla indicates that Firefox may soon display sponsored top sites on the New Tab page. The bug requests that a preference is added to Firefox to disable sponsored top sites.
- 1668473 - Add pref UI for disabling sponsored top sites
- A follow up to Coinbase being a mission focused company
- Sixty Coinbase employees take buyout offer over “no politics” rule
33 min - Linux Action News 157
Quite a bit from Google this week, with new products and notable changes coming for developers and users.
Plus our take on DuckDuckGo's new fight.
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- Open-source devs drown in DigitalOcean's latest tsunami of pull-request spam that is Hacktoberfest
— Rewarding pointless patches with free swag leads to 'DDoS' against projects- One solution
— @derekapp will close them for you automatically and mark them as invalid.- Require PRs be in a repo with hacktoberfest topic and be accepted by MattIPv4
- Hacktoberfest presented by DigitalOcean
— We’re making Hacktoberfest opt-in only for projects – which maintainers can do simply by adding the ‘hacktoberfest’ topic to a repository.- What is Google TV and how is it different from Android TV?
— Google TV is a new interface for Android TV that is powered by Google's machine learning, Google Assistant and the Google Knowledge Graph. It also reorganizes your content to help make it easier for you to find what you want to work.- The new Chromecast with Google TV won’t officially support Stadia at launch
- WireGuard announces a big Android update with Android TV support
— WireGuard now has a slew of announcements, with support for Android TV through their app, pre-built kernel modules for popular phones, a Kotlin rewrite of the UI, and much more.- Unofficial LineageOS 17.1 brings Android 10 to NVIDIA SHIELD TVs
— The unofficial LineageOS 17.1 build for NVIDIA Shield TVs allows users to run a heavily customizable, near-stock Android 10 experience on their Android TV boxes. I- Listening to Developer Feedback to Improve Google Play
— Our policies apply equally to all apps distributed on Google Play, including Google’s own apps. We use the same standards to decide which apps to promote on Google Play, whether they're third-party apps or our own apps.- Android 12 will make it easier to install app stores
— Google today announced it will make it easier to install and use third-party app stores with the release of Android 12 next year.- Apple v. Epic hearing: Judge hints at July 2021 trial
- Google’s Search Preference Menu Eliminates DuckDuckGo
— The Q4 2020 results of Google’s search preference menu auction have been released and, as we predicted, DuckDuckGo has been eliminated in most countries.- Atari VCS Backer Units are On the Way!
— This shipment includes the one-time-only, Indiegogo-exclusive Atari VCS 800 Collector’s Edition model. Inspired by and designed as an homage to the original Atari 2600, there will only be 6,000 numbered and authenticated versions of this model.- Atari VCS backers on IndieGoGo might actually get their units soon
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