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A talk at the Linux App Summit about software sustainability -- and the environmental impact of power-hungry code -- was a shocking wake-up call that's too important to ignore. Please give a warm welcome to the creator of that talk, KDE's Joseph P. De Veaugh-Geiss.

In this episode of Linux For Everyone, we discuss Joseph's vital work with KDE Eco, and the path the project is forging to create a culture of software sustainability and inspire more power-efficient software. Our conversation might dramatically change how you think about the apps you use, and the potentially devastating ecological footprint of the software installed on millions -- if not billions -- of devices.

Joseph and I both hope this episode inspires more conversation and more awareness.To that end, here is a long list of resources and links to help you better understand the situation, and to get directly involved!

Special Guest: Joseph P. De Veaugh-Geiss.

Links:

• Follow Linux For Everyone @ Mastodon
• ThunderCast: The Official Thunderbird Podcast
• KDE Eco
• The KDE Eco Handbook
• KDE Eco: Get Involved — Links to Matrix channel, mailing list, and repositories.
• The Green Metrics developer tool
• Free and Open Source Energy Efficiency Project (FEEP) Repo
• The Hidden Life Of An Amazon User: Article
• The Hidden Life Of An Amazon User: Interactive Project
• Report: Carbon footprint of unwanted data-use by smartphones
• "Sustainable Programming" online course — (see 04:20–06:10 to go from a one CPU-second reduction to 95 thousand megawatt hours by scaling up). Choice quote: "Often, it is a quite manageable set of decisions which lead to significant differences in power consumption"
• "Post Collapse Computing" Parts 1-4 by Tobias Bernard: — (A 4-part series)
• GUADEC 2020: Carbon emissions by Philip Withnall
• The German Environment Agency report comparing energy consumption of software products — English summary on pages 22-27

No notes. No prep. Just 4 passionate content creators gathering for a broad, unfiltered discussion about Valve's Steam Deck. It's an epic 2 hour Linux gaming crossover!

For authenticity, this entire episode was hosted, recorded, edited and published on Jason's Steam Deck!

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Special Guests: Gardiner Bryant, Liam Dawe, and Nick.

Linus dropped my name on The WAN Show, Valve has big plans for AMD's FSR, YouTube dislikes your dislikes, the COVID face mask life in video games, ProtonUP gets a GUI, and more!

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Links:

• Tech For Everyone newsletter
• Games For Everyone on YouTube
• Games For Everyone DISCORD
• Nick's video about Linux as a platform
• ProtonUp-Qt

Please welcome our very special guest Niccolò "Nicco" Venerandi! Nicco is KDE's Consistency Goalkeeper, and joins us to discuss what it's like working with the KDE team, as well as offering his own unique take on a topic that's making big waves in the Linux community: System76 allegedly ditching GNOME and developing its own desktop for Pop OS.

There's lots of software picks, updates on our passion projects (like Games For Everyone launching!) and a ton of KDE love.

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Special Guest: Niccolò Venerandi.

Links:

• Nicco's YouTube Channel
• Nicco's Website
• Games For Everyone! (YouTube Channel)
• Games For Everyone! (Odysee Channel)
• Games For Everyone! (Podcast)
• Adventures in Linux and KDE — Nate's excellent blog
• System76 Developing Its Own Desktop?

Welcome back to Linux For Everyone, welcome /Home, and get ready for our longest episode ever! We kick things off with some outstanding job news from Schykle, then Jerry tells a horror story about his phone eavesdropping on his friends. We also catch up on our individual privacy journeys that kicked off in Episode 54.

After that, Jerry drives the Software Spotlight by expressing his love for the ridiculously useful media tool Rapid Photo Downloader.

The middle section of the show is highlighted by an illuminating interview with Mycroft AI founder Joshua Montgomery, that reaches into Mycroft's roots and its potential. Joshua also argues for privacy initiatives like the right to be forgotten, as well as the "corporate death penalty." But he also offers hope for the future of smart speakers and virtual assistants.

We're even treated to the first "public" reading of his new children's book!

In the back half, Schykle and Jason launch the new "Tech For Everyone" segment by discussing their shared love of the Apple M1 systems, Asahi Linux, setting up a Time Machine server on Fedora, and a related chat about the Linux and Apple software ecosystems.

Kick back, grab your favorite beverage, and let's dive in to this monster!

Special Guest: Joshua Montgomery.

Links:

• Study: Effectiveness of Apple's App Tracking Transparency
• iodé: The eco-friendly smartphone
• Mail-in-a-Box
• Software Spotlight: Rapid Photo Downloader
• Mycroft AI
• Buy "Mycroft and the Patent Trolls"
• Buy the book "Rainbows End"
• Get a $100 credit at Linode!
• Shop TUXEDO Computers:
• Linux For Everyone's YouTube Channel
• Linux For Everyone's Odysee Channel
• Using Linux or Windows as a Time Machine network server
• Asahi Linux (Linux for Apple M1 Macs)
• Invest in Mycroft AI
• Bitwarden Password Manager

The brand new L4E Show is here! Jason, Jerry and Schykle talk about their recent passion projects, then get into a somewhat disturbing conversation about the creeping invasion of our online privacy. Plus, a Software Spotlight and a proper introduction to our new co-hosts!

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Links:

• "Brain Dead" by More Sun
• AnonAddy
• NitroPhone
• That VICE Article
• Avoid Being Tracked By Facebook
• That "Reply All" Episode
• Apple Private Relay
• Pi-Hole
• DDG Privacy Essentials
• Session messaging app
• Privacy Badger

All good things must come to an end, but sometimes they're reborn into something better. Jason says goodbye to Linux For Everyone as you know it and reveals NEW co-hosts, then has a lengthy and relaxed conversation with System76 Happiness Architect Aaron Honeycutt.

Aaron and Jason chat about working at System76, Snap vs Flatpak, expensive shipping, COVID, Linux gaming, window tiling, Valve's Steam Deck, and a little bit more Linux gaming!

Towards the end, Jason wraps it up with some hopes and concerns about Valve's Steam Deck.

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Special Guest: Aaron Honeycutt.

Links:

• L4E "Will It Linux" Video Series
• L4E "Steam Deck Hopes and Fears" Video
• Aaron's Website
• Aaron's Code on GitHub
• Aaron's Code on GitLab
• Aaron on Mastodon

Welcome to a special community-powered episode discussing Valve's newly announced Steam Deck! It's a product destined to send positive ripples throughout the entire Linux ecosystem, but there's so much to unpack, and a few things to criticize. Let's get into it!

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Links:

• Steam Deck Details
• InfinityBook Pro 14 Video Review

🐧There's good news and bad news about the Pulse 15 laptop's battery life. And I've got a Discovery of the Week that's a handy hardware helper! Plus an apology about a recent episode. Then we'll get down to business with a conversation about Powershell... on Linux. Welcome to Episode 51!

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Special Guest: Avri Roth.

Links:

• Discovery of the Week: hw-probe
• My Oryx Pro Probe
• Powershell on Linux: Telegram
• Powershell on Linux: Matrix
• Powershell on Linux: Website
• The L4E Summer Series!

To celebrate 50 episodes of Linux For Everyone, Jason is answering a BUNCH of your questions about Linux, hardware, coffee habits, music creation, living in Croatia, and much more! Enjoy, and thank you for being part of this awesome journey.

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