Linux Matters

This week we’ve been using windows Subsystem for Linux and playing with a ThinkPad P1. IBM buys RedHat, System76 announces their Thelio desktop computers, SSD encryption is busted, Fedora turns 15, IRC turns 30 and we round up the community news.

It’s Season 11 Episode 35 of the Ubuntu Podcast! Alan Pope, Mark Johnson and Martin Wimpress are connected and speaking to your brain.

In this week’s show:

* We discuss what we’ve been up to recently:

* Mark has been testing Windows Subsystem for Linux.

* Martin been playing with a Thinkpad P1.

* We discuss the news:

* IBM Buys Red Hat

* System76 announce Thelio desktop computers with open-source designs

* SSD Encryption busted

* Fedora turns 15

* Internet Relay Chat turns 30

* We discuss the community news:

* Disco Dingo

* Xubuntu Development Update November 2018

* Mir News: 2nd of November 2018

* Congratulations to Erich Eickmeyer, from Ubuntu Studio, on becoming an Ubuntu Member.

* Image credit: NordWood Themes

That’s all for this week! You can listen to the Ubuntu Podcast back catalogue on YouTube. If there’s a topic you’d like us to discuss, or you have any feedback on previous shows, please send your comments and suggestions to [email protected] or Tweet us or Comment on our Facebook page or comment on our Google+ page or comment on our sub-Reddit.

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This week we have been playing with OpenVPN and we review the Clockwork Pi Gameshell. We bring you a command line love and go over your feedback.

It’s Season 11 Episode 34 of the Ubuntu Podcast! Alan Pope, Mark Johnson and guest presenter Andy Jesse are connected and speaking to your brain.

In this week’s show:

* We discuss what we’ve been up to recently:

* Alan has been playing with easy-openvpn.

* We discuss ClockworkPi.

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We share a Command Line Lurve:

* shellcheck – Linting for shell scripts

sudo apt install shellcheck

shellcheck /your/bash/script.sh

* And we go over all your amazing feedback – thanks for sending it – please keep sending it!

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Image credit: Maite Tiscar

That’s all for this week! You can listen to the Ubuntu Podcast back catalogue on YouTube. If there’s a topic you’d like us to discuss, or you have any feedback on previous shows, please send your comments and suggestions to [email protected] or Tweet us or Comment on our Facebook page or comment on our Google+ page or comment on our sub-Reddit.

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This week we’ve been playing with DXVK and Volumio. We discuss Wifi getting a new naming scheme, interpreting the Linux CoC, Motorola partnering with iFixIt, KDE adding scaling for GTK applications and what’s been going on in the Ubuntu Community.

It’s Season 11 Episode 33 of the Ubuntu Podcast! Alan Pope, Mark Johnson and guest presenter Andy Jesse are connected and speaking to your brain.

In this week’s show:

* We discuss what we’ve been up to recently:

* Mark has been playing with DXVK

* Jesse has been tormenting his family with the glockenspiel on Volumio

* We discuss the news:

* Wifi is moving from letters to numbers

* Linux kernel team releases Code of Conduct interpretation

* Motorola partners with iFixit to help customers repair their devices

* KDE adds scaling to GTK apps

* We discuss the community news:

* Ubuntu 18.10 Cosmic Cuttlefish is out!

* Canonical publish desktop statistics

* Some loser ported Ubuntu MATE to the GPD pocket 1 & 2

* Image credit: Victor Van Welden

That’s all for this week! You can listen to the Ubuntu Podcast back catalogue on YouTube. If there’s a topic you’d like us to discuss, or you have any feedback on previous shows, please send your comments and suggestions to [email protected] or Tweet us or Comment on our Facebook page or comment on our Google+ page or comment on our sub-Reddit.

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This week we interview Daniel Foré about the final release of elementary 5.0 (Juno), bring you some Android love and go over all your feedback.

It’s Season 11 Episode 32 of the Ubuntu Podcast! Alan Pope and Martin Wimpress are connected and speaking to your brain.

In this week’s show:

* We discuss the final release of elementary 5.0 (Juno) with Daniel Foré.

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We share an Android Lurve:

* TeamViewer for Remote Control – for the client

* TeamViewer Host – for the server

* And we go over all your amazing feedback – thanks for sending it – please keep sending it!

* Scuttlebutt – a decent(ralised) secure gossip platform

* #!++ – The classic minimal CrunchBang feel, now with Debian 9.

* bunsenlabs – community continuation of CrunchBang Linux.

* Image credit: Victor Van Welden

That’s all for this week! You can listen to the Ubuntu Podcast back catalogue on YouTube. If there’s a topic you’d like us to discuss, or you have any feedback on previous shows, please send your comments and suggestions to [email protected] or Tweet us or Comment on our Facebook page or comment on our Google+ page or comment on our sub-Reddit.

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This week Ubuntu Podcast debuts on Spotify and re-embraces Mastodon. We’ve been unboxing the GPD Pocket 2 and building a Clockwork Pi. We discuss Plex releasing as a Snap, Microsoft joining the OIN, Minecraft open-sourcing some libraries, Google axing Google+, Etcher (allegedly) not honouring privacy settings, plus we also round up community news and events.

It’s Season 11 Episode 31 of the Ubuntu Podcast! Alan Pope and Martin Wimpress are connected and speaking to your brain.

In this week’s show:

* We discuss what we’ve been up to recently:

* Martin has unboxed his GPD Pocket 2.

* Alan has been playing with Clockwork Pi.

* Fediverse lovers rejoice! Ubuntu Podcast is back on Mastodon.

* Spotify lovers rejoice! Ubuntu Podcast is now on Spotify!

* We discuss the news:

* Plex is now a Snap!

* Microsoft joins the Open Invention Network

* Programmers: Play with Minecraft’s Inner Workings

* Goodbye G+

* Etcher 1.4.4 Ignores Privacy Setting

* We discuss the community news:

* The MATE Wayland Port Is Moving Along, NVIDIA Mir Support Still Being Tackled

* KDE Neon Now Based on Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver

* Ubuntu 18.10 Beta is Now Available to Download

* We mention some events:

* 35th Chaos Communication Congress: 27 to 30 of December 2018 – Leipzig, Germany.

* The congress features a variety of lectures and workshops on technical and political issues related to Security, Cryptography, Privacy and online Freedom of Speech.

* Covalence: 16th January 2018 – Sanfrancisco, USA.

* An independent, hand-crafted, single-day and single-track conference about building desktop apps with Electron, Node.js and JavaScript.

* Image credit: Nadine Shaabana

That’s all for this week! You can listen to the Ubuntu Podcast back catalogue on YouTube. If there’s a topic you’d like us to discuss, or you have any feedback on previous shows, please send your comments and suggestions to [email protected] or Tweet us or Comment on our Facebook page or comment on our Google+ page

This week we’ve added VA-API support to the ffmpeg Snap, discuss installing all the distros in VirtualBox, bring you a new found love and go over your feedback.

It’s Season 11 Episode 30 of the Ubuntu Podcast! Alan Pope, Mark Johnson and Martin Wimpress are connected and speaking to your brain.

In this week’s show:

* We discuss what we’ve been up to recently:

* Martin has been adding VA-API support to the ffmpeg Snap.

* We discuss installing lots of Linux distros in VirtualBox.

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We share a New Found Lurve:

* Travis CI

* And we go over all your amazing feedback – thanks for sending it – please keep sending it!

* Yasha code generator

* Image credit: Martin Reisch

That’s all for this week! You can listen to the Ubuntu Podcast back catalogue on YouTube. If there’s a topic you’d like us to discuss, or you have any feedback on previous shows, please send your comments and suggestions to [email protected] or Tweet us or Comment on our Facebook page or comment on our Google+ page or comment on our sub-Reddit.

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This week we’ve been networking and playing with Virtual Machines. Linux gets a code of conduct, Twitter has been leaking direct messages, Google Chrome 69 signs in to all the things and we round up community goings on and events.

It’s Season 11 Episode 29 of the Ubuntu Podcast! Alan Pope, Mark Johnson and Martin Wimpress are connected and speaking to your brain.

In this week’s show:

* We discuss what we’ve been up to recently:

* Mark has been networking.

* Alan has been playing with Virtual Machines.

* We discuss the news:

* Linux gets a new code of conduct, Linus takes a break.

* Twitter might have leaked direct messags.

* Google Chrome 69 signs in to the browser automatically.

* We discuss the community news:

* Mir 1.0.0 Release.

* NVIDIA PRIME in Ubuntu 18.04 and 18.10, and a call for testing.

* Optimised Ubuntu Desktop images available in Microsoft Hyper-V gallery.

* Announcing Extended Security Maintenance for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS.

* We mention some events:

* Egham Raspbery Jam: 20th October at Gartner HQ, Staines-upon-thames, UK.

* Image credit: Curtis MacNewton

That’s all for this week! You can listen to the Ubuntu Podcast back catalogue on YouTube. If there’s a topic you’d like us to discuss, or you have any feedback on previous shows, please send your comments and suggestions to [email protected] or Tweet us or Comment on our Facebook page or comment on our Google+ page or comment on our sub-Reddit.

* Join us in the Ubuntu Podcast Telegram group.

This week we’ve been playing Two Point Hospital and experimenting with ChromiumOS. We bring you some command line love and go over all your feedback.

It’s Season 11 Episode 28 of the Ubuntu Podcast! Alan Pope, Mark Johnson and Martin Wimpress are connected and speaking to your brain.

In this week’s show:

* We discuss what we’ve been up to recently:

* Mark has been playing Two Point Hospital.

* We discuss Arnold the Bat’s ChromiumOS but mostly his Chromium OS Special Builds and CloudReady, but not FydeOS.

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We share a Command Line Lurve:

* emu2 – DOS PC Emulator

snap install emu2

emu2 QB45.EXE

* And we go over all your amazing feedback – thanks for sending it – please keep sending it!

* Vartroy

* ISPF-like editor

* CPUfreq GNOME extension

* Image credit: Glenn Hansen

That’s all for this week! You can listen to the Ubuntu Podcast back catalogue on YouTube. If there’s a topic you’d like us to discuss, or you have any feedback on previous shows, please send your comments and suggestions to [email protected] or Tweet us or Comment on our Facebook page or comment on our Google+ page or comment on our sub-Reddit.

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This week we’ve been moonlighting on other podcasts and started using DuckDuckGo. Trend Micro get booted from the Apple Store, Intel adopts an AMD display standard, a cheesy history of Linux gaming is published, Amazon Echo now Looks at you and we round up the community news.

It’s Season 11 Episode 27 of the Ubuntu Podcast! Alan Pope, Mark Johnson and Martin Wimpress are connected and speaking to your brain.

In this week’s show:

* We discuss what we’ve been up to recently:

* Alan has been doing Bad Voltage.

* Martin has been moonlighting on TechSNAP and started using DuckDuckGo full-time.

* We discuss the news:

* Trend Micro tools tossed from Apple’s Mac App Store after spewing fans’ browser histories

* Intel Confirms It Intends to Support VESA Adaptive Sync in Future GPUs

* Game developer Cheeseness has written about the history of Linux gaming

* Amazon have launched the Echo Look

* We discuss the community news:

* Sean Davis: Xubuntu Development Update September 2018

* See Canonical’s Mockups for a Major ‘Software Center’ Revamp

* Ubuntu Security Podcast is a weekly podcast talking about the latest developments and updates from the Ubuntu Security team

* Mir News: 7th September 2018

* Image credit: chuttersnap

That’s all for this week! You can listen to the Ubuntu Podcast back catalogue on YouTube. If there’s a topic you’d like us to discuss, or you have any feedback on previous shows, please send your comments and suggestions to [email protected] or Tweet us or Comment on our Facebook page or comment on our Google+ page or comment on our sub-Reddit.

* Join us in the Ubuntu Podcast Telegram group.

We discuss upgrading RAM in a Lenovo Yoga 510-14st and getting punched in the face. We reminisce about our OggCamp road trip, bring you some GUI love and go over your feedback.

It’s Season 11 Episode 26 of the Ubuntu Podcast! Alan Pope, Mark Johnson and Martin Wimpress are connected and speaking to your brain.

In this week’s show:

* We discuss what we’ve been up to recently:

* Alan has been Upgrading RAM in a Lenovo Yoga 510-14ast.

* Martin has been learning the nobel art of pugilism.

* We discuss our OggCamp road trip.

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We share a GUI Lurve:

* Android Auto – Big buttoned phone interface for your car

* And we go over all your amazing feedback – thanks for sending it – please keep sending it!

* jhead

* Work around for keyboard input issues in some Unity games

* AKiTiO Thunderbolt Devices Begin Receiving Firmware Upgrade Support Under Linux

* Image credit: Jeff Sheldon

That’s all for this week! You can listen to the Ubuntu Podcast back catalogue on YouTube. If there’s a topic you’d like us to discuss, or you have any feedback on previous shows, please send your comments and suggestions to [email protected] or Tweet us or Comment on our Facebook page or comment on our Google+ page or comment on our sub-Reddit.

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