Linux Matters

This week we make a green screen webcam, mention upcoming laptop reviews from Entroware and Dell and reveal an Entroware laptop competition is coming soon. Then we discuss the death of the Linux desktop, this weeks command line love is using ffmpeg to create “high quality” animated .gifs and we go over your feedback.

It’s Season Ten Episode Eighteen 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 upto recently:

* Martin has been making a green screen backdrop for Google Hangouts using a Magewell USB Capture HDMI Gen 2 and Open Broadcaster Software.

* Mark has been playing with a Dell Precision 5520 and preparing his review.

* Alan has received an Entroware Apollo laptop to review and for us to give away as a competition prize.

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We discuss the death of the Linux desktop.

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We share a command line lurve:

* ffmpeg – Converting videos to “high quality” animated .gif images.

Generate a palette

ffmpeg -y -i input.mp4 -vf fps=15,scale=448:-1:flags=lanczos,palettegen palette.png

Output the GIF using the palette

ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -i palette.png -filter_complex "fps=15,scale=448:-1:flags=lanczos[x];[x][1:v]paletteuse" output.gif

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

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This weeks cover image is taken from Wikimedia.

That’s all for this week! 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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In our second live show at FOSS Talk Live, we have a competition to see who can write the best program in 19 lines, and discuss bugs through the ages. There is a video of this episode available on YouTube.

It’s Season Ten Episode Seventeen of the Ubuntu Podcast! Alan Pope, Mark Johnson, Martin Wimpress and a tub of lard are connected and speaking to your brain.

In this week’s show:

* We discuss what we’ve been upto recently:

* Keeping plants alive with a legacy watering device

* Preparing for a snappy sprint

* Ready, Steady Code!

* Alan challenges Martin and Mark to write an interesting program in 20 lines of code

* Mark presents the Ubuntu Podcast of Yesteryear Original Unit Reproduction Script

* Martin presents Snake in 19 lines of Python

* We discuss our favourite bugs

* Can’t print on Tuesdays (Openoffice/File)

* Swirl in BFB goes the wrong way (Ubuntu)

* The default desktop startup screen causes damage to monitor! (XFCE)

* This Xfce Bug Is Wrecking Users’ Monitors

* wallpaper isn’t a png, it’s a jpeg (Ubuntu)

* Head in place of close button (Chromium)

* This weeks cover image was taken by Marius Quabeck.

That’s all for this week! 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 Mark goes camping, we interview Michael Hall from Endless Computers, bring you another command line love and go over all your feedback.

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

In this week’s show:

* We discuss what we’ve been upto recently:

* Mark has been camping in the New Forest.

* We interview Michael Hall about Endless Computers.

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We share a Command Line Lurve:

* nmon – nmon is short for Nigel’s performance Monitor

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

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This weeks cover image is taken from Wikimedia.

That’s all for this week! 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 Alan and Martin go flashing. We discuss Firefox multi-process, Minecraft now has cross platform multiplayer, the GPL is being tested in court and binary blobs in hardware are probably a bad thing.

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

In this week’s show:

* We discuss what we’ve been upto recently:

* Martin has been installing Windows 10 to update firmware and used WoeUSB to turn the Windows 10 iso into a USB stick on Ubuntu.

* Alan has been flashing LineageOS on old phones.

* We discuss the news:

* Firefox 54 arrives with multi-process support for all users

* Cross platform multiplayer for Minecraft

* Help us test the new Minecraft launcher! Now with actual Linux support!

* Motion to dismiss denied in recent GNU GPL case

* Malware Uses Obscure Intel CPU Feature to Steal Data and Avoid Firewalls

* We discuss the community news:

* Migrating Inkscape to Gitlab

* The Wikipedia Adventure

* Ubuntu & UKUI desktop – not a good idea

* Ubuntu Reveal Results of GNOME Desktop Survey

* We mention some events:

* OggCamp!: 19th-20th August, Canterbury Christchurch University, United Kingdom.

* Sponsored by Entroware

* FOSS Talk Live: 24th June 6pm – The Harrison, King’s Cross, London, United Kingdom.

* This weeks cover image is taken from Wikimedia.

That’s all for this week! 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 review the Tuxedo Infinitybook Pro 13, use Atom to write Sinclair BASIC and go to a Cory Doctorow book signing. We explain how you can protect your bits with Lantern and go over your feedback.

It’s Season Ten Episode Fourteen 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 upto recently:

* Alan has been writting Sinclair BASIC using an Atom Snap.

* Mark has went to a book reading of Walkaway by Cory Doctorow book reading and also saw Tim Harford.

* We review the Tuxedo Infinitybook Pro 13.

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We share a Virtual Private Lurve:

* Lantern – “Better than a VPN”

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

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This weeks cover image is taken from Wikimedia.

That’s all for this week! 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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We discuss how a nvidia GTX 1080Ti installed in a Razer Core and connected to various computers via Thunderbolt™ 3 works with Ubuntu. We apologise for being wrong about Windows 10 S, find an Essential Phone, get concerned about an as yet unbranded sudo vulnerability and lament that Chrome has won.

It’s Season Ten Episode Thirteen 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 upto recently:

* Martin has been experimenting with the Razer Core and a nvidia GTX 1080Ti connected to the Skull Canyon NUC, Dell XPS 13 (9350), Dell XPS 15 (9550) and Tuxedo Infinitybook Pro 13 via Thunderbolt™ 3.

* And is currently Number #2 on the Gaming on Linux Superposition Benchmark.

* Windows 10 S erratum

* Since recording episodes 9, 10 and 12 is it has been confirmed by Microsoft that it will not be possible to install terminal applications on Windows 10 S. That means, you guessed it, WSL “apps” such as Ubuntu, openSUSE or Fedora won’t be available for Windows 10 S.

* We discuss the news:

* Father Of Android Launches “Essential Phone”

* Andreas Gal, former Mozilla CTO and head of Firefox OS, says Chrome Won in reply to Eric Petit’s Browse Against the Machine blog post.

* CVE-2017-1000367 in Sudo’s get_process_ttyname() for Linux

* We discuss the community news:

* build.snapcraft.io gets your code ready to distribute in minutes

* Updating Logitech Hardware on Linux

* Ubuntu goes GNOME, theming stays. Let’s test (and tune) it!

* We mention an event:

* 15th Egham Raspberry Jam: Sunday 23rd of July 2017 – Staines-upon-Thames, England.

* Running a number of workshops including graphics and physical computing using Scratch.

* This weeks cover image is taken from Wikimedia.

That’s all for this week! If there’s a topic you’d like us to discuss,

We discuss going to Linux Fest North West and interview Brian Douglass about uAppExplorer and OpenStore. We’ve got some command line love and we go over your feedback.

It’s Season Ten Episode Twelve 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 upto recently:

* Martin has been to Linux Fest North West 2017.

* We interview Brian Douglass about uAppExplorer and OpenStore.

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We share a Command Line Lurve:

* noping – uses ICMPv4 or ICMPv6 ECHO_REQUEST packets to measure a hosts reachability and the network latency.

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

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This weeks cover image is taken from Wikimedia.

That’s all for this week! 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 Chatter group on Telegram

We talk about getting older and refusbishing ZX Spectrums. Ubuntu, Fedora and openSUSE are “apps” in the Windows Store. Android has a new modular base, Fuscia has a new UI layer, HP laptops come pre-installed with a keylogger, many people WannaCry and Ubuntu start to reveal their plans for Ubuntu 17.10 desktop.

It’s Season Ten Episode Eleven of the Ubuntu Podcast! Alan Pope, Mark Johnson and Martin Wimpressare connected and speaking to your brain.

In this week’s show:

* We discuss what we’ve been upto recently:

* Mark is getting old.

* Alan has had four ZX Spectrums lovingly refurbished and is enjoying authentic retro gaming.

* We discuss the news:

* Ubuntu, Fedora and OpenSUSE are Coming to the Windows Store

* Here comes Treble: A modular base for Android

* Google’s new “Fushia” OS has been updated

* HP Inc ships laptops with sinister key-logger

* WannaCry Ransomware strikes

* We discuss the community news:

* Ubuntu Desktop Team Discuss Their Plans for GNOME in Ubuntu 17.10

* The Ubuntu Desktop Team Wants YOUR Feedback

* The OpenStore App Upgrade

* Humble Indie Bundle 18 features line up that completely supports Linux.

* This weeks cover image is taken from Wikimedia.

That’s all for this week! 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 Joey Sneddon, editor of OMG! Ubuntu! We also discuss ripping audio from an Android app, removing dust from a PC, bring you some GUI Love and go over your feedback.

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

In this week’s show:

* We discuss what we’ve been upto recently:

* Martin has been pirating audio from an Android app.

* Alan has been getting rid of dust with a new heatsink.

* We interview Joey Sneddon, editor of OMG! Ubuntu!.

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We share a GUI Lurve:

* Sound Converter – an audio file converter.

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

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This weeks cover image is taken from Vimeo.

That’s all for this week! 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 teaching kids to program, tinkering with GNOME and Microsoft released Windows 10 S. Intel have a security vulnerability in it’s Active Management Technology and Google have EOL’d all their Nexus devices.

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

In this week’s show:

* We discuss what we’ve been upto recently:

* Mark has been teaching kids to program with the BBC micro:bit.

* Joey has been playing with GNOME.

* We discuss the news:

* Microsoft has announced Windows 10 S and new Surface Laptop

* There’s a security vulnerability in Intel’s Active Management Technology

* Google EOL all nexus devices

* We discuss the community news:

* Ubuntu 12.04 is dead Jim

* Ubuntu Budgie Publishes Financial Statement

* Oliver Grawert wrote a how-to

* Ubuntu GNOME proposed dropping 32-bit support after

* OpenSpades Snap – pew pew

* We mention some events:

* Ohio LinuxFest: 29th to 30th of September – Columbus, Ohio, USA.

* This weeks cover image is taken from Wikimedia.

That’s all for this week! 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 Chatter group on Telegram