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July 19, 2021Episode 2:02: No FTP for you!
Coming up in this episode
We interrupt you for a public service
Mozilla Watch
The Tenacity of Audacity
We make waves with our app
Preshow
Traefik
Ubuntu 20.10 PSA
Ubuntu (and flavors) 20.10 is EOL July 22nd 2021 Update ASAP to 21.04
Mozilla Watch
Firefox 90 released
DNS over HTTPS Now the Default in Canada
The TRR Program
Audacity
Policy clarification
Debian Bug
Twitter thread from Hubert Figuière addressing spyware concerns
Maintainer of Tenacity fork steps down
arsTechnica article
Audacity Available as AppImage as of 3.0.3 RC1
Feedback - Security
diff
Microsoft Defender for Linux
Sophos for Linux
clamAV
Housekeeping
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Open Source Voices
Discord Server
Matrix Room
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App Focus
Gnome Sound Recorder, kwave
This episode's apps:
Gnome Sound Recorder
kwave
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Our distro is KaOS
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Donnie
Producer
Bruno
John
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1 hr 21 min
July 05, 2021Episode 2:01: Network Faffery
Coming up in this episode
Mozilla Watch
Simon Peter refines our take on AppImages
That there Freenode kerfuffle
And No teary just Geary
Preshow
Leo's new build -
Ryzen 7 5800x
MSI MPG B500 Gaming Plus
Radeon RX 5700x
G.Skill Trident Z Neo 3600MHz
CM ML 120 V2 RGB -> Hyper 212 Evo RGB
WD Black NVMe
AData SX7000
Mozilla Watch
How 'bout that redesign?
Common Voice
AppImages
Simon Peter's AppImage Comment
Make. It. Simple. Linux Desktop Usability.
Around January Leo tweeted advocating a Mac-like experience.
Freenode drama
Top of the shell?
the end
no more IRCCloud
IRC.com blog post
Housekeeping
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Big Daddy Linux
Discord Server
Matrix Room
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App Focus
Geary
This episode's app:
Geary
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Our next distro is KaOS
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We would like to acknowledge our top patrons. Thank you for your support!
Contributor
Nicholas
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Donnie
Producer
Bruno
John
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1 hr 24 min
April 05, 2021Episode 20: Linux Federation Space
Coming up in this episode
We get federated
Mozilla watch
We've been working 9 to 5
We toot on the go with our app.
Preshow
Gitea
Yet Another Dotfiles Manager
Mastodon
Mastodon
What is Mastodon?
Mastodon roots
Eugen Rochko
ActivityPub
Pleroma
Pixelfed
Misskey
PeerTube
Plume
Mastodon Apps
Mozilla Watch
Push for Net Neutrality
Trim http Referrers
Gnome 40
Beta Announcement
And now (after we record) Gnome 40 Release Announcement
Gnome Extensions Rebooted
Follow-ups
Eric Adams' Appimage Launcher video
Manjaro Arm
Housekeeping
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9to5 Linux
Discord Server
Matrix Room
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App Focus
Tootle and Fedilab
This episode's app(s):
Tootle
Fedilab
note from Dan: I didn't realize the Google Play Store version is now a pay app. It is still opensource and available on Fdroid.
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1 hr 17 min
March 22, 2021Episode 19: @ Me Bro
Coming up in this episode
Sunday, Sunday, Sunday Linux Nitrux Extravaganza
We gonna show you how to get your FLOSS on
and we get all Sheepish with our packages
Nitrux
Nitrux OS
InfinitelyGalactic's Interview with Uri Herrera
Rocco's Linux Spotlight with Uri
Breeze Icons
Mauikit
Kirigami
Appimage Hub
Appimage.org
Basic Distro Details
Name - Nitrux
Base System - Ubuntu-Neon/Devuan/Nitrux
Desktop Environment - Plasma
File Manager - Index
Package Manager - Discover
Kernel - Rolling 5.4 as of today
Display Manager - SDDM
Wayland or X11
Help Ubuntu (and flavors) find bugs for the 21.04 release.
Ubuntu Testers Telegram Group (bridged with IRC)
Ubuntu Quality Freenode IRC channel (bridged with Telegram)
Ubuntu QA Wiki page
Housekeeping
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FLOSS Weekly
New Matrix room
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Discord Server
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App Focus
Bauh
This episode's app: Bauh
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1 hr 44 min
March 08, 2021Episode 18: We've entered the [matrix]
Coming up in this episode
We make a choice, the red one or the blue one?
We recommend a great weekly podcast.
We get to the basics for our app.
[matrix]
matrix.org
matrix from wikipedia
Some of the more popular servers.
synapse
dendrite - rewrite in GO
conduit - rewrite in Rust
Some of the more popular clients.
element - formerly riot
fluffychat
fractal
nheko
neochat
Some of the features.
Voip
Video too
bridging
A little history.
2015 best in show at the webRTC show
2017 a call to arms
2017 Status Update
UpCloud corporate sponsor
Librem Partnership
KDE announcement
Server Breach
Matrix out of beta
Mozilla announcement
End to end encryption is default for private conversations
Element acquires Gitter
Gitter
Housekeeping
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This week in Matrix
New Discord Server
New Matrix Room
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App Focus
Element
This episode's app: element
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We discuss the distro of the month?, Nitrux
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1 hr 32 min
February 22, 2021Episode 17: Boosted Toot
Coming up in this episode
We mix up Debs and RPMs
We sip on a La Croix
Trim the hedges
And we reveal the next distro – WHICH IS…
PCLinuxOS
PCLinuxOS
PCLinuxOS Roots
TDE, the Trinity Desktop Environment was coming to PCLinuxOS
Gnome3?
"distro hopper stopper"
TDE info
PCLinuxOS Forum
PCLinuxOS Magazine
Basic Distro Details
Name - PCLinuxOS
Base System - PCLinuxOS
Desktop Environment - Plasma, MATE, XFCE, Trinity, LXDE, OpenBox
File Manager - ****
Package Manager - Synaptic
Kernel - *Rolling *
Display Manager - DE
X11 no Wayland -
Housekeeping
Email us
learnlinux.tv
Support us at Patreon, now with new tiers.
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New Discord Server
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App Focus
HedgeDoc/CodiMD
This episode's app: HedgeDoc
Name/Fork History
"Multiplayer text editor" - Leo Chavez 2021
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Our next distro is Nitrux
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1 hr 37 min
February 08, 2021Episode 16: Full on Nerd
Coming up in this episode
We feed on some backs
Check in with our Mozilla correspondent
Godzilla meets a fire engine
Email Feedback
Leo's fix for Netflix, etc. in Fedora
Joshua Strobl's tweet about Flatpak, Snap and Third Party software
Mozilla Watch...
Super Cookies blocked!
Development for PWAs stops
Chrome(ium) Watch
Sync support for Chromium on March 15 2021
omg!ubuntu! coverage
Housekeeping
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Going Linux
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App Focus
Rescuezilla
This episode's app: Rescuezilla
They have a Patreon page
It is a Swiss Army Tool Knife too :)
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We discuss February's distro of the month, PCLinuxOS TDE
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1 hr 13 min
January 25, 2021Episode 15: Swiss Army Tool Knife
Coming up in this episode
The wind hits our Solus
Our podcast recommendation is dark
Our app is focused on 3 letters.
And we reveal February’s distro – WHICH IS…
Banter
Asahi Linux
Solus
Solus
Solus Roots
SolusOS
EvolveOS
Naming dispute
Ikey Interview
Nov 2018 Ikey Open Letter
Solus - In Full Sail
About Solus
DoFlicky
3rd party applications
Basic Distro Details
Name - Solus
Base System - Solus
Desktop Environment - Budgie, GNOME, MATE, KDE Plasma
File Manager - GNOME Files
Package Manager - eopkg
Kernel - 5.10
Display Manager - DE
X11 no Wayland
Housekeeping
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Darknet Diaries
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App Focus
VLC aka VideoLAN Client
This episode's app: VLC
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We discuss February's distro of the month, PCLinuxOS TDE
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1 hr 33 min
January 11, 2021Episode 14: The WOW Factor
Coming up in this episode
XFace gets a new face
CentOS rocks your world
Mozilla Watch
We wish upon a star
And we think inside the box
Preshow
Wowstick 1F on Amazon
XFCE 4.14 --> 4.16
Official Announcement
Official Tour, highlighting the new color palette
https://9to5linux.com/xfce-4-16-desktop-environment-officially-released-this-is-whats-new
TL;DR - Fractional scaling. New Icons. Cleaned up dialogs and settings menus.
CentOS Linux announcement
CentOS
Official Announcement
Old "Rough" Timeline
Fedora --> wait some years --> Centos Stream --> wait a few weeks --> RHEL --> wait some more time --> Centos
New "Rough" Timeline
Fedora --> wait some years --> Centos Stream --> wait a few weeks --> RHEL
Rocky Linux
Project Lenix
Oracle Linux
Mozilla Watch...
Visual refresh meta bug AKA proton --> photon
https://www.techradar.com/news/get-ready-for-a-radical-firefox-redesign
https://www.ghacks.net/2021/01/02/mozilla-is-working-on-a-firefox-design-refresh/
https://www.debugpoint.com/2021/01/firefox-proton/
Wishlist for 2021
Dan
I think the Pine 64 future looks good. My wish is that the time frame is closer to the 6 month range for the next gen stuff to start to materialize.
Intel gets their new graphics stack rolled out for laptops.
Leo
Pine/Pi Moar Cores! Enthusiast server platform.
Firefox becomes a major player again. Nature abhors a monoculture.
Joe
My long suffering 4k laptop screen woes remedied (installers that support Hidpi)
RPi sata or M.2 ports (even MMC)
Housekeeping
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SANS Internet Stormcast
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App Focus
Gnome Boxes
This episode's app: Gnome Boxes
Boxes on flathub
Next Time
We discuss January's distro of the month, Solus
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1 hr 32 min
December 28, 2020Episode 13: #Blame2020
Coming up in this episode we
Roll into Arco
Get our Plex on
And pick January's distro -- WHICH IS...
Welcome to the Linux User Space
Arco Linux
Arco Linux
Arco Linux Roots
Bunsenlabs
Different phases:
Phase 1 - https://Arcolinux.com
Phase 2-5 - https://Arcolinuxd.com
Phase 6 - https://Arcolinuxiso.com
Basic Distro Details
Multiple Phased approach - Arcolinux, ArcolinuxD, ArcolinuxB
Name - Arco Linux
Base System - Arch
Desktop Environment - 21 in all Awesome, BSPWM, Budgie, Cinnamon, Deepin, DWM, GNOME, HERBSLUFT, I-3, ICEWN, JWM, KODI, LXQT, MATE, OpenBox, Plasma, QTILE, SPEKTRWM, UKUI, XFCE, XMONAD
File Manager - Depends on DE
Package Manager - Pamac
Kernel - 5.9
Display Manager - DE
X11 is there as well as Wayland
Housekeeping
Email us
Erik Dubois' YouTube channel
Arco also has some other great community resources like their telegram channel and discord.
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App Focus
Plex
This episode's app: Plex
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Next episode we discuss topics impacting your user space
January's distro of the month is Solus
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1 hr 39 min

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