It’s Episode Thirty-one of Season Eight of the Ubuntu Podcast! With Mark Johnson, Laura Cowen, Martin Wimpress, and Alan Pope!

In this week’s show:

We look at what’s been going on in the news:

* Edward Snowden has claimed that GCHQ are capable of monitoring mobile phones with a single text message…

* Nylas, a small software company based in San Fransico, had announced a new open source mail client called N1…

* Ars Technica has published a thorough (12 page) review of Android 6.0…

* Adblock sold to new owner who they refuse to name…

We also take a look at what’s been going on in the community:

* Firefox and Thunderbird crash reports are temporarily going to errors.ubuntu.com, instead of mozilla’s bug tracker…

* An introduction to LXD, the container lighter-visor…

* Winners announced of the community organised UbuCon contest…

* Intel Graphics Developer Sarah Sharp has published a blog post explaining her decision to leave the Linux Kernel community… (And an excellent follow-up post on what makes a good, welcoming community.)

There are even events:

* Oggcamp returns! – Liverpool, UK – 31st October – Get your talks prepared!!!

* Ubuntu Hackathon – Bangalore, India – 15th-16th October

That’s all for this week, please send your comments and suggestions to: [email protected]

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