It’s Episode Thirty-five of Season Eight of the Ubuntu Podcast! With Mark Johnson, Laura Cowen, Martin Wimpress, and Alan Pope recording together, in-person, and face-to-face across a dining-room table in Liverpool!

In this week’s show:

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

* Official WhatsApp app is now on Firefox OS…

* European Parliament passed a resolution for European Union member states to “drop any criminal charges against Edward Snowden…”

* Theresa May says ‘contentious’ parts of web surveillance plan dropped

* Librarian of Congress renews and expands protections for fair uses

* GNU Hurd 0.7, GNU Mach 1.6, GNU MIG 1.6 released

* Twitch playing Pokémon was easy mode. Today, Twitch viewers have been invited to do something altogether more challenging: install Arch Linux.

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

* Sturmflut posts about setting up a Nexus 4 for convergence

* UOS has happened / is happening

There are even events:

* Podcasters and listeners meetup – London, UK – 12th November

* UbuCon Summit – 21st to 22nd of January 2016 – Pasadena, CA

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

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