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S10E15 – Numberless Thoughtless Goldfish


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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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