This week we’ve been packing boxes, getting a new mail order cat and doing a rather poor job of celebrating our 300th episode. A ridiculously expensive product has failed (surprising no-one), we’re all going to have a really bad day in 2038, new Samsung phones are lacking the headline feature of previous models and the Essential phone isn’t.

It’s Season Ten Episode Twenty-Seven 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 up to recently:

* Mark has been packing boxes, but not these boxes.

* Alan has been playing with a new cat.

* We discuss the news:

* The world’s most expensive juice dispenser has been discontinued

* Urgent news for 2038

* Fans of giant non-exploding phones rejoice!

* Esstential phone is essentially irrepairable

* We discuss the community news:

* Ubuntu GNOME Shell in Artful day 9

* Linux Doubles Its Market Share Since 2015, Windows And Mac Adoption Slows Down

* We mention some events:

* Ubucon Paris: 8th to 10th of September 2017 – Parc de la Villette, Paris, France.

* Ubuntu Rally: 25th to 29th of September 2017 – New York City, USA.

* This weeks cover image is taken from Wikimedia.

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