This week we recover from a failed disk in a ReadyNAS and get to grips with the Amazon Kindle Oasis E-reader. npm gets pwned, Debian 9.5 is released, the Snap Store get verified publishers, categories and other improvements. Humble Bundle offer a Linux Geek Book Bundle, we also round up the community news and events.

It’s Season 11 Episode 19 of the Ubuntu Podcast! Alan Pope, Mark Johnson and Ryan are connected and speaking to your brain.

In this week’s show:

* We discuss what we’ve been up to recently:

* Alan has been replacing a failed disk

* Ryan has purchased and been using an Amazon Kindle Oasis

* We discuss the news:

* NPM gets owned, again

* Debian 9.5 Gets Released

* Snap Store Website Gets Even Better

* Linux GEEK Humble Book Bundle

* We discuss the community news:

* 17.10 Artful Aardvark is dead. Upgrade to 18.04 now!

* The Free Culture showcase is open for 18.10

* Minimal Ubuntu cloud images now available

* We mention an event:

* OggCamp!: 18th to 19th of August – Sheffield, UK.

* Scheduled track information now live!

* Social events are happening on the Friday, Saturday and Sunday night. It would be helpful if you can take the quick Social Survey

* Sponsored by Entroware, The OggCamp Community, Ubuntu supported by Canonical, and OpenSUSE.

* If you have a younger person coming along who might want to join the Coder Dojo, sign them up for a “younger person” ticket to help us estimate numbers.

* Image credit: Alex Read

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