This week Germany's going ODF, the guys remember what used to be before SystemD ate the world, and Google has finally revealed what the unverified install flow will look like. There's a Blender update, Manjaro may be cooked, and there's finally a decent browser for Linux Arm. For tips we have Oh My Posh for ricing your terminal, Midnight Commander, Memos, and ClamAV. The show notes are available at https://bit.ly/47cvQ5g and Happy Linuxing!

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Co-Hosts: Rob Campbell, Jeff Massie, and Ken McDonald

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There's new releases all around, with Calibre 9.5, Gimp 3.2, Handbrake 1.11, and KeePassXC 2.7.12 all releasing updates. Then Fedora has a RISC-V complaint, the kernel is publishing an API specification, and systemd is adding AI-specific documentation. SUSE may be for sale, and the guys have ideas about who may be interested in purchasing, while TrueNAS makes waves by closing the future source of their system build scripts. For tips, we have "udevadm info" for querying the device database, arch-deckify for turning a machine into a SteamOS experience, and an intro to Bash's ctrl-r search function.

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This week, there's more age verification fallout, everybody hates Ubuntu, and Wine releases 11.4. Linux From Scratch goes SystemD, Gnome is testing version 50, and Debian released a community update. Armbian releases 26.2, EA teases Linux Anti-Cheat for Linux, and Firefox Nova leaks as the visual Firefox refresh. For tips, we have Waydroid for Android on Linux, --follow for journalctl parsing, MusicBrainz Picard for managing tagging, and then a quick primer on Block and Character devices. You can see the show notes at https://bit.ly/4rZmDWd and have a great week!

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This show starts with an Android review, looking at Jonathan's newest tablet. It also covers the coming Android apocalypse, the age verification legislation, and the sudo-rs asterisk fight. Mesa is grappling with AI, Ardour has a couple of point releases, and Gnome is redirecting traffic to GitHub. Fedora has a new mobile experiment in PocketBlue, and the 0 A.D. game has a stable release. For tips we have PyNetscan for IP scanning, snapper for BTRFS snapshots, mediainfo for media file investigations, and espanso for automatic text expansion. Find the show notes at https://bit.ly/3N9X3ys and enjoy!

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This week we cover an Immutable Gentoo-derived distro, the release of KDE 6.6, Blender 5.1 and PipeWire 1.6. Then Intel hires more Linux developers, with a very specific gaming-centric experience wishlist, and the kernel 6.19.3 minor update is out, fixing some serious issues. For tips we have whosthere for network device discovery, rate-mirrors for exploring update mirror speeds, system-ac-power for detecting power and battery state, and unzip for .zip handling. You can find the show notes at https://bit.ly/4rCL0ZK and enjoy!

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The Linux Kernel 6.19 is out, the Rust experiment is over, and it's time to talk about 7.0. Vim 9.2 is out, with a bit of a weird new feature in its changelogs, and IPFire is an intriguing, community-driven security domain block list. PearOS has a new release for those seeking an Apple-inspired Linux experience, and Linux Mint is adjusting its release schedule to better manage developer and tester schedules. River is a new project trying to do Wayland support with a modular Desktop stack, and Mesa 26.0 is out with impressive performance gains. For tips, we have cull for finding and deleting big files, a systemd program for detecting if the OS is running virtualized, preload for caching applications in ram, and new_script for a script-writing tool that *doesn't* feature an LLM. You can find the show notes at https://bit.ly/3ZCNcEc and happy Linux'ing!

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This week, we start by talking about the Raspberry Pi memory price increases and bemoan that it's a tough time to be an enthusiast. Then we help ourselves feel better by covering all the new Betas and releases of our favorite software. There's a new LibreOffice, a look ahead at GIMP 3.2, and the Krita 6 Beta. Toyota has announced Flourite, a new game engine written in Flutter and Dart. And Ardour 9 and Shotcut 26.1 are out. We talk Debian, and spend some time looking at how AI has changed the Open Source landscape. For tips, there's another look at systemd-analyze and then a quick intro to gpioget for reading gpio lines. You can find the show notes at https://bit.ly/4r3PmZn and have a great week!

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This week starts with a quick review of the Argon40 One Up, the Laptop shell made for the Raspberry Pi CM5. Then we talk about the Calibre e-book reader, a shoot-out between AMD Epyc and Intel Xeon, and talk about the latest in desktop environments. Gparted ships an update, Proton and GeForce Now brings the Linux gaming, and the Raspberry Pi Display module is just begging to be rack mounted. For tips we have Libcaca for graphics in the terminal, A candy hack for pacman, and Sheelbeats for terminal music listening. You can find the show notes at https://bit.ly/4a8jVWD and enjoy!

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Adobe Photoshop finally makes big progress on Linux, and the team unpacks what this means for creative pros, open-source rivals, and anyone dreaming of ditching Windows for good. Canonical's Snaps are under fire as scammers take malware tactics to a new level, hijacking trusted developer accounts and exposing a major risk for anyone installing crypto wallet apps on Linux. Find the show notes at https://bit.ly/4sZbOEk and have a great week!

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This week we're talking about Torvalds vibe coding, the newest Pi AI hat, and what's new with PipeWire and OBS Studio. Then there's some great news in Wine 11 and Hangover 11, Fedora's Games Spin is moving to KDE, and we talk about LetsEncrypt and their new IP certificates. For tips we have csvi for editing comma-separated-values files on the command line, espeak-ng for giving your Linux machine a voice, and the hidden support for Screen Savers in KDE. You can find the show notes at https://bit.ly/4jKwHyV and have a great week!

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