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Michael Larabel is an American entrepreneur, software engineer, and technology analyst.
Michael is the founder of Phoronix Media, an Internet media company that has become the leader
in providing original Linux hardware content, performance benchmarking and graphics driver information.

Phoronix

Founded on 5 June 2004 and attracts more than a quarter of a billion hits annually

Phoronix-Test-Suite

also the lead developer of the Phoronix Test Suite.

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Episode 39: Destination Linux EP39 – The Bit You Should Read Oct 02, 2017

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Welcome to Episode 39 of Destination Linux for 10/02/17

Correction from last week

Just to set things straight, ArchMerge is a separate project from ArchLabs with a completely separate team. There is no collaboration between ArchLabs and ArchMerge and they have a completely different vision about a distro. They each go their own way. I apologize for confusing the two together.

News

Ubuntu Is Dropping 32-bit Desktop Images

Last year OMGubuntu ran a poll asking how which version of Ubuntu you use: 32-bit or 64-bit. The results of that poll revealed that 92% run Ubuntu 64-bit already.

Badges and progress bar on Ubuntu Dock

Ubuntu Dock Now Supports Progress Bars and Badge Counts

Bad News for Users of TopIcons Plus…

Ubuntu Beta 2 Download

Ubuntu Budgie 17.10 Beta 2

Ubuntu Budgie 17.10 Beta 2 Download

Ubuntu MATE 17.10 Beta 2

Ubuntu Mate Beta 2 Download

It’s Beta season for all the ‘buntu’s…..Lubuntu, Xubuntu, Kylin
Kubuntu 17.10 Beta 2

Kubuntu 17.10 Beta 2 Download

KDE Plasma 5.11 Desktop Will Be Coming to Kubuntu 17.10 Soon After Its Release

Adapta Theme is Now Available for the KDE Plasma Desktop

Adobe Brackets 1.11 Released

Opera Web Browser Now Has Built-In WhatsApp And FB Messenger

Chrome Extension Embeds In-Browser Monero Miner That Drains Your CPU

Linux 4.14 Is Up To Around 23.2 Million Lines Of Code

Linux Kernel Grows Past 15 Million Lines of Code 2012

Gaming

What have I been playing:

This week has been full of Half Life 2 gameplay. It’s a relic that’s sat in my Summer Sale games archive for a while and considered by many to be one of the best games ever created by Valve. I’ve finally broken it out and starting to play through the story. It runs beautifully on Linux and so far find the very hurried pace and a solid story to be incredibly engaging. The fact that I am playing this means Half-Life 3 is confirmed!

Half-Life: C.A.G.E.D. from former Valve worker should hopefully come to Linux

Might be worth letting them know in the post if you’re interested.

‘SC Controller’ has a pre-release to support more gamepads

Atari is launching a new gaming system, the ‘Ataribox’

Official Website

WWI FPS ‘Tannenberg’ from the developers of Verdun to see day-1 Linux support

Rocket League’s huge ‘Autumn Update’ is now available

The SNES Classic Mini Uses the Same Hardware as the NES Mini

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Where Can You Find Us This Week

Rocco and Ryan will be playing Rocket League live this week on DasGeek Channel
Friday Night Live on the BigDaddyLinux Channel

Twitter @dasgeekchannel @bigdaddylinux

A big thank you to each and every one of you for supporting us and Thank you For Watching Destination Linux

Have a great week and remember the Journey ITSELF is just as important as the Destination

Episode 38: Destination Linux EP38 – Friends ‘Til The End Sep 25, 2017

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Welcome to Episode 38 of Destination Linux for 09/25/17

News

GNOME 3.26 “Manchester” Desktop Environment Debuts Officially, Here’s What’s New

Adaptive Transparency

Dash to Dock v61 Released with Unity-Style Launcher Backlights

MConnect, the Android GNOME Shell Extension, Has Been Updated

Nifty GNOME Global Menu Extension Is ‘Discontinued For the Moment’

Linux Mint 18.3 “Sylvia” Information Released

Official Announcement

Tails Roadmap

ArchLabs 2017.09 Minimo

ArchMerge

Gradio 6.0

Linux gets blasted by BlueBorne too

BlueBorne Vulnerability Is Patched in All Supported Ubuntu Releases, Update Now

Greasemonkey 4: Firefox 57 compatibility

postmarketOS: An Ultimate Linux Distro For Your Smartphones Is Coming

How Much Time Do People Spend on Their Mobile Phones in 2017?

Plasma Mobile and Purism’s Librem 5 Free Smartphone

GNOME Foundation Gives its Backing to Purism’s Linux Phone

Gaming

What I’ve been playing: Guns of Icarus Online – $4.99

Albion Online’s next free expansion

Humble Bundle “Very Positive”

Call of Duty: WW2 PC Open Beta Happening This Month

New Trailer

Rocket League Autumn Update

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Where Can You Find Us This Week

Rocco and Ryan will be playing Rocket League live this week on DasGeek Channel
Friday Night Live on the BigDaddyLinux Channel

Twitter @dasgeekchannel @bigdaddylinux

A big thank you to each and every one of you for supporting us and Thank you For Watching Destination Linux

Have a great week and remember the Journey ITSELF is just as important as the Destination

Episode 37: Destination Linux EP37 – Philip & Bernhard of Manjaro Sep 18, 2017

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Destination Linux EP37 – Philip & Bernhard of Manjaro

Welcome to Episode 37 of Destination Linux for 09/18/17

Welcome Philip & Bernhard

Manjaro

History Release

0.1 2011-07-10
0.8.0[9][10] Ascella 2012-08-20
0.8.1[11] Ascella 2012-09-21
0.8.2[12] Ascella 2012-11-10
0.8.3[13] Ascella 2012-12-24
0.8.4[14] Ascella 2013-02-25
0.8.5[15] Ascella 2013-04-13
0.8.6[16] Ascella 2013-06-02
0.8.7[17] Ascella 2013-08-26
0.8.8[18] Ascella 2013-11-24
0.8.9[19] Ascella 2014-02-23
0.8.10[20] Ascella 2014-06-09
0.8.11 Ascella 2014-12-01
0.8.12 Ascella 2015-02-06
0.8.13 Ascella 2015-06-14
15.09 Bellatrix 2015-09-27
15.12 Capella 2015-12-22
16.06 Daniella 2016-06-06
16.06.1 Daniella 2016-06-11
16.08[21] Ellada 2016-08-31
16.10[22] Fringilla 2016-10-31
17.0[23][24] Gabriella/Gellivara 2017-03-07

Manjaro Editions
Manjaro XFCE
Manjaro KDE
Manjaro Gnome

Manjaro Net

Community Editions
Cinnamon

I3 Edition

MATE

Budgie

Deepin
OpenRC (Without systemd)
Derivatives
Netrunner Rolling
Sonar GNU/Linux

StationX collaboration

Spitfire Manjaro Special Edition

StationX Announcement

New 17.0.4 release features

Features of this updated release Gellivara:
- Latest LTS kernel from linux49 series
- Latest Xorg-Stack from v1.19 series
- Latest Plasma5, Apps and Framework and QT
- Updates to our graphical package managers
- Enhancements and Improvements to our Manjaro Tools & Profiles
- MHWD adopted a more efficient way to handle libglx binaries
- Updated and new designed themes and styles
- Updates on Calamares (see changelog)
- Fixes to Mesa-Stack and Pamac

Gellivara is the last edition of Manjaro Linux supporting 32bit Architecture. Read more about this decision here.

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Rocco and Ryan will be playing Rocket League live this week on DasGeek Channel
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Have a great week and remember the Journey ITSELF is just as important as the Destination

**Episode 36: Destination Linux EP36 – Eddie Vassallo of StationX** Sep 11, 2017
Show notes

Welcome to Episode 36 of Destination Linux for 09-11-17

A Big Welcome and thank you to Eddie from StationX for joining us on Destination Linux. Eddie is such a great down to earth guy who loves Linux as much as we do. This is what sets Stationx apart from other companies so we welcome you to support them when thinking of making your next purchase.

In this episode, we talk about how the company started and what the goal is. We cover their fantastic line of computers and a surprise announcement that you won’t want to miss. It was a great conversation to be a part of and we hope you enjoy it as much as we did.

Enjoy

Desktop

B-29 Superfortress – Boeing B-29 Superfortress

£1,999.00 = $2578.39

7th Gen Intel® Core CPUs

GeForce GTX Graphics Option

DDR4 Memory Support

34″ Curved Ultra-Wide 21:9 Screen

SuperSpeed USB 3.0

HDMI Output Connection

Display Port Connection

720P HD Webcam

Wireless Fitted as Standard

Laptops

Blenheim – Bristol Blenheim

Price £1,310.00 = $1689.74

7th Gen Intel® Quad Core i7 CPUs

GeForce® GTX 1060

Backlit Keyboard

DDR4 Memory Support

Full HD IPS 1920 x 1080

SuperSpeed USB 3.1 Gen 2

HDMI Output Connection

Mini Display Port

Array Microphone Configuration

720P HD Webcam

Wireless Fitted as Standard

Bluetooth Option Available

Hellcat – Grumman F6F Hellcat

Price £1,300.00 = $1676.74

Intel® Core Quad Core H-Series CPUs

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050Ti

Just 2.0 kg!

Cutting Edge Design

Backlit Keyboard

DDR4 Memory Support (up to 32GB)

Beautiful Full HD IPS 1920 x 1080

ANSP 3D Sound Technology

Sound Blaster® X-Fi MB5

SuperSpeed USB 3.0

HDMI Output Connection

Mini Display Port

Trusted Platform Module (TPM)

2.0MP Webcam

Hurricane – Hawker Hurricane

Price £1,150.00 = $1483.05

7th Gen Intel® Core CPUs

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti (4GB VRAM)

Backlit Keyboard

DDR4 Memory Support

Supports 4 Active Displays

Full HD IPS 1920 x 1080

SOUND BLASTER Cinema 3*

SuperSpeed USB 3.0

HDMI Output Connection

Trusted Platform Module (TPM)

Array Microphone Configuration

1.0MP Webcam

Wireless Fitted as Standard

Lancaster – Avro Lancaster

Price £1,450.00 = $1870.00

7th Gen Intel® Core CPUs

GTX 1060/GTX 1070

Multicolour Backlit Keyboard

DDR4 Memory Support

ANSP 3D Sound Technology

Sound Blaster® X-Fi MB5

SuperSpeed USB 3.0

HDMI Output Connection

Mini Display Port

Optional 3G & GPS

Trusted Platform Module (TPM)

2.0MP Webcam

Wireless Fitted as Standard

BluRay Capable

Spitfire – Supermarine Spitfire

Price £850.00 = $1100.87

7th Gen Intel® Core CPUs

INTEL® HD GRAPHICS 610/620

Backlit Keyboard

Silver Aluminium Chassis

DDR4 Memory Support

Ultra thin: just 17.8mm!

Full HD IPS 1920 x 1080

SuperSpeed USB 3.0

HDMI Output Connection

Mini Display Port

1.0MP Webcam

Wireless Fitted as Standard

Spitfire Manjaro Special Edition

StationX Announcement

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Where Can You Find Us This Week

Rocco and Ryan will be playing Rocket League live this week on DasGeek Channel

Friday Night Live on the BigDaddyLinux Channel

Twitter @dasgeekchannel @bigdaddylinux

A big thank you to each and every one of you for supporting us and Thank you For Watching Destination Linux

Have a great week and remember the Journey ITSELF is just as important as the Destination

Episode 35: Destination Linux EP35 – Ikey Doherty of Solus Sep 04, 2017

Show notes

Welcome to Episode 35 of Destination Linux for 09/04/17

News

This Week in Solus – Install #46

Solus 3 has had quite the reception but the work continues including a TO-DO list posted on Solus site for all the features, enhancements and bug fixes they’re working on. https://dev.solus-project.com/T4235
Some High Priority Items that are being worked on I think will be refreshing for many
- Third Party support is one of the pain points I’ve heard and Ikey and the team have taken note. They’re going to be working on improvements to third party offerings in SNAP, upgrade improvements, and potentially more third party options.
- X-Stack upgrades to help with compatibility with APU + AMD GPU combos
- Improvements to Nautilus and Samba support
- Preston package and licensing scanning and ferryd for faster indexing and syncing of repos.
- Replacing eopkg with sol for software framework

Solus 3 Released

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Thank you to Ikey for joining us and having a great conversation

A big thank you to each and every one of you for supporting us and Thank you For Watching Destination Linux

Have a great week and remember the Journey ITSELF is just as important as the Destination

Episode 34: Destination Linux EP34 – Who is watching you? Aug 30, 2017

Show notes

Welcome to Episode 34 of Destination Linux for 08/28/17
News
FerenOS becomes a rolling distribution

Softpedia Article

KDE Ships KDE Applications 17.08.0

Kdenlive 17.08 released

Canonical Unveils the Ubuntu Dock, Here’s What It Looks Like on Ubuntu 17.10

Application indicator support in the ubuntu session

7 of the Best Icon Themes for Ubuntu

GPD Pocket, The 7-Inch Ubuntu Laptop, is Now Shipping

Gaming

Playing This week: This week game spotlight is Nova Blitz

A new Pillars of Eternity II

Piper Continues To Be Tweaked For Configuring Your Gaming Mouse On Linux

RPG ‘Vikings – Wolves of Midgard’ is now available on Linux

Discussion

In Less Than Five Years, 44 Trillion Cameras Will Be Watching Us

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Where Can You Find Us This Week

Rocco and Ryan will be playing Rocket League live this week on DasGeek Channel
Friday Night Live on the BigDaddyLinux Channel

Twitter @dasgeekchannel @bigdaddylinux

A big thank you to each and every one of you for supporting us and Thank you For Watching Destination Linux

Episode 33: Destination Linux EP33 – The WOW Factor Aug 21, 2017

Show notes

Welcome to Episode 33 of Destination Linux

News

Solus 3 Released

Happy 20th Birthday to Gnome

VPN Provider Accused of Sharing Customer Traffic of With Online Advertisers

Why Evolution should be the default Linux email client

Gaming

What we have been playing: this week Hero Siege

Radeon RX Vega On Linux: High-Performance GPUs & Open-Source No Longer An Oxymoron

‘Tower of Time’, the game that blends an RPG and an RTS together will be on Linux soon

Verdun is yet another Unity title with broken fullscreen on Linux, here’s a quick fix

Simply add this to your Steam launch option for the game:
-screen-fullscreen 0

World of Warcraft’ video game currency now worth more than Venezuelan money

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Where Can You Find Us This Week

Rocco and Ryan will be playing Rocket League live this week on DasGeek Channel
We will also be frequenting the Destination Linux Telegram group which is open to all listeners.

Twitter @dasgeekchannel @bigdaddylinux

A big thank you to each and every one of you for supporting us and Thank you For Watching Destination Linux

Have a great week and remember the Journey ITSELF is just as important as the Destination

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