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158: Linux 5.13, Pipewire, System76 Pop!_OS, COSMIC Desktop, Darktable | This Week in Linux Jul 03, 2021

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On this episode of This Week in Linux, we're going to cover one the most important, if not the most important, project related to this show, the Linux Kernel with the release of Linux 5.13. Then we'll check out the latest release of Pipewire as well as the latest release of Darktable, Ardour, Tux Paint, and NeoVim. Plus we've got a ton of Distro News this week with PopOS 21.04, CentOS, Deepin Linux, ChimeraOS. All that and much more on Your Weekly Source for Linux GNews!

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00:00 = Welcome to TWIL 158
01:07 = Linux Kernel 5.13 Released
04:36 = Pipewire 0.3.31 Released
06:49 = Pop!_OS 21.04 With New COSMIC Desktop
10:45 = Digital Ocean: Managed MongoDB ( https://do.co/dln-mongo )
12:13 = Deepin Linux 20.2.2 Released
15:21 = CentOS Hyperscale Workstation
19:50 = ChimeraOS 25 Released
22:41 = Bitwarden Password Manager ( https://bitwarden.com/dln )
25:11 = Ardour 6.8 Released
26:40 = Darktable 3.6 Released
29:45 = Tux Paint 0.9.26 Released
33:04 = NeoVim 0.5.0 Released
35:52 = Outro

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157: Linux's Windows 11 Opportunity, Rocky Linux 8.4, Blender Paid Support | This Week in Linux Jun 26, 2021

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On this episode of This Week in Linux, we've got Distro News from the team at Rocky Linux with their announcement of the 8.4 stable release and also from the Debian team with Debian 10.10. In App News, Canonical has announced a new LTS Support service for the application Blender. Plus we'll check out the latest release of KMyMoney. NVIDIA announced availability of the 470 Drivers with DLSS Support in Proton and we'll talk about what that means. Later in the show, we're bringing back the Lightning Round of topics that we tested out in a previous episode and so much more including something that may hurt your wallets with the Steam Summer Sale. All that and much more on Your Weekly Source for Linux GNews!

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00:00 = Welcome to TWIL 157
01:13 = Rocky Linux 8.4 Released
06:07 = Canonical Launches Blender Support
10:19 = NVIDIA DLSS Support in Proton / 470 Driver
12:25 = Digital Ocean: VPS / App Platform ( https://do.co/dln )
14:00 = Steam Summer Sale
16:24 = Windows 11 System Requirements
21:44 = Debian 10.10 / Debian User Repository
26:33 = Bitwarden Password Manager ( https://bitwarden.com/dln )
29:09 = KMyMoney 5.1.2 Released
31:34 = ODF 1.3 is an OASIS Standard
33:16 = All Your Betas Are Belong To Us
36:59 = Outro
35:48 = Humble Bundles Galore

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156: elementary OS 6.0, JingPad A1, Pine64, Windows 11 Leaked? | This Week in Linux Jun 20, 2021

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On this episode of This Week in Linux, we've got a lot of Distro News this week with an update to the Beta for elementary OS 6.0, we'll also check out the latest releases of Regolith Linux, Redcore Linux and Alpine Linux. We've also got some cool hardware news to talk about with an update from Pine64 and the IndieGoGo for the JingPad A1 has launched. Plus I've got a new mechanical keyboard to show you that I guarantee you will make you think "BUT WHY?" We've also got a new Desktop Environment to talk about this week called CuteFishDE. Later in the show, we've also some App News to check out. All that and much more on Your Weekly Source for Linux GNews!

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00:00 = Welcome to TWIL 156
01:09 = Live Streams Are An Adventure :D
01:51 = elementary OS 6.0 Beta 2 Released
05:04 = JingPad: Consumer-Level Linux Tablet
12:25 = Windows 11 Leaked Builds
13:29 = Pine64 June Update
18:52 = Digital Ocean: VPS / App Platform ( https://do.co/dln )
20:40 = CuteFish Desktop Environment
23:46 = Redragon K605 Alien Giant Keyboard
26:25 = ActivityWatch 0.11.0 Released
29:04 = ZombieTrackerGPS 1.08 Released
31:03 = Bitwarden Password Manager ( https://bitwarden.com/dln )
34:01 = Regolith Linux 1.6 Released
36:29 = Redcore Linux 2101 "Orion" Released
40:55 = Alpine Linux 3.14 Released
42:36 = Outro

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155: KDE Plasma 5.22, Purism Librem 5, Vivaldi, Supreme Court Decision | This Week in Linux Jun 12, 2021

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On this episode of This Week in Linux, the KDE team announced the release of KDE Plasma 5.22 and we've also got news for KDE's Plasma Mobile. In App News, we'll talk about the latest release of the Vivaldi web browser and also an update to the Neo Chat matrix client. Then I'll tell you about a cool project for touchpad gestures for your Linux desktop experience plus we got some great news from the Collabora team related to Wayland. Then we'll cover some news from the folks at Purism and later in the show we've got some legal news from the Supreme Court. All that and much more on Your Weekly Source for Linux GNews!

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00:00 = Welcome to TWIL 155
01:11 = KDE Plasma 5.22 Released
09:28 = KDE Akademy Events: June 18th - 25th
09:53 = KDE Plasma Mobile Updates
13:19 = Purism Shipping Librem 5 USA Edition
16:38 = Digital Ocean: VPS / App Platform ( https://do.co/dln )
18:24 = Touchégg 2.0.10 Released
21:53 = Supreme Court’s Van Buren Decision
25:16 = Vivaldi 4.0 Released
29:03 = Bitwarden Password Manager ( https://bitwarden.com/dln )
31:59 = Collabora: Wayland Driver for WINE
33:57 = Neo Chat 1.2 Released
38:31 = Humble Bundles & Surviving Mars for FREE
41:29 = Outro

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154: openSUSE, Blender, OBS Studio 27, Kali Linux, Amazon Sidewalk, Firefox 89 | This Week in Linux Jun 05, 2021

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On this episode of This Week in Linux, we've got a ton of Distro News this week. We'll take a look at openSUSE's new Leap 15.3, Kali Linux, NixOS, Clonezilla and Rescuezilla. Plus we've got some excited App News this week to check out with Firefox 89, Blender 2.93 LTS and OBS Studio 27. Later in the show we'll take a look at the newest release of the Cinnamon Desktop with version 5.0 and then we'll discuss the new Amazon Sidewalk system that is looking to open your internet to your neighbors. All that and much more on Your Weekly Source for Linux GNews!

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00:00 = Welcome to TWIL 154
01:09 = openSUSE Leap 15.3 Released
07:06 = Firefox 89 Released
12:22 = Blender 2.93 LTS Released
16:52 = Digital Ocean: VPS / App Platform ( https://do.co/dln )
18:30 = OBS Studio 27.0 Released
24:08 = Cinnamon Desktop 5.0 Released
27:47 = Kali Linux 2021.2 Released
33:14 = Bitwarden Password Manager ( https://bitwarden.com/dln )
36:07 = Clonezilla 2.7.2 Released
38:40 = Rescuezilla 2.2 Released
41:18 = NixOS 21.05 Released
45:09 = Amazon Sidewalk: Opening Your Internet to Neighbors?
53:29 = Outro

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153: Audacity CLA Controversy, Ubuntu DMCA Notice, Have I Been Pwned, Inkscape | This Week in Linux May 30, 2021

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On this episode of This Week in Linux, we've got a new announcement from DLN regarding the Fedora Podcast. In Distro News, we've got new releases from AlmaLinux OS, Lakka and a new Floppy related distro. We've got some legal news to discuss this week as Audacity is back in the news with some more controversial stuff going on. A user was informed by their ISP that apparently downloading Ubuntu is somehow bad. In Security News were going to talk about Firefox's new security architecture Firefox Fission and apparently FBI is going to begin sharing breach / password data with the public. I'll you know what that's all about as well as so much more coming up on this week episode of TWIL, Your Weekly Source for Linux GNews!

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00:00 = Welcome to TWIL 153
01:16 = Fedora Podcast Is Back!
02:42 = AlmaLinux OS 8.4 Stable Released
05:20 = ISP Issues DMCA Notice for Downloading Ubuntu
09:14 = Audacity Introducing CLA?
20:32 = Digital Ocean: VPS / App Platform ( https://do.co/dln )
22:13 = Inkscape 1.1 Released
26:18 = Firefox’s New Site Isolation Architecture
29:14 = Have I Been Pwned Goes Open Source
32:48 = Bitwarden Password Manager ( https://bitwarden.com/dln )
35:25 = This Week in KDE: KCommandBar
38:46 = Floppinux: Linux On A Floppy
40:16 = Lakka 3.0 Released
42:35 = Glimpse Image Editor on Hiatus
55:04 = Outro

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152: Freenode IRC Fiasco, SUSE IPO, RHEL 8.4, Element, Sublime Text, Wine | This Week in Linux May 22, 2021

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On this episode of This Week in Linux, we got a ton of big news. We've got distro news from Red Hat for RHEL 8.4, SUSE made a lot of announcements at SUSECON, we've got a new release from GeckoLinux making some interesting changes. In App News, we'll talk about the latest releases of the popular text editor, Sublime Text and Element's new featured called Spaces and why I'm excited for it. Then we'll just into the Hardware space with new laptops from Entroware and Tuxedo Computers plus a really cool hardware topic involving Space and Satellites. Later in the show, we've got a topic to cover that has quite a bit of Drama attached to it, that is the news regarding the situation around Freenode IRC network. All that and much more on Your Weekly Source for Linux GNews!

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01:22 = Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 8.4 Released
00:00 = Welcome to TWIL 152
04:41 = SUSE IPO SUSECON & More
11:47 = GeckoLinux 999.210517.0 Released
15:05 = Digital Ocean: VPS / App Platform ( https://do.co/dln )
16:29 = Freenode IRC Fiasco
25:00 = Element Spaces (Matrix Chat)
32:38 = Sublime Text 4 Released
37:28 = Bitwarden Password Manager ( https://bitwarden.com/dln )
40:17 = Entroware's Proteus Linux Laptop
43:28 = TUXEDO InfinityBook Pro 14 Linux Laptop
47:47 = Femtostar: Satellite Communication
50:24 = Wine 6.9 Released
52:03 = Coreboot 4.14 Released
53:50 = Outro

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151: FragAttacks WiFi Flaws, System76 Keyboard, Framework Modular Laptop | This Week in Linux May 15, 2021

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On this episode of This Week in Linux, we've got a lot of great news to get to. We'll first check out some Hardware News as PreOrders are now available for the Framework Modular Laptop and System76's new Keyboard. KDE announced the Beta release for Plasma 5.22 and I personally have given it a test run already and can easily say I am very excited about this release. Then we'll jump to the Linux Mobile market to check out the latest release for Ubuntu Touch with OTA-17 and we've got some updates for the JingPad A1 Linux tablet. Later in the show, we've got an update for the Audacity Telemetry topic we discussed last week and we'll check out some Wi-Fi Security Flaws that were revealed this week. All that and much more on Your Weekly Source for Linux GNews!

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00:00 = Welcome to TWIL 151
01:20 = Framework Modular Laptop Pre-Orders
08:26 = System76’s Launch Keyboard
16:11 = KDE Plasma 5.22 Beta Released
21:08 = Digital Ocean: VPS / App Platform ( https://do.co/dln )
40:00 = Bitwarden Password Manager ( https://bitwarden.com/dln )
22:37 = FragAttacks Wi-Fi Security Flaws
30:20 = Ubuntu Touch OTA-17 Released
33:36 = JingPad A1 Linux Tablet Updates
42:31 = Audacity Responds To Telemetry Criticism
50:17 = Bodhi Linux 6.0 Released
54:15 = Zstandard v1.5.0 Released
56:02 = Outro

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150: Audacity Acquired, Kdenlive, Proton, IBM 2nm Chips, 1 Million Linux Commits | This Week in Linux May 08, 2021

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On this episode of This Week in Linux, we've got a ton of news to cover with some big news from Audacity in that the project has been acquired by the Muse Group, Ubuntu 16.04 Reaches End of LIfe . . . we'll sort of. Then we'll check out some great hardware news from IBM & also from Star Labs. In App News this week, we've got new releases from MusE Digital Audio Workstation, Kdenlive 21.04, QEMU 6.0 and more. We're also going to do a follow up to some news last week related to Humble Bundle and so much more including new version of WINE and Proton and even a milestone for the Linux kernel to celebrate. All that and much more on Your Weekly Source for Linux GNews!

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00:00 = Welcome to TWIL 150
01:18 = Linux Kernel Reaches 1 Million+ Git Commits
03:07 = Muse Group Acquires Audacity
11:28 = Ubuntu 16.04 End of Life . . . Sort Of
17:34 = Salient OS, Nitrux, UwUntu (Lightning Round)
21:11 = Digital Ocean: VPS / App Platform ( https://do.co/dln )
22:41 = RISC-V Giveaway: 1,000 RISC-V Dev Boards
26:07 = Kdenlive 21.04 Released
29:56 = MusE 4.0 Released (DAW)
32:17 = QEMU 6.0 Released
34:44 = Bitwarden Password Manager ( https://bitwarden.com/dln )
37:20 = Humble Bundle Bringing Back Sliders
40:53 = IBM Develops ‘World's First’ 2nm Chip
44:10 = StarBook Mk V Linux Laptop
48:54 = WINE 6.8 & Proton 6.3-3 Released
51:55 = Termite Project Ends & Suggests Alacritty
56:06 = Outro

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149: Linux 5.12, Fedora 34, elementary OS 6, openSUSE Leap, RHEL 8.4, Pine64 | This Week in Linux May 02, 2021

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On this episode of This Week in Linux, we're going to check out the latest release of the namesake of this show, the Linux Kernel with Linux 5.12 being released. This episode is just stacked with Distro news with the release of Fedora Linux 34, the Release Candidate of openSUSE Leap 15.3, elementary OS 6 Beta has been released, and we'll check out version 21 of Calculate Linux. That's not all for Distro news, I did say it was stacked . . . we also got some Enterprise Distros to discuss with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 aka RHEL then we'll check out the CentOS alternatives with AlmaLinux 8.4 Beta & Rocky Linux 8.3 RC. We've got some cool mobile hardware news this week with updates from Pine64 about the PinePhone Keyboard Addon and the PineTime SmartWatch. There's just so much good news this week but there's also a new Linux Backdoor Malware that was found being named RotaJakiro so we'll talk about that. All that and much more on Your Weekly Source for Linux GNews!

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00:00 = Welcome to TWIL 149
01:37 = Linux 5.12 Released
04:26 = Fedora Linux 34 Released
07:42 = openSUSE Leap 15.3 RC & Tumbleweed
10:53 = elementary OS 6 Beta Released
14:49 = Digital Ocean: VPS / App Platform ( https://do.co/dln )
16:32 = Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 (RHEL)
21:45 = Rocky Linux 8.3 RC & AlmaLinux 8.4 Beta
24:35 = Calculate Linux 21 Released
27:41 = Bitwarden Password Manager ( https://bitwarden.com/dln )
29:44 = Pine64's PinePhone Keyboard Addon
32:57 = InfiniTime 1.0 for PineTime SmartWatch
36:44 = RotaJakiro: Linux Backdoor Malware
40:35 = Humble Spring Sale & Some Drama
46:22 = Outro

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