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138: 20 Years of VLC Media, OBS Studio, Lightworks Video Editor, DevConf.cz | This Week in Linux Feb 14, 2021

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On this episode of This Week in Linux, we've got a lot of App News this week with the latest release of Lightworks video editor, Shutter screen capture project has returned, we've got updates about OBS Studio on Wayland and we'll celebrate 20 Years of VLC. System76 announced a new project that will give people a chance to win a Thelio desktop. A 24 year old bug was found in the Linux Kernel and instead of the usual oh no! kind of scenario, this is more a testament to open source. Then we'll talk about some upcoming changes to the email client space on the Linux Desktop with some announcements from Mailspring. All that and much more on Your Weekly Source for Linux GNews!

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00:00 = Welcome to TWIL 138
01:20 = 20 Years of VLC Media Player
06:18 = Lightworks 2021.1 Released
09:30 = Mailspring Goes Open Source
14:36 = Digital Ocean - VPS & App Platform ( https://do.co/dln )
16:04 = 24-year-old Bug in Linux Kernel Uncovered
20:12 = DevConf.cz Open Source Community Conference
23:05 = OpenMandriva Lx 4.2 Released
24:51 = Bitwarden Password Manager ( https://bitwarden.com/dln )
27:36 = System76's Unleash Your Potential Program
29:39 = Shutter 0.95 Released
31:44 = OBS Studio To Get Wayland Support
34:13 = Outro

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137: AlmaLinux Beta, Ubuntu's New Installer, Solus, EndeavourOS, LibreOffice | This Week in Linux Feb 07, 2021

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On this episode of This Week in Linux, Ubuntu announced that they are working on a new Desktop Installer. CloudLinux announced the Beta Release for their CentOS Replacement called AlmaLinux. There are some big changes for this year's Google Summer of Code and it has some people disappointed and even considering about not participating. We've also got a lot more Distro News to discuss with a follow up to the iPad-like tablet distro, JingOS, as well as an update for Solus and EndeavourOS. Then we'll check out some new updates for a new supported devices website for Ubuntu Touch, and in app news we've got new releases for KDE's App Suite and LibreOffice's new Community edition. All that and much more on Your Weekly Source for Linux GNews!

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00:00 = Welcome to TWIL 137
01:11 = TWIL & DLN News
01:53 = Ubuntu News: 20.04.2 New Desktop Installer & More
10:04 = AlmaLinux Beta Released (CentOS Replacement by CloudLinux)
12:06 = 2021 Google Summer of Code Disappoints
14:30 = Digital Ocean - VPS & App Platform ( https://do.co/dln )
15:55 = JingOS Alpha Released (iPad-like Tablet Distro)
18:51 = Solus 4.2 “Fortitude” Released
21:07 = EndeavourOS 2021.02.03 Released
24:04 = Bitwarden Password Manager ( https://bitwarden.com/dln )
26:54 = UBports' Big Update To Ubuntu Touch Devices Website
30:00 = LibreOffice 7.1 Released Plus New "Community" Label
32:30 = KDE's New Kongress App & More
34:48 = Outro

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136: Linux Sudo Bug, KDE Plasma 5.21, Tails OS, Firefox 85, Ubuntu + Wayland | This Week in Linux Jan 31, 2021

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On this episode of This Week in Linux, we're going to talk about the pretty nasty bug discovered in the Sudo tool which has been named "Baron Samedit". We've got some distro news to discuss for Ubuntu 21.04 and Tails OS. Then we'll check out some news in the desktop environment space from KDE Plasma and CDE, the Common Desktop Environment of all things. In App news, we'll check out the latest releases of Mozilla Firefox, Xfce's Thunar file manager and another browser called qutebrowser. Cute with a "Q" naturally. We'll take a look at the excite plans UBports has for Ubuntu Touch in 2021. All that and much more on Your Weekly Source for Linux GNews!

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00:00 = Welcome to TWIL 136
01:16 = Sudo Vulnerability Discovered (Baron Samedit)
05:58 = Common Desktop Environment Is Still Developed
08:16 = Tails 4.15 Anonymous OS Released
09:47 = Digital Ocean - VPS & App Platform ( https://do.co/dln )
11:10 = KDE Plasma 5.21 Beta
15:20 = UBports' Exciting 2021 Plans For Ubuntu Touch
18:33 = Firefox 85 Released
27:08 = Bitwarden Password Manager ( https://bitwarden.com/dln )
29:47 = Xfce’s Thunar File Manager 4.17.0 Released
31:35 = Ubuntu 21.04 To Use Wayland By Default
34:36 = qutebrowser v2.0.0 Released
37:11 = Outro

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135: Red Hat's No-Cost RHEL, Linux on Apple M1 Mac, Google's Chromium Fiasco | This Week in Linux Jan 23, 2021

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On this episode of This Week in Linux, Red Hat Announces new updates for the CentOS situation in that you can now get RHEL at No-Cost. We're also going to be talking about a new piece of hardware from the Raspberry Pi Foundation called the Pico. Then we will check out some more Enterprise-y goodness from SUSE. Plus we've got some updates related to running Linux on Apple M1 Mac. We've also got some app news related to graphics tools Inkscape & Krita plus a not so ideal update from Google for Chromium. Later in the show we will discuss some distro news including Linux Mint having a big screensaver bug & Ubuntu announced their plans for Ubuntu 21.04 in regards to GNOME 40. All that and much more on Your Weekly Source for Linux GNews!

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00:00 = Welcome to This Week in Linux 135
01:19 = DLN News: Live Streams DLN Store & the Forums
02:54 = Red Hat Announces No-Cost RHEL
10:48 = Raspberry Pi Pico
14:46 = SUSE Details Plans for SLE / openSUSE
21:17 = Digital Ocean - VPS & App Platform ( https://do.co/dln )
22:53 = Linux on Apple M1 Mac by Correllium
28:29 = Inkscape 1.0.2 & 1.1alpha Released
33:59 = Krita 4.4.2 Released
37:35 = Bitwarden Password Manager ( https://bitwarden.com/dln )
40:04 = Linux Mint Screensaver Bypass Vulnerability
46:14 = Ubuntu 21.04 Not Shipping GNOME 40
50:40 = Distros Consider Removing Chromium
58:12 = Outro

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134: WINE 6.0, Flatpak 1.10, Fedora Kinoite, Slimbook Titan, AlmaLinux, JingOS Jan 17, 2021

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133: Linus Torvalds Calls Out Intel, PeerTube Live Streaming, Asahi Linux Jan 10, 2021

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On this episode of This Week in Linux, we've got some Distro releases for Linux Mint and Puppy Linux. We've got a follow up for a topic about running Linux on Apple Silicon with a project called Asahi Linux. Linus Torvalds is in the news this week for some comments he made about Intel's policies on ECC. We've also got some great news for NVIDIA users and those looking for a way to doing self-hosted Live Streaming thanks to PeerTube. We'll also cover some unfortunate and annoying news from the Qt Company and then we'll round out the show on a good note with the latest release from the Lutris project. All that and much more on Your Weekly Source for Linux GNews!

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132: Dragonbox Pyra, KDE's 2021 Roadmap, Snap Themes, Linux Instant Replay Tool Jan 02, 2021

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On this episode of This Week in Linux, we've got some roadmap news to talk about for some upcoming changes for KDE's Plasma desktop and Application Suite, Ubuntu announced improvements for theming of Snaps and we'll check that out. We've also got some hardware news for a much anticipated device with the Dragonbox Pyra. We've got some distro releases to discuss with Slackel & Septor Linux. Then in App News we'll check out an IP Ban Tool called Crowdsec, a Personal Health Record App, a Instant Replay Tool for Linux. All that and much more on Your Weekly Source for Linux GNews!

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00:00 = Welcome to This Week in Linux 132
01:02 = Destination Linux Going Live on January 3rd on DLNLive.com
02:04 = Dragonbox Pyra Begins Shipping
07:49 = Snaps & Themes for Desktop Integration
11:06 = KDE Roadmap for 2021
15:01 = Digital Ocean - VPS & App Platform ( https://do.co/dln )
16:23 = Slackel 7.4 Released
18:13 = Crowdsec: Open Source IP Ban Tool
20:53 = MyGnuHealth: Personal Health Record App
23:10 = Bitwarden Password Manager ( https://bitwarden.com/dln )
25:27 = Septor Linux 2021 Release
27:22 = ReplaySorcery: Linux Instant-Replay Tool
30:13 = 10 Years of Xonotic
32:47 = FrontPageLinux.com
34:02 = Outro

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Linux Explained - How Some Distros Are Based On Other Distros: https://youtu.be/OWk3D6x64tk
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131: Xfce 4.16, UX Redesign for GNOME 40, Kdenlive, ODROID-Go Super, Steam Sale Dec 27, 2020

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On this episode of This Week in Linux, we've got some big Desktop Environment news with the latest release of Xfce with 4.16 and GNOME announced UX Changes Coming to GNOME 40. There's a lot of App News this week with releases for Kdenlive and Darktable, plus we'll check out some new apps such as NeoChat which is a new Matrix client frome the KDE team and a Markdown Editor called Zettlr. We've also got a bit of gaming news this week to check out, for example we got an ODROID powered Nintendo Switch like device and we've got some really interesting gaming updates to the Linux Kernel. Since this is the last episode of the year, you may have noticed the decorations. If you're li.stenting to the audio only edition of the show, this may be an episode you'll want to check out the video to see those decorations, It's quite festive. We've got all that and much more coming up right now on This Week in Linux! All that and much more on Your Weekly Source for Linux GNews!

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00:00 = Welcome to This Week in Linux 131
01:09 = Special Christmas Intro for TWIL
01:15 = Destination Linux Going Live on January 3rd on DLNLive.com
02:23 = Xfce 4.16 Released
07:00 = Big Shell UX Changes Coming to GNOME 40
12:07 = ODROID-Go Super Portable Gaming Console
15:48 = Digital Ocean - VPS & App Platform ( https://do.co/dln )
17:00 = Kdenlive 20.12 Released
21:28 = Darktable 3.4 Released
24:46 = NeoChat 1.0 the KDE Matrix client
27:30 = Zettlr: Markdown Editor for the 21st Century
29:39 = Bitwarden Password Manager ( https://bitwarden.com/dln )
31:46 = Steam Winter Sale
33:50 = Sony's Official PS5 Controller Linux Driver
35:18 = New Linux Kernel Port for Nintendo 64
37:49 = FrontPageLinux.com
38:46 = Outro

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130: Linux 5.10, GTK 4.0, CentOS Update, OBS 26.1, Ubuntu Touch Dec 20, 2020

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On this episode of This Week in Linux, we've got a lot of big updates like the latest release of Linux kernel with version 5.10. A major version update for the GTK toolkit has been released with GTK 4. We've got a follow up to the Cen-toss topic from last week. OBS Studio released version 26.1.00 that has a lot of cool Linux related features and I am so excited to try this latest version! We've also got distro news from Linux Mint, Debian, openSUSE and some mobile Linux news from UBports. All that and much more coming up right now on Your Weekly Source for Linux GNews!

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00:00 = Welcome to This Week in Linux 130
01:01 = Linux 5.10 Kernel Released
05:30 = Interview with Red Hat's Mike McGrath
06:26 = GTK 4.0 Released
10:36 = Digital Ocean - Cloud VPS ( https://do.co/dln )
11:49 = OBS Studio 26.1 Released
14:41 = Linux Mint 20.1 Beta Released
19:13 = Debian Website Update
21:11 = openSUSE Board Elections
22:32 = Bitwarden - Password Manager ( https://bitwarden.com/dln )
24:46 = UBports' Ubuntu Touch OTA-15 Released
28:46 = KDE's Kate Text Editor 20 Years Old
31:01 = Mozilla Firefox 84 Released
32:58 = FrontPageLinux.com

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Episode 129: CentOS Stream, Cyberpunk 2077 on Linux, Qt 6.0, Flatpak App Store Dec 13, 2020

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On this episode of This Week in Linux, we've got some interesting and somewhat Rocky news for CentOS to talk about. There's a new Flatpak App Store released this week called Souk. Linux Gaming news with Cyberpunk 2077 running on Linux thanks to Proton. We've also got many new releases this week from PAPPL 1.0, OpenRGB, Qt 6.0 toolkit, CRUX Linux, and QEMU. Then we'll round out the show with some great deals from Humble Bundle. All that and much more coming up right now on Your Weekly Source for Linux GNews!

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CentOS Being Replaced by CentOS Streams
Rocky Linux & Other CentOS Alternatives
Souk: Independent Flatpak App Store
Cyberpunk 2077 Runs on Linux
PAPPL 1.0 Released
OpenRGB 0.5 Released
Qt 6.0 Released
CRUX 3.6 Released
QEMU 5.2 Released
Humble Bundles: Hacking, Game Dev & Music

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