Linux Action News 278
A lot happened in the free desktop world this week, we cover the impressive releases, changes, and surprises.
A lot happened in the free desktop world this week, we cover the impressive releases, changes, and surprises.
The shiny userbase flocking to WebAssembly, our thoughts on the "openAI scam", and why they just keep cramming stuff into Docker containers.
Are the free software alternatives good enough? The conclusion to our 60-day challenge to drop Google, Apple, and the iPhone.
Join us for the surprising conclusion to our month-long challenge. Special Guests: Brent Gervais and Catherine Kretzschmar.
An Ubuntu expiration date approaches, openSUSE has a new handy solution, and the container security issue that remains unfixed.
How the world without "big tech" might look like, the EU promises to go after Elon and a much-needed head adjustment.
Today we are finally taking on a project months in the making, and we're switching to an entirely new generation of Linux tech in the process.
If you've noticed something a little off about your favorite podcasts, we might know why.
A high-profile Linux kernel network flaw, we put JFS on a death watch, and break down the controversial Firefox update this week.
Microsoft gives Google an OpenAI gut punch, why Apple's new hardware fails to impress, and our reaction to the undignified death of Twitter's third-party client API.
Chris' sticky upgrade situation, and we chat with the developer behind an impressive mesh VPN with new tricks. Special Guest: Ryan Huber.
Alex dives deep to find out if Kubernetes is overkill for the home and finds solutions to simplify things. And Chris has a new firmware that turns his favorite network cameras up to 11.
OpenZFS has performance gains inbound, the end of a Linux era, and the achievement unlocked by the open-source NVIDIA driver.
After sacrificing our pound of flesh for episode 500, we get into some spicy Big Tech dynamics and the performance mess of WebAssembly runtimes.
Join us on a journey to true software freedom. We embark on our 30-day challenge and discover a whole new philosophy that will change the way you think about technology. Special Guest: Alex Kretzschmar.
We're kicking off some new projects, catching up with old friends, and react to a new podcast app that automatically skips ads. Special Guests: Alex Rodriguez and Stefan Schulte-Ortbeck.
Android is getting RISC-Y, the handy new Google tool going open source, the next nail in the coffin for ZFS on Ubuntu, and why you were right about smart speakers all along.
We share our spicy C++ take, major Apple frustrations, and 2023 spoilers.
We assemble to predict what will happen in 2023 and score how our 2022 predictions turned out.
We kick off our Jellyfin January challenge and invite you to join us. Plus, Chris has some new hardware and our thoughts on the trouble at the Matrix foundation. Special Guest: Brent Gervais.
There are some stories so big they need a little more air time.
Our take on why several tech companies just teamed up to take on Google Maps, and then we react to the global analyst who says we won't have any new iPhones until 2028. We don't talk about Elon; if we did, it would be chaptered. But we defiantly did not.
It's the third annual Unplugged Tuxies; our community votes on the best projects, distros, desktops, and services of 2022.
We have some big plans for 2023, and we share the next steps to fully host our podcast infrastructure.
Mike and Chris spend a little time chatting about one of their loves in life, great games. It's a test pilot episode for a possible new show, and we'd like your feedback. Consider it a holiday treat for the Coder fans out there.
Why we won't see a new Raspberry Pi until 2025, the first steps to Plasma 6 are being taken, and PipeWire gets a major Bluetooth upgrade.
Mike's skeptical of the rumors Apple is preparing to allow third-party app stores, and in a total flip of roles, Chris comes to the defense of Microsoft.
Brent's been hiding your emails; we confront him and expose what he's been keeping from the show.
What disgusted Alex about Disqus, and how he replaced it with a Self-Hosted solution, a hot HDHomeRun tip, and an update on Chris' hunt for the perfect notes app.
Why the next kernel will be "the merge window from hell," a holiday gift for Wayland users, and how the open source community could do more to take on YouTube.