Episode 240: Forked FTW

After a privacy policy update to Audacity, a FOSS audio editing software has been forked. Google is forcing new apps to use app bundles instead of APKs starting in August, and Jim Whitehurst steps down from his role just 14 months in. -- During The Show -- 01:00 User Responds to User RE: MBOX - Jay Mbox Viewer (https://github.com/eneam/mboxviewer) Supports files larger than 4G Export all attachments Export in EML Export all to separate EML 03:50 File permissions TrueNAS/NFS - Gray Check your permissions dataset - including child datasets NFS share FreeNAS/TrueNAS configuration is separate from the ZFS dataset 06:30 Matrix server question - Vladimir EMS (Element Matrix Services) Matrix is a server/client relationship Server - Synapse Client - Element Account portability/P2P is coming Dendrite Matrix Migration Tool (https://ems.element.io/tools/matrix-migration) 17:30 Feedback/thanks - Lukasz Thank You Noah 21:22 Email - Charlie Reacts to Audacity - Charliebrownau Why are governments/companies allowed to hijack opensource projects Bad things on the horizon for audacity 22:50 Pick of the Week InkBox (https://github.com/Kobo-InkBox) OS replacement for Kobo eReader Kobox/x11 support OS built around security root file system checked on boot signed packages Kobo eReader Affiliate Link (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B07Y34KS9F/?tag=minddripmedia-20) Kobo Packages (http://pkgs.kobox.fermino.me/bundles/) 24:50 Gadget of the Week Rain Design 10037 mTower Vertical Laptop Stand High Quality Aesthetically Pleasing Fits a variety of Laptops One piece / nothing to strip Heavy / doesn't slide around Rubber padding protect laptop Amazon Affiliate Link (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00A42Y0PA/?tag=minddripmedia-20) Lenovo Thunderbolt Dock Affiliate Link (http://www.amazon.com/dp/‎B07M6S81CM/?tag=minddripmedia-20) Dell Monitor Affiliate Link (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B07NSBG1ND/?tag=minddripmedia-20) 30:20 Jim Whitehurst Leaves IBM Newsroom Article (https://newsroom.ibm.com/IBM-Leadership-Changes) Jim stayed on after the IBM acuasition Jim is leaving after 14 Months IBM had nothing to do with CentOS Google Forcing App Bundles Slash Gear (https://www.slashgear.com/android-app-bundles-are-replacing-apks-why-it-matters-29680485/) Google Developers Blog (https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2021/06/the-future-of-android-app-bundles-is.html) Google is forcing new apps to use android app bundles (.aab) instead of APKs in August Play Asset Delivery replaces OBB better compression dynamic delivery (deltas) smaller apps Play Feature Delivery allows minimum app download the rest of the app downloads in the background Utilizes Google Play only features Requires developers to do the heavy lifting Requires developers to maintain 2 versions of their app if they want to distribute their software outside the play store 49:10 Audacity Github Disccusion (https://github.com/audacity/audacity/discussions/1225) Reddit Discussion (https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/oeat5v/clarification_of_privacy_policy_discussion_1225/) Slashgear (https://www.slashgear.com/audacity-open-source-audio-editor-has-become-spyware-05681012/) 3.0.3 RC1 Released Adds Binary for Linux via AppImage Ubuntu Handbook (https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2021/06/audacity-official-binary-linux/) Switch to 64-bit Windows binary Dropped Windows XP support Improved default spectrogram colors Fix user interface display issue on HiDPI display in Linux. Fix that font size scales incorrectly. Updated Privacy Policy 3 Compile Flags Network Flag = Off Default, no networking features are built regardless of what other flags are set to Sentry Reporting - Default ON -- Enables error reporting to sentry.io Crash Reports - Default ON -- Sends crash reports data to breakpad Updates Check - Default ON -- Requests data from audacityteam.org about latest release Slashgear (https://www.slashgear.com/audacity-spyware-denial-app-owners-defend-privacy-policy-change-06681203/) Community Audacity Fork (https://github.com/temporary-audacity/audacity) Nothing bad in the current version FOSS (GPL) prevents projects from dieing / being taken over License makes it too easy to cut and run -- The Extra Credit Section -- For links to the articles and material referenced in this week's episode check out this week's page from our podcast dashboard! This Episode's Podcast Dashboard (http://podcast.asknoahshow.com/240) Phone Systems for Ask Noah provided by Voxtelesys (http://www.voxtelesys.com/asknoah) Join us in our dedicated chatroom #GeekLab:linuxdelta.com on Matrix (https://element.linuxdelta.com/#/room/#geeklab:linuxdelta.com) -- Stay In Touch -- Find all the resources for this show on the Ask Noah Dashboard Ask Noah Dashboard (http://www.asknoahshow.com) Need more help than a radio show can offer? Altispeed provides commercial IT services and they’re excited to offer you a great deal for listening to the Ask Noah Show. Call today and ask about the discount for listeners of the Ask Noah Show! Altispeed Technologies (http://www.altispeed.com/) Contact Noah live [at] asknoahshow.com -- Twitter -- Noah - Kernellinux (https://twitter.com/kernellinux) Ask Noah Show (https://twitter.com/asknoahshow) Altispeed Technologies (https://twitter.com/altispeed)