Recent advances in embedded Linux, Canonical takes full control of LXD, ZFS gets a handy Btrfs feature, and updates on the show's production. Sponsored By: Linode : Sign up using the link on this page and receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Kolide : Kolide can help you nail third-party audits and internal compliance goals with endpoint security for your entire fleet. Support Linux Action News Links: Status of Embedded Linux — In this talk, Tim will give an overview of issues i...
Jul 06, 2023•13 min
Why everyone is excited about the next Linux kernel, Valve's big hire, and Red Hat's clone war. Sponsored By: Linode : Sign up using the link on this page and receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Kolide : Kolide can help you nail third-party audits and internal compliance goals with endpoint security for your entire fleet. Support Linux Action News Links: Linux 6.4 Released — Released With Early Apple M2 Code, More WiFi 7, AMD Guided Autonomous Mode Linux 6.4 Released, focus on...
Jun 29, 2023•14 min
What we really like in Debian 12, the big players backing RISC-V, and the improvements in NextCloud Hub 5. Note: Linux Action News will be off next week. Sponsored By: Linode : Sign up using the link on this page and receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Kolide : Kolide can help you nail third-party audits and internal compliance goals with endpoint security for your entire fleet. Support Linux Action News Links: Debian 12 “bookworm” released — This release contains over 11,089 ...
Jun 15, 2023•15 min
Ubuntu gets serious about the immutable desktop, red flags from Red Hat, and the little tricks Apple used to patch Wine. Sponsored By: Kolide : Kolide can help you nail third-party audits and internal compliance goals with endpoint security for your entire fleet. Linode : Sign up using the link on this page and receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Support Linux Action News Links: Ubuntu Core as an immutable Linux Desktop base — In this blog post we discuss the architecture of i...
Jun 08, 2023•16 min
How the recent XFS bug was squashed, insights into why Microsoft built their own Linux from scratch, and recent attacks on Archive.org. Sponsored By: Linode : Sign up using the link on this page and receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Kolide : Kolide can help you nail third-party audits and internal compliance goals with endpoint security for your entire fleet. Support Linux Action News Links: Those Using The XFS File-System Will Want To Avoid Linux 6.3 For Now XFS Metadata Co...
Jun 01, 2023•11 min
Microsoft's new Linux server distro, Red Hat Summit 2023 highlights, big changes at CodeWeavers, and Podman catches up to Docker Desktop. Sponsored By: Kolide : Kolide can help you nail third-party audits and internal compliance goals with endpoint security for your entire fleet. Linode : Sign up using the link on this page and receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Support Linux Action News Links: Podman Desktop 1.0 Annouced — Podman Desktop offers a user-friendly interface for ...
May 25, 2023•15 min
Bcachefs hits a major milestone, how the Red Hat cuts impact Fedora, Plasma 6 plans, and the software update bricking EV batteries. Sponsored By: Kolide : Kolide can help you nail third-party audits and internal compliance goals with endpoint security for your entire fleet. Linode : Sign up using the link on this page and receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Jupiter Network Membership : Support the entire network, and get access to every member's special feed for every show on ...
May 18, 2023•13 min
We get you up to speed on two serious flaws, Linux's recent gaming loss, Ubuntu doubling down on RISC-V, and news from the Open Source Summit North America. Sponsored By: Linode : Sign up using the link on this page and receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Kolide : Kolide can help you nail third-party audits and internal compliance goals with endpoint security for your entire fleet. Support Linux Action News Links: CVE - CVE-2023-28410 — Improper restriction of operations withi...
May 11, 2023•13 min
The results from the recent HDR Hackfest, Mozilla's new acquisition, and the concerning crack down on free software encryption. Sponsored By: Linode : Sign up using the link on this page and receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Kolide : Kolide can help you nail third-party audits and internal compliance goals with endpoint security for your entire fleet. Support Linux Action News Links: HDR hackfest wrap-up — People from various organizations were on-site: Red Hat, KDE, System7...
May 03, 2023•11 min
What we know about the Red Hat layoffs, highlights of Linux 6.3, and Canonical's bold claim in Ubuntu 23.04. Sponsored By: Kolide : Kolide can help you nail third-party audits and internal compliance goals with endpoint security for your entire fleet. Linode : Sign up using the link on this page and receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Support Linux Action News Links: Red Hat Cutting “Hundreds Of Jobs” — The tech layoffs have now reached Red Hat with "hundreds of jobs" being cu...
Apr 27, 2023•12 min
What we like about Fedora 38, why the Rust foundation is in hot water, and more. Sponsored By: Kolide : Kolide can help you nail third-party audits and internal compliance goals with endpoint security for your entire fleet. Linode : Sign up using the link on this page and receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Support Linux Action News Links: Announcing Fedora Linux 38 — The Fedora Linux 38 release is here! With this release, we’re starting a new on-time streak. In fact, we’re re...
Apr 20, 2023•16 min
A classic gadget gets a Linux-powered new lease on life, the next project getting Rusty, great news for Btrfs users, and more. Sponsored By: Linode : Sign up using the link on this page and receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Kolide : Kolide can help you nail third-party audits and internal compliance goals with endpoint security for your entire fleet. Support Linux Action News Links: Linux Tech Sustainability — The mainline Linux 6.4 kernel is set to see a new touchscreen dri...
Apr 13, 2023•14 min
A fresh take on open-source funding, Fedora’s plan for better encryption out of the box, and our impressions of the latest Ubuntu Beta. Sponsored By: Kolide : Kolide can help you nail third-party audits and internal compliance goals with endpoint security for your entire fleet. Linode : Sign up using the link on this page and receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Support Linux Action News Links: New FOSS Fund to Support Free and Open Source Projects — To help maintain and sustai...
Apr 05, 2023•15 min
What we're liking about GNOME 44, how Microsoft's Linux distro is trying to attract more users, and we bust a CentOS myth. Sponsored By: Kolide : Kolide can help you nail third-party audits and internal compliance goals with endpoint security for your entire fleet. Linode : Sign up using the link on this page and receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Support Linux Action News Links: GNOME 44 Released — GNOME 44 is code-named “Kuala Lumpur”, in recognition of the work done by the...
Mar 30, 2023•21 min
Nextcloud moves to the front of the pack with their new release, a moment to appreciate curl, and Amazon goes all in with Fedora. Special Guest: Brent Gervais. Sponsored By: Linode : Sign up using the link on this page and receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Kolide : Kolide can help you nail third-party audits and internal compliance goals with endpoint security for your entire fleet. Support Linux Action News Links: curl 8.0.0 is Here — This a major version number bump but wi...
Mar 22, 2023•19 min
Docker's open-source crackdown, the Wayland regression solved this week, and why ipmitool's repo has been locked. Sponsored By: Kolide : Kolide can help you nail third-party audits and internal compliance goals with endpoint security for your entire fleet. Linode : Sign up using the link on this page and receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Support Linux Action News Links: Kali 2023.1 — Today we are releasing Kali 2023.1 (and on our 10th anniversary)! Get Kali | Kali Linux Down...
Mar 16, 2023•17 min
Nextcloud's big new customer, some last-minute surprises in GNOME 44, and Flathub's ambitious plans for 2023. Sponsored By: Kolide : Kolide can help you nail third-party audits and internal compliance goals with endpoint security for your entire fleet. Linode : Sign up using the link on this page and receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Support Linux Action News Links: Nextcloud’s Big new Customer — After a silent migration of millions of users, Telekom and Nextcloud are now un...
Mar 09, 2023•14 min
FFmpeg gets new superpowers, Plasma’s switch to Qt6 gets official; what you need to know. Plus we round up the top features coming to Linux 6.3. Sponsored By: Linode : Sign up using the link on this page and receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Kolide : Kolide can help you nail third-party audits and internal compliance goals with endpoint security for your entire fleet. Support Linux Action News Links: Steam Deck one Year Later — The Steam Deck has been about a year on the mar...
Mar 02, 2023•20 min
Our favorite features in Linux 6.2, the Hollywood tool getting open-sourced, and a systemd update you need to know about. Sponsored By: Linode : Sign up using the link on this page and receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Kolide : Kolide can help you nail third-party audits and internal compliance goals with endpoint security for your entire fleet. Support Linux Action News Links: DreamWorks’ Renderer Used for ‘Puss in Boots’ is Going Open-Source — DreamWork animation company i...
Feb 22, 2023•14 min
Some Git flaws you need to know about, we reflect on 10 years of Steam on Linux, and then dive into the much anticipated Plasma 5.27. Sponsored By: Linode : Sign up using the link on this page and receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Kolide : Kolide can help you nail third-party audits and internal compliance goals with endpoint security for your entire fleet. Support Linux Action News Links: The Coder Robe — Celebrate Coder 500! The Robe, the Tumbler, and the Sticker are avail...
Feb 16, 2023•19 min
We round up some news from FOSDEM 2023, update a 21-year-old project, and the Fedora fix that's been a few releases in the making. Sponsored By: Linode : Sign up using the link on this page and receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Kolide : Kolide can help you nail third-party audits and internal compliance goals with endpoint security for your entire fleet. Support Linux Action News Links: FOSDEM 2023: Matrix 2.0 — In this talk we will explain the fundamental changes which are ...
Feb 09, 2023•17 min
A lot happened in the free desktop world this week, we cover the impressive releases, changes, and surprises. Sponsored By: Linode : Sign up using the link on this page and receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Kolide : Kolide can help you nail third-party audits and internal compliance goals with endpoint security for your entire fleet. Support Linux Action News Links: elementary OS 7 Available Now — Today we’re proud to announce that OS 7, codenamed Horus, is available to down...
Feb 02, 2023•20 min
An Ubuntu expiration date approaches, openSUSE has a new handy solution, and the container security issue that remains unfixed. Sponsored By: Linode : Sign up using the link on this page and receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Kolide : Kolide can help you nail third-party audits and internal compliance goals with endpoint security for your entire fleet. Support Linux Action News Links: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS End Of Life — Ubuntu 18.04 ‘Bionic Beaver’ is reaching End of Standard Supp...
Jan 25, 2023•16 min
A high-profile Linux kernel network flaw, we put JFS on a death watch, and break down the controversial Firefox update this week. Sponsored By: Linode : Sign up using the link on this page and receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Kolide : Kolide can help you nail third-party audits and internal compliance goals with endpoint security for your entire fleet. Support Linux Action News Links: A new privilege escalation vulnerability in the Linux kernel — The vulnerability consists ...
Jan 19, 2023•17 min
OpenZFS has performance gains inbound, the end of a Linux era, and the achievement unlocked by the open-source NVIDIA driver. Sponsored By: Linode : Sign up using the link on this page and receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Kolide : Kolide can help you nail third-party audits and internal compliance goals with endpoint security for your entire fleet. Support Linux Action News Links: KDE Plasma 5.27 To Provide Better Multi-Monitor Support — KDE developer Marco Martin wrote a b...
Jan 12, 2023•12 min
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. Sponsored By: Kolide : Kolide can help you nail third-party audits and internal compliance goals with endpoint security for your entire fleet. Linode : Sign up using the link on this page and receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Support Linux Action News Links: Android Gets RISC-Y — Google's keynote at the ...
Jan 05, 2023•17 min
There are some stories so big they need a little more air time. Sponsored By: Linode : Sign up using the link on this page and receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Kolide : Kolide can help you nail third-party audits and internal compliance goals with endpoint security for your entire fleet. Support Linux Action News Links: Akademy 2022: Full Steam ahead! — In this talk I will share how Plasma fits into the Steamdeck and what aspects of KDE made us the right choice for their ne...
Dec 29, 2022•18 min
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. Sponsored By: Kolide : Kolide can help you nail third-party audits and internal compliance goals with endpoint security for your entire fleet. Linode : Sign up using the link on this page and receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Support Linux Action News Links: Raspberry Pi 5 Not Launching Until After 2023 — Don't expect a Pi 5 next year [202...
Dec 22, 2022•15 min
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. Sponsored By: Kolide : Kolide can help you nail third-party audits and internal compliance goals with endpoint security for your entire fleet. Linode : Sign up using the link on this page and receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Support Linux Action News Links: Wine on Wayland 2022 update: more games, more apps, more fun...
Dec 15, 2022•19 min
The Linux kernel has some exciting updates this week, including a significant Asahi milestone and some good news for Android. Then we take openSUSE's new web-based installer for a spin. Sponsored By: Linode : Sign up using the link on this page and receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Kolide : Kolide can help you nail third-party audits and internal compliance goals with endpoint security for your entire fleet. Support Linux Action News Links: Apple GPU drivers now in Asahi Lin...
Dec 08, 2022•17 min
