Another troubling week for MongoDB, ZFS On Linux lands a kernel workaround, and 600 days of postmarketOS. Plus our thoughts on the new Project Trident release, and Mozilla ending their Test Pilot program. Support Linux Action News Links: MongoDB removed from major distros — Red Hat won't use MongoDB in Red Hat Enterprise Linux or Fedora thanks to MongoDB's new Server Side Public License. ZFS On Linux Landing Workaround For Linux 5.0 Kernel Support — There's no word yet on how this would affect Z...
Jan 21, 2019•30 min
Choose your own Linux is coming to Chrome OS, GitHub private repos go free, LVFS gets another win, and Amazon released their MongoDB competitor DocumentDB. Plus Homebrew comes to Linux, the recent Ethereum Classic attack, and more. Support Linux Action News Links: Chrome OS may soon let companies choose their own distro for Linux apps — Device administrators will be able to designate a URL for Chrome OS to download the Linux distro from a hash to ensure the download was successful. Github offers...
Jan 14, 2019•27 min
Raspberry Pi joins the RISC-V Foundation, MIPS is going open source, and Mozilla is experimenting with more ads in Firefox. Plus the BSDs rebase their ZFS on the Linux implementation, the EU has bug bounties, and Thunderbird gets set to fly! Support Linux Action News Links: Raspberry Pi joins RISC-V Foundation — We're excited to have joined the @risc_v Foundation as a silver member. Hoping to contribute to maturing the Linux kernel and @debian port for the world's leading free and open instructi...
Jan 06, 2019•29 min
We take a look back at our 2018 Linux predictions, and make some bold new ones for the year ahead. Plus there’s no avoiding how far off we were when it came to Bitcoin last year, but that didn’t stop us having a go again this year! Support Linux Action News
Dec 30, 2018•26 min
It’s been a huge year for Linux and FOSS news, and we take a look at some of the major stories that shaped the industry over the last 12 months. Acquisitions, solid releases, a revolution for gaming, politics in the kernel community, Chrome OS coming of age, and more. Support Linux Action News Links: IBM to Acquire Red Hat — Most significant tech acquisition of 2018 will unlock true value of cloud for business Red Hat to Acquire CoreOS — The world's leading provider of open source solutions, tod...
Dec 23, 2018•36 min
Intel developers are working to open source the FSP, Fuchsia SDK and device repos show up in Android AOSP, and our BSD buddies have some big news. Plus the pending removal of the x32 sub-architecture from Linux, why Uber is joining up with the Linux Foundation, and more. Support Linux Action News Links: Intel Working On Open-Sourcing The FSP — Firmware support package (FSP) for initializing the Intel silicon - the CPU, memory controller, chipset. Intel introduces the deep learning reference stac...
Dec 17, 2018•18 min
Microsoft is moving to Chromium, and Mozilla isn't too thrilled about it. Plus the Kernel team's clever Spectre slowdown fix, Emby goes proprietary, Steam Link lives on, and more. Support Linux Action News Links: Microsoft Edge to move to a Chromium base — Today we’re announcing that we intend to adopt the Chromium open source project in the development of Microsoft Edge on the desktop to create better web compatibility for our customers and less fragmentation of the web for all web developers. ...
Dec 10, 2018•25 min
Clear Linux doubles down on the desktop, Fedora 31 is likely canceled or delayed, and why Firecracker is being called the new "Docker killer". Plus AMP's new governance model kicks in, and the Necuno Mobile Plasma tease. Support Linux Action News Links: Clear Linux now easier to try and to install — The addition of the desktop-live image itself is also certainly a welcome addition for those planning a desktop install rather than first having to install the basic Clear Linux without any desktop e...
Dec 03, 2018•30 min
The Fuchsia bomb ticks closer, Valve's Steam Link end of life shocks us, and Amazon's new, rather obvious feature. Plus the surprise use for Red Hat Enterprise, and an update on the Linux powered Atari VCS. Support Linux Action News Links: Huawei testing Fuchsia on the Honor Play — A new commit in the Fuchsia source code has revealed that Huawei has managed to boot the Zircon kernel on the Honor Play. Steam Link box discontinued — According to Valve, the inventory of Steam Links has fully deplet...
Nov 26, 2018•28 min
Mark Shuttleworth announced 10 years support of Ubuntu 18.04, but there's a catch. Why we're buying the new Raspberry Pi, and we have a laugh at folding Android screens. Plus the new Red Hat Enterprise beta has modularity, why Canonical might be ready for investors, and the bad week for cryptocurrencies. Support Linux Action News Links: New mid-range Raspberry Pi launched — TL;DR: you can now get the 1.4GHz clock speed, 5GHz wireless networking and improved thermals of Raspberry Pi 3B+ in a smal...
Nov 19, 2018•32 min
Ubuntu on select Samsung devices goes into beta, we cover the technicalities of Linux on the new Macs, one of our favorite desktop projects gets a big update, and the Librem 5 slips. Plus it's the end of the line for the Nexus devices, and more! Support Linux Action News Links: Booting Linux on new Macs — Apple's T2 security chip being embedded into their newest products provides a secure enclave, APFS storage encryption, UEFI Secure Boot validation, Touch ID handling, a hardware microphone disc...
Nov 12, 2018•31 min
The new Fedora has a neat trick, The Register's KDE klickbait, and GhostBSD impresses. Plus Sailfish's release strategy gets refined, System76 announces their Thelio Linux hardware, and more. Support Linux Action News Links: Fedora 29 released — This release is particularly exciting because it’s the first to include the Fedora Modularity feature across all our different variants. Modularity lets us ship different versions of packages on the same Fedora base. This means you no longer need to make...
Nov 05, 2018•25 min
Linus is back in charge with the whole world watching, IBM is buying Red Hat, and Pine64 says they’re working on a Plasma phone. Plus Firefox has a new sales pitch for you, and how HTC's blockchain future is already fizzling out. Support Linux Action News Links: Linus back in charge of the kernel — And with that, Linus, I'm handing the kernel tree back to you. You can have the joy of dealing with the merge window :) Pine64 working on a KDE phone — It’s a confirmed news that Pine64 is considering...
Oct 28, 2018•25 min
The Cosmic Cuttlefish is out, and we share our quick take. Juno finally lands and this one sets the bar, MongoDB gets hip to the license changes, and watch out Linux... Here come the pros! Plus we go over the newly publish Ubuntu statistics, and Google's new Android licensing scheme in Europe. Support Linux Action News Links: Ubuntu 18.10 released — Ubuntu 18.10 introduces the GNOME 3.30 desktop and Yaru, the new community-developed default theme. More Ubuntu statistics published — This report i...
Oct 21, 2018•31 min
Another fork is brewing, Microsoft hands over their patents of mass destruction leaving us with a few questions, and the best features of the new Plasma release. Plus Google's new Linux hardware, Flatpaks have met their critic, and more. Support Linux Action News Links: Ubuntu Touch OTA 5 released — While many have already joined the community on 16.04 with OTA-4, in addition to the long-term support of upstream Ubuntu development, OTA-5 will include a more stable experience, new tweaks, and new...
Oct 15, 2018•35 min
Red Hat's Stratis project reaches a major milestone, Microsoft's Linux powered dev boards go up for sale, and Fedora's hunt for buggy hibernation under Linux has begun. Plus Android App mirroring, how the islands of the clouds are getting bridged, and Chris channels his inner Shuttleworth. Support Linux Action News Links: Red Hat's Stratis Storage Project Reaches Its 1.0 Stable Milestone — Stratis has been the Red Hat play two years in development for delivering next-gen Linux storage following ...
Oct 08, 2018•22 min
Google's Project Zero criticizes Linux distros, Firefox can now tell you when you get pwned, and the growing elephant in the room about Azure. Plus a new release of our favorite non-distro, GPL revoking debunking, and Android turns 10. Support Linux Action News Links: Android turns 10 — This was an era in which Android devices were responding to Apple, and not vice versa as we find today. Google's Project Zero criticises Linux distros for tardy kernel patches — Project Zero accuses Linux distrib...
Sep 30, 2018•25 min
Linus is taking a break from maintaining the kernel, AMP might be set free, and Firefox goes VR. It’s also been a big week for Linux on Windows with Flatpaks and a new distro running on WSL, and a flawless Ubuntu VM experience. Special Guest: Wes Payne. Support Linux Action News Links: Firefox VR browser released — Mozilla announced back in April that it was developing Firefox Reality, a next-generation web browser specifically for standalone VR and AR devices, and now it’s actually here. Firefo...
Sep 23, 2018•26 min
Fedora want help testing their innovations, Mozilla continue to focus on mobile, Chrome OS gets a major new feature, and Microsoft almost stepped in it bigtime. Plus new releases from nano and Nextcloud, huge news for Jupiter Broadcasting, and more. Special Guest: Wes Payne. Support Linux Action News Links: Give Fedora Silverblue a test drive — Fedora Silverblue is a new variant of Fedora Workstation with rpm-ostree at its core to provide fully atomic upgrades. Furthermore, Fedora Silverblue is ...
Sep 17, 2018•21 min
Great new releases for GNOME and Tor, delays for the Librem 5, and Linus proves to be extremely important. Plus some innovative tech gets an open source implementation, and NSA encryption removed from the kernel within weeks of inclusion. Special Guest: Wes Payne. Support Linux Action News Links: GNOME 3.30 Released — The latest version of GNOME 3 has been released today. Version 3.30 contains six months of work by the GNOME community and includes many improvements and new features. Tor browser ...
Sep 09, 2018•25 min
This week saw a huge release for UBports, proof that LMDE is still alive, and Mozilla earning a lot of respect. Plus mixed news for Google, and a surprising blockchain fact. Special Guest: Wes Payne. Support Linux Action News Links: Ubuntu Touch OTA 4 Released — After eight months of work, the UBports Foundation is proud to announce the release of Ubuntu Touch OTA-4. This release features Ubuntu 16.04 as its base (previously 15.04), bringing security fixes and greater stability to unseen corners...
Sep 03, 2018•22 min
Some massive free software milestones this week, Intel's Microcode benchmark snafu, and Windows games for Steam on Linux confirmed, so we give it a test. Plus Venezuela ties its currency to a cryptocoin, and our reaction to Windows 95 getting stuffed inside an Electron app. Sponsored By: Ting : Save $25 off your first device, or $25 in service credit if you bring one! Support Linux Action News Links: Flatpak reaches 1.0 — Flatpak 1.0 is the first version in a new stable release series. This new ...
Aug 26, 2018•25 min
It seems Valve is working to make Windows games work on Linux, and LVFS turns its focus to NVMe drives. Plus KDE 3 lives on, Endless ships on Asus, and major distros patch against Foreshadow. Support Linux Action News Links: Valve working to make Windows games work on Steam OS Endless OS shipping on Asus hardware Trinity Desktop R14.0.5 released Help LVFS gather NVMe data Linux 4.18 Arrives With Some Big Changes 4.18.3 is already out Major distros patched against Foreshadow...
Aug 20, 2018•16 min
We cover the noteworthy features of Android Pie, Lenovo joins The Linux Vendor Firmware Service, and Dropbox is ending support for non-Ext4 filesystems. Plus big news for Flatpaks, the blockchain goes to work, and Open Source goes all Hollywood. Support Linux Action News Links: Android Pie released Please welcome Lenovo to the LVFS LVFS: Device List Flatpaks auto-update in GNOME 3.30 The birth of a new runtime 94 Companies Join IBM and Maersk's Blockchain Supply Chain Dropbox Ending Support for ...
Aug 13, 2018•27 min
GNOME and elementary OS receive a large somewhat mysterious donation. Wireguard is coming to a Kernel near you, and Mozilla wants to talk about the Dweb. Plus OpenWrt is alive and well, and Samsung has a new trick. Sponsored By: Ting : Save $25 off your first device, or $25 in service credit if you bring one! Support Linux Action News Links: New Samsung Dex tablet OpenWrt 18.06 released Wireguard submitted for inclusion in the kernel Linus is a fan elementary OS receives large donation GNOME Fou...
Aug 05, 2018•18 min
Slackware's founder runs into challenges, YouTube makes changes that slow down Firefox, while Firefox is cutting back on some features, and another German region dumps FOSS. Plus some hard data on why it's time to drop 32-bit Linux, and Lubuntu's got a new direction. Support Linux Action News Links: Slackware dev has financial problems Follow Up post by Patrick Patrick Volkerding’s PayPal YouTube slower on Firefox YouTube Classic – Add-ons for Firefox Firefox to lose some features Another German...
Jul 30, 2018•27 min
Linux gains a world class media editor, Atari is making Chris nervous, and the Librem 5 hits some rocky waters. Plus the EU fines Google over how they leverage Android, some follow up, and more. Support Linux Action News Links: REAPER 5.93 Brings New Linux-Native Builds REAPER | Technical Features — Forum Atari VCS update/FAQ Librem 5 update EU fines Google $5BN Google responds Introducing Data Transfer Project Slackware turns 25...
Jul 23, 2018•37 min
Arch finds itself in the barrel, Ubuntu goes on a diet, and Python's leader for life has had enough, and steps down. Plus Debian joins KDE's council of wizards. Sponsored By: Ting : Save $25 off your first device, or $25 in service credit if you bring one! Support Linux Action News Links: Arch Linux AUR Repository Found to Contain Malware Minimal Ubuntu released Guido van Rossum resigns as Python leader PEP 572 and decision-making in Python Firefox for Android enters maintenance phase as team pr...
Jul 16, 2018•31 min
SUSE is acquired and GNOME is hiring, and it might just be the summer of forks. Plus how about a new package manager for your distro? Support Linux Action News Links: SUSE Partners with Growth Investor EQT to Continue Momentum, Strategy Execution and Product Expansion GNOME Foundation opens recruitment for further expansion Positions available – GNOME GNU Guix & GuixSD 0.15.0 released Most Android apps can surreptitiously access screen contents Fork of Copperhead OS appears Stylish extension...
Jul 08, 2018•23 min
Gentoo's GitHub is compromised, and Google's writing big checks to the Linux Foundation to distract you from the Fuchsia elephant in the room. Plus we try out AWS' new Linux WorkSpace, RISC-V's Linux first commitment looks a lot stronger this week, and why we think the STARTTLS Everywhere initiative is a great first step. Support Linux Action News Links: SiFive talks up RISC-V RISC-V so far not as open as hoped But will be soon Announcing STARTTLS Everywhere Gentoo’s GitHub compromised AWS adds ...
Jul 01, 2018•34 min
