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Jan 3, 2021 • 36min

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

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! SPONSORED BY: Digital Ocean ►► https://do.co/dln Bitwarden ►► https://bitwarden.com/dln TWITTER ►► https://twitter.com/michaeltunnell MASTODON ►► https://mastodon.social/@MichaelTunnell DLN COMMUNITY ►► https://destinationlinux.network/contact FRONT PAGE LINUX ►► https://frontpagelinux.com MERCH ►► https://dlnstore.com BECOME A PATRON ►► https://tuxdigital.com/contribute This Week in Linux is produced by the Destination Linux Network: https://destinationlinux.network SHOW NOTES ►► https://tuxdigital.com/twil132 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 Other Videos: 6 Cool Things You Didn't Know About Linux's History: https://youtu.be/u9ZY41mNB9I How To Use Firefox's Best Feature, Multi-Account Containers: https://youtu.be/FfN5L5zAJUo Linux Explained - How Some Distros Are Based On Other Distros: https://youtu.be/OWk3D6x64tk 7 Reasons Why Firefox Is My Favorite Web Browser: https://youtu.be/bGTBH9yr8uw Thanks For Watching! Linux #OpenSource #TechNews
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Dec 27, 2020 • 41min

131: Xfce 4.16, UX Redesign for GNOME 40, Kdenlive, ODROID-Go Super, Steam Sale

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! SPONSORED BY: Digital Ocean ►► https://do.co/dln Bitwarden ►► https://bitwarden.com/dln TWITTER ►► https://twitter.com/michaeltunnell MASTODON ►► https://mastodon.social/@MichaelTunnell DLN COMMUNITY ►► https://destinationlinux.network/contact FRONT PAGE LINUX ►► https://frontpagelinux.com MERCH ►► https://dlnstore.com BECOME A PATRON ►► https://tuxdigital.com/contribute This Week in Linux is produced by the Destination Linux Network: https://destinationlinux.network SHOW NOTES ►► https://tuxdigital.com/twinl131 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 Other Videos: 6 Cool Things You Didn't Know About Linux's History: https://youtu.be/u9ZY41mNB9I How To Use Firefox's Best Feature, Multi-Account Containers: https://youtu.be/FfN5L5zAJUo Linux Explained - How Some Distros Are Based On Other Distros: https://youtu.be/OWk3D6x64tk 7 Reasons Why Firefox Is My Favorite Web Browser: https://youtu.be/bGTBH9yr8uw Thanks For Watching! Linux #OpenSource #TechNews
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Dec 20, 2020 • 36min

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

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! SPONSORED BY: Digital Ocean ►► https://do.co/dln Bitwarden ►► https://bitwarden.com/dln TWITTER ►► https://twitter.com/michaeltunnell MASTODON ►► https://mastodon.social/@MichaelTunnell DLN COMMUNITY ►► https://destinationlinux.network/contact FRONT PAGE LINUX ►► https://frontpagelinux.com MERCH ►► https://dlnstore.com BECOME A PATRON ►► https://tuxdigital.com/contribute This Week in Linux is a Proud Member of the Destination Linux Network! https://destinationlinux.network SHOW NOTES ►► https://tuxdigital.com/twinl130 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 Other Videos: 6 Cool Things You Didn't Know About Linux's History: https://youtu.be/u9ZY41mNB9I How To Use Firefox's Best Feature, Multi-Account Containers: https://youtu.be/FfN5L5zAJUo Linux Explained - How Some Distros Are Based On Other Distros: https://youtu.be/OWk3D6x64tk 7 Reasons Why Firefox Is My Favorite Web Browser: https://youtu.be/bGTBH9yr8uw Thanks For Watching! Linux #OpenSource #TechNews
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Dec 14, 2020 • 43min

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

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! SPONSORED BY: Digital Ocean ►► https://do.co/dln Bitwarden ►► https://bitwarden.com/dln TWITTER ►► https://twitter.com/michaeltunnell MASTODON ►► https://mastodon.social/@MichaelTunnell DLN COMMUNITY ►► https://destinationlinux.network/contact FRONT PAGE LINUX ►► https://frontpagelinux.com MERCH ►► https://dlnstore.com BECOME A PATRON ►► https://tuxdigital.com/contribute This Week in Linux is a Proud Member of the Destination Linux Network! https://destinationlinux.network SHOW NOTES ►► https://tuxdigital.com/twinl126 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 Other Videos: 6 Cool Things You Didn't Know About Linux's History: https://youtu.be/u9ZY41mNB9I How To Use Firefox's Best Feature, Multi-Account Containers: https://youtu.be/FfN5L5zAJUo Linux Explained - How Some Distros Are Based On Other Distros: https://youtu.be/OWk3D6x64tk 7 Reasons Why Firefox Is My Favorite Web Browser: https://youtu.be/bGTBH9yr8uw Thanks For Watching! Linux #OpenSource #TechNews
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Dec 8, 2020 • 33min

128: SUSE / Rancher Labs, System76 AMD Laptop, Linux on Apple M1 Mac Project

On this episode of This Week in Linux, SUSE's acquisition of Rancher Labs is now complete and I'll tell you why this matters. System76 announced their first entry into the world of AMD powered Linux Laptops with the new Pangolin laptop. A developer seems to want to prove me wrong about Linux Support for Apple's M1 Mac so we'll talk about that. Pine64 announced that the KDE PinePhone is available for pre-order. Plus we've got a lot of desktop environment news this week with new releases of both Linux Mint's Cinnamon and Solus' Budgie desktop and the dreaded single-threaded issue for GNOME may be coming to an end. All that and much more coming up right now on This Week in Linux! SPONSORED BY: Digital Ocean ►► https://do.co/dln Bitwarden ►► https://bitwarden.com/dln TWITTER ►► https://twitter.com/michaeltunnell MASTODON ►► https://mastodon.social/@MichaelTunnell DLN COMMUNITY ►► https://destinationlinux.network/contact FRONT PAGE LINUX ►► https://frontpagelinux.com MERCH ►► https://dlnstore.com BECOME A PATRON ►► https://tuxdigital.com/contribute This Week in Linux is a Proud Member of the Destination Linux Network! https://destinationlinux.network SHOW NOTES ►► https://tuxdigital.com/twinl128 00:00 = Coming up on TWIL 128 01:06 = SUSE Acquisition Of Rancher Labs 04:11 = System76 Pangolin AMD Linux Laptop 06:11 = Digital Ocean - Cloud Hosting Kubernetes ( https://do.co/dln ) 07:00 = Developer Working on Linux for Apple Silicon 11:13 = PinePhone KDE Edition Pre-Orders 14:44 = GNOME 40 Moves Input Work To Separate Thread 17:44 = Bitwarden: Password Manager ( https://bitwarden.com/dln ) 18:56 = Budgie Desktop 10.5.2 Released 21:38 = Cinnamon Desktop 4.8 Released 23:40 = Open Source Security Summit 25:43 = Housekeeping: Live Streams Game Sphere Chativerse Oh My! 26:49 = NetMarketShare Wnds Browser War Reports 29:22 = OpenZFS 2.0 Released Other Videos: 6 Cool Things You Didn't Know About Linux's History: https://youtu.be/u9ZY41mNB9I How To Use Firefox's Best Feature, Multi-Account Containers: https://youtu.be/FfN5L5zAJUo Linux Explained - How Some Distros Are Based On Other Distros: https://youtu.be/OWk3D6x64tk 7 Reasons Why Firefox Is My Favorite Web Browser: https://youtu.be/bGTBH9yr8uw Thanks For Watching! Linux #OpenSource #TechNews
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Nov 30, 2020 • 36min

127: Linus Torvalds on Apple M1 Mac, Blender, PulseAudio, 25 Years of GIMP

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Nov 22, 2020 • 40min

126: youtube-dl Restored by GitHub, KDE PinePhone, Kali Linux, SUSE IPO? | This Week in Linux 126

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Nov 15, 2020 • 45min

125: New KDE Plasma Theme In 5.21, GNOME Extensions Rebooted, GIMP 2.99.2

On this episode of This Week in Linux, we've got a bunch of new releases from a variety of projects. We're also going to be looking into the future with my magic crystal ball to discuss what is coming in the next versions of GIMP, GNOME and KDE Plasma . . . and by Crystal Ball I mean the projects issued roadmaps on their blogs. We've got a couple distro releases to discuss with Feren OS, Clonezilla, and a new offering from the Proxmox team. Then we'll discuss a Call For Help issued by the FSF to update their high priority list. All that and much more coming up right now on Your Weekly Source for Linux GNews! SPONSORED BY: Digital Ocean ►► https://do.co/dln Bitwarden ►► https://bitwarden.com/dln TWITTER ►► https://twitter.com/michaeltunnell MASTODON ►► https://mastodon.social/@MichaelTunnell DLN COMMUNITY ►► https://destinationlinux.network/contact FRONT PAGE LINUX ►► https://frontpagelinux.com MERCH ►► https://dlnstore.com BECOME A PATRON ►► https://tuxdigital.com/contribute This Week in Linux is a Proud Member of the Destination Linux Network! https://destinationlinux.network SHOW NOTES ►► https://tuxdigital.com/twinl125 00:00 = Coming up on TWinL 125 00:43 = Welcome to This Week in Linux 01:06 = Celebrate Episode 200 of DL With Us 01:57 = DLN Game Fest 03:04 = DLNStore.com 03:35 = Mutt 2.0 Released (Terminal Email Client) 06:14 = Proxmox Backup Server 1.0 Released 08:47 = GIMP 2.99.2 Released 13:46 = Digital Ocean - VPS & App Platform ( https://do.co/dln ) 14:30 = GNOME Extensions Rebooted for GNOME 40? 22:43 = KDE Plasma 5.21 Feature Preview 28:18 = Feren OS November 2020 Update 32:17 = Bitwarden - Open Source Password Manager ( https://bitwarden.com/dln ) 34:33 = OpenRazer 2.9 Released 37:30 = Clonezilla Live 2.7.0 Released 39:56 = FSF Calls For Help To Update High Priority List 42:33 = Outro Other Videos: 6 Cool Things You Didn't Know About Linux's History: https://youtu.be/u9ZY41mNB9I How To Use Firefox's Best Feature, Multi-Account Containers: https://youtu.be/FfN5L5zAJUo Linux Explained - How Some Distros Are Based On Other Distros: https://youtu.be/OWk3D6x64tk 7 Reasons Why Firefox Is My Favorite Web Browser: https://youtu.be/bGTBH9yr8uw Thanks For Watching! Linux #OpenSource #TechNews
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Nov 9, 2020 • 44min

124: Raspberry Pi 400, LXQt, Youtube-dl Update, Dell Privacy Drivers, HBO Max | This Week in Linux 124

On this episode of This Week in Linux, Raspberry Pi Foundation announced a really cool new product called the Raspberry Pi 400 which is a PC inside of a keyboard! Dell announced some really cool news about hardware privacy controls. We've also got a lot of new releases this week with a new version of the desktop environment LXQt, plus a new release of youtube-dl, Pitivi video editor, and the distro OpenIndiana. We've got a couple of follow ups this week from Linux Mint and also HBO Max. All that and much more coming up right now on Your Weekly Source for Linux GNews! SPONSORED BY: Digital Ocean ►► https://do.co/dln Bitwarden ►► https://bitwarden.com/dln TWITTER ►► https://twitter.com/michaeltunnell MASTODON ►► https://mastodon.social/@MichaelTunnell DLN COMMUNITY ►► https://destinationlinux.network/contact FRONT PAGE LINUX ►► https://frontpagelinux.com MERCH ►► https://dlnstore.com BECOME A PATRON ►► https://tuxdigital.com/contribute This Week in Linux is a Proud Member of the Destination Linux Network! https://destinationlinux.network SHOW NOTES ►► https://tuxdigital.com/twinl123 00:00 = Coming up on This Week in Linux 00:55 = Welcome to TWinL 124 01:18 = Episode 200 of Destination Linux on November 15th @ 4PM Eastern 01:32 = DL200 Will Be LIVE For Everyone! 02:24 = DLN Game Fest on November 15th @ 4PM Eastern 02:54 = DLNStore.com 03:37 = Raspberry Pi 400: PC In A Keyboard 10:46 = LXQt 0.16 Released 13:55 = youtube-dl v2020.11.01.1 Released 18:45 = Digital Ocean: VPS & App Platform ( https://do.co/dln ) 19:37 = Dell Enables Linux Hardware Privacy Controls 22:44 = HBO Max Back On Linux (For Now?) 25:24 = Pitivi 2020.9 Released (Video Editor) 28:33 = Bitwarden: Open Source Password Manager ( https://bitwarden.com/dln ) 30:29 = Linux Mint Now Packaging Their Own Chromium 35:23 = OpenIndiana 2020.10 Released 37:29 = Purism Publishes FAQs for Librem 5 Shipping 41:58 = Outro Other Videos: 6 Cool Things You Didn't Know About Linux's History: https://youtu.be/u9ZY41mNB9I How To Use Firefox's Best Feature, Multi-Account Containers: https://youtu.be/FfN5L5zAJUo Linux Explained - How Some Distros Are Based On Other Distros: https://youtu.be/OWk3D6x64tk 7 Reasons Why Firefox Is My Favorite Web Browser: https://youtu.be/bGTBH9yr8uw Thanks For Watching! Linux #OpenSource #TechNews
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Nov 1, 2020 • 1h 5min

Episode 123: Fedora 33, DMCA Takedown on youtube-dl, Pro1 X, X Server Being Abandoned? | This Week in Linux 123

This week has been packed with news, including some personal news of my own. If you are watching the video version you may notice that I am in a different room. Well I moved but more on that later. This week's episode is so jam packed! Fedora announced the latest release of Fedora 33. There was a DMCA Takedown on youtube-dl by RIAA and we have updates on this. A new Linux powered smartphone has been announced called the Pro1 X and it's said to come with your choice of LineageOS & Ubuntu Touch. AMD made 2 big announcements this week with the Radeon RX 6000 Series and that AMD is set to acquire Xilinx. SiFive announced a new development board called HiFive Unmatched which is powered by the RISC-V architecture. At long last, Snap Packages Are Getting A Speed Boost. There has been some confusion around the X Server recently and there are discussions of if it has been abandoned. Then we'll round out the show with another distro release, this time from NixOS with version 20.09. All that and much more coming up right now on Your Weekly Source for Linux GNews! SPONSORED BY: Digital Ocean ►► https://do.co/dln Bitwarden ►► https://bitwarden.com/dln TWITTER ►► https://twitter.com/michaeltunnell MASTODON ►► https://mastodon.social/@MichaelTunnell DLN COMMUNITY ►► https://destinationlinux.network/contact FRONT PAGE LINUX ►► https://frontpagelinux.com MERCH ►► https://dlnstore.com BECOME A PATRON ►► https://tuxdigital.com/contribute This Week in Linux is a Proud Member of the Destination Linux Network! https://destinationlinux.network SHOW NOTES ►► https://tuxdigital.com/twinl123 00:00:00 = Coming up on This Week in Linux 00:01:28 = Welcome to This Week in Linux 123 00:01:51 = Housekeeping: I moved so lots of changes coming 00:03:03 = Housekeeping: Episode 200 of Destination Linux! (Nov 15th) 00:03:33 = Housekeeping: DLN Game Fest (Nov 15th) 00:04:02 = Housekeeping: DLNStore.com 00:04:38 = Fedora 33 Released 00:10:04 = DMCA Takedown on youtube-dl by RIAA 00:20:31 = Pro1 X Smartphone: LineageOS and Ubuntu Touch 00:28:35 = Digital Ocean - App Platform Service ( https://do.co/dln ) 00:29:32 = AMD Announce The Radeon RX 6000 Series 00:34:59 = AMD To Acquire Xilinx 00:40:27 = SiFive's Compelling RISC-V Development Board 00:44:41 = Bitwarden - Password Manager ( https://bitwarden.com/dln ) 00:47:07 = Snap Packages Are Getting A Speed Boost 00:50:40 = Is The X Server Being Abandoned? 00:57:24 = NixOS 20.09 Released 01:03:05 = Outro Other Videos: 6 Cool Things You Didn't Know About Linux's History: https://youtu.be/u9ZY41mNB9I How To Use Firefox's Best Feature, Multi-Account Containers: https://youtu.be/FfN5L5zAJUo Linux Explained - How Some Distros Are Based On Other Distros: https://youtu.be/OWk3D6x64tk 7 Reasons Why Firefox Is My Favorite Web Browser: https://youtu.be/bGTBH9yr8uw Thanks For Watching! Linux #OpenSource #TechNews

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