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This Week in Linux (TWIL) is the weekly news show that keeps you up to date with what’s going on in the Linux and Open Source world. “Your Source for Linux GNews”
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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!
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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!
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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!
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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!
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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!
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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!
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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!
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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!
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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!
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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!
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Nov 30, 2020 • 36min
127: Linus Torvalds on Apple M1 Mac, Blender, PulseAudio, 25 Years of GIMP

Nov 22, 2020 • 40min
126: youtube-dl Restored by GitHub, KDE PinePhone, Kali Linux, SUSE IPO? | This Week in Linux 126

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!
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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!
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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!
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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!
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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!
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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!
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