This Week in Linux
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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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Sep 24, 2019 • 56min
Episode 82: Most Controversial TWinL Ever: RMS, Librem 5, GIMP, Huawei, Microsoft Trust | This Week in Linux 82
On this episode of This Week in Linux, we have probably the most controversial episodes we have ever done for this show but before we get to all of that, we’re going to cover some exciting news like a new version of OBS Studio with release of OBS 24. Pine64 announces they are working a… Read more
Sep 18, 2019 • 39min
Episode 81: Linux 5.3, GNOME 3.34, Manjaro, Destination Linux Network, Mumble, Telegram | This Week in Linux 81
On this episode of This Week in Linux, we got the 5.3 release of the Linux Kernel. GNOME recently released their latest version of the GNOME Shell with GNOME 3.34. Manjaro is leveling up by creating a new business around their distro. Speaking of new businesses, the Destination Linux Network is now live and I… Read more
Aug 28, 2019 • 47min
Episode 80: Linux Birthday, IBM POWER, Ubuntu Touch, Pinebook Pro, NVIDIA, Dell, Steam | This Week in Linux 80
On this episode of This Week in Linux, we’ve got a couple birthdays to celebrate with one being the Linux kernel itself and Valve’s Steam Play (Proton) project. IBM announced some great news regarding their open source efforts (POWER), UBports announced OTA-10 of Ubuntu Touch, the Pinebook Pro public preorders have arrived, DELL announced their… Read more
Aug 20, 2019 • 43min
Episode 79: KDE Apps 19.08, KNOPPIX, System76, Slackware, Huawei, EndeavourOS, Dreamcast | This Week in Linux 79
On this episode of This Week in Linux, KDE announced their latest big release of their Application Suite with dozens of new app updates. We got some Distro news to talk about with KNOPPIX, Slackware, EndeavourOS and Neptune Linux. System76 announced some really cool news with their new Graphical Firmware Manager tool. We’ll talk about… Read more
Aug 13, 2019 • 52min
Episode 78: Xfce 4.14, FFmpeg, KDE Zero-Day, Linux Journal, NVidia, AMD, LibreOffice | This Week in Linux 78
On this episode of This Week in Linux, we got a lot of Big Releases from Xfce, FFmpeg and LibreOffice. Nvidia announced something we never expected them to, they have actually started releasing documentation related to their hardware. There were some reports for a Zero-Day Exploit concerning KDE so we’ll take a look at that.… Read more
Aug 6, 2019 • 48min
Episode 77: Blender 2.80, Linux Mint, VR Desktop, System76, Librem 5, Manjaro, Proton | This Week in Linux 77
On this episode of This Week in Linux, we have a jam pack show for you with a huge release from Blender of .Blender 2.80. Linux Mint has released their latest version of 19.2 and System76 announced a brand new laptop. We’ll also check out some Linux Kernel news because Valve is proposing some new… Read more
Jul 30, 2019 • 46min
Episode 76: Pinebook Pro, VLC Bug Debunked, Fedora CoreOS, SUSE New CEO, Mageia, Arco | This Week in Linux 76
On this episode of This Week in Linux, the Pinebook Pro is now available for Pre-Orders and a Critical Security Bug reported for VLC but that was quickly debunked so we’ll talk about the details for that. In App News, we got a couple new apps to check out. A command-line cheatsheet app called Cheat.sh… Read more
Jul 23, 2019 • 51min
Episode 75: EndeavourOS, Proxmox, deepin, EvilGnome Malware, Dropbox, FerenOS, Steam | This Week in Linux 75
On this episode of This Week in Linux, we’ve got a lot of Distro News with the first stable release of EndeavourOS, and we’ve also got new releases from Proxmox, deepin and FerenOS. Dropbox has decided to revert their weird decision of blocking various Linux Filesystems so we’ll talk about that. We’ve got some App… Read more
Jul 15, 2019 • 53min
Episode 74: IBM / Red Hat, Ubuntu & Nvidia, Firefox, Kdenlive, Syncthing, Huawei, Valve | This Week in Linux 74
On this episode of This Week in Linux, AMD releases BIOS fix for the Linux booting issue, IBM closes on the landmark acquisition of Red Hat, and Ubuntu announces that Ubuntu LTS users will be getting the latest nvidia drivers much more easily. In App News, Mozilla releases Firefox 68 and Mozilla responds to some… Read more
Jul 9, 2019 • 48min
Episode 73: Linux 5.2, Debian 10, Pinebook Pro, Mageia, Whonix, GRUB, Valve, Zorin, Mint | This Week in Linux 73
On this episode of This Week in Linux, we got a LOT of big news from the Linux Kernel, Debian, GRUB, openSUSE’s Open Build Service, Mageia, Whonix, Linux Mint and more. We’ll also check out some hardware news regarding a portable monitor, some new hardware from NVidia and some new hardware from AMD. Speaking of… Read more
