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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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Mar 11, 2018 • 31min
Episode 23: Bleachbit, Falkon, Ubuntu 18.04 Flavour Betas, Albert, Linux From Scratch | This Week in Linux 23
We’ve got some new releases from Bleachbit, KDE Falkon, Albert (the keyboard launcher), Caprine (desktop app for Facebook messenger), and more. We’ll follow up with projects we’ve covered in previous episodes like Museeks, Tizonia, WINE, and the Librem 5. Then we check out the future roadmaps of some projects like KDE Plasma 5.13, Ubuntu 18.04,… Read more

Feb 27, 2018 • 41min
Episode 22: Signal Gets $50M, Sway Fundraiser, Unity 8, Ubuntu Minimal, Psion Gemini | This Week in Linux 22
Signal got a massive donation from the Co-Founder of WhatsApp, Flameshot: a new screenshot tool is pretty slick. We take a look at an Open Source and Self-Hosted CRM solution for those interested in using Linux in their business. Updates for Unity 8 and the Sway Fundraiser. Psion Gemini: a cool modern PDA device started… Read more

Feb 18, 2018 • 42min
Episode 21: Canonical Data Collection, Netflix 1080p on Linux, Wine Staging & more | This Week in Linux 21
We’ve got a lot of distro news from Ubuntu, Solus, Fedora, Linux Lite and more. We’ll take a look at some updates for Linux 4.16 development and have you ever wanted to use Linux as your bootloader, well that might be possible in the future. For a nice change of pace from Oracle, we got… Read more

Feb 12, 2018 • 49min
Episode 20: Linux 4.15, MATE 1.20, Plasma 5.12, LibreOffice, VLC, Nextcloud, & Mycroft | This Week in Linux 20
We got a new Linux kernel, new updates from LibreOffice, Nextcloud, VLC and more. We also saw some hardware announcements from the KDE and Mycroft teams. Huge desktop environment releases from MATE and KDE Plasma. All that and much more! Segment Index 00:38 = Linux Kernel 4.15 Released · [link] 02:36 = John Perry Barlow… Read more

Jan 31, 2018 • 35min
Episode 19: Thunderbird New Design, UBports, NVIDIA Code Drop, Ubuntu 17.10 ISO Issue | This Week in Linux 19
Ubuntu disabled downloads for the 17.10 ISO. We’ll talk about why and what is being done to solve it. We’ll check out some Good News from Thunderbird, UBPorts, Solus, Amazon, and more. Then we’ll take a look at some interesting command-line tools that had updates this week. Steam’s Winter Sale is currently live for those… Read more

Dec 17, 2017 • 35min
Episode 18: MX Linux 17, Mozilla's Mistake, AMD Open-Sourcing Driver, & Net Neutrality | This Week in Linux 18
On this episode of This Week in Linux, we talk about the recent FCC decision to rollback Net Neutrality Rules. We check out some application news for GIMP, Firejail, mutt email client and more. Distro news from MX Linux, Kubuntu and Q4OS. Then we check out some Linux Gaming news including some Rocket League bugs.… Read more

Dec 10, 2017 • 30min
Episode 17: TeamViewer 13, CrossOver 17, Distros: Puppy, Peppermint, Bodhi, Uruk & more | This Week in Linux 17
TeamViewer 13 was announced and they’re bringing Native Linux support to their remote desktop software. We saw many Distro releases this week and in fact, we’ll be taking a look at 6 of them. We talk about how to get Microsoft Office 2016 on Linux. Then we’ll jump into some Linux Gaming, including one game… Read more

Dec 3, 2017 • 39min
Episode 16: Linux Journal, Linux Mint 18.3, DuckDuckGo CLI, Unity Update, & Lots of Swag | This Week in Linux 16
We say goodbye to Linux Journal. We’ll revisit the idea of using search engines on the command line. For Desktop Environments, Unity received a long awaited maintenance update and KDE issued their future goals for the project. In Linux Gaming, news for a PSP Emulator, the Ataribox and a Linux powered GameBoy-like portable handheld console.… Read more

Nov 26, 2017 • 36min
Episode 15: Lacking Super Productivity Signals From Munich | This Week in Linux 15
We check out a few useful command-line tools and productivity apps. We discuss Canonical’s recent outreach to the greater community with the future of Mir and the potential of Ubuntu Unity for 18.04. The City of Munich is back on the docket this week, hopefully for the last time and we’ll also check out some… Read more

Nov 19, 2017 • 45min
Episode 14: Linux Kernel 4.14, Firefox Quantum, Fedora 27, Munich? Meh | This Week in Linux 14
The first 6 Year LTS Linux Kernel was released this week. Huge Update from Mozilla with Firefox Quantum. New distro releases from Fedora and Slax. Linux now dominates the Supercomputer Market, well even more than it already did. This week I made a new way to easily find out what Linux games are on sale… Read more


