Linux Lads Podcast Season 4 - Episode 3: Flotsam and FOSDEM
Channel: Linux Lads
Date: 2021-01-04

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Chitchat
Shane made a low poly Tux (https://linuxlads.com/polytux) in Blender (https://www.blender.org/). 🖌️🎨🖼️ Any ideas for future projects?
Mike played with 🏗️ Ansible (https://www.ansible.com/)
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News
🌠 Star Trek: Picard (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek:_Picard)

Pine64 shows off new stuff at FOSDEM (https://fosdem.org/2020/) 🌲6️4️

Hardrock64 🤘🎸 (https://liliputing.com/2020/02/hardrock64-single-board-computer-coming-in-april-for-35-and-up.html) - Raspberry Pi (https://www.raspberrypi.org/products/raspberry-pi-4-model-b/) for comparison

they offered cases (https://twitter.com/thepine64/status/1223989671438508032) for the 📱 PinePhone (https://www.pine64.org/pinephone/)

and showcased all the OSes - YouTube video 📹 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cPkpnSeNLk)

Regolith 🀄 1.3 released (https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2020/01/regolith-linux-1-3-release-features) (via omg! ubuntu!)

🤵 Tuxedo Computers (https://www.tuxedocomputers.com) offer Manjaro (https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonevangelho/2020/01/15/get-ready-for-the-manjaro-linux-laptop-explosion-including-amd-ryzen-models) and Kubuntu (https://kubuntu.org/news/kubuntu-focus/) (via Forbes.com)

configure and price Kubuntu Focus 💻: Canada + US (https://kfocus.org/order/), rest of the world (https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en/Linux-Hardware/Linux-Notebooks/15-16-inch/Kubuntu-Focus.tuxedo)
Epic 🕹️ gives (https://www.gamingonlinux.com/articles/godot-engine-was-approved-for-an-epic-megagrant.15913) 💵 Godot a $250,000 grant (via GamingOnLinux)

Epic owned Rocket League 👎 drops support (https://linuxactionnews.com/142) for Linux and Mac (via Jupiter Broadcasting)

GeForce Now (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GeForce_Now) 👾 sadly doesn't work on Linux

Zorin Grid (https://zorinos.com/grid/) 🖥️🖥️🖥️🖥️

Wireguard 💂‍♀️ (https://www.wireguard.com/) will be included (https://www.techradar.com/news/wireguard-vpn-protocol-will-ship-with-linux-kernel-56) in kernel 5.6 (via TechRadar)

📧 Thunderbird (https://www.thunderbird.net/) is now under (https://www.zdnet.com/article/mozilla-moves-to-monetize-thunderbird-transfers-project-to-new-subsidiary/) MZLA Technologies (via ZDNet)

Ryan Sipes on the 🎙️ Mike Dominick Show (https://www.automator.show/5)
Shoutouts
Shane: Digital Sovereignity (https://digitalsovereignty.org) - A blog about digital freedoms. Found in the Binary Times podcast (https://thebinarytimes.net/) chat. They're just starting out and it's a topic I am very interested in so I felt like giving them a shout out. 🆓

Mike: 🚀 Rofi (https://github.com/davatorium/rofi) app launcher, window switcher, ssh launcher and much more. Even has a Pass (https://www.passwordstore.org/) integration!

Events
🍻🎤 FOSS Talk Live (https://fosstalk.com): 20th June 2020 at the Harrison (https://harrisonbar.co.uk/) in London 📅
Question for the audience
** ❓Are you using Vim (https://www.vim.org/) or are you doing it wrong?**

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