438: Jill's Treasure Hunt, Google vs F-Droid, Samsung Ads on Refrigerators

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In this episode of Destination Linux, the team dives into global privacy laws and how the UK’s proposed child protection and filtering systems could reshape the internet as we know it. Ryan breaks down Google’s latest developer decree that threatens the very existence of F-Droid and other open-source Android app stores, while Jill takes us on a nostalgic journey through her boxed Linux collection—from Red Hat 5 to Corel Linux and Mandrake 7.0. Nate wraps things up with a look at Samsung’s bizarre decision to push advertisements on $1,800 smart refrigerators. Privacy, history, and a little bit of corporate absurdity all collide in this week’s show.

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Chapters:

00:00:00 Intro
00:02:58 Update on Michael & The Two-Week Hiatus
00:05:12 Community Feedback: UK Privacy Laws & Router Control
00:23:09 Sponsor: Sandfly Security
00:25:30 Is Google Killing F-Droid? Android's Open Source Dilemma
00:43:18 Jill’s Treasure Hunt: Unboxing Classic Linux Distros
00:45:50 Red Hat 5.0 Hurricane: The Shift from UNIX to FOSS
00:53:29 Corel Linux OS: Industry Graphics and the Wine Breakthrough
01:07:29 Linux Mandrake 7.0: The Distro That Detected Your Sound Card
01:15:06 Treasure Hunt Wrap Up
01:15:35 Samsung's Ad-Riddled ,800 Refrigerator
01:40:44 Over Time
01:41:44 Support the Show
01:43:35 Outro
01:44:36 Post Show

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• Is Google Killing F-Droid? Android's Open Source Dilemma
  • https://f-droid.org/en/2025/09/29/google-developer-registration-decree.html
• Samsung's Ad-Riddled ,800 Refrigerator
  • https://fortune.com/2025/09/19/samsung-family-hub-refrigerators-advertisements/
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