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Sep 9, 2021 • 1h 21min
Episode 249: Pine64 with Lukasz Erecinski
-- During The Show --
02:14 VPN Links - Jscar Hawk
Road Warrior Script
Mullvad Pricing
privacytools.io
Privacy Security and OSINT Podcast
04:30 Email 2 - VPN Question Response - Charlie
Incognet VPS
Mullvad VPN
Nearly Free Speech Webhosting
OpenNIC
HackerPublic Radio EP 3323
09:45 Caller Ryan
UniFi AP Setup
Can be done with UniFi App
UniFi CloudKey
Check the Docker Container Author
Use the docker file/container file and build it yourself
UniFi+Podman
Author is known in the community
AP placement (20 db of separation)
WiFiAnalyzer
WiFiScanner
[Steve's Ubuntu setup](ADD STEVE'S LINK HERE)
25:40 Email 4 - UPS & Servers - Veritanuda
Wake-On-Lan Packet
29:05 Email 5 - Comments on Windows - Jon
sudo strings /sys/firmware/acpi/tables/MSDM
31:25 Proton Shares Activist IP
No logging doesn't equal unable to log
Privacy is not a cloak for illegal activities
ProtonMail provided ways to avoid their own monitoring
ProtonMail talked with legal to try and avoid handing over information
Information was handed over in response to a legal request
XKCD Security
HackerNews
ProtonMail Blog Post
39:40 Pine64 Interview
DevZone
FemtoStar
How do you decide what products to make?
What Devices do you want to make but are impractical/not cost effective?
Pine64 router?
PinePhone Pro?
PinePhone Operating Systems
Target Audience?
PineNote
Where can people help?
What's next for Pine64?
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Sep 1, 2021 • 56min
Episode 248: Migrating a Network and a NAS
Patrick Emerson, director of IT from New Springs Church joins us to talk about their migration from their proprietary walled garden network and storage, to free and open source options.
-- During The Show --
00:55 VPS that accepts physical cash? - Charlie Brown
Host that accepts cypto currency
Pre-paid credit card
05:30 User Responds to Ventoy - Chris
Ineo M.2 NVMe Enclosure Affiliate Link
IODD 2531 Affiliate Link
IODD 2541 Affiliate Link
Japanese chat
Giveaway - write in your war story where one of these would have saved you
09:50 Firefox Audio Response - Cory
restart in safe mode (no need to disable add-ons)
11:30 Firefox Audio Feedback - Matthew
CLI Command: flatpak install org.freedesktop.Platform.ffmpeg-full/x86_64/20.08
12:20 Managing Documents Response - Jordan
Open Paper
14:40 Pick of the Week
Easy WSL
Turns Docker Containers into WSL distros
EasyWSL GitHub
TechRadar
15:50 Kodi / LibreElec Available
Kodi - Media Player App
LibreElEC 10 - Distribution
IR Remote Affiliate Link
Nvidea Shield spams ads
LibreELEC 10 has a few bugs
Kodi.tv
BetaNews
24:25 Kernel 5.14 Released
Secret Memory Areas
Hot-Unplug AMD Radeon Cards
New/Improved Hardware Support
Xbox One Controller
RaspberryPi 400
Dell Hardware Kill-Switches
Low Latency USB driver
OMG Ubuntu
26:10 Patrick Emerson Interview
Director of IT
5,000-7,000 Attendees
New Spring
Came into everything falling apart
Sophos router was undocumented and out of date
Sophos wanted $300/hr to help
1.4 TB of video created per week
Typical weeks work
Screenly
Bought 2 PFSense routers
D-Day (things fell apart)
Sophos freaked out and died
Have someone looking over your shoulder to double check things
Windows requires DHCP relay to be turned on when being used as a DHCP server
Add a "uknown to internet allow" rule
PFSense and OPNSense UI make networking clear
Future network planning
Dell Servers with direct access to the drives
IX Systems
45 Drives
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Aug 25, 2021 • 56min
Episode 247: 30 Years of Linux!
LibreOffice 7.2 is out, Gnome 41 Beta has been released, we talk streaming infrastructure, a must have networking tool for structured wiring, plus your questions, our picks!
-- During The Show --
02:30 Difference Between CDN - Brian
Matrix is designed to bridge chats
Early Days/Rough Edges
Pachutelive.tv
Demo
Nginx
Restream.io
Restreaming Service not CDN
Streamyard
Paid product
Cloud Based/Proprietary
Scale Engine
Best Option
Lots of similar/Better Features
Better Priced
Fantastic Customer Service
Ran by Members of the FOSS Community
16:00 Firefox Audio Problem - Cory
Try the Flatpak
Newer version of Firefox might fix it
Extensions can cause issues
Try Firefox safemode
Check the sample rate of the system audio
19:55 PineNote & Android Apps - Rev Joel Collier
Today no...
It is very possible in the future
Developers are currently working on getting Android Apps working on both the PinePhone and PineTab
25:39 Streaming a Funeral - Dennis
Magewell USB HDMI Capture
Any USB webcam should work
Lexicon Alpha
Scale Engine Demo
If you have any issues email "techies [at] altispeed.com"
30:00 Document Management - Richard
Offline Wiki?
36:06 Pick of the Week
Single Drive - Multiple Images
Ventoy
42:10 Gadget of the Week
Cable Comb Tool
Takes a 45min job to less than 5min
Amazon Affiliate Link
44:48 Gnome 41 Beta
UI and Feature Freeze
SIP base functionality added
GDM Allows Wayland User Session with X.Org Login
Gnome Control Center adds "Cellular" and "Multitasking"
Gnome Disk Utility now uses LUKS2
Phoronix
50:25 LibreOffice 7.2 Released
60% of code commits related to MS Office compatibility
New HUD
New LibreOffice Dark Mode
New Writer formatting options
Much more!
OMG Ubuntu
53:30 Linux 30 Years
Linux Insider
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Aug 18, 2021 • 56min
Episode 246: Open Source Polish
This week there are fantastic FOSS software releases, Element, PineNote, and an open source time keeping device that fits on a PCI card, the company behind the development will blow your mind!
-- During The Show --
01:06 Proton Mail feedback - Patrick
SteigerLegal
Proton Mail's design make this irrelevant
Important to understand were security ends
08:20 Apple vs Privacy - Ben
Apple's message doesn't match their actions
Stross's talk
Cory Doctorow
15:20 Making an image while OS running? - Advait
Timeshift + BTRFS snapshots
ZFS Snapshots
19:20 LTE Modems - Scott
Double NAT, Carrier Grade NAT
Create a VPN out to a VPS
22:25 Router recommendations - Yakoke
Microtik
PFSense 1100
OPNSense
Protectli+OPNSense
IPSEC is on everything
OpenVPN is better
WireGuard is best
31:19 Time Keeping
Caesium-133 Atom (Atomic) is the most accurate
GNSS Receiver
10 KHz side band radio
Computers use NTP
Stratum One
Developed by Facebook
Replaces Proprietary Boxes
Interfaces via PCIe
TechCrunch
39:00 Element Improvements
Voice Messages
New 1:1 Voice and Video Calls
Screen Sharing
Intelligent Call entries
Dial pad
Message indications
Encryption Improvements
Spaces coming out of Beta
Element Blog
46:15 Pine64
New Device PineNote
One of the most powerful eReaders on the market
Quadcore A55 CPU/4GB RAM/128GB eMMC
Dual Mics/Dual Speakers/USB-C/AC WiFi
10.3" 3:4 227 DPI 1404x1872 Display
Touch and Wacom Pen input
PineNote is aimed at early Adopters/Developers
PinePhone Keyboard Released
Pine64 Blog post
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Aug 11, 2021 • 56min
Episode 245: Apple Thinks Different About Encryption
Apple has announced a new update that will allow scanning of your private photos. Firefox 91 is released, and the new US infrastructure bill means you might be paying per mile to drive an EV.
-- During The Show --
03:00 Manually Connecting Services - Jim
Yes look for a developer
Make sure you understand what needs doing
Andreas Spiess YT Lora Info
07:20 Career Advice? - Robert
Start based on Value
Start with what you know well
Start with a LLC on the side
If moving to a new employer, be honest about how long you will work there
Put the customer's needs first
Anticipate needs
Set up a full LLC or Corp, not a DBA, pass through, or sole proprietorship
18:00 Email & PGP - Barking Bandicoot
AU Gov can force back doors
Symmetric vs (Public/Private key pair) Asymmetric/PKI encryption
GPG Guide
Enigmail
24:00 Pick of the Week
Stingle
Stingle White Paper
FOSS Photo backup app
Photos locally encrypted
ArsTechnica
26:20 Gadget of the Week
HulkMan Alpha100
Heavy Duty vehicle jump-starter/battery bank
Amazon Affiliate
30:30 Firefox 91
Total Cookie Protections Enhancement
Supports Log In and SSO on more sites
Simplify Page for printing is back
HTTPS First
31:45 Valve & Arch vs Debian
Debian - "if it ain't broke, don't fix it"
Arch - Faster fixes, Faster updates
PC Gamer
37:45 Infra Bill Includes Per Mile Road Tax
Per Mile Usage Fee
Data collected via
Third Party OBDII modules
OEM Telematics
Insurance Companies
"Any other method"
Nothing about data privacy
TheDrive.com
45:00 Apple & Encryption
Communication Safety Feature
iOS and MacOS
On-Device Machine Learning
Dangerous potential
Apple Privacy Letter
Apple Child Safety
Odysee Video
Snowden's Twitter Post
EFF Article
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Aug 4, 2021 • 1h 6min
Episode 244: Starting Fresh: Part 2
Steve Ovens returns to lay out his plans for his new house as well as ask the community for input on best practices. Standford AIMI center is expanding it's free repository of medical datasets for AI research, and Steam hits 1% Linux users again!
-- During The Show --
01:25 Hardware Keys, Ciphers, SSH - Jordan
OpenPGP
PKCS11
NitroKey, Onlykey, Yubikey, Solokey, etc secures your key
Most secure way is use a different key per hardware device
Corporate centrally manages SSH keys (FreeIPA, Active Directory)
Central Management
09:20 Swisscows vs Duckduckgo - Cory
DuckDuckGo is more private
DuckDuckGo Privacy Policy
12:00 Open Source Health Data Tracking - Alexei
Open Hak
Simblee 32bit BLE/MCU module
13:52 WiFi Phones - Charlie
Great Idea
I too am moving all communications to IP based
19:15 Gadget of the Week
Axis M3067-P
360° panoramic view Camera
Local Configuration
Multiple Views/Streams Available
24:10 Open-Source Medical Data Sets (AIMI)
Stanford.edu
AI Spots things better than the human eye
AI needs large data sets to train
Stanford provides an open source data set for training AI
Allows researchers to train AI for "non profitable" uses
28:28 Steam is back to 1% Linux Users
PCMag.com
Happened before steam deck was announced
Linux is taking over
Microsoft is pushing people to "Windows as a service"
33:44 Open Compute Project
Sharing data center design and management standards
Mind Drip Media Open Compute Project Video
Whole new way of looking at data centers
Build racks and data centers to use case
DataCenterKnowledege
Jeffgeerling.com
ArsTechnica
38:50 NEST
Fedora Linux Conventions
Flock to Fedora
In Person
Virtual Should remain when continued
Nest with Fedora
Virtual
Replacing Flock (Covid)
FUD Con
Fedora Users and Developers Convention
Replaced by Flock
Virtual Release parties will continue
50:55 Building Steve's House Continued
Kid friendly video chat station
Comfy Gaming area
Projector Room
Vlan Setup/Switches
Netgear Switch Rabbit Hole
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Jul 28, 2021 • 56min
Episode 243: Starting Fresh: Part 1
Steve Ovens joins us as we discuss the steam deck, Matrix getting 30 million in funding to polish the rough edges, and with Steve moving into a new house we talk about starting fresh!
-- During The Show --
00:45 Affiliate Link Typo - Chris
Feel free to google the model and buy else where
Lenovo Dock (Affiliate Link) works with MAC
OWC Dock (Affiliate Link) preferred MAC dock
02:50 Unexpected IPv6 - Hesham
IPv4 has NAT, firewall optional
IPv6 no NAT, firewall required
06:15 ANS Telegram - Advait
Geeklab.ninja no account required
GeekLab Telegram
GeekLab Matrix
Matrix and Telegram are bridged
07:20 Resizing Windows Drives - Chris
Use the windows partition manager
Remove unnecessary files
Disable Swap File
Start>Settings>System>About System
Advanced System Settings (About half way down)
Click Settings Button Under "Performance"
Click Advanced Tab
Under Virtual Memory click change button
Un-check "Automatically manage paging file size for all drives"
Select no paging file
Click OK and reboot
JkDefrag
From an administrative command prompt run: jkdefrag -a 5
Shrink partition using Windows partition manager
Remember to leave enough room to turn swap file back on
[Chris DeLuca (naelr) Matrix ID](@naelr:linuxdelta.com)
09:30 Email Feedback - Will
Posteo doesn't allow custom domains
Having control over your email domain is important
11:00 Pick Of the week
OtterCast
Audio line out
Audio Headphones out
Audio IN
WiFi
Ethernet
USB Sound card mode
Webinterface (Configuration)
Shairport-Sync
Pulseaudio sink/source
Snapcast server/client
Spotify Connect (librespot)
13:20 Gadget of the week
Steam Link Discussion with Steve Ovens
Will probably buy for the family instead of a switch
Steam controller is a favorite controller
Steambox/Steam Controller vs Steam Link comparison
Valve is pushing game shops to use Proton instead of linux native
Price discussion
FOSS vs Proprietary discussion
24:30 Ear 1 Wireless Ear Buds
Verge Article
Earbuds from OnePlus
$99
11.6 Drivers by Teenage Engineering
Qi and Type-C charging
26:30 Matrix Gets 30M
Access Act bill, HR 3849
World is waking up to decentralized services
Managing locked in platforms are too much for gov to manage
150,000 German Health care organizations on Matrix
Funding from Protocol Labs
Makers of Matrix don't "need" this funding
EMS currently makes enough to fund matrix development
This funding simply accelerates development and "Polish"
Funding planned for:
Full P2P support
Native E2EE VOIP/Web Conferencing
Decentralized Reputation system
Barinsta Cease and Desist Reddit
Barinsta Cease and Desist Github
Cease and Desist seems slightly over reaching
42:30 Alma Linux Office Hours
Alma Linux Post
Monday 4pm UTC
Beginning August 2nd 2021
You can email your questions in too!
Haven't been able to reach Rocky Linux folks
Alma Linux very accessible and involved
46:00 K9Mail Upgrade
Android Police
Huge Upgrade
Lots of fixes
Lots of new features
Version 5.8 is not quite available in Play Store
47:47 Steve Ovens Move/Tech
Where do I centralize things?
Access Points/Ethernet drops
Types of mounting/racks
Smurf Tube (Affiliate Link)
TV Boxes
Device Charging Setup
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Jul 21, 2021 • 56min
Episode 242: Selling Spyware
NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden is warning of world in which no phone is safe from state-sponsored hackers. A new version of Plasma Mobile is out, and Valve has released a portable gaming device, running Arch with KDE!
-- During The Show --
00:30 What Noah uses - Jon
Software
Distro - Kubuntu/Fedora
DE - KDE Plasma
Terminator/Konsole
Thunderbird
Fastmail (Work)
Proton Mail (Personal)
VLC/MPV
MakeMKV/Brasero
QMMP MP3 Player
KeepassXC (Personal)
Bitwarden (Public)
Virtual Box/KVM Libvirt
Audacity
Zoom/Jitsi
Sublime Text (Work)/EncryptPad/Joplin/VIM/Kate
Gimp (Images)/Inkscape (Graphic Design)
Element/Nheko/SchildiChat (The turtle one)
Okular
Install Method - Flatpak, AppImage, Snap
Phone
Work - Galaxy S10/iPhone
Personal - Nexus 6P with LineageOS
Personal Disconnected device - Sony Xperia SailfishOS
GPD Pocket on order
Play Device - Pinephone
In the Backpack
Dual Type-C charger RavPower
Apple Type-C charger
2TB External Drive
Small tool kit
Screw drivers
wirecutters
Flash drives
Portable Battery Pack
Netgear Nighthawk Mobile Broadband
Noise Canceling Headphones Sony WH1000xm4
Emergency Kit
Backup Phone (S7)
Backup Wallet
Minimal Viable Battle Station
Pelican 1620
Docking station Lenovo Dock Affiliate
Portable Desk
27" 2K Display
21:15 Decentralized Tech - Jay
Offline First
0Data
Unhosted
Web3
IPFS
22:45 ARP vs MAC Tables - Octavio
MAC Tables
Built by "MAC Learning"
Snooped
Used by switches to prevent HUB behavior
Used for switching
ARP tables
Built with ARP protocal
Used for routing
26:45 Pick of the Week
Tauon Music Box
Drag n Drop file importing
CUE sheet support
MOD tracker
Network Playback
Flathub
27:55 Make Good
SonoBus
High Quality, Low Latency, Peer-to-Peer Audio oever the internet
AAC-LD/AAC-HE
New commercial boxes use OPUS codec
31:30 Gadget of the Week
Omega Charger
World's Smallest 100W & 200W USB-C Charger
World's first 200W Gallium Nitride (GaN) charger
Quick charge 4 devices simultaneously
Estimated Shipping July 2021
34:00 Red Hat To expand Offerings
ZDnet
Low cost/Free RHEL for education
Conan Kudo Link
Open to Primary and Secondary Schools as well
38:20 Snowden Spyware / Mobile Phones Pegasus
Pegasus Malware Made by the NSO Group
Access to
Photos
Emails
Records Calls
Secretly Activate Microphones/Cameras
WhatsApp Chat
GPS Data
Calendar
Contacts
Over 50,000 numbers suspected targets
New "zero-click" attacks
Tech advancing too fast for normal people to keep up
Courts have ruled FaceID/Fingerprints can be compelled
Guardian
Jul 18th Guardian Article
Amnesty Article
49:40 Plasma Mobile 21.07 Released
Plasma Mobile Post
Join the Matrix room - #plasmamobile:matrix.org
52:55 Steam Deck
Steam Handheld
4 core, 8 threads AMD APU
64GB, 256GB, 512GB
$399-$649
Runs SteamOS (Arch+KDE+Big Picture Mode)
Goal: Get every Windows Game working before launch
Tech Radar
IGN
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Jul 14, 2021 • 56min
Episode 241: Gmail Alternatives
We've received a ton of email asking how to get off Gsuite, and what alternative providers are out there. This week we dig in and go through the top alternatives to Gsuite.
-- During The Show --
00:30 Another Gmail Migration Suggestion - Charims
https://imapsync.lamiral.info/
email address: charims@pcwideopen.com
01:00 More Gmail Suggestions - Freddie
Import mbox file into Thunderbird then export in the format you need
01:30 NFS/Freenas issue - Charliebrownau
NFS shares broke with kernel 5.13
FreeNAS offers a snapshot solution to rollback
03:15 NFS - Gary
Could be a NFS file locking issue
03:45 OpenMedia Vault - Cory
Works great on a RaspberryPi
LVM not working however
04:25 Pick of the Week
Deskreen
Allows any device to be a second monitor
Cross platform
05:30 Gadget of the week
Pockethernet
Smartphone connected Ethernet network analyzer
Pairs via bluetooth
Supports:
Cable toner with customizable tones
Wiremap
PoE
TDR
TDR Graph
Link
CDP / LLDP
Outgoing VLAN Tag
DHCP
Ping
Traffic
BER
07:40 Linux foundation - 3D foundation
Tech Republic
Open source 3D engine
20 founding partners
Linux Foundation can "speak corporate"
Benefits not just gaming
Github
13:16 CBL Mariner
Beta News
Github
Microsoft's Linux
uses RPM-OSTree
Follows a secure-by-default principle
15:50 Audacity Update
ArsTechnica
Telemetry is off by default
Telemetry is optional
Telemetry is intentionally easy to remove
Convenience of Yandex and Google is at odds with community wishes
Going forward Audacity will self host metrics
4Chan forced/doxed/threatened a fork of audacity into ending
Github Sneeds
Github Tenacity Maintainer post
21:40 Ansible considers switching to Matrix
Ansible Github Post
IRC issues:
out of date
blocked in many network environments
Lack good moderation tools
missed messages when not logged in
lack of name space ownership
Matrix benefits:
Issues in Matrix are client limitations not protocol limitations
control over name space
Federates like email
Federated, auto updating blacklist
Red Hat is providing funding for EMS hosting
EMS, Mozzila, and Red Hat are fantastic partners
Blacklist Post
34:20 Firefox 90.0
Https only mode in about:config
Print to PDF now produces working hyperlinks
FTP support removed
Firefox Post
35:30 Tony from the matrix chat
Bring in IP cam to web conferencing software
VLC capture
OBS
37:00 Gmail Alternatives
Hushmail
Plain text only
been around since 1999
MsgSafe.io
4096-bit GPG encryption
Virtual Identities
Free plan available
GMX
OpenPGP
Based in Germany
Ad supported
Send up to 50 MB attachments
Mailbox.org
Setup after Snowden revelations
Based in Germany
25 years of experience in providing secure communications
Standard subscription includes many tools
Stores IP addresses for 4 days
Up front with their privacy policy
Posteo
Combines privacy with sustainability
Powered by 100% green energy
Anonymous Sign-up and Payment
ad-free
50 MB Attachments
Runbox
100% hydro-electric energy
Based in Norway
Zoho Mial
Free up to 5 users
Full email and office suite
Encryption
Fastmail
Great for business
Fantastic Management interface
Data belongs to you
you are the customer not the product
Stored data encrypted with LUKS
Has added features like "topic box"
Based in Australia
Australia is part of the "Five Eyes"
Australia has the Assistance and Access Bill
Mail Fence
Based in Belgium
OpenPGP end-to-end encryption
free and paid plans
KoLab Now
Full collaboration suite
Based in Switzerland
100% Free & open source software
No vendor lock-in
Startmail
Founded by Dutch private search engine Startpage team
Track record of privacy
IP address is kept for 3 days
Tracking cookies strictly forbidden
Offers PGP encryption
Encryption is done server side
Accepts crypto currency
Tutanota
Based in Germany
Free and Paid Plans
Discounts for non-profits
End-to-End encryption
secure calendar
Proton Mail
Open source and Independently audited
End-to-End encryption
No-logs
Supports 2FA
You control the encryption key
Password protect non Proton Mail emails
Message expiration
Secure calendar and file sync
Ctemplar
Icelandic law
No data retention
advanced protections (JS injection, malicious SRI)
100% audited and open source
Zero data access
end to end encryption
powered by green energy
Anonymous (including payments)
App in Fdroid
Email Comparison Chart
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Jul 7, 2021 • 56min
Episode 240: Forked FTW
After a privacy policy update to Audacity, a FOSS audio editing software has been forked. Google is forcing new apps to use app bundles instead of APKs starting in August, and Jim Whitehurst steps down from his role just 14 months in.
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01:00 User Responds to User RE: MBOX - Jay
Mbox Viewer
Supports files larger than 4G
Export all attachments
Export in EML
Export all to separate EML
03:50 File permissions TrueNAS/NFS - Gray
Check your permissions
dataset - including child datasets
NFS share
FreeNAS/TrueNAS configuration is separate from the ZFS dataset
06:30 Matrix server question - Vladimir
EMS (Element Matrix Services)
Matrix is a server/client relationship
Server - Synapse
Client - Element
Account portability/P2P is coming
Dendrite
Matrix Migration Tool
17:30 Feedback/thanks - Lukasz
Thank You Noah
21:22 Email - Charlie Reacts to Audacity - Charliebrownau
Why are governments/companies allowed to hijack opensource projects
Bad things on the horizon for audacity
22:50 Pick of the Week
InkBox
OS replacement for Kobo eReader
Kobox/x11 support
OS built around security
root file system checked on boot
signed packages
Kobo eReader Affiliate Link
Kobo Packages
24:50 Gadget of the Week
Rain Design 10037 mTower Vertical Laptop Stand
High Quality
Aesthetically Pleasing
Fits a variety of Laptops
One piece / nothing to strip
Heavy / doesn't slide around
Rubber padding protect laptop
Amazon Affiliate Link
Lenovo Thunderbolt Dock Affiliate Link
Dell Monitor Affiliate Link
30:20 Jim Whitehurst Leaves IBM
Newsroom Article
Jim stayed on after the IBM acuasition
Jim is leaving after 14 Months
IBM had nothing to do with CentOS
Google Forcing App Bundles
Slash Gear
Google Developers Blog
Google is forcing new apps to use android app bundles (.aab) instead of APKs in August
Play Asset Delivery replaces OBB
better compression
dynamic delivery (deltas)
smaller apps
Play Feature Delivery
allows minimum app download
the rest of the app downloads in the background
Utilizes Google Play only features
Requires developers to do the heavy lifting
Requires developers to maintain 2 versions of their app if they want to distribute their software outside the play store
49:10 Audacity
Github Disccusion
Reddit Discussion
Slashgear
3.0.3 RC1 Released
Adds Binary for Linux via AppImage
Ubuntu Handbook
Switch to 64-bit Windows binary
Dropped Windows XP support
Improved default spectrogram colors
Fix user interface display issue on HiDPI display in Linux.
Fix that font size scales incorrectly.
Updated Privacy Policy
3 Compile Flags
Network Flag = Off Default, no networking features are built regardless of what other flags are set to
Sentry Reporting - Default ON -- Enables error reporting to sentry.io
Crash Reports - Default ON -- Sends crash reports data to breakpad
Updates Check - Default ON -- Requests data from audacityteam.org about latest release
Slashgear
Community Audacity Fork
Nothing bad in the current version
FOSS (GPL) prevents projects from dieing / being taken over
License makes it too easy to cut and run
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