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On this week's episode of Destination Linux, we're interviewed Philip Müller from Manjaro and Vinzenz Vietzke from Tuxedo Computers. We also unveiled some huge news for the Destination Linux Network (Front Page Linux), Protonmail calls out Zoom for privacy issues, and we also got an unusual gaming recommendation for the times we're in. All this and much more on this week's Destination Linux podcast.

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• Interview with Philip Müller of Manjaro & Vinzenz Vietzke of Tuxedo Computers
  • AMD Ryzen Laptop Announcement with Manjaro & Tuxedo Computers
• Community Feedback
  • Universal App Formats are just not ready yet - [Krzysztof]
• ProtonMail writes an article about the Privacy Issues they see with the Zoom.us video conferencing software
• Front Page Linux: Announcement & Launch
  • Front Page Linux (FPL) is a News, Tutorials, Articles & Videos website brought to you by the Destination Linux Network.
  • FPL's mission is to provide a one-stop shop for written media for Linux & Open Source content on the web. FPL is also very different in the structure because FPL works with the Open Source philosophy in that anyone in the community can contribute to the content of the site. If you're interested in contributing to FPL then please check out the FPL section on the DLN Discourse Forum.
• Software Spotlight:
  • SoX - the "swiss army knife of sound processing programs". SoX is a command line utility that can convert various formats of computer audio files in to other formats. It can also apply various effects to these sound files, and, as an added bonus, SoX can play and record audio files on most platforms. So if you need to combine audio, resample, extract portions of audio or just about anything else - SoX is a progream for you to check out.
• Tips & Tricks:
  • KDE Plasma's Global Shortcut for Muting a Microphone
• Gaming on Linux
  • Trailer Trashers
    • One of the great aspects of gaming is it can give you a break from reality and even offer some silly ridiculous fun. That's where games like 'Trailer Trashers' comes in.
    • Now this game even though it has some cartoon-ish like graphics is mature theme with some of the cartoon violence so don't play it with your kids. However, it's a ridiculous premise with lots of fast paced actions to enjoy with your adult friends. > PLAY ONLINE WITH STEAM REMOTE PLAY TOGETHER! Join with up to four players in this Hectic twin stick bullet bouncing frenzy. Challenge your friends in Death-match, Last Man Standing, Shotgun Soccer or crown yourself king of the "couch" in the all-including Party Mode!

Welcome to Episode 46 of Destination Linux for 11-20-17

Today on the show we have a special guest

Alan Pope (Popey)

Recent quote Not Lying!!

Google+

Twitter

@popey

TriggerPope

Mastodon

Youtube

Launchpad

Github

Ubuntu Member

Ubuntu LoCo Member

Ubuntu Membership Board

Some information on Alan’s Bio

Alan has been a Community Manager at Canonical primarily working on Ubuntu for devices but is pretty much anywhere and everywhere that Ubuntu is.

He first encountered Linux in the mid-1990s, and ran Red Hat then Debian on the desktop and server until Ubuntu Warty came out. Alan has been using Ubuntu since 4.10 – the Warty Warthog and never looked back.

Previously Alan spent 13 years working as a system admin on some evil German proprietary software, but did what he could for Ubuntu and Linux in his spare time.

Alan became an Ubuntu member in 2006 and has in the past been the contact person for the UK LoCo team, a member of the LoCo Council and a member of the EMEA Membership board and the Community Council. He quite dislikes forums. Alan likes cats.

Setup and ran the Screencast Team which aimed to create a set of tutorial videos for new Ubuntu users. As part of that he managed the Ubuntu Screencasts Site. Since then Alan has now handed this over to another Ubuntu member.

Often runs development releases of Ubuntu early in the cycle to provide testing, bug reporting and triage help.

Helping to organise OGGCamp – a barcamp style unconference.

The Ubuntu Podcast

Started the Ubuntu Podcast and continue to co-present, mirror, co-produce and co-manage the show along with a few other members of the UK LoCo Team Mark Johnson & Martin Wimpress

UBP has around 3,000 core subscribers with each episode downloaded about 10,000 times. You also recently hit 1.4 million downloads which is quite an achievement for a niche podcast.

Guest Host on other podcasts like Bad Voltage

Blog about Ubuntu

ROFL Learn not to be like this

News

Ubuntu 18.04 Daily Builds are now available

The schedule of the release of Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver with given dates are as follows:

• 4th January 2018 – Alpha 1 (Not Public Release – opt-in)
• 1st February 2018 – Alpha 2 (Not Public Release – opt-in)
• 8th March 2018 – Beta 1 (Not Public Release – opt-in)
• 5th April 2018 – Final Beta
• 19th April 2018 – Release Candidate
• 26th April 2018 – Final Release

Ubuntu Devs Want to Know How You Feel About Guest Sessions in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

New system sounds in 18.04? HT to Phoronix

Ubuntu Is Looking for a New Theme

Suru will be the default icon theme in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

Papirus Icon Theme 2017.11.02 Released

This Week in Solus – Install #48

Brisk Menu 0.5.0 Released

Redcore Linux...

Welcome to Destination Linux Episode 42 – Unpolished, Raw & Difficult

News

Microsoft has already fixed the Wi-Fi attack vulnerability Krack Attack

• Manjaro, Ubuntu and most all other operating systems have been patched.
• List of some and Another List

PureVPN’s ‘non-existent’ logs used to track, arrest alleged internet stalker

Did PureVPN Cross a Line When It Disclosed User Information?

Ubuntu 17.10 released on Thursday Oct 19th

How to Upgrade to Ubuntu 17.10

Ubuntu GNOME Shell in Artful: Day 16

Ubuntu 17.10 Launches with GNOME 3.26, but You Can Still Use Unity

KDE

Plasma 5.11.1

Softpedia Article

LibreOffice Is Getting New Look for KDE’s Plasma Desktop Thanks to LiMux Project

Private Internet Access becomes a KDE Patron

Mate

Ubuntu MATE 17.10 + pre-install snap

https://ubuntu-mate.org/blog/ubuntu-mate-artful-final-release/

This Week in Solus – Install #47

Fedora 27 Now Under Its Final Freeze

A Look At The New Features For Fedora 27

X.Org Server Security Vulnerability Patched in Ubuntu 17.04, 16.04 and 14.04 LTS

So the ‘Year of Linux’ never happened. When is it Chrome OS’s turn?

Gaming

What have I been playing:

Borderlands 2. I’ve put over a dozen hours into this triple A title and believe its one of the best FPS shooters of all time second to Doom 2016. Ridiculous laugh out loud humor, great story, amazing graphics, fantastic soundtrack. A must have title that’s native to Linux. The Prequel is just as amazing.

TF2 Update Jungle Inferno

GMG Article

Strategy game ‘Mushroom Wars 2’ arrives on Linux

News

Humble Bundle has been acquired by IGN

Official Announcement

Visceral Games Shut Down

Green Man Gaming Top 10 Sales Chart 16 October 2017

1. Destiny 2 – Standard Windows