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Weekly Linux news and analysis by Chris and Wes. The show every week we hope you’ll go to when you want to hear an informed discussion about what’s happening.

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7 March 2021

Canonical reveals long-term Ubuntu plans that you might have missed, and the "double ungood" warning from Linus this week.

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28 February 2021

Red Hat is still in damage control mode, a new hacker laptop called Framework makes bold promises, and what Google is spending money on in the Linux kernel.

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21 February 2021

We share some exclusive details about the Linux-powered gear that just landed on Mars, and the open-source frameworks that make it possible.

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14 February 2021

Microsoft and Ubuntu's relationship is under a new spotlight this week.

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6 February 2021

The story behind a Microsoft repo shipping in Raspberry Pi OS, Canonical updates a special version of Ubuntu, and a couple of milestones the Linux world hit this week.

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31 January 2021

Google removes Matrix chat-client Element from the Play store, sudo has a major flaw with a long-tail, and Rocky Linux gets a boost.

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24 January 2021

Why we don't think Red Hat's expanded developer program is enough, our reaction to Ubuntu sticking with an older Gnome release, and a tiny delightful surprise.

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17 January 2021

Impressive updates for some beloved open source projects, and AlmaLinux—a leading CentOS alternative—is born.

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10 January 2021

We explain the recent Qt upset, and then go hands-on with the new PeerTube release.

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3 January 2021

A lot of open source development was packed into 2020, we recap some of the standout moments you should know about.

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27 December 2020

Our annual predictions episode kicks off with a review of what we got right and wrong for 2020, and then we speculate wildly about what could happen in 2021.

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20 December 2020

Another Google project meets an untimely demise, but we find the silver lining.