511: Accepting the Future
21 May 2023
How we found peace with the Linux community’s perpetual debates; and our tricks for finding the signal from the noise.
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Episode Links
- Spotify App Stops Working for Linux Users
- GrapheneOS version 2023051600 Released — Add initial Contact Scopes feature as an alternative to granting the Contacts permission… Add production ready Pixel 7a support.
- GrapheneOS Discussion Forum: Version 2023051600 Released
- GrapheneOS on Twitter — Our new Contact Scopes feature is now available in the Alpha channel. It provides a way to avoid granting the Contacts permission for apps requiring it. It’s similar to our Storage Scopes feature replacing needing any of the media/storage permissions.
- GrapheneOS on Twitter — GmsCompatConfig (sandboxed Google Play compatibility layer configuration) version 53 released.
- Asahi Linux To Users: Please Stop Using X.Org — Asahi Linux lead developer Hector Martin issued a lengthy post encouraging users of this Apple Silicon focused Linux distribution to stop using X.Org as Wayland is the future.
- RHEL 9: Deprecated functionality — The X.org display server is deprecated, and will be removed in a future major RHEL release. The default desktop session is now the Wayland session in most cases.
- r/linux: The whole X11 vs. Wayland thing… — Whilst I get Wayland is the future I have a bunch of issues with it. Off the top of my head…
- Rustdesk ‘wontfix’ a naive privilege escalation on Linux
- The LUP Odroid H3+ Chassis — I recently got an Odroid H3+ and desperately needed a chassis for it so I decided to make one. Since I am a long-time listener and a big fan of the Linux Unplugged podcast I wanted to pay tribute to it.
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- LINUX Unplugged on the Podcastindex.org
- yt-fts: Youtube Full Text Search — Search all of a YouTube channel’s subtitles from the command line
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A special offer for all Linux Unplugged Podcast listeners and new Linode customers, visit linode.com/unplugged, and receive $100 towards your new account.
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