Google scrambles to repurpose Android Things, Microsoft wants to protect your Linux install really bad, and the first bank backed Crypto-coin makes a splash. Plus Void Linux issues a warning, running Linux on ARM laptops built for Windows, and more. Links: Google refocuses Android Things as a ‘platform for OEM partners’ — When Google announced ...…

A week of nasty security flaws, and a lack of patches... For some of us. Raspberry Pi opens a physical store, our thoughts on the new LibreOffice interface, and the new round of nasty flaws hitting all versions of Android. Plus new disk encryption coming to Linux, Intel releases their open source encoder for future video on the web, and more. L ...…

Firefox is standing out, Pine64 has a lot more cheap Linux hardware coming, and the good and the bad with the new Kodi Release. Plus HP Joins LVFS, why you shouldn't expect a Raspberry Pi 4 in 2019, and more. Links: Firefox 65 released — We’re happy to announce a new set of redesigned controls for the Content Blocking Next version of Firefox mi ...…

Debian has a big fix, Chromium might block ads, Valve makes another big investment in Linux, and Google gets serious about bringing Fuchsia to market. Plus we announce a new Linux podcast, and run down the many ways to run Ubuntu on Windows. Links: Choose Linux - New JB Show — The show that captures the excitement of discovering Linux. Steam Fo ...…

Another troubling week for MongoDB, ZFS On Linux lands a kernel workaround, and 600 days of postmarketOS. Plus our thoughts on the new Project Trident release, and Mozilla ending their Test Pilot program. Links: MongoDB removed from major distros — Red Hat won't use MongoDB in Red Hat Enterprise Linux or Fedora thanks to MongoDB's new Server Si ...…

Choose your own Linux is coming to Chrome OS, GitHub private repos go free, LVFS gets another win, and Amazon released their MongoDB competitor DocumentDB. Plus Homebrew comes to Linux, the recent Ethereum Classic attack, and more. Links: Chrome OS may soon let companies choose their own distro for Linux apps — Device administrators will be abl ...…

Raspberry Pi joins the RISC-V Foundation, MIPS is going open source, and Mozilla is experimenting with more ads in Firefox. Plus the BSDs rebase their ZFS on the Linux implementation, the EU has bug bounties, and Thunderbird gets set to fly! Links: Raspberry Pi joins RISC-V Foundation — We're excited to have joined the @risc_v Foundation as a s ...…

We take a look back at our 2018 Linux predictions, and make some bold new ones for the year ahead. Plus there’s no avoiding how far off we were when it came to Bitcoin last year, but that didn’t stop us having a go again this year!By chris@jupiterbroadcasting.com (chris@jupiterbroadcasting.com).

It’s been a huge year for Linux and FOSS news, and we take a look at some of the major stories that shaped the industry over the last 12 months. Acquisitions, solid releases, a revolution for gaming, politics in the kernel community, Chrome OS coming of age, and more. Links: IBM to Acquire Red Hat — Most significant tech acquisition of 2018 wil ...…

Intel developers are working to open source the FSP, Fuchsia SDK and device repos show up in Android AOSP, and our BSD buddies have some big news. Plus the pending removal of the x32 sub-architecture from Linux, why Uber is joining up with the Linux Foundation, and more. Links: Intel Working On Open-Sourcing The FSP — Firmware support package ( ...…

Microsoft is moving to Chromium, and Mozilla isn't too thrilled about it. Plus the Kernel team's clever Spectre slowdown fix, Emby goes proprietary, Steam Link lives on, and more. Links: Microsoft Edge to move to a Chromium base — Today we’re announcing that we intend to adopt the Chromium open source project in the development of Microsoft Edg ...…

Clear Linux doubles down on the desktop, Fedora 31 is likely canceled or delayed, and why Firecracker is being called the new "Docker killer". Plus AMP's new governance model kicks in, and the Necuno Mobile Plasma tease. Links: Clear Linux now easier to try and to install — The addition of the desktop-live image itself is also certainly a welco ...…

The Fuchsia bomb ticks closer, Valve's Steam Link end of life shocks us, and Amazon's new, rather obvious feature. Plus the surprise use for Red Hat Enterprise, and an update on the Linux powered Atari VCS. Links: Huawei testing Fuchsia on the Honor Play — A new commit in the Fuchsia source code has revealed that Huawei has managed to boot the ...…

Mark Shuttleworth announced 10 years support of Ubuntu 18.04, but there's a catch. Why we're buying the new Raspberry Pi, and we have a laugh at folding Android screens. Plus the new Red Hat Enterprise beta has modularity, why Canonical might be ready for investors, and the bad week for cryptocurrencies. Links: New mid-range Raspberry Pi launch ...…

Ubuntu on select Samsung devices goes into beta, we cover the technicalities of Linux on the new Macs, one of our favorite desktop projects gets a big update, and the Librem 5 slips. Plus it's the end of the line for the Nexus devices, and more! Links: Booting Linux on new Macs — Apple's T2 security chip being embedded into their newest product ...…

The new Fedora has a neat trick, The Register's KDE klickbait, and GhostBSD impresses. Plus Sailfish's release strategy gets refined, System76 announces their Thelio Linux hardware, and more. Links: Fedora 29 released — This release is particularly exciting because it’s the first to include the Fedora Modularity feature across all our different ...…

Linus is back in charge with the whole world watching, IBM is buying Red Hat, and Pine64 says they’re working on a Plasma phone. Plus Firefox has a new sales pitch for you, and how HTC's blockchain future is already fizzling out. Links: Linus back in charge of the kernel — And with that, Linus, I'm handing the kernel tree back to you. You canha ...…

The Cosmic Cuttlefish is out, and we share our quick take. Juno finally lands and this one sets the bar, MongoDB gets hip to the license changes, and watch out Linux... Here come the pros! Plus we go over the newly publish Ubuntu statistics, and Google's new Android licensing scheme in Europe. Links: Ubuntu 18.10 released — Ubuntu 18.10 introdu ...…

Another fork is brewing, Microsoft hands over their patents of mass destruction leaving us with a few questions, and the best features of the new Plasma release. Plus Google's new Linux hardware, Flatpaks have met their critic, and more. Links: Ubuntu Touch OTA 5 released — While many have already joined the community on 16.04 with OTA-4, in ad ...…

Red Hat's Stratis project reaches a major milestone, Microsoft's Linux powered dev boards go up for sale, and Fedora's hunt for buggy hibernation under Linux has begun. Plus Android App mirroring, how the islands of the clouds are getting bridged, and Chris channels his inner Shuttleworth. Links: Red Hat's Stratis Storage Project Reaches Its 1. ...…

Google's Project Zero criticizes Linux distros, Firefox can now tell you when you get pwned, and the growing elephant in the room about Azure. Plus a new release of our favorite non-distro, GPL revoking debunking, and Android turns 10. Links: Android turns 10 — This was an era in which Android devices were responding to Apple, and not vice vers ...…

Linus is taking a break from maintaining the kernel, AMP might be set free, and Firefox goes VR. It’s also been a big week for Linux on Windows with Flatpaks and a new distro running on WSL, and a flawless Ubuntu VM experience. Special Guest: Wes Payne. Links: Firefox VR browser released — Mozilla announced back in April that it was developing ...…

Fedora want help testing their innovations, Mozilla continue to focus on mobile, Chrome OS gets a major new feature, and Microsoft almost stepped in it bigtime. Plus new releases from nano and Nextcloud, huge news for Jupiter Broadcasting, and more. Special Guest: Wes Payne. Links: Give Fedora Silverblue a test drive — Fedora Silverblue is a ne ...…

Great new releases for GNOME and Tor, delays for the Librem 5, and Linus proves to be extremely important. Plus some innovative tech gets an open source implementation, and NSA encryption removed from the kernel within weeks of inclusion. Special Guest: Wes Payne. Links: GNOME 3.30 Released — The latest version of GNOME 3 has been released toda ...…

This week saw a huge release for UBports, proof that LMDE is still alive, and Mozilla earning a lot of respect. Plus mixed news for Google, and a surprising blockchain fact. Special Guest: Wes Payne. Links: Ubuntu Touch OTA 4 Released — After eight months of work, the UBports Foundation is proud to announce the release of Ubuntu Touch OTA-4.Thi ...…

Some massive free software milestones this week, Intel's Microcode benchmark snafu, and Windows games for Steam on Linux confirmed, so we give it a test. Plus Venezuela ties its currency to a cryptocoin, and our reaction to Windows 95 getting stuffed inside an Electron app. Sponsored By: Ting: Save $25 off your first device, or $25 in service c ...…

It seems Valve is working to make Windows games work on Linux, and LVFS turns its focus to NVMe drives. Plus KDE 3 lives on, Endless ships on Asus, and major distros patch against Foreshadow. Sponsored By: Linux Academy: Visit linuxacademy.com/unplugged and sign up for a free 7 day trial! Links: Valve working to make Windows games work on Steam ...…

We cover the noteworthy features of Android Pie, Lenovo joins The Linux Vendor Firmware Service, and Dropbox is ending support for non-Ext4 filesystems. Plus big news for Flatpaks, the blockchain goes to work, and Open Source goes all Hollywood. Sponsored By: Digital Ocean: Create an account and apply our promo heresthething to get a $10 credit ...…

GNOME and elementary OS receive a large somewhat mysterious donation. Wireguard is coming to a Kernel near you, and Mozilla wants to talk about the Dweb. Plus OpenWrt is alive and well, and Samsung has a new trick. Sponsored By: Ting: Save $25 off your first device, or $25 in service credit if you bring one! Links: New Samsung Dex tablet OpenWr ...…

Slackware's founder runs into challenges, YouTube makes changes that slow down Firefox, while Firefox is cutting back on some features, and another German region dumps FOSS. Plus some hard data on why it's time to drop 32-bit Linux, and Lubuntu's got a new direction. Sponsored By: Linux Academy: Visit linuxacademy.com/unplugged and sign up for ...…

Linux gains a world class media editor, Atari is making Chris nervous, and the Librem 5 hits some rocky waters. Plus the EU fines Google over how they leverage Android, some follow up, and more. Sponsored By: Digital Ocean: Create an account and apply our promo heresthething to get a $10 credit. Or visit: https://do.co/action Promo Code: herest ...…

Arch finds itself in the barrel, Ubuntu goes on a diet, and Python's leader for life has had enough, and steps down. Plus Debian joins KDE's council of wizards. Sponsored By: Ting: Save $25 off your first device, or $25 in service credit if you bring one! Links: Arch Linux AUR Repository Found to Contain Malware Minimal Ubuntu released Guido va ...…

SUSE is acquired and GNOME is hiring, and it might just be the summer of forks. Plus how about a new package manager for your distro? Sponsored By: Linux Academy: Visit linuxacademy.com/unplugged and sign up for a free 7 day trial! Links: SUSE Partners with Growth Investor EQT to Continue Momentum, Strategy Execution and Product Expansion GNOME ...…

Gentoo's GitHub is compromised, and Google's writing big checks to the Linux Foundation to distract you from the Fuchsia elephant in the room. Plus we try out AWS' new Linux WorkSpace, RISC-V's Linux first commitment looks a lot stronger this week, and why we think the STARTTLS Everywhere initiative is a great first step. Sponsored By: Digital ...…

Projects once thought dead are now full of life, with new major releases and we kick the tires. Plus new commits suggest Fuchsia will support Linux apps, Fedora CoreOS is announced, and we look over the first public Ubuntu desktop metrics. Sponsored By: Ting: Save $25 off your first device, or $25 in service credit if you bring one! Links: Ubun ...…

Plasma Desktop has a new release so we cover new features and some bugs, Mycroft has an "opportunity" for you, and trouble at CopperheadOS. Plus Debian's call for help, and more. Sponsored By: Linux Academy: Visit linuxacademy.com/unplugged and sign up for a free 7 day trial! Links: KDE Plasma 5.13 released An opportunity to invest in Mycroft D ...…

Free and open source developers are still freaking out about Microsoft buying GitHub, ReactOS reaches a major milestone, TrueOS appears to be forking, and changes are coming to the core of Plasma desktop team. Plus we try out the new Devuan release, and more. Sponsored By: Digital Ocean: Create an account and apply our promo heresthething to ge ...…

Ubuntu-based Atari VCS crowdfunding is going very well, Endless employees are hit with layoffs, and why GNOME might be too fat for Pi. Plus the group trying to force Samsung to update its phone loses, and Essential says they are definitely, totally, not shutting down. Sponsored By: Linux Academy: Visit linuxacademy.com/unplugged and sign up for ...…

openSUSE Leap 15 is released, along a new LXQt, the Essential Phone getting canceled, and why older Chrombooks might be receiving the big Linux apps update. Plus we'll explain what portable systemd services are, and the Android phones that recently shipped with Malware. Sponsored By: Linux Academy: Visit linuxacademy.com/unplugged and sign up f ...…

Asteroid OS reaches 1.0, and Joe gives it a go. GNOME developers consider removing the ability to launch binaries, but punt for now. And the lessons learned from malware in the Snap Store. Plus the reality of EFail, Steam Link on Android, and another shoe drops for Ubuntu's 32bit support. Sponsored By: Digital Ocean: Create an account and apply ...…

It's confirmed Linux apps are coming to Chrome OS. Google is finally putting pressure on OEMs to ship security patches, and we try Android of Things. Plus we get some clarity on CoreOS and Red Hat, and their strategy for cloud domination in the future. Sponsored By: Ting: Save $25 off your first device, or $25 in service credit if you bring one ...…

Fedora fights for the user, Ubuntu Flavours draw the line, and why we're worried small distributions are starting to collapse. Sponsored By: Linux Academy: Visit linuxacademy.com/unplugged and sign up for a free 7 day trial! Links: Ubuntu MATE 18.10 - dropping i386 images — Less than 10% of Ubuntu MATE users are running the i386 (32-bit Intel) ...…

Ubuntu 18.04 is out and we round up the new features, the flavours, and our first takes. The Librem 5 learns a new trick, and Linux apps on Chrome OS looks like a much bigger deal than first suspected. Plus what's great about GIMP's biggest release in six years, and more. Sponsored By: Digital Ocean: Create an account and apply our promo herest ...…

Trisquel has a new release, and Chris tries out the new ReactOS. Plus our thoughts on Microsoft announcing their own Linux, the German government switching to NextCloud, and the fix is in for Gnome Shell's infamous "Memory leak". Sponsored By: Ting: Save $25 off your first device, or $25 in service credit if you bring one! Links: Trisquel 8.0 L ...…

ZFS' first data loss bug comers to Linux, GameMode could have some serious potential, and Mozilla thinks the Internet is in bad shape. Plus new research shows Android OEMs are lying about their patch levels, Lineage goes hard on "Play certification" and we have thoughts on all of it. Sponsored By: Linux Academy: Visit linuxacademy.com/unplugged ...…

The Linux kernel gets a spring cleaning, things are going well for RISC-V, and Linux-Libre is clearly prioritizing freedom over security with their recent update. Steam Machines were pronounced dead and then alive this week, we'll try and clear things up, and Mozilla has a new project. Sponsored By: Digital Ocean: Create an account and apply ou ...…

ChromeOS comes to tablets, and we ponder why... Google removes Kodi from autocomplete results in an apparent bow to pressure, Firefox combats Facebook tracking, and Oracle vs Google is back for their biggest fight yet. Sponsored By: Ting: Save $25 off your first device, or $25 in service credit if you bring one! Links: ChromeOS now on tablets — ...…

webOS is back, and the Linux Foundation has a Hypervisor for your car. Plus some of GNOME's performance issues, Firefox changes, and the hidden files in Bitcoin's blockchain. Sponsored By: Linux Academy: Visit linuxacademy.com/unplugged and sign up for a free 7 day trial! Links: LG releases webOS Open Source Edition, looks to expand webOS usage ...…

Gnome's new tricks, our favorite thing about the Raspberry Pi 3B+, Eric Raymond's call for an open source UPS, and the US city that banned Bitcoin mining. Plus Let's Encrypt rolls out wildcard certs, Firefox 59's new Linux feature, and why Wil Wheaton switched to Debian. Sponsored By: Digital Ocean: Create an account and apply our promo heresth ...…

OpenWatch is trying to free your wrist and empower modular smart watches, Fedora's solution to the IoT mess, and more AMP shenanigans from Google to take over the web. Debian and Kali land on Windows 10's Linux Subsystem, and Noah joins Chris from SCaLE16x Special Guest: Noah J. Chelliah. Sponsored By: Ting: Save $25 off your first device, or $ ...…