S10E03 – Aloof Puny Wren

We discuss website owners filing bugs with Mozilla, GitLab acquiring Gitter, Moodle remote code execution, Windows 10 adverts, KDE Slimbook, 32-bit PowerPC EOL in Ubuntu, a new Vala release and the merger of Sonar GNU/Linux and Vinux.

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It’s Season Ten Episode Three of the Ubuntu Podcast! Alan Pope, Mark Johnson and Martin Wimpress are connected and speaking to your brain.

In this week’s show:

• We discuss what we’ve been upto recently:
  • Alan has been writing a game in LÖVE, a Free 2D Game Engine.
  • Martin has been working on Ubuntu MATE and getting is ready for 17.04 final beta.
• We discuss the news:
  • Website operator complains when Firefox warns of insecure login page
  • Gitter has been acquired by GitLab
  • Moodle remote code execution bug
  • Microsoft is infesting Windows 10 with annoying ads
  • Usborne coding books for a new generation
• We discuss the community news:
  • GNOME’s Vala 0.36 Released
  • Firefox Goes PulseAudio Only, Leaves ALSA Users With No Sound
  • A follow-up on 32-bit powerpc architecture
  • Sonar & Vinux merges
  • KDE Slimbook Unboxing
    • The KDE Slimbook
• We mention some events:
  • FOSS Talk Live 2017: 24th of June 2017 – The Harrison, Kings Cross, London.
    • A free evening of live Free and open source podcasts.
• This weeks cover image is taken from Wikimedia.

That’s all for this week! If there’s a topic you’d like us to discuss, or you have any feedback on previous shows, please send your comments and suggestions to [email protected] or Tweet us or Comment on our Facebook page or comment on our Google+ page or comment on our sub-Reddit.

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