S10E15 – Numberless Thoughtless Goldfish

This week Alan and Martin go flashing. We discuss Firefox multi-process, Minecraft now has cross platform multiplayer, the GPL is being tested in court and binary blobs in hardware are probably a bad thing.

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

In this week’s show:

• We discuss what we’ve been upto recently:
  • Martin has been installing Windows 10 to update firmware and used WoeUSB to turn the Windows 10 iso into a USB stick on Ubuntu.
  • Alan has been flashing LineageOS on old phones.
• We discuss the news:
  • Firefox 54 arrives with multi-process support for all users
  • Cross platform multiplayer for Minecraft
    • Help us test the new Minecraft launcher! Now with actual Linux support!
  • Motion to dismiss denied in recent GNU GPL case
  • Malware Uses Obscure Intel CPU Feature to Steal Data and Avoid Firewalls
• We discuss the community news:
  • Migrating Inkscape to Gitlab
  • The Wikipedia Adventure
  • Ubuntu & UKUI desktop – not a good idea
  • Ubuntu Reveal Results of GNOME Desktop Survey
• We mention some events:
  • OggCamp!: 19th-20th August, Canterbury Christchurch University, United Kingdom.
  • Sponsored by Entroware
  • FOSS Talk Live: 24th June 6pm – The Harrison, King’s Cross, London, United Kingdom.
• This weeks cover image is taken from Wikimedia.

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