S11E31 – Thirty-One Dates in Thirty-One Days

This week Ubuntu Podcast debuts on Spotify and re-embraces Mastodon. We’ve been unboxing the GPD Pocket 2 and building a Clockwork Pi. We discuss Plex releasing as a Snap, Microsoft joining the OIN, Minecraft open-sourcing some libraries, Google axing Google+, Etcher (allegedly) not honouring privacy settings, plus we also round up community news and events.

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It’s Season 11 Episode 31 of the Ubuntu Podcast! Alan Pope and Martin Wimpress are connected and speaking to your brain.

In this week’s show:

• We discuss what we’ve been up to recently:
  • Martin has unboxed his GPD Pocket 2.
  • Alan has been playing with Clockwork Pi.
  • Fediverse lovers rejoice! Ubuntu Podcast is back on Mastodon.
  • Spotify lovers rejoice! Ubuntu Podcast is now on Spotify!
• We discuss the news:
  • Plex is now a Snap!
  • Microsoft joins the Open Invention Network
  • Programmers: Play with Minecraft’s Inner Workings
  • Goodbye G+
  • Etcher 1.4.4 Ignores Privacy Setting
• We discuss the community news:
  • The MATE Wayland Port Is Moving Along, NVIDIA Mir Support Still Being Tackled
  • KDE Neon Now Based on Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver
  • Ubuntu 18.10 Beta is Now Available to Download
• We mention some events:
  • 35th Chaos Communication Congress: 27 to 30 of December 2018 – Leipzig, Germany.
    • The congress features a variety of lectures and workshops on technical and political issues related to Security, Cryptography, Privacy and online Freedom of Speech.
  • Covalence: 16th January 2018 – Sanfrancisco, USA.
    • An independent, hand-crafted, single-day and single-track conference about building desktop apps with Electron, Node.js and JavaScript.
• Image credit: Nadine Shaabana

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