Episode 511: Accepting the Future

What this episode covers

How we found peace with the Linux community’s perpetual debates; and our tricks for finding the signal from the noise. Support Core Contributor 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. Live APRS Map Podcast Guru — The simple & free podcast player for Android & iOS Podcasting 2.0 Apps Alby LINUX Unplugged on the Podcastindex.org yt-fts: Youtube Full Text Search — Search all of a YouTube channel's subtitles from the command line