Late Night Linux – Episode 09

Tizen code is a shambles, Drupal struggles with HR, Mastodon is flavour of the month, Linux on Windows improvements, updates to the Ubuntu saga and more on LNL 09.   News Samsung’s Tizen is riddled with security flaws, amateurishly written Drupal needs a decent HR department Mastodon is the latest social media fad, despite having been around for several years under different names. It might not last Substantial update to Windows Subsystem for Linux Solus adds a GNOME edition   Entroware This episode of Late Night Linux is sponsored by Entroware. They are a UK-based company who sells computers with Ubuntu and Ubuntu MATE preinstalled. They have configurable laptops, desktops and servers to suit a wide range of Linux users. Check them out and don’t forget to mention us at checkout if you buy one of their great machines.   Jesse’s black box Jesse tells us about the Raspberry Pi that he doesn’t connect to a network and asks whether it’s OK to avoid updates.   Admin Thanks to everyone for supporting us with PayPal and Patreon etc. We didn’t give people individual shoutouts but if you want to hear your name on the podcast, get in touch. If you want to join our existing supporters, check out the support page for various ways to do that. Also thanks to everyone who advised Jesse about moving away from LastPass.   Updates on the Ubuntu announcement Ubuntu GNOME to merge with the main edition Phones and tablet will only receive security patches until June 2017 (2 more months) UBports to carry on with Ubuntu Touch and Unity 8; will integrate Anbox Separate Unity 8 fork Staff layoffs and CEO to leave Ubuntu 12.04 ESM seems to only be aimed at servers         See our contact page for ways to get in touch.     RSS: You can subscribe to the MP3 feed or the Ogg feed.