Late Night Linux – Episode 17

Mozilla launches yet more projects, Krita had a brush with the tax man, Flash is on the way out, Debian is almost totally reproducible, Mycroft on Plasma, and Linux as a Windows and Mac replacement and more. With Jesse and Félim away, we asked Michael Tunnell to join us.     Sorry to System76 On the last episode Jesse told us about his nightmare with Pop!_OS. It turns out that he really did dd the iso over sda so it was definitely his fault.   News Mozilla finds some new ways to spend their millions Krita had some tax troubles but the community came to the rescue with Mega-Props to Private Internet Access Flash is moribund Debian reproducible builds Mycroft Plasmoid Version 2.0     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.     Linux as a Windows/Mac replacement If someone is interested in switching to Linux, what distro or desktop would be the most suitable drop-in replacement? Perhaps that’s the wrong way to look at it and we should show them a world beyond their old experience.       See our contact page for ways to get in touch.     RSS: You can subscribe to the MP3 feed or the Ogg feed.