Late Night Linux – Episode 68

When Free Software and free speech clash, controversy ensues. We talk about Mastodon’s recent conundrum. Plus a packed news section including Blender, XPS machines, reproducibility, GNOME malware, and more.   News KDE Plasma5 is 5, KDE UserBase refresh, iKDE iConnect & Runs Plasma Epic MegaGrant for Blender while their CEO badmouths Linux users at same time Like Linux? Then don’t buy Dell’s new XPS 13 F-Droid Reproducible New EvilGnome Backdoor Spies on Linux Users, Steals Their Files Maintainer for gpodder.net needed     Admin Come to OggCamp!   Free Software and free speech With Gab recently switching to a Mastodon base, an old debate has emerged. The Mastodon project has taken steps to isolate Gab and F-droid has taken a similar position.     Digital Ocean This episode is sponsored by Digital Ocean. Go to do.co/lnl and get started with $50 of credit. Digital Ocean provides virtual private servers all over the world with full root access starting at $5 per month, and other great features like block storage and load balancers.   Entroware This episode 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.         See our contact page for ways to get in touch. RSS: Subscribe to the RSS feed.