Linux Action News 150

What this episode covers

Why Debian is facing one of its most critical moments yet, Microsoft and GitHub buy npm, and our thoughts on Linux Mint Debian Edition 4 "Debbie." Plus, why "Works with Chromebook" might be great for Linux, and using your GPU to fight the Coronavirus. Support Linux Action News Links: npm is joining GitHub — I’m excited to announce that GitHub has signed an agreement to acquire npm. The npm Blog — Next Phase Montage Microsoft's GitHub absorbs NPM into its code-hosting empire GitHub for mobile is now available LMDE 4 “Debbie” released! — LMDE is a Linux Mint project which stands for “Linux Mint Debian Edition”. Debian Project Leader Elections 2020 — Jonathan Carter Sruthi Chandran Brian Gupta Platform for Jonathan Carter Platform for Sruthi Chandran Works With Chromebook — You’ll begin to see the Works With Chromebook badge on certified accessories in the U.S., Canada and Japan. Chromebooks Accessories & Chargers Chrome OS to get native app for printing and scanning Upcoming Chrome and Chrome OS releases — Due to adjusted work schedules at this time, we are pausing upcoming Chrome and Chrome OS releases. PAPPL Is A New Printer Application Framework Made By The Founder Of CUPS — Michael Sweet, the lead developer of CUPS who had been at Apple for more than a decade since they acquired it, is now developing PAPPL as a printer application framework in addition to his work on the new LPrint project. Crowdsourced supercomputing project sets sights on coronavirus — Folding@home targets COVID-19, number of volunteer ‘folders’ skyrockets Thousands of These Computers Were Mining Cryptocurrency. Now They're Working on Coronavirus Research Gamers... assemble. It's time to join forces with @NVIDIAGeForce and @OfficialPCMR NVIDIA GeForce on Twitter: PC Gamers, let’s put those GPUs to work. Firefox 74.0 Released — Firefox now provides better privacy for your web voice and video calls through support for mDNS ICE by cloaking your computer’s IP address with a random ID in certain WebRTC scenarios.