On this episode of This Week in Linux, we’ll celebrate the first of 3 birthdays for the Linux kernel. Mozilla announced a new release of Firefox with Firefox 80. Fedora 33 is switching to BTRFS and they are having a Testing Week for those wanting to help. openSUSE is also having some testing for their new Jump branch. Later in the show we will check out the new AMD Laptop from Tuxedo Computers, the Pulse 14. Then we will talk about the FUD surrounding Linux Security as well as what FUD means. We’ll round out the show with some gaming news related to SuperTuxKart and some awesome deals at the Humble Store and some Humble Bundles. All that and much more on Your Weekly Source for Linux GNews!
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Segment Index
- 00:00 = Coming up on TWinL 115
- 00:53 = Welcome to TWinL
- 01:16 = Housekeeping: FrontPageLinux.com
- 01:50 = Housekeeping: Destination Linux & Hardware Addicts
- 02:54 = Housekeeping: Twitter & Mastodon
- 03:11 = Happy Birthday Linux Kernel!
- 06:03 = Firefox 80 Released with GPU Acceleration
- 08:00 = Fedora 33 Testing Week for BTRFS
- 10:35 = Digital Ocean – Cloud Hosting & VPS (https://do.co/dln)
- 12:20 = DLN Is Making A Quality Control Platform for Linux
- 17:06 = OpenSUSE Jump Now Available For Alpha Testing
- 20:55 = TUXEDO Pulse 14: AMD Ryzen 7 Linux Laptop
- 24:02 = Bitwarden – Open Source Password Manager (https://bitwarden.com/dln)
- 26:10 = Enough With The Linux Security FUD
- 31:30 = SuperTuxKart 1.2 Released
- 32:40 = Humble Store: End of Summer Sale
- 33:40 = Humble Bundle Bonanza (scroll down)
- 36:06 = Outro
Firefox 80: Enable GPU Acceleration:
- To enable:
- open a new tab
- type about:config
- search for vaapi
- Set these to “true”:
- media.ffmpeg.vaapi-drm-display.enabled
- media.ffmpeg.vaapi.enabled
- Restart browser
- Check if playback is improved in YouTube, Vimeo, ect
Humble Bundles
- Books: Programming & Productivity by Mercury [featured on TWinL115]
- Books: Advanced Computer Security & Privacy by Morgan & Claypool [featured on TWinL115]
- Learn a New Language for Kids and Adults [featured on TWinL115]
- Comics: Judge Dredd, 2000 AD, & more
- Games: Headup Games Band Boost
- Books: Become an Influencer by Wiley
- Games: Killing Floor Bundle
- Software: Your Sounds. Your Movies. Professional Video and Audio Creation Software
- Fantasy 3D Printable Models Bundle
- Comics: Hasbro Comics Crossovers by IDW
- Books: From Assassin’s Creed to Wolfenstein
