On this episode of This Week in Linux, we’ve got some really cool hardware news, we’ve finally got some Linux laptops equipped with an AMD Ryzen 4000H series processor. These laptops are thanks to Tuxedo Computers and KDE Slimbook. Cooler Master has launched a kickstarter campaign to make a pretty slick Case for the Raspberry Pi 4. We’ve also got a LOT of App News this week with the latest release of the most popular open source email client, Thunderbird 78 from Mozilla. KDE has released version 7.0.0 of digiKam. If you’ve been wanting an open source way to control your RGB lights on your devices then OpenRGB may be the tool for you. And finally, PeerTube has announced the 2.3.0 release that comes with the much anticipated Global Search feature! All that and much more on Your Weekly Source for Linux GNews!
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Segment Index
- 00:00 = Intro
- 01:01 = What is This Week in Linux
- 01:41 = Linux Laptops with AMD Ryzen 4000H – KDE Slimbook and Tuxedo Pulse 15
- 12:10 = Cooler Master Case for Raspberry Pi 4
- 21:48 = Mozilla Thunderbird 78 Released
- 29:13 = digiKam 7.0.0 Released
- 32:41 = Become a Patron of TuxDigital & TWinL
- 34:10 = FrontPageLinux.com
- 35:55 = OpenRGB – Open Source RGB Control
- 40:12 = PeerTube 2.3.0 Released (with Global Search)
- 42:43 = Outro
Thanks, @MichaelTunnell! Best news of the week for me are custom Linux laptops with new AMD processors. I’m not really in the market for one myself, but I’m glad they have them, and have preinstalled distros that are appropriate for the hardware itself. As much as I love Debian, I’m not sure it would work on latest hardware.
Smaller companies than Cooler Master have made Pi cases. I’m not a fan when established companies crowdfund projects, especially when they themselves haven’t backed any campaigns. Cooler Master is literally an OEM used by major brands for chassis and heat management and they need to crowdfund why? Right now they have $242,326 on a goal of $10,556. That is almost a quarter of a million dollars just getting pocketed.
It’s not a courage jack, it’s a freedom jack!
::eagle noise::
They said it’s a Kickstarter so they can get customer feedback before production. That’s a bit silly considering they can just do that on Reddit but Kickstarter does guarantee the feedback is coming from actual customers of that product instead of random people.
They could already afford to make it (on credit or directly) and the market’s already saturated so this felt like a cash grab going in… BUT… it looks like they’re making the best Pi case you can buy (imho).
Anodized only on one side for best cooling/wear resistance combo, full-case passive cooling, solid-core CPU block, lapped CPU surface, accessible GPIO, nothing to catch on a pocket, power button, low bulk. I don’t know of a case that doesn’t fail at least 3 of those.
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Why did they need to hire a marketing firm and a publicist to help them with the kickstarter?
Continue the discussion at forum.tuxdigital.com
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