Episode 290
Technology Complexity and The Solution
June 14th, 2022
52 mins 26 secs
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SELF 2022 is a wrap! It was a blast and now the countdown begins for SELF 2023. Has technology become so complicated that it's not approachable for many people or is there a solution? The best PDF editor for Linux, a self hosted, secure, private, cloud camera system. K9 mail becomes Thunderbird for Android, Element call enters beta 2, and KDE 5.25 is out!
-- During The Show --
01:50 Jeremy H
03:08 Keith S
- * Linux BackBlaze Client?
- Local Encryption
- TarSnap
- Spider Oak
- Encryption gets weaker over time
10:06 Zac
- Signing PDFs?
- Okular
- PDF Studio
Pick of the Week
16:56 Gadget of the Week
- ZimaBoard
- $119 USD
- 6W Power
- OpenWrt and PFSense/OPNSense
- Netgate SG1100
- Designed to be used as a personal server
- Preinstalled with Casa OS
- PFSense Install Guide
20:00 Gov Buys Your Data
- EFF
- Apps and Data Brokers
- Follow the money
- 3rd Party Doctrine
- Companies are secretive about data collection and sale
- Many apps are 'required' today
- Venntel, subsidiary of Gravy Analytics
30:40 K9 Mail to Become Thunderbird for Android
- Thunderbird
- ArsTechnica
- Had to be
- Open Source
- Have Power User features
- Respect the user
- Blue Mail
- Contribute Here
34:00 Element Call Beta 2
- Matrix Blog
- Everything is now E2E
- Experimental Spatial Audio Rendering
- Walkie-Talkie Mode (PTT)
37:00 Mozilla Enables Firefox Total Cookie Protection by Default
- 9 to 5 Linux
- Firefox is leaving Chrome and Edge in the dust!
39:00 KDE Plasma 5.25 is Out!
- [KDE Plasma Blog]https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/5/5.25.0/
- New "Floating Mode" for panels (Dock)
- Tablet Mode
- Improved input
- KDE Neon
43:00 2022 SELF Wrap Up
- Huge Thank You to the entire team
- People come on their own time and dime
- Family Friendly went well, more next year
- Diverse level of skill sets
- Where Technology is headed
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