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01:40 Freenode Discussion

• There was a change in Freenode leadership
• Libera IRC was created
• IRC server software was changed, effectively killing all existing rooms
• Article from Conan Kudo

09:50 WiFi SSID Priority - Jordan

• RSSI "Received Signal Strength Indicator"

10:55 User feedback on Linux ERP Software - Luke

• Odoo

15:00 Interview with Matthew from Matrix.org

• Matrix team started in 2003
• Hired over 30 people before a single UI/UX person
• Once the rough edges are shaved off the power of open source will cause it to explode
• Matrix team has approached development from a long term and ethical standpoint
• Communities was rushed through
• Covid helped to push EMS adoption (Commercial hosting by the creators of Element/Synapse/Matrix)
• 13 Governments, Education, Health care, Emergency Services, etc
• Full account portability is coming (needed for P2P support)
• Matrix team solved the computer science problem of decentralized access control

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01:20 Controlling Multiple Computers? - Ryan

• HDMI Matrix switcher for monitors + KVM switch for keyboard, mouse, etc

  • hardware based (good for locked down computer)
  • depending on switchers used could accommodate more than 2 computers

• Synergy Website

• Synergy Github

• Barrier Open Source + free version of synergy

• Thunderbolt Docks

• Dell WD19TB Thunderbolt Dock Recommended in ANS 215

• Logitech MX Series Keyboard and Mouse

  13:40 User responds to user from 234 - Amit

• Boom GitHub

• Red Hat Blog

• Also supports BTRFS

• Snapshot Manager Doc

• Snapshot Manager + Boom Github

15:30 Linux, security and privacy? - Dan

• Got a FLOSS MRP solution? Write In!

16:25 Pick of the Week

• Qzind GitHub
• Browser plugin for sending documents and raw commands to a printer or attached device

18:50 Gadget of the Week

• Zebra ZD420 Series

• Native Linux support

• Support for external label cutter

22:00 Amazon Sidewalk/Neighbors

• Amazon Mass Wireless Sharing

• Guardian Article

• Privacy, Security & OSINT Show Episode 197

• ArsTechnica Article

• Capped at 80 Kbps/ 500M

28:50 Plamsa 5.22.0

• Plasma Blog Post

• Clean up and re-factoring of code

• Adaptive Transparency - Maximizing a window causes the panel and panel widgets to turn opaque

• Transition to Plasma System Monitor from KsysGuard

• Plasma Wayland now supports Activities

• System Settings opens to "Speed Dial" providing easy access to commonly used settings

• Improved accessibility and keyboard navigation

• Variable refresh rate on wayland

• External Graphics card support in Kwin (picks up eGPUs with out a reboot)

29:45 Purism Shipping

• Purism Post

• Purism Shop

• $1999

• Fraction of the specs and apps

  36:55 Matrix / Element

• Spaces allows you to have one consistent communication platform but also focus

• Matrix adds Thunderbird integration via Libpurple

• Not perfect but functional now and only getting better

• NeoChat has updates

43:50 Firefox Release

• Cleaned Up interface
• Streamlined Menus
• Updated Prompts
• New Tab Design
• Fewer Interruptions
• Cohesive Calmer Visuals
• Firefox 89 implements Total Coookie Protection in Private Browsing

46:00 OBS Studio Release

OBS Studio 27.0 is out!

• Added visibility transitions
• Added service integration
• Added Wayland & Pipewire Support (Thank You George Stavracas)
• Added Track Matte mode to stinger transitions
• Added a virtual camera toggle to the system tray menu
• Automatic rotation on Video Capture Devices can now be disabled
• Added auto reset option to v4L2 source

47:25 Kenny Schmidt

• Logitech MX Series
• Practical Application of Networking Segments
• TP Link 5 port managed switch

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00:26 Response to IPv6 segment - Rafal

• IPv6 has 3 specifications to make the IP address private
  • Combine and Hash the MAC with the IP before adding it
  • Use things like install time, start up time, etc
  • Make it random with every connection

03:50 Dealing with Container Volumes - Jon

• Explore Kubernetes
• Check out OKD

06:20 - College Advice - Matt

• Technical writing is more likely remote
• More Companies looking for network security consultants

11:20 User Responds to 227 Issue - Andy

• Ryzen CPU issue
• Change the "Power Supply Idel Control" in the BIOS
• Bugzilla Link

12:20 Portfolio

• File manager made for Linux mobile
• Github
• Gnome Blog Article

19:30 Matrix Spaces

• Spaces replaces communities/flair
• Public Spaces - ie. Destination Linux Community
• Private Spaces - Altispeed
• Personal Spaces - Group rooms for yourself
• Still rough - releasing now to get feedback
• Coming Soon to Spaces
  • Auto-joining rooms when joining a Space
  • User permissions which cascade from Spaces to rooms
  • Maturing Subspaces and Space hierarchies
  • Improving onboarding into Spaces
  • Space bridges
• Element Blog Post

32:40 Video Editing on Chromebooks

• Blog Post
• Openshot releases for Chromebooks

39:50 Rocky Linux

• Article
• Rocky Linux
• CentOS Stream

44:15 KDE Plasma

• 5.22 Beta is out
• New Hamburger Menu
• Lots of Improvements and Bug Fixes

46:40 FOSS/Less Permissive License

• Register Article

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First Pass
ffmpeg -y -i input.mov -pix_fmt yuv420p -c:v libx264 -preset medium -b:v 700k -pass 1 -threads 12 -an -f mp4 /dev/nullSecond Pass

Second Pass
ffmpeg -i input.mov -pix_fmt yuv420p -c:v libx264 -preset medium -b:v 700k -pass 2 -threads 12 -c:a libfdk_aac -b:a 192k output.mp4

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• Human skin cell phone case can be tickled, caressed | WFLA — The project is a team effort by researchers from France and England. It uses silicone to mimic the feel of skin and sensors to ‘feel’ your touch. The case can detect and differentiate tickling, pinching, and caressing. The skin can even send signals to the phone, which can then respond with emojis.
• Inception Metasploit integration - Breaknenter — I’ve also added one, major functionality: The ability to implant Metasploit payloads directly into the target memory in a stable fashion. This means that you now can use Inception to implant any payload available in the Metasploit framework into the memory and have it execute there with SYSTEM privileges. No interaction required on the target machine. Plug in a FireWire cable, run Inception, and pwn.
• grsecurity — Grsecurity® is an extensive security enhancement to the Linux kernel that defends against a wide range of security threats through intelligent access control, memory corruption-based exploit prevention, and a host of other system hardening that generally require no configuration.
• Donate Now | GNOME Patent Troll Defense Fund by GNOME Foundation — Patent Troll Defense Fund
• GNOME files defense against patent troll – GNOME — A month ago, GNOME was hit by a patent troll for developing the Shotwell image management application. It’s the first time a free software project has been targeted in this way, but we worry it won’t be the last. Rothschild Patent Imaging, LLC offered to let us settle for a high five figure amount, for which they would drop the case and give us a licence to carry on developing Shotwell. This would have been simple to do so; it would have caused less work, cost less money, and provided the Foundation a lot less stress. But it also would be wrong. Agreeing to this would leave this patent live, and allow this to be used as a weapon against countless others. We will stand firm against this baseless attack, not just for GNOME and Shotwell, but for all free and open source software projects.

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Ubuntu Unity is Dead: Desktop will switch back to Gnome next year

Six years after making Unity the default user interface on Ubuntu desktops, Canonical is giving up on the project and will switch the default Ubuntu desktop back to GNOME next year. Canonical is also ending development of Ubuntu software for phones and tablets, spelling doom for the goal of creating a converged experience with phones acting as desktops when docked with the right equipment.

Staff, Projects, Shed as Ubuntu Maker Tries to Lure Investors

On Wednesday, we reported that Ubuntu is killing off its never-delivered Unity 8 technology and switching back to GNOME for its desktop user interface. Today, The Reg has learned that Canonical has axed more than half the team who worked on Unity – which was an effort to build a single Ubuntu UI spanning phones, tablets, PCs and other devices.

Those Unity staffers who couldn't be found suitable jobs elsewhere in the open-source shop are being let go. Jobs are also going in other parts of the organization. The cuts came after Canonical founder and millionaire Mark Shuttleworth's decision to seek potential outside investors. These investors determined that Canonical was overstaffed and some projects lacked focus.

Mark Shuttleworth Reportedly Returning To Role As Canonical CEO

I'm now told directly by a confidant that Jane Silber is likely stepping down with Mark Shuttleworth taking over as CEO. Mark had been CEO of Canonical from 2004 to 2010 until Jane Silber took over as CEO. Mark had originally stepped down from being the CEO to focus on product design, partnerships, customers, and other areas. Silber had been with Canonical since 2004 where she was serving in other roles, including as COO.

Open Sourcing Wire Server Code

“Open sourcing was always part of our initial plan and it took some time to reach this stage. We decided to take the open source path because transparency and community engagement is of utmost importance for any product that has security at its core.”
The team is now taking the next step to also open source the Wire server code. Wire app client code, encryption protocol and end-to-end encrypted integrations API are already available on GitHub.

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