After we get through a slew of great open source project achievements, we discuss the slippery slope that online services represent to Linux users.

Plus we get all big picture, what can be learned from ownCloud’s recent troubles, what we conclude by reading between the lines & more!

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Pre-Show

• Muhammad Ali & IBM sought to “shake up the world” with Linux | Network World

Follow Up / Catch Up

The new Control Center Shell

A demonstration of the new Control Center UI being developed

Arc Is a Gorgeous GTK Theme for Linux Desktops

It has been a veritable eon since we last highlighted a GTK theme here on this site.

• Arc Icon Theme Released Based on Moka, Here’s How to Install on Your Linux OS

• You Can Now Have All the Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Live DVDs into a Single ISO Image

Yes, the moment you’ve been waiting for is here, and you can now have all the essential Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) Live CD editions into a single ISO image. Linux AIO Ubuntu 16.04 includes Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu MATE 16.04 LTS, Kubuntu 16.04 LTS, Xubuntu 16.04 LTS, Lubuntu 16.04 LTS, and Ubuntu GNOME 16.04 LTS.

• Linux AIO

TING

• Ting – mobile that makes sense

Trisquel is about ethics not technology or innovation

So, please, stop thinking about snappy packages and begin enjoying your LIBERTAD (FREEDOM).

Firefox 47.0

Embedded YouTube videos now play with HTML5 video if Flash is not installed.

• Firefox 47 widens HTML5 video support to include DRM-protected streams

Support for Google’s Widevine CDM — which is currently limited to Windows and OS X — was first introduced to the Nightly build of Firefox two months ago, and has made a seamless transition to the stable build.

DigitalOcean

• DigitalOcean: SSD Cloud Server, VPS Server, Simple Cloud Hosting

What we can learn from ownCloud’s collapse

Another factor in ownCloud’s undoing could be venture capitalists. Jos Poortvliet, the ownCloud community manager who now works at Nextcloud told me that a lot of ownCloud features were held back because developers had to convince investors in 30 seconds. And every such conversation led to a comparison with Dropbox. Investors would refuse features on the basis that Dropbox doesn’t do that.

Linux Academy

• Linux Academy | Linux and AWS Online Training

Slipping Into Google

• How I Quit Google | TIME

• Google Now Launcher – Android Apps on Google Play

Upgrade the launcher on your Android device for a fast, clean home screen that puts Google Now just a swipe away.

• Google now

• Google VR – Daydream

• Google Chrome continues to be my go to browser for work. Makes switching to Linux easier.

• Google stuff tends to have a Linux solution

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