Behind the scenes on Ubuntu MATE’s new features pushing the Ubuntu platform forward for traditional desktops, why Apple’s latest court case proves Richard Stallman was right about owning your own software & there is real debate about Xiaomi’s new Linux laptop.

Plus the big EFF win that’s great for Linux users, the big problems facing x86 that are a wake up call to distro makers & more!

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• World Without Linux Episode 2: Are We There Yet? – YouTube

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• I was not satisfied with podcatchers for the command line, so i build my own – podfox

• EFF Wins Petition to Inspect and Modify Car Software

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Intel x86 considered harmful (new paper)

So, today I’m releasing this first paper, finally. You can get the PDF
_here, and also the EPUB version
here._

_As mentioned, the paper is mostly a (hopefully systematic) survey of the various
problems and attacks presented against the x86 platform over the last 10 year_s.

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DigitalOcean

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DOJ dismisses Apple’s arguments against decrypting iOS communications

Federal courts should require Apple to unlock encrypted data because the operating system is “licensed, not sold,” to customers, the Justice Department argued in a reply brief in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

• Richard Stallman is the hero the internet needs

But suddenly he doesn’t seem crazy anymore. After the Snowden revelations, and all the other major and minor privacy breaches of the past few years, his paranoia now seems justified — even rational:

• He warned of the growing danger of DRM in his great short story The Right to Read (1997).
• He refuses to own a cellphone, on the grounds that it might be used as a tracking or covert listening device. This still sounds slightly paranoid, but looks increasingly possible.
• Stallman considers cloud computing dangerous. In 2008 I thought this was alarmist; now nobody trusts the cloud.
• He’s always held that proprietary software cannot be trusted. Windows 10’s shady behaviour proves that he has a point.

TING

• Ting – mobile that makes sense

Xiaomi’s Linux Laptop To Enter Production ‘Early Next Year’

The model with a 12.5-inch screen will be manufactured by Inventec (who make laptops for Acer, Toshiba and HP), with an initial order of 250,000 units.

The slightly larger device is to be made by Compal Electronics (known for manufacturing Apple devices, and various PlayStation, Xbox and Nintendo games consoles), with Xiaomi placing an order for 300,000 units.

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