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The Stories of SCALE14x | LAS 402

chris — Mon, 01 Feb 2016 00:15:26 +0000

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We share our best stories from 2016’s SCALE14x. From the highlights to the bar fights we talk about what it’s like to attend one of the largest community driven Linux events in the world.

Plus the Linux Trojan that’s snapping screenshots & recording audio, Linux Mint is building their own X-Apps, your live calls & more!

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Linux Academy Weekly Roundup

SCALE 14x Report

Mark Shuttleworth Keynote and UbuCon

Free Software in the age of App Stores: https://youtu.be/ybuwdpnEbZU?t=22m50s
The case for snap packages: https://youtu.be/ybuwdpnEbZU?t=37m17s
Demo of Snap Packages was great
AT&T’s latest Linux choice may profoundly shape Ubuntu

AT&T has struck a deal with Canonical that could shape the future of the platform currently “owning” the cloud…

Cory Doctorow Keynote

Why Cory Doctorow refuses to predict the future (like, seriously) | Opensource.com

SCALE 14x Floor

Huge floor, lots of great exhibitors

LAS 400 Meetup

Crazy big meetup, thanks everyone!

ScALE Pictures

Expo Hall 1
Expo Hall 2
Expo Hall 3
Expo Hall 4
Ham Radio Presence at ScALE
Facebook / OpenRack Project
Facebook / OpenRack Project
Facebook / OpenRack Project
Facebook / OpenRack Project
Anyone know what kind of car Linus Torvalds Rives?
Indian Dinner Friday Night
Dinner Sat Night at Mongolian Grill
Key Signing Party
Sat Night Ham Radio Dinner

Some Great sessions to watch

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Runs Linux

Nintendo 64 RUNS LINUX!

Uploaded Linux kernel to N64 memory using GameShark Pro with parallel port interface in about 2 minutes. Modified kernel in approx. 1 week of work. Immediately runs out of memory, but could probably be fixed with further modifications.

Home – mupen64plus

Desktop App Pick

My recommended GNOME Extension

Chris’ Gnome Work Desktop

This is a listing of twenty extensions for GNOME that I personally use and recommend.
As of this post all them work flawlessly on the latest release of GNOME which is 3.18.2.

Weekly Spotlight

Yarock – Linux music player

Yarock is a modern looking music player, packed with features, that doesn’t depend on any specific desktop environment.
Yarock is designed to provide an easy and pretty music browser based on cover art.
Yarock is easy to build with a minimal set of dependancies, and offers the choose of differents audio back-end.

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Snap-Happy Trojan Targets Linux Servers

Researchers at Dr.Web on Tuesday revealed details of the Trojan Linux.Ekoms.1, which takes screen shots and records audio to acquire sensitive and personal information, mostly from Linux servers.

The Linux Mint Monthly News – January 2016

X-Apps will be a collection of generic GTK3 applications using traditional interfaces which can be used as default desktop components in Cinnamon, MATE and Xfce.

Release OBS Multiplatform 0.13.0

This project is a rewrite of what was formerly known as “Open Broadcaster
Software”, software originally designed for recording and streaming live
video content, efficiently.

Semaphor to Give Team Collaboration Privacy

Semaphor helps teams improve their productivity by keeping members focused, informed, and connected. Teams can join group conversations, private message team members, share files, and install trusted third-party integrations knowing their privacy is protected at every step. Following the same privacy-centric design as all SpiderOak solutions, Semaphor uses a Zero Knowledge architecture that ensures nothing leaves a computer or mobile device until after it is encrypted and is never decrypted until it is unlocked with keys only located on individuals’ devices.

KDE neon Website Now Live

@jriddell and friends at @fosdem launching Neon ! pic.twitter.com/ILsoJ4qve2

— Rohan Garg (@rohangarg) January 30, 2016

Serving the freshest packages of KDE software. Developers’ archive with packages built from KDE Git available now, stable archive with packages built from released tars coming soon.

Kubuntu founder Jonathan Riddell to announce project Neon at FOSDEM | CIO

The @kdecommunity at the @KdeNeon launch party tonight pic.twitter.com/TDVBRoCacu

— jriddell (@jriddell) January 30, 2016

This initial release of KDE neon is based on the current standard release of Ubuntu 15.10 to better prepare this new project for the upcoming 16.04 long-term release.
Currently we only have packages built for the developer edition of KDE neon from the KDE Git archives. Packages and installation media for the user edition of KDE neon will be proudly offered shortly.
KDE neon (@KdeNeon) | Twitter

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Chris’ call out for the community to help him with his background for the Linux Action

Were you around for today’s (10 January 2016) live show? If not, you should seriously consider taking some time with us on Sunday and watch the live show. Not only will you get more content, but you’ll be able to interact with Chris and Noah.
One of the things that came up today was Chris talking about his background in today’s episode.

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Linux’s Slice of HAM | LAS 356

chris — Sun, 15 Mar 2015 16:02:42 +0000

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Have you heard of Ham Radio? It’s the original open source! We dive in and take you into a ham shack to see what Ham Radio is all about, how it can done on Linux, and how the principles and communities of open source so closely align with this old hobby.

Plus Linux hits over 1k games & the new distro that makes Fedora approachable & more!

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Ham Radio Technician Question Pool

All of the questions you could be asked, available in .doc .pdf or even .txt

Now You’re Talking – Getting started with Ham Radio

This book is exactly right for someone who wants to become a ham radio operator. This book does two things. It is a self study course that will allow you to pass the Technician level FCC test. It is also a general introduction to all of ham radio, covering the highlights of all that can be done in amateur radio. It has just the right level of sophistication to give a good understanding of all facets of amateur radio but does not get into such extreme detail that it is overwhelming.

SVXLINK

SVXLink is an EchoLink client for Linux. This allows you to use Ham Radio on Linux through the internet without actually using radios.

KLog

KLog is a Linux Ham Radio logging program. it can be used as a contest logger or a general purpose logger.

LinPSK

LinPsk is a Psk31 program for Linux using Qt.

QRZ Ham Radio Practice Test

Test your skills by taking the practice exam and see how well you would do.

ARRL Ham Radio on Linux

At this point, since Ubuntu is beginning to look like a really viable alternative OS, the next big issue is whether it will support the ham radio applications that we want to run. Fortunately, the answer to this question is — yes it will.

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Army Cyber Warfare

Sent in my Romeo S
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fau1u1bHino&feature=youtu.be&t=2m40s

Desktop App Pick

ShellInABox

Shell In A Box implements a web server that can export arbitrary command line tools to a web based terminal emulator. This emulator is accessible to any JavaScript and CSS enabled web browser and does not require any additional browser plugins.

https://www.tecmint.com/shell-in-a-box-a-web-based-ssh-terminal-to-access-remote-linux-servers

Weekly Spotlight

Ozon OS `Hydrogen` Beta Available

Ozon OS “Hydrogen” beta is available for download. This is a Linux distribution based on Fedora, created by a collaboration between Numix Project and Nitrux S.A., “designed to not get into your way and and be simple, sleek and modern while focusing on helping you to get stuff done quickly“.

Ozon OS Hydrogen Beta Available For Download ~ Web Upd8: Ubuntu / Linux blog

Atom Shell

Ozon OS “Hydrogen” beta ships with four GNOME Shell extensions installed by default: Atom Dock, Atom Launcher, Atom Panel and of course, User Themes so Ozon OS can use its cool GNOME Shell theme out of the box.

Atom Dock is, like its name suggest, a “dock” or application launcher/switcher, that’s displayed at the bottom of the screen and uses intellihide by default (it hides if it overlaps any window in the active window group, but it can be brought up using the mouse pointer). Just like the default GNOME Shell Dash (which is disabled in Ozon OS), you can pin applications to the dock, open a new application window and access the application view

Linux Action Show at LFNW | Offical LAS 2015 Shirt

We are releasing another set of LAS shirts in preparation for LinuxFest Northwest which is at the end of April 2015! We hope to color Bellingham Technical College with LAS supporters donning their favorite Linux podcast!

Our Past Picks

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Steam hits 1,000 Linux games days after Valve’s big Steam Machine reveal

At the moment, there are 1005 games that support Linux and SteamOS on Steam. That’s out of 4817 total games for all platforms on Steam, or 20.8% of all the games on Steam. And that’s just games—not DLC items, software, demos, or trailers. But, if you expand the search to include everything, there’s 1856 items in the Linux + SteamOS category.

Google Open Source Blog: Bidding farewell to Google Code

Beginning today, we have disabled new project creation on Google Code. We will be shutting down the service about 10 months from now on January 25th, 2016.

The Linux Foundation wants to rein in its insult-spewing leader

On Monday, the Linux Foundation kinda sorta slapped him on the wrist when they issued a new “Code of Conflict” policy that declared “personal insults or abuse are not welcome.”

Linux kernel patch releases “code of conduct”

Some would say that the center of the problem is Linus Torvalds himself, that his blunt and cavalier attitude towards dealing with other developers has lead to too much tension within the ranks. However, when one man holds such a massive responsibility for that much code (and the patches submitted therein), it only makes sense that he carry a sharp stick and tone. The problem comes when contributors begin calling out Torvalds publicly. This happened recently when Lennart Poettering called Torvalds out for encouraging hate speech and attacks. Poettering went so far to say that the Linux community is a “sick place to be in.”

The Linux Kernel’s New ‘Play Nice’ Patch | Community | LinuxInsider

Whether this tactic pans out to solve the growing friction within the Linux kernel commuinity remains to be seen. This kind of effort tends to shift power from the individual to those who enforce the code, according to Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group.

NTP’s Fate Hinges On “Father Time”

In April, one of the open source code movement’s first and biggest success stories, the Network Time Protocol, will reach a decision point, writes Charlie Babcock. At 30 years old, will NTP continue as the preeminent time synchronization system for Macs, Windows, and Linux computers and most servers on networks? Or will this protocol go into a decline marked by drastically slowed development, fewer bug fixes, and greater security risks for the computers that use it? The question hinges to a surprising degree on the personal finances of a 59-year-old technologist in Talent, Ore., named Harlan Stenn.

Time, NTP, PTP etc. — PHKs Bikeshed

Login screen in Fedora 22 Workstation uses Wayland

Fedora 21 Workstationadded the ability to log in and run a Wayland session from the login screen (GDM), leaving the login screen itself running using the older X protocol. This is changing with a new feature in Fedora 22 enabling the login screen to run on Wayland by default.

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Questions for elementary OS | LAS 352

chris — Sun, 15 Feb 2015 17:26:22 +0000

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Two members of the elementary OS project join us to discuss the recent dust up around their blog post asking for more funding from their users. We’ll ask the hard questions you’ve been wondering, get the latest from the project & talk about the future.

Plus we look at the sales for the first BQ Ubuntu Touch edition, Linus’ personal choice award, some good news for OpenShot & more!

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Freya Beta 2 is here!

You thought the day would never come, but after 6 months and almost 600 fixes we’re bringing you the next step on our way to a final release of elementary OS 0.3!

elementary — Payments

We explicitly say you can download Luna for free, we include a pay-what-you-want (including $0) text entry with $10 pre-filled, and we also include an explicit “Download Luna for free” link that simply sets the text entry to $0 for you.

Next, you’re given the payment/download dialog:

The text entry matches whatever was on the first screen, but we again let you change it to anything you’d like, including $0.

Users have downloaded Luna over 2,000,000 times. Around 99.875% of those users download without paying. Of the tiny 0.125% who do, the most common payments are the default $10, followed by $1. But again, only a tiny fraction of one percent of users even decide to pay in the first place.

Furthermore, we’ve received feedback that this flow is deceiving. It doesn’t make it clear enough that there are multiple payment options and it includes a payments step even if you’ve chosen to enter $0.

elementary misses the point « Blog Fiasco

A recent post on the elementary blog about how they ask for payment on download created a bit of a stir this week. One particular sentence struck a nerve (it has since been removed from the post): “We want users to understand that they’re pretty much cheating the system when they choose not to pay for software.”

elementary — How big is elementary OS really?

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The Lego Movie… Runs Linux!

So I was watching the making of The Lego Movie with the only purpose of finding some Linux goodness. I was pretty upset when I saw Windows 7 and Photoshop at a close up, but then there is the animation (and the GNOME) stuff.

Desktop App Pick

Lets Make Music (LMMS)

Produce music with your computer
by creating melodies and beats, synthesizing and mixing sounds, arranging samples and much more.

Weekly Spotlight

AutoKey

AutoKey is a desktop automation utility for Linux and X11. It allows you to manage collection of scripts and phrases, and assign abbreviations and hotkeys to these. This allows you to execute a script or insert text on demand in whatever program you are using.

AutoKey features a subset of the capabilities of the popular Windows-based AutoHotkey, but is not intended as a full replacement. For a Linux-based implementation of AutoHotkey, see IronAHK. AutoKey’s GUI features a number of concepts and features inspired by the Windows program PhraseExpress.

Features

Python scripting engine allows you to automate virtually any task that can be accomplished via the keyboard and/or mouse
Built-in code editor with autocomplete and calltips
Scripts are plain Python files that can be edited in any text editor
Similarly, phrases are stored as plain text files
Create collections of phrases/scripts in folders, and assign a hotkey or abbreviation to the folder to display a popup menu
Regular expressions can be used to filter windows by their title or class, to exclude hotkeys/abbreviations from triggering in certain applications
Scripts, phrases and folders can be attached to the notification icon menu, allowing you to select them without assigning a hotkey or abbreviation

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Ubuntu Phone Sells Out During First Flash Sale

Despite the technical issues the Bq Aquaris E4.5 Ubuntu Edition handset managed to sell out its debut run.

Ubuntu phones will be available to buy between 9-18 (CET) 2015.02.10

BQ: 12,000 orders per minute

@Baktus we experienced a huge demand this morning, receiving over 12,000 orders per minute

— BQ (@bqreaders) February 11, 2015

Ubuntu Phone: Is It Worth It? (Aquaris E4.5) – YouTube

I am back from London. I attended the Ubuntu Phone Insider event and have an Ubuntu Phone I took back with me. Here is what think about the device and the OS. Help support my channel and make it possible for me to obtain devices to review.

VLC Media Player 3.0

VLC Media Player 3.0.0 is one of the most anticipated applications of 2015, eagerly awaited by millions of computer users worldwide. Prominent features of VLC 3.0 include Wayland support, a Chromecast output module, several Android improvements, among which we can mention rotation, opaque, and subpicture blending, as well as batch convert support.

Linux Torvalds awarded Arch Linux as the most consumer friendly distrobution

The purpose of a GNU distribution is to make it easy for users to use their system. It’s a stupid idea to force your users to compile everything from scratch,” said Linus Torvalds at the event. If you think your users are going to compile everything, only compilers will use your software.

OpenShot Video Editor for Windows, Mac, and Linux by Jonathan Thomas — Kickstarter

There are many challenges that go along with building any software. Some are obvious and some are more subtle. However, some challenges, as I’ve recently realized, aren’t related to computers at all. Sometime in late October, my wife and I decided that it would be fun to put our house on the market, and “test the waters”. We have been talking about moving out of Arlington, TX (a relatively big city) for years, and heading towards a bit more land, and less city. As fate would have it, we had an offer on our house within 1 week, and all of a sudden needed to find a new house, make repairs, pack, rent a moving truck, etc… etc… Needless to say, this required a lot of time and energy.

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