Published: Sept. 8, 2021, 2 a.m.
We try out what might be the most fun Linux distribution around. It started as a laugh, but now we\u2019re in love.
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Plus, the reunion road trip hits a bump, some community news, feedback, picks, and more.
Special Guest: Brent Gervais.
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- The Light Phone — The Light Phone II is a premium, minimal phone. It will never have social media, clickbait news, email, an internet browser, or any other anxiety-inducing infinite feed.
- Ingenuity Is So Good, NASA\u2019s Mars Helicopter Mission Just Got an Exciting Update — Given its stunning and unexpected success, NASA has extended Ingenuity's mission indefinitely.
- KDE\u2019s Plasma Wayland Session Is \u201cFinally Reaching Stability\u201d Following Many Fixes — "Gazillions of bugfixes...Including many for the Plasma Wayland session! It\u2019s finally reaching stability. I know it\u2019s taken a while, but I think we\u2019re very nearly there!"
- This week in KDE: gazillions of bugfixes
- Nftables reaches 1.0 — The release of nftables 1.0.0 can be seen as a signal that it is time for the laggards to get more serious about making the switch. While it is hard to imagine iptables support being removed anytime soon, it's rather easier to foresee that enthusiasm for maintaining it will continue to wane. It only took 13 years, but this transition finally appears to be heading into its final stage.
- nftables wiki
- Garuda Linux — Garuda Linux is a rolling release distro based on Arch Linux, which ensures always getting the latest software updates.
- Garuda Whoogle
- Garuda Startpage
- Stickers | Jupiter Broadcasting Garage Sale
- Pick: yt-dlp — A youtube-dl fork with additional features and fixes.
- Pick: ytmdl — A simple app to get songs from YouTube in mp3 format with artist name, album name etc from sources like iTunes, Spotify, LastFM, Deezer, Gaana etc.