Linux After Dark – Episode 79

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Social media was a mistake that has caused polarisation through the spread of misinformation by grifters. We try to come up with some ideas for what to do about it.

Dalton mentioned cohost to shut down at end of 2024.

 

 

 

 

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Linux After Dark – Episode 78

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Is a proprietary games company driving all the innovation on the Linux desktop, and is that OK?

 

 

 

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1Password

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Linux After Dark – Episode 77

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We need to talk about Ubuntu (again). The updates situation is a confusing mess, a lot of enthusiast users have had enough and are starting to move to other distros, but ultimately millions of normal users will quietly carry on and not care.

Ubuntu Security Updates Are a Confusing Mess

 

 

 

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Linux After Dark – Episode 76

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We once recorded an episode about GNOME that was so negative that we decided to delete our recordings and not publish it. Our opinions of GNOME have changed significantly since then so we explain why.

 

 

 

 

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Linux After Dark – Episode 74

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We all customise our phones and computers to one extent or another, but does it make sense to inflict our defaults on other people’s machines when we set them up? Or should we set them up with normal defaults on mainstream distros like Ubuntu?

 

 

 

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Linux After Dark – Episode 72

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We are joined by Florian Beijers who is a full time screen reader user to talk about how the accessibility experience differs on various operating systems and Linux desktop environments, and what open source software devs could be doing better.

 

Florian’s links:

Mastodon

YouTube channel

Twitch

IC_Null Twitch

LinkedIn

 

 

 

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Linux After Dark – Episode 70

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How we make our Web experiences better with various plugins, websites and services. Plus the ethics of blocking ads, bypassing paywalls, and supporting creators.

 

uBlock Origin

archive.is

Better Twitter

Shut Up

DF YouTube

Youtube-shorts block

Consent-O-Matic

Privacy Guides

Pi-hole

Quad9

SponsorBlock

 

 

 

 

Kolide

Kolide ensures that if a device isn’t secure it can’t access your apps.  It’s Device Trust for Okta. Visit kolide.com/linuxafterdark to learn more.

 

 

 

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