ULS 244: Torture the Metaphor - Age Verification, Git Redirects, & Security Changes

About this episode

The episode discusses an Android review, age verification legislation, and various technology updates and tools.

This show starts with an Android review, looking at Jonathan's newest tablet. It also covers the coming Android apocalypse, the age verification legislation, and the sudo-rs asterisk fight. Mesa is grappling with AI, Ardour has a couple of point releases, and Gnome is redirecting traffic to GitHub. Fedora has a new mobile experiment in PocketBlue, and the 0 A.D. game has a stable release. For tips we have PyNetscan for IP scanning, snapper for BTRFS snapshots, mediainfo for media file investigations, and espanso for automatic text expansion. Find the show notes at https://bit.ly/3N9X3ys and enjoy! Host: Jonathan Bennett Co-Hosts: Ken McDonald, Rob Campbell , and Jeff Massie Download or subscribe to Untitled Linux Show at https://twit.tv/shows/untitled-linux-show Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free audio and video feeds, a members-only Discord, and exclusive content. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Club TWiT members can discuss this episode and leave feedback in the Club TWiT Discord . Sponsor: bitwarden.com/twit

People in this episode

Host: Jonathan Bennett

Topics covered

• Android review
• age verification legislation
• AI in technology
• GitHub redirects
• BTRFS snapshots
• media file investigations
• mobile experiments

Keywords

• Android
• age verification
• Mesa
• Ardour
• Gnome
• Fedora
• 0 A.D.
• PyNetscan
• snapper
• mediainfo

Sponsors

Bitwarden

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Mesa, Ardour, Gnome, Fedora, 0 A.D.

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