ULS 245: Not a Supernova - Firefox Nova, Gnome 40, & Age Verification Fallout

About this episode

The episode discusses various updates in the Linux ecosystem, including age verification issues, software releases, and tips for using Linux.

This week, there's more age verification fallout, everybody hates Ubuntu, and Wine releases 11.4. Linux From Scratch goes SystemD, Gnome is testing version 50, and Debian released a community update. Armbian releases 26.2, EA teases Linux Anti-Cheat for Linux, and Firefox Nova leaks as the visual Firefox refresh. For tips, we have Waydroid for Android on Linux, --follow for journalctl parsing, MusicBrainz Picard for managing tagging, and then a quick primer on Block and Character devices. You can see the show notes at https://bit.ly/4rZmDWd and have a great week! Host: Jonathan Bennett Co-Hosts: Jeff Massie , Ken McDonald, and Rob Campbell 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 .

People in this episode

Host: Jonathan Bennett

Topics covered

• age verification
• Linux updates
• Firefox refresh
• Gnome testing
• Wine release
• gaming on Linux
• software tips

Keywords

• Linux
• Firefox Nova
• Gnome 40
• Ubuntu
• Wine 11.4
• Armbian 26.2
• Waydroid
• MusicBrainz Picard
• age verification
• gaming

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Ubuntu, Wine, Linux From Scratch, Gnome, Debian, Armbian, EA

Products: Firefox Nova, Waydroid, MusicBrainz Picard, Block and Character devices

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