This Week in Linux

This Week in Linux


Xfce 4.14, FFmpeg, KDE Zero-Day, Linux Journal, NVidia, AMD, LibreOffice | This Week in Linux 78

August 13, 2019

On this episode of This Week in Linux, we got a lot of Big Releases from Xfce, FFmpeg and LibreOffice. Nvidia announced something we never expected them to, they have actually started releasing documentation related to their hardware. There were some reports for a Zero-Day Exploit concerning KDE so we’ll take a look at that. In Distro News, Voyager Linux released a new version and we got some interesting news from Ubuntu regarding their usage of ZFS. In the Sad News, The Linux Journal announced they will be shutting their doors again. Later in the show, we’ll check out the new operating system from Huawei, AMD Firmware Updates are rolling out for Linux support and we’ll take a look at an app to display your Android phone on your desktop, scrcpy. All that and much more on Your Weekly Source for Linux GNews!

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Segment Index

* 00:58 = Sponsored by Digital Ocean · [link]
* 01:47 = Xfce 4.14 Released · [xfce.org]
* 05:58 = FFmpeg 4.2 “Ada” Released · [ffmpeg.org]
* 11:43 = Linux Journal Shuts Down, Again · [linuxjournal.com]
* 17:22 = KDE’s Overblown Zero-Day Exploit · [Links: twitter.com, twitter.com, zdnet.com, zdnet.com]
* 25:16 = LibreOffice 6.3 Released · [libreoffice.org]
* 26:59 = AMD Ryzen 3000 BIOS Updates Arrived · [phoronix.com]
* 29:17 = NVIDIA Releases GPU Docs on GitHub · [phoronix.com]
* 34:10 = Join the Telegram Groups & Discord Servers