Shownotes Transcript
Chitchat
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Mike: 🏠 Reduced his existence to messing on his computer in his flat and getting paid for it and messing on his computer in his flat in his spare time.
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Shane - Has spent much of the last week in an existential crisis wondering if he has to start sharpening sticks and learning how to work leather into armour 🛡️.
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Conor: Been working from home, I've tested Ubuntu 20.04) in a VM and am very impressed, adventures in /e/) 🧱📱
Stay safe
Wash your hands, cough and sneeze into your elbow, keep a distance of at least 1 metre from others and stay away from elderly or sick relatives. Go to HSE.ie) and WHO.int) for information... not effing Facebook.
News
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System 76: Pop Shell) and a new ⌨️ keyboard) (via omg! ubuntu! and Forbes)
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🕹️ Half Life Alyx to be available on Linux) (via GamingOnLinux)
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Firefox 📦 now has a Flatpak) (via 9to5Linux)
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Librem Mini 🖥️) from Purism. (via omg! ubuntu! and Forbes)
Discussion
Remote Work
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ℹ️ Big Tech and social networks against misinformation)
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Norwegian Uni 🔥 burns) the US
Shoutouts
Invidious) alternative YouTube 📺 front end
Events
- FOSS Talk Live 2020 was cancelled just as we were about to publish this show. More info from Joe on the FOSS Talk website)
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Attribution
The music for this podcast was sampled from Bust This Bust That - Professor Kliq) which was released under the CC BY NC SA License).