Season 5 - Episode 6: Sign of the Times
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In this episode we welcome back Wayne and Mark, formerly of the Binary Times) 🎙️🎙️🎙️🎙️🎙️. We discuss offensive employment practices, Centos Stream, and the new release of Raspberry Pi OS. Also: Competition redesigned!

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🦋 Microsoft 🕵️👨🏻‍🏭🙇 apologize for "worker spyware") (via The Guardian)

• The Linux Lads Employee of the Month is Debbie in Accounts 🏆

Centos is dead 😵⚰️🪦, but is it though 🎩👨🏻‍⚕️💉?

• 🌊 main story) (via Ars Technica)

• some 🍴 alternatives) (via Ars Technica)

• The breakdown on the 🎤🔈 Linux Unplugged episode)

• Jay LaCroix's take) on the situation 📺

• Rocky Linux) 🪨🐧🪨

New release) of Raspberry Pi OS 🥧🥧🥧🥧

• Hackboard 2) 🪛

• 🍱 FreedomBox)

• Pi KVM), Lakka) 🎮

• 🔄 Syncthing)

• 🚂🔗 Steam Link for the Pi)

The 2020 Holiday Hack Challenge) 🧪

Competition:

After speaking to DM) it has been agreed that the prize be changed to a copy of 🕹️ Cyberpunk 2077).

The rules are as follows:

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You must have a Steam) or GOG) 🔐 account (to be gifted the prize)

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You can follow us on 🐦 Twitter) and use #cyberpunklads or email [email protected]) with Cyberpunk Lads as the subject.

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The entries will be put into a spreadsheet and a 🎲 random number generator will pick the winner so there is no advantage or disadvanage to getting the entry in early.

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The deadline for entries is midnight 🌓 Dublin time) on the 23rd. The winner will be contacted on the 24th.

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The music for this podcast was sampled from Bust This Bust That - Professor Kliq) which was released under the CC BY NC SA License).