GRUB 2 Security Flaw, Linux Mint to Force Updates?, Valve's Steam Link | This Week in Linux 141
216On this episode of This Week in Linux, we're going to try something different with the show. Let me know what you think of the changes. This episode is completely stacked with exciting news, we've got a ton of Distro News from Ubuntu, openSUSE, Linux Mint, SystemRescue, IPFire, and even Linux From Scratch. A vulnerability was found in GRUB 2 that lets someone bypass Secure Boot so we'll talk about that and just how bad is it? The EU announced some great news related to Right to Repair. Valve has announced that Steam Link is now available on Linux and it's a real game changer. We've also got some media production news to check out this week from Blender, Ardour and a new synthesizer called Vital. All that and much more on Your Weekly Source for Linux GNews!
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SHOW NOTES ►► https://tuxdigital.com/twil141
00:00 = Welcome to TWIL 141
00:08 = Let's Try Something Different
02:25 = Announcement: DLN LUG Fest (Linux User Group)
03:46 = GRUB 2 / Secure Boot Vulnerability
07:06 = EU Rules on Right to Repair
12:36 = Steam Link now available on Linux
16:07 = Ubuntu Makes Flutter ‘Default Choice’ for Future Desktop Apps
19:16 = Electron 12 Released With Wayland Support
21:26 = Digital Ocean: VPS / App Platform ( https://do.co/dln )
23:06 = openSUSE 15.3 Beta Released
25:09 = Linux Mint To Insist Users Install Updates?
32:27 = SystemRescue 8.00 Released
34:28 = IPFire Firewall Distro Gets WPA3 Support
36:55 = Linux From Scratch 10.1 Released
38:33 = Konsave: Export/Import KDE Plasma Configurations
42:02 = Bitwarden Password Manager ( https://bitwarden.com/dln )
45:21 = Blender 2.92 Released
48:09 = Vital Synthesizer Goes Open Source
52:01 = Ardour 6.6 Released
54:48 = Humble Bundles: Books & Games
56:50 = Outro
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