LAN 162: Linux Action News 162¶

About this episode¶

We review the Raspberry Pi 400. Then discover new features coming to Linux powered Dells.

Raspberry Pi 400: the $70 desktop PC — The Raspberry Pi 400 Personal Computer Kit is the “Christmas morning” product, with the best possible out-of-box experience: a complete PC which plugs into your TV or monitor.
Raspberry Pi 400 - First Impressions
Raspberry Pi 400 review—the under-$100 desktop PC you didn’t know you needed
Dell is Adding Webcam and Microphone Kill Switches — Dell is adding new code in Linux kernel that will enable you to disable newer Dell system’s webcam and microphone with keyboard shortcuts. Why? Because privacy.
Dell Adding Hardware Privacy Driver For Linux
Let's Encrypt warns about a third of Android devices will from next year stumble over sites that use its certs — Expiration of cross-signed root certificates spells trouble
Standing on Our Own Two Feet - Let's Encrypt
Chrome will soon have its own dedicated certificate root store — Currently, Chrome uses the certificate root store part of each operating system. Google plans to manage its own list of "approved" certificates from now on, similar to Firefox.
BPF binaries: BTF, CO-RE, and the future of BPF perf tools — Two new technologies, BTF and CO-RE, are paving the way for BPF to become a billion-dollar industry.
What is eBPF?
eBPF: Put the Kubernetes Data Plane in the Kernel
LINUX Unplugged 293: Netflix's Gift to Linux