LAN 192: Linux Action News 192

• Air Date: 2021-06-06
• Duration: 24 mins 17 secs

About this episode

An old Linux distro gets a new trick, and all Linux users get a few excellent quality of life updates.

Your hosts

• Chris Fisher
• Wes Payne

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Episode links

• GRUB Adds Backup/Restore Safeguard

• grub-install: Add backup and restore

• fs: Use 64-bit type for filesystem timestamp

• fs/xfs: Add needsrepair incompat feature support

• fs/xfs: Add bigtime incompat feature support

• PipeWire 0.3.29

• WebRTC Work
• Firefox 89.0, See All New Features, Updates and Fixes
• Forming the WebExtensions Community Group | WebExtensions Community Group
• WebExtensions Community Group
• Browser Extension Community Group — Browser Extension Community Group
• Web Extensions Group Charter
• Phoronix Turns 17 Years Old This Week - Phoronix
• The Insane Power Use Of Benchmarking Linux Every Day
• OpenBenchmarking.org
• LinuxBenchmarking.com
• openSUSE Leap 15.3 Released - Built Using Same Binary Packages As SUSE Linux Enterprise - Phoronix
• openSUSE Leap 15.3 Bridges Path to Enterprise
• GNOME’s Need To Broaden Its Audience For Greater Impact & Funding
• Atari VCS finally actually launches (in the US) on June 15 | GamingOnLinux
• Atari VCS Controller Support Added To SDL2 - Phoronix

Tags

atari vcs, dnf, firefox 89, gnome foundation board of directors, grub restore, latency reporting, linux action news, linux news podcast, michael larabel, opensuse leap 15.3, phoronix, pipewire, proton ui, robert mcqueen, tumbleweed, webextensions, webextensions community group, webrender, webrtc echo canceler, wecg, xfs, y2038, year 2038 bug