LUP 252: Github Hubbub

• Air Date: 2018-06-06
• Duration: 63 mins 39 secs

About this episode

Microsoft has purchased GitHub, sending shock-waves through the free software community. We discuss the bidding war that took place, and it leaves us questioning what the future of Electron might be.

Your hosts

• Chris Fisher
• Wes Payne

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Episode links

• Facebook made an AI that convincingly turns one style of music into another
• Microsoft to acquire GitHub for $7.5 billion
• GitHub: Interest from Google and others, revenue about $300 million
• Moving the pfSense® Documentation to GitHub
• Hello, GitHub | @natfriedman
• Seem like Atom will stay alive
• The Cost of Developers – Stratechery by Ben Thompson
• How To Use the GitLab One-Click Install Image to Manage Git Repositories | DigitalOcean
• How To Install and Configure GitLab on Ubuntu 16.04 | DigitalOcean
• Stepping down as maintainer
• Samsung’s Chromebook Plus now supports Linux apps
• Celebrating 2 years Nextcloud
• Scoot Your Boots Down to Texas Linux Fest!
• Steam for Windows soaked in WINE and Snapped
• Track Mania Nations Forever soaked in WINE and Snapped for Linux
• Overload on GOG.com
• Gitea
• PulseAudio-dlna
• wtf: A personal information dashboard for your terminal.
• Learn more about the best Motorola phone around in our Moto G6 review

Tags

electron, gitea, linux podcast, overload, pulseaudio-dlna, trackmania nations forever