Description

This week Noah and Steve give you the latest on open source mobile operating systems. Windows is pushing people to Linux by way of charging them $244 per year for updates in the third year.

-- During The Show --

01:20 Hardware

• Protectli
• $170 Chinesium Device
• Lenovo Thunderbolt Dock
• CalDigit Thunderbolt Dock

09:19 Graphene OS - Craig

• GrapheneOS
• Moving away from phones
• JMP.Chat
• Conversations
• Gajim
• Linphone
• JMP.Chat phone service
• LineageOS
• PostmarketOS
• SailfishOS
• Titan M chip
• Had pretty good luck on ebay
• NitroKey/NitroPhone

25:55 NixOS Thoughts - Jeremy W

• Where NixOS is useful
• "Productised" NixOS
• Set people up for success

32:58 Self Hosted Email - Jeremy H

• Write in and tell me about your self hosted email experiences

34:54 News Wire

• German State Moving to Linux - ARSTechnica

• Kodi 21.0 - Kodi

• Nitrux - nxos.org

• Ubuntu 24.04 Delayed - Toms Hardware

• EndeavourOS ARM Discontinued - EndeavourOS

• Linux 6.7 EOL - Server Host

• QT Creator 13 - QT

• FFmpeg 7.0 - FFmpeg

• Dtrace 2.0 - Phoronix

• AURORA-M - Mark Tech Post

• Gretel AI Text-to-SQL - Mark Tech Post

• Viking Model Family - Mark Tech Post

• Framework Hiring - Phoronix

36:26 Bell Canada is deleting DVR/PVR recordings

• Steve hates Bell Canada
• Marriage photographer story
• HDCP
• HDCP Stripper
• OREI HDMI splitter

43:03 Windows Upgrades/Updates

• Windows 10 EOL October 2025
• Extended Security Updates (ESUs)
• Microsoft will charge for updates
• ARS Technica

46:06 Germany Switching to Linux

• Linux solves "Windows high hardware requirements"
• Schleswig-Holstein developing open source directory service
• LiMux from Munich
• Steve's take
• [Lxer.com](lxer.com/module/newswire/ext_link.php?rid=339628)
• ARS Technica

51:10 American Privacy Rights Act

• [Fusion Centers](lxer.com/module/newswire/ext_link.php?rid=339628)
• IQT
• Tax dollars funding data collection companies
• The Register

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