Description

This week we take your feedback give an update on Steve's son's server. We talk some Xsession woes, Noah gives you an update on access control and credentials, and Steve has some thoughts on Apple.

-- During The Show --

00:42 Intro

• Conference season
• Seasons of Life
• Each conference has something different

03:15 Steve's Audio Issues - bout10bucks

• Jellyfin and Kodi
• MKV containers
• What Steve was doing

06:22 Steve's Son's Server and other things - Norm

• Steve's son and Linux
• Parenting
• Applying pressure
• Noah's listening
  • Audio Books
  • Jupiter Broadcasting
  • Darknet Diaries
• Steve's listening
  • Jupiter Broadcasting
  • Coder Radio
  • Late Night Linux
  • AI Fix
  • Smashing Security
• Getting a company to open source code
  • Open Source community can be hostile
  • Gather info before hand
  • What is the benefit to the company
  • Licensing
• Linux Conference Talk

21:16 Charlie's Xsession woes - Charlie

• How to disable error generation into the xsession file
• What is an xsession file
• AI is good at parsing log files

25:41 News Wire

• Postfix 3.11 - postfix.org

• Handbrake 1.11 - handbrake.fr

• Digikam 9.0 - digikam.org

• Docker 29.3 - docker.com

• SQLite 3.52 - sqlite.org

• Rust 1.94 - releases.rs

• GTK 4.22 - gitlab.gnome.org

• KDE Plasma 6.6.2 - kde.org

• Nvidia 595 Driver - phoronix.com

• CIQ Kernel - yahoo.com

• ZeroRISC Crypto Stack - thequantuminsider.com

• Fake Laravel Packages - thehackernews.com

• RELIANOID Community Edition v7.9 - relianoid.com

• Austrumi 5.2 - ftp.linux.edu.lv

• CachyOS March 2026 release - cachyos.org

• T2 26.3 Desktop Edition - t2linux.com

• Nitrux 6.0 - nxos.org

• NemoClaw - cnbc.com

• Google Always On Memory Agent - venturebeat.com

• Database to Study Cancer - hopkinsmedicine.org

27:20 Access Control Credentials

• Wiegand and OSDP
• Flipper Zero
• Types of credentials
• TM Dallas
• Proxmark3

33:55 Steve's Apple Observations

• Cellphone in laptop form factor
• Eats into "low end devices"
• Unified memory and VRAM
• Developers already targeting Mac
• Cost to running Linux
• Linux's answer
• Developer angle

47:29 GrapheneOS & Motorola

• Annouced at Mobile World Congress
• Buying a Pixel to load other operating systems
• Android Authority.com
• Motorola News

51:00 Age Verification Built into OS

• California is requiring age verification in the OS
• What is expected of other operating systems
• Now is the time to speak up
• How it effects Linux
• itsfoss.com

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