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In our annual review of the previous year we discuss Larry's books on Ubuntu MATE, Microsoft's transformation into an open source company, the distros we've tried, and predictions for 2020. We read a couple of emails from listeners and recommend podcasts and Linux applications.

Episode 384 Time Stamps

00:00 Going Linux #384 · 2019 Year In Review

01:12 Upgrade your computer. Ubuntu MATE is the alternative to Windows 7.

03:53 Bill's latest distro hop: KDE Neon, Linux Mint 19.03

07:17 Running Firefox and not using Chrome

08:39 No ZFS in the Linux Kernel

09:11 Microsoft: 400 million insecure Win 7 users should just buy a new computer

10:20 Going Linux: 400 million Win 7 users should keep their computer and upgrade to a secure Linux

11:52 2019: The year of distro hopping

14:36 Our favorite distros

17:12 Topics we discussed in 2019

20:13 Our 2020 predictions

27:33 Tech community in 2019

30:12 Open source in 2019

38:07 Bill gets another raise in pay

39:23 Microsoft: The open source company

42:29 Making money with open source

46:23 2019: The beginning of the grand move to the open source model for software development

47:50 Listener feedback: Ken

49:31 Listener feedback: Lymon

52:15 Podcast recommendations

61:09 Application picks

69:02 goinglinux.com, goinglinux@gmail.com, +1-904-468-7889, @goinglinux, feedback, listen, subscribe

70:09 End