Episode 413: Ask Noah Show 413 | Contributing to Ubuntu

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This week Robie Basak joins Noah from the Ubuntu Summit and gives an introduction on how to get started contributing to Ubuntu.

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01:26 HexOS - Craig

• Start with the Command Line
• When is a GUI appropriate
• Start with
  • make a ZFS pool
  • make a samba share
• Help us understand your goal
• What is HexOS
• Ubuntu and ZFS
• DKMS
• kABI
• Advantages of TrueNAS
  • Snapshots
  • Send/Receive
  • 1 Click Re-silvering

17:08 Questions about HDMI switch - Andy

• Theater Receiver
• Decimator

21:14 News Wire

• SQLite 3.47.0 - sqlite.org

• Peazip 10 - github.io

• Jellyfin 10.10.0 - jellyfin.org

• EasyOS 6.4 - puppylinux.com

• Gnome 47.1 - gnome.org

• Tor Browser 14.0 - torproject.org

• AlmaLinux Kitten 10 - almalinux.org

• Gentoo & DTrace 2.0 - gentoo.org

• NASA $15.6M Grant for Open Source Tools - spaceanddefense.io

• Open Source Printable Lathe - hackaday.com

• Thelio Astra - system76.com

• Eight Nvidia High Severity Vulnerabilities - forbes.com

• OpenSSL 3.4 - github.com

• IPS Snort v3.5 - github.com

• Parrot OS 6.2 - parrotsec.org

• New Granite 3.0 - zdnet.com

• HUGS - reuters.com

• SynthID Now Open Source - theverge.com

• Mochi 1 - venturebeat.com

• Ubuntu Turns 20 - ubuntu.com

23:23 Robie Basak - Ubuntu Technical Council

• What drew you to Linux?
• Why did you decide to work for Canonical?
• What is the Ubuntu Technical Board?
• Difference between Ubuntu and Canonical
• The process of granting commit rights
• Conflict resolution
• Cloud init
• Unique ID
• Ubuntu Summit
• Range of interaction
• Membership Board Meeting
• Full Hour Long Meeting Recording YouTube

43:40 Fedora 41

• Fedora 41 available early!
• New DNF
• bootc
• Plasma Mobile Spin
• Fedora Magazine
• Minisforum v3
• Steve, Fedora, hardware

50:30 Russian Kernel Maintainers Removed

• Greg Kroah-Hartman removed them due to "various compliance requirements"
• Removed developers Russian and not minor contributors
• We live in a world where decisions are made for political reasons
• zdnet.com
• therecord.media

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