Episode 247: 30 Years of Linux!

LibreOffice 7.2 is out, Gnome 41 Beta has been released, we talk streaming infrastructure, a must have networking tool for structured wiring, plus your questions, our picks!

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02:30 Difference Between CDN - Brian

• Matrix is designed to bridge chats
  • Early Days/Rough Edges
• Pachutelive.tv
  • Demo
• Nginx
• Restream.io
  • Restreaming Service not CDN
• Streamyard
  • Paid product
  • Cloud Based/Proprietary
• Scale Engine
  • Best Option
  • Lots of similar/Better Features
  • Better Priced
  • Fantastic Customer Service
  • Ran by Members of the FOSS Community

16:00 Firefox Audio Problem - Cory

• Try the Flatpak
• Newer version of Firefox might fix it
• Extensions can cause issues
  • Try Firefox safemode
• Check the sample rate of the system audio

19:55 PineNote & Android Apps - Rev Joel Collier

• Today no...
• It is very possible in the future
• Developers are currently working on getting Android Apps working on both the PinePhone and PineTab

25:39 Streaming a Funeral - Dennis

• Magewell USB HDMI Capture
• Any USB webcam should work
• Lexicon Alpha
• Scale Engine Demo
• If you have any issues email "techies [at] altispeed.com"

30:00 Document Management - Richard

• Offline Wiki?

36:06 Pick of the Week

• Single Drive - Multiple Images
• Ventoy

42:10 Gadget of the Week

• Cable Comb Tool
• Takes a 45min job to less than 5min
• Amazon Affiliate Link

44:48 Gnome 41 Beta

• UI and Feature Freeze
• SIP base functionality added
• GDM Allows Wayland User Session with X.Org Login
• Gnome Control Center adds "Cellular" and "Multitasking"
• Gnome Disk Utility now uses LUKS2
• Phoronix

50:25 LibreOffice 7.2 Released

• 60% of code commits related to MS Office compatibility
• New HUD
• New LibreOffice Dark Mode
• New Writer formatting options
• Much more!
• OMG Ubuntu

53:30 Linux 30 Years

Linux Insider

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