Late Night Linux – Episode 216

Canonical’s latest Ubuntu PR blunder, Mastodon and the fediverse are doing a lot better than some journalists seem to think, yet another telemetry row, the company behind Mycroft is struggling, KDE Korner, and more.

News

We now have a Discord server (as well as the Telegram group, Matrix room, and IRC channel). Links to everything on our community page

What are ESM Apps, and how do they relate to Ubuntu Pro?

Lazy Reporters Claiming Fediverse Is ‘Slumping,’ Despite Massive Increase In Usage

Magazine Publishes Serious Errors in First AI-Generated Health Article

Google’s Go may add telemetry that’s on by default

telemetry in the Go toolchain

It’s not looking good for Mycroft AI

The End of the Campaign

Mycroft patent troll case

KDE Korner

Plasma 5.27-eve (Frameworks 5.103.0 is just out) Nate has a writeup and help report multi-monitor bugs effectively

Kate’s git features

A couple of FOSDEM Reports (or ALL the talks!)

KDE packaging recommendations

Akademy call for proposals is open

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