Episode 146

Welcome to Episode 146 of the LinuxLUGcast

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Honkeymagoo’s smart plug
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07WGN3X5F/ref=sspa_dk_detail_0?psc=1&pd_rd_i=B07WGN3X5F&pd_rd_w=lAh2o&pf_rd_p=48d372c1-f7e1-4b8b-9d02-4bd86f5158c5&pd_rd_wg=RYhbm&pf_rd_r=F70DB41HKS9TPDAQ6BHM&pd_rd_r=62e65f3d-eaa2-4398-8602-91beb70e71db&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUEzUENDUUM2WDBYWVpXJmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwOTM5ODY0WjFUVzg3UlIyQ1hXJmVuY3J5cHRlZEFkSWQ9QTAxNDQxMTAzNTlaMVZVMzQ0TDhaJndpZGdldE5hbWU9c3BfZGV0YWlsJmFjdGlvbj1jbGlja1JlZGlyZWN0JmRvTm90TG9nQ2xpY2s9dHJ1ZQ==

Kwisher:Meld a diff alternative
https://opensource.com/article/20/3/meld

Honkeymagoo:Earn it Bill
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/03/earn-it-bill-governments-not-so-secret-plan-scan-every-message-online

Danny Meeks:Pine phone ships with UBPorts
https://liliputing.com/2020/04/now-you-can-pre-order-a-pinephone-with-ubuntu-touch-for-150.html

Kwisher:Linux smart phone
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2020/03/astro-slide-smartphone-linux-dualboot

Kwisher:ubuntu 20.04 beta
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2020/04/ubuntu-20-04-flavours-whats-new

minnix the problems with zoom
https://theintercept.com/2020/04/03/zooms-encryption-is-not-suited-for-secrets-and-has-surprising-links-to-china-researchers-discover/

minnix: collapsible markdown for error logs, great for github posts
https://gist.github.com/pierrejoubert73/902cc94d79424356a8d20be2b382e1ab

Danny Meeks: a raspberry pi alternative (not really)
https://www.zdnet.com/article/this-raspberry-pi-alternative-has-an-8th-gen-intel-core-processor-and-16gb-of-ram-but-will-cost-you-almost-800/

https://www.amazon.com/Meross-Reliable-Connection-Mediatek-Occupies/dp/B079KYHLDZ/ref=sr_1_5?dchild=1&keywords=15+amp+smart+outlet&qid=1587176823&sr=8-5

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BQAMTRY5SI

Blaine Clark:
Around 11 days ago, I was trying LMDE 4 (Linux Mint Debian Edition 4) on a DVD through the Live Mode. The Beta had just been released. My wife decided to watch over my shoulder and loved what she saw. Without even trying it for herself, she declared she wanted it, NOW! I installed it on her 3-n-1 and she’s been happily toying with it throughout this quarantine. I got back to playing with it on my laptop and decided to install it the next day. We’re very well pleased with it and at this point we can both recommend it for others to at least try.Forgot to add, I’m 64, my wife’s 69 and going to be 70 next month. We is old coots! And when I call her the old lady I’m not joking! Well, not completely! Neither of us are nerds or geeks, just had our fill of Microsoft back in 07 and we’ve been a Linux household ever since.

Danny Meeks:COBOL programmers
https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/08/business/coronavirus-cobol-programmers-new-jersey-trnd/index.html

Danny Meeks:
Flashed a bootloader on the new printer and installed Marlin latest. I knew my old Arduino would come in handy some day. Ready to try it out.

Honkeymagoo: new kernel update  write speeds for the FATfile system
https://fossbytes.com/file-transfer-improves-fat-filesystem-linux/amp/

Danny Meeks:First impressions of the Banana Pi M2 Zero and install octoprint with docker.
https://marla.asuscomm.com/apps/cms_pico/pico/minnix/projects/bananapi_octoprint

next recording date will be May 1, 2020
Our music is “Downright” provided by Klaatu and Broam
We would like to thank Delwin for the use of his mumble server.
Finally we would like to give a special thanks to Fatherfinch, Fweeb, Dave Morris and Tony Beemus for all their help and support over the years.