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Categories: Technology

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This week we take your feedback give an update on Steve's son's server. We talk some Xsession woes, Noah gives you an update on access control and credentials, and Steve has some thoughts on Apple.

-- During The Show --

00:42 Intro

Conference season
Seasons of Life
Each conference has something different

03:15 Steve's Audio Issues - bout10bucks

Jellyfin and Kodi
MKV containers
What Steve was doing

06:22 Steve's Son's Server and other things - Norm

Steve's son and Linux
Parenting
Applying pressure
Noah's listening
- Audio Books
- Jupiter Broadcasting
- Darknet Diaries
Steve's listening
- Jupiter Broadcasting
- Coder Radio
- Late Night Linux
- AI Fix
- Smashing Security
Getting a company to open source code
- Open Source community can be hostile
- Gather info before hand
- What is the benefit to the company
- Licensing
Linux Conference Talk

21:16 Charlie's Xsession woes - Charlie

How to disable error generation into the xsession file
What is an xsession file
AI is good at parsing log files

25:41 News Wire

Postfix 3.11 - postfix.org
Handbrake 1.11 - handbrake.fr
Digikam 9.0 - digikam.org
Docker 29.3 - docker.com
SQLite 3.52 - sqlite.org
Rust 1.94 - releases.rs
GTK 4.22 - gitlab.gnome.org
KDE Plasma 6.6.2 - kde.org
Nvidia 595 Driver - phoronix.com
CIQ Kernel - yahoo.com
ZeroRISC Crypto Stack - thequantuminsider.com
Fake Laravel Packages - thehackernews.com
RELIANOID Community Edition v7.9 - relianoid.com
Austrumi 5.2 - ftp.linux.edu.lv
CachyOS March 2026 release - cachyos.org
T2 26.3 Desktop Edition - t2linux.com
Nitrux 6.0 - nxos.org
NemoClaw - cnbc.com
Google Always On Memory Agent - venturebeat.com
Database to Study Cancer - hopkinsmedicine.org

27:20 Access Control Credentials

Wiegand and OSDP
Flipper Zero
Types of credentials
TM Dallas
Proxmark3

33:55 Steve's Apple Observations

Cellphone in laptop form factor
Eats into "low end devices"
Unified memory and VRAM
Developers already targeting Mac
Cost to running Linux
Linux's answer
Developer angle

47:29 GrapheneOS & Motorola

Annouced at Mobile World Congress
Buying a Pixel to load other operating systems
Android Authority.com
Motorola News

51:00 Age Verification Built into OS

California is requiring age verification in the OS
What is expected of other operating systems
Now is the time to speak up
How it effects Linux
itsfoss.com

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