# Linux Action News 123

URL: /show/linux-action-news/123/
> Speed is the big story around GNOME 3.34, two new major Firefox security features start to roll out, and we explain the CentOS 8 delay.

- Show: [Linux Action News](/show/linux-action-news/)
- Episode: 123
- Date: 2019-09-15
- Hosts: chris
- Duration: 00:25:04
- Audio: https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/dec90738-e640-45e5-b375-4573052f4bf4/e124b7b2-1c9f-4a35-aba7-56af3eb332dd.mp3
- YouTube: https://youtu.be/FB1e84VIMtA





### Episode Links

  * [GNOME 3.34 Released](https://www.gnome.org/news/2019/09/gnome-3-34-released/ "GNOME 3.34 Released") — Version 3.34 contains six months of work by the GNOME community and includes many improvements, performance improvements and new features.
  * [GNOME 3.34 Released with "Drastically Improved" Responsiveness](https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2019/09/gnome-3-34-released-drastically-improved "GNOME 3.34 Released with "Drastically Improved" Responsiveness")
  * [GNOME Firmware 3.34.0 Release](https://blogs.gnome.org/hughsie/2019/09/13/gnome-firmware-3-34-0-release/ "GNOME Firmware 3.34.0 Release") — With the new fwupd 1.3.1 you can now build just the libfwupd library, which makes it easy to build GNOME Firmware (old name: gnome-firmware-updater) in Flathub
  * [Please welcome Acer to the LVFS](https://blogs.gnome.org/hughsie/2019/09/11/please-welcome-acer-to-the-lvfs/ "Please welcome Acer to the LVFS") — Acer has now officialy joined the LVFS, promoting the Aspire A315 firmware to stable.
  * [Firefox’s Test Pilot Program Returns with Firefox Private Network Beta](https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2019/09/10/firefoxs-test-pilot-program-returns-with-firefox-private-network-beta/ "Firefox’s Test Pilot Program Returns with Firefox Private Network Beta") — It originally started as an Add-on before we relaunched it three years ago. Then in January, we announced that we were evolving our culture of experimentation, and as a result we closed the Test Pilot program to give us time to further explore what was next.
  * [Mozilla to gradually enable DNS-over-HTTPS later this month](https://www.zdnet.com/article/mozilla-to-gradually-enable-dns-over-https-for-firefox-us-users-later-this-month/ "Mozilla to gradually enable DNS-over-HTTPS later this month") — Mozilla plans to enable support for the DNS-over-HTTPS (DoH) protocol by default inside the Firefox browser for a small number of US users starting later this month.
  * [Google Unveils DNS-over-HTTPS (DoH) Plan](https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/technology/google-unveils-dns-over-https-doh-plan-mozillas-faces-criticism/ "Google Unveils DNS-over-HTTPS \(DoH\) Plan")
  * [Wherefore Art Thou CentOS 8?](https://www.montanalinux.org/wherefore-art-thou-centos-8-20190911.html "Wherefore Art Thou CentOS 8?") — Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 was released on May 7th, 2019.
  * [PineTime on Twitter](https://twitter.com/thepine64/status/1172648370550136832?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1172648370550136832&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.redditmedia.com%2Fmediaembed%2Fd4064l%3Fresponsive%3Dtrue%26is_nightmode%3Dfalse "PineTime on Twitter") — "This is the #PineTime (actual photo) - a #Linux smartphone companion and a side-project of ours. Are you a @real_FreeRTOS or @ArmMbed developer with an interest in smartwatches? - let us know. https://t.co/j7ygDWNqbD" / Twitter