# Linux Action News 137

URL: /show/linux-action-news/137/
> Canonical releases a "mini-cloud" on your workstation, the KDE ecosystem has some big news, and the smart home might have just become more open.

- Show: [Linux Action News](/show/linux-action-news/)
- Episode: 137
- Date: 2019-12-22
- Hosts: chris
- Duration: 00:27:06
- Audio: https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/dec90738-e640-45e5-b375-4573052f4bf4/a075db11-4357-4ab6-aa78-38d4770bf26f.mp3
- YouTube: https://youtu.be/6hekYQ77TQE





### Episode Links

  * [Firefox adds 2nd DoH partner](https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2019/12/17/firefox-announces-new-partner-in-delivering-private-and-secure-dns-services-to-users/ "Firefox adds 2nd DoH partner") — Program Committing to Data Retention and Transparency Requirements that Respect User Privacy
  * [Apple, Google, and Amazon are teaming up to develop an open-source smart home standard](https://www.theverge.com/2019/12/18/21027890/apple-google-amazon-smart-home-standard-zigbee-connected-ip-project "Apple, Google, and Amazon are teaming up to develop an open-source smart home standard")
  * [Amazon, Apple, Google, and the Zigbee Alliance to develop connectivity standard](https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2019/12/amazon-apple-google-and-the-zigbee-alliance-to-develop-connectivity-standard/ "Amazon, Apple, Google, and the Zigbee Alliance to develop connectivity standard")
  * [Ikea previews its improved 2020 smart home experience](https://www.theverge.com/2019/12/18/21025798/ikea-home-smart-scenes-shortcut-button-onboarding-upgrade-software-price "Ikea previews its improved 2020 smart home experience")
  * [Z-Wave is making a huge change so it doesn’t get left behind in the smart home wars - The Verge](https://www.theverge.com/2019/12/19/21029661/zwave-open-standard-radios-smart-home-multiple-vendors-silicon-labs "Z-Wave is making a huge change so it doesn’t get left behind in the smart home wars - The Verge") — It’s turning into a fully open standard, according to Silicon Labs.
  * [Canonical Releases Multipass 1.0 As "A Mini-Cloud On Your Workstation"](https://phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Multipass-1.0-Released "Canonical Releases Multipass 1.0 As "A Mini-Cloud On Your Workstation"") — "a mini-cloud on your workstation using native hypervisors of all the supported plaforms (Windows, macOS and Linux), it will give you an Ubuntu command line in just a click ("Open shell") or a simple multipass shell command, or even a keyboard shortcut."
  * [Krita Receives Epic MegaGrant](https://krita.org/en/item/krita-receives-epic-megagrant/ "Krita Receives Epic MegaGrant") — Epic, the makers of the Unreal game engine, have supported Krita with a $25,000 MegaGrant
  * [A Kubuntu-Powered Laptop Is Launching In 2020 For High-End KDE Computing](https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Kubuntu-Laptop-Coming "A Kubuntu-Powered Laptop Is Launching In 2020 For High-End KDE Computing") — A Kubuntu laptop is launching soon that is aiming for a high-end Linux laptop experience atop the KDE flavor of Ubuntu.
  * [KDE Launch Video & Wallpaper Competitions with Linux PCs as Prizes](https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2019/12/kde-plasma-competitions-tuxedo-prizes "KDE Launch Video & Wallpaper Competitions with Linux PCs as Prizes")
  * [Guidance for Atari VCS Content Developers](https://medium.com/@atarivcs/guidance-for-atari-vcs-content-developers-go-760d5522370d "Guidance for Atari VCS Content Developers") — Initial procedures announced for more independent game and app developers to start creating and planning now for earning a place in the Atari VCS storefront.