# Linux Action News 142

URL: /show/linux-action-news/142/
> The real reason Rocket League is dropping support for Linux, Wine has a massive release, and the potential for Canonical's new Android in the cloud service.

- Show: [Linux Action News](/show/linux-action-news/)
- Episode: 142
- Date: 2020-01-26
- Hosts: chris
- Duration: 00:27:13
- Audio: https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/dec90738-e640-45e5-b375-4573052f4bf4/76de1a68-163f-4510-abbb-5bb6bbe99a3d.mp3
- YouTube: https://youtu.be/1ZkKz3s4hVc





### Episode Links

  * [Rocket League will drop support for Mac, Linux versions in March | Ars Technica](https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2020/01/rocket-league-will-drop-support-for-mac-linux-versions-in-march/ "Rocket League will drop support for Mac, Linux versions in March | Ars Technica") — Change comes eight months after Epic Games acquired the game's creators.
  * [Update on Refunds for macOS and Linux Players](https://www.reddit.com/r/RocketLeague/comments/etiih3/update_on_refunds_for_macos_and_linux_players/ "Update on Refunds for macOS and Linux Players")
  * [Support for macOS and Linux (SteamOS) – Psyonix Support](https://support.rocketleague.com/hc/en-us/articles/360042201433 "Support for macOS and Linux \(SteamOS\) – Psyonix Support")
  * [Psyonix are ending support for Rocket League on both Linux and macOS (updated)](https://www.gamingonlinux.com/articles/psyonix-are-ending-support-for-rocket-league-on-both-linux-and-macos-updated.15833 "Psyonix are ending support for Rocket League on both Linux and macOS \(updated\)")
  * [Thanks to Psyonix dropping Linux support, we're getting anti-Linux statements like this from game devs again](https://www.reddit.com/r/linux_gaming/comments/eu1j1o/thanks_to_psyonix_dropping_linux_support_were/?utm_name=iossmf "Thanks to Psyonix dropping Linux support, we're getting anti-Linux statements like this from game devs again")
  * [Wine 5.0 Released](https://www.winehq.org/news/2020012101 "Wine 5.0 Released") — This release represents a year of development effort and over 7,400 individual changes. 
  * [Wine Is Approaching Six Million Lines](https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Wine-Approaching-Six-Million "Wine Is Approaching Six Million Lines")
  * [Canonical introduces Anbox Cloud](https://www.theregister.co.uk/2020/01/22/canonical_anbox_cloud/ "Canonical introduces Anbox Cloud") — The service is designed to offload workloads from x86 or Arm-based devices to containers in the cloud. 
  * [The latest Chrome OS education devices will get updates for eight years](https://www.engadget.com/2020/01/21/google-chrome-os-education-eight-years-support/ "The latest Chrome OS education devices will get updates for eight years") — Previously, most Chrome OS devices recieved six years of software support.
  * [Chromebooks will now get up to eight years of Chrome OS updates](https://www.androidpolice.com/2020/01/21/chromebooks-will-now-get-up-to-eight-years-of-chrome-os-updates/ "Chromebooks will now get up to eight years of Chrome OS updates")
  * [Improving 40 million Chromebooks for education](https://www.blog.google/outreach-initiatives/education/2020-chromebooks/ "Improving 40 million Chromebooks for education")
  * [Upcycle Windows 7](https://www.fsf.org/windows/upcycle-windows-7 "Upcycle Windows 7") — We call on them to release it as free software, and give it to the community to study and improve.
  * [Open Source Licenses in 2020: Trends and Predictions](https://resources.whitesourcesoftware.com/blog-whitesource/top-open-source-licenses-trends-and-predictions "Open Source Licenses in 2020: Trends and Predictions")