# Linux Action News 144

URL: /show/linux-action-news/144/
> Why we're disappointed in the CoreOS Container Linux transition, Mycroft goes troll hunting and the complicated story brewing at the GNU Project.

- Show: [Linux Action News](/show/linux-action-news/)
- Episode: 144
- Date: 2020-02-09
- Hosts: chris
- Duration: 00:22:53
- Audio: https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/dec90738-e640-45e5-b375-4573052f4bf4/5cfeda50-aca1-459d-8f03-0ff63a229565.mp3
- YouTube: https://youtu.be/pr4fcziNhk8





### Episode Links

  * [End-of-life announcement for CoreOS Container Linux](https://coreos.com/os/eol/ "End-of-life announcement for CoreOS Container Linux") — We know this timeline is aggressive. We've tried to provide the longest possible migration period consistent with our ability to maintain the OS
  * [Glass Enterprise Edition 2 now available for developers](https://developers.googleblog.com/2020/02/glass-enterprise-edition-2-now.html "Glass Enterprise Edition 2 now available for developers")
  * [Mycroft's Position on Patent Trolls](https://mycroft.ai/blog/troll-hunter-mycrofts-position-on-patent-trolls/ "Mycroft's Position on Patent Trolls") — We are going to litigate every single patent suit to the fullest extent possible including appealing any adverse decisions all the way to the Supreme Court.
  * [GNU-FSF cooperation update](https://www.gnu.org/gnu/2020-announcement-1.html "GNU-FSF cooperation update") — Our mutual aim is to work together as peers, while minimizing change in the practical aspects of this cooperation, so we can advance in our common free software mission.
  * [GNU-FSF cooperation update — Free Software Foundation — working together for free software](https://www.fsf.org/news/gnu-fsf-cooperation-update "GNU-FSF cooperation update — Free Software Foundation — working together for free software")
  * [The draft GNU Social Contract](https://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2020-01/msg00607.html "The draft GNU Social Contract") — I have been working with several other GNU Maintainers and volunteers to draft a GNU Social Contract which explains the key commitments we want from the GNU Project.
  * [GNU Social Contract DRAFT](https://wiki.gnu.tools/gnu:social-contract "GNU Social Contract DRAFT")
  * [Jean Louis - Re: A GNU “social contract”?](https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/gnu-misc-discuss/2020-01/msg00075.html "Jean Louis - Re: A GNU “social contract”?")
  * [Proposals for the new GNU/FSF relationship](https://gnu.wildebeest.org/blog/mjw/2019/12/27/proposals-for-the-new-gnu-fsf-relationship/ "Proposals for the new GNU/FSF relationship")
  * [Memorial Fund for Mark Greaves, PeppermintOS CEO](https://www.gofundme.com/f/memorial-fund-for-mark-greaves-peppermintos-ceo "Memorial Fund for Mark Greaves, PeppermintOS CEO") — This is a tribute to Mark Greaves (PCNetSpec), Husband, Father, Peppermint CEO and distributor.
  * [AppCenter for Everyone](https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/appcenter-for-everyone/x/1916634#/ "AppCenter for Everyone") — This campaign will fund a one-week in-person development sprint to develop and deliver on these key areas.