# Linux Action News 150

URL: /show/linux-action-news/150/
> Why Debian is facing one of its most critical moments yet, Microsoft and GitHub buy npm, and our thoughts on Linux Mint Debian Edition 4 "Debbie."

- Show: [Linux Action News](/show/linux-action-news/)
- Episode: 150
- Date: 2020-03-21
- Hosts: chris
- Duration: 00:30:40
- Audio: https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/dec90738-e640-45e5-b375-4573052f4bf4/3ed5a374-7f65-4434-be44-0fb66e35ca1a.mp3
- YouTube: https://youtu.be/aum45VqVlck





### Episode Links

  * [npm is joining GitHub](https://github.blog/2020-03-16-npm-is-joining-github/ "npm is joining GitHub") — I’m excited to announce that GitHub has signed an agreement to acquire npm.
  * [The npm Blog — Next Phase Montage](https://blog.npmjs.org/post/612764866888007680/next-phase-montage "The npm Blog — Next Phase Montage")
  * [Microsoft's GitHub absorbs NPM into its code-hosting empire](https://www.theregister.co.uk/2020/03/16/microsofts_github_npm/ "Microsoft's GitHub absorbs NPM into its code-hosting empire")
  * [GitHub for mobile is now available](https://github.blog/2020-03-17-github-for-mobile-is-now-available/ "GitHub for mobile is now available")
  * [LMDE 4 “Debbie” released!](https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=3867 "LMDE 4 “Debbie” released!") — LMDE is a Linux Mint project which stands for “Linux Mint Debian Edition”. 
  * [Debian Project Leader Elections 2020](https://www.debian.org/vote/2020/vote_001 "Debian Project Leader Elections 2020") — Jonathan Carter Sruthi Chandran Brian Gupta
  * [Platform for Jonathan Carter](https://www.debian.org/vote/2020/platforms/jcc "Platform for Jonathan Carter")
  * [Platform for Sruthi Chandran](https://www.debian.org/vote/2020/platforms/srud "Platform for Sruthi Chandran")
  * [Works With Chromebook](https://www.blog.google/products/chromebooks/works-with-chromebook-find-chromebook-accessories/ "Works With Chromebook") — You’ll begin to see the Works With Chromebook badge on certified accessories in the U.S., Canada and Japan. 
  * [Chromebooks Accessories & Chargers](https://www.google.com/chromebook/workswithchromebook/ "Chromebooks Accessories & Chargers")
  * [Chrome OS to get native app for printing and scanning](https://ww.9to5google.com/2020/03/11/chrome-os-native-printing-scanning-app/ "Chrome OS to get native app for printing and scanning")
  * [Upcoming Chrome and Chrome OS releases](https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/03/upcoming-chrome-and-chrome-os-releases.html "Upcoming Chrome and Chrome OS releases") — Due to adjusted work schedules at this time, we are pausing upcoming Chrome and Chrome OS releases. 
  * [PAPPL Is A New Printer Application Framework Made By The Founder Of CUPS](https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=PAPPL-Printer-App-Framework "PAPPL Is A New Printer Application Framework Made By The Founder Of CUPS") — Michael Sweet, the lead developer of CUPS who had been at Apple for more than a decade since they acquired it, is now developing PAPPL as a printer application framework in addition to his work on the new LPrint project.
  * [Crowdsourced supercomputing project sets sights on coronavirus](https://medicine.wustl.edu/news/crowdsourced-supercomputing-project-sets-sights-on-coronavirus/ "Crowdsourced supercomputing project sets sights on coronavirus") — Folding@home targets COVID-19, number of volunteer ‘folders’ skyrockets
  * [Thousands of These Computers Were Mining Cryptocurrency. Now They're Working on Coronavirus Research](https://www.coindesk.com/thousands-of-these-computers-were-mining-cryptocurrency-now-theyre-working-on-coronavirus-research "Thousands of These Computers Were Mining Cryptocurrency. Now They're Working on Coronavirus Research")
  * [Gamers... assemble. It's time to join forces with @NVIDIAGeForce and @OfficialPCMR](https://twitter.com/IntelUK/status/1239922088993062914 "Gamers... assemble. It's time to join forces with @NVIDIAGeForce and @OfficialPCMR")
  * [NVIDIA GeForce on Twitter: PC Gamers, let’s put those GPUs to work. ](https://twitter.com/NVIDIAGeForce/status/1238496311776653312 "NVIDIA GeForce on Twitter: PC Gamers, let’s put those GPUs to work. ")
  * [Firefox 74.0 Released](https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/74.0/releasenotes/ "Firefox 74.0 Released") — Firefox now provides better privacy for your web voice and video calls through support for mDNS ICE by cloaking your computer’s IP address with a random ID in certain WebRTC scenarios.