# Linux Action News 156

URL: /show/linux-action-news/156/
> Lenovo expands its Linux lineup in a big way, with 30 Ubuntu systems. And why Microsoft Edge on Linux might be more significant than you think.

- Show: [Linux Action News](/show/linux-action-news/)
- Episode: 156
- Date: 2020-09-27
- Hosts: chris
- Duration: 00:31:25
- Audio: https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/dec90738-e640-45e5-b375-4573052f4bf4/50902aa8-1efe-4d0c-8baa-27752a21b31e.mp3
- YouTube: https://youtu.be/36X4hwsvjJE



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### Episode Links

  * [Lenovo expand enterprise desktop range preinstalled with Ubuntu](https://ubuntu.com//blog/lenovo-expand-enterprise-desktop-range-preinstalled-with-ubuntu "Lenovo expand enterprise desktop range preinstalled with Ubuntu") — Ubuntu 20.04 LTS is certified across 30 of Lenovo’s ThinkPads and ThinkStations range
  * [The September release and EndeavourOS ARM arrived](https://endeavouros.com/news/the-september-release-and-endeavouros-arm-arrived/ "The September release and EndeavourOS ARM arrived") — Our ARM branch is fully based on Archlinux ARM.
  * [EndeavourOS ARM](https://arm.endeavouros.com/ "EndeavourOS ARM")
  * [Microsoft’s Edge browser is arriving on Linux in beta next month](https://www.theverge.com/2020/9/22/21449062/microsoft-edge-linux-preview-october-release "Microsoft’s Edge browser is arriving on Linux in beta next month") — The Linux preview is part of a bigger push to get businesses on Edge
  * [Microsoft launches Chromium Edge release candidate](https://venturebeat.com/2019/11/04/microsoft-launches-chromium-edge-release-candidate-brings-intranet-search-to-phones/ "Microsoft launches Chromium Edge release candidate") — Microsoft is trying to position Edge and Bing as “the browser and search engine for business.”
  * [Microsoft Edge for Linux will Ship With These Features Missing](https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2020/09/edge-linux-missing-features "Microsoft Edge for Linux will Ship With These Features Missing")
  * [Linux GUI apps are coming to Windows](https://liliputing.com/2020/09/microsoft-edge-coming-to-linux-and-linux-gui-apps-are-coming-to-windows.html "Linux GUI apps are coming to Windows") — GUI app support is still a work in progress, but Microsoft program manager Craig Loewen shared a GIF showing what it looks like when you launch an GUI application like the Nautilus file manager or GIMP image editor using a command in a Linux terminal window.
  * [Researchers Say Microsoft Edge's Telemetry Has the Worst Privacy of Any Major Browser](https://winbuzzer.com/2020/03/17/researchers-say-microsoft-edges-telemetry-has-the-worst-privacy-of-any-major-browser-xcxwbn/ "Researchers Say Microsoft Edge's Telemetry Has the Worst Privacy of Any Major Browser") — A research paper suggests the data Microsoft Edge sends to its back-end servers has a persistent hardware-based identifier which could be used to find a user's identity.
  * [Last phase of the desktop wars?](http://esr.ibiblio.org/?p=8764 "Last phase of the desktop wars?")
  * [An Important Update on Mozilla WebThings](https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/an-important-update-on-mozilla-webthings/67764 "An Important Update on Mozilla WebThings") — We are writing to inform you that the WebThings project is being spun out of Mozilla as an independent open source project.
  * [Killed by Mozilla](https://killedbymozilla.com/ "Killed by Mozilla")
  * [Firefox usage is down 85% despite Mozilla's top exec pay going up 400%](http://calpaterson.com/mozilla.html "Firefox usage is down 85% despite Mozilla's top exec pay going up 400%")
  * [Building a self-sustaining open-source business in the cloud era](https://blog.timescale.com/blog/building-open-source-business-in-cloud-era-v2/ "Building a self-sustaining open-source business in the cloud era") — We explain why we are making these changes, what this means for users, and why we think this is necessary for the open-source industry as a whole.