# Linux Action News 180

URL: /show/linux-action-news/180/
> The A-Team assembled to make open source more trustworthy, why we might be about to find out how much SUSE is worth, and some essential project updates.

- Show: [Linux Action News](/show/linux-action-news/)
- Episode: 180
- Date: 2021-03-13
- Hosts: chris, wes
- Duration: 00:24:01
- Audio: https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/dec90738-e640-45e5-b375-4573052f4bf4/733c7f71-b188-4253-9930-541dc43d38da.mp3
- YouTube: https://youtu.be/w5ZL_dcWPDs



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### Episode Links

  * [Linux Foundation serves up free code-signing service](https://www.theregister.com/2021/03/09/sign_of_the_primes_linux/ "Linux Foundation serves up free code-signing service") — The Linux Foundation, with the support of Google, Red Hat, and Purdue University, is launching a service called sigstore to help developers sign the code they release.
  * [Linux Foundation announces new open-source software signing service](https://www.zdnet.com/article/linux-foundation-announces-new-open-source-software-signing-service/#ftag=RSSbaffb68 "Linux Foundation announces new open-source software signing service")
  * [Introducing sigstore](https://security.googleblog.com/2021/03/introducing-sigstore-easy-code-signing.html "Introducing sigstore") — Installing most open source software today is equivalent to picking up a random thumb-drive off the sidewalk and plugging it into your machine.
  * [rekor: Signature Transparency Log](https://github.com/sigstore/rekor "rekor: Signature Transparency Log") — Rekor's goals are to provide an immutable tamper resistant ledger of metadata generated within a software projects supply chain.
  * [Fulcio: SigStore WebPKI](https://github.com/sigstore/fulcio "Fulcio: SigStore WebPKI") — fulcio is a free Root-CA for code signing certs - issuing certificates based on an OIDC email address.
  * [cosign: Container Signing](https://github.com/sigstore/cosign "cosign: Container Signing") — Container Signing, Verification and Storage in an OCI registry.
  * [Diversity, Flexibility, and Linux: Prioritizing Generous Transfer](https://www.linode.com/blog/networking/diversity-flexibility-and-linux-prioritizing-generous-transfer/ "Diversity, Flexibility, and Linux: Prioritizing Generous Transfer")
  * [German software company SUSE targets pre-summer IPO](https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN2B12AD "German software company SUSE targets pre-summer IPO") — SUSE is targeting a pre-summer initial public offering in a deal that may value the private equity-backed company with German roots at 7-8 billion euros ($8.3-9.5 billion), people close to the matter said.
  * [SUSE prepares for multi-billion Euro IPO](https://www.zdnet.com/article/suse-prepares-for-multi-billion-euro-ipo/ "SUSE prepares for multi-billion Euro IPO")
  * [VirtIO Sound Driver Coming](https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=VirtIO-Sound-Driver-Linux-5.13 "VirtIO Sound Driver Coming") — The virtual sound driver for VirtIO has been queued up into the sound-next code ahead of the Linux 5.13 merge window this spring.
  * [GNOME 40 Introducing Virtual Monitors](https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=GNOME-40-Headless-Virtual "GNOME 40 Introducing Virtual Monitors") — This headless native back-end that was merged today into GNOME 40's Mutter allows for running the native back-end atop a render node in a headless configuration without a physical display attached.
  * [GRUB 2.06 Release Candidate Available For Testing](https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=GRUB-2.06-RC1 "GRUB 2.06 Release Candidate Available For Testing") — Among the changes coming with GRUB 2.06 are expanded Btrfs RAID support, LUKS2 encrypted disk support, the BootHole patches and other security work,
  * [Progress Report Asahi Linux](https://asahilinux.org/2021/03/progress-report-january-february-2021/ "Progress Report Asahi Linux") — To adapt the Apple world into a devicetree world, we are developing m1n1.
  * [Current status of the Corellium team's effort](https://twitter.com/cmwdotme/status/1355660127433535490 "Current status of the Corellium team's effort") — Wifi now works on Linux on the M1.