# Linux Action News 4

URL: /show/linux-action-news/4/
> Two Linux desktop classics make big strides, Coreboot joins the Conservancy, and Toyota cars will soon run Linux. And we discuss Andy Rubin's plan to take over the world.

- Show: [Linux Action News](/show/linux-action-news/)
- Episode: 4
- Date: 2017-06-04
- Hosts: chris
- Duration: 00:34:42
- Audio: https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/dec90738-e640-45e5-b375-4573052f4bf4/55c4cff2-13e7-4232-81a3-ef8eb5a9b0e7.mp3
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKgi-cgogO8



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### Episode Links

  * [Plasma 5.10 Released](https://www.kde.org/announcements/plasma-5.10.0.php "Plasma 5.10 Released") — Simple by default, powerful when needed.
  * [Xfce 4.14 edges closer (along with GTK 3)](http://blog.alteroot.org/articles/2017-05-30/road-to-xfce-4.14-part-2.html "Xfce 4.14 edges closer \(along with GTK 3\)") — Xfce 4.14 is a transitionnal release, where the main goal is to port all components to GTK+3.
  * [Fedora 26 delayed](http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Fedora-26-Beta-Delay-2 "Fedora 26 delayed") — This latest delay pushes Fedora 26 final out to 11 July, assuming no further delays this release cycle.
  * [Coreboot joins Conservancy](https://sfconservancy.org/news/2017/jun/01/coreboot-joins/ "Coreboot joins Conservancy") — "By joining Conservancy, coreboot benefits from their project and community organization skills,"
  * [Toyota to use Linux in its cars](https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/06/02/toyota_camry_to_run_automotive_linux/ "Toyota to use Linux in its cars") — The Linux Foundation's Automotive Grade Linux project is celebrating its first big-name user, after Toyota said it will employ the OS in the 2018 Camry model it will sell in the United States.
  * [ChrisLAS: "@autogradelinux Is it possible for car manufactures to use AGL and also offer Android Auto or Apple CarPlay on top?"](https://twitter.com/ChrisLAS/status/871410922752888832 "ChrisLAS: "@autogradelinux Is it possible for car manufactures to use AGL and also offer Android Auto or Apple CarPlay on top?"")
  * [2017 CES Demonstrator - [Automotive Linux Wiki]](https://wiki.automotivelinux.org/agl-distro/ces-2017-demo "2017 CES Demonstrator - \[Automotive Linux Wiki\]") — Hardware spec for AGL demo machine at CES 2017.
  * [Essential’s Ambient OS will be open source](https://www.theverge.com/2017/5/30/15716916/ambient-os-open-source-andy-rubin "Essential’s Ambient OS will be open source") — Playground CEO Andy Rubin, whose new company Essential unveiled a new premium Android smartphone and Amazon Echo competitor today, says his company’s Ambient OS smart home platform will be open source.
  * [Essential faces trademark dispute over name ](http://www.androidpolice.com/2017/06/02/spigen-accuses-andy-rubins-company-essential-products-trademark-infringement-essential-responds-%F0%9F%96%95%E0%B2%A0_%E0%B2%A0%F0%9F%96%95/ "Essential faces trademark dispute over name ") — Spigen, Inc. successfully registered the trademark (Reg. No. 5014095) as early as August 2016. It's an International Class. 9 mark, the category which relates to computers and scientific devices, including smartphones and accessories.