# Linux Action News 42

URL: /show/linux-action-news/42/
> Open Source salvation from Android and iOS gets closer this week, an update on Ubuntu's metrics collection, and huge news for Signal and RISC-V Linux fans. 

- Show: [Linux Action News](/show/linux-action-news/)
- Episode: 42
- Date: 2018-02-25
- Hosts: chris
- Duration: 00:20:47
- Audio: https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/dec90738-e640-45e5-b375-4573052f4bf4/4ec855d1-8a1e-4cd7-bf5e-387c6e13a301.mp3
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3es0x0JeeM





### Episode Links

  * [LineageOS 15.1 is finally here](https://lineageos.org/Changelog-16/ "LineageOS 15.1 is finally here") — We’ve been working hard these months to get this new version available; the changes that were done in upstream (AOSP) are huge: Project Treble changed the way hardware is managed in Android, so all the OEM-abandoned platforms that are supported by Lineage had to be adapted for the new platform. 
  * [XDA article](https://www.xda-developers.com/lineageos-15-android-oreo-officially-announced/ "XDA article")
  * [Unity 8 running on 18.04](https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Unity-8-On-Ubuntu-18.04 "Unity 8 running on 18.04")
  * [Ubuntu metrics collection will be opt-in when upgrading to 18.04](https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2018/02/ubuntu-data-collection-in-18-04-upgrades "Ubuntu metrics collection will be opt-in when upgrading to 18.04") — ”Upgrading users would need to purposely “opt-in” to this behaviour, as that wasn’t explicitly asked in the past.
  * [Collecting user data while protecting user privacy](https://www.kryogenix.org/days/2018/02/20/collecting-user-data-while-protecting-user-privacy/ "Collecting user data while protecting user privacy") — The technique varies a lot in exactly how it’s applied, but the basic concept is that for any question, there’s a random chance that the answerer should lie in their response.
  * [Signal Foundation is born thanks to $50M from WhatsApp co-founder](https://signal.org/blog/signal-foundation/ "Signal Foundation is born thanks to $50M from WhatsApp co-founder") — Today, we are launching the Signal Foundation, an emerging 501(c)(3) nonprofit created and made possible by Brian Acton, the co-founder of WhatsApp, to support, accelerate, and broaden Signal’s mission of making private communication accessible and ubiquitous.
  * [First RISC-V board available to pre-order](https://www.sifive.com/products/hifive-unleashed/ "First RISC-V board available to pre-order") — HiFive Unleashed is the ultimate RISC-V developer board. Featuring the world’s first and only Linux-capable, multi-core, RISC-V processor – the Freedom U540 – the HiFive Unleashed ushers in a brand new era for RISC-V. 
  * [HiFive Unleashed launch FOSDEM 2018 Video](https://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/fosdem/2018/K.1.105%20\(La%20Fontaine\)/riscv.mp4 "HiFive Unleashed launch FOSDEM 2018 Video")
  * [Tech Talk Today is back](http://techtalk.today/261 "Tech Talk Today is back") — Elon Musk bet the future of SpaceX on the Falcon Heavy launch. On Thursday SpaceX launched a pair of prototype satellites intended to form the basis for Starlink, a constellation of satellites that are designed to beam broadband internet down to Earth.