# Linux Action News 88

URL: /show/linux-action-news/88/
> Choose your own Linux is coming to Chrome OS, GitHub private repos go free, LVFS gets another win, and Amazon released their MongoDB competitor DocumentDB.

- Show: [Linux Action News](/show/linux-action-news/)
- Episode: 88
- Date: 2019-01-13
- Hosts: chris
- Duration: 00:26:39
- Audio: https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/dec90738-e640-45e5-b375-4573052f4bf4/96c4469f-080d-4072-8415-7fe8780b856e.mp3
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aihNXpMdUII





### Episode Links

  * [Chrome OS may soon let companies choose their own distro for Linux apps](https://9to5google.com/2019/01/09/chrome-os-enterprise-linux-distros-apps/ "Chrome OS may soon let companies choose their own distro for Linux apps") — Device administrators will be able to designate a URL for Chrome OS to download the Linux distro from a hash to ensure the download was successful.
  * [Github offers free private repos](https://blog.github.com/2019-01-07-new-year-new-github/ "Github offers free private repos") — Today we’re announcing two major updates to make GitHub more accessible to developers: unlimited free private repositories, and a simpler, unified Enterprise offering. 
  * [Homebrew comes to Linux](https://brew.sh/2019/01/09/homebrew-1.9.0/ "Homebrew comes to Linux") — The most significant changes since 1.8.0 are Linux support, (optional) automatic brew cleanup and providing bottles (binary packages) to more Homebrew users.
  * [Amazon launches Mongo-compatible DocumentDB](https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/01/10/amazon_documentdb/ "Amazon launches Mongo-compatible DocumentDB") — The launch of AWS DocumentDB – a fully managed document database service – comes just months after MongoDB announced a new licence 
  * [Phoenix joins the LVFS](https://blogs.gnome.org/hughsie/2019/01/09/phoenix-joins-the-lvfs/ "Phoenix joins the LVFS") — Just like AMI, Phoenix is a huge firmware vendor, providing the firmware for millions of machines.
  * [Ethereum Classic suffers 51-percent attack](https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/01/almost-500000-in-ethereum-coin-stolen-by-forking-its-blockchain/ "Ethereum Classic suffers 51-percent attack") — Rollback attack let attackers spend 88,500 previously spent coins.
  * [Coinbase Suspends Ethereum Classic](https://www.coindesk.com/coinbase-suspends-ethereum-classic-after-blockchain-history-rewrites "Coinbase Suspends Ethereum Classic")