# Linux Action News 9

URL: /show/linux-action-news/9/
> Endless OS gets a big update, Tuxedo announces its own distro, Mycroft's hilariously rough edges, and Mozilla's plans to tame IoT.

- Show: [Linux Action News](/show/linux-action-news/)
- Episode: 9
- Date: 2017-07-09
- Hosts: chris
- Duration: 00:28:31
- Audio: https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/dec90738-e640-45e5-b375-4573052f4bf4/1e19143a-cf25-4e2d-9fa7-61b3e7c4e9f8.mp3
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHlin9NkmSI



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### Episode Links

  * [Endless OS 3.2 Released, Rebases From GNOME Shell 3.8 To 3.22](http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Endless-OS-3.2-Released "Endless OS 3.2 Released, Rebases From GNOME Shell 3.8 To 3.22") — On the UI side, there are big updates to its desktop with the re-basing process from GNOME Shell 3.8 to GNOME Shell 3.22. Moving forward, they intend to re-base their desktop changes much more often to allow for a smoother transition to using the newer GNOME code in their operating system. 
  * [Tuxedo Announces Its Own Ubuntu Flavor](http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2017/07/tuxedo-computers-launch-linux-distro-xfce "Tuxedo Announces Its Own Ubuntu Flavor") — “What we have done is [deliver a] desktop that is strongly adapted to the needs of our users. With [our] own theme, own icons, own boot logo and […] the latest firmware, the latest NVIDIA drivers (if necessary) and Linux kernel 4.11 preinstalled! Not to mention our configuration adjustments on the GRUB and optimizations to other system-relevant files.” 
  * [2017 Linux Laptop Survey Results](http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=2017-laptop-survey&num=1 "2017 Linux Laptop Survey Results") — There are 30,171 responses, a lot of data to now sift through while in this article is an overview of the initial findings. 
  * [These Videos of Mycroft Are Just Too Funny](http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2017/07/mycroft-the-open-source-alexa-fail "These Videos of Mycroft Are Just Too Funny") — As an intended open-source alternative to Amazon Alexa, Apple Siri and Google Home, the humble Mycroft AI has an awful lot of hype to live up to.
  * [Youyota Sailfish OS 2-in-1 Tablet](https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/youyota-sailfish-os-2-in-1-tablet#/ "Youyota Sailfish OS 2-in-1 Tablet") — The Youyota Tablet packs Quad-Core Intel chipsets, and runs on Sailfish OS.
  * [Mozilla launches Project Things IoT framework on Raspberry Pi](http://linuxgizmos.com/mozilla-launches-project-things-iot-framework-on-raspberry-pi/ "Mozilla launches Project Things IoT framework on Raspberry Pi") — Mozilla has now announced its own Project Things framework designed to pull together existing Web of Things specifications and code under a global framework comprised of device, gateway, and cloud components. As a starting point, it released a prototype version of a Things Gateway stack that runs on a Raspberry Pi.