# Linux Action News 91

URL: /show/linux-action-news/91/
> Firefox is standing out, Pine64 has a lot more cheap Linux hardware coming, and the good and the bad with the new Kodi Release.

- Show: [Linux Action News](/show/linux-action-news/)
- Episode: 91
- Date: 2019-02-03
- Hosts: chris
- Duration: 00:27:38
- Audio: https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/dec90738-e640-45e5-b375-4573052f4bf4/8b307247-16b2-4aaa-bb69-8559e6a35055.mp3
- YouTube: https://youtu.be/AEKfdB0s7lQ





### Episode Links

  * [Firefox 65 released](https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2019/01/29/todays-firefox-gives-users-more-control-over-their-privacy/ "Firefox 65 released") — We’re happy to announce a new set of redesigned controls for the Content Blocking
  * [Next version of Firefox might warn users of software that performs MitM attacks](https://www.zdnet.com/article/firefox-will-soon-warn-users-of-software-that-performs-mitm-attacks/ "Next version of Firefox might warn users of software that performs MitM attacks") — The Firefox browser will soon come with a new security feature that will detect and then warn users when a third-party app is performing a Man-in-the-Middle (MitM) attack by hijacking the user's HTTPS traffic.
  * [Mozilla halts Firefox 65 distribution on Windows](https://www.ghacks.net/2019/02/01/mozilla-halts-firefox-65-distribution-on-windows/ "Mozilla halts Firefox 65 distribution on Windows") — The organization released Firefox 65.0 for all supported operating systems a few days ago on January 29, 2019.
  * [CFR annoying some users](https://techdows.com/2019/02/mozilla-receives-criticism-for-showing-cfr-recommendations-in-firefox.html "CFR annoying some users")
  * [HP joins LVFS](https://blogs.gnome.org/hughsie/2019/02/01/please-welcome-hp-to-the-lvfs/ "HP joins LVFS") — If you’ve got a Z2, Z6, Z8, Z440, Z640 or Z840 system then you might want to check for an update in the GNOME Software updates panel or using fwupdmgr update in the terminal.
  * [Pine64 to Launch $79 Linux Tablet, $199 PineBook Pro Laptop](https://uk.pcmag.com/news/119425/pine64-to-launch-79-linux-tablet-199-pinebook-pro-laptop "Pine64 to Launch $79 Linux Tablet, $199 PineBook Pro Laptop") — Pine64, the company that gave us the $89 Pinebook Linux laptop, is branching out and is set to launch a Linux tablet this year for just $79. That's as well as a new Linux laptop, smartphone, camera, single board computers, and retro gaming kit.
  * [Pine64 forum announcement](https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?tid=7093 "Pine64 forum announcement")
  * [We won't see a Raspberry Pi 4 in 2019](https://www.tomshardware.co.uk/raspberry-pi-4-everything-we-know,news-59876.html "We won't see a Raspberry Pi 4 in 2019") — "I don’t have a route to do something this year," he told us. "I think we kind of understand what featureset we want [and] what would be involved in getting that featureset. I don’t think we have a defined plan for turning that into a product yet."
  * [Kodi 18.0 Released](https://kodi.tv/article/kodi-180 "Kodi 18.0 Released") — One of the big features of this release: support for gaming emulators, ROMs and controls.