# Ell is for Linux

URL: /show/linux-unplugged/286/
> We're playing Robin Hood with the content, and a new member of our team joins to tell you all about it.

- Show: [LINUX Unplugged](/show/linux-unplugged/)
- Episode: 286
- Date: 2019-01-29
- Hosts: chris, wes
- Guests: brent, ell, wimpy
- Duration: 01:08:40
- Audio: https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/f31a453c-fa15-491f-8618-3f71f1d565e5/c37fd0e3-65e9-487b-b8da-1d7556c646eb.mp3
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwyQxAnFmO4





### Episode Links

  * [Choose Linux Episode 1: elementary OS and OpenMediaVault](https://chooselinux.show/1 "Choose Linux Episode 1: elementary OS and OpenMediaVault") — The show that captures the excitement of discovering Linux.
  * [Firefox 65.0](https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/65.0/releasenotes/ "Firefox 65.0") — Simplified content blocking settings give users standard, strict, and custom options to control online trackers.
  * [What are the phone specs? – Purism](https://puri.sm/faq/what-are-the-phone-specs/ "What are the phone specs? – Purism")
  * [Purism's PureOS Store To Be Based Around Flatpaks](https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Purism-PureOS-Store-Flatpaks "Purism's PureOS Store To Be Based Around Flatpaks") — The very first application to the PureOS Store is Lollypop.
  * [Kodi 18.0](https://kodi.tv/article/kodi-180 "Kodi 18.0") — The Kodi team is very pleased to announce the immediate availability of Kodi 18.0 "Leia" for all supported platforms.
  * [Canonical Outs Major Linux Kernel Update for Ubuntu 18.04](https://news.softpedia.com/news/canonical-outs-major-linux-kernel-update-for-ubuntu-18-04-lts-to-patch-11-flaws-524740.shtml "Canonical Outs Major Linux Kernel Update for Ubuntu 18.04") — These vulnerabilities could allow attackers to either execute arbitrary code or crash the system via a denial of service attack by utilizing a maliciously crafted EXT4 image that could be mounted on the vulnerable machine. 
  * [Ubuntu Users Can Now Keep PPAs And Third Party Repositories Enabled When Upgrading To A Newer Ubuntu Version](https://www.linuxuprising.com/2019/01/ubuntu-users-can-now-keep-ppas-and.html "Ubuntu Users Can Now Keep PPAs And Third Party Repositories Enabled When Upgrading To A Newer Ubuntu Version") — Another recent change makes sure third party repositories support the release to which the user is trying to upgrade.
  * [SCALE 17x](https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/17x "SCALE 17x") — Pasadena Convention Center March 7 - 10, 2019
  * [Privacy Could Be The Next Big Thing](https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/17x/presentations/privacy-could-be-next-big-thing "Privacy Could Be The Next Big Thing") — Upcoming talk by Stuart Langridge at SCALE 17x
  * [Bad Voltage Live | SCALE 17x](https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/17x/bad-voltage-live "Bad Voltage Live | SCALE 17x")
  * [Ell on Twitter](https://twitter.com/ell_o_punk?lang=en "Ell on Twitter")
  * [Linux Academy Study Group Survey](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfJbyHioiRCiaBEw_aJaXSIBFHXYGbSL9YcOifSg2Atsind7w/viewform?vc=0&c=0&w=1 "Linux Academy Study Group Survey") — What course should our next study group cover?
  * [What’s Free At Linux Academy February 2019](https://linuxacademy.com/blog/linux-academy/freefebruary/ "What’s Free At Linux Academy February 2019")
  * [Shortwave: Internet radio in Rust](https://gitlab.gnome.org/World/Shortwave "Shortwave: Internet radio in Rust")
  * [Shortwave Hello World | Felix Häcker](https://blogs.gnome.org/haeckerfelix/2019/01/26/hello-world/ "Shortwave Hello World | Felix Häcker") — I wanted to rewrite Gradio entirely from scratch using Rust and thought it’s better to start a completely new project.
  * [fx_cast: chromecast for firefox](https://hensm.github.io/fx_cast/ "fx_cast: chromecast for firefox") — Enables Chromecast support for casting web apps (like Netflix or BBC iPlayer), HTML5 video and screen/tab sharing.
  * [Cool-Retro-Term 1.1.1 is out!](https://swordfishslabs.wordpress.com/2019/01/22/cool-retro-term-1-1-1-is-out/ "Cool-Retro-Term 1.1.1 is out!") — Big performance improvements (and lowered resource consumption), new shiny (literally) frame, system fonts support, and more!