# IRC is Dead

URL: /show/linux-unplugged/340/
> The difficult and fascinating conversations from FOSDEM 2020. Plus how elementary OS does coopertition right.

- Show: [LINUX Unplugged](/show/linux-unplugged/)
- Episode: 340
- Date: 2020-02-11
- Hosts: chris, wes, chzbacon
- Guests: brent, cassidyjames, danielle-fore, dusty
- Duration: 01:12:58
- Audio: https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/f31a453c-fa15-491f-8618-3f71f1d565e5/78800d2f-b60f-4f79-a6e0-142b04483c1c.mp3
- YouTube: https://youtu.be/-Fu0_kNvS4c





### Episode Links

  * [KDE Plasma 5.18: More Convenient and with Long Term Stability - KDE.org](https://kde.org/announcements/plasma-5.18.0 "KDE Plasma 5.18: More Convenient and with Long Term Stability - KDE.org")
  * [What’s New in KDE Plasma 5.18 LTS? - OMG! Ubuntu!](https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2020/01/kde-plasma-5-18-lts-features "What’s New in KDE Plasma 5.18 LTS? - OMG! Ubuntu!")
  * [System76 Launches Impressive Line Of Thelio Major Linux Workstations Powered By AMD Ryzen Threadripper - Including The 3990X - Phoronix](https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=system76-threadripper-linux "System76 Launches Impressive Line Of Thelio Major Linux Workstations Powered By AMD Ryzen Threadripper - Including The 3990X - Phoronix")
  * [oreboot: oreboot is a fork of coreboot, with C removed, written in Rust.](https://github.com/oreboot/oreboot "oreboot: oreboot is a fork of coreboot, with C removed, written in Rust.")
  * [Rust's Freedom Flaws](https://wiki.hyperbola.info/doku.php?id=en:main:rusts_freedom_flaws "Rust's Freedom Flaws")
  * [FS#736 - [rust][cargo] trademark agreement affects user freedom](https://issues.hyperbola.info/index.php?do=details&task_id=736 "FS#736 - \[rust\]\[cargo\] trademark agreement affects user freedom")
  * [AppCenter for Everyone | Indiegogo](https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/appcenter-for-everyone#/ "AppCenter for Everyone | Indiegogo")
  * [Work, Life, and RV Podcast](https://worklifeandrv.com/ "Work, Life, and RV Podcast")
  * [Our Accidental Home Base — Work, Life, and RV Podcast](https://worklifeandrv.com/blog/junkyard "Our Accidental Home Base — Work, Life, and RV Podcast")
  * [Keep the conversation going join us on Telegram](https://jupiterbroadcasting.com/telegram "Keep the conversation going join us on Telegram")
  * [PDP-7](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PDP-7 "PDP-7")
  * [FOSDEM 2020 - Events](https://fosdem.org/2020/schedule/events/ "FOSDEM 2020 - Events")
  * [FOSDEM 2020 - Interview with James Bottomley - The Selfish Contributor Explained](https://fosdem.org/2020/interviews/james-bottomley/ "FOSDEM 2020 - Interview with James Bottomley - The Selfish Contributor Explained")
  * [FOSDEM 2020 - The next generation of contributors is not on IRC](https://fosdem.org/2020/schedule/event/nextgencontributors/ "FOSDEM 2020 - The next generation of contributors is not on IRC")
  * [FOSDEM 2020 - The Hidden Early History of Unix](https://fosdem.org/2020/schedule/event/early_unix/ "FOSDEM 2020 - The Hidden Early History of Unix")
  * [FOSDEM 2020 - Do Linux Distributions Still Matter with Containers?](https://fosdem.org/2020/schedule/event/dldsmwc/ "FOSDEM 2020 - Do Linux Distributions Still Matter with Containers?")
  * [FOSDEM 2020 - How Containers and Kubernetes re-defined the GNU/Linux Operating System](https://fosdem.org/2020/schedule/event/riek_kubernetes/ "FOSDEM 2020 - How Containers and Kubernetes re-defined the GNU/Linux Operating System")
  * [The Meteoric Rise Of Fwupd+LVFS For Linux Firmware Updates - Phoronix](https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=LVFS-Meteoric-Rise "The Meteoric Rise Of Fwupd+LVFS For Linux Firmware Updates - Phoronix")
  * [hollywood.computer: multiple panes of genuine technical melodrama](https://a.hollywood.computer/ "hollywood.computer: multiple panes of genuine technical melodrama")
  * [shairport-sync: AirPlay audio player. Shairport Sync adds multi-room capability with Audio Synchronisation](https://github.com/mikebrady/shairport-sync "shairport-sync: AirPlay audio player. Shairport Sync adds multi-room capability with Audio Synchronisation")