# Secret Modem Sounds

URL: /show/linux-unplugged/381/
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- Show: [LINUX Unplugged](/show/linux-unplugged/)
- Episode: 381
- Date: 2020-11-24
- Hosts: chris, wes
- Duration: 00:52:56
- Audio: https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/f31a453c-fa15-491f-8618-3f71f1d565e5/7a315793-4678-474b-956a-881c6c0399bb.mp3
- YouTube: https://youtu.be/8El-MZ47-Ec



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### Episode Links

  * [Rust Watch: Flash Animations Live Forever at the Internet Archive](https://blog.archive.org/2020/11/19/flash-animations-live-forever-at-the-internet-archive/ "Rust Watch: Flash Animations Live Forever at the Internet Archive") — Utilizing an in-development Flash emulator called Ruffle, we have added Flash support to the Internet Archive’s Emularity system, letting a subset of Flash items play in the browser as if you had a Flash plugin installed.
  * [Ruffle](https://ruffle.rs/ "Ruffle") — Flash Player emulator written in the Rust programming language
  * [Ubuntu Web Remix Wants to Be a Chrome OS Alternative, Beta Available Now - 9to5Linux](https://9to5linux.com/ubuntu-web-remix-wants-to-be-a-chrome-os-alternative-beta-available-now "Ubuntu Web Remix Wants to Be a Chrome OS Alternative, Beta Available Now - 9to5Linux") — Ubuntu Web Remix uses Mozilla’s Firefox web browser, offers support for Web apps, and you can also install regular Linux applications from Ubuntu’s software repositories.
  * [FydeOS beta brings Chromium OS to the PineBook Pro (Android app support too) - Liliputing](https://liliputing.com/2020/11/fydeos-beta-brings-chromium-os-to-the-pinebook-pro-android-app-support-too.html "FydeOS beta brings Chromium OS to the PineBook Pro \(Android app support too\) - Liliputing") — The developers say they plan to add support for more ARM-based systems in the future.
  * [We’re Building the Future of GNOME](https://www.gnome.org/news/2020/11/were-building-the-future-of-gnome/ "We’re Building the Future of GNOME") — Our plans for 2021 are even more ambitious and involve sustaining our ongoing work while building up new initiatives and support for the growing GNOME project and community.
  * [GNOME Foundation Planning For More Initiatives In 2021 - Phoronix](https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=GNOME-2021-Initiatives-Plan "GNOME Foundation Planning For More Initiatives In 2021 - Phoronix")
  * [Fedora’s i3 team is working on an official Fedora Spin for Fedora 34 : Fedora](https://www.reddit.com/r/Fedora/comments/jty8bc/fedoras_i3_team_is_working_on_an_official_fedora/ "Fedora’s i3 team is working on an official Fedora Spin for Fedora 34 : Fedora")
  * [i3 Kickstart files :: Fedora Docs Site](https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/i3/kickstart/ "i3 Kickstart files :: Fedora Docs Site")
  * [Fedora 34 to Introduce KDE Plasma Spin for 64-bit ARM - debugpoint.com](https://www.debugpoint.com/2020/11/fedora-34-kde-plasma-arm-spin/ "Fedora 34 to Introduce KDE Plasma Spin for 64-bit ARM - debugpoint.com") — The Fedora Engineering and Steering Committee (FESCo) approved the recent proposal to provide a Fedora 34 KDE Plasma Spin for 64-bit ARM (AArch64) architecture.
  * [Fedora 34 Might Try To Use PipeWire By Default To Replace PulseAudio/JACK - Phoronix](https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Fedora-34-PipeWire-Plan "Fedora 34 Might Try To Use PipeWire By Default To Replace PulseAudio/JACK - Phoronix") — For a while now Fedora has offered PipeWire packages but not yet used by default when it comes to audio handling. A pending change proposal for Fedora 34 would now route all audio through PipeWire rather than the existing JACK and PulseAudio.
  * [PulseAudio 14.0 Released With Better USB Gaming Headset Support](https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=PulseAudio-14-Released "PulseAudio 14.0 Released With Better USB Gaming Headset Support") — PulseAudio 14.0 comes with many changes compared to PulseAudio 13.0 that shipped all the way back in September of 2019.
  * [PulseAudio 14.0 Release Notes](https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/PulseAudio/Notes/14.0/ "PulseAudio 14.0 Release Notes")
  * [ASUS Offers First Motherboard Firmware Update Via LVFS+Fwupd For Linux Users - Phoronix](https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=ASUS-LVFS-First-Motherboard "ASUS Offers First Motherboard Firmware Update Via LVFS+Fwupd For Linux Users - Phoronix") — The ASUS P11C-C-4L is an EATX motherboard for the Intel Xeon E platform.
  * [fwupd 1.5.2 – Technical Blog of Richard Hughes](https://blogs.gnome.org/hughsie/2020/11/23/fwupd-1-5-2/ "fwupd 1.5.2 – Technical Blog of Richard Hughes") — A plugin for the Pinebook Pro laptop has been added, although it needs further work from PINE64 before it will work correctly.
  * [Jasem’s Ekosphere: KStars v3.5.0 is Released](http://knro.blogspot.com/2020/11/kstars-v350-is-released.html "Jasem’s Ekosphere: KStars v3.5.0 is Released") — This release marks a significant milestone for KStars with the integration of StellarSolver, the Cross Platform Sextractor and Astrometry.net-Based Internal Astrometric Solver.
  * [Wave-share](https://ggerganov.github.io/wave-share "Wave-share") — Serverless, peer-to-peer, local file sharing through sound.
  * [Wave-share on GitHub](https://github.com/ggerganov/wave-share "Wave-share on GitHub") — A proof-of-concept for WebRTC signaling using sound. Works with all devices that have microphone + speakers. Runs in the browser.
  * [Feedback: Eric’s Wonderful Workstation](https://slexy.org/view/s2fJMCoFjN "Feedback: Eric’s Wonderful Workstation")
  * [Feedback: Container Host Choices](https://slexy.org/view/s2wMoTi5N4 "Feedback: Container Host Choices")
  * [Feedback: Podify](https://slexy.org/view/s209noYY5H "Feedback: Podify")
  * [Pick: podify](https://github.com/podify-org/podify "Pick: podify") — Create podcasts from anything youtube-dl can handle.
  * [Pick: Dev Fonts](https://devfonts.gafi.dev/ "Pick: Dev Fonts")
  * [Hear Audio From NASA's Perseverance As It Travels Through Deep Space | NASA](https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/hear-audio-from-nasas-perseverance-as-it-travels-through-deep-space/ "Hear Audio From NASA's Perseverance As It Travels Through Deep Space | NASA") — A microphone aboard NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover has recorded the sounds of the spacecraft as it hurtles through interplanetary space.
  * [Perseverance Rover’s Interplanetary Sounds by NASA](https://soundcloud.com/nasa/perseverance-rover-sounds "Perseverance Rover’s Interplanetary Sounds by NASA")



