# Dad's Deployments

URL: /show/linux-unplugged/392/
> Which distro is best for friends and family? We have a unique take on this common question.

- Show: [LINUX Unplugged](/show/linux-unplugged/)
- Episode: 392
- Date: 2021-02-09
- Hosts: chris, wes
- Guests: carlgeorge
- Duration: 01:06:32
- Audio: https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/f31a453c-fa15-491f-8618-3f71f1d565e5/5676acb9-1d6b-46ed-a83e-92854dd61dac.mp3
- YouTube: https://youtu.be/gtV0zU4Mb2k



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### Episode Links

  * [The unanswered question at CentOS community Q&A: How can we trust you now?](https://www.theregister.com/2021/02/08/centos_board_qa/ "The unanswered question at CentOS community Q&A: How can we trust you now?") — The CentOS board conducted a public Q&A just ahead of last week's FOSDEM 2021 open source conference – and there was an awkward silence when someone asked whether changing the end-of-life (EOL) date for a released project is something that might happen again.
  * [Events/Dojo/FOSDEM2021 - CentOS Wiki](https://wiki.centos.org/Events/Dojo/FOSDEM2021 "Events/Dojo/FOSDEM2021 - CentOS Wiki")
  * [CentOS Dojo 2021: Board of Directors - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXFrBv1wwvg "CentOS Dojo 2021: Board of Directors - YouTube")
  * [Ubuntu Backports a Major App Update to Ubuntu 20.04 LTS](https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2021/02/thunderbird-78-in-ubuntu-20-04-lts "Ubuntu Backports a Major App Update to Ubuntu 20.04 LTS") — Ubuntu 20.04 LTS shipped with Thunderbird 68.x but this version is no longer supported upstream. This leaves Ubuntu developers will a problem: backport individual security fixes to Thunderbird 68, or port the newer (and still-supported) Thunderbird 78 to LTS users?
  * [Subscribe to Coder Radio](https://coder.show/subscribe "Subscribe to Coder Radio")
  * [Jupiter Broadcasting Telegram Channel](http://jupiterbroadcasting.com/telegram "Jupiter Broadcasting Telegram Channel")
  * [All Jupiter Broadcasting Shows](https://feed.jupiter.zone/allshows "All Jupiter Broadcasting Shows")
  * [EndeavourOS Issues First 2021 Release For Easy-To-Use Arch-Based Linux Distro](https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=EndeavourOS-February-2021 "EndeavourOS Issues First 2021 Release For Easy-To-Use Arch-Based Linux Distro") — For those that have been meaning to try out an Arch Linux based distribution that is easy-to-use and not time consuming with sensible defaults, EndeavourOS is out with its first new spin since 2021 -- and in fact their first fresh ISO release since September.
  * [Our first release of 2021 has arrived – EndeavourOS](https://endeavouros.com/news/our-first-release-of-2021-has-arrived/ "Our first release of 2021 has arrived – EndeavourOS")
  * [ASUS - ROG Zephyrus G14 14" Ultra-Slim Gaming Laptop](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08GWP74DJ/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 "ASUS - ROG Zephyrus G14 14" Ultra-Slim Gaming Laptop")
  * [Linux on Laptops: ASUS Zephyrus G14 with Ryzen 9 4900HS | Ars Technica](https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020/04/linux-on-laptops-asus-zephyrus-g14-with-ryzen-9-4900hs/ "Linux on Laptops: ASUS Zephyrus G14 with Ryzen 9 4900HS | Ars Technica")
  * [AUR: snap-pac-grub](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/snap-pac-grub/ "AUR: snap-pac-grub") — Pacman hook to update GRUB entries for grub-btrfs after snap-pac made snapshots.
  * [Feedback: Browser Sync](https://slexy.org/view/s25STUowBJ "Feedback: Browser Sync")
  * [xBrowserSync](https://www.xbrowsersync.org/ "xBrowserSync") — Browser syncing as it should be: secure, anonymous and free!
  * [Feedback: Gaming on Wayland](https://slexy.org/view/s21eu7Qzb7 "Feedback: Gaming on Wayland")
  * [A free, open-source future for Mailspring - Information - Mailspring Community](https://community.getmailspring.com/t/a-free-open-source-future-for-mailspring/484 "A free, open-source future for Mailspring - Information - Mailspring Community") — Today, I am excited to announce that I am open-sourcing mailsync - the C++11 core of Mailspring that performs email sync - under the same GPLv3 license used by the rest of the app, making Mailspring entirely free software.
  * [Pick: ht](https://github.com/ducaale/ht "Pick: ht") — Yet another HTTPie clone, written in Rust.
  * [PIck: fddf](https://github.com/birkenfeld/fddf "PIck: fddf") — Fast data dupe finder, written in Rust.
  * [Pick: bottom](https://github.com/ClementTsang/bottom "Pick: bottom") — Yet another cross-platform graphical process/system monitor, written in Rust.