469: Tough Linux Love

Episode Links

• JPL Lottery — Join the JB Crew at JPL! We only have 15 spots. Please enter your info, and our happy little python script might just pick your name from the virtual hat. - If you don’t get picked, don’t worry. We’re having another meetup while we are in town!
• Jupiter Broadcasting - Meetup.com
• London Meetup, Fri, Aug 5, 2022 - Meetup.com
• Google’s in-house desktop Linux - Computerworld — The best-known Google operating system is Chrome OS, but inside Google itself, the company also uses its own Linux desktop distro — gLinux.
• X220 - ThinkWiki — An overview of the ThinkPad X220
• The Linux Desktop is Hard to Love — I want to love the “Linux Desktop”. I really do. But I’ve come to the realization that what I love is the idea of the Linux Desktop. But I just can’t stick with it. I always end up back on macOS. And I’m starting to understand why.
• Run Chrome in Toolbox on Silverblue
• Distrobox — Use any linux distribution inside your terminal. Enable both backward and forward compatibility with software and freedom to use whatever distribution you’re more comfortable with.
• Rclone — Rclone is a command-line program to manage files on cloud storage.
• Cryptomator - Free Cloud Encryption for Dropbox & Co — Cryptomator encrypts your data quickly and easily. Afterwards you upload them protected to your favorite cloud service.
• Cryptomator— Linux Apps on Flathub
• New Podcast Apps