RMP 034 - On Politics in Tech and Open Source

Episode Notes

News

• Apple Slashes Vision Pro Shipment Projections By 50% As Demand For $3,500 Headset Craters

• Apple Releases Open Source AI Models That Run On-Device

• Windows 11 Start Menu Ads are Now Rolling Out to Everyone

• CentOS 7 EOL is June 30, 2024

• Flamethrower manufacturer, Throwflame, offers a robotic dog with a flamethrower mounted on it's back

• The Xbox 360 Store will Close July 2024

Distro Release Notes

• OpenBSD 7.5

• Clonezilla 3.1.2

• NetBSD 9.4

• Fedora 40

• EndeavourOS 2024.04.20

• Ubuntu 24.04 LTS | + flavors

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4

• Oracle Linux 9.4

• Rocky Linux 9.4

• Alma Linux 9.4

• Sparky Linux 2024.05

• Manjaro 24.0

• Endless OS 6.0

Command Line Tool of the Month

The Guake terminal on my Debian system. Tri-split instance with cmatrix (top left), htop (bottom left), and installing brave (right). Drop down terminal is triggered with F12.

Guake is a python based dropdown terminal made for the GNOME desktop environment. Guake's style of window is based on an FPS game, and one of its goals is to be easy to reach.

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