Tag: plasma

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  August 23, 2026Podcasts

  78 – What is a Criminal?

  Join hosts Bill, Charlie, Eric, and Majid in episode 78 of Linux OTC to dig into phone security, payment scams, and the state of KDE Plasma distros. Charlie opens with a story about a China-specific phone where Google pulled Google Pay functionality overnight, sparking a wider talk about telemetry, GDPR, and security risks on Xiaomi, OnePlus, and Oppo devices. The hosts compare privacy-friendly payment tools like Curve, Walt, and privacy.com, then Eric and Majid share unsettling stories about AI voice-cloning scams targeting elderly relatives, underscoring why "safe words" are becoming a real family security measure.

  The second half turns to the Linux desktop, comparing KDE Neon, the new immutable Arch-based KDE Linux, and Tuxedo OS's move from Ubuntu to Debian testing. The group debates Flatpak's stalled development against the upcoming systemd-dependent Flatpak Next, weighs Snap against Flatpak, and covers Fedora's shift toward an atomic, bootc-based image. Eric recounts driver headaches on openSUSE Tumbleweed, while Bill recommends the up-and-coming Softless Linux. Charlie also plugs FOSSStudio (fsudio.org) and Fetch Terminal. New episodes land every two weeks — find the show on Matrix, Discord, and Fosstodon.

• March 11, 2024Podcasts

  26 – Kool Runnings

  Bill, Leo, and Majid get into first impressions of KDE Plasma 6. That conversation. We talk a little about the best (in our opinion) launchers for Linux desktops. We talk a little about our memories of Windows Vista, 7, and 8. Leo, and Majid hash it out over touchpad gestures. We get into an article on OMG Ubuntu about UXPlay, a tool for mirroring iOS on Linux. Bill talks a little about Xbox cloud gaming. We round it all off talking about music streaming platforms. All of this and lots more!

• November 6, 2023Podcasts

  19 – Eric Has The Touch

  This week we get into Majid's Feren OS. We talk a little about Plasma on Wayland. We reminisce about Windows Phone, and Blackberry. We go off the rails about Fedora, Gnome and the like. All of this as well as the usual banter!