Season 2 - Episode 12: Minty Mask of Zorin

Facebook's Crypto • Mint vs Win • 32-bit on 19.10 • Pinebook Pro spec bump • GNOME Shell theme improved • Clear Linux for the all of us • Mint or Zorin? • As seen on radio

Chitchat

All of us were at FOSS Talk Live and it was phenomenal!

News

Facebook and friends announce a new 🤐💶 cryptocurrency called Libra (Via Hacker News).

Linux Mint Vs Windows 10 Speed Test (From OMG Ubuntu) ⚡🧪🖥️

Ubuntu 19.10 dropping 32-bit support: There has been a development after the recording, a Ubuntu dev explained that they were not dropping support for 32-bit, but freezing 🥶📚 32-bit libraries at the 18.04 LTS versions and that 🎮 games would still work. (From Phoronix)

Pinebook Pro to get a better Bluetooth and an extra keyboard ⌨️ option (From OMG Ubuntu)

The GNOME Shell stock theme 🖌️ is to improve (From OMG Ubuntu)

Intel's Clear Linux is for 🙂💻🙂💻🙂 'Normal' Desktop Users as well as corporate ones (From Forbes)

Discussion

⚡ Zorin OS 15 test ride with comparison to Linux Mint 19.1

💙🐧 Zorin OS

💚🐧 Linux Mint

⌛↩️ Timeshift backup tool 🧰

🖱️ Arc Menu Gnome Extension

🖥️📹 Linus Tech Tips Thelio video on YouTube

Events

🔨 Dublin Maker: 20th July 2019, Dublin, IE
📛 OggCamp '19: 19th - 20th October 2019, Manchester, UK

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