Episode 212: Software for the Holidays - a podcast by Noah J. Chelliah

Gnome 40 has a major redesign, a new version of Kdenlive is out adding some much desired pro features, Matrix has some exciting announcments and we discuss the Solar Winds backdoor and give you some alternatives. If this is the time of the year you want to tinker with new projects we have a few in store!
-- During The Show --00:45
Request for feedback01:55
Email 1 - How to back up BTRFS to the cloudrsync
BTRFS send/recivehttps://blogs.oracle.com/linux/btrfs-sendreceive-helps-you-move-your-data
04:55Email 2 - Smart devices
cloudfree.shophttps://cloudfree.shop/
homeassistanthttps://www.home-assistant.io/
lutron radiorahttps://www.lutron.com/en-US/Products/Pages/WholeHomeSystems/RadioRA2/Overview.aspx
12:00Are Vlans Good enough? (continued from email 2)
14:40Email 3 - Bitcoin
Don't invest, considered unstableMining is fun not pratical
https://www.coinbase.com/https://www.blockchain.com/explorer
ALternative crypto currencyshttps://ethereum.org/en/
https://www.getmonero.org/23:48
Email 4 - Bluetooth headphones on Linux Mic Not WorkingA2DP audio out only (high quality)
HSP audio out and in (low quality)Check what protocols are supported by your dongle
Easiest way to work around this...sudo apt-get install blueman
starting from Pulseaudio v. 11.0, it's possible to automatically switch the profile whenever microphone access is requested by the application, but it's disabled by default.Find load-module module-bluetooth-policy line in /etc/pulse/default.pa
Change it to load-module module-bluetooth-policy auto_switch=2You need to reload pulseaudio module after this for the changes to take effect:
pulseaudio -kpulseaudio -D
Now pulseaudio will switch the device profile to HSP whenever microphone access is requested and change it back to A2DP after stream is closed.27:29
Pick of the WeekJust Perfection!
https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/3843/just-perfection/This extension allows you to disable:
OSDSearch
DashWorkspace Switcher
Top PanelApp gesture
28:35Gadget of the Week
Gaomon S620 $35https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07R77SNX9/ref=ppxyodtbasintitleo07_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Karitahttps://krita.org/en/
31:02Gnome 40 Major Design Revamp
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2020/12/gnome-40-major-design-revampGNOME 40 is due for release in March, 2021.
33:45KdenLive
https://kdenlive.org/en/2020/12/kdenlive-20-12-is-out/Kdenlive 20.12 serves as a new stable release and a new feature release
New featuressame track transitions
subtitling toolEffects
Another usability improvement is the ability to rename and add/edit the description of custom effects (by new contributor Vivek Yadav.)New Pillar Echo effect for your vertical videos.
Crop by padding effect can now be keyframed.New VR 360 and 3D effects for working with 360º and 3D stereoscopic footage.
New Video Equalizer for adjusting image brightness, contrast, saturation and gamma.usability
Ability to enable/disable normalization of audio thumbnails from track headerAbility to delete multiple tracks at once (by Pushkar Kukde)
When archiving a project an option was added to archive only clips in the timeline as well as the option choose the compression method between TAR and ZIP.On the backend front the Online Resources tool was ported to qtwebengine (by Andreas Sturmlechner) and downloading wipes, render profiles, titles and wipes defaults to using https.
37:34Solar Winds
https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2020/12/evasive-attacker-leverages-solarwinds-supply-chain-compromises-with-sunburst-backdoor.htmlManaged Service Provider (MSP) management software
march 2020 hackdec 2020 discoverd
47:05Souk Flatpak App Store for Linux
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2020/12/souk-flatpak-app-store-for-linuxSouk is co-developed by Felix Häcker, the hands behind a slate of well-made, well-designed GTK apps available for Linux desktops including Shortwave and Fragments, and Christoper Davis, with design input from Tobias Bernard.
50:10Matrix
DMA interoperability open apisbridging (telgram discord slack)
Dendrite is up and running on matrix.orgDendrite is second gen Matrix server
The server that will be used when they eventually roll a monolithic client server combo that you can just install and start talkingILAGS - Improved landing as a guest
One of those things is threadinghttps://matrix.org/blog/2020/12/15/dendrite-2020-progress-update
55:00- cerlean
https://cerulean.matrix.orghttps://matrix.org/blog/2020/12/18/introducing-cerulean
It’s (currently) a very minimal javascript app - only 2,500 lines of code.Proof of concept - not designed for production use.
Microblogging platform / decentralized twitter based on Matrix.56:06
humble bundlehttps://www.gamingonlinux.com/2020/12/the-steam-winter-sale-2020-is-now-live-plus-a-new-codemasters-humble-bundle
Extra Links not coveredhttps://about.gitlab.com/blog/2020/03/30/new-features-to-core/
https://www.reddit.com/gallery/kh33m8https://twitter.com/FFmpeg/status/1340698413143224320
https://postmarketos.org/blog/2020/12/19/new-podcast/https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020/12/centos-linux-is-gone-but-its-refugees-have-alternatives/
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