Episode 218: VR in the Metaverse - a podcast by Noah J. Chelliah

Have you ever dreamed of having a virtual enviorment that can simulate the real world in, have meetings in, and connect with others in. Firefox has new protections for supercookies, ubuntu has a new installer out, and CloudLinux has a beta out of AlmaLinux.
-- During The Show --Red Hat License - Jon
RedHat exists to make a profit, and they need toRedHat spends money to support open source that they could take home/pocket
RedHat handled the release poorly and cut the release cycle shortRedHat has been a good friend of the community
The new model makes more sense, but was poorly communicated11:00 Element vs Rocket - cheskel
Element/Matrix Pros:Decentralized
FederatedIntegrated with other services (Bridges&Widgets)
End to End Encryption15:00 Pick of the Week
Funkwhale (https://funkwhale.audio/#get-started)Decentralized Selfhosted Spotify
Makes music social againWhy host your own? Because of things like this (https://www.compsmag.com/news/technology/spotify-patents-technology-to-recommend-songs-based-on-the-speech-emotion-of-users/)
17:00 Gadget of the WeekMihai's Blog post (https://www.mihaisafta.com/blog/2021/01/31/sleeping-better-with-raspberry-pi-automated-white-noise/)
White Noise Machine based on a raspberry piUses OMX Player
My Noise on Google Play (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mynoise.mynoise)Noice App (https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.github.ashutoshgngwr.noice/)
20:00 Firefox Cracks Down on SupercookiesFirefox Blog Post](https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2021/01/26/supercookie-protections/)Firefox 85 implements network partitioning
Different image cache for each siteFirefox 85 also partitions pooled connections, pre-fetch connections, pre-connect connections, speculative connections, and TLS session identifiers
26:00 New Ubuntu InstallerUbiquity is getting hard to maintain
Subiquity Github (https://github.com/CanonicalLtd/subiquity)Uses Curtin (https://launchpad.net/curtin) and Flutter
Flutter is controlled by Google, this could be a problem long termWhy a snap?
29:00 GitLab Subscription ModelGitLab Blog Post (https://about.gitlab.com/blog/2021/01/26/new-gitlab-product-subscription-model/)
GitLab is phasing out the Bronze/Starter tierSpecial Offers for people transitioning
GitLab Free tier gained over 450 features this year and continues to gain more32:00 Element Suspended from Play Store
Google suspended Element in the Play Store without notifying the developersGoogle said it was due to abusive content somewhere on Matrix
Reddit Post (https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/l8gcw6/google_have_suspended_element_in_the_play_store/)Matrix Team responded quickly and openly to resolve the issue
Matrix Team went above and beyond and implemented community suggestionsHaving multiple clients is an advantage to the Matrix Protocol
35:00 Ctrl IQArs Technica artical (https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/01/rocky-linux-gets-a-parent-company-with-4m-series-a-funding/)
Greg founded a new start up company called Ctrl IQGreg was interviewed on Ask Noah EP 213 (https://podcast.asknoahshow.com/213)
36:00 CloudLinux Launches AlmaLinuxAlmaLinux Blog Post (https://blog.almalinux.org/introducing-almalinux-beta-a-community-driven-replacement-for-centos/)
First RHEL 8 respin available for downloadDownload AlmaLinux (https://repo.almalinux.org/almalinux/8.3-beta/isos/x86_64/)
37:00 Open Source VR MetaverseVircadia Site (https://vircadia.com)
An Introduction to Vircadia (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZPz4rvMEwk)Vircadia™ is an open-source 3D interface and server foundation
Ecosystem of open source metaverse applicationsOpen Source VR/Virtual World
Far more than entertainment, lots of potentialDownload Vircadia (https://vircadia.com/download-vircadia/)
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