444: Much Ado About Ubuntu

There's just something off about Ubuntu these days, this week we put it all together.

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• Ubuntu MATE 22.04 Will Include Flatpak Support by Default — Ubuntu MATE isn’t shipping the Flathub repo (like Flathub) preconfigured, or bundling in any Flatpak apps by default. There are also no plans at present to add or expose Flatpak-friendly features in the distro’s homegrown tools like Software Boutique.
• Ubuntu 22.04 Dailies Show an Ubuntu Pro Notification on Login — The blurb mentions that Ubuntu Pro is free for personal use on up to 3 machines.
• Linux Desktop Gaming Product Manager
• Kismet — A wireless network and device detector, sniffer, wardriving tool, and WIDS (wireless intrusion detection) framework.
• Slackware Release Announcement — Well folks, in spite of the dire predictions of YouTube pundits, this morning the Slackhog emerged from its development den, did *not* see its shadow, and Slackware 15.0 has been officially released.
• Slackware 15.0 Officially Released, Powered by Linux Kernel 5.15 LTS
• Grub Init Tune: Mario Bros. Mushroom Powerup
• Grub tune tester v0.5.0
• A collection of GRUB init tunes