482: Legacy Gets the Boot

Are the long-timers holding Linux back? Lennart Poettering argues we are and proposes a new Microsoft-blessed way to secure Linux.

Plus, our thoughts on the slow decline of mailing lists in open-source development.

Special Guest: Neal Gompa.

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• “Old/weird laptops” sought to help test Linux kernel backlight drivers — You could help smooth out a long-needed overhaul of Linux's backlight systems.
• The GNOME Project is closing all its mailing lists — The GNOME Project is preparing to shut down its mailing lists due to problems maintaining the project's GNU Mailman instance - which relies on Python 2 - and a lack of moderators.
• [Evolution] Announcement: this mailing list will be retired
• Re: Moving final mailman lists over to discourse
• Issues · jupiterbroadcasting.com
• Office Hours 15: One PR At a Time — We recap a busy night after a studio power outage, then dig into what makes an open-source project worth contributing to. Why do some fail while others grow and prosper?
• How I make a living working on SerenityOS — This post describes in detail how I support myself while working on the SerenityOS project.
• Systemd supremo proposes tightening up Linux boot process — In brief, what he sees as the problem is that on hardware with Secure Boot enabled, while the boot process up to and including the kernel is signed, the next step, loading the initrd, is not. That's what he wants to fix.
• Brave New Trusted Boot World — This document looks at the boot process of general purpose Linux distributions. It covers the status quo and how we envision Linux boot to work in the future with a focus on robustness and simplicity.
• NixOS bootspec-secureboot — This repository is a research project that aims to improve the bootloader story in NixOS.
• Matthew's NixOS Screen shot
• Grab a new podcast app — Upgrade to a Podcasting 2.0 compatible app.
• vhs: Your CLI home video recorder 📼 — Write terminal GIFs as code for integration testing and demoing your CLI tools.
• FFmpeg.guide — A simple GUI tool to create complex FFmpeg filtergraphs quickly and correctly, without having to mess with the cumbersome filter syntax