Episode 77: These Apps Make Linux Usable Now




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Summary: <p>The year of the Linux desktop has become a cliché. In 2018 has a Forbes writer finally found a distro that has one click installs for every app he used to use on Windows? Microsoft ports PowerShell to a Linux snap, and of course your calls go to the front of the line!</p> <h3><strong>-- The Cliff Notes --</strong></h3> <p>For links to the articles and material referenced in this week's episode check out this week's page from our podcast dashboard!</p> <p><a href="http://podcast.asknoahshow.com/77" rel="nofollow">This Episode's Podcast Dashboard</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.voxtelesys.com/asknoah" rel="nofollow">Phone Systems for Ask Noah provided by Voxtelesys</a></p> <h3><strong>-- Stay In Touch --</strong></h3> <p><strong>Find all the resources for this show on the Ask Noah Dashboard</strong></p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.asknoahshow.com" rel="nofollow">Ask Noah Dashboard</a></p> </blockquote> <p><strong>Need more help than a radio show can offer? Altispeed provides commercial IT services and they’re excited to offer you a great deal for listening to the Ask Noah Show. Call today and ask about the discount for listeners of the Ask Noah Show!</strong></p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.altispeed.com/" rel="nofollow">Altispeed Technologies</a></p> </blockquote> <p><strong>Contact Noah</strong></p> <blockquote> <p>asknoah [at] jupiterbroadcasting.com</p> </blockquote> <p><strong>-- Twitter --</strong></p> <ul> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/kernellinux" rel="nofollow">Noah - Kernellinux</a></li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/asknoahshow" rel="nofollow">Ask Noah Show</a></li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/altispeed" rel="nofollow">Altispeed Technologies</a></li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/jbsignal" rel="nofollow">Jupiter Broadcasting</a></li> </ul><p>Links:</p><ul> <li><a title="Google Online Security Blog: A secure web is here to stay" rel="nofollow" href="https://security.googleblog.com/2018/02/a-secure-web-is-here-to-stay.html">Google Online Security Blog: A secure web is here to stay</a></li> <li><a title="How to Setup SSL For Free" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jqif0a3dB7c">How to Setup SSL For Free</a></li> <li><a title="Buy Pixeluvo from the Humble Store and save 85%" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.humblebundle.com/store/pixeluvo">Buy Pixeluvo from the Humble Store and save 85%</a></li> <li><a title="Ditching Windows: 2 Weeks With Ubuntu Linux On The Dell XPS 13" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonevangelho/2018/07/19/ditching-windows-2-weeks-with-ubuntu-linux-on-the-dell-xps-13/#6b1965911836">Ditching Windows: 2 Weeks With Ubuntu Linux On The Dell XPS 13</a></li> <li><a title="Microsoft Releases PowerShell Core for Linux as a Snap Package" rel="nofollow" href="https://thehackernews.com/2018/07/powershell-core-linux-snap.html">Microsoft Releases PowerShell Core for Linux as a Snap Package</a></li> <li><a title="REAPER 5.93 Brings New Linux-Native Builds - Phoronix" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&amp;px=REAPER-DAW-5.93-Linux">REAPER 5.93 Brings New Linux-Native Builds - Phoronix</a></li> <li><a title="New Bluetooth Hack Affects Millions of Devices from Major Vendors" rel="nofollow" href="https://thehackernews.com/2018/07/bluetooth-hack-vulnerability.html">New Bluetooth Hack Affects Millions of Devices from Major Vendors</a></li> <li><a title="The Document Foundation distances itself from unofficial LibreOffice app in the Microsoft Store" rel="nofollow" href="https://betanews.com/2018/07/23/unofficial-libreoffice-app/">The Document Foundation distances itself from unofficial LibreOffice app in the Microsoft Store</a></li> <li><a title="Home | LibreOffice - Free Office Suite - Fun Project - Fantastic People" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.libreoffice.org/">Home | LibreOffice - Free Office Suite - Fun Project - Fantastic People</a></li> <li> <a title="KNOX Radio, Local News, Weather &amp; Sports from Grand Forks" rel="nofollow" href="http://knoxradio.com/">KNOX Radio, Local News, Weather &amp; Sports from Grand Forks</a> — Catch Noah live Monday July 30th - 2-5 PM CT Tuesday July 31st - 2-5 PM CT</li> <li> <a title="Google launches “Shielded VMs” to protect cloud servers from rootkits, data theft | Ars Technica" rel="nofollow" href="https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2018/07/google-launches-shielded-vms-to-protect-cloud-servers-from-rootkits-data-theft/">Google launches “Shielded VMs” to protect cloud servers from rootkits, data theft | Ars Technica</a> — Major cloud providers have been trying to blunt threats to virtual machines and cloud application containers in a number of ways—with hardened operating system images for virtual machines and with "confidential computing" models that prevent compromises of the underlying machine's operating system from providing access, for instance. </li> </ul>