Episode 259: Proprietary Action News

Another potential desktop Linux app is scared away by an aggressive free software community, and we struggle to find the balance between our moral ideals, and getting work done.

Plus some community news, old friends return, and much more.

Special Guest: Martin Wimpress.

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Links:

• YouTube page load is 5x slower in Firefox and Edge
• YouTube Classic – Add-ons for Firefox
• ReactOS 0.4.9 released
• Introducing New AppCenter Sharing URLs
• New SteamOS Stable Release
• Project Crostini progressing towards GPU acceleration
• Desktop team report from GUADEC 2018
• PowerShell launches as a snap
• Open The Cosmic Gate
• Slackware Needs Help
• A year on — our experience launching a paid, proprietary product on Linux.
• REAPER 5.93 Brings New Linux-Native Builds
• Hiri best email client for Windows, Mac and Linux