Episode 04: Positively Foxy

Episode: 04 Show Notes

Coming up in this episode we cover

1. Toxicity in the community
2. Mozilla and Firefox
3. Printing in Linux
4. And that must have app for every flatpak user

Welcome to the Linux User Space

Toxicity

• Google & Ubuntu Team Up to Bring Flutter Apps to Linux

Mozilla and Firefox

• Essential Guide: Improve Firefox Performance on Linux by Turning WebRender On
• Mac and Linux coming soon, why no Linux support yet?
• The Firefox Browser is a privacy nightmare on desktop and mobile
• Mozilla turns off “Firefox Send” following malware abuse reports
• Mozilla lays off 70 as it waits for subscription products to generate revenue
• Mozilla is laying off 250 people and planning a ‘new focus’ on making money
• 1 Mozilla and Google renew Firefox search agreement
• 2 Mozilla and Google renew Firefox search agreement
• 3 from 2018
• 4 from 2011
• Comcast’s Xfinity Internet Service Joins Firefox’s Trusted Recursive Resolver Program
• Mozilla expands its partnership with ad-free subscription service Scroll
• Firefox Plans Controversial New Encryption Setting For Millions, And Update Starts This Month
• Firefox turns controversial new encryption on by default in the US
• Why Mozilla Firefox Is Making Headlines Again

Printers

• CUPS - Common UNIX Printing System
• HP Linux Imaging and Printing aka HPLIP
• HP's page for HPLIP
• Debugging Printing Problems in Ubuntu
• Debugging Printing Problems in Fedora
• Arch wiki - troubleshooting CUPS
• Debian wiki - CUPS debugging
• openSUSE Printer Operation Doc

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App Focus

Flatseal

This episode's app: Flatseal

Setting Zoom flatpak permissions:
flatpak permission-set devices camera us.zoom.Zoom no
flatpak permission-set devices microphone us.zoom.Zoom yes

Eric Adams' video on Flatpak permissions

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