480: GrapheneOS vs Fairphone Explodes: What This Fight Means for Linux Privacy | DL480
Summary
Jill returns from Star Trek Las Vegas, where she helped run the convention on Linux Mint and met Gene Roddenberry. The hosts celebrate Debian’s 33rd birthday and discuss USB4 Stream in kernel 7.2 for direct machine-to-machine transfers. They also cover Discord’s new upload limits, the lightweight MarkLight editor, and tensions between GrapheneOS and Fairphone.
Topics discussed
Intro: Star Trek convention and episode overview
Linux Chicks LA status and the importance of LUGs
Star Trek convention highlights and meeting Gene Roddenberry
Running the convention on Linux and community feedback
Sandfly security sponsor and new patrons
New Linux kernel feature: USB4 direct data transfer
Debian's 33rd anniversary and pronunciation stories
Discord file limits and alternatives like Session
Marklight: A lightweight Markdown editor
Graphene OS vs Fairphone: Privacy and repairability debate
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