• Atari VCS RAM Doubled To 8GB; Will Ship With Linux-based Distro “AtariOS”

• Forbes writer falls in love with Ubuntu after two decades of Windows updates

• Pinguy OS Puts On a Happier GNOME 3 Face

A bumper episode for you this week!

• You know that silly fear about Alexa recording everything and leaking it online? It just happened

• GNU Emacs 26.1 released

• Firefox And Chrome Bug Leaked Facebook Profile Details For Almost A Year

• Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Bionic Beaver “Final Beta” Released

• Should Ubuntu Linux Replace Alpha/Beta Release Model With “Testing Weeks”?

• System76 becomes GNOME Foundation Advisory Board member

• KDE Connect has a Nautilus Connection

• [Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak) Operating System Reaches End of Life on July 20, 2017](Yakkety Yak)

• Ubuntu Developer Shares His Thoughts on the Unity to GNOME Shell Transition

• Linux Mint 18.2 ‘Sonya’ Released

• Linux kernel 4.11 released

• Linux Mint terrorist jailed for 8 years

• Post Unity 8 Ubuntu shock? Relax, Linux has been here before

• Assembly line robots vulnerable to hacking

• Don’t click that Google Docs link! Gmail hijack mail spreads like wildfire

• [Ubuntu 17.10 (Artful Aardvark) Hits the Streets on October 19, with GNOME 3.26](Artful Aardvark)

• Canonical Shuts Down Support For Ubuntu Phone, Updates Ending In June

• Hackers uncork experimental Linux-targeting malware

• Ubuntu 17.10 To Have Wayland Display Server As Default

• Ubuntu might retire Thunderbird

• Red Hat and Fedora Teams Welcome Ubuntu to GNOME and Wayland with Open Arms

• Tails 2.12 Anonymous Live OS Is Out, Drops I2P as Alternative Anonymity Network

• Canonical abandons Unity, Mir, and Ubuntu Touch

• Ubuntu Touch and Unity 8 Are Not Dead, UBports Community Will Keep Them Alive

• Google’s First Machine Learning Chip (TPU) Is 30x Faster Than CPUs And GPUs

• Ubuntu 17.04 inches closer to production

• Linux Kernels 4.10.6, 4.9.18 LTS and 4.4.57 LTS Released with Updated Drivers

• Google Launches New Open Source Website

• IXmaps: This Map Tells If Your Web Traffic Is Being Spied On By The NSA

• Meizu PRO 5 comes to China and Europe

• Debian 6.0 LTS to Reach End-of-Life in February this year

• Google’s VR headset won’t need a smartphone or PC

• Tails Will Keep You Anonymous Online

This month

• Ubuntu News
• Command & Conquer
• How-To : Python, LibreOffice, and Install Linux via PXE.
• Graphics : Blender, and Inkscape.
• Review: Google Music All Access

Plus: Q&A, Linux Labs, Ask The New Guy, My Story, and soooo much more!

This month

• Command and Conquer.
• How-To : Program in Python - Part 24, LibreOffice - Part 5, Ubuntu Development - Part 2, and Use KDE (4.6).
• Linux Lab - Gnome Shell -vs- Unity.
• Review - PAM Facial Recognition.
• Top 5 - USB Installers.
• I Think - Should Ubuntu keep it’s current schedule, or switch to a rolling release?

Plus: Ubuntu Games, My Story, and much much more!