Destination Linux EP39 - The Bit You Should Read HD

Welcome to Episode 39 of Destination Linux for 10/02/17 Correction from last week Just to set things straight, ArchMerge is a separate project from ArchLabs with a completely separate team. There is no collaboration between ArchLabs and ArchMerge and they have a completely different vision about a distro. They each go their own way. I apologize for confusing the two together. News Ubuntu Is Dropping 32-bit Desktop Images http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2017/09/ubuntu-17-10-32-bit-builds-dropped Last year OMGubuntu ran a poll asking how which version of Ubuntu you use: 32-bit or 64-bit. The results of that poll revealed that 92% run Ubuntu 64-bit already. http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2016/09/92-percent-ubuntu-users-say-use-64-bit Badges and progress bar on Ubuntu Dock https://didrocks.fr/2017/09/25/ubuntu-gnome-shell-in-artful-day-14/ Ubuntu Dock Now Supports Progress Bars and Badge Counts http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2017/09/ubuntu-dock-now-supports-progress-bars-badge-counts Bad News for Users of TopIcons Plus… http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2017/09/top-icons-plus-development-paused Ubuntu Beta 2 Download https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ArtfulAardvark/ReleaseNotes Ubuntu Budgie 17.10 Beta 2 https://ubuntubudgie.org/blog/2017/09/25/17-10-release-notes Ubuntu Budgie 17.10 Beta 2 Download http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-budgie/releases/artful/beta-2/ Ubuntu MATE 17.10 Beta 2 https://ubuntu-mate.org/blog/ubuntu-mate-artful-beta2/ Ubuntu MATE 17.10 Beta 2 Download https://ubuntu-mate.org/download/ It’s Beta season for all the ‘buntu’s…..Lubuntu, Xubuntu, Kylin Kubuntu 17.10 Beta 2 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ArtfulAardvark/Beta2/Kubuntu Kubuntu 17.10 Beta 2 Download http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/milestones/382/builds KDE Plasma 5.11 Desktop Will Be Coming to Kubuntu 17.10 Soon After Its Release http://news.softpedia.com/news/kde-plasma-5-11-desktop-will-be-coming-to-kubuntu-17-10-soon-after-its-release-517801.shtml Adapta Theme is Now Available for the KDE Plasma Desktop http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2017/09/adapta-theme-now-available-kde-plasma-desktop Adobe Brackets 1.11 Released http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2017/09/adobe-brackets-1-11-released Opera Web Browser Now Has Built-In WhatsApp And FB Messenger http://www.noobslab.com/2017/08/opera-web-browser-now-has-built-in.html Chrome Extension Embeds In-Browser Monero Miner That Drains Your CPU https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/chrome-extension-embeds-in-browser-monero-miner-that-drains-your-cpu/ Linux 4.14 Is Up To Around 23.2 Million Lines Of Code https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Linux-4.14-Code-Size Linux Kernel Grows Past 15 Million Lines of Code 2012 http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Linux-Linus-Torvalds-kernel-too-complex-code,14495.html Gaming What have I been playing: http://store.steampowered.com/app/220/HalfLife_2/ This week has been full of Half Life 2 gameplay. Its a relic that’s sat in my Summer Sale games archive for awhile and considered by many to be one of