This week’s episode of Destination Linux, we have the CEO of Vivaldi joining us to discuss their partnership with Manjaro and their support for Linux. Then we’re going to talk about two great anonymous, privacy focused distros that both had a new release this week. Plus we’ve also got our famous tips, tricks and software picks. All of this and so much more this week on Destination Linux. So whether you’re brand new to Linux and open source or a guru of sudo. This is the podcast for you.
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Special Guest:
Jon Stephenson von Tetzchner, CEO of Vivaldi Technologies
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Segment Index
- 00:00:00 = Welcome to DL 243
- 00:01:35 = Community Feedback: Question About Bedrock Linux from NiceMicro
- 00:09:26 = Digital Ocean: Managed MongoDB ( https://do.co/dln-mongo )
- 00:11:30 = Vivaldi CEO Interview: Jon Stephenson von Tetzchner
- 01:08:26 = Bitwarden Password Manager ( https://bitwarden.com/dln )
- 01:11:03 = News: Tails 4.22 & Whonix 16
- 01:17:53 = Software Spotlight: Spice-Up (Presentations) [Flatpak]
- 01:22:24 = Tip of the Week: SCP copy files over ssh
- 01:24:20 = Outro
Tip of the Week: scp
- Examples:
- Run the following command in terminal to run to copy file from local host to remote host: $ scp test.txt username@192.1.1.1:/remote/directory/
- Run the following command to copy file from a remote host to local host :$ scp username@from_host:test.txt /local/directory/
Question in the show:
Dang, I just published my own take on it based on the impression I got asking people on Reddit
I’ll have to listen to the episode and figure out if there is any potential for new content here…
I’m going to say that I’m very impressed with the conversation with Jon. It’s given me something to think about, and I’m changing my thoughts on Vivaldi a little bit. While I’m not a huge fan of closed source in general, at the same time I recognize that companies need to make money to pay developers. (Which seems to be a bit of an anathema to some members of the broader Linux community)
I’m giving Vivaldi a shot, and it seems like it’s a solid browser.
Thanks for bringing Jon on, and thanks to Jon for taking the time and answering some questions!
The interview almost had me convinced to try Vivaldi again. But the forced telemetry (spying) is a deal breaker for me. I realize that most of the Destination Linux podcasters disagree with me. Nevertheless, when anyone tracks my ip (from which you can learn my isp, location, vpn service, etc.) and the times that I’m active, and the operating system, patch levels, and who knows what else vivaldi is tracking - yeah, I’m not going to try it.
I firmly believe you should make the best decision for your data and information. The telemetry they capture transparently is fine for some and for others they would prefer zero and I support that. For me, this doesn’t change the fact I still use Firefox (which also gathers telemetry by default) but when I need a chromium base I’m enjoying Vivaldi.
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