We have a coupon code for 30% off when you pay for 3 months of AzireVPN, a security-focused VPN provider based in Sweden. The law there doesn't require them to log traffic, so they don't. They operate servers in 5 locations in Europe and north America. Their servers are owned by the company, installed on location by their engineers and running Debian. They provide a WireGuard option, as well as OpenVPN and their client is GPLv2 licensed and of course available on Linux. They take payment in cryptocurrencies, cash, credit cards and PayPal plus you don't even have to give them an email address.
linuxlads when ordering.LibreOffice has released version 6.2 with the NotebookBar available from the view menu, rather than as an experimental feature. This could be great for people coming from Microsoft Office
The Raspberry Pi Foundation opened a store. Some people have been skeptical, isn't this similar to Games Workshop which seems to be thriving? The place is slick, it looks like an Apple Store.
Fedora are designing a new logo. The lead developer uses free and open source tools only. She would like constructive and respectful feedback, but she felt forced to disable the comments on her blog, because some people just can't help being jerks.
New Plasma is out. Bluetooth devices now show their battery usage, Firefox 64 can now optionally use native KDE open/save dialogues. Also, improvements to Discover. Jason Evangelho's openSUSE challenge.
Is Linux ever going to be for the "average non-technical user"? Is it ready now? Should it even try? Jason Evangelho's article on Gaming without Windows. SteamOS could be just an appliance with its Big Picture. What about technical but new users? Should they be given Ubuntu or Linux from Scratch.
Mike: Tabulate for Python, because fuck me it's so good!
Shane: Latest version of Blender
Conor: LineageOS.