State of the Union
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A yearly roundup of open-source news covering concrete wins and failures: surprising Linux desktop market share in China, the npm left-pad removal that broke hundreds of thousands of builds, and security blunders like D‑Link shipping private signing keys and Allwinner kernels accepting trivial root commands. Also highlights community successes such as open firmware replacing proprietary code in embroidery machines (including stitching PGP keys), a hand‑soldered transistor C64 that runs, and an automated litterbox sold with DRM cartridges.
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chapters (36)
- 0:00Year in review
- 1:11FOSS and open content
- 2:36Linux on desktop in China and Berlin
- 6:25EU vs Google Android
- 9:42Alternative firmware for devices
- 14:18Chinese firms and developer support
- 16:49NASA open-source milestones
- 18:55Leftpad incident and packages
- 20:20Ubuntu OpenStack in cloud
- 22:51ODF in Netherlands
- 24:59D-Link Allwinner security flaws
- 28:40Copyright remix culture Germany
- 30:05GNU Firefox OS Zyngen updates
- 33:15GIMP 20 years free software
- 35:24Media literacy ads vs content
- 36:05Future development Continuous Delivery
- 37:29Blackberry vs Android failure
- 38:53SCO vs IBM legal end
- 39:33Oracle Google APIs GPL
- 42:00Android on Raspberry Pi
- 43:46Legacy tech 8-inch floppies missiles
- 45:34Onlive cloud failure
- 46:15Intel open-source VMware shift
- 47:42Intel Edison proprietary issues
- 48:45Android on iOS remote desktop
- 49:31IT failures Monkeys backups grids
- 50:33Tetris trilogy government hacking
- 51:15Honorary doctorate vote
- 53:26Nintendo Pokémon GO stocks
- 54:31WWW 35 years of PC
- 55:13Oracle Java Enterprise conflicts
- 56:59SwiftKey privacy suggestions
- 59:30Getty Images copyright gray areas
- 1:01:16React license limits
- 1:03:46Sweden lobby for blocking
- 1:05:30Summary farewell
