162: Framework Laptop, Pop!_OS Rolling Release, Linux Mint, WayDroid

On this episode of This Week in Linux, we’ll cover the modular laptop that respects your Right to Repair called the Framework laptop. In the Distro News, we’ve got updates from Linux Mint and a very interesting potential plan for a Rolling Release edition of Pop!_OS from System76. We’re going to jump into an enterprise grade tool with Apache Cassandra 4.0. Then in the Linux Mobile News, we’ve got an interview with Rudi Timmermans of the WayDroid project which is looking to make it possible to run Android Apps on Linux Phones like Ubuntu Touch. We’ve also got news from NVIDIA, they’ve released new Drivers with a lot of great features and they’ve even Open Sourced some content. All that and so much more on episode 162 of This Week in Linux, recorded live on July 31, 2021. Your Weekly Source for Linux GNews! Sponsored by: do.co/dln-mongo Sponsored by: bitwarden.com/dln Segment Index * 00:00 = Welcome to TWIL 162* 01:24 = Framework Modular Laptop Respects Your Right to Repair* 09:37 = Element Raises $30 Million* 13:50 = Linux Mint Getting New Website* 16:59 = Digital Ocean: Managed MongoDB ( https://do.co/dln-mongo )* 18:16 = Pop!_OS Rolling Release?* 22:16 = Apache Cassandra 4.0 Released* 25:08 = WayDroid: Android Apps On Linux Phones* 32:00 = Bitwarden Password Manager ( https://bitwarden.com/dln )* 33:59 = NVIDIA Drivers Security Bugs & Open Source* 37:47 =