A performance feature is exploited as a security flaw, a VPN company's been making the rounds with open-source sponsorship, and text editors and desktop icons go out of style.

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Timestamps:
- Meltdown/Spectre Briefing: 00:30
- Linux Journal Saved by Private Internet Access: 07:59
- BIOS/UEFI Corruption Update: 9:57
- ElementaryOS Juno's Text Editor Changes: 11:41
- JACK1/JACK2 Development Update: 19:49
- Spotify Snap Available: 23:34
- Wine 3.0 in Feature Freeze: 25:31
- Krita the 2nd Most Used KDE App: 25:55
- Fedora 27 Server Released after Modularity Delays: 28:27
- GNOME Removes the Desktop: 30:45

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Show Notes:

Meltdown/Spectre Briefing:

• Red Hat's Easy-to-Understand Explanation
• Raspberry Pi's Technical Explanation
• LWN Article on KAISER Project (from November)
• LWN Article on KPTI Patches (from December)
• Ubuntu Disclosure Timetable
• Google Zero-Day Blog Post
• Public Info Page about Meltdown/Spectre

Linux Journal Saved by Private Internet Access:

• Linux Journal Article

BIOS/UEFI Corruption Update:

• Launchpad Bug Report with Fix
• Mailing List Post about Official Spin Updates

ElementaryOS Begins Work on Juno, Rebrands Text Editor:

• ElementaryOS Blog Post: 2017 Year in Review
• ElementaryOS Blog Post: Renaming Scratch to Code

JACK1/JACK2 Development Update:

• KXStudio Announcement

Spotify Snap Available:

• OMGubuntu Article

Wine 3.0 in Feature Freeze:

• Release Announcement
• Changelog

Krita the 2nd Most Used KDE App:

• Krita Blog Post

Fedora 27 Server Released after Modularity Delays:

• Fedora Magazine Article

GNOME Desktop Environment No Longer Has a Desktop:

• Merge Request to "remove the desktop"
• GNOME Extension to Add it Back