Episode 3:15: A Hot Plate of Hype

Coming up in this episode

1. A little podman
2. Manifest v3
3. Browsers
4. More Browsers?
5. And what do you know? More browsers

0:00 Cold Open
1:30 Giving Podman a Whirl
10:14 What's Wrong with a Few Boxes?
18:08 Browser Watch: Firefox 109
22:47 Browser Watch: Manifest v3 History
31:44 Browser Watch: A Little More Manifest v3
40:03 Browser Watch: The Chromium Scrolls
48:24 Browser Watch: A Fix to the Web
56:06 Feedback: Johnny and LinuxGameCast
58:51 Kid3 Turns 20
1:00:39 QR Codes for All!
1:05:22 Community Focus: ASUS NLC
1:09:41 App Focus: Gnome Web + Tangram
1:17:51 Next Time: CentOS
1:20:03 Stinger

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https://youtu.be/ZC4IUlCfP1c

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Firefox 109 brings manifest v3 support

• What are we talking about?

Maniwhat, now? Version who?

• 2018, Google proposes Manifest v3.
• July 2019, The EFF notes.
• Then in September of 2019, Firefox responded to the Manifest v3 announcement.
• April 2020, Vivaldi, with version 3.0, debuts its ad and tracker blocker as a means to bypass the manifest v3 issue altogether.
• Brave had always had an ad blocker, but beefed up its performance and ability in 2019.
• November 2020, Google finalizes and publishes Manifest v3.
• December 2021, The EFF reminds us.
• uBlock Origin Lite exists.

More Announcements

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Moar Browser Watch

Chromium answers Leo's prayers! In 109, Linux scrolling seems to have been fixed.

• He complained about it in Season 2 Episode 16.
• The Bug. ### A fix to the web
• Brave's been blocking the cookie consent banners.

Feedback

• Thanks Johnny (Aromatic Dev) for having the Linux Game Cast folks give us a shout.

A couple of other topics

• Kid3 turns 20
• qrencode
• DuckDuckGo instant answers can make QR codes too, just type qr code WHATEVER e.g. qr code https://linuxuserspace.show.

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Community Focus

• The ASUS NoteBook Linux Community
• Their GitLab

App Focus Gnome Web + Tangram

• Gnome Web
• Tangram

Next Time

The history of CentOS, a few thoughts, and whatever else we can cram into the show*

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