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We take a look at how our predictions turned out for 2016, then gaze into our crystal balls and tell you what to expect in 2017.

On this special holiday edition of simply elementary we share the love by listing some of the things about elementary OS that we're thankful for, then talk a bit about the stuff we want to get for Christmas. Plus, Dane is cranky about Pebble going away, Nathan talks about a little company he is starting and then goes on a weird rant about vinyl, and they both geek out over some hipstery task management system. All that, and more, on this month's show.

Part two of our special recording session with Daniel Foré, Cassidy James Blaede, and Blake Kostner. We sit down for a retrospective look at the Loki release, chat about our favorite features, and discuss some of the reviews. Join us for a final celebration of Loki!

Houston on GitHub: https://github.com/elementary/houston

On this episode we celebrate the recent Loki beta release by chatting with several key developers of elementary OS. Find out more about Houston, learn about the decision to switch to Epiphany, and hear the reasoning behind some of the more controversial changes in the release as the guests answers the questions that YOU submitted. Big thanks to Daniel Foré, Blake Kostner, Lewis Goddard, and Felipe Escoto for joining us for the show!

On this episode we are joined once again by Sam Hewitt to talk about BASH on Ubuntu on Windows and the new Notes-up markdown app by Philip Scott, and then we dive into our mailbag to discuss the emails that you, the listeners, have sent in.

Stuart Langridge, a former Canonical employee and long-time Ubuntu user, joins the show to talk about his recent experiences running elementary OS. We talk about what he loves, what he hates, and his overall impressions of elementary. You don’t want to miss this episode!

This week we chat with elementary's newest employee, Blake Kostner, about web development, getting started with Vala programming, what the latest point release of Ubuntu means for elementary OS, and more.

On this episode of simply elementary, Sam Hewitt joins us as we chat about the elementary team's recent trip to SCaLE, the upcoming Birdie 2.0 beta release, applications shipped in elementary OS by default, and whether or not we think we will see a version of the OS for the Raspberry Pi. Plus, Sam talks about design, cooking, and Canada, while Nathan rants about recent changes to the McDonald's Dollar Menu. All that, and more, on this unique episode.

Daniel Foré and Cassidy James join us for a quick segment about their upcoming trip to SCALE. Listen to find out what the expo is all about and what the elementary team hopes to accomplish there. If you're near Pasadena this weekend, January 21-24, make sure to stop by the elementary booth, and use the code ELMNT for half off your entry into the expo!

On this very special episode of simply elementary we are joined by the one and only Avi Romanoff. Avi is a coding wizard who is responsible for much of the work that has gone into elementary OS. We learn what he's been up to at university, discuss design and cognitive science, and chat about the importance of open source. Then, we take the wraps off of a top secret project that the elementary folks have been working on, named Houston. What could it be?

On this festive episode of simply elementary we are joined by Ryan Sipes, CTO and community manager of Mycroft, to talk about all things AI. We discuss Mycroft's recent fundraising success, their new hardware, the role of open source in developing the future of AI, and much, much more. We then look back at 2015 by giving you our top five things we enjoyed on the desktop this past year, followed by our list of things we hope to see in 2016, and finally we gaze into our crystal ball to come up with predictions for elementary in the upcoming year.

It's the System76 special! On this very special episode of simply elementary we have not one, but TWO interviews for your listening pleasure. First, we are joined by Carl Richell, CEO of System76, to talk about some of the exciting new products coming soon from the company (including several that haven't officially been announced). We also get the scoop on how System76 got its name, why they continue to exclusively ship Ubuntu, and whether or not we can ever expect to see elementary OS as an option to come preinstalled in the future. All that, and much, much more. We are then joined by Jason DeRose, System76's Captain of Engineering, to talk about the work he does at System76, as well as the remarkable work he has put into Dmedia and Novacut, a collaborative video editor built on top of an incredible peer-to-peer, distributed backend. On top of that, we talk about the latest elementary OS Freya 0.3.2 release and the other news from the past few weeks, then the hosts battle it out over which repository hosting service is better: GitHub or Launchpad. You don't want to miss this episode.

The transition music used in this episode is Creative Commons licensed from Bensound:http://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music

On this episode of simply elementary we kick around the latest news, Dane reviews Stranded, an indie game that was developed in elementary OS by Peter Moorhead (visit tinyurl.com/humblebundlepeterm for DRM-free copies of all his games), and then we do a special Let's Play of the new elementary OS community Minecraft server. Be sure to visit tinyurl.com/eosminecraft for links to all the information on the Minecraft server, and then check out a special video version of the show at tinyurl.com/simpelemine.