Shows
Self-Hosted69: Get Off My Lawn, The Robot's Got ItAlex shares some handy tools, and some old friends join us for a special edition of the show.Special Guests: Brent Gervais and chzbacon.Sponsored By:Tailscale: Tailscale is a Zero config VPN. It installs on any device in minutes, manages firewall rules for you, and works from anywhere. Get 3 users and 100 devices for free. Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/sshSupport Self-HostedLinks:LINUX Unplugged 453: Raleigh Action Show — We just wrapped up our East Coast meetup and have a bunch of gr...
2022-04-2247 min
All Jupiter Broadcasting ShowsGet Off My Lawn, The Robot's Got It | Self-Hosted 69Alex shares some handy tools, and some old friends join us for a special edition of the show.Special Guests: Brent Gervais and chzbacon.Sponsored By:Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/sshTailscale: Tailscale is a Zero config VPN. It installs on any device in minutes, manages firewall rules for you, and works from anywhere. Get 20 devices for free for a personal account. Support Self-HostedLinks:LINUX Unplugged 453: Raleigh Action Show — We just wrapped up our East Coast meetup and have a bu...
2022-04-2200 minSelf-Hosted61: That First Layer SquishSome old friends of JB join Alex to discuss 3D printing.Special Guests: Drew DeVore and chzbacon.Sponsored By:Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/sshSupport Self-HostedLinks:Octoprint — The snappy web interface for your 3D printer.Thingiverse — A collection of freely available 3d models to print out.Prusa Research — Maker of the Prusa 3d printers.Ender 3 — The Creality Ender 3 is one of the cheapest ways to get started with 3d printing.3d printer maintenance — Sometimes we have so much fun with our 3D pri...
2021-12-3159 minAll Jupiter Broadcasting ShowsThat First Layer Squish | Self-Hosted 61Some old friends of JB join Alex to discuss 3D printing.Special Guests: chzbacon and Drew DeVore.Sponsored By:Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/sshSupport Self-HostedLinks:Octoprint — The snappy web interface for your 3D printer.Thingiverse — A collection of freely available 3d models to print out.Prusa Research — Maker of the Prusa 3d printers.Ender 3 — The Creality Ender 3 is one of the cheapest ways to get started with 3d printing.3d printer maintenance — Sometimes we have so much fun with our 3...
2021-12-3100 min
LINUX Unplugged419: What's Cookin' at System76Live from Denver, we chat with old friends and new. We get the inside scope on what has been going on at System76, and what's coming up next.
Plus we catch up with a few members of our crew, and find out what Linux tech they're loving these days.Special Guests: Aaron Honeycutt, Alex Kretzschmar, Brent Gervais, Carl Richell, Cassidy James Blaede, chzbacon, and Ian Santopietro.Sponsored By:Linode Cloud Hosting: A special offer for all Linux Unplugged Podcast listeners and new Linode customers, visit linode.com/unplugged, and receive $100 towards your...
2021-08-181h 10All Jupiter Broadcasting ShowsWhat's Cookin' at System76 | LINUX Unplugged 419Live from Denver, we chat with old friends and new. We get the inside scope on what has been going on at System76, and what's coming up next.
Plus we catch up with a few members of our crew, and find out what Linux tech they're loving these days.Special Guests: Aaron Honeycutt, Alex Kretzschmar, Brent Gervais, Carl Richell, Cassidy James Blaede, chzbacon, and Ian Santopietro.Sponsored By:Linode Cloud Hosting: A special offer for all Linux Unplugged Podcast listeners and new Linode customers, visit linode.com/unplugged, and receive $100 towards...
2021-08-1700 min
LINUX Unplugged400: The See Ya Next TuesdayOld friends and new join us on a quest to celebrate four hundred episodes.Special Guests: Alex Kretzschmar, Corry Clinton, Drew DeVore, and Graham Morrison.Sponsored By:Linode Cloud Hosting: A special offer for all Linux Unplugged Podcast listeners and new Linode customers, visit linode.com/unplugged, and receive $100 towards your new account. A Cloud Guru: This is the Exam Prep and Final Exam course for the SUSE Certified Administrator in Enterprise Linux 15 exam, 050-754.LUP LUG Beer Stein: Share a brew with the Virtual LUG!Support LINUX UnpluggedLinks:...
2021-04-0756 minLINUX Unplugged367: Podcatcher Play-offWe round up the best podcast clients for your Linux desktop, mobile, and the web.
Plus we announce the official Jupiter Broadcasting Matrix server, share some great picks, and a thought-provoking email.
Chapters:
0:00 Pre-Show
0:35 Intro
2:03 Debian Requests Artwork
3:04 Google Kernel Code Dump
8:07 The Future of Rust
14:15 Manjaro Forum Meltdown
20:11 Matrix Server Migration
27:38 Housekeeping
28:44 Podcatcher Play-Off
29:08 Podcatcher Play-Off: Honorable Mentions
31:33 Podcatcher Play-Off: Winds
33:36 Podcatcher Play-Off: Cpod
35:33 Podcatcher Play-Off: Airsonic
38:16 Podcatcher Play-Off: Shellcaster
40:15 Podcatcher Play-Off: Castero
40:42 Podcatcher Play-Off: Castget
42:27 Podcatcher...
2020-08-191h 05LINUX Unplugged366: Linux Server SalvageWe refurbish a special machine from the Jupiter Broadcasting Hardware Archive and try out Matrix, the one chat platform to rule them all.
Plus Dan and Cassidy from elementary OS join us to discuss version 6.0.
Chapters:
0:00 Pre-Show
0:45 Intro
2:25 KDE Neon 20.04
4:17 Mozilla Resturcturing
8:21 elementary OS 6
18:29 Housekeeping
20:00 Matrix
22:33 Silver Salvage
29:43 Matrix Server Punishment Test
33:04 Clients Galore
35:06 Secure By Default
43:56 Outro
45:08 Post-ShowSpecial Guests: Alex Kretzschmar, Cassidy James Blaede, Danielle Foré, Drew DeVore, and Neal Gompa.Support LINUX UnpluggedL...
2020-08-1248 minLINUX Unplugged364: Linux Arm WrestlingThe past, present and future of Linux on Arm. The major challenges still facing full Linux support, and why ServerReady might be a solution to unify Arm systems.
Plus we chat with the Manjaro team about recent changes.
Chapters:
0:00 Pre-Show
0:58 Intro
2:01 Terminal 2.0 in ChromeOS
4:41 Manjaro's Process Problems
13:49 Manjaro Sneak Peaks
15:41 Weekend Manjaro Journey
21:02 Housekeeping
22:09 ARM on Linux
24:01 The History of ARM
28:16 Single Board Computing Revolution
31:47 ARM Reaching into the Present
33:17 The Future of ARM
36:42 Not Everyone Loves ARM
43:01 Wants and What...
2020-07-2952 minLINUX Unplugged363: Return of the Terminal ServerFedora makes a bold move and Microsoft seems to be working on their ideal "Cloud PC", we ponder what Linux has to offer.
Plus an easy way to remotely watch movies with others, and a bunch of your feedback.
Chapters:
0:00 Pre-Show
0:29 Intro
2:34 RSI Woes
7:21 Jellyfin
13:12 Proxmox Backup Server
16:22 ProcMon for Linux
20:16 Fedora 33 Defaults to Btrfs
24:27 systemd-oomd
26:38 Housekeeping
28:41 Riot Becomes Element
32:36 Mysterious Microsoft Job Posting
39:19 Picks: Polybar
40:57 Picks: ytop
42:43 Feedback
48:50 Outro
50:06 Post-ShowSpecial Guests: Brent Gervais, Drew DeVore...
2020-07-2252 minLINUX Unplugged362: The Hidden Cost of NextcloudOur team has been using Nextcloud to replace Dropbox for over a year, we report back on what has worked great, and what's not so great.
Plus why Linus Torvalds has become the master of saying no.Special Guest: Drew DeVore.Support LINUX UnpluggedLinks:Linus Torvalds Says He’s No Longer a Programmer: My Job Is to Say NoKeynote: Linus Torvalds in conversation with Dirk HohndelList of Linux kernel names - WikipediaImplementing S3 Compatible Primary Storage for NextCloudAlone (TV series) - WikipediaFeedback: LVFS fwupdmgr updates on ThinkpadsFeedback: Chas wonders if...
2020-07-141h 03LINUX Unplugged361: Buttery Smooth FedoraFedora's getting to work and reconsidering some long held-assumptions.
Plus the best tool for getting things done on Linux, we take a look at openSUSE Leap 15.2, and breathe new life into an old Pebble.Special Guests: Alex Kretzschmar, Brent Gervais, Drew DeVore, Jeff Fortin Tam, and Neal Gompa.Support LINUX UnpluggedLinks:Show & Tell: A steampunk desktop background radiation monitor
Getting Things GNOME 0.4 released!
Getting Things GNOME - GNOME Wiki
Getting Things GNOME on Flathub
Stirring things up for Fedora 33
Know when we’re going to be live. Check out th...
2020-07-0853 minLINUX Unplugged360: The Hard Work of HardwareWe're joined by two guests who share their insights into building modern Linux hardware products.
Plus we try out Mint 20, cover some big Gnome fixes, and a very handy open source noise suppression pick!Special Guests: Alfred Neumayer, Brent Gervais, Drew DeVore, and Jeremy Soller.Support LINUX UnpluggedLinks:CutiePi Tablet - Raspberry Pi, Untethered by Phoebus Torralba — Kickstarter
CutiePi Is World’s Thinnest, Hackable Raspberry Pi Tablet, Available for Pre-Order Now
CutiePi Shell - The UI for the CutiePi tablet
GNOME’s Window Rendering Culling Was Broken Leading To Wasted...
2020-07-0154 minLINUX Unplugged358: Our Fragmented FavoriteIt's time to challenge some long-held assumptions.
Today's Btrfs is not yesterday's hot mess, but a modern battle-tested filesystem, and we'll prove it.
Plus our thoughts on GitHub dropping the term "master", and the changes Linux should make NOW to compete with commercial desktops.Special Guests: Brent Gervais, Drew DeVore, and Neal Gompa.Support LINUX UnpluggedLinks:SpaceX: We’ve launched 32,000 Linux computers into space for Starlink internet
Issue #54: Default disk partitioning layout for Workstation - fedora-workstation - Pagure.io
16 Jun, MEETING AGENDA - desktop - Fedora Mailing-Lists
[Di...
2020-06-171h 13LINUX Unplugged357: The Little Distro That CouldThe lightweight distro that stole our hearts, the four of us each try out a different contender and come away with what we think will be the leanest and meanest distribution for your PC.Special Guests: Drew DeVore and Jill Bryant Ryniker.Support LINUX UnpluggedLinks:BunsenLabs Linux
Puppy Linux Home
The FreeBSD Project
SparkyLinux
KolibriOS official site
antiX Linux
2020-06-0956 minLINUX Unplugged356: Linux Hardware LoveFrom the low-end to the high-end we try out both ends of the Linux hardware spectrum. Wes reviews the latest XPS 13, and Chris shares his thoughts on the Pinebook Pro.
Plus a really cool new feature in Linux 5.7, and we get some answers to the recent GNOME patent settlement from the source.Special Guests: Dan Johansen and Drew DeVore.Support LINUX UnpluggedLinks:snakeware: A free Linux distro with a fully Python userspace
GNOME gets big open-source patent win
GNOME Patent Suite Update
GNOME Foundation post about patent suit resolution
...
2020-06-031h 03LINUX Unplugged355: Chris' Data CrisisChris' tale of woe after a recent data loss, and Wes' adventure after he finds a rogue device on his network.Special Guest: Drew DeVore.Support LINUX UnpluggedLinks:VIMKiller: Exiting VIM is hard; sometimes we need to take drastic measures
How to Boot Raspberry Pi 4 From a USB SSD or Flash Drive
USB Boot Forum post announcement
rpi-eeprom-update usage
The default boot mode is now 0xf41 which means continuously try SD then USB mass storage.
Raspberry Pi’s firmware master branch on Github
Put Btrfs in my Pi Last Night...
Know wh...
2020-05-2757 minLINUX Unplugged354: Microsoft FINALLY Gets ItWindows is getting more competitive by adopting core Linux features, so we cover the latest Linux-inspired additions to Windows. Then review the new release of Pi-hole, sort through recent PINE64 updates, and read your feedback.Special Guests: Alex Kretzschmar, Drew DeVore, Neal Gompa, and Philip Muller.Support LINUX UnpluggedLinks:WireGuard patchset for OpenBSD
Microsoft President Brad Smith Acknowledges They Were Previously Wrong On Open-Source
2020-05-201h 00LINUX Unplugged353: Feeling EliveWe're blown away by the Enlightenment desktop, and its little known features, and we share a quick way for you to try it out yourself.
Plus our experience with Pop!_OS 20.04, Telegram's recent embarrassment, and some feedback.Special Guests: Brent Gervais, Drew DeVore, and Jill Bryant Ryniker.Support LINUX UnpluggedLinks:Jessie Frazelle on Twitter: “You are stranded in a weird shell and you are only allowed to bring three commands, which ones do you choose: Mine -> | (gotta have pipes) awk sed”
Ubuntu’s Server Installer Leaked Encrypted Storage Passph...
2020-05-1357 minLINUX Unplugged352: Three Course BatteryManjaro has a new hardware partner so Phillip joins to share the details, and we have the Lemur Pro in house for a battery endurance test like no other.
Plus an Arch server update, and Chris orders the new Raspberry Pi High Quality Camera.Special Guests: Brent Gervais, Drew DeVore, Jeremy Soller, and Philip Muller.Support LINUX UnpluggedLinks:Inkscape 1.0
Promo video: Inkscape 1.0 is here! - YouTube
Return of the Lite - an impressively powerful, lightweight and compact 11” Linux laptop - Manjaro Linux Forum
Compare Laptops - Find the best Li...
2020-05-061h 06LINUX Unplugged351: Lenovo Loves LinuxFedora Project Leader Matthew Miller joins us to discuss Lenovo shipping ThinkPads loaded with Fedora, and our review of the new 32 release.
Plus Ubuntu's Director of Desktop Martin Wimpress covers the details everyone missed in 20.04.Special Guests: Martin Wimpress, Matthew Miller, and Neal Gompa.Support LINUX UnpluggedLinks:Red Hat Summit 2020 Virtual Experience
Wimpy on Twitter: There are new ✨ features in #Ubuntu Desktop 20.04 that no one is aware of or talking 🙊 about, so here they are; straight from the horses mouth 🐴 Also, a little peek behind the curtain 👀 regarding how OEM require...
2020-04-291h 02LINUX Unplugged350: Focal FocusThe latest Ubuntu LTS is here, but does it live up to the hype? And how practical are the new ZFS features? We dig into the performance, security, and stability of Focal Fossa.
Plus our thoughts on the new KWin fork, if Bleachbit is safe, and a quick Fedora update.Special Guests: Brent Gervais and Drew DeVore.Support LINUX UnpluggedLinks:Logging Into Linux With A 1930s Teletype
TUXEDO Computers Launches A Power/Thermal Control Center For Their Linux Systems
System76 Lemur Pro
KDE’s window manager KWin gets forked wi...
2020-04-221h 12LINUX Unplugged349: Arm: A New HopeWe build the server you never should, a tricked out Arm box, and push it to the limit with a telnet torture test.
Plus what we're playing recently, community news, a handy self-hosted music pick, and more.Special Guests: Alan Pope and Brent Gervais.Support LINUX UnpluggedLinks:Bored? How about trying a Linux speed run?
AMD Radeon Graphics Driver Amassing Improvements For Linux 5.8
NVIDIA released the 440.82 stable ‘Long Lived’ Linux driver - helps DOOM Eternal on Steam Play Proton
Batman: Arkham City - Game of the Year Edition
Risk of R...
2020-04-1552 minLINUX Unplugged348: OK OOMerToday we make nice with a killer, an early out-of-memory daemon, and one of the new features in Fedora 32. We put EarlyOOM to the test in a real-world workload and are shocked by the results.
Plus we debate if OpenWrt is still the best router solution, and chew on Microsoft's new SELinux competitor.Special Guests: Alex Kretzschmar and Neal Gompa.Support LINUX UnpluggedLinks:Window Maker Version 0.95.9 Released
Microsoft announces IPE, a new code integrity feature for Linux — Microsoft says that IPE is not intended for general-purpose computing. The IPE LS...
2020-04-081h 03LINUX Unplugged347: Arm is HereWe discover a few simple Raspberry Pi tricks that unlock incredible performance and make us re-think the capabilities of Arm systems.
Plus we celebrate Wireguard finally landing in Linux, catch up on feedback, and check out the new Manjaro laptop.Special Guests: Brent Gervais and Philip Muller.Support LINUX UnpluggedLinks:Raspberry Pi Ubuntu Server 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa) Daily Build
WireGuard 1.0.0 for Linux 5.6 Released
LUP Started Covering WireGuard in June of 2016
Manjaro InfinityBook Pro 15Manjaro Linux on Twitter — "Our #Intel based @ManjaroLinux by @TUXEDOComputers is now available for pre-orders.Linux 5.6 Sh...
2020-04-011h 04LINUX Unplugged346: The One-Click TrapWe debate the dangers and advantages of one-click deployments. Then Dan from elementary OS shares an AppCenter for Everyone update.
Plus a big batch of feedback that kicks off some wide-ranging discussions.Special Guests: Danielle Foré and Neal Gompa.Support LINUX UnpluggedLinks:FOSS Responders — COVID-19 is impacting the open source industry in many ways. If you or your community has been impacted, please let us knowSeems that NVIDIA silently axed their GTC talk about Nouveau?
Update: NVIDIA GTC 2020 Announcements Postponed EntirelyLemur Pro - System76
Brunch with Brent: Stuart Langridge
Kno...
2020-03-251h 06LINUX Unplugged345: Don't Go Viral, Go VirtualIt was the first of its kind, and the first forced to go virtual. We get the behind the scenes story of WSL Conf from the organizers.
Plus our impressions of the latest GNOME release, community news, app picks, and more.Special Guests: Hayden Barnes, Neal Gompa, and Sohini Bianka Roy.Support LINUX UnpluggedLinks:Linux Kernel’s Floppy Disk Code Is Seeing Improvements In 2020
elementary #AppCenterForEveryone on Twitter — Due to travel restrictions and for the safety and well-being of our contributors, we are postponing the AppCenter for Everyone sprint that...
2020-03-181h 08LINUX Unplugged344: Our Week with WindowsWe load up Windows 10 with WSL2, the new Terminal, and give it a go to see what it does better than Linux. Then we dive into the deep end and attend the first-ever WSLConf.
Plus the big new feature coming to Ubuntu, why Chris is going to Denver, and more.Special Guests: Alan Pope, Brent Gervais, and Martin Wimpress.Support LINUX UnpluggedLinks:OpenSilver: a modern, plugin-free, open-source reimplementation of Silverlight, that runs on current browsers via WebAssembly.
Ubuntu 20.04’s zsys adds ZFS snapshots to package management
Didier Roche on Tw...
2020-03-111h 06LINUX Unplugged343: What Linux is Best AtWe try the Mac desktop for 30 days, find out what we think it does best, and where Linux will always have it beat.
This episode kicks off the start of a bigger conversation series.
Plus community news, very handy picks, and more.Special Guests: Alan Pope, Maria Komarova, and Michael Aaron Murphy .Support LINUX UnpluggedLinks:GNOME Shell 3.36 release Looking Great
Firefox 75 On Wayland Now To Have Full WebGL, Working VA-API Acceleration - Phoronix
Don’t forget about DST!
FOSS Talk Live - June 20th at The Harrison ne...
2020-03-0457 minLINUX Unplugged342: Shrimps have SSHellsA radical new way to do SSH authentication, special guest Jeremy Stott joins us to discuss Zero Trust SSH.
Plus community news, a concerning issue for makers, an Arch server follow up, and more.Special Guests: Alex Kretzschmar, Brent Gervais, Jeremy Stott, Martin Wimpress, and Neal Gompa.Support LINUX UnpluggedLinks:The makers of Jif peanut butter team up with Giphy to try to settle the GIF/Jif debate once and for all
Manjaro Linux on Twitter: After several months of development we are happy to announce Manjaro Linux 19.0 release...
2020-02-2659 minLINUX Unplugged341: Long Term RollingWe question the very nature of Linux development, and debate if a new approach is needed.
Plus an easy way to snapshot any workstation, some great feedback, and an extra nerdy command-line pick.Special Guests: Brent Gervais and Drew DeVore.Support LINUX UnpluggedLinks:Google slams Samsung for making changes to Linux kernel code
Mitigations are attack surface, too
Regular Release Distributions Are Wrong (archive.org cache)
Keep the conversation going join us on Telegram
Timeshift: system restore tool for Linux
Timeshift 19.08.1 does not apply file/folder exclude/include settings
...
2020-02-1852 minLINUX Unplugged340: IRC is DeadThe difficult and fascinating conversations from FOSDEM 2020. Plus how elementary OS does coopertition right.
And a bunch of community news, app picks, and much more.Special Guests: Brent Gervais, Cassidy James Blaede, Danielle Foré, and Dusty Mabe.Support LINUX UnpluggedLinks:KDE Plasma 5.18: More Convenient and with Long Term Stability - KDE.org
What’s New in KDE Plasma 5.18 LTS? - OMG! Ubuntu!
System76 Launches Impressive Line Of Thelio Major Linux Workstations Powered By AMD Ryzen Threadripper - Including The 3990X - Phoronix
oreboot: oreboot is a fork of coreboot, wit...
2020-02-121h 12LINUX Unplugged338: Success Through VulnerabilityHow did we get from shareware to free software? We jump in the Linux powered time machine and revisit software past.
Plus a new Plasma focused laptop, and two powerful command-line picks.Special Guests: Alex Kretzschmar and Brent Gervais.Support LINUX UnpluggedLinks:MarsCat is a Bionic Cat Powered by Raspberry Pi 3 (Crowdfunding)
Kubuntu Focus Offers The Most Polished KDE Laptop Experience We’ve Seen Yet - Phoronix
Kubuntu Focus
Windows Terminal Preview v0.8 Release | Windows Command Line
The happinesses and stresses of full-time FOSS work | Drew DeVault’s Blog
Keep...
2020-01-281h 03LINUX Unplugged337: Mystical UsersWe make an appeal to keep Linux powerful and avoid the Macification of the desktop, and review the latest developer-focused XPS 13.
Plus some community news that's getting missed, picks, and more.Special Guests: Alex Kretzschmar and Brent Gervais.Support LINUX UnpluggedLinks:PinePhone started shipping January 17th
Fedora CoreOS out of preview - Fedora Magazine
Flatcar Container Linux | Linux for containers
Doing Things That Scale – Space and Meaning
We Ditched Mac Pro for THIS…
New Ubuntu Theme in Development for 20.04
Keep the conversation going join us on Telegram
Use your Term...
2020-01-2258 minLINUX Unplugged335: Practically Perfect PredictionsFind out what's happening in 2020 before it happens. Our crew returns from the future with predictions so perfect you could bet some Dogecoin on it.Special Guests: Alex Kretzschmar and Brent Gervais.Support LINUX UnpluggedLinks:Why you should replace Windows 7 with Linux | Vivaldi Browser
Pacman Candy Easter Egg
Cheap DIY LED Light Strip | Self-Hosted Live Hack - YouTube
Boston Dynamics Parkour Robot
2020-01-0755 minLINUX Unplugged334: Particularly Poor PredictionsWe review our predictions and own up to what we got wrong, and what we got right in 2019.Special Guests: Alex Kretzschmar and Brent Gervais.Support LINUX UnpluggedLinks:Q&A with Sam K - Acquisition Announcement Follow Up
Keep the conversation going join us on Telegram Jupiterbroadcasting.com/telegram
My recent Plasma Basic to Brilliant video is out
Mac Pro case clone
No More Secrets - This project provides a command line tool called nms that recreates the famous data decryption effect seen on screen in the 1992 hacker movie Sneakers.
hollywood...
2019-12-3148 minLINUX Unplugged333: Linux Wayback MachineOpen source won the last decade, but what if it hadn’t? We look back at some major milestones and reflect on a world where they never existed.Special Guests: Alex Kretzschmar and Brent Gervais.Support LINUX UnpluggedLinks:Introducing netboot.xyz Docker Network Boot Server Image (PXE)
Tails - Celebrating 10 years of Tails!
Ten Years Past GNOME’s 10x10 Goal, The Linux Desktop Is Still Far From Having A 10% Marketshare - Phoronix
Linux Headlines
Jupiter Extras - NOW ON YouTube
Keep the conversation going join us on Telegram!
Container History in an I...
2019-12-241h 12LINUX Unplugged332: The WSL SecretsBig things are coming to Microsoft's WSL so we get the inside scoop on what's just around the corner.
Plus a few new GNOME features, some Arch server follow up, and more!Special Guests: Alex Kretzschmar, Brent Gervais, and Hayden Barnes.Support LINUX UnpluggedLinks:New Gnome Extensions Tool
GNOME 3.36 Bringing Better Multi-GPU Handling With Switcheroo-Control, NVIDIA Support
Jonathon F in Launchpad
Pocket Popcorn Computer
Old Pocket C.H.I.P.
Better Together: A Cloud Guru and Linux Academy Join Forces – Linux Academy
Brunch w/Jason PT1
Linux Headlines
Jupiter Ex...
2019-12-181h 01LINUX Unplugged330: 'Tis the SSHessionGive the gift of remote support with our neat SSH trick. Also, Cassidy from elementary OS joins us to discuss what's great about their new release.
Plus we'll share some gadget gift ideas, and what we're building for the holidays.Special Guests: Alex Kretzschmar and Cassidy James Blaede.Support LINUX UnpluggedLinks:Thermal testing Raspberry Pi 4 - Raspberry Pi
Black Friday Sale is almost done!
Librem 5 backers have begun receiving their Linux phones
Richi’s Blog - ZeroNet
Here’s An Early Look at the PinePhone Developer Edition (Video) - OMG...
2019-12-041h 03
Jupiter ExtrasBrunch with Brent: RoccoBrent sits down with Rocco of Big Daddy Linux for a conversation about the origins of Linux Spotlight, some shared behind-the-scenes podcasting perspectives, and just how great we feel about our Linux community.Special Guest: Rocco (BigDaddyLinux).Links:Linux SpotlightBig Daddy LinuxBig Daddy Linux Live! (BDLL)Linux Spotlight 14 – Barbara HarrisBrunch with Brent - Jupiter ExtrasDestination LinuxBrunch with Brent: Martin WimpressLinux Spotlight 19 – Jill Bryant RynikerBrunch with Brent: Jill Bryant RynikerLinux Spotlight 23: chzbaconLinux Spotlight 7: Ell MarquezEric Adams on YoutubeLinux Spotlight 17: Nathan Wolf (CubicleNate)KubuntuRocco (BigDaddyLinux) - BigDaddyLinux on TwitterBrent Gervais - @brentgervais on Twitter
2019-12-0349 minLINUX Unplugged329: Flat Network TruthersBuild one flat network across cloud providers, personal networks, with even thousands of nodes. We feature two amazing open source solutions, and the creators behind them.
Plus community news, first impressions of Google Stadia, listener feedback, and some great picks.Special Guests: Alex Kretzschmar, Guus Sliepen, and Ryan Huber.Support LINUX UnpluggedLinks:Chris Fisher on Twitter: “Trying out @GoogleStadia before today’s @LinuxUnplugged.
Google is Working to Bring Mainline Linux Kernel to Android
Linux 5.5 Crypto Code Has The Changes To Usher In WireGuard - Phoronix
System76 Superfan 3 Article
Photo Gall...
2019-11-271h 06Jupiter Extraspopey on ThinkPadsChz sits down with Alan Pope (popey) to discuss his thoughts about ThinkPads, and why they might be the perfect Linux laptop.
Find out what those model numbers really mean, plus our tips for picking which one is right for you.Special Guest: Alan Pope.Links:ThinkWikiThinkPad Hardware Maintenance ManualsThinkPad Subreddit
2019-11-2239 minLINUX Unplugged328: My Mighty Fine PineThe Pinebook Pro gets put through the travel test, while we get an update on Pine64 projects straight from the source.
Plus a few surpises from the System76 Super Fan event.Special Guests: Alex Kretzschmar, Brent Gervais, and Lukasz Erecinski.Support LINUX UnpluggedLinks:PinePhone “BraveHeart” Limited Edition Linux SmartPhone for early adopters
MacBook Pro 2013 | eBay
2019-11-2052 minLINUX Unplugged327: Distro DiscoGet to know our Linux Users Group a little better and learn why they love their Linux distros of choice, and the one thing they'd change to make them perfect.Special Guests: Alex Kretzschmar, Brent Gervais, and Neal Gompa.Support LINUX UnpluggedLinks:Neal’s DNF-on-Tumbleweed Hack
New LA free course for November
Yellow Dog Linux - WikipediaAPT-RPM — APT-RPM is a port of Debian's APT tools to a RPM based distribution.URPMI - Mageia wiki — urpmi is Mageia's command line tool for managing packages and repositoriesLinux Millionaire Question Form — Jupiter Broadcasting wants to creat...
2019-11-1259 minLINUX Unplugged326: Dell, elementary, Fedora, oh my!Dell expands their linux hardware lineup, why elementary OS's Flatpak support sets the bar, and we chat with Christian Schaller of Red Hat about Fedora 31 and what's around the corner.
Plus an update on Ubuntu on the Raspberry Pi 4 and a pick that's just for Wes.Special Guests: Alex Kretzschmar, Brent Gervais, Cassidy James Blaede, Christian F.K. Schaller, Danielle Foré, and Martin Wimpress.Support LINUX UnpluggedLinks:Dell bets large on Ubuntu Linux laptops for builders - Mash Viral
XPS 13 Inch 10th Gen 4K Laptop | Dell USA
Roadmap for U...
2019-11-061h 02LINUX Unplugged325: DNF or DieFedora 31 strikes the right balance, we get the latest on the Librem 5 situation, and an easy graphics boost for laptops.
Plus the best way to share your terminal yet, and more.Special Guests: Alex Kretzschmar, Brent Gervais, and Drew DeVore.Support LINUX UnpluggedLinks:srslol on Twitter: “@ChrisLAS --> Hey dude. Quick question. What is the device you’re using as external GPU for your laptop. Is it called a breakaway box? Can you add any GPU and PCIe you want through Type C USB?”
Mantiz Venus MZ-02 External Graphic Enclos...
2019-10-301h 09LINUX Unplugged324: RAMburglarsIs the ZFS tax too high? We pit ZFS on root against ext4 in our laptop pressure cooker and see how they perform when RAM gets tight.
Plus we take a look at Pop!_OS 19.10, complete our Ubuntu 19.10 review, cover community news, and lots more.Special Guest: Alex Kretzschmar.Support LINUX UnpluggedLinks:Unix Turns 50
Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie Explain UNIX (Bell Labs) - YouTube
Fedora at 15: Why Matthew Miller sees a bright future for the Linux distribution
How a business was built on podcasts for Linux: The story...
2019-10-2358 minJupiter ExtrasOur Trip To Texas Cyber SummitWe're back from Texas Cyber Summit with stories of new friends, great food, and our experiences from the event.Links:Photos From Texas Cyber Summit 2019 — Jupiter GalleryTexas Cyber Summit — Texas Cyber Summit is a premier cyber security summit held in San Antonio Texas, with the mission of spreading knowledge and interest in the field of Cyber Security.Red vs. Blue — ThreatGEN™ Red vs. Blue is the industry's first multi-player strategy computer game where players compete against each other, head-to-head, to take control/maintain control of a computer network. Howdy Neighbor Smart House — “Howdy Neighbor” is GRIMM’s Internet of Thing...
2019-10-2220 min
Choose Linux20: Single Board ComputersWe are joined by special guest Chz who is a long-time user of single board computers to talk about how we use boards like the Raspberry Pi, Orange Pi, and ROCKPro64.Special Guest: chzbacon.Links:Raspberry PiOrange PiBanana PiODROIDPine64BrickPi
2019-10-1726 minLINUX Unplugged323: It's Pronounced 19.10We risk it all and try ZFS on root with Ubuntu 19.10, and share our first impressions and what improvements we can't live without.
Plus, exciting news for both Plasma and GNOME, coreboot laptops from System76, and too many picks.Special Guests: Brent Gervais, Drew DeVore, and Martin Wimpress.Support LINUX UnpluggedLinks:KDE Plasma 5.17
System76 launches two Linux with Comet Lake chips and Coreboot
GNOME Shell & Mutter 3.34.1 Deliver On Their Prominent Fixes
Jupiter Extras: Brunch with Brent: A Chat with Angela Fisher
Jupiter Extras: Operation Safe Escape
Jupiter Extras: Self-Hosted...
2019-10-161h 12LINUX Unplugged322: Just Enough VPNWe reveal our secrets for bridging networks with WireGuard and Linux-powered networking.
Plus the future of OpenPGP in Thunderbird, a disappointing update for the Atari VCS, and a shiny new Spotify client for your terminal.Special Guest: Martin Wimpress.Support LINUX UnpluggedLinks:Linus Torvalds Shares His Thoughts on Microsoft’s New-Found Love for Linux - OMG! Ubuntu!
Future OpenPGP Support in Thunderbird
Game over: Atari VCS architect quits project, claims he hasn’t been paid for six months • The Register
Jupiter Extras: Self-Hosted: Reverse Proxy Basics
September Free Courses
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2019-10-0946 minLINUX Unplugged321: Fresh Install FeelsWhat makes a fresh install of Linux perfect? We ask our panel and share a few tools, tips, and habits that make our Linux installs perfect.
Plus the big little updates coming to Ubuntu MATE, some Pi pontification, and some significant changes for Wireguard.Special Guests: Alex Kretzschmar and Brent Gervais.Support LINUX UnpluggedLinks:openSUSE Election Commitie Set to Open Vote on Project Name
Ubuntu MATE 19.10 Release Notes
Fedora Workstation 31 – Whats new — Christian F.K. Schaller
GameMode improvements for GNOME 3.34 and Fedora 31 by Christian Kellner
WireGuard to port to exis...
2019-10-021h 07LINUX Unplugged320: RHELhideCentOS goes rolling and announces version 8. Find out why we're excited to take a dip in this stream.
Plus we review what might just be your next Linux laptop, and explain why systemd is coming for your /home.Special Guest: Neal Gompa.Support LINUX UnpluggedLinks:Ubuntu Touch on the PinebookCentOS 8.1905 — Hello and welcome to the first CentOS-8 release. The CentOS Linux distribution is a stable, predictable, manageable and reproducible platform derived from the sources of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL).CentOS Stream — CentOS Stream will be a rolling-release Linux dist...
2019-09-251h 07LINUX Unplugged319: Positive in the Freedom DimensionRichard Stallman has resigned as president and director of the Free Software Foundation, and that's just one of the major shifts this week.
Also what makes Manjaro unique? We chat with one of the founders and find out why it's much more than a desktop environment.Special Guests: Alex Kretzschmar, Bernhard Landauer, Brent Gervais, and Neal Gompa.Support LINUX UnpluggedLinks:Richard Stallman Resigns — On September 16, 2019, Richard M. Stallman, founder and president of the Free Software Foundation, resigned as president and from its board of directors.GNOME relationship with GNU an...
2019-09-1858 minJupiter ExtrasThe Story Behind our Daily Linux PodcastChris and Chz catch up on what's been going on and then share the story behind our new daily Linux podcast and the breakthrough it took to make it possible.Links:Self-HostedLinux HeadlinesChatting With Alex and Chris From The Self Hosted Podcast! - YouTube
2019-09-1450 minLINUX Unplugged318: Manjaro Levels UpIt’s official, Manjaro is a legitimate business; so what happens next? We chat with Phil from the project about the huge news.
Plus we share some big news of our own and the strange feels we get from Chrome OS.Special Guests: Brent Gervais, Ell Marquez, and Philip Muller.Support LINUX UnpluggedLinks:Kate Planning — Whereas Kate already works well as a general purpose editor, the competition in the text editor space got more intense in the last years. For example Sublime, Atom and Visual Studio Code are things to k...
2019-09-1156 minLINUX Unplugged317: Performance Picks for KicksWe take a trip to visit Level1Tech's Wendell Wilson and come back with some of his performance tips for a smoother Linux desktop.
Plus the story behind exFAT coming to Linux, and the big desktop performance improvements landing next week.Special Guests: Alex Kretzschmar, Brent Gervais, Cassidy James Blaede, Drew DeVore, and Ell Marquez.Support LINUX UnpluggedLinks:XKCD Forum Hacked — The security breach occurred two months ago, according to security researcher Troy Hunt who alerted the company of the incident, with unknown hackers stealing around 562,000 usernames, email and IP...
2019-09-041h 06Jupiter ExtrasThe Story Behind Self-HostedBrent joins Alex and Chris to discuss the origins of Jupiter Broadcasting's new selfhosted.show. It's a casual chat about a project in the making for two years, hit play and the drinks are on us.Links:Self Hosted - Subscribe — Get the latest episodes of Self Hosted automatically
Brunch with Brent: Meet Alex from Self HostedBrunch with Brent: A Chat with Chz BaconLinuxServer.io — We are a group of like minded enthusiasts from across the world who build and maintain the largest collection of Docker images on the web, and at our core are the prin...
2019-08-2918 minLINUX Unplugged316: Self-Hosted SecretsSafely host your own password database using totally open source software. We cover BitWarden, our top choice to solve this problem.
Plus we announce a new show we're super proud of, and chat with Dan Lynch from OggCamp.Special Guests: Alan Pope, Alex Kretzschmar, Brent Gervais, Dan Lynch, and Ell Marquez.Support LINUX UnpluggedLinks:low-memory-monitor: new project announcement — low-memory-monitor, as its name implies, monitors the amount of free physical memory on the system and will shoot off signals to interested user-space applications, usually session managers, or sandboxing helpers, when th...
2019-08-2855 minJupiter ExtrasBrunch with Brent: Chz BaconA revealing conversation with Jupiter Broadcasting's designer Mr. Chz Bacon. We discuss his Linux roots, design philosophies, community involvement, and a lot more.
2019-08-2456 minLINUX Unplugged315: Wayland BuddiesWe spend our weekend with Wayland, discover new apps to try, tricks to share, and dig into the state of the project.
Plus System76's new software release, and Fedora's big decision.Special Guests: Brent Gervais and Drew DeVore.Support LINUX UnpluggedLinks:System76 Blog — The New Firmware Manager — we’re excited to announce that you can now check and update firmware through Settings on Pop!_OS, and through the firmware manager GTK application on System76 hardware running other Debian-based distributions.pop-os/firmware-manager — Generic framework and GTK UI for firmware updates...
2019-08-2156 min
The Friday StreamEpisode 13: Forever FridayIt's the final Friday, and the crew shares some great stories from a recent team summer camp.
Plus some super-secret projects in the works, and another famous flash mob.Special Guests: Brent Gervais and Hadea Fisher.Links:Alex Kretzschmar on Instagram — “Diablo Lake in Washington at night!”Four Peaks Ice Caves in Washington StateAlex Kretzschmar on Instagram — “4 peaks timelapse”Big Four Ice CavesJupiter Extras — New content inspired by the Friday Stream
2019-08-1956 minLINUX Unplugged314: Bigger. Faster. Harder to Maintain.It's huge, and it's getting bigger every month. How do you test the Linux Kernel? Major Hayden from Red Hat joins us to discuss their efforts to automate Kernel bug hunting.
Plus our honest conversation about which Linux works best for us.Special Guests: Alan Pope, Alex Kretzschmar, Brent Gervais, Drew DeVore, Ell Marquez, Major Hayden, and Neal Gompa.Support LINUX UnpluggedLinks:Unpatched KDE vulnerability disclosed on Twitter — When a user opens the KDE file viewer to access the directory where these files are stored, the malicious code contained wi...
2019-08-1456 minLINUX Unplugged313: I Spy With My Little PiWe put the Raspberry Pi 4 to the desktop test, and try it as our daily driver.
Plus some neat and powerful uses for recent Pis, and our thoughts on Manjaro's change of heart.Special Guests: Alan Pope, Alex Kretzschmar, and Brent Gervais.Support LINUX UnpluggedLinks:Millions of Books Are Secretly in the Public Domain. You Can Download Them Free — Prior to 1964, books had a 28-year copyright term. Extending it required authors or publishers to send in a separate form, and lots of people didn't end up doing that. Thanks to...
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The Friday StreamEpisode 12: Storage HeartbreakWe share stories from a time when computer storage was very precious, and the types of storage were still battling it out for the standard.
Plus our proposals to do away with time zones, and a special guest helps give away some games.Special Guests: Brent Gervais and Jackie DeVore.Links:The radical plan to destroy time zones - The Washington Post — The plan was strikingly simple. Rather than try to regulate a variety of time zones all around the world, we should instead opt for something far easier: Let's destroy all thes...
2019-08-0558 minLINUX Unplugged312: What Modern Linux Looks LikeManjaro takes significant steps to stand out, and the shared problem major distributions are trying to solve, and why it will shape the future of Linux.
Plus macOS apps on Linux, and our first impressions of the Raspberry Pi 4.Special Guests: Alex Kretzschmar, Drew DeVore, Martin Wimpress, Neal Gompa, and Philip Muller.Support LINUX UnpluggedLinks:ThinkTiny — The ThinkTiny is a miniature laptop computer with a 0.96 inch display and a design that’s heavily inspired by Lenovo/IBM ThinkPad style. There’s even a TrackPoint-like pointing nub.
Darling Picks Up New Co...
2019-07-3157 minThe Friday Stream11: IT's a Support Trap!We share family tech support stories and reminisce about the good old days of being the "go-to" tech support member.
Plus how we TV these days, streaming subscription fatigue, and Ell's search for missing persons.Links:Alex's 2019 RoadtripUpdated Nvidia Shield TV spotted in FCC listing — In the Android TV world, the Nvidia Shield TV is still by far the best option available. However, the aging hardware is due for an upgrade. Today, an FCC listing for an updated Nvidia Shield TV has been revealed, hinting that a release could be around the corner.
Forget 'R...
2019-07-291h 15LINUX Unplugged311: 32 Hours of OutrageKeynote presenter from Texas LinuxFest and established industry expert Thomas Cameron joins us to discuss the end of the distro wars, the future of Linux jobs, his personal take on IBM's acquisition of Red Hat, some really great Linux job tips, and much more.
Plus we catch up on some community news from old friends, complain about a few Linux bugs, and share a "magical" app pick.Special Guests: Alex Kretzschmar, Brent Gervais, Martin Wimpress, and Thomas Cameron.Support LINUX UnpluggedLinks:Hiding Data In Music Might Be The Key...
2019-07-241h 08LINUX Unplugged310: All Roads Lead to LinuxWhat’s surprised us, what we got wrong, right, and what the biggest game changers have been in 2019 so far.Special Guests: Alex Kretzschmar and Jim Salter.Support LINUX UnpluggedLinks:Firefox Now Available with Enhanced Tracking ProtectionMozilla: Want ad-free news on Firefox? That'll cost you $5Google's Manifest V3 will change how ad blocking Chrome extensions workEnd of Scientific LinuxEnd of Antergos LinuxEnd of Korora ProjectLibreOffice 6.3 Drops 32-bit Linux BuildsIntel 32bit packages on Ubuntu from 19.10 onwardsAnnouncing WSL 2Raspberry Pi 4 on sale now from $35Google Stadia announcedSubscriptions Are About to Swallow GamingCisco Leap Fr...
2019-07-1645 minThe Friday StreamEpisode 10: Young and the WrecklessJoined by a new friend we share the stories of our first vehicles and the crazy things we did to them, and watch out Florida man, Oregon man is coming for you!Special Guest: Mike McClaren.Links:Dramatic video shows Coast Guard leaping onto submarine carrying 17,000 pounds of cocaine — The U.S. Coast Guard released video of service members leaping onto a submarine carrying 17,000 pounds of cocaine as part of a monthslong, $569 million cocaine bust.Cat burgler brings his own cat — Ryan Douglas Bishop allegedly brought his cat to a burglary where he donned the...
2019-07-151h 04LINUX Unplugged309: The Future is OpenOpen Source has taken over the world, as IBM's purchase of Red Hat closes. We reflect on this historic moment.
Plus Mozilla's been labeled an Internet Villian, we deep dive into the tech behind all the controversy and how you can self-host secure DNS.Special Guests: Alex Kretzschmar, Brent Gervais, and Drew DeVore.Support LINUX UnpluggedLinks:Red Hat, Inc. on Twitter — As #RedHat's acquisition by @IBM closes, Red Hat will maintain independence and neutrality to give customers freedom, choice and flexibility. IBM Closes Landmark Acquisition of Red Hat for $34 Bi...
2019-07-101h 05The Friday Stream9: From Zero to MurderEveryone is back from Texas with a great story to share, and Chris comes within 3 seconds of a life-ending moment.
Plus Chz goes up against Brent in our most surprising giveaway game yet.Links:Red Faction Guerrilla — Red Faction: Guerrilla re-defines the limits of destruction-based game-play with a huge open-world, fast-paced guerrilla-style combat, and true physics-based destruction.OSCAR - Open Source CPAP Analysis Reporter — OSCAR is PC (Windows, Mac, Linux) software developed for reviewing and exploring data produced by CPAP and related machines used in the treatment of sleep apnea.Cooper's BBQ — Home of the Bi...
2019-07-081h 14LINUX Unplugged308: The One About GPU PassthroughOur crew walks you through their PCI Passthrough setups that let them run Windows, macOS, and distro-hop all from one Linux machine.
Forget multiple partitions, dual booting, and Hackintoshes; you can do it all with Linux and KVM.
Near-native VM performance doesn't have to be painful. You only need a few prerequisites and a little help. Special Guest: Alex Kretzschmar.Support LINUX UnpluggedLinks:Windows VirtIO Drivers — 64-bit versions of Windows Vista and newer require the drivers to be digitally signed.Alex's arch-vfio-ovmf scripts — Arch Linux installation and VFIO...
2019-07-0256 minLINUX Unplugged307: What's your NextCloud?Go full self-hosted with our team’s tips, and we share our setups from simple to complex.
Plus what really happens on a 64-bit Linux box when you run 32-bit software, some very handy picks, our reaction to the new Raspberry Pi 4 and more.Special Guests: Alex Kretzschmar and Brent Gervais.Support LINUX UnpluggedLinks:These 5D Glass Discs Store 360 TB Of Data For 13.8 Billion Years — Researchers at the University of Southampton have showcased their new nanostructured glass discs that have the ability to store digital data for billions of year...
2019-06-261h 19The Friday StreamEpisode 8: Random Access MemoriesWe share the stories of our very first computers, and reminisce about the bad old days of the PC.
Plus we solve another world problem, explain Amazon Flex, and our cheap home studio build.Links:Music - NewRetroWaveHorse Blood - NewRetroWaveEnd of The Night - NewRetroWaveAngela Fisher on Instagram — Here we are! Last day of school!!!What It's Like To Be An Amazon Flex Delivery Driver — Amazon has offered free two-day shipping for Prime members since 2005. As Amazon rolls out a one-day shipping guarantee for its 100 million Prime members, Amazon Flex drivers help solve the...
2019-06-241h 10LINUX Unplugged306: Flipping FreeNAS for FedoraWe attempt something you never should, we live flip our FreeNAS ZFS install to a Fedora server.
Plus a REALLY weird PC, and our command line picks.Special Guests: Alan Pope, Brent Gervais, Martin Wimpress, and Neal Gompa.Support LINUX UnpluggedLinks:Netflix Uncovers TCP Bugs Within The Linux & FreeBSD Kernels - Phoronix — As Netflix's first security bulletin for 2019, they warned of TCP-based remote denial of service vulnerabilities affecting both Linux and FreeBSD. These vulnerabilities are rated "critical" but already being corrected within the latest Git code.
Initial Benchmarks Of Mi...
2019-06-1959 minThe Friday Stream7: Take it for GraniteChris gets lost with the animals, while Ang plays with fire and we solve the Deepfake problem.
Plus Wes and Ang battle it out for a million dollars. Special Guest: Hadea Fisher.Links:CSE Push-Start Propane Torch — Ideal for melting ice on sidewalks and driveways/Grass and weed removal/ Paint removal/ Roofing shingle softener. Attaches easily to a standard propane tank including units with the new OPD valve. Wand comes with a flow valve and turbo blast trigger for maximum flame and temperatures over 3000° F!Dad's Day AcuRite 00795A2 Galileo Thermometer with Gla...
2019-06-181h 07LINUX Unplugged305: Resilience Is FutileIs Resilient Linux truly an indestructible distro? Or is this our toughest distro challenge yet?
Plus why openSUSE is looking at a renaming, and if we’d pay for Firefox Premium.Special Guest: Brent Gervais.Support LINUX UnpluggedLinks:VLC 3.0.7 and security - Yet another blog for JBKempf — We just released VLC 3.0.7, a minor update of VLC branch 3.0.x. This release is a bit special, because it has more security issues fixed than any other version of VLC.Renaming openSUSE — The primary motivation for a name change is, as described by ope...
2019-06-1255 minThe Friday StreamEpisode 6: Mic And CokeThe funniest 17 seconds from Texas Linux Fest and we learn some remarkable things about our crew’s past.Special Guests: Allie Barnes and Brent Gervais.Links:JupiterBroadcasting Talks — Public repository of crew talks, slides, and additional resources.The Growler Bar | Craft Beer, Wine, and Coffee in Pflugerville, TX — The Growler Bar was founded on a simple idea – bring great beer to a great community DigitalPour — Helping restaurants, breweries, tap houses & growler stations maximize draft sales and profitability with a robust customer-facing Digital Menu driven by a powerful back-end system that integrates with Point of Sale, webs...
2019-06-101h 06LINUX Unplugged304: Losing My ReligionAdopting a distro like it’s a religion is stupid. That’s one of many hard lessons we take away from Texas Linux Fest this week; we’ll share some of the best.
Plus some old friends visit the show, reading eBooks on Linux, and a new Ryzen handheld. Special Guests: Alan Pope, Alex Kretzschmar, Brent Gervais, and Martin Wimpress.Support LINUX UnpluggedLinks:Ctrl Shift Face - YouTube — Now, here’s another reminder that the tools to craft deepfakes are widely available for just about anyone with the right skills to...
2019-06-051h 06LINUX Unplugged303: Stateless and DatelessWe visit Intel to figure out what Clear Linux is all about and explain a few tricks that make it unique.
Plus Wes and Ell are back from KubeCon in Barcelona and return with some great news for open source.Special Guests: Alex Kretzschmar and Brent Gervais.Support LINUX UnpluggedLinks:Assigning GPU Devices - Red Hat Customer Portal — To assign a GPU to a guest virtual machine, you must enable the I/O Memory Management Unit (IOMMU) on the host machine, identify the GPU device by using the lspci co...
2019-05-291h 08The Friday StreamEpisode 5: Junk Yard SaleChris and Brent are back from their buddies trip to Portland and share a few stories, but the big surprise comes when Chris’ wife joins to share big life-changing news.Special Guests: Brent Gervais and Hadea Fisher.Links:MUSIC: Molly Maguires | Dirty SurfSpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket deals out 60 Starlink broadband satellites — Meanwhile, the second stage pressed on to orbit, shooting for satellite deployment at an altitude of 440 kilometers (273 miles). SpaceX made use of an unorthodox deployment method that involved having the stack of 60 satellites slowly disperse.Starlink satellite deployment by SpaceXAlmost Every SpaceX Landing, In Ord...
2019-05-2759 minLINUX Unplugged302: Dark Style RisesCan the Free Desktop avoid being left behind in the going dark revolution? Cassidy from elementary OS joins us to discuss their proposal.
Plus we complete our Red Hat arc by giving Silverblue the full workstation shakedown, Drew shares his complete review, and we discuss the loss of Antergros.Special Guests: Alex Kretzschmar, Cassidy James Blaede, and Drew DeVore.Support LINUX UnpluggedLinks:Antergos Linux Project Ends — Today, we are announcing the end of this project. As many of you probably noticed over the past several months, we no longer ha...
2019-05-221h 05The Friday StreamEpisode 4: The TechxorcistChris tries to convince Brent to take a buddies trip, we try to get the audience a discount chicken deal, and Ell’s trying to get out of a locked server room.
Plus we dig into the WhatsApp spyware, prove that robots will replace podcasters, and call a higher power for some help because no problem is too small, too big, or too weird.Special Guest: Brent Gervais.Links:Flavor of the day by GoFetch — Special thanks to Planet Java in Pioneer Square for allowing us to film in your restaurant!Gofetch Band...
2019-05-211h 00LINUX Unplugged301: Peak Red HatWe scale the Red Hat Summit and come back with a few stories to share.
Plus some big community news, finding threats on the command line, and our reaction to Microsoft shipping the Linux kernel in Windows.Special Guests: Alex Kretzschmar, Brent Gervais, Cassidy James Blaede, Ell Marquez, and Neal Gompa.Support LINUX UnpluggedLinks:Scientists Develop Software That Simulates Sound Of Stars — A team of astronomers from University of Wisconsin-Madison successfully developed a software called GYRE that can simulate the complex vibrations that stars produce.GitHub Package Registry: Your pac...
2019-05-151h 09The Friday StreamEpisode 3: Fluffle of FoolsBack from Boston and we have a few stories to share, the best 39 seconds from Red Hat Summit, and the protest we found our selves in the middle of.
Plus we get to know the new guy a little better, the Pixel 3a is announced and we weigh the tradeoffs, and we replay Chris having a panic attack on air.Special Guest: Brent Gervais.Links:Google Pixel 3A hands-onGoogle Pixel 3a and Pixel 3a XL kernel source code is now availableGoogle Pixel 3A review: a $399 phone with a great camera - YouTubeAndroid...
2019-05-1459 minThe Friday StreamEpisode 2: The EggquisitionSometimes the road home is a little bumpy, and sometimes you just want them to cook the bloody eggs.Special Guests: Brent Gervais, Hadea Fisher, and Tyler Brown.Links:Fitz and the Tantrums - HandClap [Official Video]Thunderstruck by Steve'n'Seagulls (LIVE)LFNW 2019 - Images | Brent Gervais Photography
2019-05-0749 minThe Friday StreamEpisode 1: Family ReunionThe party before the party, it's Friday! A full crew getting ready for LinuxFest Northwest join us from all over the world to share stories, meet new friends, and give each other a hard time.Links:Lizzo - Juice (Official Video) - YouTubePictures from LinuxFest Northwest
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