Jon Seager
Special guest
Jon is a technical leader and software engineer working for Canonical as VP Engineering.
Jon Seager has been a guest on 3 episodes.
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665: Patch Me If You Can
May 3rd, 2026 | 1 hr 20 mins
ai developer, ai in ubuntu, amd rocm, background removal, backup system, bcachefs, bcachefs nas, bsd challenge, bsd jails, canonical, canonical vp engineering, container escape, copy fail, cuda, cve-2026-31431, declarative configuration, defuse, freebsd, freebsd setup, frontier ai for ubuntu, ghostbsd, gnu coreutils, jon seager, jupiter broadcasting, kernel security, linux exploit, linux kernel vulnerability, linux podcast, linux unplugged, local llm, nas os, nasty, nixos, nixos nas, odroid, open source, page cache attack, patch sunday, python, rescue nix config, resolute raccoon, rust, rust coreutils, security, snaps, tpm-backed full disk encryption, ubuntu, ubuntu 26.04 lts, ubuntu engineering, ubuntu lts, uutils coreutils, ventoy, wayland, zfs, 🦝
We dig into the Copy Fail vulnerability and test a proof-of-concept against our own box. Plus, Jon Seager, VP of Engineering at Canonical joins us, and we kick off the BSD Challenge!
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636: Engineering the Future
October 12th, 2025 | 1 hr 27 mins
alby hub, arch linux, benchmarking, canonical, carl richell, cosmic, desktop environment, dracut, flatpak, gasp, gnome, go, google’s android source project, home assistant, hyperfine, hyprland, initramfs-tools, jeremy soller, jon seager, jupiter broadcasting, kde plasma, kernel development, linux podcast, linux unplugged, meshtastic, ncspot, ncurses, nixos, omarchy, open source, open source engineering, performance optimizer observation platform, phoronix, phoronix test suite, poop, road-trip stories, rust, snap, spotify tui, sudo-rs, system76, techdev, texas linux fest, texas tracker, texsats, tpm, txlf, ubuntu, ubuntu 25.10, ubuntu 25.10 questing quokka, ubuntu engineering, ubuntu for developers, ubuntu lts, ubuntu server, uutils coreutils, wayland
We're back from Texas just in time to chat with Jon Seager, Canonical’s VP of Engineering, and their new era with Ubuntu 25.10. On the way, we visit System76 in Denver where the COSMIC team has surprises waiting for us.
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607: Ubuntu's Rusty Roadmap
March 23rd, 2025 | 1 hr 4 mins
community feedback, coreutils replacement, desktop wellbeing, fedora beta, gnome 48, gnome performance, gpl concerns, grapheneos, haiku os, hdr support, jupiter broadcasting, linux podcast, linux traditions, linux unplugged, mesa nvk, notification stacking, open-source security, proton donation, rust tools, supply chain, tailscale vpn, tui challenge, ubuntu roadmap, ulauncher, uutils adoption
Canonical's VP of Engineering for Ubuntu reveals why they're swapping coreutils for Rust-built tools. Then we break down the GNOME 48 release, and why this one is special.