Brent Gervais
Co-Host of LINUX Unplugged
Commercial, Editorial & Documentary Photography -- local food, sustainability, technology, photography on Linux + more!
Brent Gervais has hosted 168 Episodes.
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589: 6 Reasons to Love Linux 6.12
November 17th, 2024 | 1 hr 13 mins
bcachefs, binary boost, btrfs, btrfs assistant, config_vt, crash qr code, io_uring, jupiter broadcasting, kernel 6.12, kernelconfig.io, linux kernel, linux podcast, linux unplugged, lts kernels, nixos, preempt_rt, raspberry pi 5, rust, sched_ext
The Linux 6.12 kernel isn't just another update — it's a game-changer that deserves our full attention, from performance improvements to fascinating new features.
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588: Clearing out the Tumbleweeds
November 10th, 2024 | 1 hr 21 mins
arch, beelink, bees, boosties, btrfs, dedupe, devenv, distrosea, fedora, fountain, framework, gnome, gpu dock, hp devone, jupiter broadcasting, kde, kexec, leap, linux podcast, linux unplugged, lup 600 meetups, lustrate, minisforum, nixos, nixos-images, open-webui, opensuse, owncloud, planet nix, reiserfs, scale, suse, suse linux 9.1, tmate, tumbleweed, vscode
We go back in time to revisit our favorite classic SUSE release and then fix Brent's broken box the hard way.
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587: Triple Fedora Taste-Test
November 3rd, 2024 | 1 hr 28 mins
apple m1, arctic circle zip code, asahi linux, asahi-audio, atomic, audiobookshelf, bootc, bootupd, cosmic atomic, dnf, dnf 5, fedora, fedora 41, fedora media writer, flock, folluoost, gdm settings, gnome 47, holesail, i3, jupiter broadcasting, kinoite, kinoite mobile, linux podcast, linux unplugged, lup 600 meetups, matthew kosarek, meshtastic, mir, miracle-wm, mircale, nixos, nvidia, nwg-shell, opensuse, planet nix, plasma 6.2, ptyxis, rpm-ostree, seagl, silverblue, spins, sway, tiling, tumbleweed, universal blue, wayland, web apps
Fedora 41 is here! We break down the best new features, then branch out for a three-way spin showdown. Which flavor will come out on top?
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586: Kexec with Determination
October 27th, 2024 | 1 hr 9 mins
cool-retro-term, determinate nixd, determinate systems, determinate-nixd, dnote, downstream nix distribution, fedora, fedora 41, flakehub, framework, garbage collection, graham christensen, jupiter broadcasting, kexec, linux podcast, linux unplugged, meshtastic, nix cache, nix distribution, nixos, plastic, rust, theoretical nyc meetup coordinator
We’re hot-swapping our rigs to Fedora 41; then Graham Christensen gives us the inside scoop on a new Nix distribution, and Determinate Systems’ big week!
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585: Choosy Moms Choose Ubuntu
October 20th, 2024 | 1 hr 14 mins
24.10, alby hub, apt 3.0, breez, dumb, flutter, framework, framework 13 amd, gluetun, gnome 47, heroic games launcher, imagegenius, immich, jupiter broadcasting, kdeconnect, linux podcast, linux unplugged, lutris, nixos, notebooklm, oracular oriole, scale, snap, steam, tab hoarding, ubuntu, ubuntu lts, ubuntu unity, wayland, wes' mom
Wes got Mom a new Linux laptop, and he lets her pick the distro. Plus, we take a look at the new Ubuntu 24.10, and why we think this release might be a good sign for the future.
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584: Captain Meshtastic and the Solar Cowboy
October 13th, 2024 | 1 hr 14 mins
decentralized, derivationdingus, esp32, esp32 s3, fcc, framework, heltec v3, home assistant, jefftastic, jupiter broadcasting, kdeconnect, lillygo tdeck, lilygo, linux podcast, linux unplugged, mesh network, meshbbs, meshmap, meshtastic, mqtt, nix-ld, nixos, nostrastic, off-grid, poop mcdinglefart, producer jeff, t-watch s3
After building nodes, climbing roofs, swapping antennas, and even some war driving, it's time for our Meshtastic deep dive!
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583: Nix on Easy Mode
October 6th, 2024 | 1 hr 16 mins
dev shell, development environment, devenv, etchdroid, flakes, framework, google photos alternative, immich, internal loathing of windows, jefftastic, jupiter broadcasting, linux podcast, linux unplugged, meshtastic, nix, nixos, nixpkgs, nixy, pip, python, seagl, will it nix
Wes gives his shell superpowers to solve a tricky problem. Then, we share an update on our favorite Google Photos alternative, including breaking changes and a great new way to run it.
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582: On the CUPS of Disaster
September 29th, 2024 | 1 hr 7 mins
activate linux, alby hub, atari vcs, clapgrep, common unix printing system, cups, cups-browsed, cve, evilsocket, exploits, foomatic-rip, frog, haiku, jefftastic, jupiter broadcasting, linux podcast, linux unplugged, meshtastic, nixos, nodeboard, printer, producer jeff, pwnscript, reactos, servo, unix, vulnerability, 🐸
We explain the one-packet attack on CUPS and discuss its real-world implications. Plus, a Meshtastic update and more.
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580: Brent’s Boogie Bus Broadcast Bash
September 15th, 2024 | 1 hr 11 mins
amd, apple vision pro, autoflow, berlin, boost, cosmic, encryption, executive director, federation, file request, framework laptop, gnome, homeassistant, hub 9, intel, jupiter broadcasting, kde, linux 6.11, linux podcast, linux unplugged, mailvelope, membership discount, nextcloud, nix, opensats, supersonic, waycheck, windmill, wireguard
The things we like in the new Nextcloud release, and we attempt to upgrade our production server live—from a big blue bus.
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579: Lost & Found
September 8th, 2024 | 57 mins 45 secs
firefox, floppy disk, free deck, jupiter broadcasting, linux podcast, linux unplugged
Secret moments from the show you've never heard before. We kick off with some hardware hurdles, then dive into the news and share a few surprising stories.
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578: Young and the Rustless
September 1st, 2024 | 1 hr 28 mins
2fa, american maple syrup, appletv no more, bazzite, berlin meetup, beverly by coke, bitcoin well, buy bitcoin in canada, c, c++, chrislas since middle school, davx5, dc stephen, dirk hohndel, fido2 keys, hand-smacking os, hawn dale, ipfs, jupiter broadcasting, keybase.io, kiro, linus torvalds, linux kernel, linux kernel api, linux podcast, linux strorage filesystem summit, linux unplugged, longhorn, maple sats, nixos, nontechnical nonsense, open source summit, pantheon, rust, rust4linux, seaweedfs, soc 2, toronto meetup, totp, vaultwarden, wedson almeida filho
Rust meets Linux in a clash of coding cultures. Why some developers are resisting, and where things go from here.
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577: Summer Kernel Corn Roast
August 26th, 2024 | 1 hr 20 mins
2fa, alpine, ansible, bcachefs, berlin meetup, canonical, cloudflare, cosmic alpha, cve, cve-2022-2601, dual-boot, efi, gentoo, greg kroah-hartman, grub, hyprland, jupiter broadcasting, kent overstreet, linus torvalds, linux 6.11, linux kernel developer team, linux podcast, linux unplugged, microsoft, nix drinking game, nixos, nixos feedback, nixos image generator, nixos stable or unstable, patch tuesday, pihole, proxmox virtual environment, saunafs, sbat, secure boot, tailscale, toronto meetup, ublue cosmic, ubuntu, ubuntu 24.10, ubuntu kernel
Sixty vulnerabilities and exposures disclosed in one week sounds like a lot. We'll explain why it's just business as usual.
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576: The Secret Server
August 18th, 2024 | 1 hr 20 mins
2fa, aegis, archcraft hyprland, authy, auto tab discard, berlin meetup, colo server, comcast fail, fido2, firehol, flathub, immich, incus, iptables, js8call, jupiter broadcasting, keepassium, keepassxc, linux mint, linux podcast, linux unplugged, lxd, mesh network, meshtastic, mixer vodka and vernors, newpipe, nftables, nixos, proxmox, sat holiday, sponsorblock, sunos, tailscale, toronto meetup, totp, tree-style tabs, trusted interfaces, tubular, vps proxy, who exactly is wes payne?
We reveal how we turned our humble LAN into a public server farm, all while keeping our IP address under wraps and our ISP blissfully unaware.
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575: Brent's Busted Builds
August 11th, 2024 | 1 hr 26 mins
2fa, android, anker powerconf s330, authy, beelink, beelink ser5, collapse os, cosmic, docker-osx, framework, gentoo challenge, grapheneos, hyprland, jupiter broadcasting, linux podcast, linux unplugged, openziti, sacramento meetup, services.jb.summerbreak, toronto meetup, universal blue, 🦒
Brent's computer pulls an all-nighter at the worst possible moment, and the hits keep coming for open-source Android distributions and our new 2FA tool.
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573: Universal Blue Man Group
July 28th, 2024 | 1 hr 19 mins
anacaonda, aurora, bazzite, bcachefs, bitlocker, bluebuild, bluefin, bootc, brentley's gentoo fund, brew, clevis, cloud-native, container fatigue, containerfile, disk encryption, fedora atomic desktop, fedora coreos, flatpak, floppy disk, garmin, gearlever, gentoo, glue balloons, gnome, immutable linux, jorge castro, jupiter broadcasting, kde, linux podcast, linux unplugged, luks, mooltipass, nixos, omakub, opensuse tumbleweed, ostree. fedora, plasma 6, ptyxis, rpm-ostree, silverblue, steam, ucore, universal blue, yast
Think Silverblue, but with cloud-native tooling used to build it. From Aurora to Bazzite, our impressions of the ambitious Universal Blue project.
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572: Data Security Only a Maniac Could Love
July 21st, 2024 | 1 hr 31 mins
apple watch killer, automated decryption, autossh, barix, bazzite, bcachefs, bcachefs encryption, bcachefs on rootfs, blue bubbles, bluefin, boot chain, bustle, celeste, clevis, coinbase, contactless payment, crowdsec, disk encryption, encryption, fedora, flakes tutorial, fosdem, framework 13, futo, futo keyboard, garmin, gentoo challenge, gigawatt boost, github rate limiting, grapheneos, grayjay, guix, iotas, jupiter broadcasting, libreoffice, linux podcast, linux unplugged, luks, measured boot, morse code, nextcloud, nixos, obtainium, open-and-shut, opensuse aeon, pcr, pcr 7, rclone, rolling release, rust, slam your laptop lid, sleephq, smartwatch, systemd-cryptenroll, tang, that hash lifestyle, tpm, windows outage, 🦒
Wes' self-decrypting bcachefs disk and a GrapheneOS twist that'll make you ditch your iPhone.