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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473: End of the Road
August 28th, 2022 | 1 hr 23 mins
barrier, cassidy james blaede, colo, dark mode, dell xps, email, endless, endless os, espanso, eula, evolution, flathub, flatpak, framasoft, gnome, gnome-info-collect, gnu guix, googerteller, ham radio, immutability, jpl, jupiter broadcasting, keybase, linux podcast, linux unplugged, meetups, mesh network, metrics, mobilizon, mumble, nebula, offline os, ostree, security, server, tailscale, telemetry, textexpander, thunderbird, torrent, visidata, vpn, wireguard
We've reached the end of the road in our immutable Linux series, and an old friend stops by to give us the inside scoop on Endless OS.
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472: 5 Problems With NixOS
August 21st, 2022 | 1 hr 10 mins
abi, anti-cheat, backward compatibility, colo, containers, eac, elf, endless os, fhs, flathub, flatpak, gaming on linux, glibc, heroic games launcher, ilo, jupiter broadcasting, kde, libc, linux podcast, linux unplugged, matrix, nano, nix, nixos, plasma, proton, server, stability, steam, steam deck, steam-run, valve, vscode, win32, wine, wireguard
The five most common problems when trying out an immutable Linux distro like NixOS. Plus, why one Linux dev says just target WINE.
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471: The Cottonwood Disaster
August 14th, 2022 | 1 hr 13 mins
3d emoji, android, anki, asus, audio, beelink mini, boosts, california, columbus, e-ink, element, embedded os, endless, endlessos, fedora, flashcards, fluffychat, fountain, gnome, hp probook, hugo, jb.com, jpl, jupiter broadcasting, linux mint, linux podcast, linux unplugged, lrn, matrix, meetups, microsoft, new-user distro, nixos, ohio linuxfest, oregon, package manager, pi juice, raspberry pi, rust, slovenia, smartpi touch 2, spaced repetition, usb interface, value4value, vivobook, website, x1 carbon
Our garage Linux server has died, and this time we’re looking at data loss. We attempt to revive our zombie box and reflect on what went wrong.
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470: Let's Call It an Upgrade
August 7th, 2022 | 1 hr 23 mins
acer, amd, atom, bluetooth, btrfs, budget build, budget-friendly pc, celeron, cinnamon, classic linux, cloud professor, dell, desktop linux, element, ftp, git, github, hardware acceleration, ingenuity, intel, jupiter broadcasting, lenovo, linux mint 21, linux podcast, linux unplugged, linuxcopter, london, low-end boxes, lts, manageiq, mars 2020, matrix, meetups, muffin, mutter, nasa, nextcloud, nixos, nixos-generators, octodroid, package formats, process monitor, quick sync, raleigh, raspberry pi 4, rclone, terraform, thin client, thinkpad, thumbnail generator, timeshift, vanessa, x-apps, xps
We present a buffet of budget Linux boxes. From $40 to $400 you'll be surprised by what we found. Then we attempt to find the perfect distro for them.
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469: Tough Linux Love
July 31st, 2022 | 59 mins 55 secs
ansible, axel f, bluetooth problems, commodore 64, cryptomator, cups, dell, distrobox, dragonball z, flatpak, glinux, gnome, gokus, jupiter broadcasting, kde, linux desktop, linux podcast, linux unplugged, mac, macos, macos vs linux, nix, plasma, printer support, rclone, silverblue, snap, tdarb, thinkpad, toolbox, vegeta, x220, xfce, xps 13
Is the Linux desktop hard to love? A long-time user experience developer argues it is, and we respond to his criticisms.
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468: The Read Only Scenario
July 24th, 2022 | 1 hr 30 mins
apt, bottles, bulletproof, darktable, dnf, endless os, fedora, fish, flathub, flatpak, holoiso, hp, hpe, image-based, immutable os, impervious, jupiter broadcasting, kexec, kinoite, linux podcast, linux unplugged, nix, nixos, ostree, overlay, package management, raspberry pi, rollback, rpm-ostree, sata hat, self-hosted, silverblue, steam deck, steam deck guide, tailscale, transactional, uefi firmware, ventoy, xfce
A fundamental change is coming to desktop Linux, and Silverblue might be our hint at where things are going.
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467: All Hands on Deck
July 17th, 2022 | 1 hr 21 mins
80hd, arch, battery life, bios, boostcli, desktop linux, droidcam, filesystem, flatpak, furtherance, graphics card, grub, jupiter broadcasting, kde, larix broadcaster, linux gaming, linux podcast, linux unplugged, manjaro, microsoft, nebula, neon, non-free drivers, nvidia, pacman, partitioning, proton, python, read-only filesystem, repl, rust, steam deck, tech pants, touchscreen, ubuntu, uefi, v4l2loopback, valve, virtual keyboard, x11
We try and bust a common Linux distro myth. Then what surprised Chris about his new Steam Deck.
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466: The Night of a Thousand Errors
July 10th, 2022 | 1 hr 6 mins
bpython, brunch with brent, cassini, curiosity rover, database, deep space network, disk space, docker, dua-cli, extras, f prime, ingenuity, ipython, jpl, jupiter broadcasting, jupyter notebooks, lennart poettering, linux podcast, linux unplugged, mars, mars helicopter, matrix, microsoft, nasa, ncdu, nix, open source, outage, perseverance rover, postgresql, ptpython, python, raspberry pi, robotics, rust, solaris, spacecraft, sql, steam deck, sun microsystems, synapse, systemd
We were fixing servers all night, but at least we have a great story. A special guest joins us to help make a big show announcement.
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465: Too Nixy for My Shirt
July 3rd, 2022 | 1 hr 4 mins
aarch64, app platform, arm, arm64, bitcoin, btrfs, commit, containers, cross-compiling, cryptography, declarative infrastructure, docker, dotfiles, git, gitkraken, guix, hash, hash functions, home manager, ipfs, jupiter broadcasting, lightning, linux podcast, linux unplugged, merkle tree, mesh network, nebula, nix, nixos, openmptcprouter, podcasting 2.0, podverse, privacy, qemu, raspberry pi, sbc, self-hosting, snapshot, sysadmin, systemd-nspawn, umbrel, virtualization, vpn, zfs
The one shared secret behind some of the world's most powerful open-source projects.
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464: Git Happens
June 26th, 2022 | 1 hr 13 mins
5g, awesome-git, bios, bitkeeper, boost, brunch with brent, cvs, dish, distributed, dvcs, emacs, fountain.fm, git, gitea, github, gitkraken, gitlab, google, helipad, hp devone, hugo, ingenuity, jupiter broadcasting, kvm, laser link, linus torvalds, linux podcast, linux unplugged, linuxcopter, mars 2020, matrix, meetup, oh my git!, pop!_os, raspberry pi, satellite internet, scm, spacex, starlink, starship, subversion, svn, system76, tim canham, tinypilotkvm, umbrel, ungit, value4value, version control, windows server, wsl 2
We're going back in time to witness the early days of a critical tool to build Linux, then jump forward 15 years and join our buddy Brent on his journey to learn that very tooling.
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463: Humble Beginnings
June 19th, 2022 | 53 mins 7 secs
alps, augmented reality, bitcoin, brunch with brent, cambridge university, chamonix, computer science, dns, dns toys, dr quentin, early days of computing, england, ffmpeg, france, hardware acceleration, ingenuity, intel, itanium, jellyfin, jupiter broadcasting, lady jupes, lightning, linux on mars, linux podcast, linux unplugged, linuxcopter, london, mars 2020, media management, nix, nix-bitcoin, nixos, open source, patents, perseverance, plex, quentin stafford-fraser, raspberry pi, rv, sdsi, self-driving, self-hosting, sherry with brent, t9, umbrel, vnc, webcam
One of the pioneers of the web, VNC, Webcams, and more joins us; plus we'll update you on a few projects we love.
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462: One Cosmic Collaboration
June 12th, 2022 | 1 hr 5 mins
1080p, amd, auto-tiling, battery life, firmware, flatpak, foss, fwupd, gpl, hardware, hp 935 creator wireless mouse, hp dev one, jupiter broadcasting, launch keyboard, linux desktop, linux gaming, linux laptop, linux podcast, linux unplugged, lvfs, nix, nixos, opensuse, podverse, pop!_os, pop!_shop, repairability, right to repair, ryzen 7, system76, tiling window manager, tumbleweed
From skeptic to buyer, why the HP Dev One is the best Linux laptop yet. This is the one review you don't want to miss.
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461: Deep in the Tumbleweeds
June 5th, 2022 | 54 mins 39 secs
asahi linux, cheese, decentralization, decentralized, framasoft, ipad, jupiter broadcasting, jupiter tube, linux podcast, linux unplugged, nixos, opensuse, peertube, phoronix, pipewire, podcasting 2.0, podping, rolling release, rust, self-hosted, self-hosting, snapshots, steganography, stegosaurust, troubleshooting, tumbleweed, zypper
Three tails of tech tribulations, and how Brent saved his openSUSE Tumbleweed box from the brink.
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460: CPU as a Service
May 29th, 2022 | 44 mins 11 secs
bcachefs, firmware, hp dev one, image-based, intel, jupiter broadcasting, lennart poettering, linux 5.18, linux kernel, linux podcast, linux unplugged, mainline, nvidia, peloton, pop!_os, sdsi, send and receive, software freedom, software-defined silicon, systemd v251, systemd-sysupdate, zfs
A new Linux update allows Intel to control features in your CPU using hardware-level DRM.
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459: Better than Butter
May 22nd, 2022 | 58 mins 31 secs
arm, bcachefs, briar, btrfs, compression, cow, encryption, erasure coding, filesystem, flat network, hp, hp dev one, jupiter broadcasting, kent overstreet, lineageos, linux podcast, linux unplugged, mesh network, nixos, nvidia, nvme, opensats, pine64, pop!_os, radeon, raid, ramos gin fizz, rust, snapshots, system76, tailscale, tow-boot, wireguard, zerotier, zfs
We take a sneak peek at some future tech coming to Linux, and share details on HP's new laptop that runs POP!
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458: NVIDIA's New View
May 15th, 2022 | 1 hr 7 mins
ansible, ansible vaults, avery pennarun, bitwarden, christian schaller, firmware blog, jupiter broadcasting, lan, linux action news, linux podcast, linux unplugged, lxd, mesh network, mesh vpn, nixos, nouveau driver, nvidia, open source, red hat, sshuttle, star trek, starlink, tailscale, vm, vpn, webrtc, weron, wireguard
NVIDIA is open-sourcing their GPU drivers, but there are a few things you need to know. Plus, we get some exclusive insights into Tailscale from one of its co-founders.