Chris Fisher

Episode 192: Home Sweet Gnome | LUP 192

April 12th, 2017  |  1 hr 42 mins

OpenELEC’s latest release, Snaps on Fedora, plus Wes’ Picks, Pinterest’s support for Open Source & the use of Slack for OSS projects.

Then we have a wide-ranging discussion about Ubuntu’s big desktop change, what it means for the Desktop, Vendors & you!

Episode 191: What’s a Distro? | LUP 191

April 4th, 2017  |  1 hr 11 mins

Joe Ressington of Late Night Linux joins Wes to discuss just what makes a “Proper” distribution, the latest news about Libreboot & the FSF Plus containers explained in pictures, Fedora has the desktop for Hacker News & Android is king of the internet.

Episode 190: Boot Free or Die Tryin’ | LUP 190

March 28th, 2017  |  1 hr 18 mins

We dig deep into the LibreBoot project, how the Intel ME problem impacts open source & limits badass free laptops. Then we spend Wes’ money and shop for his next perfect Linux rig.

Plus we discuss the big changeup at FreeNAS & more!

Episode 189: Das Boot Manager | LUP 189

March 21st, 2017  |  1 hr 27 mins

Bulletproof Linux Kernel upgrades might be near, Kodi gets a real Netflix Plugin & the dirty, stinky, no good, obvious, elephant in the room around desktop Linux.

Plus why Bcachefs might be Linux’s next hit filesystem, Mozilla's Obsidian & more!

Episode 188: Celebrating Linux on Pi Day | LUP 188

March 14th, 2017  |  1 hr 5 mins

We celebrate Pi Day by loading Mycroft & Alexa onto a Raspberry Pi 3, look at the actual use cases for VR & AR under Linux today, flash back to Linux in the 90s & update on our favorite projects.

Episode 187: CIA's Dank Trojans | LUP 187

March 7th, 2017  |  1 hr 28 mins

It’s the year of the CIA linux desktop, Popey & Wimpy share their Mobile World Congress adventures & Bryan joins us to discuss the last Linux Sucks talk ever.

Plus we chat with Gnome at SCALE, take a look at Endless OS & ponder the Litebook.

Episode 186: AWS Loses Its ShIOT | LUP 186

February 28th, 2017  |  1 hr 17 mins

The worst smart device hack we’ve ever heard of, dreams of the Pi Zero W, the AWS outage that savaged the Internet of Things & more!

Episode 185: Plasma Injection | LUP 185

February 21st, 2017  |  1 hr 27 mins

Austrian schools are switching, Wes is trying & Chris is reviewing Plasma. Why we keep talking about it & what’s really bugging us about it.

Plus the 7-Inch Ubuntu Laptop might be legit & Linus reflects on what he really hates after 25 years of Linux.

Episode 184: Chilling with Kylin | LUP 184

February 14th, 2017  |  1 hr 15 mins

A surprising new desktop environment, the latest on cross-distro snappy support & how to get the most out of Android without Play Services.

Plus a script to take over a running server and replacement it with FreeBSD, a fresh take on VPNs & more!

Episode 183: Niche Distros Need Not Apply | LUP 183

February 7th, 2017  |  1 hr 23 mins

Is software ever really finished? Should we avoid boutique or niche Linux distros? We have a spirited discussion & attempt to finally answer those questions.

We also chat about what's new in Kodi 17, why open source on our TV’s is critical & more!

Episode 182: Death by Download | LUP 182

January 31st, 2017  |  1 hr 32 mins

Remotely bricking Android devices, the new Plasma is looking great, first hands on with the new XPS 13 Sputnik, more btrfs woes & hacking Popey’s system.

Plus Kernel.org’s big change, building your own local Steam repository & more!

Episode 181: A Brisk MATE for Solus | LUP 181

January 24th, 2017  |  1 hr 23 mins

It’s a huge show with a bonanza of updates, big future plans & cross project collaboration.

Michael Hall from Canonical join us to discuss UbunCon, SCALE15x plans & much more!

Episode 180: The Theory of Liri | LUP 180

January 17th, 2017  |  1 hr 35 mins

We take a look at a material design influenced distribution, the FSF’s new high priority list & much more this week!

Episode 179: Project Sputnik Interview | LUP 179

January 10th, 2017  |  1 hr 4 mins

Project Sputnik’s Barton George joins us to discuss the new Dell hardware running Linux & the history of the Sputnik project.

Plus the KillDisk hype is high, The Pi’s PIXEL is taking on MATE, another Mac dev switches to Linux & more!

Episode 178: Big Sister is Watching | LUP 178

January 3rd, 2017  |  1 hr 36 mins

Robots take over the show while we go around the table & get our 2017 predictions in for Linux.

Plus updates from projects we love & the great Mac migration continues!

Episode 177: The Many Faces of Linux | LUP 177

December 27th, 2016  |  2 hrs 23 mins

While the guys are hibernating over this holiday week, We look back on some of the most interesting topics the virtual LUG covered this year.

Everything from snap packages & ubuntu reviews to LXD & Arch MacBook installs, plus a whole lot more!