Wes Payne
Co-Host of LINUX Unplugged
Inquisitive nonsense and other such things.
Wes Payne has hosted 582 Episodes.
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425: Sad Server Stories
September 28th, 2021 | 52 mins 40 secs
alexa, amazon astro, anti-cheat, arch linux, battleye, btrfs, centos, collabora, dead by daylight, dell poweredge r820, destiny, disk array, dual booting, eac, elementary os, epic, gentoo, hackfest, idrac, intel software defined silicon, ipmi, itanium, jupiter broadcasting, linux podcast, linux unplugged, location tracking, nebula, networking backdoor, nextcloud, nix, nixos, phonetrack, pikvm, raspberry pi, rawhide, robot dog, rolling release, rolling server, rustdesk, sdsi, self-hosting, snapper, snapshots, steam deck, storage, syscall user dispatch, tubearchivist, tumbleweed, ups, valve, wireguard, youtube, yt-dlp, zfs
Sometimes things go wrong; this week, we admit we've got a problem.
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424: Space for Theming
September 21st, 2021 | 1 hr 4 mins
arch linux, budgie, compiz, conferences, dark style, denver, devops, docker, element, fedora 35, free culture, free software, gamma, gnome, gnome 41, gtk, homeserver, joshua strobl, jupiter broadcasting, libadwaita, libre, linux podcast, linux unplugged, matrix, nebula, open-source software, postgresql, reunion roadtrip, rolling release, seagl, server maintenance, solus, synapse, sysadmin, theming api, wayfire, wireguard, zfs
A serious problem is brewing in Desktop Linux that hasn't impacted end users yet, but will soon. We break down why distribution makers are getting upset and explain what's next.
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423: What Makes a Linux User?
September 14th, 2021 | 40 mins 10 secs
age of empires, android, apple, apps, arm, baseband, codeweavers, easy anti-cheat, exploit, facepunch, firmware, firmware updates, flathub, flatpak, flatseal, foss, free software, gamingonlinux, garry newman, google, halo, ios, iphone 13, jupiter broadcasting, libre, librem 5, linux gaming, linux on mobile, linux phones, linux podcast, linux unplugged, m1, mac, microsoft, mobile, modem, open-source, osi, permissions, phil spencer, pinephone, proton, purism, re-logic, rust, sandboxing, security, snap, solaris, steam deck, terraria, ubuntu podcast, usb, valve, what makes a linux user, wsl, xbox
Why it might be time to re-think who is and who is not a Linux user, plus we do a reality check on the state of Linux phones.
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422: The Fun Distro
September 7th, 2021 | 1 hr 4 mins
arch, arizona, btrfs, e ink, firewall, firewalld, gaming on linux, garuda, ingenuity, iptables, jonathan corbet, jpl, jupiter broadcasting, kde plasma 5.23, lady jupes, light phone, linux for fun, linux podcast, linux unplugged, lwn, mars 2020, nasa, nate graham, nftables, nvidia, oom, perseverance, rv, social media, sumo spring, sweet theme, timeshift, tornado, wayland, xwayland, youtube-dl, yt-dlp, ytmdl, zen kernel, zram, zstd
We try out what might be the most fun Linux distribution around. It started as a laugh, but now we’re in love.
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421: Server Savior Squad
August 31st, 2021 | 32 mins 17 secs
apps for gnome, arizona, cellular vortex, firewall, iam, ibm, jupiter broadcasting, lighthouse, linux podcast, linux unplugged, mesh network vpn, nebula, openssh, overlay network, psst, public-key cryptography, rustdesk, sco, security, show low, spotify native client, systemd, ventoy webui, wireguard
A surprise server outage at the studio requires we jump into action with a few last-minute solutions and deploy one of our favorite open-source tools.
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420: Real People Are Out There
August 24th, 2021 | 58 mins 7 secs
30 years of linux, aws, cgroups v2, cheyenne, chown, christian brauner, cloud, colorado, cve, denver, devops, ext, fat, fedora 35, feedback, file permissions, gid, harvest host, idmapped mounts, jupiter broadcasting, kde plasma, kwin-tiling, lady jupes, linux, linux birthday, linux podcast, linux unplugged, lxd, meetup, nebraska, networking, pop!_os, razer, restarting user services, road trip, snapd, sre, sysadmin, system user session, systemd-homed, tiling window manager, ubuntu 21.10, uid, user namespaces, windows 10, xfs
We share some stories from our Denver meetup, the strange reason we found ourselves at a golf course, and some news you should know.
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419: What's Cookin' at System76
August 17th, 2021 | 1 hr 10 mins
documentation, jupiter broadcasting, launch keyboard, linux podcast, linux unplugged, man pages, pebble, pebble watch, pine64, pinetime, rust, system76, thelio, tldr
Live 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.
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418: What's up with WireGuard
August 10th, 2021 | 1 hr 3 mins
10gbps, accent colors, amd, arch linux, cassidy james blaede, daniel fore, dark style preference, debian, drago, dsnet, easy-wg-quick, elementary os 6, ethr, flatpak, home assistant, iperf3, jason donenfeld, jupiter broadcasting, lawrence yang, linux kernel development, linux podcast, linux systems group, linux unplugged, microsoft, networking, nt kernel, odin, steam, steamos 3.0, subspace, tailscale, tpm, valve, wg-easy, wg-manage, wg-ui, wifi, windows, windows 11, wintun, wireguard, wireguard-manager, wireguard-ui, wireguardnt, wireless performance
Big things are happening in the world of WireGuard, Jim Salter joins to catch us up.
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417: Run Every Distro At Once
August 3rd, 2021 | 47 mins 35 secs
acpi, ai, alpine, amd, arch, arch repo on debian, aur on centos, aur on debian, bedrock linux, brl, chroot, cpu frequency scaling, cpufreq, cross-distro, debian, fedora, fuse, gamingonlinux, image deduplication, imgdupes, ingenuity, intel, jupiter broadcasting, linux podcast, linux unplugged, linuxserver.io, machine learning, mars 2020, nasa, netdata, paradigm, perceptual hash, performance, phoronix, pmm, power management, raised ridges, steam, steam deck, steam survey, ubuntu, valve, void linux, webtop, xdc
Yabba Dabba Distro! Run every major distribution on one native host. How we hijacked a Fedora install and turned it into the ultimate meta Linux box.
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416: Server Meltdown
July 27th, 2021 | 52 mins 27 secs
alpine, arch, battery life, containers, decrentalized communication, dendrite, docker, docker-wine, electron, element, fedora, fingerprint reader, framework laptop, freebsd, gamescope, guacamole, hardware, hellosystem, ipfs, jingos, jingpad a1, jupiter broadcasting, linux gaming, linux graphics, linux laptop, linux podcast, linux unplugged, linuxserver.io, matrix, metaplanet, obs, oneweb, pierre-loup griffais, protocol labs, proton, rdp, remote desktop, right to repair, satellite internet, skype, spacex, starlink, steam, steamcompmgr, steamos, synapse, ubuntu, valve, vulkan, wayland, webtop, windows, wine, winetricks, xvfb, xwayland
We try to pull off a show while recovering from an epic server crash. Then we build the ultimate remote Linux desktop—in the cloud!
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415: Something Sinister Below Deck
July 20th, 2021 | 1 hr 12 mins
almalinux, arch linux, azure, cbl-mariner, centos, containers, desktop linux, directx, docker, ethan lee, game development, gaming, hotwire, http, http2, iot, jupiter broadcasting, kubernetes, linux 5.10, linux gaming, linux podcast, linux unplugged, microsoft, networking, nmap, pacman, port scanning, postgresql, proton, pulseaudio, rdp, rhel, rocky linux, rust, rustscan, steam, steam deck, tshark, valve, vpn, vulkan, wayland, windows, wine, wireshark, wsl, wslg
Could the Steam Deck mean fewer native Linux games? We chat with prolific game developer Ethan Lee and get his perspective on the negative impacts of the Deck.
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414: Linux's Awkward News Phase
July 13th, 2021 | 56 mins 16 secs
almalinux, audacity, centos, colonytracker.live, dbus, deepin, drama, freenode, http, ingenuity, irc, jupiter broadcasting, linux action news, linux in space, linux news, linux podcast, linux unplugged, mars 2020, michael tunnell, mqtt, nasa linuxcopter, opensuse, owntracks, owntracks booklet, owntracks recorder, rocky linux, security, this week in linux, twil
Have you noticed the Linux news has gotten a little weird? Michael Tunnell joins us to break down the changes we've observed over the last year.
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413: Community of Enterprise Linux
July 6th, 2021 | 1 hr 12 mins
.net, almalinux, arvind krishna, aws, centos, centos clones, centos sig, centos stream, cloudlinux, cross-platform development, dart, desktop linux, electron, enterprise linux, facebook, flutter, fuchsia, graphics toolkit, gregory kurtzer, gtk, hyperscale, hyperscalers, ibm, jim whitehurst, jupiter broadcasting, linux foundation, linux podcast, linux unplugged, lumberyard, maui, microsoft, mono, qt, red hat, rhel, rocky linux 8.4, zircon
Linux server admins don't know where to turn next; how the cult of personality might be shaping Linux's most important market.
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412: Going Deepin on Fuchsia
June 29th, 2021 | 51 mins 42 secs
almalinux, android, apple m1, arch, arm, aur, bluetooth, btrfs, centos, cloudlinux, containers, dahlioos, dart, debian, deepin linux 20.2.2, edw, elementary os, flutter, freesync hdmi, fuchsia, gpl, gregory kurtzer, hardware support, jack, jupiter broadcasting, landlock, linux 5.13, linux audio, linux podcast, linux unplugged, low latency, microkernel, mit, mixxx, pipewire, resf, roc, rocky linux, usb audio, xfs, zirkon
Is Fuchsia a risk to Linux? We try out a cutting-edge Fuchsia desktop and determine if it is a long-term threat to Linux.
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411: The Best of Both OSs
June 22nd, 2021 | 56 mins 45 secs
amd, apt, arch, arch linux, arch server, aur, btrfs, centos, containers, docker, dpkg, egl, fedora cloud, flatpak, junest, jupiter broadcasting, linux apps, linux podcast, linux unplugged, makedeb, mpm, nvidia, oci, pacapt, pacman, pacstall, podman, red hat, rocky linux, ryzen, security, toolbox, ubuntu, wayland, x11docker, xwayland
Is it possible to have Arch’s best feature on other Linux distros? We attempt it and report our findings. Plus our reaction to NVIDIA’s beta Wayland support–is this the milestone we’ve been waiting for?
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410: Ye Olde Linux Distro
June 15th, 2021 | 1 hr 2 mins
active directory, auto-cpufreq, battery management, bios, bogomips, bug bounty, clang, corel linux, crossover office, damn small linux, dapper drake, david chinner, debian, dos, dsl, filesystems, fuzzing, gary kramlich, grim, ide, init, instant messaging, jabber, jupiter broadcasting, knoppix, ldap, linux kernel 5.14, linux podcast, linux unplugged, mandrake, mandriva, mydsl, nft, open-source, openoffice, pidgin, power management, pptp, raspberry pi 400, red hat 9, rpm, security, smb, smp, static analysis, tim berners-lee, tlp, ubuntu 6.06, urpmi, windows, wordperfect, world wide web, x11, xandros, xfs, xmpp, zerodium
We revisit the seminal distros that shaped Linux’s past. Find out if these classics still hold up.