Inquisitive nonsense and other such things.
Wes Payne has hosted 552 Episodes.
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Episode 232: The Secret to Future Linux Success | LUP 232
January 16th, 2018 | 1 hr 43 mins
A big week of community updates, events & news, including great news for Plasma Desktop users, MATE users & Wayland fans. Then Barton George from Dell joins us to discuss the new XPS 13’s shipping Ubuntu, where Linux could see its next big success & more!
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Episode 231: Most Expensive Linux Distro Ever | LUP 231
January 9th, 2018 | 1 hr 38 mins
We slay the Gentoo challenge monster & give you our first take of the most expensive Linux distro we’ve ever tried. What does nearly $100 of Linux get you? We find out!
Plus tons of community news, the perfect Linux workstation coming soon & more!
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Episode 230: Invest In Popcorn | LUP 230
January 2nd, 2018 | 57 mins 2 secs
Wes & the Beard kick Chris out to share their top tips for starting 2018 out right, plus a holiday surprise from Linux Journal, a new device for Google’s Fuchsia & an unfortunate new flaw in a processor near you.
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Episode 229: Taste of Linux 2017 | LUP 229
December 26th, 2017 | 1 hr 25 mins
We break from the unformat of the show for a special holiday chat about the top moments in the world of Linux this year that impacted us the most.
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Episode 228: rm -rf 2017 | LUP 228
December 19th, 2017 | 1 hr 16 mins
We debate the best distros of 2017, get into some community news, and a bcachefs and Gentoo challenge update & also learn a bit about Canonical’s new Multipass project.
Plus a few Linux commands that are guaranteed to destroy your install.
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Episode 227: Peer Pressure | LUP 227
December 14th, 2017 | 1 hr 32 mins
It’s time to replace Patreon, YouTube, Twitter/Facebook & other centralized platforms of the web. But can open source answer the call? This week we look at a few projects that could replace today’s information silos if Linux users just step up & more!
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Episode 226: Bitcoin for Linux Users | LUP 226
December 5th, 2017 | 1 hr 23 mins
Why Bitcoin is the next Linux, the Gentoo Challenge is in full swing, and we catch you up on the latest community news, a throwback app pick & more!
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Episode 225: Hacking the Community | LUP 225
November 29th, 2017 | 1 hr 39 mins
Red Hat, Amazon, Facebook, Google, IBM, and others come together to push common sense GPL enforcement & a whole batch of community news.
Plus we call out the Register, DRM’s dirty little secret & how Linux users can make a difference.
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Episode 224: No Escape from Google | LUP 224
November 22nd, 2017 | 1 hr 24 mins
Google gets caught red handed and goodies in the new Linux kernel. But the meat of the show is Lynis a tool to audit your Linux box, create reports & teach you how to better secure your system.
Plus the groundwork for the Gentoo Challenge & more!
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Episode 223: Fedora’s New Trick | LUP 223
November 15th, 2017 | 1 hr 49 mins
A new version of Fedora hits the web and we share our thoughts & chat with a member of the project, Noah joins us & we’re all excited about Firefox quantum.
Plus Gnome 4’s ambitious goals, a new Linux Kernel that really matters, OpenShot woes & more!
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Episode 222: A Community Divided | LUP 222
November 7th, 2017 | 1 hr 19 mins
Community news & app picks this week before we get into a bizarre story that could rip up parts of the open source community.
Plus Elementary OS’s secret weapon to get more native apps, our tips for great High-DPI under Linux & some Enlightenment love.
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Episode 221: Ubuntu A-Team | LUP 221
October 31st, 2017 | 1 hr 33 mins
Two of Ubuntu’s top contributors join us to chat about the 17.10 release, working upstream with Gnome, the future of SNAPS in Ubuntu & goals for 18.04. Plus Flatpak gets mature & the Linux Foundation is working on open source AI, Kodi problems & more!
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Episode 220: Remotely Useful | LUP 220
October 24th, 2017 | 1 hr 34 mins
An easy solution to get high performance remote Linux desktop, how to interact with an open source project or community & looking back at some of Fedora’s recent accomplishments.
Plus Canonical is on the path to an IPO, pirates embrace Flatpack & more!
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Episode 219: Ubuntu’s New Era | LUP 219
October 17th, 2017 | 1 hr 6 mins
We review Ubuntu 17.10 & discuss some of the major achievements this release represents. Plus we break down an important Linux kernel news story, get updates from the community & more!
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Episode 218: The Purism Redemption | LUP 218
October 11th, 2017 | 1 hr 26 mins
We review Purism’s Librem 15, the high performance 15.6″ laptop built for Linux with physical radio kill switches.
Plus the snap coming to a desktop near you, we report back from SeaGL & discuss some future changes to your humble weekly Linux talk show.
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Episode 217: That One Time, At Ubuntu Camp | LUP 217
October 3rd, 2017 | 1 hr 36 mins
How does Ubuntu get built? Chris is back from the Ubuntu Rally in NYC and has a full report, some interviews & stories to share.
Plus Jos Poortvliet & Frank Karlitschek join us to talk about NextCloud’s new End-to-end Encryption.