Wes Payne

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.

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.

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.

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!

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!

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.

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!

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!

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.

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!

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!

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!

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.

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.

Episode 216: Open Source Is Hard | LUP 216

September 26th, 2017  |  1 hr 24 mins

It’s Wes & the Beard this week as we cover tons of stories. TopIcons is officially unmaintained, KDE launches the XFree kwin project in an attempt to get rid of XWayland, Synergy goes closed source, Microsoft & Canonical build a custom linux kernel & more

Episode 215: Pulse of PipeWire | LUP 215

September 19th, 2017  |  1 hr 6 mins

A game changing project for Linux multimedia has been officially announced today, so we chat with the brilliance behind PipeWire, Wim Taymans.

Plus community news of the week & why the rapid decline of the “open source media” matters more than ever.