Wes Payne

Episode 198: Magic Device Cloud | LUP 198

May 23rd, 2017  |  1 hr 9 mins

NextCloud 12 is out & Jos joins us to chat about the highlights, Marius Quabeck joins us to discuss Magic Device Tool’s secrets. Plus we cover a bunch of project updates & more!

Episode 197: That New User Smell | LUP 197

May 16th, 2017  |  1 hr 19 mins

We review System76’s Galago Pro, have a crisis of faith about the future of desktop Linux, get completely blown away by our community, help you BASH better & more!

Episode 196: Orange is the new Red (Hat) | LUP 196

May 9th, 2017  |  1 hr 14 mins

Canonical is going for the IPO & that means some big changes. In a recent interview Mark Shuttleworth gives us a hint at the new purpose of the Ubuntu desktop.

Plus Thunderbird’s future is uncertain, we get our hands on System76’s Galago Pro & more!

Episode 195: Rub a Dub Grub | LUP 195

May 3rd, 2017  |  1 hr 16 mins

Big improvements are coming to a grub near you, Wes has a batch of really useful new open source projects & we consider the “threat” posed by Windows 10 S.

Plus the dirty secret about Linux’s battery life, some of our LinuxFest Northwest plans & more!

Episode 194: Internet of Troubles | LUP 194

April 25th, 2017  |  1 hr 30 mins

Linux Foundation thinks they have the solution to the Internet of Terrible & they might actually be right. We’ll share the exclusive interview that has us excited for the future.

Plus the bad, horrible, no good week that Docker had & more!

Episode 193: Ubuntu's Bare Gnome | LUP 193

April 18th, 2017  |  1 hr 26 mins

Community efforts to port Unity 8 or recreate the Unity 7 desktop are popping up all over. Plus why Ubuntu Gnome left us feeling underwhelmed.

Then, Ikey stops by to tell us about Solus Gnome edition, other new things coming from the project & more!

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!