Wes Payne

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!

Episode 176: Shell-Shocked 2016 | LUP 176

December 20th, 2016  |  1 hr 31 mins

We review the very worst moments in Linux during 2016, look ahead to what might be big in 2017 and toss out the rules for our last live episode of the year!

Episode 175: Best of MATEs | LUP 175

December 13th, 2016  |  1 hr 35 mins

We get the inside scoop about some fantastic collaboration happening between three Linux distributions that are supposedly big competitors.

Plus Google’s response to Ubuntu Core & the big NextCloud news!

Episode 174: Mesh of Thoughts | LUP 174

December 6th, 2016  |  1 hr 14 mins

We ponder the implications of Fedora possibly going rolling & LTS, get schooled by the mumble room about the state of linux on the Pi & debate about mesh networking.

Plus we talk about Clonezilla, one of our favorite backup tools & more!

Episode 173: Upgrade vs Nuke 'n Pave | LUP 173

November 30th, 2016  |  1 hr 25 mins

After a slew of open source updates we contrast upgrades vs fresh install, get an update on the state of snaps & get geeky about performance monitoring our Linux rigs.

Plus the fake VLC story, a live install of Plasma Desktop & more!

Episode 172: It's Not X, It's Wayland | LUP 172

November 22nd, 2016  |  1 hr 54 mins

Fedora 25 is out & Matthew Miller joins us to chat about what’s new. Plus Wimpy & Popey are back from UbuCon and share their experience & Solus OS founder Ikey Doherty joins us to discuss benchmarking the “feel” of the Linux desktop & much more!

Episode 171: Uncontained Human Error | LUP 171

November 15th, 2016  |  1 hr 29 mins

This week we take a deep dive into the IOT & the Cloud. Noah isn’t quite dead yet as he gives us an earful on the future of MacOS. Plus our thoughts on Signal, Telegram, Wire, IRC & more!

Episode 170: Nano Users Unite | LUP 170

November 9th, 2016  |  1 hr 12 mins

Nano users come out of the closet, we demystify NFS a bit & discuss the top 5 commands new Linux users should learn.

Plus a NUC killer with a GPU, new Cinnamon & more!

Episode 169: Apple's Out Of Touch Bar | LUP 169

November 1st, 2016  |  1 hr 15 mins

Swaths of Apple users are trying out Linux for the first time this week, with varying results. We discuss why & how it's going.

Then, we play some great clips by long time Kernel guru GregKH, dream about a future Linux living room & more!

Episode 168: Linux Shadow Force | LUP 168

October 25th, 2016  |  1 hr 33 mins

We get the inside scoop on what happens when Canonical gets a bunch of employees & community members in the same room, discuss the cool open hardware project Chris just ordered for the studio & update you on the big community highlights of the week!

Episode 167: Livepatch Bait & Switch | LUP 167

October 18th, 2016  |  1 hr 34 mins

Canonical may have the best take on live patching. VeraCrypt’s audit results are out & KDE shares their long term plans for the Plasma Desktop.

Then we bust some Linux FUD and misconceptions & ponder the role of Free Software in a world that doesn't care