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Episode 102: Canonical, Dell & AMD Games | LUP 102

July 20th, 2015  |  1 hr 32 mins

Noah joins us in studio for a fun edition of Unplugged! Updates are landing on Ubuntu Phones, the ridiculous work around for a major performance boost on AMD cards, the real problem with Dell’s latest Ubuntu laptops & more!

Episode 101: Will Flash Be Trashed? | LUP 101

July 14th, 2015  |  1 hr 43 mins

A renewed push to kill flash hits the web & we discuss the possible advantages for Linux users. A KDE user trying out Gnome for a week & the real issues he touches on.

Plus your take on openSUSE’s big changes & follow up to our take on it.

Episode 100: Still Minty Fresh | LUP 100

July 7th, 2015  |  56 mins 22 secs

We reflect on 100 episodes of LINUX Unplugged, the themes from episodes past & then review Linux Mint 17.2 Cinnamon edition.

Then we’ll discuss an exciting new form factor for x86 based Ubuntu PCs & the exciting use cases for them.

Episode 99: Finger on the Pulse of Video | LUP 99

June 30th, 2015  |  1 hr 41 mins

Will Pinos bring to Linux Video What PulseAudio did for audio? We discuss this major development that breaks during the show.

Also, a debate about the usefulness of boring distributions. Plus some big follow up, the Mumble room gets unplugged & more!

Episode 98: Not OK Google | LUP 98

June 23rd, 2015  |  1 hr 27 mins

We look at some tools that make installing Linux on multiple computers a snap, discuss our favorite backup and reload approaches & then debate over Chromium auto-downloading a binary.

Plus a great interview with the Openoid project from SELF2015 & more!

Episode 97: Better Open Source Options | LUP 97

June 16th, 2015  |  1 hr 58 mins

What makes the Linux awesome? Community. We’ve got coverage from SELF 2015 & an on the ground report from OpenTech 2015.

Plus why open source needs to follow the Apple model and get started with students & how Red Hat stays connected to the community.

Episode 96: Fedora's Bright Future | LUP 96

June 9th, 2015  |  1 hr 6 mins

The Fedora Project Lead Matthew Miller joins us to discuss what’s coming up in Fedora 23 & reflect on Fedora 22.

Plus Mark Shuttleworth unveils another device running Ubuntu, Angela stops by with a switch to Linux update, some quick story updates & more!

Episode 95: Disjunctive Normal Fedora | LUP 95

June 1st, 2015  |  1 hr 48 mins

A follow up on our Fedora 22 review, including a few areas we missed. How Google’s Cardboard could kickstart open source VR & whats coming to Gnome 3.18

Plus our take on the state of openSUSE, why 2015 might really be the year of the Linux Laptop & more!

Episode 94: 11 Years of Linux Benchmarking | LUP 94

May 26th, 2015  |  1 hr 36 mins

Michael Larabel joins us to discuss his initiative of daily automated performance benchmarking & reflects on 11 years of running Phoronix.com.

Plus our first take on Fedora 22, the best options for users that require Microsoft Office under Linux & more!

Episode 93: Rollback Romanticism | LUP 93

May 19th, 2015  |  1 hr 32 mins

After an Ubuntu update goes really bad Chris reflects on how snappy, a transactionally updated version of Ubuntu, could have avoided this problem.

Plus a review of the System76 Meerkat PC, Russia plans to fork Sailfish OS & more!

Episode 92: Linux Wife, Happy Life. | LUP 92

May 12th, 2015  |  1 hr 12 mins

We get an update on our resident Mac users switch to Linux & the challenges she's run into. Ubuntu makes a deal with Microsoft and promises to ship snappy on the Internet of Things.

Plus hints on how Debian PPAs might work, the first $9 Linux rig & more!

Episode 91: Open Source Kollaboration | LUP 91

May 5th, 2015  |  1 hr 34 mins

Aaron Seigo joins us to discuss the Kolab project. We also discuss the Roundcube project’s fundraiser & possible Kolab integration.

Plus our Virtual LUG reviews Ubuntu 15.04, and we discuss what’s so desktop focused about Ubuntu 15.10 & much, much more!

Episode 90: How The Fest Was Fun | LUP 90

April 28th, 2015  |  1 hr 30 mins

Exclusive interviews from the floor of LinuxFest Northwest 2015, meet the man who brought Netflix to Linux, how Intel builds the MinnowBoard for Linux, the state of ZFS on Linux. Plus a quick look at Plasma 5.3, Telegram’s surprising popularity & more!

Episode 89: Oh Deere, RMS was Right | LUP 89

April 21st, 2015  |  1 hr 15 mins

Manufactures claim software integrated with hardware means the end user never truly owns the device, and simply owns a license to use it. Plus MacBook Linux woes, the quick look at the ThinkPad Yoga 3 running Linux, the biggest systemd myth busted & more!

Episode 88: Churning Over Btrfs | LUP 88

April 14th, 2015  |  1 hr 34 mins

Our discussion of Linux filesystems goes in depth. Plus a few corrections from last week & some follow up. We also look at the release of Linux 4.0, some of the more humorous press coverage it's received & the “big feature” Linus could care less about.

Episode 87: btrfs Meltdown | LUP 87

April 7th, 2015  |  1 hr 31 mins

After yet another gotcha takes down a critical Linux workstation, is it officially time to consider avoiding btrfs when it matters?

Plus what happened to the Evolve OS project & why they are now called Solus.