Wes Payne
Co-Host of LINUX Unplugged
Inquisitive nonsense and other such things.
Wes Payne has hosted 582 Episodes.
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Episode 54: Microsoft's Munich Man | LINUX Unplugged 54
August 19th, 2014 | 1 hr 5 mins
Sam from the Moka project stops by to chat about making Linux look better. Then we get into the role open source plays in self driving cars.
Plus we bust some of the FUD around Munich’s much reported plan to abandon Linux and switch back to Windows.
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Episode 53: Ubuntu with Rodent | LUP 53
August 12th, 2014 | 1 hr 20 mins
The new Beta of ElementaryOS has shipped and we discuss where they are heading, the community interaction issues & their genius move with some tricky hardware support.
Plus the long term cost of Ubuntu Touch, using ZFS on Linux successfully & more!
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Episode 52: CRUX Interview | LUP 52
August 5th, 2014 | 1 hr 24 mins
Our team reviews the famous CRUX Linux and we discuss this unique distribution with one of its long time developers.
Plus details about Fedora COPR and is Desktop Linux stuck in an uncanny valley? We debate.
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Episode 51: OSCON Behind The Story | LUP 51
July 29th, 2014 | 1 hr 40 mins
We’ve got more interviews from OSCON & we debate if fragmentation is simply the result of winning
Plus why the Linux community needs a reality check about the popularity of the MacBook & how poor the solutions are for MacBook owners who want to run Linux
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Episode 50: Linux Look-Back | LUP 50
July 22nd, 2014 | 58 mins 20 secs
We look back at five years of Linux memories, and reminisce about the bad old days of the Linux desktop.
Plus our favorite ways to track performance, desktop Linux app containers that are already here and shipping and much more!
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Episode 49: Rapid Fire Journalism | LINUX Unplugged 49
July 15th, 2014 | 1 hr 15 mins
We chat about our time with the new Plasma 5 desktop from KDE, then we discuss the poor state of Linux news & what the real solution is that has major ramifications for the community.
Plus a Command Line challenge update & our big plans for next week!
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Episode 48: KaOS Theory | LUP 48
July 8th, 2014 | 1 hr 19 mins
We chat with Jos Poortvliet about the future of KDE, Plasma 5 Desktop, then review a KDE distribution with a direction: KaOS.
Plus: The great news for the Blender project, our OSCON plans and much more!
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Episode 47: Desktopaholics Anonymous | LUP 47
July 1st, 2014 | 37 mins 8 secs
We come clean on our struggle with loving every Linux desktop, until we start up the hate. We discuss huge news for CoreOS & take a closer look at OwnCloud 7s server-to-server syncing.
Plus troubleshooting KDE sound problems & a new community initiative!
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Episode 46: SouthEast LinuxFest Unplugged | LUP 46
June 24th, 2014 | 54 mins 2 secs
We’ve got another round of great exclusive interviews from the floor of SouthEast LinuxFest 2014.
Find out why Slackware is still going strong, the BSD kindness brigade & more!
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Episode 45: The Triple-Boot Phone | LUP 45
June 17th, 2014 | 24 mins 46 secs
Chris shares his experience with triple booting Firefox OS, Ubuntu Touch and Android on his Nexus 5 and the surprising results.
Plus some grounded feedback and much more!
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Episode 44: Bedrock: A New Paradigm | LUP 44
June 10th, 2014 | 46 mins 38 secs
The founder of Bedrock Linux joins us to discuss their ambitious distribution that lets you utilize the userland of all your favorite distributions at once
Plus Alienware slaps Linux users in the face with a dead fish, your feedback, and more!
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Episode 43: Mint 17: Fresh or Stagnant? | LUP 43
June 3rd, 2014 | 1 hr 3 mins
We’ll take a look at the new features of Linux Mint 17, and discuss the new Cinnamon release. Then we’ll debate if distro derivatives are a bad thing.
Plus: Is Red Hat too over controlling of Gnome? Candidates for the Gnome Foundation’s board think so.
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Episode 42: Fine Wine or Sour Ports | LUP 42
May 27th, 2014 | 1 hr 2 mins
Liam from Gaming on Linux joins us to discuss the Witcher 2 port fiasco, and why Linux’s reputation as a gaming platform could be on the line.
Plus a heated Manjaro discussion, your feedback, and a BIG announcement!
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Episode 41: Arch’s Uprising | LUP 41
May 20th, 2014 | 1 hr 27 secs
Is this the year of Arch? We dig through the results from our listener survey, compare our audience’s answers with another recent large survey and find some surprising results.
Plus how the “Power Linux User” is underrepresented by developer attention!
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Episode 40: Developers Get Qt | LUP 40
May 13th, 2014 | 51 mins 8 secs
We chat with two of the LXQt developers, and find out what’s behind this major undertaking. Then we discuss our favorite packages for a Linux home server, and the brand new Ubuntu Orange cluster box.
Plus your feedback, our follow up, and much more!
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Episode 39: Fragmentation Timebomb | LUP 39
May 6th, 2014 | 55 mins 59 secs
Ubuntu will be rolling out their first generation Qt based desktop environment, Mir, Wayland and X11 are competing, and developers are crying fragmentation.
But how would we shape the future if we could wave a magic wand? And is fragmentation a problem?