Episodes
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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!
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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!
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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!
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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Episode 214: Hacking Devices with Kali Linux | LUP 214
September 12th, 2017 | 1 hr 35 mins
Audit your network with a couple of easy commands on Kali Linux. Chris decides to blow off a little steam by attacking his IoT devices, Wes has the scope on Equifax blaming open source & the Beard just saved the show. It’s a really packed episode!
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Episode 213: Gnome Does it Again | LUP 213
September 5th, 2017 | 1 hr 14 mins
Gnome is about to solve one of our biggest Wayland’s concerns, but we're worried about the future. Plus we chat with Wimpy about the Ubuntu Rally in NYC & more!
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Episode 212: The Free Phone Nightmare | LUP 212
August 29th, 2017 | 1 hr 26 mins
We reflect on the communities appetites for another GNU/Linux phone fundraiser & pontificate if the Librem 5 might be our last hope. Plus a live unboxing of some new shiny surprise hardware.
We also cover additional options for offsite backup & more!
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Episode 211: Forks Done Right | LUP 211
August 22nd, 2017 | 1 hr 37 mins
We get fired up about the bigger message behind Ubuntu’s new fork, debate Mozilla’s plans to collect data on Firefox users & come up with solutions for Linux users fleeing from CrashPlan. Plus a geeky project so cool it might consume your life & more!
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Episode 210: Total Solus Eclipse | LUP 210
August 15th, 2017 | 1 hr 15 mins
A new version of Solus is out and Ikey joins us to chat about whats new, building in Snap support & more. Wimpy sets us straight about confinement & we have some follow up on Slackware.
Plus some great app picks, community news, Gnome’s birthday & more!
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Episode 209: LILO and Slack(ware) | LUP 209
August 8th, 2017 | 1 hr 24 mins
We conclude our Slackware challenge & share the lessons and results.
Plus why you really need to give Firefox another try, easy sandboxing of any Linux app, GTK4’s blockers, the official anti-systemd resource... And we announce another meetup!
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Episode 208: The Stallman Line | LUP 208
August 1st, 2017 | 1 hr 38 mins
We get philosophical about open source’s most modern problem & debate where we draw our own personal “Stallman Line”.
Plus a we discuss today’s big Bitcoin fork, Mozilla’s new Firefox experiments, Krita’s woes, Gnome’s moves & the Slackware Challenge.
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Episode 207: Return Of The Distrohopper | LUP 207
July 25th, 2017 | 1 hr 36 mins
We get down to distros in today’s episode. Distro news, modular distros, some reviews & major new developments.
Plus Chris talks about leaving Arch and returning to his distro-hopping roots & the major news that broke today.
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Episode 206: Beardy McBeardface | LUP 206
July 18th, 2017 | 1 hr 43 mins
Wes, in true TechSNAP style, highlights a few complicated ideas explained well, then it's on to updates from a few of our favorite projects, including some exciting news for WireGuard & a great collection of new stuff from around the internet & more!