Episodes
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469: Tough Linux Love
July 31st, 2022 | 59 mins 55 secs
ansible, axel f, bluetooth problems, commodore 64, cryptomator, cups, dell, distrobox, dragonball z, flatpak, glinux, gnome, gokus, jupiter broadcasting, kde, linux desktop, linux podcast, linux unplugged, mac, macos, macos vs linux, nix, plasma, printer support, rclone, silverblue, snap, tdarb, thinkpad, toolbox, vegeta, x220, xfce, xps 13
Is the Linux desktop hard to love? A long-time user experience developer argues it is, and we respond to his criticisms.
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468: The Read Only Scenario
July 24th, 2022 | 1 hr 30 mins
apt, bottles, bulletproof, darktable, dnf, endless os, fedora, fish, flathub, flatpak, holoiso, hp, hpe, image-based, immutable os, impervious, jupiter broadcasting, kexec, kinoite, linux podcast, linux unplugged, nix, nixos, ostree, overlay, package management, raspberry pi, rollback, rpm-ostree, sata hat, self-hosted, silverblue, steam deck, steam deck guide, tailscale, transactional, uefi firmware, ventoy, xfce
A fundamental change is coming to desktop Linux, and Silverblue might be our hint at where things are going.
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467: All Hands on Deck
July 17th, 2022 | 1 hr 21 mins
80hd, arch, battery life, bios, boostcli, desktop linux, droidcam, filesystem, flatpak, furtherance, graphics card, grub, jupiter broadcasting, kde, larix broadcaster, linux gaming, linux podcast, linux unplugged, manjaro, microsoft, nebula, neon, non-free drivers, nvidia, pacman, partitioning, proton, python, read-only filesystem, repl, rust, steam deck, tech pants, touchscreen, ubuntu, uefi, v4l2loopback, valve, virtual keyboard, x11
We try and bust a common Linux distro myth. Then what surprised Chris about his new Steam Deck.
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466: The Night of a Thousand Errors
July 10th, 2022 | 1 hr 6 mins
bpython, brunch with brent, cassini, curiosity rover, database, deep space network, disk space, docker, dua-cli, extras, f prime, ingenuity, ipython, jpl, jupiter broadcasting, jupyter notebooks, lennart poettering, linux podcast, linux unplugged, mars, mars helicopter, matrix, microsoft, nasa, ncdu, nix, open source, outage, perseverance rover, postgresql, ptpython, python, raspberry pi, robotics, rust, solaris, spacecraft, sql, steam deck, sun microsystems, synapse, systemd
We were fixing servers all night, but at least we have a great story. A special guest joins us to help make a big show announcement.
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465: Too Nixy for My Shirt
July 3rd, 2022 | 1 hr 4 mins
aarch64, app platform, arm, arm64, bitcoin, btrfs, commit, containers, cross-compiling, cryptography, declarative infrastructure, docker, dotfiles, git, gitkraken, guix, hash, hash functions, home manager, ipfs, jupiter broadcasting, lightning, linux podcast, linux unplugged, merkle tree, mesh network, nebula, nix, nixos, openmptcprouter, podcasting 2.0, podverse, privacy, qemu, raspberry pi, sbc, self-hosting, snapshot, sysadmin, systemd-nspawn, umbrel, virtualization, vpn, zfs
The one shared secret behind some of the world's most powerful open-source projects.
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464: Git Happens
June 26th, 2022 | 1 hr 13 mins
5g, awesome-git, bios, bitkeeper, boost, brunch with brent, cvs, dish, distributed, dvcs, emacs, fountain.fm, git, gitea, github, gitkraken, gitlab, google, helipad, hp devone, hugo, ingenuity, jupiter broadcasting, kvm, laser link, linus torvalds, linux podcast, linux unplugged, linuxcopter, mars 2020, matrix, meetup, oh my git!, pop!_os, raspberry pi, satellite internet, scm, spacex, starlink, starship, subversion, svn, system76, tim canham, tinypilotkvm, umbrel, ungit, value4value, version control, windows server, wsl 2
We're going back in time to witness the early days of a critical tool to build Linux, then jump forward 15 years and join our buddy Brent on his journey to learn that very tooling.
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463: Humble Beginnings
June 19th, 2022 | 53 mins 7 secs
alps, augmented reality, bitcoin, brunch with brent, cambridge university, chamonix, computer science, dns, dns toys, dr quentin, early days of computing, england, ffmpeg, france, hardware acceleration, ingenuity, intel, itanium, jellyfin, jupiter broadcasting, lady jupes, lightning, linux on mars, linux podcast, linux unplugged, linuxcopter, london, mars 2020, media management, nix, nix-bitcoin, nixos, open source, patents, perseverance, plex, quentin stafford-fraser, raspberry pi, rv, sdsi, self-driving, self-hosting, sherry with brent, t9, umbrel, vnc, webcam
One of the pioneers of the web, VNC, Webcams, and more joins us; plus we'll update you on a few projects we love.
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462: One Cosmic Collaboration
June 12th, 2022 | 1 hr 5 mins
1080p, amd, auto-tiling, battery life, firmware, flatpak, foss, fwupd, gpl, hardware, hp 935 creator wireless mouse, hp dev one, jupiter broadcasting, launch keyboard, linux desktop, linux gaming, linux laptop, linux podcast, linux unplugged, lvfs, nix, nixos, opensuse, podverse, pop!_os, pop!_shop, repairability, right to repair, ryzen 7, system76, tiling window manager, tumbleweed
From skeptic to buyer, why the HP Dev One is the best Linux laptop yet. This is the one review you don't want to miss.
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461: Deep in the Tumbleweeds
June 5th, 2022 | 54 mins 39 secs
asahi linux, cheese, decentralization, decentralized, framasoft, ipad, jupiter broadcasting, jupiter tube, linux podcast, linux unplugged, nixos, opensuse, peertube, phoronix, pipewire, podcasting 2.0, podping, rolling release, rust, self-hosted, self-hosting, snapshots, steganography, stegosaurust, troubleshooting, tumbleweed, zypper
Three tails of tech tribulations, and how Brent saved his openSUSE Tumbleweed box from the brink.
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460: CPU as a Service
May 29th, 2022 | 44 mins 11 secs
bcachefs, firmware, hp dev one, image-based, intel, jupiter broadcasting, lennart poettering, linux 5.18, linux kernel, linux podcast, linux unplugged, mainline, nvidia, peloton, pop!_os, sdsi, send and receive, software freedom, software-defined silicon, systemd v251, systemd-sysupdate, zfs
A new Linux update allows Intel to control features in your CPU using hardware-level DRM.
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459: Better than Butter
May 22nd, 2022 | 58 mins 31 secs
arm, bcachefs, briar, btrfs, compression, cow, encryption, erasure coding, filesystem, flat network, hp, hp dev one, jupiter broadcasting, kent overstreet, lineageos, linux podcast, linux unplugged, mesh network, nixos, nvidia, nvme, opensats, pine64, pop!_os, radeon, raid, ramos gin fizz, rust, snapshots, system76, tailscale, tow-boot, wireguard, zerotier, zfs
We take a sneak peek at some future tech coming to Linux, and share details on HP's new laptop that runs POP!
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458: NVIDIA's New View
May 15th, 2022 | 1 hr 7 mins
ansible, ansible vaults, avery pennarun, bitwarden, christian schaller, firmware blog, jupiter broadcasting, lan, linux action news, linux podcast, linux unplugged, lxd, mesh network, mesh vpn, nixos, nouveau driver, nvidia, open source, red hat, sshuttle, star trek, starlink, tailscale, vm, vpn, webrtc, weron, wireguard
NVIDIA is open-sourcing their GPU drivers, but there are a few things you need to know. Plus, we get some exclusive insights into Tailscale from one of its co-founders.
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457: Automated Chaos
May 8th, 2022 | 47 mins 56 secs
ansible, ansible galaxy, astronomy, bgp, black hole, canonical, dishy, docker, infrastructure as code, ipv6, jupiter broadcasting, linux podcast, linux unplugged, lxc, lxd, nasa, networking, nix, nixos, orchestration, overlay network, perseus galaxy cluster, podman, portability, remote work, satellite internet, sonification, spacex, starlink, ubuntu, vanlife, virtual machines, virtualization, vm, work life rv, zfs
Each of us brings a secret topic to the show, and we discover a common theme about using the wrong tool for the right job.
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456: Our Linux Regrets
May 1st, 2022 | 1 hr 4 mins
admin, android, apparmor, arch, arm, bottles, canonical, containers, emacs, firefox, gaming on linux, gentoo, iac, jupiter broadcasting, lady jupes, las, linux app summit, linux desktop, linux gaming, linux podcast, linux time machine, linux unplugged, lutris, mozilla, nix, nixos, office hours, packaging, pop!_os, preempt_rt, proton, realtime, sandbox, snap packages, snapcraft, snapd, snaps, steam, steamos 3.0, sysadmin, ubuntu, valve, wine
If we could change just one mistake in our Linux journey, what would it be?
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455: I run NixOS BTW
April 24th, 2022 | 1 hr 16 mins
adam curry, ansible, arion, automation, canonical, community, containers, dark style preference, dave jones, deb-get, declarative, docker, flatpak, github, gnu, guix, jammy jellyfish, jupiter broadcasting, linux podcast, linux unplugged, martin wimpress, mate 22.04, mqtt, nftables, nix, nixos, nvidia, pimox7, podcasting 2.0, podfather, podman, poetry, poetry2nix, pop!_os, preempt-rt, proxmox, raspberry pi 4, real time kernel, snapcraft, tailscale, tmux, ubuntu 22.04, unsnap, virtualisation, wayland, wimpy, x.org
We've hit a bump in the road with the NixOS challenge, and share what it might not be great at. Plus, what we didn't cover in our Ubuntu 22.04 review.
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454: Double Distro Details
April 17th, 2022 | 59 mins 19 secs
5.15, 5.17, android, backend sync, backups, canonical, dnf, do-release-upgrade, fedora 36, flatpak, flutter, gnome 42, in-flight entertainment, installer, jammy jellyfish, jupiter broadcasting, ksmbd, linux podcast, linux unplugged, lxd 5.0, matrix, ntfs, nvidia, outlook, podman 4.0, python 3.10, qemu, red hat, rpm, rss, rsshub, ruby 3.0, synapse, ubuntu 22.04, wayland, zfs, zfs send, zsys
Has Fedora pulled ahead of Ubuntu? We take a look at the new Fedora 36 and Ubuntu 22.04 releases.