LINUX Unplugged

367: Podcatcher Play-off

August 19th, 2020  |  1 hr 5 mins

a cloud guru, airsonic, arch, birthday, castero, castget, cli, command line, cpod, debian bullseye, fibers, futex_swap, gnome podcasts, go, google, gpodder, greenthreads, internet outage, jupiter broadcasting, jupiterbroadcasting matrix, linux kernel, linux podcast, linux preppers, mac pro, manjaro forum, matrix, mozilla, multitasking, podcasts, podfox, project offgrid, rust, rust foundation, scheduling, shellcaster, spotify, switchto, tui, unplugged, user-space threading, winds

We round up the best podcast clients for your Linux desktop, mobile, and the web.

366: Linux Server Salvage

August 11th, 2020  |  48 mins 16 secs

a cloud guru, apple, boeing 747, decentralized chat, discord, element, elementary os 6, end-to-end encryption, federation, fedora, floppy disk, http, intel, irc, jitsi, jupiter broadcasting, kde, kde neon, layoffs, linux hardware rehab, linux podcast, mac pro, matrix, matrix bridge, messaging, mozilla, plasma, rest, restructuring, rolling release, security, semi-rolling, sip, slack, ubuntu 20.04, unplugged, voip, xeon, xmpp

We refurbish a special machine from the Jupiter Broadcasting Hardware Archive and try out Matrix, the one chat platform to rule them all.

365: There's a Hole in my Boot!

August 4th, 2020  |  53 mins 49 secs

a cloud guru, airpods, amd, amdgpu, arm, bluetooth, boothole, corsair void rgb elite, debian, dolphin, earbuds, emulator, gamecube, gaming on linux, grub2, jabra elite active 65t, jupiter broadcasting, linux audio, linux kernel 5.8, linux podcast, logitech mx570, microphones, mobile, mx linux, nokia n900, nvidia, physical keyboard, pine64, pinephone, proton, pulseaudio, rsi, secure boot, security, shure, sm58, standing desk, steam, tony wasserka, trackball, uefi, unplugged, valve, vertical mouse, wii, wine, wireless headphone, wireless headset, zoom

We explain why BootHole is getting so much attention and break down the key issues. Then we review our favorite Linux-compatible headsets.

364: Linux Arm Wrestling

July 28th, 2020  |  52 mins 42 secs

10nm, 14nm, 7nm, a cloud guru, acorn, acpi, amd, apple, apple newton, arch, arm, bbc micro, chromeos terminal 2.0, crostini, debian, ebbr, fedora, google, graviton, intel, jonathon fernyhough, jupiter broadcasting, linux podcast, manjaro, microsoft, pci, philip mueller, pine64, pinebook pro, pinephone, powerpc, raspberry pi, risc-v, s-tui, sbbr, serverready, softbank, system76, terminal phase, tuptime, ubports, ubuntu touch, uefi, unplugged, uptime, windows

The past, present and future of Linux on Arm. The major challenges still facing full Linux support, and why ServerReady might be a solution to unify Arm systems.

363: Return of the Terminal Server

July 21st, 2020  |  52 mins 47 secs

a cloud guru, astroninja, backups, bashtop, btrfs, chat federation, chromecast, cloud desktop, containers, earlyoom, element, emby, fedora 33, feedback, filesystems, gnome merchandise, gnome shop, gotop, guadec, i3, jellyfin, jupiter broadcasting, linux podcast, luplug, matrix, microsoft, microsoft cloud pc, nasa, nextcloud, oom, open source, opensuse, plex, polybar, procmon for linux, proxmox backup server, python, qt, riot, rust, s3, spacex, syncplay, sysinternals, systemd-oomd, ubidesktop, unplugged, vector, virtualization, ytop

Fedora makes a bold move and Microsoft seems to be working on their ideal "Cloud PC”, we ponder what Linux has to offer.

362: The Hidden Cost of Nextcloud

July 14th, 2020  |  1 hr 3 mins

a cloud guru, arch server, aur helpers, debian, digital ocean, dirk hohndel, dropbox, egpu, email, file storage, file syncing, firmware, fwupd, git, i3, ibm, jupiter broadcasting, kernel name, lenovo, linus torvalds, linux kernel development, linux laptops, linux podcast, luplug, nextcloud, object storage, open source summit, pop!_os shell, postgresql, s3, saying no, secret codename, software maintenance, spaces, subsurface, syncthing, thermal throttling, thinkpad, thunderbolt, tiling window managers, unix surplus, unplugged, vmware, yay, zfs

Our team has been using Nextcloud to replace Dropbox for over a year, we report back on what has worked great, and what's not so great.

361: Buttery Smooth Fedora

July 8th, 2020  |  53 mins 6 secs

a cloud guru, balena, btrfs, doom-emacs, emacs, fedora 22, filesystems, gcc, geiger counter, getting things done, getting things gnome, gtg, jeff fortin tam, jupiter broadcasting, latex, leap 15.2, linux podcast, llvm, markdown, opensuse, org-roam, pandoc, pebble, productivity tools, raspberry pi, rebbel yell, rebbleos, roam research, smartwatch, snapper, snapshots, spacemacs, suse, sway, text editors, transactional server, unplugged, yast, zettlr, zram, zypper

Fedora's getting to work and reconsidering some long held-assumptions.

360: The Hard Work of Hardware

June 30th, 2020  |  54 mins 45 secs

4k, a cloud guru, alfred neumayer, cadmus, canonical, chrome, chromium, culling, cutiepi, file transfer, fractional scaling, gnome, hybrid graphics, jeremy soller, jupiter broadcasting, linux graphics, linux laptop, linux mint 20, linux mobile, linux noise suppression, linux podcast, nvidia, open firmware, oryx pro, performance, pine64 pinephone, project treble, pulseaudio, raspberry pi, rnnoise, snap packages, snapcraft, system76, tablet, ubports, ubuntu, ubuntu touch, unplugged, warpinator

We're joined by two guests who share their insights into building modern Linux hardware products.

359: Death of the Mac

June 23rd, 2020  |  47 mins 7 secs

a cloud guru, adobe, ai, airdrop, ampere, apple, arm, arm servers, artificial intelligence, bhyve, blender, bsd, chrome, cloud, containers, cooking, debian, docker, ffmpeg, final cut pro, freebsd, fujitsu, google, hackintosh, homebrew, ibm, japan, jupiter broadcasting, linux podcast, machine learning, macos 11, microsoft, nearby share, nearby sharing, parallels, python, recipes, supercomputers, tensorflow, top500, unplugged, unsilence, xhyve

Why we think Apple just handed market share to Desktop Linux, and why you can kiss running Linux on the Mac goodbye forever.

358: Our Fragmented Favorite

June 16th, 2020  |  1 hr 13 mins

a cloud guru, accesibility, apple, btrfs, checksums, containers, copy on write, cow, crew dragon, data integrity, disk layout, disk partitioning, disk space, docker, ext4, facebook, falcon 9, fedora, fedora workstation, filesystem, flatpak, gimp, github, jupiter broadcasting, librem 5, linux podcast, lvm, macos, master, matt ahrens, media production, mobile, nvme, phone, phosh, pine64, pinephone, pinetab, pipewire, postmarketos, preempt, proprietary software, purism, python, redis, rich bowen, ruby, snapshots, spacex, ssd, starlink, unplugged, welcoming nomenclature, windows, xfs, zfs

It's time to challenge some long-held assumptions.

Today's Btrfs is not yesterday's hot mess, but a modern battle-tested filesystem, and we'll prove it.

Plus our thoughts on GitHub dropping the term "master", and the changes Linux should make NOW to compete with commercial desktops.