LINUX Unplugged

534: We Nixed Proxmox

October 29th, 2023  |  1 hr 8 mins

32-bit challenge, bcachefs, bitcoin beach, btrfs, cinnamon, debian, ext4, fedora, fedora 39, fountain, homeassistant, immich, ipfs, jupiter broadcasting, kernel, kmon, kvm, linux 6.6, linux kernel manager, linux mint, linux podcast, linux unplugged, linuxfest northwest, lxc, nextcloud, nextcloud aio, nix, nixos, phoronix, podverse, proxmox, rust, rust-analyzer, selinux, silverbullet.md, tuxies, virtualization, vm, wayland, wyze, xfs, zfs

We did Proxmox dirty last week, so we try to explain our thinking. But first, a few things have gone down that you should know about.

532: We Like Snaps Now

October 15th, 2023  |  1 hr 15 mins

1l pc, amd ryzen, app center, cad, chocolately, debian, docker desktop, enterprise desktop, enterprise linux, ext4, fde, firefox, flutter, fountain 1.0, full disk encryption, gnome 45, intel arc, jellyfin, jupiter broadcasting, legacy installer, linux 6.5, linux desktop, linux podcast, linux unplugged, log viewer, mantic minotaur, mozilla, nixos, no corporation november, noto fonts, ntfs, one liter pc, pipewire, plex, podman, quick settings, raspberry pi 5, security, snapcraft, snapd, tags, take my brent away, text tagger, tiling, tiling desktop, tpm, translations, ubuntu 23.10, ubuntu budgie, ubuntu core, ubuntu iso, wayland, wifi 7, windows challenge, wsl, wyse terminal, zfs

Has Canonical finally nailed snaps? Why it looks like Ubuntu has turned a new corner; our thoughts on the latest release. Plus, a special guest and more.

371: Cabin Fever

September 15th, 2020  |  1 hr 2 mins

alan pope, amiga fast file system, apache, app development, audiobooks, benchmarks, borg backup, btrfs, cabin, cozy, desktop development, elementary os, ext4, facebook, fedora, github, josef bacik, jupiter broadcasting, kakoune, kernel regression, linus torvalds, linux 5.9, linux podcast, mark shuttleworth, memory management, michael larabel, nano, nextcloud, openaudible, page lock fairness, phoronix, programming, scheduling, stuart langridge, sublime text, ubuntu, ubuntu community council, unplugged, vim, vscode, walter lapchynski, wxl, xfs

Friends join us to discuss Cabin, a proposal that encourages more Linux apps and fewer distros.

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.

355: Chris' Data Crisis

May 26th, 2020  |  57 mins 35 secs

a cloud guru, arp, backups, booting, btrfs, data integrity, dnsmasq, ext4, filesystems, fing, firehol, fireqos, firmware, hardware, jupiter broadcasting, linssid, linux podcast, mac address, netdiscover, networking, nmap, opnsense, pfsense, raspberry pi 4, smokeping, speedtest, tcpdump, unplugged, usb boot, vim, vimkiller, vpn, wavemon, wfh, wifi, wireless, wireless networking, wireshark, working from home, zfs

Chris' tale of woe after a recent data loss, and Wes' adventure after he finds a rogue device on his network.

347: Arm is Here

March 31st, 2020  |  1 hr 4 mins

20.04, a cloud guru, arch, arm, armbian, btrfs, bulletproof linux, ext4, f2fs, fedora, freebsd, functional, guix, json, jupiter broadcasting, linux, linux 5.6, linux laptop, linux mint, linux podcast, manjaro, multipath tcp, nixos, pi 4, powershell, raspberry pi, snapshots, timeshift, tuxedo computers, ubuntu, unplugged, usb4, virtualbox, wireguard, xfs, zfs

We discover a few simple Raspberry Pi tricks that unlock incredible performance and make us re-think the capabilities of Arm systems.

336: Linus' Filesystem Fluster

January 14th, 2020  |  53 mins 31 secs

a cloud guru, age, arc, automotive grade linux, bandwhich, benchmarks, btrfs, ces, checksums, command line utilities, data integrity, data storage, encryption, ext4, ffsend, filesystems, firefox send, gpg, iftop, jim salter, jupiter broadcasting, linus torvalds, linux, linux podcast, lru cache, mozilla, nethogs, oracle, pgp, s-tui, sun microsystems, unplugged, windows, windows 10, windows 7, xfs, zfs

Linus Torvalds says don't use ZFS, but we think he got a few of the facts wrong. Jim Salter joins us to help us explain what Linus got right, and what he got wrong.

324: RAMburglars

October 22nd, 2019  |  58 mins 56 secs

19.10, ai, benchmarks, don watkins, ext4, fedora, filesystem, gnome, gnome foundation, jupiter broadcasting, linux gaming, linux podcast, mate, matthew miller, memory pressure, ml, opensource.com, openzfs, patent troll defense fund, pi 4, pop!_os, ram, raspberry pi 4, shotwell, steam remote play together, system76, tensorflow, tensorman, thinkpad, thinkpad-tools, ubuntu 19.10, unix, unplugged, zfs

Is the ZFS tax too high? We pit ZFS on root against ext4 in our laptop pressure cooker and see how they perform when RAM gets tight.

Episode 277: Skipping Fedora 31

November 27th, 2018  |  1 hr 2 secs

backups, base platform, community, dropbox, ext4, fedora, fedora 31, gnome, gpu, iss, kde, lfnw, linux podcast, linuxfest northwest, martin wimpress, matthew miller, mergerfs, nasa, open source, packaging, packaging winter, plasma, red hat, security, silverblue, snapcraft, snapraid, switching to linux, thunderbolt, tooling, trust, unplugged, wimpy, windows, xfs, zfs

Fedora might take a year off, to focus on it self. Project Lead and Council Chair Matthew Miller joins us to explain this major proposal.