LINUX Unplugged

375: Wrong About Pop!

October 14th, 2020  |  1 hr 5 mins

amd radeon, amdgpu, antennapod, arm, auto tiling, autotier, canonical, chromebooks, code quality, defined networking, dell precision, education, esxi, esxi-arm, extended attributes, fedora, free software, fuse, gnome shell, google, gpu, graphics drivers, jupiter broadcasting, kde plasma 5.20, linux 5.9, linux for kids, linux gaming, linux podcast, manjaro arm 20.10, nebula, networking, nfs, notifications, nvme, open source, podcasting apps, pop shell, pop shop, pop!_os, power management, powertop, raspberry pi, ryan huber, slack, ssd, steam, storage, system76, system76 keyboard, task manager, tiling window manager, tlp, ubuntu, unplugged, virtualization, vmware flings, vpn, vsphere, wayland, wifi

We're reminded that you can't judge a distro by its screenshots. We use Pop!_OS for a few weeks and share our embarrassing discovery.

373: Your New Tools

September 29th, 2020  |  1 hr 5 mins

backup, btrfs, compression, copy-on-write, cow, dell, encryption, fedora, fedora 33, jupiter broadcasting, lenovo, linux podcast, linux vendor firmware service, lvfs, microsoft, raspberry pi 4, replication, richard hughes, rsync, send and receive, thinkpad, thunderbolt 4, unplugged, wayland, weston, windows, wsl, wslg, x11, xen, xps 13, zfs

We embrace new tools to upgrade your backup game, securely move files around the network, and debunk the idea that Windows will ever be based on Linux.

372: Distro Triforce

September 22nd, 2020  |  1 hr 41 secs

1secmail, aberhosan, amazon, amd, analytics, arch linux, broadband, bunsen labs, canonical, carl richell, cloud, cloud hypervisor, coreboot, crosvm, deepin 20, desktop environments, devuan, docker, elementary os, emacsconf2020, embedded controller, endeavouros arm, fedora, firecracker, google, graphs, heroku, i3, intel, jupiter broadcasting, kvm, let's encrypt, linux distributions, linux foundation, linux podcast, michael jones, mypaas, niche distros, open firmware, openpower, openreach, paas, power64 laptop, protonmail, raspberry pi 4, raspbian, red hat, roberto innocenti, rust, rust-vmm, scsi, shazam, songrec, system76, systemd, systemd-homed, tmpmail, traefik, trim, tv, uasp, ubuntu, uefi, unplugged, usb, virtualization, window managers

What would it really take to get you to switch Linux distributions? We debate the practical reasons more and more people are sticking with the big three.

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.

369: Double Data Rate Trouble

September 1st, 2020  |  46 mins 58 secs

at&t, aws lambda, bug-a-thon, computer names, double data rate, emmc, engarde, fedora, fedora 33, foolsm, home networking, hotspot, interface bonding, iproute2, iptables, jupiter broadcasting, lenovo, link aggregation, linux, linux laptops, linux podcast, lte, manjaro, manjaro arm, matrix, max transit duo, mifi, mlvpn, mptcp, multihomed, multihoming, net-isp-balance, networking, openwrt, peplink, policy route, policy-based routing, raspberry pi 4, sd card, shorewall, speedify, ssh, thinkpad, tunshell, ubiquiti edgerouter, ubuntu, unplugged, verizon, vpn bonding, wireguard, wireless

The Raspberry Pi might be getting a small software fix that makes a big performance improvement.

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.

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.

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.

353: Feeling Elive

May 12th, 2020  |  57 mins 15 secs

a cloud guru, awk, christian schaller, command line, cryptocurrency, dotfiles, efl, elive, encrypted storage, encryption, enlightenment, fedora, git-crypt, gnome, jupiter broadcasting, linux podcast, luks, paperwm, pop shell, pop!_os 20.04, samuel baggen, sed, shell, system76, telegram, thanatermesis, tiling window manager, ton, ubuntu server, unplugged, window manager, xps 13

We're blown away by the Enlightenment desktop, and its little known features, and we share a quick way for you to try it out yourself.

348: OK OOMer

April 7th, 2020  |  1 hr 3 mins

a cloud guru, command line, earlyoom, facebook, fedora, fedora 32, integrity policy enforcement, ipe, jupiter broadcasting, linux, linux podcast, linux router, low-memory-monitor, lsm, memory pressure, microsoft, mitm, nohang, nushell, oomd, openwrt, opkg, opnsense, performance, pfsense, psi, security, shell, time tracking, timekpr-next, unplugged

Today we make nice with a killer, an early out-of-memory daemon, and one of the new features in Fedora 32. We put EarlyOOM to the test in a real-world workload and are shocked by the results.