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  <title>649: Burned by AI</title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>The storage apocalypse has arrived. An old friend drops by to talk survival strategies as prices explode, and we pitch our own unapologetically 90s approach to stretching storage.</itunes:subtitle>
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    <![CDATA[<p>The storage apocalypse has arrived. An old friend drops by to talk survival strategies as prices explode, and we pitch our own unapologetically 90s approach to stretching storage.</p><p>Special Guest: Michael Tunnell.</p><p>Sponsored By:</p><ul><li><a rel="nofollow" href="https://defined.net/unplugged">Nebula</a>: <a rel="nofollow" href="https://defined.net/unplugged">Meet Managed Nebula from Defined Networking. A decentralized VPN built on the open-source Nebula platform that we love.</a></li><li><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.joincrowdhealth.com/">CrowdHealth</a>: <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.joincrowdhealth.com/">Discover a Better Way to Pay for Healthcare with Crowdfunded Memberships. Join CrowdHealth to get started today for $99 for your first three months using UNPLUGGED.</a> Promo Code: UNPLUGGED</li></ul><p><a rel="payment" href="https://jupitersignal.memberful.com/checkout?plan=52946">Support LINUX Unplugged</a></p><p>Links:</p><ul><li><a title="💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike" rel="nofollow" href="https://strike.me/">💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike</a></li><li><a title="📻 LINUX Unplugged  on Fountain.FM" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.fountain.fm/show/dWiuBeqpDSM86AwXRXov">📻 LINUX Unplugged  on Fountain.FM</a></li><li><a title="PlanetNix 2026" rel="nofollow" href="https://planetnix.com/">PlanetNix 2026</a> &mdash; Where Nix Builders Come Together</li><li><a title="Planet Nix 2026: Call for Proposals" rel="nofollow" href="https://sessionize.com/planet-nix-2026/">Planet Nix 2026: Call for Proposals</a></li><li><a title="SCaLE 23x | Registration" rel="nofollow" href="https://register.socallinuxexpo.org/reg23/">SCaLE 23x | Registration</a></li><li><a title="LinuxFest Northwest 2026: Call for Speakers" rel="nofollow" href="https://sessionize.com/linuxfest-northwest-2026">LinuxFest Northwest 2026: Call for Speakers</a></li><li><a title="Michael Tunnell - YouTube" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.youtube.com/@michael_tunnell/videos">Michael Tunnell - YouTube</a></li><li><a title="TuxDigital" rel="nofollow" href="https://tuxdigital.com/">TuxDigital</a></li><li><a title="LINUX Unplugged 596: Perilously Pontificated Predictions" rel="nofollow" href="https://linuxunplugged.com/596">LINUX Unplugged 596: Perilously Pontificated Predictions</a></li><li><a title="Phison CEO: SSD &quot;Pricing Apocalypse&quot; to Continue Through 2027" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/ssds/phison-ceo-confirms-nand-prices-have-more-than-doubled-and-will-continue-to-rise-all-2026-production-already-sold-out-ssds-facing-pricing-apocalypse-throughout-2027">Phison CEO: SSD "Pricing Apocalypse" to Continue Through 2027</a></li><li><a title="HDD Prices Spike as AI Infrastructure and China’s PC Push Collide" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/hdds/hdd-prices-spike-as-ai-infrastructure-and-chinas-pc-push-collide-hard-drives-record-biggest-price-increase-in-eight-quarters-suppliers-warn-pressure-will-continue">HDD Prices Spike as AI Infrastructure and China’s PC Push Collide</a></li><li><a title="2025 Cloud Pricing Trends: Big Three Shake Up Storage Costs" rel="nofollow" href="https://windowsforum.com/threads/2025-cloud-pricing-trends-big-three-providers-shake-up-costs-for-enterprises.372471/">2025 Cloud Pricing Trends: Big Three Shake Up Storage Costs</a></li><li><a title="Storage Apocalypse: Why SSDs and HDDs Are Becoming Impossibly Expensive" rel="nofollow" href="https://battleforgepc.com/article/storage-apocalypse-2025-why-ssds-and-hdds-are-about-to-get-impossibly-expensive/">Storage Apocalypse: Why SSDs and HDDs Are Becoming Impossibly Expensive</a></li><li><a title="Jensen Huang Flagged Data Storage as the Next AI Bottleneck" rel="nofollow" href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/hard-drive-storage-stocks-sandisk-western-digital-seagate-ai-boom-2026-1">Jensen Huang Flagged Data Storage as the Next AI Bottleneck</a></li><li><a title="Manufacturer Recertified Drives - ServerPartDeals.com" rel="nofollow" href="https://serverpartdeals.com/collections/manufacturer-recertified-drives">Manufacturer Recertified Drives - ServerPartDeals.com</a></li><li><a title="Hard Disk Prices (US)" rel="nofollow" href="https://diskprices.com/">Hard Disk Prices (US)</a></li><li><a title="Storage Price Tracker" rel="nofollow" href="https://storagepricetracker.com/">Storage Price Tracker</a></li><li><a title="RackRat - eBay Rackmount Server Deal Finder" rel="nofollow" href="https://rackrat.net/">RackRat - eBay Rackmount Server Deal Finder</a></li><li><a title="r/HomelabSales$£€ - Reddit" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.reddit.com/r/homelabsales/">r/HomelabSales$£€ - Reddit</a></li><li><a title="Smart Buy 10 Pack Bd-r Dl 50gb 6X Blu-ray Double Layer Recordable Disc" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.amazon.com/Smart-Buy-Blu-ray-Recordable-10-discs/dp/B00KB4YVF0">Smart Buy 10 Pack Bd-r Dl 50gb 6X Blu-ray Double Layer Recordable Disc</a></li><li><a title="BlueVault" rel="nofollow" href="https://github.com/ChrisLAS/blue-vault/">BlueVault</a> &mdash; A top-quality TUI app to manage Blu-ray cold storage archives on Linux.</li><li><a title="Pick: Kopia" rel="nofollow" href="https://github.com/kopia/kopia/">Pick: Kopia</a> &mdash; Cross-platform backup tool for Windows, macOS &amp; Linux with fast, incremental backups, client-side end-to-end encryption, compression and data deduplication. CLI and GUI included.</li><li><a title="Kopia Repository Server" rel="nofollow" href="https://kopia.io/docs/repository-server/">Kopia Repository Server</a></li><li><a title="Pick: PowerISO" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.poweriso.com/">Pick: PowerISO</a> &mdash; Create, Burn, Mount, Edit, Compress, Encrypt, Split, Extract ISO file, ISO/BIN converter, Virtual Drive</li><li><a title="PowerISO on Flathub" rel="nofollow" href="https://flathub.org/en/apps/com.poweriso.PowerISO">PowerISO on Flathub</a></li><li><a title="Pick: CDEmu" rel="nofollow" href="http://cdemu.org/">Pick: CDEmu</a> &mdash; CDemu is a software suite designed to emulate an optical drive and disc on the Linux operating system.</li><li><a title="Tellico" rel="nofollow" href="https://tellico-project.org/">Tellico</a> &mdash; Collection management software, free and simple.</li></ul>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p>The storage apocalypse has arrived. An old friend drops by to talk survival strategies as prices explode, and we pitch our own unapologetically 90s approach to stretching storage.</p><p>Special Guest: Michael Tunnell.</p><p>Sponsored By:</p><ul><li><a rel="nofollow" href="https://defined.net/unplugged">Nebula</a>: <a rel="nofollow" href="https://defined.net/unplugged">Meet Managed Nebula from Defined Networking. A decentralized VPN built on the open-source Nebula platform that we love.</a></li><li><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.joincrowdhealth.com/">CrowdHealth</a>: <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.joincrowdhealth.com/">Discover a Better Way to Pay for Healthcare with Crowdfunded Memberships. Join CrowdHealth to get started today for $99 for your first three months using UNPLUGGED.</a> Promo Code: UNPLUGGED</li></ul><p><a rel="payment" href="https://jupitersignal.memberful.com/checkout?plan=52946">Support LINUX Unplugged</a></p><p>Links:</p><ul><li><a title="💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike" rel="nofollow" href="https://strike.me/">💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike</a></li><li><a title="📻 LINUX Unplugged  on Fountain.FM" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.fountain.fm/show/dWiuBeqpDSM86AwXRXov">📻 LINUX Unplugged  on Fountain.FM</a></li><li><a title="PlanetNix 2026" rel="nofollow" href="https://planetnix.com/">PlanetNix 2026</a> &mdash; Where Nix Builders Come Together</li><li><a title="Planet Nix 2026: Call for Proposals" rel="nofollow" href="https://sessionize.com/planet-nix-2026/">Planet Nix 2026: Call for Proposals</a></li><li><a title="SCaLE 23x | Registration" rel="nofollow" href="https://register.socallinuxexpo.org/reg23/">SCaLE 23x | Registration</a></li><li><a title="LinuxFest Northwest 2026: Call for Speakers" rel="nofollow" href="https://sessionize.com/linuxfest-northwest-2026">LinuxFest Northwest 2026: Call for Speakers</a></li><li><a title="Michael Tunnell - YouTube" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.youtube.com/@michael_tunnell/videos">Michael Tunnell - YouTube</a></li><li><a title="TuxDigital" rel="nofollow" href="https://tuxdigital.com/">TuxDigital</a></li><li><a title="LINUX Unplugged 596: Perilously Pontificated Predictions" rel="nofollow" href="https://linuxunplugged.com/596">LINUX Unplugged 596: Perilously Pontificated Predictions</a></li><li><a title="Phison CEO: SSD &quot;Pricing Apocalypse&quot; to Continue Through 2027" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/ssds/phison-ceo-confirms-nand-prices-have-more-than-doubled-and-will-continue-to-rise-all-2026-production-already-sold-out-ssds-facing-pricing-apocalypse-throughout-2027">Phison CEO: SSD "Pricing Apocalypse" to Continue Through 2027</a></li><li><a title="HDD Prices Spike as AI Infrastructure and China’s PC Push Collide" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/hdds/hdd-prices-spike-as-ai-infrastructure-and-chinas-pc-push-collide-hard-drives-record-biggest-price-increase-in-eight-quarters-suppliers-warn-pressure-will-continue">HDD Prices Spike as AI Infrastructure and China’s PC Push Collide</a></li><li><a title="2025 Cloud Pricing Trends: Big Three Shake Up Storage Costs" rel="nofollow" href="https://windowsforum.com/threads/2025-cloud-pricing-trends-big-three-providers-shake-up-costs-for-enterprises.372471/">2025 Cloud Pricing Trends: Big Three Shake Up Storage Costs</a></li><li><a title="Storage Apocalypse: Why SSDs and HDDs Are Becoming Impossibly Expensive" rel="nofollow" href="https://battleforgepc.com/article/storage-apocalypse-2025-why-ssds-and-hdds-are-about-to-get-impossibly-expensive/">Storage Apocalypse: Why SSDs and HDDs Are Becoming Impossibly Expensive</a></li><li><a title="Jensen Huang Flagged Data Storage as the Next AI Bottleneck" rel="nofollow" href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/hard-drive-storage-stocks-sandisk-western-digital-seagate-ai-boom-2026-1">Jensen Huang Flagged Data Storage as the Next AI Bottleneck</a></li><li><a title="Manufacturer Recertified Drives - ServerPartDeals.com" rel="nofollow" href="https://serverpartdeals.com/collections/manufacturer-recertified-drives">Manufacturer Recertified Drives - ServerPartDeals.com</a></li><li><a title="Hard Disk Prices (US)" rel="nofollow" href="https://diskprices.com/">Hard Disk Prices (US)</a></li><li><a title="Storage Price Tracker" rel="nofollow" href="https://storagepricetracker.com/">Storage Price Tracker</a></li><li><a title="RackRat - eBay Rackmount Server Deal Finder" rel="nofollow" href="https://rackrat.net/">RackRat - eBay Rackmount Server Deal Finder</a></li><li><a title="r/HomelabSales$£€ - Reddit" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.reddit.com/r/homelabsales/">r/HomelabSales$£€ - Reddit</a></li><li><a title="Smart Buy 10 Pack Bd-r Dl 50gb 6X Blu-ray Double Layer Recordable Disc" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.amazon.com/Smart-Buy-Blu-ray-Recordable-10-discs/dp/B00KB4YVF0">Smart Buy 10 Pack Bd-r Dl 50gb 6X Blu-ray Double Layer Recordable Disc</a></li><li><a title="BlueVault" rel="nofollow" href="https://github.com/ChrisLAS/blue-vault/">BlueVault</a> &mdash; A top-quality TUI app to manage Blu-ray cold storage archives on Linux.</li><li><a title="Pick: Kopia" rel="nofollow" href="https://github.com/kopia/kopia/">Pick: Kopia</a> &mdash; Cross-platform backup tool for Windows, macOS &amp; Linux with fast, incremental backups, client-side end-to-end encryption, compression and data deduplication. CLI and GUI included.</li><li><a title="Kopia Repository Server" rel="nofollow" href="https://kopia.io/docs/repository-server/">Kopia Repository Server</a></li><li><a title="Pick: PowerISO" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.poweriso.com/">Pick: PowerISO</a> &mdash; Create, Burn, Mount, Edit, Compress, Encrypt, Split, Extract ISO file, ISO/BIN converter, Virtual Drive</li><li><a title="PowerISO on Flathub" rel="nofollow" href="https://flathub.org/en/apps/com.poweriso.PowerISO">PowerISO on Flathub</a></li><li><a title="Pick: CDEmu" rel="nofollow" href="http://cdemu.org/">Pick: CDEmu</a> &mdash; CDemu is a software suite designed to emulate an optical drive and disc on the Linux operating system.</li><li><a title="Tellico" rel="nofollow" href="https://tellico-project.org/">Tellico</a> &mdash; Collection management software, free and simple.</li></ul>]]>
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  <title>357: The Little Distro That Could</title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>The lightweight distro that stole our hearts, the four of us each try out a different contender and come away with what we think will be the leanest and meanest distribution for your PC.</itunes:subtitle>
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    <![CDATA[<p>The lightweight distro that stole our hearts, the four of us each try out a different contender and come away with what we think will be the leanest and meanest distribution for your PC.</p><p>Special Guests: Drew DeVore and Jill Bryant Ryniker.</p><p><a rel="payment" href="https://jupitersignal.memberful.com/checkout?plan=52946">Support LINUX Unplugged</a></p><p>Links:</p><ul><li><a title="BunsenLabs Linux" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.bunsenlabs.org/">BunsenLabs Linux</a></li><li><a title="Puppy Linux Home" rel="nofollow" href="http://puppylinux.com/">Puppy Linux Home</a></li><li><a title="The FreeBSD Project" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.freebsd.org/">The FreeBSD Project</a></li><li><a title="SparkyLinux" rel="nofollow" href="https://sparkylinux.org/">SparkyLinux</a></li><li><a title="KolibriOS official site" rel="nofollow" href="http://kolibrios.org/en/">KolibriOS official site</a></li><li><a title="antiX Linux" rel="nofollow" href="https://antixlinux.com/">antiX Linux</a></li></ul>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p>The lightweight distro that stole our hearts, the four of us each try out a different contender and come away with what we think will be the leanest and meanest distribution for your PC.</p><p>Special Guests: Drew DeVore and Jill Bryant Ryniker.</p><p><a rel="payment" href="https://jupitersignal.memberful.com/checkout?plan=52946">Support LINUX Unplugged</a></p><p>Links:</p><ul><li><a title="BunsenLabs Linux" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.bunsenlabs.org/">BunsenLabs Linux</a></li><li><a title="Puppy Linux Home" rel="nofollow" href="http://puppylinux.com/">Puppy Linux Home</a></li><li><a title="The FreeBSD Project" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.freebsd.org/">The FreeBSD Project</a></li><li><a title="SparkyLinux" rel="nofollow" href="https://sparkylinux.org/">SparkyLinux</a></li><li><a title="KolibriOS official site" rel="nofollow" href="http://kolibrios.org/en/">KolibriOS official site</a></li><li><a title="antiX Linux" rel="nofollow" href="https://antixlinux.com/">antiX Linux</a></li></ul>]]>
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