web02.fireside.fm Fri, 17 Apr 2026 12:35:46 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) LINUX Unplugged - Episodes Tagged with “Linux Gaming” https://linuxunplugged.com/tags/linux%20gaming Sun, 13 Jul 2025 16:30:00 -0700 An open show powered by community LINUX Unplugged takes the best attributes of open collaboration and turns it into a weekly show about Linux. en-us episodic Weekly Linux talk show with no script, no limits, surprise guests and tons of opinion. Jupiter Broadcasting An open show powered by community LINUX Unplugged takes the best attributes of open collaboration and turns it into a weekly show about Linux. no Jupiter Broadcasting chris@jupiterbroadcasting.com 623: 50 Days of Blue https://linuxunplugged.com/623 08e555cb-a7b1-4c37-8bf2-9bc3129406bf Sun, 13 Jul 2025 16:30:00 -0700 Jupiter Broadcasting full Jupiter Broadcasting Chris fled a declarative-first world for the promised land of Bluefin's atomic simplicity. Fifty days in, did he find desktop bliss or just fresh compromises? 1:14:51 no Chris fled a declarative-first world for the promised land of Bluefin's atomic simplicity. Fifty days in, did he find desktop bliss or just fresh compromises? Jupiter Broadcasting, Linux Podcast, Linux Unplugged, open source, Bluefin, immutable distros, Nix integration, Linux desktop, Fedora Silverblue, container workflows, Linux gaming, NixOS, Nix, user feedback, open source, mesh messaging, ujust, Homebrew, community projects, cloud-native Linux, Universal Blue, atomic, immutable, Fedora, Nix Vegas, Texas Linux Fest, SteamOS, Bazzite, Flatpak, OCI container, bootc, Brew, Homebrew, Aurora, Arch Linux, AUR, Podman, Determinate Systems, BlueNixFin, rpm-ostree, FHS, Filesystem Hierarchy Standard, CommonArch, Omarchy, DHH, ESP8266, ESP32, LAS Arch challenge, Chromebook, JaKooLit, Bitchat, bluetooth mesh chat, Jack Dorsey, Obtainium, Briar Chris fled a declarative-first world for the promised land of Bluefin's atomic simplicity. Fifty days in, did he find desktop bliss or just fresh compromises?

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]]> 548: Uncomfortable Linux Truths https://linuxunplugged.com/548 2f06c2fd-8e59-41e2-ad1d-2dfa0d8a76a7 Sun, 04 Feb 2024 20:00:00 -0800 Jupiter Broadcasting full Jupiter Broadcasting Some uncomfortable truths about using Linux, and then we introduce a new segment: Will it Nix? 1:22:35 no Some uncomfortable truths about using Linux, and then we introduce a new segment: Will it Nix? Jupiter Broadcasting, Linux Podcast, Linux Unplugged, Apple ecosystem, PDF tasks, audio workflows, hardware compatibility, running Linux, Will It Nix?, open-source podcasting app, industry developments, limited resources, balancing priorities, uncomfortable Linux truths, FOMO, missing out, anti-cheat, Linux gaming, proton, video drivers, Wayland, X11, CSGO, Apple Vision Pro, apple ecosystem, vendor lock-in, Nextcloud, self-hosting, Podverse, Open-source maintainers, Mitch Downey, burnout, developer sustainability, podcasting 2.0, transcripts, transcription, Apple Podcasts, Some uncomfortable truths about using Linux, and then we introduce a new segment: Will it Nix?

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]]> 541: Out with a Bang https://linuxunplugged.com/541 15cd1316-a92c-43d2-936a-75072c2ea34f Sun, 17 Dec 2023 14:30:00 -0800 Jupiter Broadcasting full Jupiter Broadcasting The stories that kept us talking all year, and are only getting hotter! Plus the big flops we're still sore about. 1:16:18 no The stories that kept us talking all year, and are only getting hotter! Plus the big flops we're still sore about. Special Guest: Kenji Berthold. Jupiter Broadcasting, Linux Podcast, Linux Unplugged, Ubuntu, Linux Gaming, HDR, Kernel Update, Vulnerability, Wine, Stadia Shutdown, Xfce, Fedora, Ubuntu Real Time Kernel, KDE Plasma, FFmpeg, Flathub, Docker, GNOME, Ubuntu Cinnamon, Plasma 6, Apple M2, Btrfs, Fedora38, Red Hat Layoffs, Linux Kernel, Flathub Website, Ubuntu 2304, HDR ackfest, CVE, bcachefs, Fedora Program Manager, Podman Desktop, Azure Linux, CodeWeavers, XFS Metadata Corruption, Plasma 6 Wayland, Xorg Deprecation, UbuntuCore, Libre Office, Debian 12, CentOS Stream, Rocky Linux, AlmaLinux, LXD, Canonical, Fedora Asahi Remix, Apple Silicon, M1 GPU driver, Linux 6.6, Ubuntu Desktop, Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, openSUSE Leap, Nextcloud Hub 6, Raspberry Pi 5, Intel NUC, Ubuntu 23.10, Linux Mint, Wayland, XFS, Element, AGPL, Synapse, Fedora Linux 39, GNOME 45, Amazon, Linux-based OS, NixCon North America, PipeWire 1.0, Own Tracks, IPFS, varnish, CDN, trippy, rust, traceroute, The stories that kept us talking all year, and are only getting hotter!

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]]> 529: Changing the Game https://linuxunplugged.com/529 292f97db-6eec-4de7-9abd-c143885cec43 Sun, 24 Sep 2023 20:00:00 -0700 Jupiter Broadcasting full Jupiter Broadcasting Even if you don't game, the data is in, and the impact of the Steam Deck on Linux is massive. We'll go into details and then share our long-term review of the Deck. 1:12:43 no Even if you don't game, the data is in, and the impact of the Steam Deck on Linux is massive. We'll go into details and then share our long-term review of the Deck. Special Guests: Alex Kretzschmar and Producer Jeff. Jupiter Broadcasting, Linux Podcast, Linux Unplugged, Valve, Steam, Steam Deck, SteamOS, Arch, Arch Linux, Collabora, WINE, Proton, Vulkan, mesa, OpenGL, gaming on Linux, Linux gaming, gaming, game console, Plasma Desktop, Flatpak, XDG Portals, AMD, Alberto Garcia, Igalia, Open Source, upstream development, FOSS, Steam Deck review, docking station, USB-C, GTA, FPS, battery life, convergence, Ori and the Blind Forest, Stray, Dead Space, Thinkpad, Matrix bridge, iMessage, Nextcloud, NixOS, garage PC, Alpine Linux, LFNW, EmuDeck, RetroDECK, emulators, Even if you don't game, the data is in, and the impact of the Steam Deck on Linux is massive. We'll go into details and then share our long-term review of the Deck.

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]]> 467: All Hands on Deck https://linuxunplugged.com/467 af6e3748-2872-4ce3-a9de-f50391641410 Sun, 17 Jul 2022 19:15:00 -0700 Jupiter Broadcasting full Jupiter Broadcasting We try and bust a common Linux distro myth. Then what surprised Chris about his new Steam Deck. 1:21:27 no We try and bust a common Linux distro myth. Then what surprised Chris about his new Steam Deck. Jupiter Broadcasting, Linux Podcast, Linux Unplugged, tech pants, Microsoft, Neon, KDE, BIOS, UEFI, partitioning, filesystem, NVIDIA, graphics card, non-free drivers, Ubuntu, GRUB, Steam Deck, Valve, Linux gaming, desktop Linux, touchscreen, proton, X11, virtual keyboard, pacman, Arch, read-only filesystem, battery life, python, REPL, Furtherance, Rust, Flatpak, nebula, Manjaro, v4l2loopback, droidcam, boostcli, 80HD, Larix Broadcaster We try and bust a common Linux distro myth. Then what surprised Chris about his new Steam Deck.

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]]> 462: One Cosmic Collaboration https://linuxunplugged.com/462 892651fd-f524-4f6c-ae3f-ef21c671364b Sun, 12 Jun 2022 17:00:00 -0700 Jupiter Broadcasting full Jupiter Broadcasting 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. 1:05:02 no 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. Jupiter Broadcasting, Linux Podcast, Linux Unplugged, Linux Laptop, HP Dev One, System76, Pop!_OS, repairability, right to repair, hardware, AMD, linux gaming, 1080p, auto-tiling, tiling window manager, Pop!_Shop, Flatpak, Linux desktop, Ryzen 7, battery life, firmware, lvfs, fwupd, Launch keyboard, HP 935 Creator Wireless Mouse, OpenSUSE, Tumbleweed, Nix, NixOS, Podverse, GPL, FOSS, 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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]]> 456: Our Linux Regrets https://linuxunplugged.com/456 8024cca4-84f6-467a-89e9-e30d184b6e21 Sun, 01 May 2022 18:30:00 -0700 Jupiter Broadcasting full Jupiter Broadcasting If we could change just one mistake in our Linux journey, what would it be? 1:04:37 no If we could change just one mistake in our Linux journey, what would it be? Open a channel to our node: 037d284d2d7e6cec7623 (https://amboss.space/node/037d284d2d7e6cec7623adbe600450a73b42fb90800989f05a862464b05408df39) Jupiter Broadcasting, Linux Podcast, Linux Unplugged, Canonical, Ubuntu, Snapcraft, snaps, snap packages, packaging, Steam, Valve, linux gaming, gaming on linux, containers, sandbox, snapd, apparmor, Linux App Summit, LAS, SteamOS 3.0, Arch, Pop!_OS, WINE, Bottles, Proton, Lutris, IaC, Linux Time Machine, admin, sysadmin, Gentoo, Linux Desktop, Nix, NixOS, ARM, Mozilla, Firefox, PREEMPT_RT, realtime, Android, Emacs, Lady Jupes, Office Hours, If we could change just one mistake in our Linux journey, what would it be?

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]]> 442: Liberty Leaks and Lies https://linuxunplugged.com/442 164f021e-51b1-40b4-8662-eeb01dc6a3ad Sun, 23 Jan 2022 18:15:00 -0800 Jupiter Broadcasting full Jupiter Broadcasting SUSE had an awkward week; we breakdown the very mixed launch of SUSE Liberty Linux. 41:05 no SUSE had an awkward week; we breakdown the very mixed launch of SUSE Liberty Linux. Plus, we've cracked what's driving Linux Distribution adoption these days. Jupiter Broadcasting, Linux Podcast, Linux Unplugged, Flathub, GNOME, Flatpak, app stores, open-source sustainability, Linux desktop, SUSE Liberty, RHEL, CentOS, Enterprise Linux, Alma, Rocky, support, Linux Mint 20.3 Una, Cinnamon, Ubuntu, Canonical, Debian, LMDE, snapshots, Timeshift, ZFS, edge iso, mainline, 5.16, 5.13, 5.4, gaming on Linux, Linux gaming, ssh, OpenSSH, sysadmin, ssh-tools, SUSE had an awkward week; we breakdown the very mixed launch of SUSE Liberty Linux.

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]]> 436: Hop on Pop https://linuxunplugged.com/436 a5dce989-afd4-4121-aaed-993a66432c45 Tue, 14 Dec 2021 19:45:00 -0800 Jupiter Broadcasting full Jupiter Broadcasting We each try out the new Pop_OS! and Carl Richell from System76 joins us to get into the details. 1:05:42 no We each try out the new Pop_OS! and Carl Richell from System76 joins us to get into the details. Plus why we feel Pop might be the new Ubuntu. Special Guest: Carl Richell. Jupiter Broadcasting, Linux Podcast, Linux Unplugged, Carl Richell, System76, Pop!_OS, Amazon, DXVK, Mesa, Proton, Linux gaming, Application Menu, Ubuntu 21.10, GNOME 40, GTK, Ventoy, recovery, Refresh OS, Flatpak, Flathub, Pop! Shop, tiling window manager, auto tiling, launcher, workspaces, systemd-boot, Raycast, Raspberry Pi 400, Slackware, neko, docker, WebRTC, watch together, live streaming, We each try out the new Pop_OS! and Carl Richell from System76 joins us to get into the details.

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  • Amazon Is Hiring DXVK, Mesa & Proton Linux Developers For Luna Cloud Gaming - Phoronix — As part of the work on Amazon's Luna cloud gaming service, the company has put out job openings of great match to our audience... An Amazon engineer did confirm that this indeed is for genuine Linux gaming engineers.
  • New Server Christening Get Together — Lets get together, share some foods, and power up the new Jupiter Broadcasting local server. Then stick around and listen in to a live recording of LINUX Unplugged from the studio.
  • System76 Blog — Pop!_OS 21.10 has landed!
  • Pop!_OS 21.10 Introduces Mini Application Menu
  • Jeremy Soller on Twitter — Pop switched the build system and repositories away from http://launchpad.net to our own system http://apt.pop-os.org/release for 21.10 in order to improve our control of package updates and reduce the time to build, test, and release them. It is not related to changing bases.
  • Linode Security Digest December 12-19, 2021
  • Pop!_OS Auto Tiling Tutorial
  • Recovery Partition - System76 Support — The Recovery Partition is a full copy of the Pop!_OS installation disk. It can be used exactly the same as if a live disk copy of Pop!_OS was booted from a USB drive.
  • Add Recovery To Your Pop!_OS — If you like me, fellow reader, you may be using a more custom partition setup. Unfortunately, anything other than the default clean install on Pop!_OS means you do not get the automatically generated recovery partition of goodness. Here's a small guide over how to get the setup on an already existing install.
  • casper — A hook for initramfs-tools to boot live systems.
  • pop-os/launcher — Modular IPC-based desktop launcher service.
  • Raycast — Raycast is a blazingly fast, totally extendable launcher. It lets you complete tasks, calculate, share common links, and much more.
  • Pick: n.eko — A self hosted virtual browser that runs in docker and uses WebRTC.
  • Ventoy — With ventoy, you don't need to format the disk over and over, you just need to copy the ISO/WIM/IMG/VHD(x)/EFI files to the USB drive and boot them directly.
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  • New Server Christening Get Together — Lets get together, share some foods, and power up the new Jupiter Broadcasting local server. Then stick around and listen in to a live recording of LINUX Unplugged from the studio.
  • System76 Blog — Pop!_OS 21.10 has landed!
  • Pop!_OS 21.10 Introduces Mini Application Menu
  • Jeremy Soller on Twitter — Pop switched the build system and repositories away from http://launchpad.net to our own system http://apt.pop-os.org/release for 21.10 in order to improve our control of package updates and reduce the time to build, test, and release them. It is not related to changing bases.
  • Linode Security Digest December 12-19, 2021
  • Pop!_OS Auto Tiling Tutorial
  • Recovery Partition - System76 Support — The Recovery Partition is a full copy of the Pop!_OS installation disk. It can be used exactly the same as if a live disk copy of Pop!_OS was booted from a USB drive.
  • Add Recovery To Your Pop!_OS — If you like me, fellow reader, you may be using a more custom partition setup. Unfortunately, anything other than the default clean install on Pop!_OS means you do not get the automatically generated recovery partition of goodness. Here's a small guide over how to get the setup on an already existing install.
  • casper — A hook for initramfs-tools to boot live systems.
  • pop-os/launcher — Modular IPC-based desktop launcher service.
  • Raycast — Raycast is a blazingly fast, totally extendable launcher. It lets you complete tasks, calculate, share common links, and much more.
  • Pick: n.eko — A self hosted virtual browser that runs in docker and uses WebRTC.
  • Ventoy — With ventoy, you don't need to format the disk over and over, you just need to copy the ISO/WIM/IMG/VHD(x)/EFI files to the USB drive and boot them directly.
]]> 423: What Makes a Linux User? https://linuxunplugged.com/423 de79a78a-d0fa-48d8-908d-253d0e7916a1 Tue, 14 Sep 2021 17:30:00 -0700 Jupiter Broadcasting full Jupiter Broadcasting Why it might be time to re-think who is and who is not a Linux user, plus we do a reality check on the state of Linux phones. 40:10 no Why it might be time to re-think who is and who is not a Linux user, plus we do a reality check on the state of Linux phones. Special Guest: Brent Gervais. Jupiter Broadcasting, Linux Podcast, Linux Unplugged, Solaris, Purism, Librem 5, iPhone 13, Apple, Google, Android, Mobile, security, iOS, MAC, sandboxing, apps, exploit, USB, baseband, modem, ARM, firmware updates, firmware, Steam Deck, Valve, Linux gaming, GamingOnLinux, Garry Newman, Facepunch, Easy Anti-Cheat, Rust, Xbox, Phil Spencer, Halo, Age of Empires, Terraria, Re-Logic, Proton, CodeWeavers, Ubuntu Podcast, What Makes a Linux User, free software, FOSS, libre, open-source, OSI, M1, WSL, Microsoft, Flatpak, Flathub, Snap, Flatseal, permissions, Linux on Mobile, Linux phones, PinePhone, Why it might be time to re-think who is and who is not a Linux user, plus we do a reality check on the state of Linux phones.

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  • Email from Purism — As previously announced, we will be increasing prices for all new orders of the Librem 5 in stages (the phone will be priced at $1199 from all orders received on or after Nov 1st, 2021 and we expect this price to go upward to $1299 in March 2022) as component prices change and as we deliver greater quantities of product.
  • Linux Phones | Madaidan’s Insecurities — Linux phones lack any significant security model and the points from the Linux article apply to Linux phones fully. There is not yet a single Linux phone with a sane security model.
  • Linux kernel needs more phones and tablets, says developer — "Especially for guys even running upstream kernel on RPI CM4 like me, more ARM devices with upstream kernel support will just be more happiness. Not to mention this also means super long time support, way longer than the lifespan of those devices."
  • Steam Deck dev-kits are on the move Valve say, as some already have it — "All packaged up and ready for devs! This is one of the limited batches of Steam Deck dev-kits heading out today for partners to test their games."
  • POKE 756,224 on Twitter — @ChrisLAS I admire your quest to get Linux running on your Thinkpad with the same battery life and perf you get on Windows. I've gotta admit, I've given up and just run Windows on mine, and the ugly truth is that Windows 11 is, for my needs anyway, really nice!
  • Pick: Flatseal — Flatseal is a graphical utility to review and modify permissions from your Flatpak applications.
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  • Email from Purism — As previously announced, we will be increasing prices for all new orders of the Librem 5 in stages (the phone will be priced at $1199 from all orders received on or after Nov 1st, 2021 and we expect this price to go upward to $1299 in March 2022) as component prices change and as we deliver greater quantities of product.
  • Linux Phones | Madaidan’s Insecurities — Linux phones lack any significant security model and the points from the Linux article apply to Linux phones fully. There is not yet a single Linux phone with a sane security model.
  • Linux kernel needs more phones and tablets, says developer — "Especially for guys even running upstream kernel on RPI CM4 like me, more ARM devices with upstream kernel support will just be more happiness. Not to mention this also means super long time support, way longer than the lifespan of those devices."
  • Steam Deck dev-kits are on the move Valve say, as some already have it — "All packaged up and ready for devs! This is one of the limited batches of Steam Deck dev-kits heading out today for partners to test their games."
  • POKE 756,224 on Twitter — @ChrisLAS I admire your quest to get Linux running on your Thinkpad with the same battery life and perf you get on Windows. I've gotta admit, I've given up and just run Windows on mine, and the ugly truth is that Windows 11 is, for my needs anyway, really nice!
  • Pick: Flatseal — Flatseal is a graphical utility to review and modify permissions from your Flatpak applications.
]]> 416: Server Meltdown https://linuxunplugged.com/416 d8160733-ba40-49e7-8f5a-abd14fdf6186 Tue, 27 Jul 2021 18:00:00 -0700 Jupiter Broadcasting full Jupiter Broadcasting We try to pull off a show while recovering from an epic server crash. Then we build the ultimate remote Linux desktop—in the cloud! 52:27 no We try to pull off a show while recovering from an epic server crash. Then we build the ultimate remote Linux desktop—in the cloud! Jupiter Broadcasting, Linux Podcast, Linux Unplugged, Starlink, SpaceX, OneWeb, Satellite internet, Framework Laptop, Right to Repair, Linux laptop, fingerprint reader, hardware, battery life, FreeBSD, helloSystem, Electron, Valve, Proton, Pierre-Loup Griffais, Steam, Wine, gamescope, SteamOS, Arch, steamcompmgr, Vulkan, XWayland, Wayland, Fedora, Linux Gaming, Linux Graphics, Matrix, Element, Skype, Protocol Labs, Metaplanet, decrentalized communication, IPFS, Dendrite, Synapse, Webtop, RDP, Alpine, Ubuntu, Docker, containers, Guacamole, OBS, remote desktop, LinuxServer.io, JingOS, JingPad A1, docker-wine, winetricks, Windows, xvfb, We try to pull off a show while recovering from an epic server crash. Then we build the ultimate remote Linux desktop—in the cloud!

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]]> 415: Something Sinister Below Deck https://linuxunplugged.com/415 bebb256e-0d59-4035-9364-f1fcc7017e92 Tue, 20 Jul 2021 19:00:00 -0700 Jupiter Broadcasting full Jupiter Broadcasting Could the Steam Deck mean fewer native Linux games? We chat with prolific game developer Ethan Lee and get his perspective on the negative impacts of the Deck. 1:12:45 no Could the Steam Deck mean fewer native Linux games? We chat with prolific game developer Ethan Lee and get his perspective on the negative impacts of the Deck. Plus, our thoughts on how Valve might successfully ship Arch to consumers, a batch of feedback, and more. Special Guest: Ethan Lee. Jupiter Broadcasting, Linux Podcast, Linux Unplugged, Linux Gaming, Proton, Steam, Ethan Lee, Valve, Steam Deck, DirectX, Wine, Vulkan, Windows, gaming, game development, Arch Linux, Desktop Linux, CBL-Mariner, Microsoft, Azure, Kubernetes, IoT, Linux 5.10, WSLg, WSL, Wayland, RDP, PulseAudio, pacman, wireshark, tshark, networking, Rust, HTTP, HTTP2, PostgreSQL, RustScan, nmap, port scanning, containers, docker, VPN, CentOS, AlmaLinux, Rocky Linux, RHEL, Hotwire Could the Steam Deck mean fewer native Linux games? We chat with prolific game developer Ethan Lee and get his perspective on the negative impacts of the Deck.

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]]> 405: Distro in the Rough https://linuxunplugged.com/405 fceb1b86-5a96-4d28-bf11-76af94e51c93 Tue, 11 May 2021 18:45:00 -0700 Jupiter Broadcasting full Jupiter Broadcasting We’re taking a look at an underdog distro. We may have found a diamond in the rough with a few tricks up its filesystem. 57:12 no We’re taking a look at an underdog distro. We may have found a diamond in the rough with a few tricks up its filesystem. Plus our review of the ODROID-Go Super an Ubuntu-powered handheld, and our tools for laptop battery health. Jupiter Broadcasting, Linux Podcast, Sensory, AI, voice assistant, privacy, ODROID-GO Super, ARM, EmulationStation, retro gaming, emulators, ROMs, Nintendo Switch, video games, Linux gaming, mobile gaming, Rockchip, Mali, Ubuntu 18.04, SegaCD, SMB, Samba, SSH, Nitrux, Uri Herrera, KDE, NEON, Debian, Linux 5.10, MauiKit, Maui, Kirigami, Qt, Plasma, NX Desktop, NX Firewall, independent distro, DistroWatch, AppImage, AppImageHub, design, theme, OpenRC, Station, Index, desktop applications, Linux apps, slexy, Pastebin, gist, Privatebin, selfhosting, self-hosted, CryptPad, PIEBIN, Pre-Internet Encryption for Text, network engineering, Ansible, TLP, TLPUI, Fedora, Thinkpad, ASUS, Huawei, battery health, Lithium-ion battery, X1 Carbon, Lenovo, We’re taking a look at an underdog distro. We may have found a diamond in the rough with a few tricks up its filesystem.

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]]> 399: No PRs Please https://linuxunplugged.com/399 ec14e861-9ed9-44f3-babe-a891e4beff8e Tue, 30 Mar 2021 18:30:00 -0700 Jupiter Broadcasting full Jupiter Broadcasting Lutris developer Mathieu Comandon joins us to share his perspective on the uncomfortable issues facing Linux desktop developers. 1:10:04 no Lutris developer Mathieu Comandon joins us to share his perspective on the uncomfortable issues facing Linux desktop developers. Plus the tech behind Shells.com, community news, feedback, and more. Special Guests: Mathieu Comandon and Zlatan Todorić. Jupiter Broadcasting, Linux Podcast, Unplugged, 68k.news, RMS, Late Night Linux, Linux Action News, Neil McGovern, GNOME Foundation, GTK4, mutter, CentOS, CentOS Stream, Red Hat, CloudLinux, AlmaLinux OS, Ubuntu 21.04, Canonical, Shells.com, PIA, Purism, Zlatan Todoric, Private Internet Access, bare metal, security, SPICE, remote workstation, cloud shell, VNC, RDP, Lutris, Linux gaming, Proton, Steam, Linux Desktop, native development, GTK, Qt, Python, Electron, Flutter, elementary OS, Vala, C, software development, solo dev, common goal, SDK, Windows, mac OS, Apple, Microsoft, community, open source, burnout, Fedora, Cockpit, GUI, server, sysadmin, COVID, Python, Matrix, community, Lutris developer Mathieu Comandon joins us to share his perspective on the uncomfortable issues facing Linux desktop developers.

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]]> Lutris developer Mathieu Comandon joins us to share his perspective on the uncomfortable issues facing Linux desktop developers.

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]]> 397: Linux Desktop Levels Up https://linuxunplugged.com/397 ba236ffd-7f5a-4bb7-a488-28fb03a9392e Tue, 16 Mar 2021 18:00:00 -0700 Jupiter Broadcasting full Jupiter Broadcasting We break down the next-level features coming to a Linux near you in just a few weeks. 52:13 no We break down the next-level features coming to a Linux near you in just a few weeks. Jupiter Broadcasting, Linux Podcast, Unplugged, Rust, WebAssembly, wasm, virtualization, x86, JavaScript, Plan 9, Windows 3.1, Windows 98, Linux desktop, Jack Wallen, GNOME, KDE, Plasma, Fedora 34, Red Hat, Christian Schaller, Wim Taymans, Pipewire, PulseAudio, audio routing, Wayland, X11, Xorg, threading, libhandy, Mutter, Epiphany, virtual monitors, XWayland, Firefox 86, JACK, kmon, Linux kernel, ebpf, ebpfsnitch, OpenSnitch, Little Snitch, mac OS, Steam Big Picture, linux gaming, docker, containers, security, podman, We break down the next-level features coming to a Linux near you in just a few weeks.

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]]> 392: Dad's Deployments https://linuxunplugged.com/392 5676acb9-1d6b-46ed-a83e-92854dd61dac Tue, 09 Feb 2021 18:30:00 -0800 Jupiter Broadcasting full Jupiter Broadcasting Which distro is best for friends and family? We have a unique take on this common question. 1:06:32 no Which distro is best for friends and family? We have a unique take on this common question. Plus new insights into the future of CentOS, and Chris falls in love with a 14-inch screamer. Special Guest: Carl George. Jupiter Broadcasting, Linux Podcast, Unplugged, LTS, FOSDEM, CentOS, RedHat, CentOS Stream, Pat Riehecky, Brian Exelbierd, Rolling Release, Rocky Linux, AlmaLinux, Fedora, Thunderbird, email, Enigmail, PGP, GPG, Ubuntu, Canonical, snap packages, Arch, Manjaro, EndeavourOS, tech support, ASUS Zephyrus G14, Ryzen, 14 Inch screamer, snap-pac-grub, btrfs, snapshots, backups, Mailspring, Mailsync, desktop email, Linux email, electron, Browser Sync, xBrowserSync, EverSync, Wayland, Xorg, X11, linux gaming, ht, HTTPie, Rust, fddf, bottom, btm, top, Which distro is best for friends and family? We have a unique take on this common question.

Plus new insights into the future of CentOS, and Chris falls in love with a 14-inch screamer.

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Plus new insights into the future of CentOS, and Chris falls in love with a 14-inch screamer.

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]]> 387: Tumbling Into the New Year! https://linuxunplugged.com/387 bd535c48-6ffa-4aac-95e1-28a13ad51285 Tue, 05 Jan 2021 19:30:00 -0800 Jupiter Broadcasting full Jupiter Broadcasting We have some strong opinions about the state of openSUSE Tumbleweed. We've secretly been running it for the past week, and share our experience. 1:20:11 no We have some strong opinions about the state of openSUSE Tumbleweed. We've secretly been running it for the past week, and share our experience. Plus Microsoft's path to dominating the Linux desktop becomes clear. Jupiter Broadcasting, Linux Podcast, Unplugged, bucklespring, IBM Model M, mechanical keyboards, Valve, Steam, Linux Gaming, Linus Torvalds, ECC, Intel, Microsoft, Project Monarch, Outlook, Electron, email, Mailspring, FOSDEM, Matrix, KDE, Plasma, Plasma System Monitor, openSUSE, Tumbleweed, YaST, Nvidia, Zypper, flatpak, Grub, btrfs, snapshots, todoist, todo apps, Planner, elementary OS, Tuxies, GNOME 40, We have some strong opinions about the state of openSUSE Tumbleweed. We've secretly been running it for the past week, and share our experience.

Plus Microsoft's path to dominating the Linux desktop becomes clear.

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Plus Microsoft's path to dominating the Linux desktop becomes clear.

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]]> 380: No Sur, No Thank You https://linuxunplugged.com/380 435b2256-d7b4-4521-8a3d-93e853fa0b72 Tue, 17 Nov 2020 12:00:00 -0800 Jupiter Broadcasting full Jupiter Broadcasting We review the Dell Precision 5750, a born and bred MacBook killer that runs Linux. 1:10:52 no We review the Dell Precision 5750, a born and bred MacBook killer that runs Linux. Plus a nasty reminder of how closely Apple monitors its users, and their fatal flaw that we think is outrageous. Jupiter Broadcasting, Linux Podcast, Unplugged, Dell Precision 5750 Review, Ubuntu, Linux, GateKeeper, Online Certificate Status Protocol, OCSP, Linux App Summit 2020, macOS Big Sur, AI Benchmark, Seagl, Yacht, containers, docker, Lutris, Linux gaming, We review the Dell Precision 5750, a born and bred MacBook killer that runs Linux.

Plus a nasty reminder of how closely Apple monitors its users, and their fatal flaw that we think is outrageous.

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Plus a nasty reminder of how closely Apple monitors its users, and their fatal flaw that we think is outrageous.

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]]> 375: Wrong About Pop! https://linuxunplugged.com/375 cb29be0a-19c5-4e00-99d6-23ef7fa1d21e Wed, 14 Oct 2020 00:30:00 -0700 Jupiter Broadcasting full Jupiter Broadcasting 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. 1:05:45 no 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. Plus our thoughts on the new Plasma release, a super handy pick, and more. Chapters: 0:00 Pre-Show 0:44 Intro 0:50 SPONSOR: A Cloud Guru 2:39 Plasma 5.20 7:50 Kernel 5.9 8:05 VMware Flirts with Arm 15:28 SPONSOR: Linode 18:54 Big News for Nebula 22:10 Code-Shaming the Kernel 27:40 Housekeeping 29:31 Pop!OS Exit Interview 31:44 Pop!OS Full-Time Staff 34:49 Pop!OS: The Last Ten Percent 37:46 Pop!OS: A Very Unique Distribution 43:13 Pop!OS: Driving Hardware Sales 47:40 Pop!OS: Strengthening the System76 Brand 49:51 Manjaro Arm 20.10 Released 50:48 SPONSOR: A Cloud Guru 51:48 Feedback: TLP Magic 53:23 Feedback: Chromebooks and Education 56:16 Pick: Autotier 59:09 Pick: Antennapod 2.0.1 1:00:30 SPONSOR: Core Contributors 1:01:10 Outro 1:03:18 Post-Show Special Guest: Neal Gompa. Jupiter Broadcasting, Linux Podcast, Unplugged, KDE Plasma 5.20, Task Manager, Wayland, Notifications, Linux 5.9, NFS, extended attributes, Arm, Raspberry Pi, ESXi, ESXi-Arm, VMware Flings, vSphere, virtualization, Slack, Nebula, Ryan Huber, VPN, networking, Defined Networking, AMD Radeon, AMDGPU, graphics drivers, code quality, GPU, open source, free software, System76, Pop!_OS, Pop Shop, Pop Shell, System76 Keyboard, Steam, Ubuntu, Canonical, Fedora, Dell Precision, Linux gaming, auto tiling, tiling window manager, GNOME Shell, TLP, powertop, power management, WiFi, Chromebooks, Google, education, linux for kids, Manjaro ARM 20.10, storage, autotier, SSD, NVMe, FUSE, AntennaPod, podcasting apps 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.

Plus our thoughts on the new Plasma release, a super handy pick, and more.

Chapters:
0:00 Pre-Show
0:44 Intro
0:50 SPONSOR: A Cloud Guru
2:39 Plasma 5.20
7:50 Kernel 5.9
8:05 VMware Flirts with Arm
15:28 SPONSOR: Linode
18:54 Big News for Nebula
22:10 Code-Shaming the Kernel
27:40 Housekeeping
29:31 Pop!_OS Exit Interview
31:44 Pop!_OS Full-Time Staff
34:49 Pop!_OS: The Last Ten Percent
37:46 Pop!_OS: A Very Unique Distribution
43:13 Pop!_OS: Driving Hardware Sales
47:40 Pop!_OS: Strengthening the System76 Brand
49:51 Manjaro Arm 20.10 Released
50:48 SPONSOR: A Cloud Guru
51:48 Feedback: TLP Magic
53:23 Feedback: Chromebooks and Education
56:16 Pick: Autotier
59:09 Pick: Antennapod 2.0.1
1:00:30 SPONSOR: Core Contributors
1:01:10 Outro
1:03:18 Post-Show

Special Guest: Neal Gompa.

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]]> 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.

Plus our thoughts on the new Plasma release, a super handy pick, and more.

Chapters:
0:00 Pre-Show
0:44 Intro
0:50 SPONSOR: A Cloud Guru
2:39 Plasma 5.20
7:50 Kernel 5.9
8:05 VMware Flirts with Arm
15:28 SPONSOR: Linode
18:54 Big News for Nebula
22:10 Code-Shaming the Kernel
27:40 Housekeeping
29:31 Pop!_OS Exit Interview
31:44 Pop!_OS Full-Time Staff
34:49 Pop!_OS: The Last Ten Percent
37:46 Pop!_OS: A Very Unique Distribution
43:13 Pop!_OS: Driving Hardware Sales
47:40 Pop!_OS: Strengthening the System76 Brand
49:51 Manjaro Arm 20.10 Released
50:48 SPONSOR: A Cloud Guru
51:48 Feedback: TLP Magic
53:23 Feedback: Chromebooks and Education
56:16 Pick: Autotier
59:09 Pick: Antennapod 2.0.1
1:00:30 SPONSOR: Core Contributors
1:01:10 Outro
1:03:18 Post-Show

Special Guest: Neal Gompa.

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]]> 349: Arm: A New Hope https://linuxunplugged.com/349 1cc0836b-4a48-4e9f-8edf-c018625a56e6 Tue, 14 Apr 2020 20:15:00 -0700 Jupiter Broadcasting full Jupiter Broadcasting We build the server you never should, a tricked out Arm box, and push it to the limit with a telnet torture test. 52:55 no We build the server you never should, a tricked out Arm box, and push it to the limit with a telnet torture test. Plus what we're playing recently, community news, a handy self-hosted music pick, and more. Special Guests: Alan Pope and Brent Gervais. Linux speed run, rachelbythebay, Steam, Linux gaming, AMD, NVIDIA, DOOM Eternal, Batman: Arkham City, Risk of Rain 2, Raft, Proton, Valve, Wine, GitHub, git, GitLab, Nat Friedman, Ubuntu 20.04, WireGuard, ZFS, Zsys, Canonical, LupLUG, ROCKPro64, PINE64, Pine Microsystems, SBC, Manjaro ARM, Armbian, Beets, MusicBrainz, music management, Telnet, ASCII, Star Wars, Linux Podcast, Unplugged, A Cloud Guru, Jupiter Broadcasting We build the server you never should, a tricked out Arm box, and push it to the limit with a telnet torture test.

Plus what we're playing recently, community news, a handy self-hosted music pick, and more.

Special Guests: Alan Pope and Brent Gervais.

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Plus what we're playing recently, community news, a handy self-hosted music pick, and more.

Special Guests: Alan Pope and Brent Gervais.

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]]> 329: Flat Network Truthers https://linuxunplugged.com/329 eb1f8be9-bf60-48f6-9acc-2f8690ba2b7e Tue, 26 Nov 2019 18:30:00 -0800 Jupiter Broadcasting full Jupiter Broadcasting Build one flat network across cloud providers, personal networks, with even thousands of nodes. We feature two amazing open source solutions, and the creators behind them. 1:06:51 no Build one flat network across cloud providers, personal networks, with even thousands of nodes. We feature two amazing open source solutions, and the creators behind them. Plus community news, first impressions of Google Stadia, listener feedback, and some great picks. Special Guests: Alex Kretzschmar, Guus Sliepen, and Ryan Huber. Android, Linux, Mainline, WireGuard, VPN, Zinc, Crypto, cryptography, Linux 5.5, Google, System76, ThinkPad, Overlay Network, networking, Virtual Private Network, Tinc, Nebula, Slack, Stadia, linux gaming, Jupiter Extras, Ryan Huber, Guus Sliepen, Linux Podcast, Unplugged, Jupiter Broadcasting, Flat Network, fzf, fish shell, profile-sync-daemon, wee-slack, girens, Plex, GTK, native apps, KDE, Plasma, Manjaro, Arch linux, Build one flat network across cloud providers, personal networks, with even thousands of nodes. We feature two amazing open source solutions, and the creators behind them.

Plus community news, first impressions of Google Stadia, listener feedback, and some great picks.

Special Guests: Alex Kretzschmar, Guus Sliepen, and Ryan Huber.

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]]> Build one flat network across cloud providers, personal networks, with even thousands of nodes. We feature two amazing open source solutions, and the creators behind them.

Plus community news, first impressions of Google Stadia, listener feedback, and some great picks.

Special Guests: Alex Kretzschmar, Guus Sliepen, and Ryan Huber.

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]]> 324: RAMburglars https://linuxunplugged.com/324 e96ce739-bf0c-43bd-b917-36027601e9aa Tue, 22 Oct 2019 20:15:00 -0700 Jupiter Broadcasting full Jupiter Broadcasting 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. 58:56 yes 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. Plus we take a look at Pop!_OS 19.10, complete our Ubuntu 19.10 review, cover community news, and lots more. Special Guest: Alex Kretzschmar. Unix, Fedora, Matthew Miller, opensource.com, Don Watkins, Steam Remote Play Together, Linux gaming, GNOME, GNOME Foundation, shotwell, patent troll defense fund, 19.10, Ubuntu 19.10, Pop!_OS, MATE, ZFS, openZFS, ext4, benchmarks, filesystem, pi 4, raspberry pi 4, system76, thinkpad, thinkpad-tools, memory pressure, RAM, tensorman, tensorflow, ai, ml, Linux Podcast, Unplugged, Jupiter Broadcasting 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.

Plus we take a look at Pop!_OS 19.10, complete our Ubuntu 19.10 review, cover community news, and lots more.

Special Guest: Alex Kretzschmar.

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]]> 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.

Plus we take a look at Pop!_OS 19.10, complete our Ubuntu 19.10 review, cover community news, and lots more.

Special Guest: Alex Kretzschmar.

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]]> 304: Losing My Religion https://linuxunplugged.com/304 92919eec-6ec4-4643-bcaf-5e396d00cfe6 Tue, 04 Jun 2019 20:30:00 -0700 Jupiter Broadcasting full Jupiter Broadcasting Adopting a distro like it’s a religion is stupid. That’s one of many hard lessons we take away from Texas Linux Fest this week; we’ll share some of the best. 1:06:03 no Adopting a distro like it’s a religion is stupid. That’s one of many hard lessons we take away from Texas Linux Fest this week; we’ll share some of the best. Plus some old friends visit the show, reading eBooks on Linux, and a new Ryzen handheld. Special Guests: Alan Pope, Alex Kretzschmar, Brent Gervais, and Martin Wimpress. Deep fakes, ctrl alt face, deep learning, smach z, amd, ryzen, linux gaming, peertube, youtube, open source, free software, peer to peer, linux desktop, windows 7, desktop fragmentation, ubuntu, ubuntu mate, year of the linux desktop, desktop standards, texas linuxfest, txlf, bbq, ebooks, foliate, gtkwebkit, thomas cameron, Linux State of the Union, Linux Podcast, Linux Unplugged, Jupiter Broadcasting Adopting a distro like it’s a religion is stupid. That’s one of many hard lessons we take away from Texas Linux Fest this week; we’ll share some of the best.

Plus some old friends visit the show, reading eBooks on Linux, and a new Ryzen handheld.

Special Guests: Alan Pope, Alex Kretzschmar, Brent Gervais, and Martin Wimpress.

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  • Ctrl Shift Face - YouTube — Now, here’s another reminder that the tools to craft deepfakes are widely available for just about anyone with the right skills to use: the manipulated videos posted on YouTuber Ctrl Shift Face are particularly creepy.
  • The Smach Z AMD+Linux Gaming Handheld Might Actually Ship This Year - Phoronix — Smach Z is expected to make its formal debut next week at the E3 gaming conference next week. The Smach Z in its current form is using an AMD Ryzen Embedded V1605B SoC with Vega graphics and still appears to be running Linux. The base model has 4GB of RAM and 64GB of storage for $629~699 USD but goes up to around $989~1099 for 16GB RAM / 256GB storage.
  • PeerTube Release v1.3.0 — Be part of a network of multiple small federated, interoperable video hosting providers. Follow video creators and create videos. No vendor lock-in. All on a platform that is community-owned and ad-free.
  • Phoronix Turns 15 Years Old Next Week So Here's Something Special — The 5th of June marks 15 years since the start of Phoronix.com and 11 years since the Phoronix Test Suite 1.0 release, so let's celebrate!
  • Jim Kopps on Twitter — I would be interested in @ChrisLAS and the Jupiter crew's opinion of this. For the record, it has been my opinion since the first "year of the Linux desktop" what seems like fifty years ago: "The current situation with dozens of distributions, each with different rules, each with different versions of different libraries, some with certain libraries missing, each with different packaging tools and packaging formats ... that basically tells app developers "go away, focus on platforms that care about applications."
  • The Linux desktop's last, best shot | ZDNet — Sure, Linux will continue to dominate the end-user experience, thanks largely to Android and Chrome OS, but the traditional desktop? I fear only Linux power users, developers, and engineers will continue to be its users.
  • FOSS Talk Live 2019 — FOSS Talk Live is back for 2019! It is happening on the 8th June at The Harrison near King's Cross in London.
  • The Friday Stream Episode 5: Junk Yard Sale — Chris and Brent are back from their buddies trip to Portland and share a few stories, but the big surprise comes when Chris’ wife joins to share big life-changing news.
  • Redesigned Hands-On Labs Interface & 2 New Courses – Linux Academy Weekly Update — After returning from the holiday weekend, we are ready to show off the new Hands-On Labs interface along with a ton of new hands-on labs and two new courses.
  • UnOfficial Hacker Family Dinner - Bsides San Antonio | Meetup — Join us for a meet and greet with fellow Bsides San Antonio attendees. There will be good food, good friends, and we hope some good conversation.
  • Back to the Basics: Linux Permissions 101 | Meetup — Join Alex Juarez (Rackspace) and Ell Marquez for an introduction to Linux permissions! Whether you are brand new or have been doing Linux for a while or even professionally there will be something for you.
  • New Mobile Video Player Experience and Fire TV — A new video player and all the new features that come with it. While they’re not ready for release yet, I’m happy to be able to share more details about all of the exciting work going on!
  • LINUX Unplugged Article - Texas Linuxfest 2019 — Our journey to Texas Linuxfest (TXLF) began Friday afternoon with a five-hour drive from the Texas coast north to the hill country. The plan was to rendezvous at Hard Eights BBQ from 6:30 to 8:00. Since we had to make a five-hour journey it had us arriving a little later to the meetup. As soon as we pulled into the parking lot that smell of slow-smoked Texas BBQ slapped me right in the face, and I knew I had arrived; Google did not even have to tell me.
  • Thomas Cameron on Twitter — Cloud dude. Linux advocate. Open Source evangelist. Amazonian.
  • Foliate — A simple and modern eBook viewer
  • TXLF19 Keynote: Linux State of the Union - YouTube
]]> Adopting a distro like it’s a religion is stupid. That’s one of many hard lessons we take away from Texas Linux Fest this week; we’ll share some of the best.

Plus some old friends visit the show, reading eBooks on Linux, and a new Ryzen handheld.

Special Guests: Alan Pope, Alex Kretzschmar, Brent Gervais, and Martin Wimpress.

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  • Ctrl Shift Face - YouTube — Now, here’s another reminder that the tools to craft deepfakes are widely available for just about anyone with the right skills to use: the manipulated videos posted on YouTuber Ctrl Shift Face are particularly creepy.
  • The Smach Z AMD+Linux Gaming Handheld Might Actually Ship This Year - Phoronix — Smach Z is expected to make its formal debut next week at the E3 gaming conference next week. The Smach Z in its current form is using an AMD Ryzen Embedded V1605B SoC with Vega graphics and still appears to be running Linux. The base model has 4GB of RAM and 64GB of storage for $629~699 USD but goes up to around $989~1099 for 16GB RAM / 256GB storage.
  • PeerTube Release v1.3.0 — Be part of a network of multiple small federated, interoperable video hosting providers. Follow video creators and create videos. No vendor lock-in. All on a platform that is community-owned and ad-free.
  • Phoronix Turns 15 Years Old Next Week So Here's Something Special — The 5th of June marks 15 years since the start of Phoronix.com and 11 years since the Phoronix Test Suite 1.0 release, so let's celebrate!
  • Jim Kopps on Twitter — I would be interested in @ChrisLAS and the Jupiter crew's opinion of this. For the record, it has been my opinion since the first "year of the Linux desktop" what seems like fifty years ago: "The current situation with dozens of distributions, each with different rules, each with different versions of different libraries, some with certain libraries missing, each with different packaging tools and packaging formats ... that basically tells app developers "go away, focus on platforms that care about applications."
  • The Linux desktop's last, best shot | ZDNet — Sure, Linux will continue to dominate the end-user experience, thanks largely to Android and Chrome OS, but the traditional desktop? I fear only Linux power users, developers, and engineers will continue to be its users.
  • FOSS Talk Live 2019 — FOSS Talk Live is back for 2019! It is happening on the 8th June at The Harrison near King's Cross in London.
  • The Friday Stream Episode 5: Junk Yard Sale — Chris and Brent are back from their buddies trip to Portland and share a few stories, but the big surprise comes when Chris’ wife joins to share big life-changing news.
  • Redesigned Hands-On Labs Interface & 2 New Courses – Linux Academy Weekly Update — After returning from the holiday weekend, we are ready to show off the new Hands-On Labs interface along with a ton of new hands-on labs and two new courses.
  • UnOfficial Hacker Family Dinner - Bsides San Antonio | Meetup — Join us for a meet and greet with fellow Bsides San Antonio attendees. There will be good food, good friends, and we hope some good conversation.
  • Back to the Basics: Linux Permissions 101 | Meetup — Join Alex Juarez (Rackspace) and Ell Marquez for an introduction to Linux permissions! Whether you are brand new or have been doing Linux for a while or even professionally there will be something for you.
  • New Mobile Video Player Experience and Fire TV — A new video player and all the new features that come with it. While they’re not ready for release yet, I’m happy to be able to share more details about all of the exciting work going on!
  • LINUX Unplugged Article - Texas Linuxfest 2019 — Our journey to Texas Linuxfest (TXLF) began Friday afternoon with a five-hour drive from the Texas coast north to the hill country. The plan was to rendezvous at Hard Eights BBQ from 6:30 to 8:00. Since we had to make a five-hour journey it had us arriving a little later to the meetup. As soon as we pulled into the parking lot that smell of slow-smoked Texas BBQ slapped me right in the face, and I knew I had arrived; Google did not even have to tell me.
  • Thomas Cameron on Twitter — Cloud dude. Linux advocate. Open Source evangelist. Amazonian.
  • Foliate — A simple and modern eBook viewer
  • TXLF19 Keynote: Linux State of the Union - YouTube
]]> 296: Defining Desktop Linux https://linuxunplugged.com/296 b2af4b67-96a9-43c8-a8d9-5d7b6cf1dcc9 Tue, 09 Apr 2019 20:30:00 -0700 Jupiter Broadcasting full Jupiter Broadcasting The way we’ve been thinking about Desktop Linux is all wrong. We start by defining Desktop Linux, and where it might be going in the future. 1:07:00 no The way we’ve been thinking about Desktop Linux is all wrong. We start by defining Desktop Linux, and where it might be going in the future. Plus we throw a studio party for our new look, and the text editor that’s taking the crew by storm. Special Guests: Alan Pope, Ell Marquez, and Martin Wimpress. Git, Proton, Steam, Linux Gaming, Lutris, Visual Studio Code, VSCode, WLinux, WSL, Pengwin, Grace Hopper Celebration, rebranding, linux desktop, GPD Pocket, ArchiveBox, Ubuntu MATE, snapcraft, wkhtmltopdf, Linux Podcast, Unplugged, Jupiter Broadcasting The way we’ve been thinking about Desktop Linux is all wrong. We start by defining Desktop Linux, and where it might be going in the future.

Plus we throw a studio party for our new look, and the text editor that’s taking the crew by storm.

Special Guests: Alan Pope, Ell Marquez, and Martin Wimpress.

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]]> The way we’ve been thinking about Desktop Linux is all wrong. We start by defining Desktop Linux, and where it might be going in the future.

Plus we throw a studio party for our new look, and the text editor that’s taking the crew by storm.

Special Guests: Alan Pope, Ell Marquez, and Martin Wimpress.

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]]> Episode 269: Alternate Desktop Universe https://linuxunplugged.com/269 0a6483e4-9ce5-4925-918d-469832fd6a52 Tue, 02 Oct 2018 18:30:00 -0700 Jupiter Broadcasting full Jupiter Broadcasting What if desktop computing went a very different direction in the late 90s? Deeply multithreaded from the start, fast, intuitive, and extremely stable. This is the world of Haiku, and we go for a visit. 1:04:08 yes What if desktop computing went a very different direction in the late 90s? Deeply multithreaded from the start, fast, intuitive, and extremely stable. This is the world of Haiku, and we go for a visit. Plus the latest community news, true flicker freedom comes to Fedora, and our favorite tools for easy virtual machines on our laptops. Special Guests: Alex Kretzschmar and Brent Gervais. Thelio, Fedora, Flicker Free Boot, Fedora 29, Project Stream, Linux Gaming, Game Streaming, Halloween Documents, Microsoft, BeOS, Haiku, Thinkpad, T480, s-tui, Laptop Stress Test, Thermal Throttling, Kimchi, KVM, Virtual Machines, Virtual Machine Manager, LVFS, Firmware, Linux Podcast, Unplugged What if desktop computing went a very different direction in the late 90s? Deeply multithreaded from the start, fast, intuitive, and extremely stable. This is the world of Haiku, and we go for a visit.

Plus the latest community news, true flicker freedom comes to Fedora, and our favorite tools for easy virtual machines on our laptops.

Special Guests: Alex Kretzschmar and Brent Gervais.

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]]> What if desktop computing went a very different direction in the late 90s? Deeply multithreaded from the start, fast, intuitive, and extremely stable. This is the world of Haiku, and we go for a visit.

Plus the latest community news, true flicker freedom comes to Fedora, and our favorite tools for easy virtual machines on our laptops.

Special Guests: Alex Kretzschmar and Brent Gervais.

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