LINUX Unplugged

423: What Makes a Linux User?

September 14th, 2021  |  40 mins 10 secs

age of empires, android, apple, apps, arm, baseband, codeweavers, easy anti-cheat, exploit, facepunch, firmware, firmware updates, flathub, flatpak, flatseal, foss, free software, gamingonlinux, garry newman, google, halo, ios, iphone 13, jupiter broadcasting, libre, librem 5, linux gaming, linux on mobile, linux phones, linux podcast, linux unplugged, m1, mac, microsoft, mobile, modem, open-source, osi, permissions, phil spencer, pinephone, proton, purism, re-logic, rust, sandboxing, security, snap, solaris, steam deck, terraria, ubuntu podcast, usb, valve, what makes a linux user, wsl, xbox

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.

399: No PRs Please

March 30th, 2021  |  1 hr 10 mins

68k.news, almalinux os, apple, bare metal, burnout, c, canonical, centos, centos stream, cloud shell, cloudlinux, cockpit, common goal, community, covid, electron, elementary os, fedora, flutter, gnome foundation, gtk, gtk4, gui, jupiter broadcasting, late night linux, linux action news, linux desktop, linux gaming, linux podcast, lutris, mac os, matrix, microsoft, mutter, native development, neil mcgovern, open source, pia, private internet access, proton, purism, python, qt, rdp, red hat, remote workstation, rms, sdk, security, server, shells.com, software development, solo dev, spice, steam, sysadmin, ubuntu 21.04, unplugged, vala, vnc, windows, zlatan todoric

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

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.

330: 'Tis the SSHession

December 3rd, 2019  |  1 hr 3 mins

5.1, 6tunnel, adguard, backuppc, cassidy james blaede, elementary os, freedombox, gift giving, gifts, hass.io, hera, holiday gifts, homeassistant, ipv6, jellyfin, juno, jupiter broadcasting, kodi, lakka, librem 5, linux gifts, linux podcast, odroid go, open media vault, openssh, orange pi, osmc, pihole, pinephone, purism, raspberry pi, retroarch, sbc, self-hosted, snapcast, ssh, strobe audio, unplugged, veeam, vpn

Give the gift of remote support with our neat SSH trick. Also, Cassidy from elementary OS joins us to discuss what's great about their new release.

325: DNF or Die

October 29th, 2019  |  1 hr 9 mins

32-bit, amd, balena, cgroups, cgroupsv2, containers, docker, egpu, etcher, fedora, fedora 31, fedora toolbox, flathub, flatpak, gnome, gnome software, i686, jay little, jupiter broadcasting, librem 5, linux desktop, linux graphics, linux podcast, mantiz, nvidia, podman, proton, purism, python, python 2, raspberry pi, silverblue, ssh, steam, terminal sharing, tmate, tmux, ubucon, ubucon europe, unplugged

Fedora 31 strikes the right balance, we get the latest on the Librem 5 situation, and an easy graphics boost for laptops.

299: Shame as a Service

April 30th, 2019  |  1 hr 13 mins

android, containers, distrohoppers, docker, dockercon, fedora, fedora 30, flicker free boot, free software, geary, gnome, gnome 3.32, home automation, jupiter broadcasting, lfnw, librem one, linux, linux audio, linux conference, linux lite, linuxfest norhtwest, mastodon, mattermost, open source, privacy, purism, red hat, saas, silverblue, software as a service, ubuntu 19.04, unplugged, vpn

Fresh back from LinuxFest Northwest we share a few of our favorite stories and memories.

298: Blame Joe

April 23rd, 2019  |  1 hr 5 mins

arandr, arc-theme, atari vcs, centos, cubesat, darkmode, debian elections, dpl, dunst, fermilab, fractal, gnome, jupiter broadcasting, linux, linux podcast, manajro, matrix, openaudible, pepsi, purism, rhel, sam hartman, scientific linux, subspace wireguard, thunar, ulauncher, unplugged, xfce, xfce performance, xubuntu

This week we discover the good word of Xfce and admit Joe was right all along. And share our tips for making Xfce more modern.

292: Cheese on the SCaLE

March 12th, 2019  |  1 hr 12 mins

azure sphere, bug reports, containers, debian, debian elections, developer tooling, ebpf, f5, firefox send, home automation, jupiter broadcasting, linux podcast, mozilla, nginx, node-red, open source governance, openpower, project leadership, purism, scale, scale 17x, snapcraft, sway, system76, unplugged, wayland, web anniversary, window managers, wlroots, world wide web

A new voice joins the show, and we share stories from our recent adventures at SCaLE 17x.

286: Ell is for Linux

January 29th, 2019  |  1 hr 8 mins

18.04, 19.04, canonical, chromecast, containers, cool-retro-term, debian, disco dingo, docker, ell, firefox, firefox 65, flatpak, fractional scaling, free content, fx_cast, gradio, jupiter broadcasting, kernel patch, kodi, kodi 18, lfnw, librem 5, linux podcast, lts, mate, mozilla, open source home theater, ppa, pureos, purism, scale, scale 17x, shortwave, study group, ubuntu, unplugged, wayland, x11, yaml

We're playing Robin Hood with the content, and a new member of our team joins to tell you all about it.

Episode 265: Privacy Priorities

September 4th, 2018  |  50 mins 23 secs

android, android security, chromebook, cindy, gnome, gnome tweaks, google, intel, keybase, librem, librem 5, linux, linux mint, linux podcast, lmde, meltdown, privacy, proven, purism, random number generators, raspberry pi zero, rat, responsible disclosure, rng, security, spectre, tcpdump, zerophone

Intel has disappointed the kernel community with its latest security disclosures but there’s still hope for a better future. That’s more than can be said for the state of privacy on Android, so we discuss some alternatives.