LINUX Unplugged

453: Raleigh Action Show

April 10th, 2022  |  1 hr 6 mins

AMD, Ansible, DevOps, DoD, Jupiter Broadcasting, Microsoft, RDP, RedHat, armbian, automation, bitwarden, bore, coreos, debian, east coast meetup, flatseal, flutter, freerdpserver, gmc rv, gpu, hotswap, immutable, linux podcast, linux unplugged, macos, nfs, ngrok, nix, nixos, python, raleigh, raspberry pi, rust, slackware, tcp tunnel, tea, terraform, webtop, wsl2, yellowdog

We just wrapped up our East Coast meetup and have a bunch of great stories to share. Plus some Nix ups and downs, and more.

446: Kudu Cores and Cloud Wars

February 20th, 2022  |  1 hr 2 mins

AI, AMD, C++, Discord, Jupiter Broadcasting, Pop!_OS, Ryzen, System76, arduino, boosts, dns, dog, element, gpio, gtk4, helipad, hwatch, ingenuity, kudu, linux copter, linux podcast, linux unplugged, m1, macbook pro max, mars 2020, matrix, ml, multitasking, nvidia, perseverance, phoronix test suite, proton, python, raspberry pi, rnote, rss, rtx 3060, rust, spodcast, spotify, ssh, steam, tensorflow, value 4 value, vscode

We put the sports car of Linux laptops to the test. Is it the multi-tasking machine it claims to be?

403: Hidden Features of Fedora 34

April 27th, 2021  |  1 hr 8 mins

Btrfs, Centos, Jupiter Broadcasting, Red Hat, SELinux, University of Minnesota, Wayland, acrn, amazon, broadcom vk, bubblewrap, django, earlyoom, email, facebook, fedora 34, flatpak 1.11.1, gnome 40, greg kroah-hartman, grub2, gtk4, humble bundle, hyper-v, irb, jack, kde, linux 5.12, linux kernel, linux podcast, linux servers, lwn, mail server, memory pressure, modoboa, nintendo 64, pipewire, plasma 5.21, playstation 5 dualsense, pressure vessel, psi, pulseaudio, python, research ethics, rhel, risc-v, self-hosted, sifive hifive, steam, steam runtime, sub-sandboxes, swap, systemd-oomd, transparent compression, uefi, umn, unplugged, wslg, xwayland standalone, zellij, zstd

The new release of Fedora has more under the hood than you might know. It's a technology-packed release, and nearly all of it is coming to a distro near you.

399: No PRs Please

March 30th, 2021  |  1 hr 10 mins

68k.news, Canonical, Centos, Cockpit, Jupiter Broadcasting, Linux Action News, Microsoft, Purism, RDP, Red Hat, SDK, almalinux os, apple, bare metal, burnout, c, centos stream, cloud shell, cloudlinux, common goal, community, covid, electron, elementary OS, fedora, flutter, gnome foundation, gtk, gtk4, gui, late night linux, linux desktop, linux gaming, linux podcast, lutris, mac os, matrix, mutter, native development, neil mcgovern, open source, pia, private internet access, proton, python, qt, remote workstation, rms, 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.

383: Murder of a Distro

December 8th, 2020  |  1 hr 6 mins

AMD, Centos, Jupiter Broadcasting, PS4, Red Hat, apple m1, bashtop, bmc, bpytop, centos 8, centos stream, egpu, fedora, hector martin, htop, ibm, ip-kvm, ipmi, linux hardware, linux podcast, microsoft kinect, nouveau, nvidia, pi-kvm, python, radeon, radeontop, raspberry pi, rhel, thunderbolt, top, tuxies, uma, unplugged, vnc

Red Hat just made big changes to how CentOS works, we breakdown the good, and the bad.

363: Return of the Terminal Server

July 21st, 2020  |  52 mins 47 secs

Btrfs, Feedback, Jupiter Broadcasting, Microsoft, NASA, NextCloud, OpenSUSE, Plex, a cloud guru, astroninja, backups, bashtop, chat federation, chromecast, cloud desktop, containers, earlyoom, element, emby, fedora 33, filesystems, gnome merchandise, gnome shop, gotop, guadec, i3, jellyfin, linux podcast, luplug, matrix, microsoft cloud pc, oom, open source, polybar, procmon for linux, proxmox backup server, python, qt, riot, rust, s3, spacex, syncplay, sysinternals, systemd-oomd, ubidesktop, unplugged, vector, virtualization, ytop

Fedora makes a bold move and Microsoft seems to be working on their ideal "Cloud PC”, we ponder what Linux has to offer.

359: Death of the Mac

June 23rd, 2020  |  47 mins 7 secs

AI, Adobe, Airdrop, Jupiter Broadcasting, Microsoft, a cloud guru, ampere, apple, arm, arm servers, artificial intelligence, bhyve, blender, bsd, chrome, cloud, containers, cooking, debian, docker, ffmpeg, final cut pro, freebsd, fujitsu, google, hackintosh, homebrew, ibm, japan, linux podcast, machine learning, macos 11, nearby share, nearby sharing, parallels, python, recipes, supercomputers, tensorflow, top500, unplugged, unsilence, xhyve

Why we think Apple just handed market share to Desktop Linux, and why you can kiss running Linux on the Mac goodbye forever.

358: Our Fragmented Favorite

June 16th, 2020  |  1 hr 13 mins

Btrfs, Falcon 9, Flatpak, Jupiter Broadcasting, Librem 5, Purism, a cloud guru, accesibility, apple, checksums, containers, copy on write, cow, crew dragon, data integrity, disk layout, disk partitioning, disk space, docker, ext4, facebook, fedora, fedora workstation, filesystem, gimp, github, linux podcast, lvm, macos, master, matt ahrens, media production, mobile, nvme, phone, phosh, pine64, pinephone, pinetab, pipewire, postmarketos, preempt, proprietary software, 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.

356: Linux Hardware Love

June 2nd, 2020  |  1 hr 3 mins

10nm, 4k, Barton George, Btrfs, Dell, Gnome, Jupiter Broadcasting, Privacy, Project Sputnik, Ubuntu, Wine, a cloud guru, arm, battery life, developer edition, face id, fingerprint reader, gaming, gnome foundation, howdy, ice lake, infrared, intel, killer wifi, linux kernel 5.7, linux podcast, lvm, neil mcgovern, new xps, open source, pine64, pinebook pro, python, rockpro64, rothschild patent imaging, rpi, seccomp, snakeware, software patents, syscalls, thermal pressure, unplugged, wifi, windows, x11, xfs, xps, xps 13, zfs

From the low-end to the high-end we try out both ends of the Linux hardware spectrum. Wes reviews the latest XPS 13, and Chris shares his thoughts on the Pinebook Pro.

325: DNF or Die

October 29th, 2019  |  1 hr 9 mins

32-bit, AMD, Flatpak, Gnome, Jay Little, Jupiter Broadcasting, Librem 5, Purism, balena, cgroups, cgroupsv2, containers, docker, egpu, etcher, fedora, fedora 31, fedora toolbox, flathub, gnome software, i686, linux desktop, linux graphics, linux podcast, mantiz, nvidia, podman, proton, 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.