LINUX Unplugged

That New User Smell | LINUX Unplugged 197

16 May 2017

We review System76’s Galago Pro, have a crisis of faith about the future of desktop Linux, get completely blown away by our community, help you BASH better & more!

Orange is the new Red (Hat) | LINUX Unplugged 196

9 May 2017

Canonical is going for the IPO & that means some big changes. In a recent interview Mark Shuttleworth gives us a hint at the new purpose of the Ubuntu desktop. Plus Thunderbird’s future is uncertain, we get our hands on System76’s Galago Pro & more!

Rub a Dub Grub | LINUX Unplugged 195

3 May 2017

Big improvements are coming to a grub near you, Wes has a batch of really useful new open source projects & we consider the “threat” posed by Windows 10 S. Plus the dirty secret about Linux’s battery life, some of our LinuxFest Northwest plans & more!

Internet of Troubles | LINUX Unplugged 194

25 April 2017

Linux Foundation thinks they have the solution to the Internet of Terrible & they might actually be right. We’ll share the exclusive interview that has us excited for the future. Plus the bad, horrible, no good week that Docker had & more!

Ubuntu's Bare Gnome | LINUX Unplugged 193

18 April 2017

Community efforts to port Unity 8 or recreate the Unity 7 desktop are popping up all over. Plus why Ubuntu Gnome left us feeling underwhelmed. Then, Ikey stops by to tell us about Solus Gnome edition, other new things coming from the project & more!

Home Sweet Gnome | LINUX Unplugged 192

12 April 2017

OpenELEC’s latest release, Snaps on Fedora, plus Wes’ Picks, Pinterest’s support for Open Source & the use of Slack for OSS projects. Then we have a wide-ranging discussion about Ubuntu’s big desktop change, what it means for the Desktop, Vendors & you!

What’s a Distro? | LINUX Unplugged 191

4 April 2017

Joe Ressington of Late Night Linux joins Wes to discuss just what makes a “Proper” distribution, the latest news about Libreboot & the FSF Plus containers explained in pictures, Fedora has the desktop for Hacker News & Android is king of the internet.

Boot Free or Die Tryin’ | LINUX Unplugged 190

28 March 2017

We dig deep into the LibreBoot project, how the Intel ME problem impacts open source & limits badass free laptops. Then we spend Wes’ money and shop for his next perfect Linux rig. Plus we discuss the big changeup at FreeNAS & more!

Das Boot Manager | LINUX Unplugged 189

21 March 2017

Bulletproof Linux Kernel upgrades might be near, Kodi gets a real Netflix Plugin & the dirty, stinky, no good, obvious, elephant in the room around desktop Linux. Plus why Bcachefs might be Linux’s next hit filesystem, Mozilla's Obsidian & more!

Celebrating Linux on Pi Day | LINUX Unplugged 188

14 March 2017

We celebrate Pi Day by loading Mycroft & Alexa onto a Raspberry Pi 3, look at the actual use cases for VR & AR under Linux today, flash back to Linux in the 90s & update on our favorite projects.

CIA's Dank Trojans | LINUX Unplugged 187

7 March 2017

It’s the year of the CIA linux desktop, Popey & Wimpy share their Mobile World Congress adventures & Bryan joins us to discuss the last Linux Sucks talk ever. Plus we chat with Gnome at SCALE, take a look at Endless OS & ponder the Litebook.

AWS Loses Its ShIOT | LINUX Unplugged 186

28 February 2017

The worst smart device hack we’ve ever heard of, dreams of the Pi Zero W, the AWS outage that savaged the Internet of Things & more!

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