LINUX Unplugged

Fresh back from LinuxFest Northwest we share a few of our favorite stories and memories. Plus our concerns with Purism's new subscription services, Fedora 30 is released, and we spin up the Distro Hoppers.Special Guests: Alex Kretzschmar, Brent Gervais, and Ell Marquez.Support LINUX UnpluggedLinks:What's new in Fedora 30 Workstation — Fedora..

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. Plus a new Debian leader, the end of Scientific Linux, and behind the scenes of Librem 5 apps.Special Guests: Alex Kretzschmar, Brent Gervais, and Ell Marquez.Support LINUX UnpluggedLinks:Pepsi drops plans to use orbital b..

Ubuntu's new release is here, and this one might be one of the most important in a while. But is it worth upgrading from an LTS? We review and debate just that. Plus some great picks, community news, and more.Special Guests: Alan Pope, Brent Gervais, Ell Marquez, and Martin Wimpress.Support LINUX UnpluggedLinks:Announcing the evolution of the Red ..

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.Support LINUX UnpluggedLinks:Cross-Technology C..

Is there really any advantage to building your software vs installing the package? We discuss when and why you might want to consider building it yourself. Plus some useful things Mozilla is working on and Cassidy joins us to tell us about elementary OS' big choice.Special Guests: Brent Gervais, Cassidy James Blaede, and Martin Wimpress.Support LI..

Why we sometimes go too far with our Linux advocacy, and a few humble strategies to switch people to Linux. Plus an update to the most important text editor in the world, the new distro causing controversy, and what is a tainted kernel. Special Guests: Brent Gervais, Ell Marquez, and Neal Gompa.Support LINUX UnpluggedLinks:Could ‘alcosynth’ provid..

Developers at Netflix are creating the next set of super powers for Linux, we'll get the details straight from the source. Plus some good Debian news, our tips for better battery life, and we play a little Hot SUSE Potato. Special Guests: Brent Gervais and Ell Marquez.Support LINUX UnpluggedLinks:Google Stadia announced, a game streaming service f..

A new voice joins the show, and we share stories from our recent adventures at SCaLE 17x. Plus we look at the Debian project's recent struggles, NGINX's sale, and Mozilla's new service.Special Guests: Alex Kretzschmar, Brent Gervais, and Ell Marquez.Support LINUX UnpluggedLinks:On 30th anniversary of web, Amazon shares first homepage, Google keeps..

We reveal all and look at the mess that is our home directories. How we keep them clean, back them up, and organize our most important files. Plus Gnome lands a long awaited feature, Firefox gets a bit more clever, and the big money being made on Open Source.Special Guests: Alan Pope, Anthony James, Brent Gervais, Danielle Foré, Dustin Krysak, an..

We head to the Raspberry Pi corner and pick the very best open source home automation system. Plus some great news for Gnome users, OBS studio has a new funding model, and a nostalgic chat with our study buddy Kenny.Special Guests: Alex Kretzschmar, Brent Gervais, and Martin Wimpress.Support LINUX UnpluggedLinks:More GNOME Shell / Mutter Performa..