LINUX Unplugged

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..

Will there ever be another "big" Linux distro, or has that time passed? Plus two popular Linux desktop apps see a big upgrade, and Wes explains to Chris why he should care a lot more about cgroups.Special Guests: Brent Gervais and Neal Gompa.Support LINUX UnpluggedLinks:MX-18.1 Continuum Official Release — MX-18.1 is a refresh of ..

The hype around a new security flaw hits new levels. Fedora has a bunch of news, and we discover what's new in the latest Plasma release. Plus we fall down the openSUSE rabbit hole when Ell updates us on her desktop challenge.Special Guests: Alan Pope, Brent Gervais, Danielle Foré, Ell Marquez, Martin Wimpress, and Neal Gompa.Support LINUX Unplugg..

Why FOSDEM might be the quintessential community event, and our thoughts after playing with Pi-Hole. Plus community news for everyone’s favorite video player, GNOME Shell gets a major speed boost, and why cryptocurrency might truly be dead.Special Guests: Alan Pope, Brent Gervais, Danielle Foré, and Martin Wimpress.Support LINUX UnpluggedLinks:Ren..