The Windows Challenge | LINUX Unplugged 531
We ran Windows for the week with three seemingly simple objectives. How we did, our take on what's gotten a lot better about Windows, and what still needs some work.
We ran Windows for the week with three seemingly simple objectives. How we did, our take on what's gotten a lot better about Windows, and what still needs some work.
With a dose of pragmatism and optimism, we chat about making the best out of old hardware and where we draw the line and buy new.
How does your first major programming language/technology still shape your work and career? Then grab some popcorn and let's watch the next epic tech titan battle unfold.
Wes visits the office to chat about some new podcast tech inbound, Google killing their Podcast app, and Chris' story from his morning with Podfans. Special Guest: Alecks Gates.
Why the Raspberry Pi 5 doesn't meet our expectations, and the x86 boxes you should consider instead.
Our unique take on the Unity outrage, thoughts on RustRover, and Mike shares a very annoying mistake.
Even if you don't game, the data is in, and the impact of the Steam Deck on Linux is massive. We'll go into details and then share our long-term review of the Deck. Special Guests: Alex Kretzschmar and Listener Jeff.
Our thoughts on two recent Plex crackdowns, why the Apple TV just got a lot better, how home Assistant could improve 10 years in, and much more.
The painful side of making video games, Grinder's big problems, and Google's sneakiest trojan horse.
Today's theme is data sovereignty, and we'll check in with two crucial projects that are giving you more options. Special Guest: Noah Chelliah.
We're testing a new Podcasting 2.0 feature and need your ears!
Did Apple's event live up to our expectations? And our thoughts on what new goodies for developers might be in the new hardware and software.
Brent's new Framework laptop has been torn apart and put back together again. We'll find out if it's up to his standards. Plus, we're kicking off a new build.
Alex sits down with the lead developer of mergerfs to get an update on the project, Chris has a button-pushing breakthrough and more. Special Guest: Antonio Musumeci.
Azure suffers a big outage, and Microsoft blames faulty automation; why we think there might be early signs of weak demand for Apple's Vision Pro and more.
While chaos is brewing in SUSE and Red Hat land, Canonical stays the course and doubles down on the Linux desktop. Plus, our thoughts on the kernel team GPL-blocking NVIDIA.
U.S. officials are warning open-source software could be a cyber security threat. Their solution? Money. But do we want them picking the winners and losers of open source?
We daily drive Asahi Linux on a MacBook, chat about how the team beat Apple to a major GPU milestone, and an easy way to self-host open-source ChatGPT alternatives. Special Guest: Neal Gompa.
Behind-the-scenes details of a new show in the works, our thoughts on a new genre of Podcasts bursting onto the scene, and we make JB history live on the show.
Alex does a significant overhaul of his website and shares new insights. Chris finally archives complete local voice control of his network, we complain about the state of domain name sellers, and more.
Mike hits the limits of ChatGPT's knowledge, a chat about editors and what we'd do for a living if it had to be outside of tech.
Can we build an indestructible server that stands up to the test of giving out root login to the Internet?
Chris and Brent are running with scissors and breaking things again. From the website to YouTube, how we broke just about everything this week.
Java developers are getting the Oracle shakedown, openAI is running out of money, and more.
We're trying out Rhino Linux—a unique take on rolling Ubuntu with AUR-like powers and other surprises.
A few tools to build your own Way Back Machine, we check in with the "Year of Voice" and more.
Did we get this one wrong? It seems consumer AI is eating the lunch of some web's biggest names.
Why Linux reigns for privacy; our recommendations for secure tools from chat to DNS.
A quick Pocket Office from "the field" on the new tech inbound to Office Hours and a big update on our bounty for episode 34!
Microsoft's dirty old API games, the new, even more restrictive rules Apple developers will now have to follow, and why Google's "Web Integrity API" seems gross.