528: Where's Your Data?
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.
Sep 18, 2023•1 hr 8 min
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Episodes
527: Framing Brent
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.
Sep 11, 2023•1 hr 14 min
526: Canonical Wins by Default
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.
Sep 04, 2023•49 min
525: Beating Apple to the Sauce
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.
Aug 28, 2023•1 hr 12 min
524: How Our Server Got It's Groove Back
Can we build an indestructible server that stands up to the test of giving out root login to the Internet?
Aug 21, 2023•1 hr 6 min
523: Ride the Rhino
We're trying out Rhino Linux—a unique take on rolling Ubuntu with AUR-like powers and other surprises.
Aug 13, 2023•1 hr 10 min
522: Practical Privacy
Why Linux reigns for privacy; our recommendations for secure tools from chat to DNS.
Aug 07, 2023•1 hr 18 min
521: Rethinking GNOME
Two important news stories, plus our thoughts on GNOME’s new windowing proposal and the Framework 16.
Jul 31, 2023•1 hr 13 min
520: To Infinity and Berlin
Do they build them better in Germany? We try out the next-generation InfinityBook Pro 14 and dig into TUXEDO OS.
Jul 24, 2023•1 hr 10 min
519: The Clone Grift Wars
Have Oracle and SUSE lost their minds? Plus, we dig into Fedora's proposal to add telemetry collection to Workstation.
Jul 17, 2023•1 hr 26 min
518: Race To Immutability
Can Ubuntu make a great immutable desktop? We're trying the brand-new "Everything is a Snap" Ubuntu Core Desktop.
Jul 10, 2023•1 hr 2 min
517: Caught Red-Hatted
Just about every take on the Red Hat news seems to have missed the mark. Special Guest: Carl George.
Jul 03, 2023•1 hr 15 min
516: The Fixer-Upper
Chris tears into two old PCs, and builds a surprisingly powerful multi-monitor Wayland workstation. Plus, Wes has a new device, and Brent wants answers.
Jun 26, 2023•1 hr 9 min
515: Ham Sandwich
Is Ham Radio a natural hobby for Linux users? An old friend joins us to explain where the two overlap. Special Guest: Noah Chelliah.
Jun 18, 2023•1 hr 13 min
514: Connection Established
We get the inside scoop on SouthEast LinuxFest, and share a few stories from the early days of the Linux community. Special Guest: Noah Chelliah.
Jun 12, 2023•1 hr 10 min
513: There Is No Distro
We attempt to swap Linux distributions live on our production server, to prove that new tooling makes the Linux distro model obsolete.
Jun 05, 2023•1 hr 2 min
512: The Sound of Rust
We take a "Rust-only tools" challenge for a week and admit what worked, and what sucked. Plus, a surprise guest.
May 29, 2023•1 hr 14 min
511: Accepting the Future
How we found peace with the Linux community’s perpetual debates; and our tricks for finding the signal from the noise.
May 22, 2023•1 hr 11 min
510: Thinking in Decades
The push for free software takes years, maybe even generations. Brent gets the inside story from the Free Software Foundation Europe. Special Guest: Matthias Kirschner.
May 14, 2023•1 hr 8 min
509: The Next Gen Desktop
The first new desktop environment in a while that has caught our attention, and it promises to unlock the full power of cutting-edge Linux. Why we think every desktop will copy ideas from Hyprland soon.
May 08, 2023•1 hr
508: The Worst Distro Ever
Two listeners race to set up a web server on Suicide Linux. One slip-up and it's all gone. Who will survive?
May 01, 2023•52 min
507: Full Wobble
Why Fedora 38 might Sway you to try it; and how it runs on the MacBook M1 Max.
Apr 24, 2023•52 min
506: Three Wild and Crazy Topics
We surprise each other with three secret topics, with one big catch.
Apr 17, 2023•1 hr 16 min
505: Keep Your Darn Secrets
We try out the most secure messaging app in the world, and Wes’ new note system that's so great you’ll want to abandon your current one.
Apr 10, 2023•1 hr 14 min
504: It's a Trap!
Why using the iPhone makes it harder to run Linux; Chris follows up on his four-month-long challenge to ditch iOS for GrapheneOS. Plus, Brent's extended stay in Berlin has led to some developments you won't want to miss.
Apr 03, 2023•1 hr 25 min
503: Berlin with Brent
Brent dives deep into Nextcloud's new release from inside their offices, and takes an unexpected dip in the local lake with a listener.
Mar 27, 2023•1 hr 29 min
502: Docker Shocker
The story of an open-source hero who became a villain. Special Guest: Alex Kretzschmar.
Mar 20, 2023•1 hr 19 min
501: Fat Stacks for Flatpaks
Robert McQueen shares the inside scoop on Flathub’s ambitious plans to create a universal app store for all distros—and we ask the hard questions. Special Guest: Robert McQueen.
Mar 13, 2023•1 hr 16 min
500: Our Biggest Announcement Yet
We're celebrating 500 episodes with the biggest announcement yet. Special Guest: Listener Jeff.
Mar 06, 2023•1 hr 41 min
499: 'velopers Choose Snap
Ubuntu makes its anti-Flatpak stance official, while KDE and GNOME team up to turn Flathub into a universal Linux app store. Plus, we try the Intel Arc GPU. Could this new hardware make Linux bulletproof?
Feb 27, 2023•1 hr 27 min
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