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We kick off our Jellyfin January challenge and invite you to join us. Plus, Chris has some new hardware and our thoughts on the trouble at the Matrix foundation.
Chris' Raspberry Pi server is dead, and Alex has a few ideas for his next build.
Alex is replacing his Chromecast and Google Nest Mini with an open-source solution, and why we’re all getting a little hyped about Matter.
What is it like to live with another man's automations? Brent spills all.
Alex replaces another Google service; we point the community spotlight at FuzzyMistborn plus your feedback!
Alex shares some handy tools, and some old friends join us for a special edition of the show.
Alex got some new devices for Christmas, and we set off figuring out how to integrate them into his network.
A serious problem is brewing in Desktop Linux that hasn't impacted end users yet, but will soon. We break down why distribution makers are getting upset and explain what's next.
Why it might be time to re-think who is and who is not a Linux user, plus we do a reality check on the state of Linux phones.
We try out what might be the most fun Linux distribution around. It started as a laugh, but now we’re in love.
A surprise server outage at the studio requires we jump into action with a few last-minute solutions and deploy one of our favorite open-source tools.
We report back on our DeGoogle challenge and read your top Google Alternative apps and services.
We share some stories from our Denver meetup, the strange reason we found ourselves at a golf course, and some news you should know.
Live from Denver, we chat with old friends and new. We get the inside scope on what has been going on at System76, and what's coming up next.
We discuss the ramifications of Apple's local photo scanning announcement on your privacy, why everything seems to be a subscription these days, and a new challenge for the show.
Big things are happening in the world of WireGuard, Jim Salter joins to catch us up.
Yabba Dabba Distro! Run every major distribution on one native host. How we hijacked a Fedora install and turned it into the ultimate meta Linux box.
We discuss old and new ways to manage, organize, index, and search your photo collection. It's our favorite Google Photo's alternatives.
It's our worst idea yet. We share the password to our brand-new server and see who can own the box first. Whoever wins gets a special prize.
Something special has been achieved this week, a new benchmark in the desktop experience. We dig in.
Friends join us for a special edition of the show to review last year's predictions, and forecast the future.
Fedora 33 is a bold release, and we’ve put it through the wringer. We tell you what’s great, and what you should know before diving in.
Our secrets for a low-cost bulletproof Nextcloud server that we figured out the hard way. We take you into the "server garage" and share our lessons learned.
We embrace new tools to upgrade your backup game, securely move files around the network, and debunk the idea that Windows will ever be based on Linux.
What would it really take to get you to switch Linux distributions? We debate the practical reasons more and more people are sticking with the big three.
We get an update from PipeWire developer Wim Taymans on the status of Linux's new audio and video subsystem.
The Raspberry Pi might be getting a small software fix that makes a big performance improvement.
We round up the best podcast clients for your Linux desktop, mobile, and the web.
The past, present and future of Linux on Arm. The major challenges still facing full Linux support, and why ServerReady might be a solution to unify Arm systems.
Fedora makes a bold move and Microsoft seems to be working on their ideal "Cloud PC”, we ponder what Linux has to offer.
Fedora's getting to work and reconsidering some long held-assumptions.
We're joined by two guests who share their insights into building modern Linux hardware products.
It's time to challenge some long-held assumptions. Today's Btrfs is not yesterday's hot mess, but a modern battle-tested filesystem, and we'll prove it. Plus our thoughts on GitHub dropping the term "master", and the changes Linux should make NOW to compete with commercial desktops.
We're blown away by the Enlightenment desktop, and its little known features, and we share a quick way for you to try it out yourself.
Manjaro has a new hardware partner so Phillip joins to share the details, and we have the Lemur Pro in house for a battery endurance test like no other.
The latest Ubuntu LTS is here, but does it live up to the hype? And how practical are the new ZFS features? We dig into the performance, security, and stability of Focal Fossa.
We build the server you never should, a tricked out Arm box, and push it to the limit with a telnet torture test.
We discover a few simple Raspberry Pi tricks that unlock incredible performance and make us re-think the capabilities of Arm systems.
We load up Windows 10 with WSL2, the new Terminal, and give it a go to see what it does better than Linux. Then we dive into the deep end and attend the first-ever WSLConf.
A radical new way to do SSH authentication, special guest Jeremy Stott joins us to discuss Zero Trust SSH.
We question the very nature of Linux development, and debate if a new approach is needed.
The difficult and fascinating conversations from FOSDEM 2020. Plus how elementary OS does coopertition right.
We get into the Linux Mint mindset after years away and share our take on Cinnamon's many improvements.
How did we get from shareware to free software? We jump in the Linux powered time machine and revisit software past.
We make an appeal to keep Linux powerful and avoid the Macification of the desktop, and review the latest developer-focused XPS 13.
Find out what's happening in 2020 before it happens. Our crew returns from the future with predictions so perfect you could bet some Dogecoin on it.
We review our predictions and own up to what we got wrong, and what we got right in 2019.
Open source won the last decade, but what if it hadn’t? We look back at some major milestones and reflect on a world where they never existed.
Big things are coming to Microsoft's WSL so we get the inside scoop on what's just around the corner.
We're myth-busting this week as we take a perfectly functioning production server and switch it to Arch. Is this rolling distro too dangerous to run in production, or can the right approach unlock the perfect server? We try it so you don't have to.
The Pinebook Pro gets put through the travel test, while we get an update on Pine64 projects straight from the source.
Get to know our Linux Users Group a little better and learn why they love their Linux distros of choice, and the one thing they'd change to make them perfect.
Dell expands their linux hardware lineup, why elementary OS's Flatpak support sets the bar, and we chat with Christian Schaller of Red Hat about Fedora 31 and what's around the corner.
Fedora 31 strikes the right balance, we get the latest on the Librem 5 situation, and an easy graphics boost for laptops.
We risk it all and try ZFS on root with Ubuntu 19.10, and share our first impressions and what improvements we can't live without.
What makes a fresh install of Linux perfect? We ask our panel and share a few tools, tips, and habits that make our Linux installs perfect.
Richard Stallman has resigned as president and director of the Free Software Foundation, and that's just one of the major shifts this week.
It’s official, Manjaro is a legitimate business; so what happens next? We chat with Phil from the project about the huge news.
We take a trip to visit Level1Tech's Wendell Wilson and come back with some of his performance tips for a smoother Linux desktop.
Safely host your own password database using totally open source software. We cover BitWarden, our top choice to solve this problem.
We spend our weekend with Wayland, discover new apps to try, tricks to share, and dig into the state of the project.
It's huge, and it's getting bigger every month. How do you test the Linux Kernel? Major Hayden from Red Hat joins us to discuss their efforts to automate Kernel bug hunting.
We put the Raspberry Pi 4 to the desktop test, and try it as our daily driver.
Keynote presenter from Texas LinuxFest and established industry expert Thomas Cameron joins us to discuss the end of the distro wars, the future of Linux jobs, his personal take on IBM's acquisition of Red Hat, some really great Linux job tips, and much more.
Open Source has taken over the world, as IBM's purchase of Red Hat closes. We reflect on this historic moment.
Go full self-hosted with our team’s tips, and we share our setups from simple to complex.
We attempt something you never should, we live flip our FreeNAS ZFS install to a Fedora server.
Is Resilient Linux truly an indestructible distro? Or is this our toughest distro challenge yet?
Adopting a distro like it’s a religion is stupid. That’s one of many hard lessons we take away from Texas Linux Fest this week; we’ll share some of the best.
We visit Intel to figure out what Clear Linux is all about and explain a few tricks that make it unique.
We scale the Red Hat Summit and come back with a few stories to share.
Is Fedora 30 the peak release of this distribution? We put it through the ultimate test, live on the air, and put everything on the line.
Fresh back from LinuxFest Northwest we share a few of our favorite stories and memories.
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.
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.
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.
Why we sometimes go too far with our Linux advocacy, and a few humble strategies to switch people to Linux.
Developers at Netflix are creating the next set of super powers for Linux, we'll get the details straight from the source.
A new voice joins the show, and we share stories from our recent adventures at SCaLE 17x.
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.
We head to the Raspberry Pi corner and pick the very best open source home automation system.
Will there ever be another "big" Linux distro, or has that time passed?
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.
Why FOSDEM might be the quintessential community event, and our thoughts after playing with Pi-Hole.
We're playing Robin Hood with the content, and a new member of our team joins to tell you all about it.
An embarrassing vulnerability has been found in the apt package manager, we’ll break it all down. Plus Alessandro Castellani tells us about his plans to build a professional design tool for Linux.
We start off the new year with our hopes and dreams for Linux and open source in 2019 and beyond.
Fedora might take a year off, to focus on it self. Project Lead and Council Chair Matthew Miller joins us to explain this major proposal.
Android and Ubuntu are working exceptionally hard to create longer support cycles. We’ll highlight the work that makes this possible, and what’s motivating these two different projects to strive for Very Long Term Support.
Have the revolutionaries won the war against proprietary software? That’s the argument being made. And we argue, what else did you expect?
elementary OS’ latest and greatest released today, and we talk with Dan and Cassidy from the project about their biggest release yet.
What if desktop computing went a very different direction in the late 90s? Deeply multithreaded from the start, fast, intuitive, and extremely stable. This is the world of Haiku, and we go for a visit.
We chat with Nate Graham who’s pushing to make Plasma the best desktop on the planet. We discuss his contributions to this effort, and others.
Linus takes a break and the Linux kernel adopts a new Code of Conduct. We work through these major watershed moments, and discuss what it means for the community.
We announce our big news, Jupiter Broadcasting is joining Linux Academy and what we have planned for the future is huge!
Steam Play rocks the Linux world as it promises new levels of compatibility with AAA Windows games. But the story of how Valve is doing it might be just as fascinating.
Docker controversy is brewing, but it's probably not what you think. We get around of community updates directly from the source, and why Debian an Intel are playing the game of he said, she said.
We get an update from Dell’s Barton George on their Linux initiative Sputnik, cover some important community news, and the uncomfortable questions raised by Krita’s new financial boost.
Ubuntu and Fedora have new releases, and our early impressions are great. We’ll share the features that we think make these distros some of the best Linux desktop releases ever.
