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**LINUX Unplugged**

An open show powered by community LINUX Unplugged takes the best attributes of open collaboration and turns it into a weekly show about Linux.

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446: Kudu Cores and Cloud Wars Feb 20, 2022

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We put the sports car of Linux laptops to the test. Is it the multi-tasking machine it claims to be?

And an essential update on the show.

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Kudu from System76 — Enjoy fast, steady progression with the Kudu’s powerful H-class AMD processor. The Kudu laptop is equipped to handle longer sessions so you can taste the victory of beating your schedule.
Kudu (kudu6) - System76 Technical Documentation
Internal Overview - System76 Technical Documentation
MBP M1 Max Machine Learning, Sys76-kudu-ML Benchmark Comparison
Sys76-kudu-amd, Sys76-kudu-nv Benchmark Comparison
Value 4 Value Calculator
Pick: Spodcast — Spodcast is a caching Spotify podcast to RSS proxy. Using Spodcast you can follow Spotify-hosted netcasts/podcasts using any player which supports RSS, thus enabling the use of older hardware which is not compatible with the Spotify (web) app.
Pick: hwatch — A modern alternative to the watch command, that records the result of command execution and can display history and diffs.
Pick: rnote — A simple drawing application to create handwritten notes.
Pick: dog dns client — dog is an open-source DNS client for the command-line. It has colourful output, supports the DoT and DoH protocols, and can emit JSON.

445: Brent's Betrayal Feb 13, 2022

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Linux is the master of small computers, and this week it’s going to the next level. We chat with the creator of the $15 Linux box and share some significant updates for the Raspberry Pi.

Special Guest: Brian Benchoff.

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Raspberry Pi Locator — It's a website to track Raspberry Pi 4 model B, Compute Module 4, Pi Zero 2 W, and Pico availability across multiple retailers in different countries.
It’s dire: Raspberry Pi availability tracker is launched
Ubuntu Unity Remix on Twitter — A new Raspberry Pi testing image is now available for Ubuntu Unity 22.04 “Jammy Jellyfish”.
No PC Needed: How to Install Raspberry Pi OS Over the Internet — A new version of the Raspberry Pi bootloader, which is now available in beta, allows you to download and write the OS onto a microSD card, using the BIOS and an Ethernet connection.
Raspberry Pi OS Finally Going 64bit 🔥 — For those curious, here are some benchmarks looking at the performance improvement by switching from Raspberry Pi OS 32-bit to 64-bit.
Self-Hosted 3: Home Network Under $200 — How far can you get with a Raspberry Pi 4? We go all in and find out.
Self-Hosted 38: Crouching Pi, Hidden Server — Alex shocks Chris with his latest project, then lays down some quick-fire picks.
A Minimum Viable Computer, or Linux for $15 — This is a ‘Linux Swiss Army Knife’, offering maximum utility while still being able to fit in your pocket. Is it fast? No. Can it run a GUI? Also no. But it can run scripts, ping a server, toggle a few GPIOs, and interact with a USB device. This is a minimum viable computer.
LINUX Unplugged Mumble
RPMLauncher — A better Minecraft Launcher that supports multiple platforms and many functionalities for you to explore!
RPMLauncher on Flathub

444: Much Ado About Ubuntu Feb 06, 2022

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There's just something off about Ubuntu these days, this week we put it all together.

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Ubuntu MATE 22.04 Will Include Flatpak Support by Default — Ubuntu MATE isn’t shipping the Flathub repo (like Flathub) preconfigured, or bundling in any Flatpak apps by default. There are also no plans at present to add or expose Flatpak-friendly features in the distro’s homegrown tools like Software Boutique.
Ubuntu 22.04 Dailies Show an Ubuntu Pro Notification on Login — The blurb mentions that Ubuntu Pro is free for personal use on up to 3 machines.
Linux Desktop Gaming Product Manager
Kismet — A wireless network and device detector, sniffer, wardriving tool, and WIDS (wireless intrusion detection) framework.
Slackware Release Announcement — Well folks, in spite of the dire predictions of YouTube pundits, this morning the Slackhog emerged from its development den, did *not* see its shadow, and Slackware 15.0 has been officially released.
Slackware 15.0 Officially Released, Powered by Linux Kernel 5.15 LTS
Grub Init Tune: Mario Bros. Mushroom Powerup
Grub tune tester v0.5.0
A collection of GRUB init tunes

443: Linux Did This First Jan 30, 2022

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We all take it for granted, but it is one of the best things about Linux. We share the history of the live CD, how it all got started, and the times it saved our bacon.

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Linux Live Kit is a set of shell scripts which allows you to create your own Live Linux!
K3b — K3b was created to be a feature-rich and easy to handle CD burning application.
Finnix — Finnix is the original utility live Linux distribution. Write it to a USB flash drive or burn it to a CD, boot it, and you're seconds from a root prompt with hundreds of utilities available for recovery, maintenance, testing and more.
Finnix 123 released
Cluster Knoppix
Richard Brown on Twitter — Rebrand and rescope; Old expanded support was just RHEL and just for purpose of holding customers over until they migrated to SLE; Liberty includes CentOS and Leap, and doesn’t require customers to move to SLE.
sc-im — Spreadsheet Calculator Improvised – An ncurses spreadsheet program for terminal.

442: Liberty Leaks and Lies Jan 23, 2022

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SUSE had an awkward week; we breakdown the very mixed launch of SUSE Liberty Linux.

Plus, we've cracked what's driving Linux Distribution adoption these days.

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Pictures of Brent's Server Cabinet Built — Some pics of the sweet server cabinet @brentgervais built this last weekend at the @jupitersignal studio.
Jupiter Broadcasting Meetup
Flathub to verify first-party apps and allow developers to collect monies — Flathub is going to gain a way to process and verify apps from first-party teams. As in, developers who directly publish their app and manage the Flatpak package process for Flathub.
SUSE Liberty Linux Announced For Mixed Linux Environments — SUSE Liberty Linux is a new technology and support offering that provides customers a unified support experience for managing their heterogeneous IT environments.
SUSE announces something for those who miss the old CentOS: Liberty Linux — SUSE Liberty Linux is a new technology and support offering that provides customers a unified support experience for managing their heterogeneous IT environments.
Consistent-Lab-5595 comments on Suse Liberty Linux announcement - Is this a RHEL or CentOS clone ?
New Features in Linux Mint 20.3 ‘Una’ Cinnamon Edition — Linux Mint 20.3 is a long term support release which will be supported until 2025.
Edge ISO available for Linux Mint 20.3 — This image is made for people whose hardware is too new to boot the 5.4 LTS kernel included in Linux Mint 20.3. It ships with kernel 5.13.0-25 instead.
mainline: A continuation of the free version of ukuu. — A tool for installing the latest Linux kernels on Ubuntu-based distributions.
All Roads Lead to Arch: The Evolution of Linux Distros Used for Gaming Over Time — Ubuntu used to be a juggernaut, a staple in the world of Linux Gaming. Ubuntu was the default go-to distro for many users for probably a decade. It’s still an important distro at almost 20% share in our graph, but it’s not the first one anymore.
Linux Desktop Gaming Product Manager
Canonical hiring a Desktop Gaming Product Manager for Ubuntu Linux
Fountain podcast app
Pick: ssh-tools — Making SSH more convenient.

441: Planet Incinerating Technology Jan 16, 2022

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We make some last-minute changes to our server setup and catch up on a bunch of thought-provoking feedback.

Special Guests: Martin Wimpress and Neal Gompa.

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Do You Put Linux/Distro Stickers On Your Machine?
ChrisLAS Birthday Party Hang and Chow
Jupiter Extras — Why Linux Will Win in 20 Years
Denver Road Trip Memories — During our summer road trip to Denver we had the microphone's recording and captured some great moments.
Denver Road Trip Tech — Our road trip machine is loaded up from solar to networking, the tech that made working, living, and recording from the road possible for 44 days and over 2,200 miles.
Dev corrupts NPM libs ‘colors’ and ‘faker’ breaking thousands of apps
Crypto Theses for 2022
Cambridge Bitcoin Electricity Consumption Index
ZFS has a history of not handling 15+ drive vdevs well.
bismuth — KDE Plasma extension, that lets you tile your windows automatically and manage them via keyboard, just like in classical tiling window managers (i3, dwm or XMonad).
Ideas on growing the Flathub Community in 2022

440: Saving Podcasting from Centralization Jan 09, 2022

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A new initiative uses open source to keep podcasting decentralized and add new features.

We chatted with Dave Jones behind the Podcast Index.

Special Guest: Dave Jones.

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ClockworkPi DevTerm
ChrisLAS Birthday Party Hang and Chow | Meetup
Jupiter Extras — Surprise podcasts from your friends at Jupiter Broadcasting
Jupiter Extras: Why Linux Will Win in 20 Years
Podcast Index
Podping — Distributed notification system for new podcast episodes
No Agenda Show
Podcast Index - GitHub
Podcasting 2.0 Podcast
lightning-keysend — Send funds to a node without an invoice
Hive Blockchain
Castamatic
Fountain — Share podcast clips and support your favourite creators directly with Bitcoin
Podcast Index - Apps
Podcast Index - Docs
Podcast Index Mastodon
Fireside
United States Dollar price calculator and converter
Cambridge Bitcoin Electricity Consumption Index (CBECI)
Chris' Lightning Node — 037d284d2d7e6cec7623adbe600450a73b42fb90800989f05a862464b05408df39

439: Double Server Jeopardy Jan 02, 2022

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Our new server setup is bonkers, but we love it.

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Canonical Careers - Linux Desktop Gaming Product Manager — We are excited to create the role of Desktop Gaming Product Manager, to make Ubuntu the best Linux desktop for gaming.
Arch Wiki - ZFS
Kindle Comic Converter — Kindle Comic Converter is an app that allows you to transform your PNG, JPG, GIF, CBZ, CBR and CB7 files into EPUB or MOBI format e-books. Preparing comics and manga for your E-Ink device was never easier.
Kindle Comic Converter on Flathub
Linux Action Show Season 2 preview… Kindle Oops — Bryan and Chris give you a preview on Season 2's first episode of The Linux Action Show! Watch a take that you won't see in the final episode.