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376: From The Factory Floor Oct 20, 2020

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We put the new Ubuntu 20.10 to the test, and chat with System76's Mechanical Engineer to get the secrets of the new Thelio Mega.

Plus some important community news, feedback, picks, and more.

Chapters:
0:00 Pre-show
1:37 Intro
2:55 Edge for Linux
7:29 Thelio Mega
16:00 NVIDIA's 5.9 Problem
21:02 PinePhone Manjaro Community Edition
25:44 Housekeeping
30:17 Ubuntu 20.10: Groovy Gorilla
49:33 Feedback
54:11 Picks
57:37 Post-show

Special Guests: Lindsey Cross and Philip Muller.

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Microsoft Edge Insider
Introducing Microsoft Edge preview builds for Linux - Microsoft Edge Blog — Today’s release supports Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, and openSUSE distributions.
System76 unleash a quad-GPU Linux monster with the ‘Thelio Mega’ — System76 say that the Thelio Mega is the world's smallest quad-GPU workstation primarily made for deep learning and scientific computing.
Thelio Mega - System76
NVIDIA Doesn’t Expect To Have Linux 5.9 Driver Support For Another Month — Linux Kernel 5.9+ is incompatible with current and previous NVIDIA Linux GPU drivers. We advise customers to defer updating to Linux Kernel 5.9+ until mid-November when an NVIDIA Linux GPU driver update with Kernel 5.9+ support is expected to be available.
You may want to avoid Linux Kernel 5.9 if you want fully supported NVIDIA drivers
Frogging-Family/nvidia-all: Nvidia driver 450 to 396 series AIO installer
PinePhone Manjaro Community Edition | PINE64 — This community edition will ship in a custom presentation box designed by Manjaro’s development team, and the PinePhone itself will feature a sleek-looking Manjaro logo on the back-cover.
Manjaro ARM Alpha1 with Lomiri (PinePhone) - ARM / Releases - Manjaro Linux Forum
All Jupiter Broadcasting Shows
Unfilter.show
Unplugged Core Contributors
Ubuntu 20.10 Release Date & New Features (Updated) - OMG! Ubuntu! — Desktop lead Martin Wimpress has teased full Ubuntu desktop support for the Raspberry Pi 4 (8GB), much to the delight of the Raspberry Pi fan base.
Linux 5.8 Released, This is What’s New - OMG! Ubuntu!
GNOME 3.38 Release Notes
Groovy Gorilla Release Notes
Ubuntu To Try Again In Switching IPTables To Use Nftables Backend - Phoronix
Ubuntu 20.10 Adding Active Directory Support To The Installer - Phoronix — The Ubiquity installer user interface allows specifying the domain, administrator, and password as well as a test for the domain.
Feedback: ESXi Arm Fling
Pick: badblocks — badblocks is a program to test storage devices for bad blocks.

375: Wrong About Pop! Oct 14, 2020

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We're reminded that you can't judge a distro by its screenshots. We use Pop!_OS for a few weeks and share our embarrassing discovery.

Plus our thoughts on the new Plasma release, a super handy pick, and more.

Chapters:
0:00 Pre-Show
0:44 Intro
0:50 SPONSOR: A Cloud Guru
2:39 Plasma 5.20
7:50 Kernel 5.9
8:05 VMware Flirts with Arm
15:28 SPONSOR: Linode
18:54 Big News for Nebula
22:10 Code-Shaming the Kernel
27:40 Housekeeping
29:31 Pop!_OS Exit Interview
31:44 Pop!_OS Full-Time Staff
34:49 Pop!_OS: The Last Ten Percent
37:46 Pop!_OS: A Very Unique Distribution
43:13 Pop!_OS: Driving Hardware Sales
47:40 Pop!_OS: Strengthening the System76 Brand
49:51 Manjaro Arm 20.10 Released
50:48 SPONSOR: A Cloud Guru
51:48 Feedback: TLP Magic
53:23 Feedback: Chromebooks and Education
56:16 Pick: Autotier
59:09 Pick: Antennapod 2.0.1
1:00:30 SPONSOR: Core Contributors
1:01:10 Outro
1:03:18 Post-Show

Special Guest: Neal Gompa.

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Linux_5.9 - Linux Kernel Newbies
Plasma 5.20 — One absolutely massive release!
ESXi on Arm Fling is LIVE! — The ESXi-Arm Fling supports a number of different Arm platforms ranging from a traditional Datacenter form-factor to both Near and Far Edge systems including the highly requested Raspberry Pi.
ESXi Arm Edition | VMware Flings
Great News for Nebula
Nebula for iOS and Android is now available | Defined Networking — In February of this year, Nate and I left Slack to start a company together, Defined Networking, Inc., to focus on Nebula full-time.
Mobile Nebula on the App Store
LUP 329: Flat Network Truthers
The AMD Radeon Graphics Driver Makes Up Roughly 10.5% Of The Linux Kernel — With Linux 5.9, it comes in at 2.16 million lines of code plus another 247k lines of code comments and another 109k blank lines.
AMD Graphics Driver Hacker News Thread
All Jupiter Broadcasting Shows
Pop!_OS by System76
Unplugged Core Contributors
Manjaro ARM 20.10 released!
Feedback: TLP Magic
Feedback: Chromebooks and Education
PIck: autotier — A passthrough FUSE filesystem that intelligently moves files between storage tiers based on the frequency of use, file age, and tier fullness.
AntennaPod 2.0.1 Changelog

374: Perfect Nextcloud Setup Oct 06, 2020

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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.

Special Guests: Brent Gervais and Drew DeVore.

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KDE Begins Landing “Breeze Evolution” Refresh For Default Theme - Phoronix
This week in KDE: Breeze Evolution work starts landing – Adventures in Linux and KDE
Getting KDE onto commercial hardware [LWN.net]
NVIDIA Unveils $59 USD Raspberry Pi Competitor With Jetson Nano 2GB
All Jupiter Broadcasting Shows
Check out Coder Radio
Unfilter.show
LINUX Unplugged 362: The Hidden Cost of Nextcloud
Nextcloud 20: One private cloud to rule them all | ZDNet
New in Nextcloud 20
Rclone — Rclone syncs your files to cloud storage
Feedback: The Last Text Editor You’ll Ever Use
Feedback: Next Generation of Linux Users
Feedback: Nextcloud Todo system
Feedback: Patreon and Memberful
File Converter — Free and Unlimited File Conversions With No Download Needed, powered by WASM and FFMPEG
ffmpeg.wasm: FFmpeg for browser and node, powered by WebAssembly

373: Your New Tools Sep 29, 2020

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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.

Chapters:
0:00 Pre-Show
0:29 Intro
0:46 SPONSOR: A Cloud Guru
2:31 LVFS Hits 20 Million Downloads
4:10 Dell Precision 5750 Review Unit Coming Soon
6:27 LVFS Continued
7:29 Xen Hypervisor is Porting to Raspberry Pi 4
12:09 New Dell XPS 13 Developer Editions
14:56 Lenovo Expands its Linux-Loaded Selection
16:48 SPONSOR: Linode
19:31 WSL to Support GUI Apps
24:09 Will Microsoft Switch to Linux?
33:18 Fedora 33 Beta is Live
35:13 Housekeeping
36:13 Exploring Send and Receive
38:06 Send and Receive: Backups
39:37 Send and Receive: Setting Up the Volumes
41:00 Send and Receive: Rsync Comparison
43:40 Send and Receive: Data Retention Tests
48:10 Send and Receive: Comparing Performance
50:09 Send and Receive: Right Tool for the Job
55:29 Send and Receive: Rivaling NTFS and APFS
57:39 Feedback: Todo Apps
1:01:33 SPONSOR: Unplugged Core Contributors
1:02:30 Outro
1:04:17 Post-Show

Special Guests: Brent Gervais, Drew DeVore, and Neal Gompa.

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20 Million Downloads from the LVFS — Technical Blog of Richard Hughes
Xen Project officially ports its hypervisor to Raspberry Pi 4 • The Register
Lenovo Expands Its Range of Ubuntu Laptops - OMG! Ubuntu!
WSLG Overview
WSLG Slide Deck
X.Org Developers Conference 2020 (16-18 September 2020): X11 and Wayland applications in WSL
XDC 2020 - Day 1 - September 16, 2020 - YouTube (link with timecode)
What’s new in the Windows Subsystem for Linux - September 2020 | Windows Command Line
Support Wayland protocol to allow GUI apps to work. · Issue #938 · microsoft/WSL
Announcing the release of Fedora 33 Beta - Fedora Magazine
Phoronix Fedora 33 Beta coverage
All Jupiter Broadcasting Shows
Deploying Btrfs at Facebook Scale - Josef Bacik, Facebook
ZFS Send and Receive
btrfs-send(8)
zrepl — One-stop ZFS backup & replication solution.
sanoid — Policy-driven snapshot management and replication tools.
btrbk — Tool for creating snapshots and remote backups of btrfs subvolumes.
Fruit Images Dataset
Feedback: MS to Ditch Windows for Linux?
Windows to become emulation layer atop Linux kernel, predicts Eric Raymond
Last phase of the desktop wars?
Feedback: Todo Apps — I'd love to hear more about todo apps, is that something you've covered before on self-hosted or LUP?
Todoist
Todo.txt — Future-proof task tracking in a file you control
Taskwarrior

372: Distro Triforce Sep 22, 2020

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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.

Plus Carl from System76 stops by to surprise us with some firmware news.

Chapters:
0:00 Pre-Show
2:22 Intro
2:36 SPONSOR: A Cloud Guru
4:24 USB Booting the Pi 4
10:10 System76 Open Firmware Update
23:14 SPONSOR: Linode
25:28 OpenPOWER Summit 2020
29:23 EndeavourOS ARM
30:14 Housekeeping
30:53 SPONSOR: Unplugged Core Contributors
32:59 It's Really Just a Three Distro World
46:37 Feedback: systemd Skepticism
50:50 Feedback: EmacsConf2020
51:40 Picks
52:12 Pick: Cloud Hypervisor
53:51 Pick: SongRec
54:45 Pick: tmpmail
55:55 Pick: MyPaas
57:16 Outro
59:11 Post-Show

Special Guests: Brent Gervais, Carl Richell, and Neal Gompa.

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Second-hand TV wipes out broadband for entire village
Raspberry Pi 4 can finally boot directly from USB | Hacker News
Raspberry Pi USB Boot - UASP, TRIM, and performance | Jeff Geerling
Switching Between Proprietary Firmware and System76 Open Firmware - System76 Support — System76 Open Firmware is designed to be lightweight and performant with a simple and straightforward user interface.
OpenPOWER Summit 2020 Was This Week With Many Interesting Hardware/Software Talks - Phoronix — Roberto Innocenti provided an update on the POWER64 laptop that is still being worked on via community donations as an open hardware platform.
Open Hardware GNU/Linux PPC64 Laptop Potential - Roberto Innocenti, Power Progress Community - YouTube
Donation Campaign for Signal Integrity Analysis of the PCB Design - GNU/Linux Open Hardware PowerPC notebook
Arch Linux-Based EndeavourOS ARM Launches for ARM Devices - 9to5Linux
Deepin 20 Review — Gorgeous Distro Becomes Even More Beautiful.
Feedback: systemd skepticism
EmacsConf2020 — Have you heard about the recent announcement for EmacsConf 2020? It's a free two-day online Emacs conference scheduled for the weekend of November 28th and 29th, 2020.
cloud-hypervisor/cloud-hypervisor — A rust-vmm based cloud hypervisor.
marin-m/SongRec — An open-source Shazam client for Linux, written in Rust.
almarklein/mypaas — Run your own PaaS using Docker, Traefik, and great analytics.
sdushantha/tmpmail — A temporary email right from your terminal.

371: Cabin Fever Sep 15, 2020

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Friends join us to discuss Cabin, a proposal that encourages more Linux apps and fewer distros.

Plus, we debate the value that the Ubuntu community brings to Canonical, and share a pick for audiobook fans.

Chapters:
0:00 Pre-Show
0:48 Intro
0:54 SPONSOR: A Cloud Guru
2:25 Future of Ubuntu Community
6:51 Ubuntu Community: Popey Responds
9:31 Ubuntu Community: Stuart Langridge Responds
16:26 Ubuntu Community: Mark Shuttleworth Responds
17:30 BTRFS Workflow Developments
19:09 Linux Kernel 5.9 Performance Regression
24:48 SPONSOR: Linode
27:34 Cabin
29:48 Cabin: More Apps, Fewer Distros
33:41 Cabin: Building Small Apps
36:40 Cabin: What is a Cabin App?
44:34 SPONSOR: A Cloud Guru
45:20 Feedback: Fedora 33 Bug-A-Thon
47:53 Goin' Indy Update
49:40 Submit Your Linux Prepper Ideas
50:11 Feedback: Dev IDEs
54:15 Feedback: Nextcloud
58:20 Picks: Cozy
1:00:25 Outro
1:01:38 Post-Show

Special Guests: Alan Pope, Drew DeVore, and Stuart Langridge.

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Amiga Fast File System Return to the Linux Kernel – CubicleNate’s Techpad
Future of Ubuntu Community - Community Council - Ubuntu Community Hub
Mark Shuttleworth Now Plans To Restore Ubuntu’s Community Council - Phoronix — Mark Shuttleworth announced now that in cooperation with Ubuntu member (and former Community Council member) Walter Lapchynski, they are working to restore the Community Council.
Btrfs development update | Josef Bacik’s Blog
Deploying Btrfs at Facebook Scale - Josef Bacik, Facebook - YouTube
The Latest On The Linux 5.9 Kernel Regression Stemming From Page Lock Fairness - Phoronix — Last week we reported on a Linux 5.9 kernel regression following benchmarks from Linux 5.0 to 5.9 and there being a sharp drop with the latest development kernel. That kernel regression was bisected to code introduced by Linus Torvalds at the start of the Linux 5.9 kernel cycle. Unfortunately it's not a trivial problem and one still being analyzed in coming up with a proper solution.
Linux Mailing List - Re: Kernel Benchmarking
Making apps for Linux, a proposal — I have a few thoughts on this topic, and so does Alan Pope, and so we got chatting and put together a proposal for a programming environment for making simple apps in a way that new developers could easily grasp. We were quite pleased with it as a concept, but: it didn’t get selected for further development. Oh well, never mind. But the ideas still seem good to us, so I think it’s worth publishing the proposal anyway so that someone else has the chance to be inspired by it, or decide they want it to happen.
Direct link to Core Contributors Downloads Page
Feedback: IDEs and Editors
Feedback: Nextcloud (and borg too)
GitHub - geigi/cozy — A modern audio book player for Linux using GTK+ 3.
OpenAudible — Audio Book Manager
Boot from USB · Issue #28 · raspberrypi/rpi-eeprom · GitHub

370: PipeWire Progress Sep 08, 2020

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We get an update from PipeWire developer Wim Taymans on the status of Linux's new audio and video subsystem.

Plus Alexi Pol joins us for two big updates from the KDE community.

Chapters:
0:00 Pre-Show
1:30 Intro
1:49 SPONSOR: A Cloud Guru
2:56 Linux Action News Returns!
4:17 Ubuntu 20.10 Embraces Active Directory
7:26 DebConf 2020
12:58 Pipewire Progress with Wim Tayman
23:26 SPONSOR: Linode
25:28 Akademy 2020
33:41 Housekeeping
36:19 SPONSOR: Unplugged Core Contributors
38:08 Jono Bacon's Book Club
39:05 Feedback: Alpine Server Challenge
40:15 Feedback: Remote Office
44:05 Picks: SC-IM
45:11 Picks: Present
47:30 Outro
48:49 Post-Show

Special Guests: Aleix Pol, Brent Gervais, Drew DeVore, Neal Gompa, and Wim Taymans.

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369: Double Data Rate Trouble Sep 01, 2020

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The Raspberry Pi might be getting a small software fix that makes a big performance improvement.

Plus, we attempt to combine two internet connections with Linux live from the woods!

Chapters:
0:00 Pre-Show
1:07 Intro
1:55 SPONSOR: A Cloud Guru
2:35 Lenovo Linux Laptops
11:21 Raspberry Pi Storage Speedup
13:31 SPONSOR: Linode
17:45 Linux Unplugged Core Contributors
18:58 Fedora 33 Bug-a-Thon
20:55 Using Two Internet Connections in Linux
25:11 Policy Routing
28:32 Net-ISP-Balance
31:46 Diving into Policy Routing
33:42 Speedify
39:35 Feedback
40:32 Pick: tunshell
43:16 Outro
45:46 Post-Show

Special Guests: Alan Pope, Brent Gervais, Drew DeVore, and Neal Gompa.

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368: The Best is Yet to Come Aug 26, 2020

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It's a new day for Jupiter Broadcasting and the show, we share our big news.

Plus our plan to help make a difference in free software, and we reunite with some old friends.

Chapters:
0:00 Pre-Show
0:42 Intro
1:08 SPONSOR: A Cloud Guru
2:59 Arch Update
4:13 Big News for Jupiter Broadcasting
6:58 Coder Radio Returns
8:08 Linux Action News Returns
9:45 The Future of Jupiter Broadcasting
10:23 Unplugged Core Contributors
15:01 Arch Update Part 2
16:49 Housekeeping
18:20 Arch Update Part 3
19:05 Bug Squashers Assemble
24:11 Fedora 33 Test Week
28:27 Fedora IoT
33:51 Pick: FetchCord
34:50 Wimpy's Discord Plea
37:14 Arch Update Part 4
38:16 Pick: Chowdown
40:59 Catching Up with Mike
52:21 Catching Up with Joe
54:30 Catching Up with Wimpy
1:01:19 Outro
1:03:34 Post-Show

Special Guests: Alan Pope, Alex Kretzschmar, Drew DeVore, Joe Ressington, Martin Wimpress, and Neal Gompa.

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367: Podcatcher Play-off Aug 19, 2020

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We round up the best podcast clients for your Linux desktop, mobile, and the web.

Plus we announce the official Jupiter Broadcasting Matrix server, share some great picks, and a thought-provoking email.

Chapters:
0:00 Pre-Show
0:35 Intro
2:03 Debian Requests Artwork
3:04 Google Kernel Code Dump
8:07 The Future of Rust
14:15 Manjaro Forum Meltdown
20:11 Matrix Server Migration
27:38 Housekeeping
28:44 Podcatcher Play-Off
29:08 Podcatcher Play-Off: Honorable Mentions
31:33 Podcatcher Play-Off: Winds
33:36 Podcatcher Play-Off: Cpod
35:33 Podcatcher Play-Off: Airsonic
38:16 Podcatcher Play-Off: Shellcaster
40:15 Podcatcher Play-Off: Castero
40:42 Podcatcher Play-Off: Castget
42:27 Podcatcher Play-Off: Pocketcasts
44:22 Podcatcher Play-Off: Antennapod
45:09 Podcatcher Play-Off: Overcast
47:22 Feedback: Mac Pro as a Daily Driver
48:38 Feedback: Internet Apocalypse
57:22 Pick: Quad SATA Kit for Raspberry Pi
1:00:01 Pick: Outrun
1:02:50 Outro
1:04:30 Post-Show