LINUX Unplugged

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Episode 216: Open Source Is Hard | LUP 216 Sep 26, 2017

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It’s Wes & the Beard this week as we cover tons of stories. TopIcons is officially unmaintained, KDE launches the XFree kwin project in an attempt to rid themselves of XWayland, Synergy goes closed source, Microsoft & Canonical build a custom linux kernel & more!

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Episode 215: Pulse of PipeWire | LUP 215 Sep 19, 2017

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A game changing project for Linux multimedia has been officially announced today, so we chat with the brilliance behind PipeWire, Wim Taymans.

Plus community news of the week & why the rapid decline of the “open source media” matters more than ever.

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Episode 214: Hacking Devices with Kali Linux | LUP 214 Sep 12, 2017

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Audit your network with a couple of easy commands on Kali Linux. Chris decides to blow off a little steam by attacking his IoT devices, Wes has the scope on Equifax blaming open source & the Beard just saved the show. It’s a really packed episode!

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Episode 213: Gnome Does it Again | LUP 213 Sep 05, 2017

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The Gnome project is about to solve one of our audience's biggest Wayland’s concerns. But as the project takes on a new level of relevance, decisions for the next version of Gnome have us worried about the future.

Plus we chat with Wimpy about the Ubuntu Rally in NYC, Microsoft’s sneaky move to turn Windows 10 into the “ULTIMATE LINUX RUNTIME”, community news & more!

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Episode 212: The Free Phone Nightmare | LUP 212 Aug 29, 2017

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We reflect on the communities appetites for another GNU/Linux phone fundraiser & pontificate if the Librem 5 might be our last hope. Plus a live unboxing of some new shiny surprise hardware.

We also cover a batch of community updates, a cryptocoin you’re going to want & discuss additional options for offsite backup.

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Episode 211: Forks Done Right | LUP 211 Aug 22, 2017

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We get fired up about the bigger message behind Ubuntu’s new fork, debate Mozilla’s plans to collect data on Firefox users & come up with solutions for Linux users fleeing from CrashPlan.

Plus a geeky project so cool it might consume your life, Google’s clever plans to push ChromeOS into the Enterprise & the one thing Electron should never be used for.

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Episode 210: Total Solus Eclipse | LUP 210 Aug 15, 2017

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A new version of Solus is out and Ikey joins us to chat about whats new, building in Snap support & a peek at the future. Wimpy sets us on the straight and narrow about confinement & we have some follow up thoughts on Slackware.

Plus some great desktop app picks, community news, Gnome’s birthday & more!

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Episode 209: LILO and Slack(ware) | LUP 209 Aug 08, 2017

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We conclude our Slackware challenge & share the lessons and results.

Plus why you really need to give Firefox another try, easy sandboxing of any Linux app, GTK4’s blockers, the official anti-systemd resource... And we announce another meetup!

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Episode 208: The Stallman Line | LUP 208 Aug 01, 2017

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We get philosophical about open source’s most modern problem & debate where we draw our own personal “Stallman Line”.

Plus a we briefly discuss today’s big Bitcoin fork, Mozilla’s new Firefox experiments, Krita’s woes, Gnome’s moves & the groundwork for the Slackware Challenge.

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Episode 207: Return Of The Distrohopper | LUP 207 Jul 25, 2017

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We get down to distros in today’s episode. Distro news, modular distros, some reviews & major new developments.

Plus Chris talks about leaving Arch and returning to his distro-hopping roots & the major news that broke today.

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