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Episode 196: Orange is the new Red (Hat) | LUP 196 May 09, 2017

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Canonical is going for the IPO & that means some big changes. In a recent interview Mark Shuttleworth gives us a hint at the new purpose of the Ubuntu desktop.

Plus Thunderbird’s future is uncertain, we get our hands on System76’s Galago Pro & more!

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Episode 195: Rub a Dub Grub | LUP 195 May 03, 2017

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Big improvements are coming to a grub near you, Wes has a batch of really useful new open source projects & we consider the “threat” posed by Windows 10 S.

Plus the dirty secret about Linux’s battery life, some of our LinuxFest Northwest plans & a lot more!

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Episode 194: Internet of Troubles | LUP 194 Apr 25, 2017

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Linux Foundation thinks they have the solution to the Internet of Terrible & they might actually be right. We’ll share the exclusive interview that has us excited for the future.

Plus the bad, horrible, no good week that Docker had & more!

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Episode 193: Ubuntu's Bare Gnome | LUP 193 Apr 18, 2017

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Community efforts to port Unity 8 or recreate the Unity 7 desktop are popping up all over & one of them is showing some real promise. Plus why Ubuntu Gnome left us feeling a little underwhelmed.

Then, Solus has a Gnome edition now. Ikey stops by to tell us about it & other new things coming out from the project.

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Episode 192: Home Sweet Gnome | LUP 192 Apr 12, 2017

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OpenELEC’s latest release, Snaps on Fedora, plus Wes’ Picks, Pinterest’s support for Open Source & the controversial use of Slack for Open Source projects.

Then Wes, Noah & the Mumble room have a wide-ranging discussion about Ubuntu’s big desktop change, what it means for the Linux Desktop, Linux Vendors & you!

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Episode 191: What’s a Distro? | LUP 191 Apr 04, 2017

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Joe Ressington of Late Night Linux joins Wes to discuss just what makes a “Proper” distribution. Then the latest news about Libreboot and the Free Software Foundation, Containers explained in pictures & our complaints about the latest Telegram release.

Plus Fedora has the perfect desktop for Hacker News & Android is now king of the internet.

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Episode 190: Boot Free or Die Tryin’ | LUP 190 Mar 28, 2017

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We dig deep into the LibreBoot project, how the Intel ME problem impacts open source & limits badass free laptops. Then we spend Wes’ money and shop for his next perfect Linux rig.

Plus we discuss the big changeup at FreeNAS & more!

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Episode 189: Das Boot Manager | LUP 189 Mar 21, 2017

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Bulletproof Linux Kernel upgrades might be near, Kodi gets a real Netflix Plugin & the dirty, stinky, no good, obvious, elephant in the room around desktop Linux.

Plus why Bcachefs might be Linux’s next hit filesystem, Mozilla's Obsidian & more!

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Episode 188: Celebrating Linux on Pi Day | LUP 188 Mar 14, 2017

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We celebrate Pi Day by loading Mycroft & Alexa onto a Raspberry Pi 3, look at the actual use cases for VR & AR under Linux today, flash back to Linux in the 90s & update on our favorite projects.

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Episode 187: CIA's Dank Trojans | LUP 187 Mar 07, 2017

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It’s the year of the CIA linux desktop, with multiplatform malware & boot environments designed to attack Macs, Popey & Wimpy share their Mobile World Congress adventures & Bryan joins us to discuss the last Linux Sucks talk ever.

Plus we chat with Gnome at SCALE, take a look at Endless OS & ponder the Litebook.

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