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Episode 96: Fedora's Bright Future | LUP 96 Jun 09, 2015

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The Fedora Project Lead Matthew Miller joins us to discuss what’s coming up in Fedora 23 & reflect on Fedora 22.

Plus Mark Shuttleworth unveils another device running Ubuntu, Angela stops by with a switch to Linux update, some quick story updates & more!

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Episode 95: Disjunctive Normal Fedora | LUP 95 Jun 01, 2015

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A follow up on our Fedora 22 review, including a few areas we missed. How Google’s Cardboard could kickstart open source VR & new features coming to Gnome 3.18.

Plus our take on the state of openSUSE, why 2015 might really be the year of the Linux Laptop & much, much more!

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Episode 94: 11 Years of Linux Benchmarking | LUP 94 May 26, 2015

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Michael Larabel joins us to discuss his initiative of daily automated performance benchmarking of some of the world's most important open source projects & reflects on 11 years of running Phoronix.com.

Plus our first take on Fedora 22 & how we resolved some rough edges, the best new options for new users that require Microsoft Office under Linux & more!

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Episode 93: Rollback Romanticism | LUP 93 May 19, 2015

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After an Ubuntu update goes really bad Chris reflects on how snappy, a transactionally updated version of Ubuntu, could have avoided this problem.

Plus a review of the System76 Meerkat PC, Russia plans to fork Sailfish OS & more!

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Episode 92: Linux Wife, Happy Life. | LUP 92 May 12, 2015

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We get an update on our resident Mac users switch to Linux & the challenges she's run into. Ubuntu makes a deal with Microsoft and promises to ship snappy on the Internet of Things, but what the heck is a Snap package? And is it truly a transactional system?

Plus hints on how Debian PPAs might work, the world's first $9 Linux rig & much more!

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Episode 91: Open Source Kollaboration | LUP 91 May 05, 2015

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Aaron Seigo joins us to discuss the Kolab project, open source’s genuine answer to Microsoft Exchange and other groupware solutions. We also discuss the Roundcube project’s fundraiser & possible integration with Kolab.

Plus our Virtual LUG reviews Ubuntu 15.04, and we discuss what’s so desktop focused about Ubuntu 15.10 & much, much more!

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Episode 90: How The Fest Was Fun | LUP 90 Apr 28, 2015

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Exclusive interviews from the floor of LinuxFest Northwest 2015, meet the man who brought Netflix to Linux & changed the WINE project forever, how Intel builds the MinnowBoard for Linux, the state of ZFS on Linux & how we had so much fun it just might be illegal.

Plus a quick look at the new KDE Plasma update, Telegram’s surprising popularity & more!

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Episode 89: Oh Deere, RMS was Right | LUP 89 Apr 21, 2015

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Manufactures claims software integrated with hardware means the end user never truly owns the device, and simply owns a license to use it. Our panel discusses the real world ramifications of this.

Plus MacBook Linux woes, the quick look at the ThinkPad Yoga 3 running Linux, the biggest systemd myth busted & more!

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Episode 88: Churning Over Btrfs | LUP 88 Apr 14, 2015

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Episode 87: btrfs Meltdown | LUP 87 Apr 07, 2015

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After yet another gotcha takes down a critical Linux workstation, is it officially time to consider avoiding btrfs when it matters?

Plus what happened to the Evolve OS project & why they are now called Solus.

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