Episodes
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612: 25 Years of LinuxFest Northwest
April 27th, 2025 | 1 hr 6 mins
bcachefs fixes, boosts feedback, carl richell, cosmic, crowd interviews, distro discussions, fedora, flatpak, james sundquist, josé ibañez, jupiter broadcasting, linux community, linux podcast, linux prepper podcast, linux trivia, linux unplugged, linuxfest northwest, live show, meep, open source accessibility, retro gaming, system76, trimui, trimui smart pro
We're live from LinuxFest Northwest 2025. We're joined by guests from the audience, try our hand at Linux trivia and share our experiences from the best fest in the West.
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611: Distro Double Trouble
April 20th, 2025 | 59 mins 41 secs
anaconda, arm64, beacondb, canonical, cosmic, digital wellbeing, encryption, fedora, fedora coreos, fedora workstation, github, gnome, gnome 48, hdr, ignition, jb gaming den, jupiter broadcasting, kde, kde plasma, lfnw, linux 6.14, linux podcast, linux unplugged, linuxfest northwest, lxqt, matthew miller, nvidia, oci images, openwebui, ostree, plucky puffin, recordapps, self-hosted, tui challenge, ubuntu, ubuntu 25.04, wayland, web ui installer
Fedora 42 and Ubuntu 25.04 are here—We break down what’s new, what stands out, and what we love most about each release.
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610: Linus' Next Big Thing
April 13th, 2025 | 1 hr 10 mins
apple, apt update, chromeos, community news, gaming feedback, git, jupiter broadcasting, linus torvalds, linux desktop, linux hardware, linux podcast, linux unplugged, macos decline, reproducible builds, terminal, tui
Apple’s software is going rotten, while Linux sneaks up as the better Mac. Linus grumbles through Git’s 20th birthday, and we spot a hardware window Linux better not slam shut.
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609: We Used to Be Friends
April 6th, 2025 | 1 hr 4 mins
anti-cheat, battle.net, battleye, brood war, easy anti-cheat, framework, game emulator, gaming, gaming on linux, jupiter broadcasting, kooha, lfnw, libreoffice draw, linux podcast, linux unplugged, linuxfest northwest, lutris, nes, pdf signature, proton, r36max, retro gaming, retro handheld gaming, screen recorder, snes, starcraft, steam, vtt-summarizer, wine
We attempt to get one of the great gaming classics running on Linux, and dig into some of the technical issues still holding back Linux. Plus: Chris has a new handheld.
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608: Linus' NT Surprise
March 30th, 2025 | 54 mins 45 secs
amdgpu drivers, android development, bcachefs improvements, btrfs features, filesystem updates, fuse enhancements, gaming performance, jupiter broadcasting, laptop power, linux kernel, linux podcast, linux unplugged, nixos laptops, ntsync integration, open source hosting, road gear, windows compatibility, wine support, xfs updates
Linux 6.14 lands with big improvements for gaming, laptops, and filesystems—but why is a Windows feature sneaking into our kernel?
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607: Ubuntu's Rusty Roadmap
March 23rd, 2025 | 1 hr 4 mins
community feedback, coreutils replacement, desktop wellbeing, fedora beta, gnome 48, gnome performance, gpl concerns, grapheneos, haiku os, hdr support, jupiter broadcasting, linux podcast, linux traditions, linux unplugged, mesa nvk, notification stacking, open-source security, proton donation, rust tools, supply chain, tailscale vpn, tui challenge, ubuntu roadmap, ulauncher, uutils adoption
Canonical's VP of Engineering for Ubuntu reveals why they're swapping coreutils for Rust-built tools. Then we break down the GNOME 48 release, and why this one is special.
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606: Nix's Magic Cookbook
March 16th, 2025 | 1 hr 38 mins
aneesh agrawal, anthropic, apple tv, atv-desktop-remote, bang boost, bang bus, chromebook, deep dive, ebpf, eelco dolstra, firefox, flakes, flox, jb meetup, jupiter broadcasting, kelsey hightower, laser tag champions, linux podcast, linux unplugged, mike kelly, mozilla, nix in the wild, nixbook, nixos, olympia mike, planet nix, producer jeff, pyatv, ron efroni, ross turk, rust, scale, system76, the launch, thunderbird, tui challenge, year of the terminal, 🚐
We have stories to share, guests joining us, insights from our week at Planet Nix, and Brent's big bombshell.
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605: Goodbye World
March 9th, 2025 | 53 mins 43 secs
bcachefs, bcc, berkeley packet filter, bpf, bpftrace, bpftune, dtrace, ebpf, execsnoop, ext4slower, jupiter broadcasting, kernel tracepoints, kprobes, linux podcast, linux unplugged, multi-monitor, netop, nixos, oci images, opensnoop, python, tailscale, wes' cryptominer, xdp, xfsslower
We are digging into a superpower inside your Linux Kernel. How eBPF works, and how anyone can take advantage of it.
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604: One Week Left
March 2nd, 2025 | 1 hr 1 min
alby hub, android auto, audiobookshelf, chromebook, dendrite, element, flox, fountain, graphene os, jb meetup, jupiter broadcasting, karousel, kelsey hightower, libro.fm, linux podcast, linux unplugged, matrix, niri, nixbook, nixos, openaudible, openaudible-to-audiblebookshelf, paperwm, planet nix, robert hernandez, ron efroni, scale, synapse, 🤟❄️⚖️, 🦒
We're pre-gaming two of the biggest Linux events of the year. Engineers, organizers, and surprise guests are dropping by to give us the scoop before it all begins.
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603: All Your Kernels Belong to Rust
February 23rd, 2025 | 1 hr 30 secs
amazon, asahi linux, bhyve, christoph hellwig, dma, freebsd challenge, gentoo challenge, greg kroah-hartman, hector martin, jupiter broadcasting, kernel, kernel maintainer, kindle, linus torvalds, linux kernel, linux podcast, linux unplugged, miguel ojeda, nping, planet nix, rust, rust kernel policy, scale, texas linux fest, txlf
There have been major Rust developments in the Linux Kernel; we discuss what's new and how it will impact the future. Plus, we're joined by a special guest.
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602: The BSD Humbling
February 16th, 2025 | 1 hr 7 mins
add water, ardour, audible, audiobookshelf, bhyve, dj khaled, doas, flox, framework, freebsd, freebsd challenge, ghostbsd, hedgedoc, jails, jellyfin, jupiter broadcasting, launch, libation, libluksde, linux podcast, linux unplugged, linuxulator-steam-utils, mate, mizutamari, music assistant, nes, netbsd, planet nix, podman, retro gaming, scale, snes, syncthing, tailscale, zfs, 👻, 🚀
Our FreeBSD Challenge comes to a close, and chances are one of us will be paying the Windows tax.
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601: Taming the Demons
February 9th, 2025 | 1 hr 8 mins
bsd battlestation, flox, freebsd, freebsd challenge, garmindb, ghostbsd, jupiter broadcasting, kexec, lfnw, linux podcast, linux unplugged, nixos analogy, planet nix, podman, prime episode, raspberry pi 400, rc.conf, shower thoughts pen, showtoshi, zach mitchell, zfs
It's week one of our FreeBSD challenge, and for one of us, that penalty Windows install looks uncomfortably close!
Plus, Zach Mitchell joins us to update us on Planet Nix.
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600: Everyone, Everywhere, All at Once
February 2nd, 2025 | 1 hr 8 mins
announcements, app configuration, audio setup, bsd systems, community support, firewall setup, freebsd challenge, freebsd challenge rules, jupiter broadcasting, linux podcast, linux podcasts, linux unplugged, meetups, mumble room, network security, network services, podcast history, podcast shift, tailscale integration, transcripts, video strategy, youtube dominance
We celebrate 600 episodes, announce a new show feature, and officially launch the FreeBSD challenge.
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599: Psycho Shower Linux Power
January 26th, 2025 | 1 hr 2 mins
aconfmgr, bazzite, birthday boost, chromium, debian, declarative, decman, ersatztv, freebsd challenge, iptv, jupiter broadcasting, liberux, liberux nexx, liberuxos, linux handheld, linux podcast, linux unplugged, lup 600, mecha comet, metapac, nixos, olivetin, open-tv, oscars, phosh, pinephone, replit, server monitoring, showerthoughts, steamos, supporters of chromium-based browsers, tuxies, wine
On the eve of episode 600, we introduce our next challenge and explore the new wave of Linux phones.
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598: Not Your Distrohopper's Distro
January 19th, 2025 | 1 hr 23 mins
ansible, declaritive, desktop linux, docker, immutable, isd, jupiter broadcasting, lfnw, linux podcast, linux unplugged, linuxfest northwest, lup 600, nextcloud, nix, nixos, notepad next, passkey, planet nix, planify, scale, super productivity, todoist, tuxies, ubuntu declarative donkey, zen kernel, zfs, 🫏
With more criticisms of NixOS than ever—do they have a point? We'll dig into the tough critiques and give our perspective.
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597: Cache My OS
January 12th, 2025 | 1 hr 18 mins
arch, bore, btrfs assistant, burstiness, cachyos, chatgippity, flatpak, jupiter broadcasting, kernel developers, linux kernel, linux podcast, linux unplugged, regressions, rt kernel, rusticl, sched-ext, scheduler, zram
We're taking on some of the toughest critiques of the Linux desktop, then taking a look at CachyOS and what makes it feel like a million bucks.