Unpacking recent forecasts, OpenAI going commercial, return-to-office mandates leading to staff misery, DHH on discovering the future early, exploring Linux on a Framework Laptop, font rendering challenges, OpenAI restructuring, diverse topics from Nazis to Apple updates, and discussions on mid-range phones and Google-free experience.

The podcast discusses the new systemd release with a sudo replacement, upcoming ARM laptops, advantages of Arm processors, Linux nostalgia, and privacy concerns with personalized ads. They explore system management improvements, evolving views on sudo, and the transition to ARM ecosystems for laptops, highlighting performance benefits and challenges in the tech industry.

Exploring surprises in mini-PC tech, Tube Archivist for offline YouTube videos, Nextcloud updates, and automations with Bitfocus Companion for seamless control. Dive into DIY IPMI solutions, affordable home lab options, self-hosted media servers, and secure networking with Tailscale. Discover Grist as an Airtable alternative, Elgato Streamdeck for podcast automation, and challenges with Zigbee in smart home setups.

Discussion on Apple unveiling AI features at WWDC '24, RCS replacing SMS on iPhone, and Apple's generative AI push. Speculation on Apple's server-side applications, platform updates, and advancements in AI technology. Banter about upcoming UFC matchups, gratitude towards a key figure, and show updates.

The podcast delves into Omakub, a specialized Ubuntu desktop for power users and macOS expats. They discuss transitioning to Linux among developers and explore customizations in a Linux distribution. The episode highlights trying out Omicub, Nix package manager, and Flexibility of NixOS. Listener boosts, software tools, challenges in tech mistakes, Nix shell benefits, and overlay networks on modified Ubuntu are also covered.

The podcast delves into Mike's fight with a supercomputer, Arm's market share, Windows AI push, ChatGPT outage, and concerns about OpenAI. They explore strategies for market domination, Microsoft's CP+ PC, AI takeovers, tech disappointments, and the evolution of regulations in industries. Reflecting on TV adaptations, boosting support, and excitement over retro mechanical keyboards and coding adventures.

The facepalm moments that make us question our sanity—and swear off sudo for a week.Sponsored By:Core Contributor Membership: Take $1 a month of your membership for a lifetime!Tailscale: Tailscale is a programmable networking software that is private and secure by default - get it free on up to 100 devices!Kolide: Kolide is a device trust solution for companies with Okta, and they ensure that if a device isn't trusted and secure, it can't log into your cloud apps.Support LINUX UnpluggedLinks:💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike📻 LINUX Unplugged on Fountain.FMLinux May Be the Best Way to Avoid the AI Nightmare — What if you care about AI's environmental impact, privacy holes, and the ethical problems of training on data without the creators' permission? The answer might be to switch to Linux. Yes, Linux.Kate Asks about Mistakes to Avoid — Hey boys-Microsoft has officially gone off the deep end with this AI stuff. I'm pretty sure AI Clippy is pulling the strings behind the scenes. Any tips for escaping to Linux before I get assimilated? What are the big don'ts for a newbie?Jeremy Molina on X — sudo rm -rf ./ on the root directory 😓Lee Ball on X — I thought I was in a backup directory when I did an rm -rf but turned out I'd forgotten the ./ and just went into /var/lib/mysql and not the backup of said directory.ChaoticHuman on X — I think my most major beginner mistake once was something like sudochownuseraccount/ because I wanted to not have to deal with file-ownership-conflicts though I no longer remember what exactly I did. I only remember that it led to completely destroying my Linux-system.Ken Starks on X — What are all these files with a dot before them. They aren't programs. Might as well delete them.PDunn on X — Using fringe distos and too much distrohopping causing loss of time and not being productive. Linux can be a time sink I don't have time for. So I installed Ubuntu and moved on. I just use what works and is easy to maintain. Unplugged contributor here.Membership Summer Discount — Take $1 a month of your membership for a lifetime!Chris' Beelink Nix ConfigNix from First Principles: Flake Edition — This guide is a beginner's guide to Nix and related tooling, focusing on the newer nix command, and flake.nix compared to older tools like nix-env and default.nix. It does not require any prior Nix knowledge, and instead builds up the Flake based world from first principles, so that it can serve as an introduction to Nix itself, as well as the concept and uses of Flakes.Pick: Delfin — Delfin is a native client for the Jellyfin media server. It features a fast and clean interface to stream your media in an embedded MPV-based video player.Delfin on FlathubDelfin repoDelfin nix packageA fireside chat with Nextcloud founder Frank Karlitschek - Nextcloud — Part of this talk was on LUP, now you can hear the full thing.

The podcast discusses the Raspberry Pi IPO, Spotify's bricking of devices, the rising age of U.S. vehicles, Unraid flexibility, open-source databases, fiber installation excitement, networking with Tailscale, Home Assistant experiences, and upcoming meetup plans.

Sam Altman leads OpenAI's new safety team and the Biden Administration's AI security board. They discuss C# 13, popping bubbles, Google's AI shortcomings, Scarlett Johansson's legal threats, and the safety of AI technology in critical infrastructure.

We're following one simple rule to build a Linux desktop so stable it could outlive us.Sponsored By:Tailscale: Tailscale is a programmable networking software that is private and secure by default - get it free on up to 100 devices!Kolide: Kolide is a device trust solution for companies with Okta, and they ensure that if a device isn't trusted and secure, it can't log into your cloud apps.Core Contributor Membership: Save $3 a month on your membership, and get the Bootleg and ad-free version of the show. Code: MAYSupport LINUX UnpluggedLinks:💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike📻 LINUX Unplugged on Fountain.FMMicrosoft’s controversial Recall feature for Windows 11 could already be in legal hot waterApple GPT — What We Know About Apple's Work on Generative AIChris' BeeLink — Beelink Ryzen 7 5700U Up to 4.3GHz 8C/16TRV BeeLink Nix configuration.nixSlack - NixOS WikiChris' Win 7 Inspired Lookmusnix — Real-time audio in NixOSBoost Pick: nh — NH reimplements some basic nix commands. Adding functionality on top of the existing solutions, like nixos-rebuild, home-manager cli or nix itself.Pick: gridplayer — Simple VLC-based media player that can play multiple videos at the same time. You can play as many videos as you like, the only limit is your hardware. It supports all video formats that VLC supports (which is all of them). You can save your playlist retaining information about the position, sound volume, loops, aspect ratio, etc.