

LINUX Unplugged
Jupiter Broadcasting
An open show powered by community LINUX Unplugged takes the best attributes of open collaboration and turns it into a weekly show about Linux.
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Aug 26, 2020 • 1h 5min
368: The Best is Yet to Come
It's a new day for Jupiter Broadcasting and the show, we share our big news.
Plus our plan to help make a difference in free software, and we reunite with some old friends.
Chapters:
0:00 Pre-Show
0:42 Intro
1:08 SPONSOR: A Cloud Guru
2:59 Arch Update
4:13 Big News for Jupiter Broadcasting
6:58 Coder Radio Returns
8:08 Linux Action News Returns
9:45 The Future of Jupiter Broadcasting
10:23 Unplugged Core Contributors
15:01 Arch Update Part 2
16:49 Housekeeping
18:20 Arch Update Part 3
19:05 Bug Squashers Assemble
24:11 Fedora 33 Test Week
28:27 Fedora IoT
33:51 Pick: FetchCord
34:50 Wimpy's Discord Plea
37:14 Arch Update Part 4
38:16 Pick: Chowdown
40:59 Catching Up with Mike
52:21 Catching Up with Joe
54:30 Catching Up with Wimpy
1:01:19 Outro
1:03:34 Post-ShowSpecial Guests: Alan Pope, Alex Kretzschmar, Drew DeVore, Joe Ressington, Martin Wimpress, and Neal Gompa.Sponsored By:A Cloud Guru: Hundreds of courses, thousands of hands-on labs.Support LINUX UnpluggedLinks:nixCraft on Twitter: "On 25 August 1991, Linus at age 21 announced Linux project/system in a Usenet posting to the newsgroup. Here is original email that changed IT world forever."
Coder Radio
Linux Action News
The New Show 10: The Smell of Arm
Demerger FAQUnplugged Core Contributors
Founder discount
Drew DeVore on Twitter: “Anyone looking for a talented full time audio editor/mixer/masterer? Or for a sysadmin with 20 years experience in Linux? Please DM me. Looking for a new full time gig!”
Drew DeVore’s LinkedIn
Drew DeVore: Podcast Producer and Audio Engineer for Jupiter Broadcasting – PES 194Fedora IoT becomes an edition
(Test Week) Fedora 33 Btrfs Test Day" - Fedocal
Feedback: Dylan’s friend made a Discord app
chowdown: Simple recipes in Markdown format
chowdown on GitHub
Recipe schema
Wimpy’s World - YouTube
Self-Hosted
The New Show
2.5 Admins
The Mike Dominick Show

Aug 19, 2020 • 1h 6min
367: Podcatcher Play-off
We round up the best podcast clients for your Linux desktop, mobile, and the web.
Plus we announce the official Jupiter Broadcasting Matrix server, share some great picks, and a thought-provoking email.
Chapters:
0:00 Pre-Show
0:35 Intro
2:03 Debian Requests Artwork
3:04 Google Kernel Code Dump
8:07 The Future of Rust
14:15 Manjaro Forum Meltdown
20:11 Matrix Server Migration
27:38 Housekeeping
28:44 Podcatcher Play-Off
29:08 Podcatcher Play-Off: Honorable Mentions
31:33 Podcatcher Play-Off: Winds
33:36 Podcatcher Play-Off: Cpod
35:33 Podcatcher Play-Off: Airsonic
38:16 Podcatcher Play-Off: Shellcaster
40:15 Podcatcher Play-Off: Castero
40:42 Podcatcher Play-Off: Castget
42:27 Podcatcher Play-Off: Pocketcasts
44:22 Podcatcher Play-Off: Antennapod
45:09 Podcatcher Play-Off: Overcast
47:22 Feedback: Mac Pro as a Daily Driver
48:38 Feedback: Internet Apocalypse
57:22 Pick: Quad SATA Kit for Raspberry Pi
1:00:01 Pick: Outrun
1:02:50 Outro
1:04:30 Post-ShowSpecial Guests: Brent Gervais, Drew DeVore, Neal Gompa, and Philip Muller.Support LINUX UnpluggedLinks:Debian turns 27! - Bits from Debian
r/linux: Debian turns 27!
Debian Bullseye artwork call for proposals - entries must be submitted by October 15
Google Finally Begins Their Open-Source Dance Around Linux User-Space Threading - Phoronix
[PATCH for 5.9 0/3] FUTEX_SWAP (tip/locking/core) - Peter
Laying the foundation for Rust’s future | Rust Blog
Manjaro’s new Forum
LINUX Unplugged Matrix Community
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LUP LUG Mumble Server Info
Fullscreen JB IRC Chat
Gnome Podcasts
gPodder — Media aggregator and podcast clientbrtmr/podfox
Spotify
Winds — Winds is a modern, open-source RSS and Podcast app built using React/Redux/Node by Stream.
CPod — A simple, beautiful podcast app for Windows, macOS, and Linux.AirSonic — Airsonic is a free, web-based media streamer, providing ubiquitous access to your music.
shellcaster — Terminal-based podcast manager built in Rustcastero — TUI podcast client for the terminalcastget — A command-line podcast downloader.Pocketcasts
Pocket Casts acquired by NPR, other public radio stations, and This American Life - The Verge
Overcast
AntennaPod
Feedback: ‘TheFake VIP’ still uses that same Mac Pro as his daily driver — I still, to this day, run a Mac Pro just like that as my daily driver, in Windows, macOS and Linux (Arch with i3). It's still a dream machine for me.Feedback: Would you still use Linux if there was no more internet? — So let me ask you an important question. Would you still use Linux if there was no more internet?
QUAD SATA KIT for Raspberry PI — Easily build your own NAS / Media-server based on Raspberry Pi 4 Description mount up to 4x 2.5" HDD or SSD
outrun — Execute a local command using the processing power of another Linux machine.Debconf 20 starts this week.
Flipper Zero — Tamagochi for Hackers

Aug 12, 2020 • 48min
366: Linux Server Salvage
We refurbish a special machine from the Jupiter Broadcasting Hardware Archive and try out Matrix, the one chat platform to rule them all.
Plus Dan and Cassidy from elementary OS join us to discuss version 6.0.
Chapters:
0:00 Pre-Show
0:45 Intro
2:25 KDE Neon 20.04
4:17 Mozilla Resturcturing
8:21 elementary OS 6
18:29 Housekeeping
20:00 Matrix
22:33 Silver Salvage
29:43 Matrix Server Punishment Test
33:04 Clients Galore
35:06 Secure By Default
43:56 Outro
45:08 Post-ShowSpecial Guests: Alex Kretzschmar, Cassidy James Blaede, Danielle Foré, Drew DeVore, and Neal Gompa.Support LINUX UnpluggedLinks:Pen Test Partners: Boeing 747s receive critical software updates over 3.5" floppy disks
KDE neon rebased on 20.04
Mozilla is laying off 25% of their employees
Large part of Mozilla’s Sec Team Laid Off
Let’s Talk elementary OS 6 ⋅ elementary Blog
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LUP LUG Mumble Server Info
Fullscreen JB IRC Chat
Chris Fisher on Twitter: "Pulled an old Mac Pro out of storage for today’s @LinuxUnplugged live test.
2009 Mac Pro | eBay
apple-history.com / Mac Pro (Early 2009, Dual CPU)
Matrix - An open network for secure, decentralized communicationElement - encrypted group video calls end-to-end encryption team messaging
Element Web App

Aug 5, 2020 • 54min
365: There's a Hole in my Boot!
We explain why BootHole is getting so much attention and break down the key issues. Then we review our favorite Linux-compatible headsets.
Plus community news, feedback, and more.Special Guests: Drew DeVore and Neal Gompa.Support LINUX UnpluggedLinks:Eight Great Features Of Linux 5.8 - Phoronix
Feedback from David: Trackball for RSI
Standing Desks from Autonomous
MX Vertical Advanced Ergonomic Mouse
Debian: GRUB2 UEFI SecureBoot vulnerability - ‘BootHole’
A long list of GRUB2 secure-boot holes
There’s a Hole in the Boot
Red Hat and CentOS systems aren’t booting due to BootHole patches
Valve Hires Former Emulator Developer To Work On Open-Source Graphics For Linux
Nvidia-Arm Deal Would Be a Technology ‘Disaster’
Invitation to Play Along | PINE64
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LUP LUG Mumble Server Info
Fullscreen JB IRC Chat - bit.ly/jupiterchat
Jabra Elite Active 65t Tech Specs
Amazon.com: Jabra Elite Active 65t Earbuds
PulseAudio Loopbacks and Virtual Sinks
PulseAudio Hacks for Zoom
Shure SM58-LC Cardioid Dynamic Vocal Microphone
Corsair Void RGB Elite Wireless Premium Gaming Headset
ATR2100-USB - Cardioid Dynamic USB/XLR Microphone | Audio-Technica
Booth Junkie Review: Audio Technica ATR-2100 USB review
Feedback: Another reason to love MX Linux

Jul 29, 2020 • 53min
364: Linux Arm Wrestling
The past, present and future of Linux on Arm. The major challenges still facing full Linux support, and why ServerReady might be a solution to unify Arm systems.
Plus we chat with the Manjaro team about recent changes.
Chapters:
0:00 Pre-Show
0:58 Intro
2:01 Terminal 2.0 in ChromeOS
4:41 Manjaro's Process Problems
13:49 Manjaro Sneak Peaks
15:41 Weekend Manjaro Journey
21:02 Housekeeping
22:09 ARM on Linux
24:01 The History of ARM
28:16 Single Board Computing Revolution
31:47 ARM Reaching into the Present
33:17 The Future of ARM
36:42 Not Everyone Loves ARM
43:01 Wants and What Ifs
48:30 App Pick: tuptime
49:48 App Pick: s-tui
50:21 Outro
51:36 Post-ShowSpecial Guests: Brent Gervais, Dalton Durst, Drew DeVore, Jeremy Soller, Marius Gripsgard, Neal Gompa, and Philip Muller.Support LINUX UnpluggedLinks:Say hello to the Linux Terminal 2.0 for Chrome OS
Change in manjaro team composition - Manjaro Linux Forum
Phil’s version of the story
Notebook for Package Building · Expense #22477 - Open Collective
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LUP LUG Mumble Server Info
Fullscreen JB IRC Chat - bit.ly/jupiterchat
Intel’s 7nm is busted, chips delayed, may have to use rival foundries to get GPUs out for US govt exascale super • The Register
Intel Restructuring: Murthy Leaves, Ann Kelleher Takes Over 7nm And 5nm Development
Arash Massoudi on Twitter: “Huge tech deal: Japan’s SoftBank to buy UK’s ARM Holdings for $32.4bn tomorrow"
Hermann Hauser on Twitter: “ARM is the proudest achievement of my life. The proposed sale to SoftBank is a sad day for me and for technology in Britain.” /
Brit chip biz ARM legs it to Softbank for $32bn • The Register
Some facts about the Acorn RISC Machine - Google Groups
Linux Devs had Arm builds are early as spring of 1994.
Arch Linux ARM first released March 11, 2002
Raspberry Pi - Single-board computers developed in the United Kingdom by the Raspberry Pi Foundation. Mainly using Broadcom SoCs
Pine64 - initially Pine Microsystems, founded by TL Lim, the inventor of the PopBox and Popcorn Hour series of media players. Mainly using RockChip SoCs
Beaglebone - a low-power open-source single-board computer produced by Texas Instruments in association with Digi-Key and element14. Using Texas Instruments SoCs
Odroid - a series of single-board computers and tablet computers created by Hardkernel, located in South Korea. Mainly using Amlogic SoCs
Orange Pi - an open source single board computer, based on Raspberry Pi but generally lower in price and manufactured by Shenzhen Xunlong Software. Mainly using Allwinner based SoCs
Banana Pi - a line of low-cost credit card-sized single-board computers produced by the Chinese company Shenzhen SINOVOIP Co., Ltd. Using various SoCs including Realtek, Mediatek, Allwinner, etc
NanoPi - a single board computer computer company based out of GuangDong, China. Mainly shipping with Samsung, Allwinner, and RockChip SoCs
PINEBOOK Pro | PINE64
Dual-display version of RK3399-based Rock Pi 4 starts at $59
This is what HoneyComb LX2K 16-core Arm Workstation Looks Like (Video)
Kobol Helios64 - Will your next NAS be ARM powered?
Ubports - Linux on your phone!
Amazon’s Graviton - 40% better price performance over comparable current generation x86-based instances
YouTube: Making Pi ServerReady - Time for cheap Arm Infrastructure be Standards-Compliant — Even if you don't care about IoT, getting this class of devices to be standards-compliant will provide developers, tech evangelists and early adopters with $50-$100 ServerReady platforms, solving a real headache today around pricing/availability of systems in the market.Server systems – Arm Developer
Arm announces ServerReady compliance program - Processors blog - Processors - Arm Community
Raspberry Pi 4 Strides Towards ServerReady Status via SBBR-Compliant UEFI Firmware Effort - Hackster.io
s-tui - Stress-Terminal UI, monitors CPU temperature, frequency, power and utilization with built in stress testing options
Tuptime – A CLI Utility To Find Linux System Uptime

Jul 22, 2020 • 53min
363: Return of the Terminal Server
Fedora makes a bold move and Microsoft seems to be working on their ideal "Cloud PC", we ponder what Linux has to offer.
Plus an easy way to remotely watch movies with others, and a bunch of your feedback.
Chapters:
0:00 Pre-Show
0:29 Intro
2:34 RSI Woes
7:21 Jellyfin
13:12 Proxmox Backup Server
16:22 ProcMon for Linux
20:16 Fedora 33 Defaults to Btrfs
24:27 systemd-oomd
26:38 Housekeeping
28:41 Riot Becomes Element
32:36 Mysterious Microsoft Job Posting
39:19 Picks: Polybar
40:57 Picks: ytop
42:43 Feedback
48:50 Outro
50:06 Post-ShowSpecial Guests: Brent Gervais, Drew DeVore, and Neal Gompa.Support LINUX UnpluggedLinks:GNOME Opens an Official Merch Shop Selling T-Shirts, More
GNOME Shop – GNOME’s very own merch shop!
Jellyfin Release - v10.6.0 - Jellyfin: The Free Software Media System
Proxmox Backup Server (beta) | Proxmox Support Forum
GitHub - microsoft/ProcMon-for-Linux:
Approved: Fedora 33 Desktop Variants Defaulting To Btrfs File-System
Feedback: Stephen uses Btrfs to ensure safe upgrades on openSUSE
Issue #2429: F33 System-Wide Change: Make btrfs the default file system for desktop variants
systemd-oomd Looks Like It Will Come Together For systemd 247
Welcome to Element!
Job details | Microsoft Careers
Guadec 2020 July 22nd – 28th, 2020
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LUP LUG Mumble Server Info
Fullscreen JB IRC Chat
GitHub - polybar/polybar: A fast and easy-to-use status bar
GitHub - cjbassi/ytop: A terminal based graphical activity monitor inspired by gtop and vtop written in rust
Feedback: Follow-up Questions About Nextcloud
Feedback: Rick had a suggestion about our crazy storage costs too
Feedback: Advait wants time stamps
Feedback: An open source space industry tracking app for Linux
GitHub - shiroininjaTech/AstroNinja-Alpha: an all-around tracker of the space industry.
Your desktop everywhere - ubiDesktop

Jul 14, 2020 • 1h 3min
362: The Hidden Cost of Nextcloud
Our team has been using Nextcloud to replace Dropbox for over a year, we report back on what has worked great, and what's not so great.
Plus why Linus Torvalds has become the master of saying no.Special Guest: Drew DeVore.Support LINUX UnpluggedLinks:Linus Torvalds Says He’s No Longer a Programmer: My Job Is to Say NoKeynote: Linus Torvalds in conversation with Dirk HohndelList of Linux kernel names - WikipediaImplementing S3 Compatible Primary Storage for NextCloudAlone (TV series) - WikipediaFeedback: LVFS fwupdmgr updates on ThinkpadsFeedback: Chas wonders if we would change anything about our Thinkpad configurationDPL elections 2020, congratulations Jonathan Carter! - Bits from DebianDebian Mailing Lists -- Complete IndexFree Software Activities for 2020-05 – Jonathan CarterDebConf20 Moves OnlineChris Tries i3 for the First Time... LIVE

Jul 8, 2020 • 53min
361: Buttery Smooth Fedora
Fedora's getting to work and reconsidering some long held-assumptions.
Plus the best tool for getting things done on Linux, we take a look at openSUSE Leap 15.2, and breathe new life into an old Pebble.Special Guests: Alex Kretzschmar, Brent Gervais, Drew DeVore, Jeff Fortin Tam, and Neal Gompa.Support LINUX UnpluggedLinks:Show & Tell: A steampunk desktop background radiation monitor
Getting Things GNOME 0.4 released!
Getting Things GNOME - GNOME Wiki
Getting Things GNOME on Flathub
Stirring things up for Fedora 33
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openSUSE Leap 15.2 Release Notes
Leap 15.2 - openSUSE Wiki
openSUSE Leap 15.2 Released With Focus on Containers and AI
Rebble.io: Bring life back to your Pebble
Zettlr: A Markdown Editor for the 21st century.
Roam Research: A note-taking tool for networked thought.
Athens Research: An open source take on Roam
Org-roam: a Roam replica built on top of the all-powerful Org-mode.
Doom Emacs: Doom is a configuration framework for GNU Emacs
Spacemacs: A community-driven Emacs distribution

Jul 1, 2020 • 55min
360: The Hard Work of Hardware
We're joined by two guests who share their insights into building modern Linux hardware products.
Plus we try out Mint 20, cover some big Gnome fixes, and a very handy open source noise suppression pick!Special Guests: Alfred Neumayer, Brent Gervais, Drew DeVore, and Jeremy Soller.Support LINUX UnpluggedLinks:CutiePi Tablet - Raspberry Pi, Untethered by Phoebus Torralba — Kickstarter
CutiePi Is World’s Thinnest, Hackable Raspberry Pi Tablet, Available for Pre-Order Now
CutiePi Shell - The UI for the CutiePi tablet
GNOME’s Window Rendering Culling Was Broken Leading To Wasted Performance
Linux Mint 20 Cinnamon RELEASED
linuxmint/warpinator: Share files across the LAN
Snap Store — Linux Mint User Guide documentation
Monthly News – May 2020 – The Linux Mint Blog
The Hunt for the Oryx Pro [Video]
System76 Blog — Things We Love About the New Oryx Pro
Oryx Pro - System76 Store
New high-end Linux laptop: System76’s Oryx Pro packs latest Intel Core i7 H-series CPU
Jeremy Soller on Twitter: “Spying on I2C traffic”
Ubuntu Touch Q&A 78
UBports GSI brings Ubuntu Touch to any Project Treble-supported Android device
cadmus: A GUI frontend for @werman’s Pulse Audio real-time noise suppression plugin
werman/noise-suppression-for-voice: Noise suppression plugin based on Xiph’s RNNoise
RNNoise: Learning Noise Suppression
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Jun 24, 2020 • 47min
359: Death of the Mac
Why we think Apple just handed market share to Desktop Linux, and why you can kiss running Linux on the Mac goodbye forever.Special Guests: Drew DeVore and Neal Gompa.Support LINUX UnpluggedLinks:Generating cooking recipes using TensorFlow and a LSTM Recurrent Neural Network
ARM-based Japanese supercomputer is now the fastest in the world
Ampere donates Arm64 server hardware to Debian to fortify the Arm ecosystem
Google’s Bringing Its Apple AirDrop Rival to Linux, Windows, and Mac
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Pay it forward: Help us give away 1,000 ACG subscriptions
Apple is switching Macs to its own processors starting later this year
Tim Cook says first Mac with Apple Silicon shipping to consumers by end of this year
r/linux: How will Apple’s ARM announcement affecting Linux going forward?
r/linux: Let’s suppose Apple goes ARM, MS follows its footsteps and does the same. What will happen to Linux then? Will we go back to “unlocking bootloaders”?
Jared Domínguez on Twitter — Today’s cynical take: Apple supporting Linux VMs is a way to make devs feel good with minimal effort (offload the work to Parallels/BSD community) while allowing Apple to deprecate their already super stale Unix userland. macOS itself will become less accessible.unsilence: Console Interface and Library to remove silent parts of a media file 🔈